In the end, Gong Chenying did not tell anyone about her own affairs, but just smiled at Li Yan.
When Zhao Min came over with a smile on her face and pulled Gong Chenying away, Li Yan felt a sudden warmth in his heart, which diluted the sadness and depression in his chest. He felt the difference in Zhao Min recently. Although this matter would not be achieved overnight, it was an excellent start.
The sun was getting hotter and it was already July. Li Yan had been here for more than a month. Although his eldest and fourth sisters had already returned to their in-laws' homes, Gong Chenying and Zhao Min had taken over the position of head chefs in the Li family and were happy to think of ways to cook meals every day.
From the first family who ate so much that their faces turned yellow, to the last family who could eat it, Aunt Chang and Xiaoyu gradually became spectators.
The two girls were extremely intelligent, and being able to draw inferences from one instance was extremely common for cultivators. After more than half a month, some of their cooking skills had even surpassed Aunt Chang and Xiaoyu.
After Gong Chenying and Zhao Min learned more things, they began to be dissatisfied with the food at home. They wanted to make more delicious meals. One day and one night, the two girls went to the mountains and captured two adult "wild boars".
Li Yan was really shocked when he saw them for the first time. He was not frightened by the ferocity of these two "wild boars". Although the "wild boars" were extremely ferocious, they were not even first-level monsters. At most, they could be regarded as ferocious beasts with undeveloped intelligence.
For any of the two women, this would be a trivial matter that could kill them with a wave of the hand, but for ordinary mortals, the threat posed by an adult "boar" is absolutely fatal.
It takes at least four or five young and strong hunters to carefully set up layers of traps and wait for a long time before they can successfully capture one.
How could it not be shocking that the two women brought back two living adult "wild boars" weighing nearly a thousand pounds and with ferocious eyes
Li Yan was so scared that he quickly put away the two "wild boars" and sent them back into the mountains when no one was paying attention. This made the two women quite unhappy, but they also knew that it was extremely inappropriate for them to bring two ferocious beasts like this.
Looking at the unhappy expressions of the two girls, Li Yan had no choice but to beg Uncle Guo Xin the next day to go into the mountains for a hunting trip to catch some monsters. However, his action frightened Aunt Chang, and she didn't want Li Yan to go into the mountains.
Li Yan swore to the sky how much martial arts he had learned, and then, in front of Aunt Chang and the villagers, he lifted a huge rock weighing nearly a thousand pounds on the wheat field with seeming to be reluctant. This made Aunt Chang happy instead of worried.
They felt that their family had produced a martial arts champion, and Li Yan's performance made the villagers think that Li Yan was a martial arts expert.
After entering the mountain, Li Yan showed some skills of a martial arts master at the right time and killed several weaker beasts. Li Guoxin nodded repeatedly and even had the idea of passing the position of village chief to Li Yan. After thinking about it, he knew that this was not possible and had to suppress it.
When the hunting group came out of the mountain, their harvest was several times richer than any previous time, and all the villagers who greeted them were smiling from ear to ear.
After listening to everyone's description of how fierce Li Yan was in the mountains, he admired Li Yan, a soldier, even more. He felt that only someone like Li Yan was worthy of being a fierce general under the marshal.
Gong Chenying and Zhao Min finally got the monster meat they had longed for for days.
After careful discussion, the two girls asked for some bones, meat and internal organs that they thought would best demonstrate their cooking skills, and then plunged into the kitchen.
The days passed by like a trickle of water, slowly going away. On this day, when Li Yan was sitting in his room thinking hard with a jade slip in his hand, his expression suddenly changed and he looked up into the distance.
The next moment, the person disappeared from the room!
At the same time, in a room of the Li family, Xiaoyu was holding a piece of embroidery in her hand, carefully explaining the details to Gong Chenying and Zhao Min.
However, she did not notice that the moment Li Yan disappeared from the house, the two girls frowned, and a wisp of spiritual consciousness was quietly released without being noticed. After a moment, it returned to normal and continued to ask Xiaoyu some questions.
Outside the mountain village, on the top of a mountain, Li Yan was staring coldly at two men in black robes. He spoke with an expressionless face.
"Why, what's the matter?"
As he spoke, a cold aura emanated from him. The two people in front of him were exactly the two Blood Leaf Sect cultivators he had met a month ago. Although he knew them, Li Yan had already given them what he should give. He didn't want to be disturbed while he was at home.
