You cultivate immortality, I cultivate merit

Shi Xiaoliu was facing a life-and-death crisis, and Xia Yu was not much different.

After he separated from Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan, an ancient formation was dropped, and it was one formation after another.

Xia Yu cracked one formation after another, and he didn't even notice the passage of time.

Occasionally, after he broke through the formation, he was worried that Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan would come here and shout a few times.

But all he faced was silence, and then he faced a maze of killing arrays that was awakened by his voice. In short, there was only a slim chance of survival.

Year after year passed, and by the lakeside, Master Decheng waited year after year.

Initially, the sect would arrange people to come and check on things, but as time went on, Master Decheng would occasionally leave and wander around somewhere else for a while.

Ten years passed, and then another ten years. After Qi Yuan Zhenren came out of retreat and formed the golden elixir, he also rushed here.

He said to Master Decheng: "I believe the three of them are alive. Before I came here, I went to see their soul fires."

Master Decheng nodded and said, "I know, but I always feel that I can wait here until they get ashore."

After hearing what Master Decheng said, Master Qiyuan thought: "Do you suspect they are at the bottom of the lake?"

Master Decheng nodded and said, "I said this to Fang Cheng the last time he came, and he agreed with me, but we should just dive down.

Still can’t find anything.”

“Maybe the opportunity hasn’t come yet.

Brother Decheng, let me guard here, you can go back to the sect and take a rest."

Master Decheng shook his head and said, "I have never missed a single day of meditation and cultivation here."

While they were talking, they saw the lake suddenly surge with waves. They both ran over immediately, feeling extremely excited.

But after a while, the lake calmed down again. Master Decheng said to Master Qiyuan, "This is the second time this has happened this year."

Qi Yuan Zhenren thought: "I want to dive down and take another look."

Master Decheng wanted to go down with Master Qiyuan, but Master Qiyuan refused and said, "I'll go down, you wait for news up there."

Master Qi Yuan quickly dived to the bottom of the lake. When it got dark, Master Qi Yuan floated to the surface with undisguised excitement in his eyes.

He said to Master Decheng, "I feel like they are at the bottom of the lake. I suspect they have entered the cave left behind by the ancient mighty ones."

After nodding, Master Decheng held up three fingers and said, “It’s been thirty years. I feel like they’re about to come out in the past two years.”

Master Qiyuan decided to stay, and Master Qicheng came over soon, but was persuaded to leave by Master Qiyuan.

The weather was getting colder and the lake was frozen. Master Decheng and Master Qiyuan looked particularly serious.

At the bottom of the lake, Shi Zelan watched the last stone statue disappear from her sight. She was suddenly overwhelmed with joy and knelt down in the empty hall.

She kowtowed three times heavily. She had received the gift from the owner of this place, and now she just wanted to get clarification.

"Senior, are you still there?"

No one responded to her, so Shi Zelan kowtowed three more times: "Thank you for teaching me the skills. I want to ask, do you have any instructions for me, senior?"

Shi Zelan waited for a response this time, and an old voice sounded: "The sect is no longer there, and only this place is left for the foundation-building cultivators to study.

For thousands of years, we have been waiting for the right person to enter.

Now that you have come, you have studied various skills diligently, and you can continue to stay here for a few more years, and continue to wait for the right person.

You are about to form a golden elixir, and this place can't accommodate you." After the old voice disappeared, Shi Zelan felt that the space between heaven and earth suddenly became wider, and the lake water also poured in.

Shi Zelan took out the water-repellent beads and rushed upwards on the water. When she reached the top, she was blocked by a layer of ice.

Shi Zelan took out a brick and smashed it hard, breaking the ice and making louder noises.

Master Decheng and Master Qiyuan were sitting by the lake playing chess, but the noise in the lake made them lose interest in playing chess.

The two men saw with vigilant expressions that the lake water rushed out from a hole, followed by a figure holding a brick.

"Sister Lan, it's Sister Lan."

Master Decheng's voice began to tremble. Shi Zelan came out of the water and was immediately delighted when she heard Master Decheng's voice.

She moved her toes slightly and her figure suddenly reached the lakeside. When she saw Master Decheng and Master Qiyuan, she bowed down to them.

When Master Qi Yuan saw Shi Zelan’s face full of joy, he continued to look towards the cave entrance above the lake.

"Sister Lan, where are Yu'er and Xiaoliu?"

Shi Zelan listened to what Master Qiyuan said, looked at Master Decheng's expression, and then looked at the residence of the three of them not far away.

"After we fell, we separated..."

The expressions of Master Decheng and Master Qiyuan gradually became serious as Shi Zelan continued to talk: "You said that a senior told you that this was just a training ground for foundation-building monks in a sect in ancient times?"

Shi Zelan nodded affirmatively. Zhenren Decheng and Zhenren Qiyuan looked at each other, and then they looked at Shi Zelan's current situation where he was about to form a golden elixir.

They didn't know what to do for a moment. Qi Yuan said to De Cheng Zhenren: "We must try to pass this news back to the sect."

After Master Decheng nodded, he said to Master Qiyuan, "I'll leave this to you to arrange. I want to accompany Sister Lan to find a suitable place for her to form the golden elixir."

After looking at Shi Zelan, Master Qiyuan said to Master Decheng, "You go, I will stay here."

Master Decheng took out the flying boat and said to Shi Zelan, "Come up quickly. Look, the dark clouds in the sky are already chasing us."

After Shi Zelan boarded the flying boat, Master Decheng said to her, "There is an isolated island not far away. Let's go there."

"Uncle Master, I will follow your arrangements."

"Well, I'm going to prepare some golden elixir for you. Check it out now and see if there's anything missing. I still have time to replenish it for you."

When they arrived at the isolated island, the sky was so dark that one could not see one's hand in front of one's face. Master Decheng let Shi Zelan go.

"Sister Lan, I'm going to a small island nearby."

"Ok."

Shi Zelan could see that this isolated island showed signs of having been maintained, but there were already lightning and thunder in the sky, and heavy rain followed.

Master Decheng flew to a nearby island. Just as he stood firm, he heard the sound of thunder.

Heavy rain came, and the whole island shook. Master Decheng's expression changed.

It was dark and then dawn, and then dark and then dawn. On the third day, the heavy rain turned into light rain, and the thunder in the distance disappeared.

Master Decheng boarded the flying boat and rushed to the isolated island where Shi Zelan was. Halfway through the journey, he saw a rainbow in the sky above the island and soon heard the sound of a phoenix singing.

Master Decheng was so happy that his eyes were filled with tears and he almost flew away. (End of this chapter)