You cultivate immortality, I cultivate merit

Chapter 358: Evergreen Leaves
After listening to Shi Zelan's words, Master Pingyang smiled and said, "You may not be able to refine some talismans smoothly with your current cultivation level, but you should write down the refining methods.

When the need arises, you may be able to use it across levels."

This was the most real experience that Master Pingyang had after returning from the Northern Wilderness. If he had not had this personal experience, he would not have been so anxious to teach Shi Zelan some advanced knowledge of talismans.

Master Pingyang was willing to spend time and effort to teach Shi Zelan, so she naturally made every effort to absorb new knowledge.

One teaches seriously, the other studies seriously, and Master Pingyang and Shi Zelan rarely pay attention to things outside the top of the mountain.

After Qicheng Zhenren had watched for two days, he said to Xia Yu: "I will teach you some of my experience."

Xia Yu looked at Master Qicheng for a while and advised, "Uncle, don't push yourself too hard. You have already taught me a lot about how to set up formations."

"Don't force it. We are still uncle and nephew. Others can devote themselves to teaching the younger generation, so why can't I do the same?"

After hearing what Master Qicheng said, Xia Yu stopped trying to persuade him.

He tried to persuade her further, and he was worried that he should listen carefully to the stories that Qicheng Zhenren told him about his childhood battles of wits and courage with his friends.

Shi Xiaoliu was busy digesting the knowledge taught by the Pavilion Master, and carefully examining the subtle changes in the bodies of Master Qicheng and Master Pingyang.

In the snowy winter weather, Master Pingyang sat under the eaves admiring the snow and said to Shi Zelan who was accompanying him, "Sister Lan, I will return to the sect in two days."

"Young Master, have you recovered?"

"Yes, he has completely recovered. Even the minor ailments in his body have been cured smoothly by Xiaoliu."

Those who practice cultivation and reach the same level of cultivation as Zhenren Pingyang and Zhenren Qicheng actually have very few problems.

It’s just that the final explosion of the Yuanying in Beihuang had a huge impact on them, thus damaging their vitality and meridians, and they need to make careful adjustments.

Taoist Pingyang specifically reminded Shi Zelan that if he encountered someone self-destructing in the future, he should run as far as he can. If he really couldn't run away, he should just use the isolation talisman.

The last time, the quality of the isolation talisman was too low, and he didn’t have many left.

However, Master Qicheng said to Shi Zelan: "Your junior master's stock is so large that it makes people want to grab the treasure, but he distributed most of the talismans to his disciples and protected them all."

Shi Zelan looked at Master Pingyang with admiration: "Uncle Junior Master, I will also refine some more talismans for emergencies."

This time, Master Pingyang took away all the talismans made by Shi Zelan and also emptied out all his talisman materials.

On a snowy day, Master Pingyang's flying boat traveled in the night.

The flying boat crossed the sky like a meteor, leaving behind a brilliant light.

On the fifth day after Zhenren Pingyang left, Zhenren Qicheng received news from the sect, and he also took advantage of the night to fly on his sword.

At the top of the mountain, Shi Xiaoliu and the other two stood at the edge of the mountain for a while before they went back to their respective rooms.

A day later, the three of them got used to the days when their elders were not on the top of the mountain.

At dusk that day, Xia Yu suddenly said to Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan: "I have a feeling that we will have many opportunities to spend more time together in the future."

Shi Xiaoliu looked at him and said, "We have been together for a long time, and we will definitely have the opportunity to get along for a long time in the future."

Xia Yu shook her head at Shi Xiaoliu: "That's not what I meant. I meant that we can spend more time together when we practice together and travel together in the future."

Shi Zelan was skeptical: "Xia Yu, your elders like you who are independent and excellent."

"They don't object to me getting along with you for a long time. I have always been independent and confident." After Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan looked at each other, Shi Xiaoliu said to Xia Yu, "You get along well with us and can stay together for a long time. Lan Jie'er and I are happy."

Shi Zelan nodded vigorously at the side. When Xia Yu set up a new formation, he would always ask her and Shi Xiaoliu to walk around in the formation.

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan learned many methods of breaking formations. When Shi Zelan was interested, he also tried to set up formations.

In the snowy winter weather, the three of them went to the bottom of the canyon. Shi Zelan once again found out that the water monster probably would not appear again.

In such cold weather, there were footprints of people coming and going at the bottom of the valley. After the three of them took a walk around, they quickly returned to the top of the canyon.

"The outermost pit of the gold mine has been filled in, and a new opening has been opened. But our side has become even more lively."

The monks from the mountain no longer came, but some tourists from far away came.

When the officers and soldiers guarding the official road saw the tourists, they were all glad that the entrance and exit of the gold mine had been moved.

When they occasionally went up the mountain, they needed someone to lead the way so that they could see the hidden tunnel entrance.

Shi Xiaoliu and his two companions went to the vicinity of the gold mine, where the entrance to the old tunnel was covered by snow.

The three of them knew where the new tunnel entrance was, but none of them wanted to go through it.

The three of them turned to pick leaves. In winter, the leaves were covered with snow. Shi Xiaoliu flicked his hand and snowflakes fell from the leaves.

The leaves are dark green in winter and very tough.

Shi Xiaoliu said to Shi Zelan and Xia Yu: "I want to collect more of these leaves. I always feel that this kind of leaves should have other uses."

Shi Zelan smiled and said, "Then I'll collect some more and keep them for later use. I'll go back and try to see how effective it is to draw talismans with these leaves."

"So what do you think? Should I try to set up a formation with these leaves?"

"I think you can try it. After all, this kind of leaves are evergreen all year round, which is rare."

The three of them got inspired and harvested all the grown leaves.

Two days later, three soldiers guarding the gold mine came here accidentally and took a closer look at the things in the forest.

They were surprised to find that only tiny leaves were left on the trees.

They looked at each other, and one of them asked curiously, "Is this kind of leaf useful?"

"This is too strange. Let's go back and tell the leader."

After they returned, they told what had happened here, and then attracted many officers and soldiers to come and see the spectacle.

People who have been there said with certainty that on the day they came, there were only a lot fewer large leaves in the forest.

They had never seen any footprints on the ground, and the footprints in the woods now were also left by the three of them.

After Shi Xiaoliu and the other two returned to the top of the mountain, they each tried to use leaves as substitute materials.

Shi Xiaoliu tried many times, and finally ground the leaves into yarn, but still couldn't refine anything useful.

Xia Yu used leaves to set up a formation. After trying for three days, he gave up and said bluntly: "It's not as useful as the stones on the ground."

Shi Zelan failed at first when she tried to draw talismans with leaves, but she refused to give up. After trying again and again, she finally found a way.