In the wilderness, the flying boat of the old stronghold

landed. The Five Elements Sect disciples in the stronghold said goodbye to Lin Jiang and

Zhang Shuhua one by one and boarded the flying boat. The flow of people in the old stronghold plummeted, and there were less than 500 people every day. The Five Elements Sect disciples in the stronghold did not need so many people, and they were all laid off. "Senior Brother Xiao, Senior Brother Zhang, remember to come to me when you return to the sect"

"Senior Brother Xiao, Senior Brother Zhang, take care"

"Go back and practice well, don't think too much, wait for our king to return"

Lin Jiang also reminded them one by one, personally sent them to the flying boat, and then watched them leave.

"Don't look, they are all gone"

"Such a large stronghold, there are less than 50 people left, prosperity and desolation, it's just a thought"

Zhang Shuhua shook his head. Not long ago, the stronghold was still overcrowded. There were thousands of disciples of the Five Elements Sect alone, plus independent cultivators and disciples of small forces, there were tens of thousands of people, the whole stronghold was very crowded, but now the whole stronghold has less than a thousand people added up, it is already very desolate.

"Isn't this good? There are so many houses in the base, you can pick any one you want."

"It's a bit hard to accept."

"I think you are stupid. Isn't it good to live a peaceful life for a few years? Let's go."

Lin Jiang waved his hand and turned to leave. He had a good mentality. He could live in a prosperous place with great power. He could live alone. He had such a long life that he had to get used to any environment.

From then on, Lin Jiang lived a leisurely life. The number of visitors to the base became less and less every day. The remaining disciples could handle it completely. He could draw talismans or sneak out of the base to find a lake to fish after he clocked in during the day.

Release the little sand sculpture and let it continue to be a tool bird. Go hunting everywhere. After catching prey, you can also study the method of spiritual diet.

Spiritual diet is a very complicated subject. Just finding some spiritual food and stewing it in a pot is called spiritual diet. Hundreds of kinds of food plus various medicinal materials are reasonably matched, and they have various strange effects, which are also called spiritual diet.

Lin Jiang had people buy books on spiritual food, studied them seriously, and tried them regardless of the cost. His skill in making spiritual food became better and better, and even Zhang Shuhua enjoyed the feast.

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Three hundred miles north of the old stronghold, there is a lake. It is not big, only about a few thousand acres, but it is very deep, at least a few hundred meters.

There is a kind of snow-white fish with excellent taste. It was very popular in the stronghold before, and it was almost extinct after being caught. Now that the stronghold has declined, within two years, the number of these fish has increased again.

Lin Jiang himself likes to eat fish. This lake is not as bad as Yuntuo River, so naturally he wants to eat as much as he can. So every once in a while, Lin Jiang sneaks out to fish.

"This life is so comfortable. I don't have to work 996, and I still get paid. I can slack off at work and no one will care. Even gods wouldn't change it."

Lin Jiang was lying on the grass by the lake. Next to him was a fish grilling machine that he had someone refine. In fact, it was a thing that used formations to drive the fish grilling rack to rotate continuously so that it wouldn't burn. There were more than a dozen fish on it.

"Fish, fish..."

The little sand sculpture stood by the lake, looking at the row of more than a dozen fishing rods in front of him. Some of the fishing rods were shaking, and a fish was hooked. The little sand sculpture reminded Lin Jiang, but Lin Jiang pretended to be dead and didn't move.

The little sand sculpture snorted angrily, dived into the lake with a somersault, and then picked up a big fish.

It walked in front of Lin Jiang, swung the fish in front of Lin Jiang twice, and then shook its head, and the fish flew up. It opened its mouth and the fish fell into its mouth. With a puff, the whole fish was swallowed into its stomach.

"What a sand sculpture!"

Lin Jiang laughed after seeing it. Did the little sand sculpture think he would be angry?

After a while, the grilled fish was cooked. Lin Jiang took out a bottle of spirit wine and started grilling with wine. The little sand sculpture came over again with his head arched to grab the spirit wine.

"Little sand sculpture, you are a demon beast, you can't drink, really"

"Wine, wine, wine"

"If you grab it again, I will be angry. This is what I bought from Medicine City with great difficulty, 80 spirit stones for a pot"

"Looking for a fight"

The little sand sculpture ignored him at all and directly grabbed the spirit wine and ran away. Lin Jiang stepped forward and fought with it, and then there was nothing else. He was pressed to the ground by the little sand sculpture.

"Damn, the third level is great, I will pluck all your bird feathers after I advance to the golden elixir level"

Lin Jiang patted the dust on his body and cursed. He really couldn't beat the little sand sculpture, of course, except for the secret method of the master-servant contract. Once that thing moved, it was like Tang Monk reciting the tight hoop curse to Sun Wukong, it couldn't do anything.

But Lin Jiang never used it, this thing hurt feelings.

