Eternal Tranquility

Morning light.

The soft sunshine shines on the back mountain of Wenshi Sect, and tall peaks are looming among the rolling hills, like fairy mountains floating on the sea. A waterfall falls vertically from the side of Qingjian Peak, flowing into the sea of ​​clouds below, and the splashing water mist sparkles with bits of broken light.

Jiang Nian'en was waiting at the end of the mountain road, his admiring eyes falling on a rock in front of him that protruded from the cliff like an eagle spreading its wings. There was a figure sitting cross-legged, wrapped in a green robe, with a wooden hairpin in his hair, and a calm and clear expression. The gentle mountain breeze blows in, and the undulating sea of ​​clouds below me rolls up tiny waves, as if an immortal is floating in.

Jiang Nian'en was grateful for the good luck of his ancestors more than once. If his grandfather hadn't gotten to know his master when he first embarked on the path of cultivating immortality, he wouldn't be where he is today.

He often heard his grandfather Wu Tianyong talking to his mother about this past when he was a child. He also knew that if it weren't for his master's rescue, his mother would have died at the age of six or seven. Later, he met Master again and was lucky enough to become Master's disciple. This gratitude and respect were deeply rooted in his heart, and he dared not forget it for a day.

Only by practicing harder, working hard to be a qualified disciple, and serving his master Mingyangzi well when the master is away, can he barely repay the debt owed to him by three generations of the Wu family.

At this time, Liu Qinghuan, who had been sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, slowly opened his eyes, drew a semicircle with his hands in front of him and then dropped them on his knees, ending his morning breath.

Jiang Nianen put aside his excited thoughts since Liu Qinghuan came back, stepped forward and bowed: "Master, the alchemy room has been tidied up according to Master's instructions, and some of the auxiliary spiritual materials you need have been prepared. Disciple I went to the sect’s alchemy room to find some, and asked other brothers to help me get the rest.”

Liu Qinghuan took the storage bag he handed over and took a look. He had no shortage of precious elixirs, but some of the more common ordinary spiritual materials were insufficient. He had ordered his disciple Jiang Nianen to look for them two days ago, but he did not expect to receive them so quickly. Done.

He praised: "Very good, you are very safe in doing things! Well, how many spiritual stones did Hua use?"

Jiang Nian'en hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Not much. The sect's alchemy room knew that the master wanted it, so it didn't even accept the sect's contribution points from me, and the rest didn't cost much. These are what disciples should do, and they don't dare to ask the master for anything. I want a spiritual stone."

Liu Qinghuan did the math in his mind and realized that there were not many, so he said: "Then go to the treasure room and choose something. There are many martial arts books, various magic tools, etc. that were received from other worlds for the master. There are many types, there should be something suitable for you.”

After being assigned to Qingjian Peak, Liu Qinghuan chose a group of palaces near the top of the mountain as his cave. The alchemy room, weapon refining room and other rooms for various purposes were fully equipped and could be used with only a little tidying up. He then organized the storage space and put the things he had collected over the years or obtained from elsewhere into the treasure room.

Although he no longer has use for those things, the ones that he can keep in the storage space are all high-quality goods. Taking out any one of them will be a good thing that will arouse competition among people in the outside world.

Jiang Nianen was overjoyed after hearing this: "Thank you, Master!"

The two masters and apprentices did not wander around in the clouds, but walked slowly back along the steep and difficult mountain path. Liu Qinghuan has been busy since he came back and has not had time to talk to Jiang Nianen properly, so he took this opportunity to ask him about his cultivation over the years and answer some of his questions.

When crossing a small bridge, I suddenly heard the sound of hooves coming from behind the rocks not far away. A slender and muscular spirit deer with smooth and shiny fur rushed out in panic. When it saw the two people, it looked like it. Turn around, bringing out an overflowing white light that goes around in the air.

Liu Qinghuan was speechless and couldn't help but said: "Brother Donkey, your interest is too high, and you have actually started harming the spiritual deer on my mountain!"

The gray donkey followed closely behind Linglu. Hearing this, he turned to look at him and opened his big mouth to both sides, showing a strange smile like a human being. He also barked happily at him several times.

Liu Qinghuan almost laughed out of anger: "Look at your shameless look!"

The gray donkey paid no attention to him, and drove the spiritual deer away everywhere. Occasionally, it would pounce on him to scare and tease him, just like a rogue.

