Lin Dongjiu walked to the top of the peak and came to Hong Yun's residence.
The master's residence had not changed much as he expected. It was still a broken bamboo house and a simple pergola that looked like it might collapse at any time.
Maybe the only difference is that there are more wine jars under the pergola...
Lin Dongjiu caught a glimpse of Hong Yun who was lying under the arbor drinking. He hadn't seen him for several months, and the master seemed much older. He kept pouring wine into his mouth, unable to hide the sad look on his face.
While Lin Dongjiu was cleaning up the discarded wine jars on the ground, he complained: "Master, my disciple didn't let you drink so much wine. Today I will drink with you all night no matter what."
Hong Yun heard the sound and stood up unsteadily. He pulled Lin Dongjiu and said with drunken eyes:
"Dong Jiu? Come on...come and have a drink with the master."
Lin Dongjiu couldn't help but smile bitterly. Master, he probably hadn't sobered up yet, and everyone he saw wanted to have a drink with him.
Hong Yun pulled Lin Dongjiu to sit down and poured him a glass of wine himself.
He breathed out wine and said, "Dong Jiu, where are you doing well? Why did you remember to come back to see the master today?"
Lin Dongjiu: "..."
Seeing that this was not the solution, he grabbed Hong Yun's shoulders, used his spiritual power to force the alcohol out of his body, and shouted:
"Master, please wake up quickly. I am Lin Dongjiu. I am back!"
"Dongjiu...you are Dongjiu..."
Hong Yun's vision gradually became clearer. He stared at Lin Dongjiu blankly for a long time, and finally exclaimed:
"Dong Jiu, my good disciple, you are not dead, you are not dead!"
He stood up and looked around Lin Dongjiu, still in disbelief: "I can't be dreaming..."
Lin Dongjiu smiled and said, "How about I hit you?"
"You bastard, you dare to hit the master, I've turned against you..."
Hong Yun stared, but tears couldn't help falling down, and he hugged Lin Dongjiu: "It's good to be alive...it's good to be alive!"
Lin Dongjiu patted Hong Yun's back, feeling the long-lost warmth lingering in his heart.
Hong Yun let go of Lin Dongjiu, calmed down his emotions, and sighed:
"Well, we all thought you died in the secret realm at first, and Ling'er...she's gone too! But fortunately, fortunately, you're fine, otherwise, how would I be able to survive, Master!"
Lin Dongjiu said with emotion: "I'm sorry, master, for making you worry."
Hong Yun waved his hand, drank the wine in the glass, and said:
"Actually, you didn't come out of the secret realm, and we didn't think you were dead. We thought you were still alive, but you were trapped in the secret realm due to an accident.
Because we heard that the chief disciple of Baicao Cao also stayed in the secret realm and did not come out, and his life jade tablet was not broken, so we held out hope that you would be safe and sound until we could find a way to save you.
However, when I took out your jade tablet of life to see how you were doing at that time, I found that your jade tablet of life was broken... You don't even know how strong I, Ling'er, and that girl Ruxue were at that time.
Despair, we all thought the miracle would never happen..."
Hong Yun took out the jade tablet of life that belonged to Lin Dongjiu. As he said, the jade tablet had been broken into two halves.
"However, a miracle still happened. Even if the jade tablet of life is broken, so what! My disciple is still alive and well!"
Hong Yun threw the broken jade token to the ground and chopped it off twice:
"This damn jade card never made a mistake sooner or later, but it made a mistake at the critical moment. As a result, Ling'er didn't even know that his junior brother was still alive after he left... It's really damn good!"
Lin Dongjiu didn't speak, because he knew that there was not something wrong with his jade tablet of life, but... his jade tablet of life had already been broken!
In other words, Lin Dongjiu died a long time ago, which is correct.
In fact, when he learned from Chang Hu that his life jade medal was broken, he was very surprised and puzzled, but later, he finally understood.
His jade medal of life was not broken when he was trapped in the secret realm, but the time when the jade medal of life was truly broken was probably when he traveled to this world...
But of course he wouldn't explain this to Hong Yun, and he couldn't explain it either.
It's good that Hong Yun continues to misunderstand like this...
