The night sky was slightly cool, and it was even colder up high.
Su Linyuan lowered his eyes. "Let's go back. Go to the cabin and rest for a while. We'll be back at the sect soon."
"I..." Zhu Yi hesitated for a moment, "Can I stay with Senior Brother Lin Yuan for a while?"
Zhu Yi's bright, clear peach blossom eyes gazed at Su Linyuan.
"I want to sit quietly with Senior Brother Lin Yuan for a while!" She felt as if she had split into two halves. One Zhu Yi was unconsciously excited and wanted to get closer to Su Lin Yuan, while the other Zhu Yi was quietly observing her excitement.
Unlike Li Mei's arrogance and unrestrained nature, Su Linyuan felt he couldn't resist such a gentle girl.
When he fed her the pills, he noticed her name on the name tag around her waist.
Best wishes.
The fire of Zhurong burns brightly and passionately. The peach blossoms are vibrant and beautiful, a perfect symbol of home and family.
Suddenly, a sentence popped into Su Linyuan's mind.
The coolness between the clouds brought a blush of red to the tip of the girl's nose, and that familiar feeling welled up in her heart.
“Okay, it’ll be cold flying at night. Let me boil some hot water for you to warm you up.” He pressed a button on the tea table, and the tabletop opened from the middle through a gap to the sides, and a tea-making set made of purple clay teapots automatically rose up.
He was also seriously injured, so he did not use his spiritual power to start a fire.
He still had some spirit charcoal in his storage bag, so he started to light it with a tinderbox using the stove on the tea table.
Zhu Yi looked at it with some curiosity: "Huh~ It's quite difficult to find this kind of thing in the cultivation world."
"Yes, I bought a few more when I was in the mortal realm, and they're quite handy to use," Su Linyuan replied calmly.
He took out a new tinderbox from his storage bag. "In the cultivation world, people mostly use spiritual energy charcoal to start fires. Therefore, the first thing many junior disciples who travel to the mortal realm have to learn is how to start a fire with a tinderbox."
Su Linyuan took out another tinderbox from his storage bag, carved with fish playing among lotus leaves and adorned with black tassels, and handed it to Zhu Yi.
Zhu Yi was slightly taken aback, but after struggling for only three seconds, she caught it with both hands.
“I bought a few more when I was in the mortal realm.” The gentle male voice said softly. His brows were broad and his demeanor was elegant. At this moment, he had put away the coldness and aloofness he had shown when facing Li Mei, and he looked very gentle and approachable.
"Yes, next time I find something good, I'll send it to Senior Brother Lin Yuan too." Zhu Yi lowered her head and gently turned the beautiful tinderbox.
"Yes, I live on the opposite bank of Lotus Lake, south of the bamboo forest. Bamboo Forest Cottage is my residence," Su Linyuan said, pointing out the way.
Mikage-sama lives in Momoyama, so she probably doesn't live too far away.
"I... Master assigned Sweet Peach Peak to me to live in." Zhu Yi blinked her big, watery eyes. They lived so close; they were neighbors.
"Yes, I've got it." There's only one small bamboo hut on Sweet Peach Peak, not far away.
Su Linyuan remained calm and composed, fiddling with the hot water in his hands.
He poured Zhu Yi a cup of hot water, while he brewed some medicinal tea for himself.
"You recently took the Immortal Essence Pill, and its effects are incompatible with tea, so please drink some hot water instead."
The two simpletons chatted about random things on their first meeting.
Although the conversation was a bit awkward, they both tacitly left each other with a vague invitation to meet again.
Zhu Yi was a bit simple-minded; after drinking a cup of hot water, she sat quietly with Su Linyuan at the bow of the spaceship.
The little boat rocked back and forth, and Zhu Yi's little head rocked back and forth too, and then she fell asleep.
Su Linyuan checked the spaceship's status and turned around to see Zhu Yi pecking at rice like a chick in a daze, looking rather cute.
He took out a clean cloak that he had never worn before from his storage bag and gently draped it over Zhu Yi. Then he carefully carried the girl back to the cabin to settle her in.
At Tianlan Sect, Master Yujing is grooming the black cat Zhaocai in the library.
