The Path to Immortality

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Fang Ping encouraged Cheng Guan as usual and was about to rush to Liu Wuchen's cave with his sword when he suddenly noticed some hesitation on Cheng Guan's face, as if he was hesitating and didn't know whether to say something or not.

He thought for a while and asked, "What? What's the matter?"

Seeing Fang Ping's hesitation, Cheng Guan seemed to have finally made up his mind and said to Fang Ping: "Brother Hui Fang, after this five-year contract expires, please forgive me for not being able to renew it."

Quit?

Fang Ping was a little surprised and asked, "Why, are you dissatisfied with my treatment here?"

"Not so!"

Cheng Guan shook his head: "Senior Brother Fang has always taken good care of me over the years, and all the profits from Lingtian have been distributed as dividends as promised. Cheng is not dissatisfied at all. The reason for not renewing the contract is entirely my own fault."

He hesitated and explained his thoughts: "Senior Brother Fang, I have renewed my contract with you several times and have been working for more than 20 years. The year after tomorrow will be when I am seventy years old."

"Yunyang Peak is good, but it's too deserted. As we get older, we always like to be more lively. I'm a little homesick, and there are grandchildren at home..."

"For me, foundation building has long been a thing of the past, and now I just want to take care of myself."

As he spoke, he sighed softly, with a look of melancholy and nostalgia on his face.

Fang Ping fell silent.

Perhaps it was because he had neglected his external affairs, or perhaps he was already familiar with Cheng Guan's existence. Only then did he notice that Ling Zhihu, who had been with him for more than twenty years, had already had long hair. There are also a lot of wrinkles on the face.

Perhaps, it is indeed time to take a break.

After a moment, Fang Ping said slowly: "Forget it, since you have decided to leave, I can't keep you here. Before the expiration of this period, I will arrange for someone to recruit another spiritual transplant husband. When the new person arrives, you two will complete the handover." , you can go by yourself.”

"Thank you, Senior Brother Fang, for your understanding!"

Seeing Fang Ping's promise, Cheng Guan breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing the other party retreat with visible gratitude, Fang Ping suddenly had a premonition in his heart.

When the new Ling Zhifu arrives, it may be the last time he sees Cheng Guan.

"Time is really scary!"

Fortunately, I still have the possibility to forge ahead on the road and live a long life!

………

In Liu Wuchen's cave.

Fang Ping met this senior brother who had been promoted from the outer sect together.

Compared to last year, when Fang Ping visited him when he just came back from Luoyuefang, when we met today, Senior Brother Liu was still handsome and handsome, and he seemed to be in his prime.

But only by sensing carefully at a close distance can one feel the looming twilight energy from his body that had never been seen before.

"Junior Brother Fang, you came very timely. If it were any later, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to see me."

The two have been friends for many years. Liu Wuchen did not treat him as an outsider and made a joke naturally.

"How could it be?" Fang Ping shook his head: "Even if you miss the retreat time, you will still have a chance after Senior Brother Liu succeeds in building the foundation."

"Foundation building successful..."

Liu Wuchen sighed and smiled bitterly.

There is no foundation-building pill, only a Ziyang pill, and two foundation-building spiritual objects.

Compared with casual cultivators, the preparations can be said to be thorough, but in Liu Wuchen's view, it is still far from enough.

Seeing Liu Wuchen's expression, Fang Ping felt a little heavy.

The Foundation Establishment Pill is closely related. Fang Ping himself has not yet established the Foundation, so he obviously cannot help the other party and cannot help either.

This is the fundamental principle.

As for other elixirs that are helpful for foundation building...

Fang Ping also had a Ziyang Pill from a disciple of the Xu family.

The Ziyang Pill and the Foundation Establishment Pill have conflicting medicinal effects, so he doesn't mind giving this Ziyang Pill half for sale and half for free to give this senior brother a hand.

The problem is, Liu Wuchen already has Ziyang Pill!

After taking the Foundation Establishment Pill, it has the effect of protecting the meridians, allowing the monks to avoid the cost of failure to establish the Foundation. Therefore, if one Foundation Establishment Pill is not effective enough, you can risk taking a second Foundation Establishment Pill.

However, Ziyang Pill does not have this effect. It cannot be swallowed continuously during foundation building, otherwise the meridians will be broken and die on the spot.

Because of this, Fang Ping, who was temporarily powerless, could only choose silence in response to Liu Wuchen's wry smile.

Liu Wuchen said this not to ask for help. In his opinion, although his junior brother has some luck, he may not be able to help him in such a major matter as foundation building.

This time, Fang Ping was called here not only for the last meeting to reminisce, but also for an old matter.

"Junior Brother Fang, do you still remember when you went to the Canglan River to hunt the black linjiao at Tiandu Peak in the outer sect?" He said leisurely with some memories.

Fang Ping nodded, he was deeply impressed by this matter.

Not to mention that action, which directly allowed him to obtain the second-level formation inheritance of the Tianfeng ancestor and the golden elixir secret technique Taixu Sword Talisman, Dahei, who is one of the dragon eggs involved, is now in his Lying in the cave.

Liu Wuchen said: "At the beginning, in order to ask my junior brother for help, you and I promised to take action once in exchange for one. Now, I will build the foundation soon. If it succeeds, the original agreement will naturally be invalid; if it fails, the consequences will be death or injury. , I’m afraid I won’t be able to help you anymore. Junior Brother Fang, do you want to think about it and honor it as soon as possible?”

After passing this village, there is no such shop!

Liu Wuchen's words evoked Fang Ping's memory.

Due to the long lapse of time, during which Fang Ping's strength improved at an alarming rate, there was never anything that needed Liu Wuchen's help, and this promise had almost been forgotten by him.

Now that old things were brought up again, Fang Ping remembered the situation back then and sighed: "If I want to build a foundation, Senior Brother Liu obviously can't help. Apart from that, there is nothing else I need help with. If Senior Brother Liu is still thinking about this matter, in order to let Senior brother, don't worry, then I will reluctantly make a request..."

He was silent for a moment and said: "This time to attack the foundation, it would be best if senior brother succeeds in one fell swoop. In case of unfortunate failure, try to save your life for the future."

"Looking forward to the future? How can there be a future?"

Liu Wuchen smiled bitterly again. He was nearly sixty years old and the deadline for foundation building was not far away.

Now we are still 40% sure of the impact.

If it fails this time, the probability of success in subsequent attempts is probably not even 10%, so where is the future?

However, death was the only option in the ages, and even Liu Wuchen, who had already made up his mind to succeed if he didn't succeed, couldn't help but hesitate a little at this moment.

After a moment, he said to Fang Ping: "After decades of practice, the foundation building is right in front of me. As long as there is still a chance, I will go all out and risk my life to attack the foundation building."

After saying these decisive words, his tone softened slightly: "Of course, I also promise you, Junior Brother Fang. If the foundation building fails in the end, I will try my best to save my life. After all, I still have forty years. "Shouyuan, even if you completely give up practicing, you can still enjoy yourself, at least this life will be worthwhile."

With these words, Fang Ping felt relieved.

"I wish Senior Brother Liu success in building the foundation!"

Without saying anything else, he took out a pot of spirit wine from his storage bag, filled it up and had a drink with Liu Wuchen.

Perhaps it was the spirit wine that made his mind active. Fang Ping suddenly remembered that there seemed to be another item in his storage bag.

The foundation-building spiritual item Bingzhi Fruit from Taoist Baihe!

This foundation-building spiritual item cannot be taken at the same time as the foundation-building pill.