After arriving at Qingjian Peak, the donkey was so happy that he started having fun all over the mountain every day, bullying the docile spiritual beasts on the mountain into panic and jumping around all day long.

"Don't break out of the mountains! Otherwise, you'll be caught, roasted and eaten. I won't save you!"

Liu Qinghuan shouted loudly, but only received a long hiccup.

"This bitch! Nian En, please keep an eye on it. If it causes trouble, ask your uncle to clean it up."

Jiang Nian'en suppressed a smile and responded, turning around a clump of bamboos, and a palace built against the mountain appeared in front of him.

Mu Yinyin was standing under a winding ancient pine in front of the temple, looking at the sea of ​​clouds. When she saw the master and apprentice turning the corner of the mountain, she smiled and said, "We're back."

Jiang Nianen bowed and saluted, took a peek at his master's face, and called out, "Good morning, master."

Mu Yinyin couldn't help but froze for a moment, turned to look at Liu Qinghuan, and saw the man looking at his disciple with approval, so he had to tilt his head and nod slightly.

The three of them walked into the hall, Liu Qinghuan said: "Now that the rest of the things have been taken care of, although my master is in good condition, his life span is not much left. So I am going to refine the elixir behind closed doors today, but it is difficult to refine the longevity elixir." "It's very high. It will take about half a year. Yinyin, can you stay here for now?"

Mu Yinyin thought for a while and said, "I need to go back to Eagle's Nest City to deal with some trivial matters in two days. You can make alchemy with peace of mind. I will come back to you when you come out of seclusion."

Liu Qinghuan thought for a while. Although he didn't want Mu Yinyin to leave, he couldn't keep her from doing anything. Mu Yinyin was an independent Nascent Soul monk who was as powerful as him. It was extremely rare for him to be able to stay and take care of Mingyangzi for him.

"Okay, then please pay attention to your safety."

He turned over his hands and took out a wooden box: "I was so busy earlier that I forgot to take out the gift I brought for you. Take a look."

Women all like gifts, and Mu Yinyin is no exception. She couldn't help but show a joyful smile on her face, glanced at him tenderly, and asked curiously: "What is it?"

When she saw a black stone in the box, she couldn't help but be a little disappointed: it turned out to be a piece of wood! The first gift I gave her was a stone...

However, she quickly thought that with Liu Qinghuan's pragmatic temperament, he would not just tease her with a stone. When she looked again, she saw that there were circles on the black stone that looked like growth rings.

"This is... a lightning-proof magnet!"

Mu Yinyin was so shocked that she stood stunned on the spot. It took a while before she came back to her senses and looked at Liu Qinghuan in disbelief.

Jiang Nianen was puzzled and asked: "Master, what is the lightning-preventing pole magnet?"

Liu Qinghuan smiled and explained a few words, and then Jiang Nianen was stunned: "It can actually prevent thunder disasters!"

He pressed lightly on the box, and the upper layer of the box was lifted up, revealing the lower layer. On it was a beautiful and smooth wooden comb in the shape of a half-moon.

He picked up the wooden comb and inserted it into her bun, and said with a satisfied smile: "I carved this myself. It uses the main root part of a mysterious grade spiritual wood. It can soothe the mind and comb the spiritual energy. It is used during practice. Excellent.”

Mu Yinyin touched the comb on her head, then pushed the box back and said with a blushing face: "I like the comb very much. Thank you for your trouble, but this piece of lightning protection magnet is too valuable, I can't have it."

Liu Qinghuan pushed the box back into her hand: "Keep it, I got a big piece by chance and divided it into several portions. Not only you, I have also prepared it for them, Master and Brother."

Sure enough, he took out a few more boxes and told Jiang Nianen: "Keep one piece for yourself. You can only use it as a last resort when you advance to Nascent Soul. You must know that being struck by lightning is beneficial. You can send the others to your master." Zu and my two senior uncles, leave a piece for your senior sister. By the way, take this jar of Tianqi tea with you, your master will definitely like it very much."

After seeing Jiang Nian'en put it away, he also asked: "When you are refining elixir behind closed doors for the master, you must serve the master well. If there is any emergency or accident, come and report it immediately."

"Yes, Master."

Liu Qinghuan stood up, held Mu Yinyin's hand and said, "Then I will enter the alchemy room."

Mu Yinyin nodded meekly: "I'll wait for you to come out."