The first person who appeared in front of Li Yan was a girl in a dark green robe. She was as pretty as an orchid in a valley, and looked towards the side hall with curiosity on her face. On her left, a big man was slapping the door with his hand in a menacing manner.
More than a dozen people followed behind the girl, many of them with angry looks on their faces.
Li Yan just stood there in the hall. The big man who pushed open the door was about to shout at him, but after seeing Li Yan's face clearly, his expression changed drastically and he swallowed back the words that were about to come out.
The stunningly beautiful girl also saw Li Yan at first sight, and for a moment, she couldn't help but be dazed.
"Senior Sister Bai, after not seeing you for several years, your cultivation has become even better than before!"
The girl had bright eyes, white teeth, a petite figure, and skin whiter than snow. She was as quiet and lively as a lily in the dark night. After hearing what Li Yan said, a gorgeous smile immediately bloomed on her hesitant face.
But immediately, two red spots appeared on her cheeks, and she quickly lowered her head, mumbling, "Li... Junior Brother Li..."
This woman was none other than Bai Rou. At this time, Bai Rou’s cultivation had reached the middle stage of foundation building, but she still looked timid and blushed before she even opened her mouth.
Li Yan looked at Bai Rou carefully, which made Bai Rou even more shy. She was at a loss as to where to put her hands, so she had to put them behind her back quietly, with her white jade fingers intertwined with each other, looking like a little girl.
The reason why Li Yan looked at Bai Rou like this was not intentional, but because he had just seen in his spiritual sense that these people were all led by Bai Rou, and they respected her as "captain" with a respectful look.
However, Li Yan discovered that among the dozen or so male and female cultivators behind Bai Rou, many of them had already reached the late stage of foundation building, and even three of them were at the false elixir stage. However, they were still very polite to Bai Rou, which surprised Li Yan a little, so he couldn't help but take a few more glances at them.
All this happened in just a breath or two, and then several people seemed to recognize Li Yan.
"Oh? Really Junior Brother Li, you have already reached the middle stage of foundation building?"
"Haha, Junior Brother Li, I haven't seen you for a long time. I don't know where you have been during this time. I haven't run into you at Xiaozhu Peak."
"It's surprising that Junior Brother Li came here suddenly today..."
These people are behind Bai Rou, and they all know Li Yan, such as Chu Weixiong from Sixiang Peak.
Li Yan remembered that he and his brother Chu Wei worked together to set up the Sky-Locking Four Symbols Formation. At that time, it was a powerful formation that even the foundation-building cultivators found difficult to deal with.
There were one or two other people who greeted him, and Li Yan could more or less know their surnames, but most of them were people he didn't know.
Among the dozen or so people behind Bai Rou, there were some from the Wuliang Sect as well as cultivators in other attire.
Seeing these people greeting him, Li Yan smiled and returned the greetings one by one, but Li Yan saw more surprise in these people's eyes, and their eyes kept looking at Li Yan.
Of course, some elders knew about Li Yan's spiritual root qualifications, so they were more surprised when they met him.
"I just arrived at Fengliang Mountain today. Master arranged for me to join the ninth team of the Heavy Front Battalion. I didn't expect that Senior Sister Bai would be the team leader. What procedures do I need to go through next?"
Li Yan had walked from a corner of the side hall to the center at this time. After he took out the jade slip given by Wei Chongran, he pushed it lightly and the jade slip floated towards Bai Rou.
Bai Rou, on the other hand, had been standing stiffly at the gate. When she saw Li Yan take out the jade slip, she quickly raised her hand to catch the jade slip that was floating over. With light lotus steps, she led everyone into the side hall.
Li Yan was so calm that for a moment it seemed as if they were the guests.
Bai Rou simply placed the jade slip lightly on her smooth forehead, and then took it back in her hand. At this time, Bai Rou's face had returned to normal.
