Chapter 81 Yinfeng Cave (First Update)

Shi Xuan grabbed Yu Ruoshui, who was shaking with anger, and walked out of the Good Deeds Room with Zhou Dielan, whose eyes were red, in the eyes of many disciples who were gloating.

It was the right of the steward Ye Xiangan to assign tasks to each disciple. As long as it did not violate the sect's precepts, such as the five major tasks could not be assigned to one disciple continuously, then he could not be found to have made any mistakes. If he resisted, he would be reported to the Law Hall and wait for punishment. The Yongxiang Yongzuo was said to be a ruthless and extremely strict person. Just look at Meng Yuchang, who had an ancestor who was a Jindan Grandmaster, and dared to use small tricks within the rules to deal with Shi Xuan, and you will know how strictly the sect's precepts were enforced.

After telling Yu Ruoshui and Zhou Dielan about this analysis, they gradually calmed down. Yu Ruoshui stamped her feet and said, "Can't we resist when we are bullied like this? It's too much!"

Shi Xuan smiled bitterly and said, "I think they will arrange it for us once every month."

"Do we still need to practice like this? Why don't we tell Sister Ming and ask her to ask her master to come forward." Zhou Dielan placed her hopes on Yu Linglong.

Because of Shi Xuan, Yu Ruoshui, Zhou Dielan and Ming Qingyue became familiar with each other in this month, and soon they called each other sisters. Moreover, because Ming Qingyue often helped her father to preside over the market, although she was the youngest, she was the most mature, and her heroic temperament made Yu Ruoshui and Zhou Dielan willing to call her sister.

"According to what Junior Brother Shi said, I'm afraid that even if Master Yu came forward, it wouldn't work, after all, the other party did nothing wrong on the surface." After Yu Ruoshui calmed down, she still agreed with Shi Xuan's statement.

In fact, the three people didn't know that with Yu Linglong's temper, if they begged her to come forward, the other party would definitely be scared to stop. At least after Ming Qingyue became Yu Linglong's disciple, Meng Yuchang briefly gave up the idea of ​​revenge on Shi Xuan, because he was terrified and couldn't sleep at night when he thought about facing the terrifying scene when Yu Linglong got angry.

But soon he got the news that Ming Qingyue needed to retreat for two to three years after Yu Linglong's training to master and polish Canglang Zhenqi again. Humph, two to three years is enough to kill that guy.

"Junior Sister Dielan, you go to guard the medicine field first. When Senior Sister Yu and I are on duty at Yinfeng Cave, we will think about countermeasures. We can't just sit there and wait for death." Shi Xuan persuaded Zhou Dielan to leave first. If she delayed the mission, she would be punished.

Zhou Dielan nodded sadly, took out a paper crane, and with a whoosh, it turned into a big white crane, but it was still visible that it was made of paper. This was the flying talisman paper specially given to them by the sect considering that the cultivators in the Qi-nourishing stage could not fly with swords, and it could be used repeatedly.

Stepping on the back of the paper crane, Zhou Dielan slowly flew into the air, then waved goodbye to the two people, and reluctantly left Jiaomu Peak.

Shi Xuan and Yu Ruoshui stopped talking, took out the Qinggang sword, and chanted the spell. The Qinggang sword turned into a green light, wrapped the two people, and flew towards the direction of Yinfeng Cave.

Although the two people could only support a few dozen miles of flying with swords, Yinfeng Cave was not far away, just behind the mountain of Tianshu Peak, and they arrived soon.

The two pressed the sword light and landed at the entrance of Yinfeng Cave. This is a cave where cold and strange wind blows all year round. No one can tell where this cold and strange wind comes from. It is only known that it suddenly appeared thousands of years ago. At first, some disciples asked the elders to deal with this strange wind, but later they found that this strange wind is good for tempering the body, so they kept it.

However, tempering the body is only for cultivators at the Qi Induction Stage and above. Disciples at the Out-of-Body Stage such as Shi Xuan only dare to guard a few dozen feet away from the cave entrance and dare not approach it at all, otherwise they will be blown stiff or even blown to death.

After showing the good deeds jade slip to the two disciples on duty, they confirmed that they were here to hand over the task. The two cheered, quickly packed up their things, handed over some things, left traces, and finally gave a jade token to the two, saying, "We are mainly here to see which disciples who have gone in to temper their bodies have not come out in time. If they have not come out for more than three hours, use this jade token to notify the elders on duty here. In addition, after dark, use the jade token to close the cave entrance and open it again in the morning of the next day."

After the instructions, the two left without looking back, as if they were afraid of this place.

Shi Xuan and Yu Ruoshui smiled bitterly at each other, knowing that this was not a good job, because just standing here for a while would make them feel cold, not to mention being on duty for a day.

Shi Xuan and his men would be on duty here for twenty days, of which they would have two days to rest. These two days plus the other days would be guarded by other disciples who had taken on the good deeds task.

There are actually very few disciples who come to Yinfeng Cave, because there are only a few dozen inner disciples, and each of them is still in a different stage. Only those who are in the stage of tempering their bodies need to come to Yinfeng Cave, and they don’t come every day. In total, only a dozen people need to register every day.