"By the way, disciple, how did you come out of the secret realm? Also, why did you kill the three chief disciples?"
Hong Yun saw that Lin Dongjiu's cultivation had been promoted from the Qi Training Realm to the sixth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, and he knew in his heart that Lin Dongjiu must have found a great opportunity in the secret realm.
Of course, the purpose of Hong Yun's inquiry was also out of inner concern. As long as his disciple was safe, he didn't care whether Lin Dongjiu was willing to tell him what he had experienced.
Naturally, Lin Dongjiu would not hide anything from his master. His next actions would be enough to make his name resound throughout the Lingyun Kingdom. So what could he hide from his master?
He briefly told Hong Yun what happened in the secret realm, including how he and Hua Yueyao teamed up to deal with Duan Han and others, as well as about his life experience and the conspiracy of the Demon Palace...
Hong Yun was speechless for a long time after hearing this. After a while, he suddenly gave Lin Dongjiu a shudder:
"You brat, why didn't you tell me earlier if you had this ability?"
"If I knew you had this ability, I would have asked the sect leader to be your chief disciple at all costs."
"Why should I let you suffer in my place..."
Hong Yun was still joking at first, but his tone became dejected:
"I have never fulfilled my responsibilities as a master. You said that if I delay you, then I will be guilty of a great crime!"
Lin Dongjiu rubbed his head and smiled:
"What are you talking about, master? If master hadn't brought me to Xianyun Peak, I might still be picking up rags on some street!"
"Besides, what is the chief disciple's responsibility? Your disciple and I like to stay at Xianyun Peak and stay with the master."
"Moreover, no one in this world can teach me or control me, but only the master can."
"Even if the master can't give me anything, at least he has given me a warm home. What else can I be dissatisfied with?"
"Dongjiu...you have really grown up! It's so gratifying to be my teacher...to be my teacher!"
Feeling Lin Dongjiu's sincerity, the corners of Hong Yun's eyes became moist again.
His eyes were gentle and he said: "Dong Jiu, everyone has their own way to go. I will not interfere with you, but no matter how far you go, you must remember that there will always be someone behind you waiting for you at home.
return."
"Master's teachings, disciples should remember them carefully!"
Lin Dongjiu knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily to Hong Yun.
"Disciple, wake up quickly!"
Hong Yun held back tears from the corners of his eyes and pulled Lin Dongjiu to stand up.
The grandfather and grandson sat opposite each other. Lin Dongjiu took out the drink he was going to give to the master and drank a few drinks together.
Lin Dongjiu did not deliberately force out the smell of alcohol. After a few glasses of strong wine, he was still slightly drunk.
"Master, if I want to bring Ling'er back, where should I find her? Where is this Misty Fairy Pond?"
Hong Yun said drunkenly: "Disciple, if you are not the master, I am attacking you and deliberately saying depressing words. It is difficult to find Ling'er!
If Ling'er succeeds in her cultivation, she might come back to see us before she ascends, but if you want to take the initiative to see her, it's simply impossible!"
Lin Dongjiu was sober after hearing this, and asked in shock: "Master, how do you say this?"
"Do you know that the Tianling Continent where we live is divided into four regions, one continent, and eight forbidden lands?"
"Disciple doesn't know. Please ask master to explain it to me."
Lin Dongjiu frowned. Most of the records in his Encyclopedia of Immortal Cultivation were common knowledge in the world of Immortal Cultivation, illustrations of spiritual grasses and beasts, etc. When it came to the geography and humanities of Tianling Continent, there was no record at all.
"Hmm... It doesn't matter if you know more about it, Master always has a hunch that the small Lingyun Kingdom cannot restrain you. Sooner or later you will go to farther places."
Hong Yun stroked his beard and preached seriously:
"These four regions divide the Tianling Continent into four major regions, namely the Southern Spiritual Region, the Northern Cold Region, the Western Demonic Region and the Eastern Abyssal Region."
"Tianling Continent is vast and vast, with a radius of hundreds of millions of miles, and each region is equally boundless. Without strong cultivation as support, one may not be able to travel all over one region in his lifetime, and there is no point in searching for people across regions.
.”
