[Point 3: Penglai Fairy Island, Yuqing Temple. ]

[Character identity: Luo Yan. ]

[The Mirror Flower and Water Moon template is overwritten, and time travel is in progress. 】

After returning to Penglai Yuqing Temple, Luo Yan sorted out the timeline of this character again.

Compared to the Queen Mother of the West's secret realm in Kunlun and the Demon Locking Tower trial in Shushan, nothing has happened in Penglai since the trip to Li Palace.

If I have to say what happened, it was that when I went out with Miss Shi last time, I accidentally heard a passing monk talking about the "One Hundred Thousand Gods and Demons Attacking Penglai".

At first, he was thinking about informing the sect, but later he thought it would be better not to tell anyone as it would expose himself.

Now transformed into Wei Dongliu, after being hinted by Witch Jiang in Mount Wutai, Luo Yan roughly guessed that the Six Paths of the Demon Cult were indeed planning to attack the Three Pure Ones of the Orthodox Cult, and the overall strategy was probably "openly attacking Shushan and secretly attacking Penglai."

The dragon clan rioted and the Demon Locking Tower was damaged until the Immortal Changmei used the Liangyi Microdust Formation to rescue the Shushan Shangqing Sect from the power of Yinglong Demon.

The Shangqing Sect of Mount Shu today is like a wounded hedgehog with its spines erected, vigilantly watching every movement around it... As for Penglai in the distant East China Sea, it probably has no time to take care of it.

If Penglai were suddenly attacked, the only external aid it could rely on would be Kunlun.

But the Kunlun Mountains are located in the far west. By the time the monks cross the Shenzhou Continent and travel thousands of miles to the East China Sea, the battle in Penglai might have already ended...

No, we still have to observe and see if there is any warning in the temple.

Luo Yan cleaned up the room and just as he was about to go out, he saw Miss Shi rushing out with her head in her hands, screaming:

"I won't listen! My father just finds me annoying and wants to kick me out!"

She ran to her room, slammed the door and locked herself inside.

Elder Shi Ding walked into the courtyard, looked at Shi Liuli's room, opened his mouth to speak, and sighed after a long while.

Then he set his eyes on Luo Yan, subconsciously frowned, and asked:

"Luo Yan, how are your studies going recently?"

Luo Yan knew that his master needed to change the subject, so he quickly and respectfully asked a few questions about the formation.

"This question is quite interesting." Elder Shi Ding stroked his beard and turned to leave. "Come with me."

Luo Yan quickly followed his master's steps, keeping silent all the way and not asking what happened to Miss Shi at all.

Arriving at the back hall of Tiangong Workshop, Elder Shi Ding pointed to the ground and said:

"Complete this formation."

Luo Yan looked closely and saw an incomplete formation drawn on the ground, with a diameter of about ten meters.

A half-height bronze tripod was placed in the center of the formation, surrounded by densely packed spells. A rough glance showed that the number seemed to have exceeded ten thousand, and there were more than ten flags just to maintain the core of the formation.

Staring at him intently, Elder Shi Ding asked with a smile:

"Do you know where to start completing it?"

"Here." Luo Yan pointed his finger, but it was under the tripod foot of the central tripod.

"Why?" asked Elder Shi Ding.

"The outer structure is complete, and the inner layer has no connection with the cauldron. It should be Fu Yan's layout." Luo Yan stretched out a finger, circulated his true energy, carved a rune in the air, and then hit it into the cauldron.

The rune sank into the cauldron and immediately appeared under the cauldron's feet. In order to make room for it, the many spells that originally surrounded the central cauldron all expanded outwards by one character position, like a ratchet on tightly meshed gears.

"Very good." Elder Shi Ding said with satisfaction, "With your understanding of the art of formation, you can be ahead of me."

The disciple will surpass the master, this is already a very high evaluation, so Luo Yan hurriedly lowered his head and said in fear:

"How can a disciple be worthy of such a reward..."

"Don't be so modest." Elder Shi Ding waved his hand. He didn't know that Luo Yan was trying to improve his hypocritical personality. He was just very pleased with his modesty. "You can understand a lot after hearing it once. This is your talent, but it may also be a burden to you. After all, in this world of cultivation, strength is the key to success."

