Chapter 58

Lin Fan led Wu'er into the grand hall, looked around, and clicked his tongue twice. The grand hall had already been completely taken over by spider webs and dust. The sect leader was incredibly lazy, with only the area of his chair showing a clean spot where his buttocks had been. The death of Elder Zhang had a significant impact on the Zhengyi Sect. Lin Fan apologized, "The sect leader is lazy, please don't laugh. The wall there has the sect rules. Some can be broken, some cannot."

"Like what?" Wu'er asked, looking at the words carved on the wall.

"For example, the sect rules state that fellow disciples must not speak harshly to each other. So cursing is definitely not allowed, but it doesn't say anything about teasing or indirect insults. Of course, we cultivators are all cultivated, so you can start copying them now." Lin Fan found a book by the wall, wiped off the dust on the cover, and said, "I'll start refining this white fox skin first."

Lin Fan first found a refining platform in the refining room, cleaned it thoroughly, and then placed it outside the grand hall. He began to set up the array according to the book. San San Zhenren sat on the eaves of the grand hall, opened his spatial bag, and threw things down: "Two Bohai stones, five taels of gold, one plant of Tongtian grass..."

Lin Fan caught the items and said happily, "Sect leader, you are very well-prepared."

San San Zhenren leaned back, "Going out to train without a spatial bag is too embarrassing. Lin Fan, I'm going out for a while. Don't run around, I have something to tell you when I come back."

"Okay!" Lin Fan didn't ask what San San Zhenren was going out for, knowing he wouldn't answer anyway.

After setting up the array, Lin Fan threw all the materials listed in the text onto the refining platform, then sat inside the array and began to circulate his true qi to drive the array. The array glowed with spiritual light. This was called a standardized magical treasure. Each sect had some standardized magical treasures. According to the text, they collected the required materials, then refined them through a fixed array and method. The resulting magical treasures were almost identical, with only minor differences due to the quality of the materials. For example, the method for refining a spatial bag: using Bohai stones would result in a spatial ring, using Star Sea stones would result in a spatial chain, and using Heavenly Silkworm fabric would result in a spatial bag. The main material determined the quality. The main material for a spatial bag was the skin of a thousand-year-old spirit beast or demon beast, along with two pieces of hundred-year-old black and white mystic iron. The skin of a five-hundred-year-old spirit beast could also be used, but the effect would be much worse. A two-thousand-year-old one would be the best.

With all the materials ready, the refining process was quick. In less than half an hour, the spiritual light from the refining platform disappeared, and a silver ring lay quietly on the platform. Next, it would take time to refine the ring, depending on the quality of the spatial ring, the refiner, and the time and effort spent to make the treasure recognize its master.

The concept of rings dates back to ancient times. Rings were also called "jies," which generally meant to remind newlyweds not to indulge in endless activities.

Just as Lin Fan was about to pick up the spatial ring, a female voice came, "Thunder Shocking Light Technique."

"Die, Wu Shuang." Lin Fan lunged for the spatial ring but missed.

"Hehe!" Ye Wu Shuang's smug voice came, "This is a spatial ring, Lin Fan. Can I borrow it for a couple of days?"

Lin Fan's eyes were blank, "Borrow it? Wait until I refine it before you borrow it."

"Cheapskate, I heard you were fine, so I sneaked out to see you." Ye Wu Shuang looked at the grand hall entrance, "Wow, you finally have a second disciple in the Zhengyi Sect? Why is she wrapped up like a mummy?"

Lin Fan's eyes returned to normal, and he went forward to retrieve the spatial ring, "None of your business. Wu Shuang, I heard you were promoted to the protector of Zizhulin. Do you have any spare magical treasures to give me a couple of bags?"

"I don't like being a protector. There are too many things to do, and it's very troublesome. Some disciples look at me and think I'm too young, so they don't respect me and don't listen to me..."

Seeing Ye Wu Shuang about to start complaining, Lin Fan quickly said, "Let me introduce you. Ye Wu Shuang, the left protector of Zizhulin. Wu'er, the second disciple of the Zhengyi Sect."

"Wu'er? What's your surname?" Ye Wu Shuang asked.

Poor Wu'er, overshadowed by Ye Wu Shuang's beauty, felt a deep stab in her heart. She shook her head sadly, "I don't know."

Ye Wu Shuang looked at Lin Fan, who whispered, "You talk too much."

Ye Wu Shuang, being smart, quickly apologized, "Sorry, Sister Wu'er. Actually, I don't know my surname either. I just followed my master's surname Ye when I went up to Yunqing Mountain. Wait, Lin Fan, the sect leader of Zhengyi Sect is male, and there are no female elders. The sect rules state that female disciples cannot be recruited."

Seeing Wu'er about to retreat, Lin Fan gritted his teeth and whispered, "Do you have to ask now?"

"Ah, I said something wrong again. Master often says that talking too much is a mistake, but I didn't talk much, so why do I keep saying the wrong things?" Ye Wu Shuang's eyes twinkled, "Lin Fan, I have something to ask you this time."

"Hmm?"

"Senior Brother Bai Mu came to me, saying he was worried about Senior Brother Gu Yan. He has been in seclusion for over a year."

It's not unusual for cultivators to be in seclusion, often to practice a certain technique or to heal. Gu Yan was only at the initial stage of the Golden Core, so what kind of technique could make him seclude for so long? The Yunqing Sect discouraged rapid progress, believing that haste makes waste. Generally, a half-year seclusion was already considered quite long.

Lin Fan nodded, "Alright, I'll visit the Tianxing Sect later."

"I sneaked out, so I'll go first." Ye Wu Shuang waved at Wu'er, who raised her hand to her chest and waved back, watching Ye Wu Shuang leave with envy. Beautiful, outgoing, accomplished in cultivation, and with many friends.

Lin Fan looked at Wu'er. This girl was used to being alone and wasn't suitable to stay in the Zhengyi Sect. If the Zizhulin's Extermination Zhenren could take her in, that would be best. But thinking of Extermination Zhenren's stern face, Lin Fan felt a chill. Even San San Zhenren didn't dare to speak casually to Extermination Zhenren.

Of course, Extermination Zhenren's sternness was only on the surface. Otherwise, how could he have such a天真开朗的徒弟 like Ye Wu Shuang? Ye Wu Shuang was just talkative, and after chatting with Extermination Zhenren for a bit, he easily got her to spill the beans. He was quite puzzled: "San San Zhenren took in a female disciple?" This didn't comply with the sect rules. Generally, unmarried female disciples would join Zizhulin to avoid romantic entanglements between male and female disciples and to have female elders guide them in daily life.

The next day, a messenger from the grand hall came to the Zhengyi Sect and said, "The sect leader invites San San Zhenren, Lin Fan, and Wu'er to the grand hall."

Lin Fan was refining the spatial ring and replied, "The sect leader is not here."

The messenger said, "Then please have Lin Fan and Wu'er go to the grand hall first."

What was Qian Yu Zhenren up to? Lin Fan was puzzled and flew to the grand hall with Wu'er, who was even more anxious. Lin Fan first asked the gatekeeper, and learned that in the main hall of the grand hall, besides the sect leader Qian Yu Zhenren, there was also the sect leader of Zizhulin, Extermination Zhenren. Upon entering the grand hall, he saw that Extermination Zhenren indeed had a deadpan face, expressionless with drooping wrinkles.

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