Seeking Immortality

Soon, Lu Huayan's first seven days passed. And Yue Qingru's body improved quickly. After all, he didn't suffer any serious internal injuries. It's just that his expression has always been a little gloomy. It was obvious that Nangong Qingshan's behavior that day made him very sad.

After the first seven days, Xu Qingfan and Yue Qingru sent Lu Huayan to his ancestral grave in Jiuhua Mountain in the early morning. According to the legend of the vast land of China, the first ray of sunshine in the morning can purify the soul of the deceased and wash away the sins of the deceased. The rising sun represents the rebirth of the dead.

The morning in Jiuhua Mountain is filled with a layer of light mist, and there are only a few people around, making it even more magical. It's a pity that Xu Qingfan was not in the mood to appreciate it at this time. The light mist I felt brought a cold and sad atmosphere to Lu Huayan's funeral.

At that time, only Lu Huayan's senior brother Xiao Huazhe and a disciple of the leader Zhang Hualing were present at Lu Huayan's funeral. He came to attend the funeral on behalf of Zhang Hualing and left in a hurry after Lu Huayan was buried. Perhaps because Lu Huayan was withdrawn by nature during his lifetime, none of the other elder guardians came. It can be said that Lu Huayan left in a deserted manner.

Two glasses of light wine were poured in front of Lu Huayan's grave as Xu Qingfan's memorial to Lu Huayan.

According to his uncle Xiao Huazhe, when Lu Huayan was young, he liked to drink two glasses of wine when he had nothing to do, and his wife repeatedly tried to persuade him. Because of this incident, the couple, who had reached the elixir formation stage at that time, even almost started fighting several times. But after the death of his wife two hundred years ago, the master never drank alcohol again, and it seemed that he finally listened to his wife's advice. It's a pity that the master's wife is no longer here at this time.

"Master, if you see me spilling wine on Master's grave, will you scold me as an unworthy descendant?" Xu Qingfan suddenly felt uncontrollable in his heart as he watched the drops of sake sprinkled on the grave nourishing the land in front of Lu Huayan's grave. Such a ridiculous idea. "Probably not. She and Master finally got back together. She shouldn't care about me now, right? Besides, Master hasn't had a drink for two hundred years. It's so pitiful."

"Thank you so much, Uncle, for coming to see Master off on his last journey today, so that Master and the old man will not leave in too lonely a state."

Just when Xu Qingfan was standing on Lu Huayan's grave and thinking wildly, Yue Qingru's sad voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts. When he looked up, it turned out that Xiao Huazhe was already preparing to leave, so Xu Qingfan quickly followed Yue Qingru in bowing to Xiao Huazhe and said sincerely: "On behalf of the master, I would like to thank my uncle for seeing me off."

"Hey, I have been with your master for at least seven hundred years. How can I not see him off when he is leaving?" Xiao Huazhe sighed, glanced at Yue Qingru and Xu Qingfan, then nodded and said, "You two You are a good disciple of Hua Yan. I think Hua Yan will be very happy to see you being so filial."

"Disciple, I am ashamed of myself." Yue Qingru said quickly.

"As a son of a human being, these are your duties." Xu Qingfan also said.

"Haha, what a shame! What a duty! Huayan has accepted two good disciples." Xiao Huazhe suddenly seemed to have thought of something and laughed at himself. "I wonder if there will be such a disciple to accompany me when I die?"

"Uncle, you have mastered mystical skills and will definitely live a long life. Oh, it's longevity than Nanshan." Xu Qingfan said with relief after hearing Xiao Huazhe's self-deprecation, but he quickly changed his mind mid-sentence.

For these masters who can maintain their youth for hundreds of years during the elixir formation period, the phrase "long life" is undoubtedly no different from a curse.

"Haha, living longer than Nanshan? It's not that easy. Hua Yan has such a good talent... ugh~~" Xiao Huazhe said sadly, but he was not angry at all because of Xu Qingfan's "curse". "Okay, it's getting late. I have to go back to seclusion now. Huayan's death is very exciting to me. Speaking of which, I am more than 20 years older than him. I don't know one day I will also block it." How can it be so easy to live longer than Nanshan?"

Hearing what Xiao Huazhe said, Yue Qingru and Xu Qingfan didn't know how to respond, so they could only bow and say in unison: "Disciple, I respectfully send you off to my uncle, and wish my uncle a great improvement in his skills soon."

As Yue Qingru and Xu Qingfan sent him off, a dazzling colorful rainbow bridge formed under Xiao Huazhe's feet, carrying him away quickly. As Xiao Huazhe walked away, a grand and gentle voice echoed between heaven and earth.

"Qingfan, I have accepted your master's promise to you. If you find that you are unable to take revenge with your own strength in the future, come to me and I will personally help you destroy that evil obstacle."

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According to the wishes of the head Zhang Hualing, after Lu Huayan was buried, the entire Changchun Residence was owned by a protector named Xu. As a result, on the afternoon of the day Lu Huayan was buried, Elder Xu sent a disciple and couldn't wait to "discuss" with Xu Qingfan about the time to take over Changchun Residence.

The disciple named Liu Qingguan spoke with an arrogant and self-righteous tone, which made Xu Qingfan, who was usually elegant and calm, have the urge to kick him out.