If the two monks on the opposite side were ungrateful and still wanted to make further plans after getting the benefits they had last time, he would not mind teaching them a lesson or even killing them.
Today, when he was studying the art of puppetry, these two people actually transmitted messages to him directly, which made Li Yan quite angry.
Xu Shi and Wang Wuyi only felt a chill that penetrated their bones and they couldn't help but tremble in their hearts. Although their cultivation was not high, the smaller the sect they were in, the more cautious they acted.
If there was no urgent matter today, I would kill both of them and would not dare to privately send a message to the monk from the upper sect in front of me.
"Hello... Hello, Senior. We two received a message from the sect, so we came here to report to you."
Xu Shi spoke quickly, but he trembled a little under the pressure emanating from Li Yan.
"Blood Leaf Sect? Could it be that the other two families are attacking your sect?"
Li Yan said coldly.
"No... no, no, today the ancestor sent someone to deliver two jade slips, saying that they were sent by your clan one after another, so... so I had no choice but to disturb the senior's meditation..."
Xu Shi took a deep breath and quickly finished his words in one breath.
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Wuying raised his hands and presented two jade slips that were emitting a faint white light.
After hearing this, Li Yan's brows relaxed slightly. He did not take the jade slip immediately, but looked at the two of them and asked casually.
"Wangling Sect? What's in the jade slip?"
"This... I don't know. The ancestor said that this jade slip should be presented directly to the seniors. How dare we check it?"
Hearing this, the two were really shocked, cold sweat kept oozing out of their foreheads. Xu Shi hurriedly replied that what he said was the truth.
After hearing this, Li Yan raised one hand and made a slight move. Two jade slips emitting white light flew out from Wang Wuying's hand with a whoosh and shot towards him quickly. In a flash of white light, they were grabbed by Li Yan.
As soon as Li Yan got the jade slip, he immediately felt a very familiar force of restriction. This was a restriction method often used by the Wuliang Sect to prevent outsiders from spying on information.
Upon seeing this, Li Yan was sure that it was the sect's jade slip. He then used his spiritual sense to probe into the jade slip and soon broke the restriction on it.
The moment his spiritual consciousness entered, a deep and majestic voice came into his mind from the jade slip. It was the voice of the sect leader Yan Longzi.
"All disciples of each peak who are undergoing trials outside, after receiving this order, must return to the sect within half a month and await orders. No one is allowed to disobey the order!"
After hearing this, Li Yan's mind moved. After breaking the restriction of another jade slip, another voice was heard, but it was Wei Chongran's voice.
"According to the order from the headmaster, the disciples outside the various peaks must return to the sect within half a month and wait for orders. The same applies to the disciples of Xiaozhu Peak.
After you three receive the order, Chen Ying and Min Er can go back first. Li Yan, your desire to find materials to refine your life magic weapon, your master has already told the headmaster on your behalf. This is not included in this order. You have to decide everything yourself. " In just a few words, Li Yan understood. He couldn't help but feel a bad feeling in his heart. The two jade slips were obviously sent one after the other, and the content of what they said made Li Yan feel that a storm was coming.
The matters inside this room are confidential, and no information is revealed in the two jade slips. The more confidential, the more weird it seems.
Li Yan put away the two jade slips with an expressionless face, looked at the two people who were still waiting respectfully beside him, nodded slightly, and his figure flashed and disappeared in a blur.
It was not until Li Yan disappeared for a long time that Xu Shi and Wang Wuying breathed a sigh of relief. The pressure Li Yan brought to them was too great. The two of them looked at each other, smiled bitterly, and sat cross-legged on the top of the mountain again.
That night, in Li Yan's room, Gong Chenying and Zhao Min looked at the two jade slips on the table, both silent.
"Something big must have happened in the sect, and they want us all to go back. I wanted to stay at home for half a year, but it seems that's not possible."
Li Yan spoke calmly and looked at the two girls. They had been silent since they had read the jade slip.
"All the disciples who were undergoing trials outside have returned. This has not happened for at least a hundred years. Could it be related to the other three sects?"
Gong Chenying frowned. Her previous plan was to accompany Li Yan to look for materials for refining equipment. After all, Li Yan had just established his foundation and it was extremely dangerous for him to be alone outside. However, she was already in the false elixir realm and had much more experience in traveling around the world than Li Yan.
But now that the leader's order has come out, she has to go back no matter what. She naturally thinks that Li Yan will go back with her, and she will wait for another opportunity to go out again.