His white dog, Jinbao, watched from the side with a mournful expression, looking quite aggrieved: "Hmph, that damn black cat, all it does is tattle! It just rolled around in the courtyard and accidentally damaged the spirit plants its master was raising!"
That annoying black cat immediately told the owner of the mirror!
Waaah, the owner hasn't paid any attention to it for two days. This black cat is always swaggering around in front of it. The dog is so angry! The dog wants to be petted too…
The atmosphere within the Tianlan Sect is quite relaxed. Cultivation here doesn't have many strict requirements, nor is there a rule that mortal disciples who have become disciples and begun cultivating cannot sever their ties with the mortal world. Cultivation is mostly done voluntarily by the disciples.
Of course, most of the disciples of the Tianlan Sect were very self-disciplined.
The Tianlan Sect doesn't recruit many local disciples from the cultivation world every ten years; the sect prefers to recruit disciples from the mortal realm.
Although the aptitude of disciples from the mortal realm is not as solid as that of native disciples from the immortal realm, those disciples from the mortal realm cherish the opportunity to cultivate in the immortal realm.
Over the past century, the power of the demon and monster races has continued to grow, and many unruly demons and monsters have begun to wreak havoc in the mortal realm, causing immense suffering to the local people.
Therefore, many young people from the mortal realm join sects to cultivate immortality with the aim of learning skills and then returning to the mortal realm to protect their fellow villagers. For the past hundred years, the Tianlan Sect has focused its recruitment efforts on disciples from the mortal realm.
The sect's disciples from the mortal realm make up 70% of its members, while those from the cultivation world make up 30%. It can be said that the Tianlan Sect is an important link and bridge for communication between the cultivation world and the mortal realm.
This is why, despite having a powerful cultivator like Master Yujing at the Mahayana stage, the Tianlan Sect only ranks fifth among the eight major sects in the cultivation world.
In contrast, the Hehuan Sect tends to favor ordinary people and disciples from remote areas in the cultivation world when recruiting students, as well as abandoned or orphaned children from the cultivation world, and illegitimate children from a few aristocratic families who are not valued by their families.
In the cultivation world, the indigenous inhabitants, whether commoners or aristocratic families, mostly have difficulty conceiving. However, the cultivation method practiced by the Hehuan Sect is special and does not violate the laws of nature, making it easier for cultivators to conceive offspring.
Therefore, most of the things done by the Hehuan Sect are beneficial to the bloodline inheritance of the cultivation world.
The sects pay more attention to the personal growth of disadvantaged commoners in the cultivation world, as well as the future of those neglected children. It can be said that the Hehuan Sect is the only sect in the cultivation world where commoners receive cultivation education, and it has a very strong role in maintaining stability.
While petting the cat, Master Yujing frowned and pondered. The Hehuan Sect had been wiped out, and the other sects remained silent and offered no support. Presumably, there were demonic accomplices within the sects of the cultivation world.
Although the Hehuan Sect is renowned in the cultivation world for its dual cultivation methods, the sect primarily focuses on supporting the disadvantaged yet self-reliant children of the cultivation world. At the same time, the existence of the Hehuan Sect also ensures the birth of native newborns in the cultivation world.
The disciples of the Hehuan Sect are mostly of low aptitude and cultivation level. With their limited talents, they focus on learning calligraphy, painting, classical music, and alchemy—things that don't require particularly high cultivation but can still lead them to the Dao. It can be said that the Hehuan Sect is the sect most likely to be wiped out in the cultivation world.
The demons have now built the Heavenly Fiend Palace on the territory of the Joyful Union Sect, and they are now entering the sect without any regard for consequences. The cultivation world is likely to be in turmoil from now on.
Unconsciously, Master Yujing gripped the back of Zhaocai's neck tightly. The more he thought about some things, the more worried he became.
"Meow~" Zhao Cai was in a bit of pain from being grabbed and protested that its master, Yu Jing, was too strong!
There's an old saying in the world: "The affairs of the world, after a long period of division, will unite; after a long period of unity, will divide."
The same applies to the relationship between immortals and demons. The demon race is unwilling to stay in the southern border for long and will definitely cause trouble. A piece of territory belonging to the Joyful Union Sect will certainly not satisfy the demon race's appetite...
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