The little idiot rolled his eyes at Lin Jiang, holding the wine in his mouth and went to enjoy it. After drinking the wine, he imitated Lin Jiang and lay on his back beside him to bask in the sun. Lin Jiang grabbed his bird's legs and used them as a pillow.

"Bing, ing..."

Lin Jiang was about to take a nap, but suddenly, the little idiot turned over, made a sharp cry, and directly knocked Lin Jiang over.

Lin Jiang stood up, his consciousness expanded, and he saw that the formation he had set up was rippling.

"Come out,"

Lin Jiang growled, who dared to approach him quietly.

"Lin Wu,"

a person appeared in the ripples, it was Lin Die.

"Three, three..."

Lin Jiang was startled, and suddenly he didn't know whether to call her Third Sister or Third Aunt.

"You idiot, you don't even recognize your own people, you're asking for a fight."

Lin Jiang quickly gave the little idiot a slap on the head, and then stuffed the little idiot back into the spirit beast bag, not giving it a chance to protest, and then opened the formation.

"I'm living a good life."

"It's okay. How did you find me?"

"My dad told me. How did you infiltrate the Five Elements Sect? My dad didn't order you to do that?"

"No, it's for the skills."

"The Five Elements Sect's skills are indeed unique, especially for the five spiritual roots. How's your cultivation?"

"Good. Not just good, but very good. The skills suit me very well. I have a bright future. I just need to follow the steps. At least before the Nascent Soul stage, I don't have to worry about bottlenecks."

Lin Jiang said. Lin Jiang didn't lie. A suitable skill is really important. Although the Zuowang Sutra also suits his situation, it is definitely not as suitable as the Five Spirits Sutra.

"I'm relieved if you're doing well."

"How's the Lin family? They've offended the three major sects this time. Are they okay?"

"It's okay. Everything has been resolved."

"I haven't heard any news about the Lin family, and I think they should be fine,"

Lin Jiang said. Guo Yunfeng was furious before, and he thought the Five Elements Sect was going to launch a large-scale attack on the Lin family. But now it's been a long time, and there's no movement. I don't know how Lin Batian resolved it.

"I came here today mainly to see you, and by the way, I brought you something. Keep it."

"Peaches, spiritual peaches?"

Lin Jiang accepted the storage bag handed over by Lin Die, which was full of spiritual peaches.

"Lin Ying gave it to you, your dear aunt. These spiritual peaches are from Lingtao Villa, where your father lived for decades,"

said Lin Die. These words shocked Lin Jiang and his memories came flooding back.

"Lin Ying also said that if you go back to the Lin family, she will return Lingtao Villa to you. It originally belonged to your father, and it should be passed on to you."

"I can't go back."

"I know. This time my father asked me to tell you not to go back to the Lin family."

"Ah."

"The Lin family will face a catastrophe in the future, and everyone in the Lin family may die. Dad told you to continue to hide your identity, stay in the Five Elements Sect, and don't go back to the Lin family. Your relationship with the Lin family must also be kept strictly confidential."

"What's going on? Isn't the Lin family in its heyday? Why would there be a catastrophe?"

"I don't know. Dad didn't say. Anyway, you just need to be obedient."

"Why, why exactly?"

"There are not so many whys. Just be obedient. You don't have to fulfill the things you promised to my father before. Just live a good life."

"You said half of this and kept the other half. Aren't you deliberately teasing me?"

Lin Jiang was anxious. He couldn't understand why the Lin family would have a catastrophe and why he was asked not to go back.

"Don't ask me, I don't know either, just do as I say."

"Where's Lin Ying, where is she?"

"She's in seclusion, preparing to break through to the Nascent Soul stage."

"This, this..."

"I'll be in seclusion soon too, and won't come to see you anymore. No one from the Lin family will appear in front of you, so take good care of yourself in the future."

"Third, Third Aunt, don't be like this, I'm a little panicked. " "Why are

you panicking? Just pretend you know nothing. It will be the same as it was before."

"No, I'm talking about the catastrophe. Can you avoid it?"

"I don't know, Dad didn't say anything."

"How can I not say anything? I said it so we can prepare in advance."

"Aren't we just preparing? Cultivation is preparation. This catastrophe won't come so soon. It will take a long time."

"I..."

Lin Jiang was a little panicked, a little anxious, his mood was extremely complicated, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"I'll warn you one more thing, don't go to Zhonghang Sect to recognize Cao Ying, there will be a disaster, I've said it, I'm leaving."

Lin Die had already said it, set up the flying sword, and flew away directly.

"Third sister, please explain clearly,"

Lin Jiang said in a low voice, but Lin Die's figure had disappeared. Lin Jiang stamped his feet. He was so angry at Lin Die.

Bringing him such news, without a beginning or an end, it was really whetting people's appetite. He couldn't sleep at night.