"Sister Ying, please accompany him to look for materials. I will explain everything when we get back. I think with him... if he comes forward, the head of the sect will also let him off!"
Zhao Min thought about it and spoke softly, but she hesitated when she mentioned Wei Chongran.
However, she had been planning to go back soon. During this month, her state of mind seemed to have been cleansed, and the bottleneck in her practice of the Qiongqi Purgatory Technique seemed to have loosened. She even felt that she could try to reach the Fake Dan realm in terms of her cultivation level.
Even without the leader's order, she planned to return to the sect in the near future. There was too little spiritual energy here, and there were no elixirs needed for many cultivations.
Gong Chenying was moved when she heard this, but Li Yan had already spoken.
"This is not possible. Since Master has already passed on the second jade slip, and even Peak Master Li did not send a message to Senior Sister Min, it is obvious that Master passed it on behalf of you. This means that the matter of the sect must be extremely important.
I have few disciples in Xiaozhu Peak, and it is against the order for me to be outside alone. How can I leave one more person? It will be very difficult for Master to do his job."
Li Yan immediately shook his head.
Then he looked at the moonlight outside the window again and continued slowly.
"As for me, I will still go to look for materials to refine my own magic weapon. I always feel that if I don't go this time, I'm afraid that the world of immortal cultivation will become more and more chaotic, and it will be more dangerous to go out."
He had a bad feeling about the sect's sudden order from the leader, as if he was facing a formidable enemy, which made him feel even more uneasy.
"Then... then you better be careful!"
Seeing that Li Yan had made up his mind, Gong Chenying sighed in her heart. Immortal cultivators often pay a lot of attention to their self-perception. This kind of perception may bring some kind of mysterious guidance to a cultivator. She has also experienced this kind of thing, so she cannot force it.
After Zhao Min glanced at Li Yan, she also remained silent. For a moment, the room fell silent.
Li Yan smiled.
“Speaking of which, you two started the path of cultivating immortals earlier than me. Cultivating immortals is to go against the will of heaven and change one’s fate.
I have been under the protection of the sect for the past four years and have been moving forward safely. There are some things that you must experience before you can grow. Besides, I also want to see the world outside!"
The moonlight was like water, and the whispers of several people slowly rang out in the room...
After staying at home for another six days, Li Yan finally proposed to leave. Under the reluctant gazes of Uncle Chang and Aunt Chang, Li Yan promised to write back often in the future, etc. After hugging Li Wei, he left with the two girls.
Li Guoxin looked at the backs of the three people who were gradually going away and said to Chang Bo.
"Since the day he entered the military camp, he was destined to be far away from home. He is a great roc, and he will eventually soar into the sky! He wants to stay in the mountain village. I think the two rich girls and he are destined not to be together. This should be a blessing for him!"
The sadness on Chang Bo's old face gradually faded away. This time, he turned around and spoke to Aunt Chang in a slow voice.
"Guoxin is right. If Laowu really stays, then his future will really be over!"
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Looking at the two black-robed monks in front of him, Li Yan took out a thick stack of letters and a single piece of paper.
I don't care how you arrange it. After these letters are kept, they must be sent out in the name of an official in the imperial dynasty, and one letter must be sent to the mountain village every two or three months.
Also, the identities of the three of us in the court are written on this piece of paper, and the Blood Leaf Sect must also make arrangements. Do you know?"
After hearing this, Xu Shi and Wang Wuying nodded repeatedly. After taking the letter, they put it away carefully, as if they had received a magic weapon.
After Li Yan came out of the village, he went straight to the two of them and explained everything to them so that his family wouldn't worry about not being able to find out his identity. He also handed them the handwritten letter that he had prepared over the past month.
When he left, he knew deeply that he didn't know when he would see his relatives again, and he felt helpless and sad.
Xu Shi and Wang Wuying nodded in agreement. They were very familiar with this kind of request. Besides, it was just a matter of arranging the identities of three seniors. That was a very easy matter. If the emperor of their dynasty knew about it, he would probably rush to enshrine the three people and would not have enough time.
Seeing the respectful attitude of the two, Li Yan could not help but nodded with satisfaction. Under the hopeful gazes of King Xu and the other two, Li Yan and the other two left.
Li Yan did not take out the "Spiritual Promotion Pill" again to give to the two of them. Although these Qi Condensation Pills were not of great value to him now, they would ignite their greed.
If they are destined to meet again in the future and their work is profitable, he will certainly give them some benefits.
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