"Junior Brother Li's joining the Ninth Team is a great help to us. Fellow Taoists, Junior Brother Li is the direct disciple of Senior Uncle Wei of Xiaozhu Peak. Several of the brothers here are acquainted with him. The rest of the Taoists just need to know him."
As soon as Bai Rou finished speaking, the cultivators behind her suddenly realized that this person was actually a disciple of Xiaozhu Peak. No wonder he was assigned to their team as soon as he arrived. Now the most influential person in Fengliang Mountain is Master Wei.
So they all hurried forward to greet him, and three or four young girls came forward with shy faces to greet Li Yan. At this time, Chu Weixiong on the side just chuckled.
"Junior Brother Li, now that you're here, I have one more 'rival'."
After saying that, he even pointed his lips at the female cultivators in a somewhat ambiguous manner, which made the girls spit in displeasure.
After hearing this, Li Yan looked at the expressions of the crowd and of course knew what Chu Weixiong meant, and he couldn't help feeling embarrassed.
At this time, Bai Rou glanced at Chu Weixiong, and then slightly opened her red lips.
"Brother Chu, Uncle Wei's jade slip said that Junior Brother Li Yan just arrived today, and many procedures have not been completed, and the cave residence has not been arranged. I will trouble Brother Chu to take Junior Brother Li to the 'Wanjian Hall' to handle it later." Chu Weixiong laughed when he heard it, and agreed readily.
Li Yan saw this and secretly complained in his heart, "I haven't seen Senior Sister Bai for a few years. Although she is still gentle, she has become bossy. I don't know how she got the position of captain with her personality and cultivation."
But it was not convenient for Li Yan to ask at this time, so he looked at Chu Weixiong and said, "Senior Brother Chu, why don't I see your brother here? The two of you brothers working together can make the opponents terrified. Could he have been assigned to another team?" Li Yan did not see the Xiao Zhufeng brothers and sisters this time, but he was happy to see familiar people, and asked curiously.
He knew the power of the two brothers Chu Weixiong and Chu Weili when they joined forces. If they were not together, their fighting power would be greatly reduced.
At this time, everyone did not need anyone to arrange it, and they had already found stone benches to sit down. Chu Weixiong sighed softly when he heard this, "Alas, the second brother failed to successfully build his foundation this time. He is still staying in the sect, and he and Wei Feng are in seclusion, waiting for an opportunity to build his foundation again."
It turned out that Chu Weili failed to successfully build the foundation. It was no wonder. Among the several geniuses in the Four Symbols Peak, even Wei Feng was still in the Qi Condensation Stage. It had to be said that even a cultivator with good qualifications might not necessarily be able to shine.
"Haha, with your brothers' cultivation level, building the foundation is only a matter of time. I think it won't be long before we can see your combined power again." Li Yan said flatteringly.
Then the several monks from the Wangliang Sect chatted with Li Yan for a while. Only those who were more familiar with him, such as Chu Weixiong, tried to inquire about Li Yan's cultivation level in their conversations, but Li Yan just pretended to be deaf and dumb and refused to say anything.
You have to know that Chu Weixiong was only less than a year later than Li Yan in establishing his foundation. He couldn't understand how this junior brother Li could reach the middle stage of foundation building after just going out for a walk.
Li Yan is a little regretful now. He is used to training outside. If his cultivation is too low, it will cause unnecessary trouble. That's why he suppressed his cultivation to the middle stage of foundation building. It would have been better if he had suppressed it to the early stage of foundation building.
The nine members who were not members of the Wuliang Sect were all listening to Li Yan and the others chatting with smiles on their faces. They also wanted to take the opportunity to hear more about the inside story of the Wuliang Sect, especially the big man who pushed the door open at the beginning, who looked like he was listening attentively.
The answer they finally got was that Li Yan, who had just arrived, had been sent out to perform missions in the past few years and was arranged to come here today. However, Li Yan never mentioned the content of the mission, so they could only suppress their curiosity.
After a cup of tea, Bai Rou, who had only said two sentences, raised her voice slightly and spoke.
