Shengsheng Becomes an Apprentice

After chatting with everyone for a while, Lin Xiao first took out a Silver-Tailed Fish that was over a meter long from his private stash and handed it to Jiang Youfu, saying:

"Fuzi, this is for you. This fish is called Silver-Tailed Fish, a specialty of this Icefield Mystic Realm. It tastes extremely delicious. You can use it to practice your skills."

Jiang Youfu happily accepted the huge Silver-Tailed Fish, patting his chest and promising that he would cook it right away and make a whole fish feast that everyone would enjoy!

Then Lin Xiao led the Tuzi to the entrance of the mountain path.

Liu Yunan was extremely surprised to see the mountain pass transformed.

This was far more shocking than the ice pool he had seen next to the large rock before.

After all, these are peach trees that line an entire mountain road!

Moreover, they were all neatly arranged into orderly steps, paved with bluestone slabs!

Wow-- Brother Xiao, this looks amazing!

As he spoke, Liu Yunan rushed onto the mountain path and ran in circles back and forth.

"From now on, this will be our sect's mountain path!"

Seeing how much he liked it, Lin Xiao smiled slightly.

He then began to use his Divine Sense to set the range of mental qualities to be tested in this Heart-Questioning Road.

When he started setting it up, he realized that it wasn't as simple as he had imagined—just adding labels like 'kindness' or 'fairness'.

It is a sensory concept.

All Lin Xiao needed to do was input his own sense of adequacy into this "Heart-Questioning Road."

What follows will be left to the Heart-Questioning Road to take care of itself.

So, after Lin Xiao finished setting up his plan here...

Liu Yunan, who was happily circling Heart-Questioning Road, suddenly realized that he had somehow circled back to his village.

Directly opposite him was his uncle's house, a place he had always loathed since childhood.

Lin Xiao opened his eyes and saw the Tuzi standing motionless on the Heart-Questioning Road.

ah.

He forgot about that.

Oh well, it's nothing serious anyway, they'll be walking this road every day from now on.

Consider this a chance for the Tuzi to develop his mental fortitude.

I wonder if they'll gradually become psychologically disturbed from walking this path of Heart-Questioning Road every day from now on?

Probably not...

After all, this is Heart-Questioning Road, and one should become increasingly resolute in their resolve.

However, he originally brought the Tuzi over because he had something to tell him.

It seems that it's impossible to say for the time being.

We can only wait until he comes out to discuss it.

So Lin Xiao went to Returning to the Garden Mountain Dwelling to find Liao Pantu first.

Having spent over ten days and nights with Senior Liao, he was still a little unaccustomed to being separated from him so suddenly.

Meanwhile, the crowd that had gathered near the ice pool had dispersed and gone about their own business.

The weather has been too hot lately, and the old master of the Lin Household is suffering from the summer heat. Lin Dayou and Lin Yun have been running down the mountain every noon for the past few days to take turns using their Spiritual Power to soothe the Old Master Lin's body.

Lin Yun even specially learned how to carve a Slight Cooling Formation and placed it in Old Master Lin's room.

Now that they've become proficient in farming Law Technique, the amount of farm work they do each day has been reduced by more than half, so the burden on their shoulders has become much lighter, and they have more free time each day.

Everyone else also assigned themselves tasks.

Some people went to learn how to make talismans, while others went to learn how to inscribe formations.

Mo Yuanjiao was the busiest among them.

Not only did he have to cultivate and learn the four arts of immortal cultivation, but he also had to take time to go down the mountain to teach martial arts to the students at the private school.

Jiang Youfu was perhaps the most leisurely of them all.

Because he wasn't particularly interested in those four arts of immortal cultivation.

After the initial novelty wore off, he started to work on it sporadically.

However, he remains passionate about cooking.

He spent all his free time every day at the stove he built at the foot of Returning to the Garden Mountain Dwelling, researching the flavors of various dishes.

With Jianghe's financial support from outside, this sect has all the seasonings they need on their stove.

This was paradise for Jiang Youfu.

He was standing in front of the stove, preparing to process the large fish called Silver-Tailed Fish that his Brother Xiao had just given him.

And behind him followed a little tail.

Liu Shengsheng.

For some reason, even though there were so many fun activities, the girl would always follow Jiang Youfu to the stove whenever she saw him.

Yang Jinshu privately asked his youngest daughter for the reason.

Then she received a very simple and unpretentious answer.

There are delicious things to eat when you follow Brother Fuzi.

When Yang Jinshu heard that this was the reason, she did not scold her daughter.

Instead, she almost burst into tears.

She knew that her daughter was terrified of hunger in the past.

Liu Shengsheng lost her father not long after she was born.

Later, due to the bullying by Uncle Liu's family, their family was perpetually in a state of lack of food and clothing.

The son also runs out around mealtimes because the family is short of food, and he doesn't know what to eat on his own.

Therefore Liu Yunan and Liu Shengsheng, the brother and sister, were both as thin as sticks.

Yang Jinshu himself was one of them.

Therefore, Yang Jinshu fully understands that his daughter is acting this way because she wants to eat delicious food.

Therefore, she did not stop Liu Shengsheng's actions.

Instead, I told her that she could watch how Brother Fuzi cooks.

If she really likes it, she can learn it.

She also visited Jiang Youfu with some gifts, hoping he could teach Liu Shengsheng a little in his spare time.

As a result, Jiang Youfu now had this little tail following him around every day.

Now he can be considered half of his apprentice.

Liu Shengsheng seems to have a great talent for cooking.

Especially when it comes to handling ingredients.

Her hands were much more skillful than Jiang Youfu's chubby little hands.

Jiang Youfu often preferred her to debone the meat and do other food processing tasks that were within her age range.

After all, this little girl is only seven years old.

Then Jiang Youfu would teach her how to cook each dish.

He also noticed that the little girl listened very attentively and learned exceptionally quickly.

This gave Jiang Youfu a great sense of accomplishment.

So the professor became even more dedicated.

Two figures, one Dayi and one short, stood in front of the stove. One of them was just tall enough to reach the stove, and stood on a small stool.

The two of them taught each other while cooking in an orderly manner.

Smoke rose gently from in front of them, drifting leisurely through the air.

Right there in the Returning to the Garden Mountain Dwelling, above the stove, Lin Xiao was sitting face to face with Liao Pantu at the table, drinking the tea that Liao Pantu had brewed.

"What? You're saying you're going to go into seclusion and cultivate until you reach the Golden Core stage? And you want to keep that time within six months?"

Liao Pantu wondered if he had misheard. Or had this kid gotten arrogant just because he had reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage in just over two months?

Otherwise, why would this kid be talking in his sleep in broad daylight!