After a moment of silence, Yu Ruoshui said, "I see that you don’t seem to be angry, Brother Shi? I was furious at that time."

"No, I was also very angry at that time, but I quickly controlled my emotions. As for now, anger and hatred will not help us at all. No matter how angry I am, can I hurt Meng Yuchang or Ye Xiangan from a distance? Only if we calm our minds and make rapid progress can we resist best." Shi Xuan explained his change of mood to Yu Ruoshui.

"That's true, but if we stay here, our daily practice won't be delayed, but we won't have time to take on good deeds. If we can't accumulate good deeds, we won't have enough pills, so how can we make rapid progress? I only have the bottle of Soul Condensing Pills issued by the sect now. I can only take one pill in the morning and evening for five days." Yu Ruoshui said distressedly.

Shi Xuan was thinking about how to solve the problem while talking, but when he heard Yu Ruoshui's words, a flash of inspiration came to him, and he thought of a temporary solution.

That is, what he wants and what Meng Yuchang and others think he wants are probably not the same. In the eyes of people like Meng Yuchang, he is probably the kind of cultivator who needs more time to take on tasks, so as to accumulate more good deeds, exchange for more pills, and improve his cultivation more, because they themselves are such cultivators, but their family conditions are better, and they don't need to accumulate good deeds to have enough pills.

But in fact, he doesn't need pills to improve his cultivation at all, all he needs is his daily hard training. So he needs to mislead Meng Yuchang and others to the previous idea.

Among the five major tasks, smelting materials and being a fire boy cannot guarantee even the most basic practice time, which is what I absolutely don’t want to take; sect patrols, there are ten days in a month when I can only practice in the morning and evening classes, and it is best not to take it if I can; guarding the Yinfeng Cave and guarding the medicinal field seem to be very time-consuming, but in fact, there are very few things to do every day, just not being able to walk around, which just provides me with enough time for practice.

After thinking about the idea thoroughly, just about to tell Yu Ruoshui, Yu Ruoshui asked first: "Junior Brother Shi, you look good and smile, but have you thought of a way?"

"That's right, but before that, there is one thing I need to ask Senior Sister Yu." Shi Xuan said sincerely.

"What is it?" Yu Ruoshui asked doubtfully.

Casting a spell to prevent others from eavesdropping, Shi Xuan said firmly: "That is to temporarily alienate me."

"No! I, Yu Ruoshui, am not that kind of person!" Yu Ruoshui was so angry that her cheeks flushed.

Shi Xuan gestured to Yu Ruoshui to calm down: "Senior Sister Yu, please listen to me, it's just temporary, just pretending, Meng Yuchang is mainly targeting me, you are just incidental, as long as you alienate me, he will definitely not attack you, because this is a good example, see, those who are close to Shi Xuan are unlucky, and those who are alienated from Shi Xuan are better off."

After a pause, Shi Xuan continued: "Besides, I can't bear to let you fall into this situation, involving friends will only make me feel worse, please treat it as helping me, Senior Sister Yu, and advise Junior Sister Dielan. And if you alienate me, you can also get some news of the slightest movement, which in turn reminds me and helps me, which is better than the three of us being isolated together."

Shi Xuan's reasoning made Yu Ruoshui's face Her expression softened, and she sighed, "That's true, but from now on, in the eyes of others, I, Yu Ruoshui, am a villain who flatters the powerful, forgets my principles for the sake of profit, and betrays my friends. Forget it, for the sake of you as a friend, I will bear these misunderstandings. But, Junior Brother Shi, how can you get out of this?"

"Then please tell some of my complaints to some female monks you are familiar with." Shi Xuan didn't plan to tell Yu Ruoshui her specific thoughts, because she was not a good liar. If she just wanted to distance herself, it would be fine, because there would be few opportunities to meet in the future, but if she was asked to help her lie, she might not be able to do it well, especially in front of those monks she was familiar with.

"Oh?" Yu Ruoshui frowned in confusion.

"Just say I complained that Yinfeng Cave is not a place for people to stay."

"Just say I secretly prayed not to be assigned to guard Yinfeng Cave and look after the medicine field again."

"Just say I occasionally muttered that if I was assigned to smelt materials and be a fire boy, it would actually be more cost-effective than other tasks. At least I could exchange metals, elixirs, materials, and magic tools for good deeds, and I wouldn't delay the consumption of elixirs and the improvement of my cultivation."

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After telling Yu Ruoshui about the plan to mislead Meng Yuchang and the others, she only frowned fiercely. Finally, under the comfort of Shi Xuan's "mountain people have their own ingenious plans", she half-believed and half-doubted, and reluctantly accepted it.

After arranging the countermeasures, Shi Xuan was also grateful for the friendship between Yu Ruoshui and the others, so he shared some of his experiences in cultivation with Yu Ruoshui, who nodded frequently and benefited a lot.

As for the principles that Ming Qingyue told him, which involved his own misleading plan, he could only wait until Yu Ruoshui spread his complaints and had an effect before telling her.

However, the two of them felt colder and colder.

————If nothing unexpected happens, the second update will be around 4pm, and the third update will be around 9pm.