Lin Dongjiu was stunned and said:
"Master, you mean that Ling'er is not in the same domain as us now?"
"That's right..."
Hong Yun nodded and said sadly: "Our Lingyun Kingdom is located in the south of the Southern Spiritual Territory, while the Piaomiao Immortal Pond is located in the Northern Cold Territory. Even the master does not know its specific location."
Lin Dongjiu raised his head and drank another glass, and asked dullly:
"But master, don't the people from Piaomiao Fairy Pond come here every three years? They can come, why can't I do the same?"
Hong Yun shook his head and said sadly: "Yes, the people from Piaomiao Immortal Pond can come here, but how can we be able to compare with such a huge thing as Piaomiao Immortal Pond?
I heard people from the Piaomiao Immortal Sect say that the Piaomiao Immortal Pond sent people here to use the top teleportation array, and let alone whether we can build this cross-domain top teleportation array, even if it can be built, how can we?
Is it affordable?
I heard that every time they activate the teleportation array, they consume about as much spiritual stone as the entire Luoxia Sect would spend in ten years! Ten years!"
Lin Dongjiu's heart felt like it was stabbed hard by something. His eyes were red and he said unwillingly:
"Then I'll save money and make money! I don't believe I can't even afford to open a teleportation array!"
Hong Yun really couldn't bear to continue to attack Lin Dongjiu, but he had to say something:
"It's a good thing for young people to be energetic, but the world is really cruel to young people. Without foundation and background, it's difficult to climb to the top with just passion."
"Disciple, even if you have accumulated enough spirit stones, can you bring Ling'er back so easily when you go to the Northern Cold Region?"
Hong Yun clenched his fist until it turned white:
"Our Southern Spiritual Region is the weakest in comprehensive strength among the four major regions. The countries in the secular world are actually larger than the sects in the immortal world. This is simply impossible in other major regions.
Especially after that incident, there may not even be a major cultivator in the Concentration Realm in the Southern Spiritual Realm now, and there has not been one major cultivator in the Ascension Heavenly Realm for hundreds of years."
"However, Piaomiao Immortal Pond is one of the top sects in the Northern Cold Territory. Any disciple sent by their sect may have a higher level of cultivation than the elders of our sect.
If Piaomiao Xianchi wanted to destroy Lingyun Country, it might just be a matter of waving a wave of hands. However, for small countries like Lingyun Country, they would probably look down upon them, and they would not bother to take action.
If it weren't for Ling'er, they probably wouldn't have sent anyone to this small place like Lingyun Country."
Hong Yun smiled bitterly, and seeing Lin Dongjiu's face becoming a little gloomy, he poured him a glass of wine himself.
Lin Dongjiu did not drink, but rubbed his temples: "Master, let's not talk about this for now. Let me go back and think about it."
"Well..." Just when Hong Yun thought Lin Dongjiu was about to give up, he suddenly raised his head again and said solemnly:
"But my disciple has made up his mind. No matter how many thorns there are on this road, my disciple will definitely go on. But I still have to go back and think carefully about how to go.
Especially since the issue in Lingyun Country has not been resolved, I don’t have the energy to think that far ahead. Maybe the only thing I can do now is to find a way to let Ling’er know that I am still alive.”
"Well...that's good."
Hong Yun nodded, very satisfied with Lin Dongjiu's handling method, and couldn't help but praise:
"This is what a mature man should do, not act recklessly and recklessly.
Of course, I will also find a way to contact the people from the Piaomiao Immortal Sect, and perhaps ask them to convey the news that you are alive to Ling'er.
You don’t have to worry about this anymore, you have heavier responsibilities, I believe you can do everything well."
"Thank you, master!"
Lin Dongjiu toasted Hong Yun. He was just about to ask about the situation in other large areas, as well as Yizhou, and what the Eight Forbidden Lands were, but he heard the system prompts in his mind keep ringing:
"Congratulations to the host for gaining the attention of Su Bei, Fang Lei, Kui Xing...and six others. The attention value is +200!"
"Congratulations to the host for getting the attention of He Qing, Jiang Yunli, Ying Changsheng... and other 120 people. The attention value is +2000!"
At the bottom of the mountain, a noisy sound even reached the top of the mountain.