You cultivate immortality, I cultivate merit

Every two days, Master Fang Cheng and his disciples would go to the other side of the river.

At other times, the master and his disciples and Shi Xiaoliu would guard the windward side together.

When Shi Xiaoliu and the other two were trying to practice sword skills at the air inlet, he would sit outside and guard them.

When Shi Xiaoliu and the other two are free, they will also guide Lin Zi in his cultivation.

Master Fang Cheng told Shi Zelan privately that Lin Zi's situation was different from that of the three of them.

Lin Zi’s future foundation-building could not be concealed from anyone in the sect.

"Master, are you worried that when Lin Zi builds his foundation, it will cause a stir in the sect?"

Master Fang Cheng glanced at Shi Zelan and said, "He is already in the middle stage of Qi Refining. According to the normal progress of cultivation, he will succeed in building his foundation in twenty years."

After Shi Zelan made some calculations, he said, "Master, twenty years later, Lin Zi will succeed in building his foundation. There will be many people like him in our sect."

"Sister Lan, now that he has the opportunity to enter the riverbed, he may be able to successfully build his foundation ahead of time."

After hearing what Master Fang Cheng said, Shi Zelan heaved a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Master, the flow of time at the bottom of the river is slower than above us.

We thought we had only wasted a few years down there, but when we came up, our uncle said we had been gone for ten years.”

Master Fang Cheng looked at Shi Zelan seriously and said, "Sister Lan, the three of you have a much higher level of cultivation than the Jindan Masters of the same period.

I now feel that if I go down once and have a chance, maybe after I come up, I will go back to the sect to retreat and prepare for the Nascent Soul."

Shi Zelan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Master Fang Cheng and said, "Master, if you can't wait for someone suitable to travel with you, you can go to the bottom of the river with the three of us."

"What about the forest?"

"I heard from Lin Zi that there are fellow disciples in the Qi Refining Stage on the other side of the river. They want to try it out in the water. Now, it depends on the opinions of the elders."

"Sister Lan, is it safe for them to go down?"

“I don’t know.

Xiaoliu has already discussed with the people at the Governor's Hall on the other side of the river, and is planning to arrange for someone to come over and guard the wind outlet."

Master Fang Cheng looked at Shi Zelan for a while and said, "Even if there were suitable people, they wouldn't come so quickly."

Shi Xiaoliu and the other two actually knew that the sect was short of manpower, so she looked at Master Fang Cheng and said, "Uncle Master, do you have to wait until Lin Zi succeeds in building his foundation before you accept another disciple?"

Master Fang Cheng shook his head and said, "It all depends on chance. If you meet a destined child, none of this will be a problem."

He looked at Shi Zelan and asked, "Are you interested in taking in disciples now?"

Shi Zelan shook her head: "I will wait until Lin Zi forms a golden elixir before I think about accepting disciples."

Master Fang Cheng immediately understood Shi Zelan's idea and smiled: "Lin Zi promised you that he would help you teach your disciples in the future?"

Shi Zelan looked at Master Fang Cheng and smiled. Master Fang Cheng shook his head at her and said, "You, okay, I won't interfere in the affairs between you two."

"Master uncle,..."

While Master Fang Cheng was guarding the windward side, Shi Xiaoliu and the other two took Lin Zi to the other side of the river. There, some Qi Refining disciples happened to be discussing about going into the water together.

Lin Zi came over to talk, and after a while, he came over with an excited look on his face and said to Shi Xiaoliu and the other two: "Senior sister, senior brother, we agreed to go into the water together."

Shi Zelan said to him, "Have you passed the message to your master?"

"Senior Sister, I have sent a message to Master."

Shi Zelan went to meet the three people who were traveling with Lin Zi and talked to them.

After a while, Lin Zi received a message from Master Fang Cheng. He said to Shi Zelan with a happy expression, "Senior Sister, Master has given his permission."

He hurried over to talk to his companions. After a while, he came over and said to Shi Xiaoliu and the other two, "We have agreed that we will go into the water when it gets dark."

After hearing what he said, Shi Xiaoliu and Xia Yu immediately said goodbye and left. Shi Zelan accompanied Lin Zi and asked him, still a little worried, "Do you have enough talismans on you?"

"That's enough. My master gave me some talismans, and I also made some talismans myself."

Shi Zelan stuffed some talismans into his hand and said to him, "After you go into the water, try to stay together.
Don't be afraid, this is the place where the great sects in ancient times trained their disciples, and it is friendly to us righteous disciples."

Master Fang Cheng arrived very quickly and explained some things to Lin Zi.

It was dark. Master Fang Cheng and his group stood on the shore and watched Lin Zi and his companions go into the water. They heard them dive to the deep end, and then felt them disappear in the middle of the river.

Shi Zelan accompanied Master Fang Cheng and stood on the river bank for a long time before they returned to the top of the mountain.

On the top of the mountain, Master Fang Cheng said to Shi Zelan, "That year, you and your master left the sect, and your junior uncle and I couldn't feel at ease for a while."

Shi Zelan understood Master Fang Cheng's concerns, and she talked to him about her initial experience of leaving the sect.

After hearing this, Master Fang Cheng gradually calmed down and said to Shi Zelan, "This is the downside of accepting disciples."

"puff.

Master, I am not your disciple. Before I left the sect, you were still worried about me."

"You are the child I watched grow up."

Master Fang Cheng and Shi Zelan went to the wind vent, while Shi Xiaoliu and Xia Yu watched the movements of the wind vent with nervous expressions.

"What just happened?"

Master Fang Cheng asked directly, and Shi Xiaoliu pointed to the mountain: "Just now, a gust of wind blew directly towards that place."

"Like the wind that day?"

Xia Yu shook his head and said, "No, it's not that powerful."

"Tomorrow morning, we'll go over and check the situation."

After listening to Shi Zelan's suggestion, Shi Xiaoliu nodded and said, "I wanted to go over there just now, but Xia Yu persuaded me."

"It's too dark at night, and the wind is not strong, so there's no need to rush over to check the situation."

Master Fang Cheng listened to Xia Yu's words and nodded silently.

As the night deepened, the four of them stood guard at the wind's outlet.

In the middle of the night, the wind suddenly became strong and there was a loud noise below.

Shi Xiaoliu and the other two were so anxious that they wanted to rush to the wind vent, but were stopped by Master Fang Cheng.

"Uncle Master, maybe Master and the others have returned."

Master Fang Cheng listened carefully for a while, then shook his head and said, "No.

Can you listen to what's happening down there?"

Shi Xiaoliu and the other two lay on the ground and listened. They recognized the sound of violent vibration coming from a distance.

The three people were surprised and asked, "Is there an earthquake somewhere in the east?"

A look of pity flashed across Master Fang Cheng's face: "Yes, an earthquake at this time is likely to cause disaster."

"Master, if we rush over to rescue them now, is it too late?"

Master Fang Cheng looked at the expressions on the three of them, thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Go."

Shi Xiaoliu and the other two set out immediately. When the sky was bright, they arrived at a place that they initially thought was hell. (End of this chapter)