After promising to move out of Changchun Residence that day, Xu Qingfan and Yue Qingru hurriedly sent this annoying guy away, and then they looked at each other helplessly and smiled bitterly.

"I didn't expect Master Xu to be so impatient to move in." Yue Qingru said with a wry smile.

"Who makes us inferior to others? It is said that Elder Xu has many disciples and the cave is small, but when the master was here, no one said that he wanted to change. It's cool to leave the tea." Xu Qingfan said lightly.

"Alas, I am useless as a senior brother. I couldn't even protect the master's former residence in the end."

"Brother, don't be depressed. Anyway, the magic tools in the master's relics have been taken away. There is no point in guarding this former residence. It will only add to the sadness." Xu Qingfan comforted him. After thinking about it for a few days, Xu Qingfan has let go of these things.

"Brother, where should we live after leaving Changchun Residence?" Yue Qingru nodded silently after hearing Xu Qingfan's words, and then asked again.

"Is there no place to live in Jiuhua Mountain, which is so big?" Xu Qingfan asked with a frown.

"There are some empty rooms, but those rooms are either prepared for guests who come to Jiuhua Mountain, or for those low-level registered disciples. It's not suitable for us to live there." Yue Qingru explained.

After hearing Yue Qingru's words, Xu Qingfan frowned and thought for a while, then said decisively: "Then let's go to the back mountain and build another cave."

"The back mountain? There seems to be no one there. Also, is it appropriate for the two of us to build another cave without the consent of the master?" Yue Qingru asked hesitantly after hearing Xu Qingfan's words.

"Why is it inappropriate? Anyway, the master only drove us out of Changchunju, and did not stipulate where we must live. There are indeed no people in the back mountain, but it is precisely because there are no people there that it seems very quiet. And the wood energy there is strong, which is just suitable for us to live."

I don't know if it was because Zhang Hualing was careless. After giving Changchunju to Xu Hufa, he did not stipulate where Xu Qingfan and the others should live, which also gave the two the right to open a cave on their own. You know, in Jiuhuamen, the right to open a cave by yourself is at least a right that only masters in the Spiritual Silence period have.

In the end, Yue Qingru was persuaded by Xu Qingfan and decided to live in the back mountain together.

After making the decision, the two began to pack up their daily necessities and prepare to go to the back mountain to open up the cave. Because neither of them wanted to see Elder Xu's annoying disciple come here again to urge them.

Xu Qingfan didn't have much to prepare, just a few wide robes for Jiuhua Mountain disciples, the fragments of "Withering and Flourishing Jue" given to him by Lu Huayan, the Wood Spirit Pill, and the magic weapon withering ruler. But Yue Qingru had more things, most of which were pens, ink, paper, and various poems and books. Fortunately, Yue Qingru could use the Taoist magic of "The Universe in the Sleeve" to take away some of them, and although Xu Qingfan didn't know this Taoist magic, he was also light and healthy after years of cultivating immortals, so he could still carry three or four large bags on his back.

In this way, the two of them left Changchunju, where they had lived for a long time, carrying Yue Qingru's pens, ink, poems and books, and walked towards the back mountain.

Before leaving, Xu Qingfan took a last look at Changchunju, which was familiar yet unfamiliar, and thought to himself: "What I lost today, I, Xu Qingfan, will find a way to get back one day."

After that, Xu Qingfan strode towards the back mountain, never looking back again.

After arriving at the back mountain, Yue Qingru immediately liked the quietness and vitality of the back mountain, and really agreed with Xu Qingfan's suggestion to open a cave in the back mountain.

In fact, the so-called cave of the cultivator is just to find a place to live, and then set up a layer of spirit gathering array and a layer of defensive array on the periphery. Although the two people's skills cannot achieve the superposition of two arrays. But if only a single layer of spirit gathering array is set up, it is enough for Yue Qingru's late stage of fasting. After all, he is in the interior of Jiuhua Mountain and does not have to worry about external enemies. In addition, Xu Qingfan helped on the side, and after squandering the spirit stones accumulated by Yue Qingru over the past few decades, a simple spirit gathering array was successfully set up.

With Yue Qingru around, building two rooms became a very easy task. With a low-level intermediate Taoist method of "gathering spirits into wood", a large amount of wood energy appeared on the ground in front of Xu Qingfan, and gradually transformed into flat wood. Then he performed a Taoist method called "controlling wood and transforming into shape", and the pile of wood automatically gathered together and quickly built two wooden houses about three meters long and wide.

All of this made Xu Qingfan amazed. He never thought that Taoism could be used in this way. At this moment, Xu Qingfan's desire to learn Taoism became extremely strong.

With his own house, Xu Qingfan's heart, which had been a little confused and empty because he was driven out of Changchunju, suddenly became full and stable. People are like this. As long as there is a place that can be called "home", they will feel extremely at ease. Whether it is a powerful cultivator or an ordinary mortal.

When everything was done, time had unknowingly reached the evening.

Looking at the clear and bright night sky behind the mountain, Xu Qingfan suddenly thought of his only friend Jin Qinghan in Jiuhua Mountain. He thought that he had not seen him for almost four months. How is he now?

Thinking of this, Xu Qingfan's desire to meet Jin Qinghan became extremely strong. Without hesitation, he greeted Yue Qingru who was busy packing up his books and pens, and walked in the direction where he often met Jin Qinghan before.

Friends are very important because they can share your joys, sorrows, and sorrows with you.