At this point, his voice paused for a moment, and suddenly he said with some melancholy:

"In addition to learning the art of formation, you must also not fall behind in your own cultivation. The time left for you may not be much..."

Luo Yan: ????? ????? ?????

He looked puzzled on the surface, but in his heart alarm bells were ringing!!!

What does "I don't have much time left" mean?

There was a flash of lightning in his mind, various thoughts collided violently, and his thoughts were turning rapidly in his mind. Suddenly, some kind of enlightenment rose from his heart, and Luo Yan was so surprised that he half raised his head and asked tentatively:

"Master, what is the current situation in the temple? Could it be that even our Foundation Establishment disciples are not immune?"

Elder Shi Ding was stunned when he heard this, and it took him a while to react. He realized that this disciple must have misunderstood, so he explained with a smile:

"That's not the case. It was the abbot who found me the day before yesterday and wanted his son to have a good relationship with Liuli."

The so-called "making good connections" is actually socializing with the meaning of blind dating.

The two people spend some time together, and if they get along well, they will become Taoist companions. If they don’t get along well... at least they are familiar with each other.

For the master of Xuandu Temple, Tiangong Workshop headed by Elder Shi Ding is the main source of income for the temple, and Shi Liuli is his only jewel in the palm, so it is normal for him to express his willingness to make friends.

Elder Shi Ding had no objection, in the end it would depend on who Shi Liuli liked.

Unexpectedly, when she told Shi Liuli about this, the young lady immediately misunderstood and thought that her father wanted to marry her off to someone else in order to curry favor with the master of Xuandu Temple... and so the previous scene happened.

After listening to Elder Shi Ding's depressed words, Luo Yan was also a little dumbfounded.

Of course, he had seen how powerful Miss Shi's imagination was - it was particularly outrageous when it came to love.

According to Luo Yan's long-term observation and in-depth analysis, Miss Shi is actually a typical love-phobia patient:

On the one hand, she had excessive longings and fantasies about love, such as establishing the Changtian Company and filling Qiu Changtian with all kinds of good qualities.

On the other hand, she was repulsed and afraid of "getting involved in a real relationship". Whether it was Elder Shi Ding or other senior brothers and sisters, as long as they asked her similar questions, she would always change the subject and avoid answering.

Even when Elder Shi Ding asked her if she liked Qiu Changtian from Kunlun, Miss Shi directly denied it.

As a bystander, Luo Yan actually saw it very clearly:

What Miss Shi likes now is an ideal man who does not exist at all and is portrayed by her well-developed imagination.

This is the "Mary Sue view of choosing a partner" that many girls have in their childhood.

Because they don't understand or are even afraid of feelings, they create an ideal opposite sex and then desperately pile all kinds of positive buffs on the other person to relieve their worries and anxieties... It can only be said that such a Miss Shi has an undeveloped personality and it is not suitable to arrange a blind date for her.

This was naturally not suitable to be said to Elder Shi Ding, so Luo Yan could only remind him tactfully:

"The reason why Senior Sister is so sensitive in this regard may be because she is not mentally prepared yet. Master can be more patient with her."

"Yes, of course I know." Elder Shi Ding stroked his beard and looked at his disciple with a kind look, "Luo Yan."

"The disciple is here."

"In fact, if I were to choose," said Elder Shi Ding meaningfully, "I would still prefer a young person who is trustworthy, can tolerate her temper, and can take good care of her in the future, so that he can be Liuli's future Taoist partner."

You might as well just report your sect number. Luo Yan secretly complained in his heart and said with his head down:

"Indeed, but it depends on Senior Sister Liuli's own wishes."

"Of course." Elder Shi Ding said slowly, "But she is only at the Marrow Cleansing Stage now, and her realm is low, so she has to stay in the Tiangong Workshop."

"When she continues to transform her palace and form the elixir, I won't be able to keep her in the temple any longer. By then, she will have to travel the world and meet all kinds of cultivators. She may even meet bad people..."

"Luo Yan, although you are kind and honest, you are not stupid. You should understand what your teacher means."

After a short silence, Luo Yan pretended to be thoughtful and said with his head down:

"Disciple understands."

My master asked me to seize the time and win Miss Shi’s heart as soon as possible before she formed her elixir. How could I not understand?

However, Miss Shi’s current mental age in this regard is not even that of an adult… Doesn’t this count as copper smelting?