"I will go to the Mission Hall to hand over today's mission. If there are new missions, I will notify you. Otherwise, you can rest in the cave for the next few days. As for Junior Brother Li, I will trouble you, Senior Brother Chu."
It's easier to get things done with someone's help. Li Yan didn't expect that everything would go so smoothly. Then everyone dispersed, and Chu Weixiong led Li Yan to the "Wanjian Hall" in the rear to handle the formalities.
Li Yan's subsequent procedures went extremely smoothly, even the selection of the cave was unexpectedly smooth. With Wei Chongran as his support, Li Yan only spent less than half an incense stick of time in the "Wanjian Hall" to complete everything, which made Chu Weixiong complain in a low voice.
When they first reported to Fengliang Mountain, it took them half a day, and the deacon didn't treat them well at all. They were all very angry, but they didn't dare to say a word.
Today's deacon master was so "amiable", which made Chu Weixiong sigh in his heart. After all, he was also a little famous in Sixiang Peak. "It's better to have a good master!"
Afterwards, Li Yan said goodbye to Chu Weixiong and flew to his own cave alone.
According to Chu Weixiong, this place used to be the Outer Sword Academy of the Ten-Step Academy, with as many as six or seven thousand disciples, so there were quite a few foundation-building or golden elixir cultivators.
Therefore, there are many independent caves here. Now that the disciples of the Ten-Step Academy have withdrawn, it would be more than enough for the cultivators stationed here even if each of them is allocated a cave.
Soon, Li Yan arrived in front of a cave. At this time, Li Yan was assigned a temporary token. This token allowed all the cultivators in Fengliang Mountain to communicate with each other. It was also an important token for them to verify their identity and open the temporary cave.
The token was made on the spot by the deacon-master who asked for a trace of the monk's spiritual consciousness.
When the monk dies or the token is taken away by someone, the token will immediately self-destruct due to the dissipation of his spiritual consciousness or when the monk extracts the spiritual consciousness from the token. This is a very important means of protection.
In fact, Li Yan did not fly far after separating from Chu Weixiong before arriving at his own cave. This place was very close to the "Zhongfengying" mountain in front, and it could be reached in just a few breaths. It seemed to be an intentional arrangement.
After using the token to open the cave, the interior of the cave was still simply furnished, with a few simple stone tables and stone chairs placed in several places.
The cave is quite large, with a living room, practice room, lounge, breeding room, and alchemy room. Li Yan can see traces of being used by people in each stone room.
But many things here were taken away by the previous owner, leaving only some simple furnishings.
Afterwards, Li Yan waved his sleeves, and several formation flags turned into streaks of light, instantly disappearing in every corner of the cave. Then, after a slight "ding" sound, a protective magic formation replaced the original cave formation.
Li Yan did not set up the "Big Dragon Elephant Formation" because he knew that in the next period of time, he would spend more time going out on missions than staying in the cave, so he would have to carry the "Big Dragon Elephant Formation" with him.
Thinking of the "Great Dragon Elephant Formation", Li Yan couldn't help but shook his head. Ever since the Purple God Dragon Elephant entered the "Tuban" space, it seemed to have forgotten him as its master and rarely came out on its own initiative. Instead, it wandered around the "Tuban" mountain in a show of force all day long.
Occasionally, they would wake up the Snow Mosquito King who was practicing. The two of them would then fly farther away from the mountain and whisper to each other. No one knew what they were doing. Li Yan was too lazy to care about them, so he could have some peace and quiet.
After Li Yan cast a simple spell, the cave became much cleaner than before. This should not be a permanent residence. In fact, the places Li Yan often went in and out of were the training room and the living room. He even seldom went to the lounge.
When one reaches his level, meditation is usually more useful than resting, and can restore physical strength faster.
After Li Yan simply tidied up, he made some tea. Then he did not enter the practice room, but sat quietly in the living room, sipping his tea, as if waiting for someone.