allonlinenovel Chapter 131 Together and Apart
Chapter 131 Together and Apart
While waiting for others to break through, Lin Zhifeng was not idle either. Besides consolidating his cultivation and practicing his swordsmanship, he spent the rest of his time either refining medicine or searching for medicinal herbs.
He prepared a batch of commonly used medicines that might be needed in the future, such as advanced healing pills, detoxification pills, and invisibility pills, as long as the materials were available in the town at the foot of the mountain or were in his current inventory, in advance for any eventuality.
Five or six years passed in this way, and the more intelligent members of the group, such as Lin Jun, also emerged from seclusion after successfully breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
Whenever this happens, Lin Zhifeng is always the first to rush over to watch and offer his congratulations.
When more than ten people broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, ten years had passed since Lin Zhifeng broke through to the Nascent Soul stage.
Lin Zhifeng understood that he couldn't wait indefinitely.
These people, whose talents and aptitudes differed greatly, would one day have to face separation.
It's like everyone boarding the same train; some people make it to the final stop, while others have to get off halfway. It's certainly lucky to travel all the way together, but it's also fate to only travel halfway.
Having failed in his breakthrough and no longer needing to retreat into seclusion, Senior Brother Fengping was quite philosophical about it; he knew it was time to part ways. To prevent Lin Zhifeng and Lin Jun from becoming too sentimental, Fengping didn't show his own low spirits. Instead, he calmly comforted them, saying, "It's alright. I'm already very content that I've been able to travel and have fun with you all for so long. Now I can finally achieve my long-held goal: to settle down, start a family, and have children."
Lin Zhifeng forced a smile and said, "Senior Brother Feng is being unfair. He's abandoning us to go live the life of a wife, kids, and a warm bed!"
Feng Ping said, "Of course! I originally planned to take over my father's job as an elder in charge of logistics after breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage. Now I've already achieved my goal ahead of schedule."
Lin Jun laughed and scolded, "Your dad is still very healthy, how can he take over for you? I think he can work for another five hundred years."
Feng Ping said, "I'll go and assist him first, and once I'm familiar with him, I'll take over the reins."
After saying that, he deliberately raised his head, putting on an arrogant look, and said to Lin Zhifeng and the others, "From now on, your monthly allowances and resources will be under my responsibility, so you all better curry favor with me, understand?"
With tears in their eyes, everyone replied, "We understand."
Feng Ping retorted, "What? You can't bear to part with me? Even if you don't mind that I'm a burden and are willing to take me with you, I still value my life and dare not go! It's alright, you can go and have fun without worry. I'll take care of things back home and keep watch for you."
Later, they said goodbye to the others who had not made a breakthrough, and in the end, only twelve people, including Ding Mo, made it to the group.
The mere breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm split their group of brothers apart, leaving only eleven Nascent Soul cultivators in their group.
These newly minted Nascent Soul cultivators rested and prepared briefly before setting off.
Before leaving, Lin Zhifeng also made a trip to the Heavenly Sword Sect.
He sent some newly produced bee products to his uncle and informed him that he was about to leave for another city.
Lin Zhifeng emphasized that he would be leaving for a while, and that the income from the exorcism pills would no longer be shared with him.
Since the demon realm suffered heavy losses last time, it has been relatively quiet for a long time. Therefore, there are very few people infected with demonic energy now, and the sales of exorcism pills have plummeted.
Lin Zhifeng had already made a lot of money refining the Divine Transformation Pill, so he didn't plan to take a cut of this Exorcism Pill.
The storm knew what he was thinking and readily agreed.
The storm wasn't trying to gain that advantage.
He interpreted Lin Zhifeng's behavior as his child's filial piety.
Yes, he now treats Lin Zhifeng as his own nephew.
How could an uncle not be happy when his nephew is being filial to his uncle? How could he not accept it? He can definitely show off to Lin Yuan in the future.
Of course, Storm, as an elder, wouldn't mistreat its own child.
Under the guise of congratulating Lin Zhifeng on breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, Feng Bao rewarded him with a bunch of good things: clothes, cloaks, and shoes suitable for Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, and even gave him several main ingredients for refining the Void Refining Pill.
Lin Zhifeng accepted the gift with a smile and then pretended to be polite, saying, "Uncle, you've gone to so much trouble. I feel guilty! When I go out to gain experience this time, I will definitely keep an eye out and buy back any good things that you might need as gifts."
Storm knew he had some assets, but he didn't know he was now a man with tens of millions of spirit stones. Hearing this, he laughed and said, "No need. How much money could a little kid like you have? Don't waste it on your uncle. Buy something that suits you. It's not too late to show your respect to your uncle when you reach the Void Refining Realm and have great abilities."
Lin Zhifeng said, "I will give my uncle a big gift when I have great abilities. For now, I will give him a small gift. It's alright."
He amused the storm and made it laugh heartily, a rare occurrence for him.
At this moment, Fang Yuan, who had come to see Sect Master Feng Bao, walked in.
Seeing that Feng Bao and Lin Zhifeng were chatting happily, he said familiarly, "I wondered who made our sect leader so happy. It turns out it was Brother Lin."
Lin Zhifeng had guessed that Fang Yuan held a high position in the Heavenly Sword Sect, and now seeing that he could freely enter and leave the council hall without needing to announce his arrival, he thought to himself, "As expected."
Storm was not annoyed that he interrupted when he came in. He simply pointed to Fang Yuan and introduced him to Lin Zhifeng: "This is Fang Yuan, the grandson of the former sect master of the Heavenly Sword Sect."
Upon hearing this, Lin Zhifeng quickly greeted Fang Yuan and said to Feng Bao, "We crossed paths in the Eternal Night Forest a few years ago and even made a deal with Senior Brother Fang!"
Storm looked at Fang Yuan and said, "Oh, really? Fang Yuan, why haven't you mentioned this before?"
Fang Yuan said, "It's nothing serious, so I didn't bother the sect leader with it."
Feng Bao then turned to Lin Zhifeng and said, "The old sect leader has shown me great kindness by taking me in and recognizing my talents. I have promised to help him take care of Fang Yuan. You and Fang Yuan should get along well."
After saying that, he was about to give Fang Yuan some more instructions, but Fang Yuan spoke first: "Sect Master, don't worry, I will definitely not bully him."
After saying that, he smiled and said to Lin Zhifeng, "You don't know, the sect leader has long instructed everyone in our sect to take care of you!"
Lin Zhifeng felt a warmth in his heart and said sincerely, "Thank you, Uncle."
Storm said, "Why thank us when we're family?"
Fang Yuan, oblivious to the situation, interrupted the warm family time between his uncle and nephew, saying, "Sect Master, I've come to ask for leave. I need to leave the sect for a few years to go to Muyun City and finalize the matter of refining the Void Refining Pill."
Storm asked, "Have you gathered all the main ingredients for the Void Refining Pill?"
Fang Yuan said, "We're still missing two ingredients. I plan to go there and find a way to gather them all, and then find an expert to help us refine them."
Storm said, "That's perfect. My nephew is also going to Twilight Cloud City. You can travel together."