Once the Formation was built, its operation was left to the Ren Family. Pan Long also left Ren Changsheng the plans so he could inspect and maintain it.
Pan Long returned to Guangling City and told his closest elders what had happened.
"So once everything settles down, I'll have to live on Peaceful Peach Mountain?" His grandfather, Pan Shou, stroked his beard, looking rather displeased. "I don't like living on a mountain..."
"The summit of Peaceful Peach Mountain is a Grotto-Heaven Paradise. Apart from not having enough room to gallop on horseback, it's no different from down here. The climate is mild, the scenery is lovely, and flowers bloom in every season," Ren Yue urged. "If you spend a few years recuperating there, your martial arts might reach a new height. You might even become a True Person one day. Then Brother Lei can take your place there... In a few years, three generations of the Pan Lineage will be True Persons. It'll be a story praised throughout the world."
"Don't joke. Becoming a True Person Grandmaster isn't that easy! My son's father-in-law has more talent than I do, trains harder, and has more resources from his Lineage, yet he still sees no hope of becoming a True Person. What chance do I have?" Pan Shou shook his head, unconvinced.
"There's no harm in trying," Pan Lei said. "You're only in your early seventies. You're still young!"
"Early seventies is young?" Pan Shou laughed and shook his head. "Then how old counts as old?"
"Ideally... you'd live forever without growing old," Pan Long said.
Pan Shou chuckled. "Living forever... Everyone wants that, but how many actually manage it? Besides, it might not be such a good thing. Life and death are the natural way of the world. What's the point