Chapter 347: Retreat

Tao Yanbai: "My father and mother both loved my younger brother more. Even my mother's biological sister felt wronged..."

"Did they do anything wrong?" Tao Ji asked, "I'm asking you, did they do anything wrong?"

Tao Yanbai paused and nodded, "I did it wrong."

"Why didn't you point out when your parents made a mistake?" Tao Ji nodded his head and said, "Is this filial piety if you don't ask or correct the mistakes your parents made?"

"Since they have done something wrong, you have to help them correct it. Do you understand?"

Tao Yanbai opened his mouth wide and was speechless for a long time.

Tao Ji was very disappointed with his friend.

Seeing that he was about to return to Taojia Village, Tao Yanbai said quickly, "Uncle Master, I, I don't want to go home. I want to go to the academy to learn skills next year. I, I want to practice Taoism."

Tao Ji paused as he was leaving and looked back at him, "Are you sure?"

Tao Yanbai blushed and said, "But if I do this, my uncle will lose his credibility."

"Isn't the key to the matter that you just need to live a good life?" Tao Ji said, "Who cares about that little bit of reputation?"

Seeing that Tao Yanbai seemed very worried, Tao Ji said, "Leave this to me. Since you have decided to practice Taoism, you can't just learn medicine. Starting tomorrow, you have to learn martial arts, magic, and everything you need to learn."

Tao Yanbai quickly agreed, "I was already practicing before my uncle came back."

Tao Ji nodded, turned around and was about to leave.

Tao Yanbai quickly called him over, pointed at the knife in his hand and said, "Uncle Master, a kitchen knife."

Tao Ji frowned and handed the kitchen knife back to him.

He went to find Wang Feiyin angrily, "Big Brother, I want to go back to Tao Village."

Wang Feiyin was sitting on the edge of the cliff meditating. He opened his eyes when he heard this, as if he had expected it. "There's no rush for Taojia Village. You just came back from outside. Rest for a few days before going."

Taojia Village can't escape again.

Tao Ji agreed reluctantly.

Wang Feiyin gently warned: "Don't be too fierce. Yanbai's aptitude is average, and he still has a long way to go before he can enter the Dao. You should always leave him a way out. Be gentle when scolding him, don't make him angry to death, otherwise he will have a hard time returning home."

Tao Ji agreed with a sour look on his face.

Wang Feiyin waved his hand and said gently, "Go and have a rest."

Tao Ji: "Then when should I go? The day after tomorrow?"

"You should rest for a few more days."

Tao Ji: "There has to be a deadline."

Wang Feiyin glanced at him and said, "Your temper has not been improved after so many years. You are still so impatient. I told you to rest for a few more days."

Xuanmiao came over without knowing when, and said expressionlessly: "Big Brother asked you to wait until Cong'er comes back before leaving."

Tao Ji: “Why?”

Xuanmiao: “Because of money.”

Wang Feiyin nodded, "Miao Zhen Miao and the other three are too young, and Fourth Junior Sister is also unlucky. If you don't take all this money with you and leave it in the Taoist temple, will my Junior Sister and I still be alive?"

He said, "It's okay for me, but Junior Sister is in seclusion to consolidate what she has gained recently. If something goes wrong, she will go astray."

Tao Ji and Xuanmiao both thought of the incident when Wang Feiyin was frightened into insanity by a sudden mountain tremor.

Xuanmiao immediately turned around and said to Tao Ji: "You should wait for Cong'er to come back before going. Anyway, we can't run away from Taojia Village."

Tao Ji also nodded, "Okay."

Wang Feiyin waved his hand and said, "Go ahead. Be careful with your words and don't say who the money belongs to. You earned it, so it's yours."

Tao Ji muttered in his heart, that was not my earnings, it was all earned by Junior Sister Xuanmiao, he just took the money.

Pan Yun had no idea that she was at risk of becoming possessed. At this moment, she was squatting on the ground, making a fire and cooking porridge with a stove and a pot.

Pan Yun said dimly, "It feels like being locked up in a small dark room on Mount Longhu, except there's one less cat, but a little more freedom."

The cave was empty and no one answered Pan Yun's questions.

Sanqing Mountain is a group of mountains composed of granite. The peaks are of various shapes and sizes, with the three largest peaks being the main peaks.

Because it is so big, even though Pan Yun has lived here for so long, he has never visited the entire mountain.

Here, she had only walked around the top of the mountain and had no idea there was another road here.

No, this is not a complete road.

The section they just came down, Wang Feiyin carried her down by the air, that is to say, there was no way to go up or down from the top to the path in the middle, and without some skills, it was impossible to go up or down.

Pan Jun glanced at the things Miaozhen and the others brought.

It's amazing that the three of them can bring so many things. Miao Zhen and Miao He are fine, but it seems that Tao Yanbai's Qinggong is also good.

Pan Yun used up all the water in the kettles the three brought. She looked over the blazing fire and went out to find water. There was a two-meter-wide path outside the cave, and then there was a cliff that was bottomless. Pan Yun took a quick look and walked along the rock wall on the left, not getting close to the edge of the cliff.

Pan Yun opened his third eye, looked at the distribution of water vapor in the mountains, and walked in the direction where the water vapor was the heaviest.

As she walked, the road became narrower and narrower, the cliff on the right was getting closer and closer to her feet, and the rock wall on the left was getting bigger and smoother.

By the time Pan Yun vaguely heard the sound of water, the road under his feet was only half a meter wide, enough for only one person to pass.

She supported herself on the rock wall with one hand and glanced sideways at the cliff on the right. Well, it wasn't that scary. There were trees below. Even if she fell, she would fall on a tree, right?

Besides, she is good at Qinggong and flying, so there will be no problem.

Let’s put the flying thing aside for now, the lightness skill will definitely be no problem.

If she fell, she would first gather her energy. As long as the energy in her dantian came up, she would be able to stabilize her body in the air immediately. Then she could step on pine trees or mountain walls. In short, she would be able to use the energy to fly up...

Pan Yun stood there leaning against the stone wall for a long time, and only after successfully convincing himself did he continue to carry the wooden barrel forward.

She felt that the wooden barrel in her right hand was a bit of an eyesore. After thinking about it, she put it into the spiritual space, then supported herself on the stone wall with one hand and walked forward carefully with the other hand open.

The road ahead became narrower and narrower, until it was narrow enough to accommodate only a pair of feet.

Pan Yun muttered, "Can this be twenty centimeters wide? It must not be, it must not be..."

She stared straight ahead, muttering, "I know now. The elder brother didn't come here to make me meditate in seclusion. He just wanted me to build up my courage. What a joke. Would I be afraid..."

Pan Jun walked through the narrowest section with trembling legs, and the road ahead suddenly opened up.

There was a row of pine trees growing on the edge of the cliff, spreading out towards the outside of the cliff. Inside was a space about three or four meters away from the stone wall, with half of the pine tree roots exposed.

For Pan Yun, this was a semi-enclosed safe space. She quickened her pace and stepped inside. Once inside, she leaned against the stone wall and sat on the roots of the pine tree. She raised her hand to wipe the cold sweat from her head, "It's too hot today. I'm sweating."

Less than five meters away from Pan Yun was a rocky ravine that came down from the mountain and was also a waterway.

There is a very small stream of water flowing down from it.

However, Pan Yun just sat there motionless for a long time. When her legs stopped shaking and her heart calmed down, she took out the wooden bucket and went forward to fetch water.

It is obvious that this water flows down from the Hanxing Pond on the mountain.

This is the geographical environment of Sanqing Mountain. Except for a few pools where water flows downwards, other waterways in the mountains will only have water after it rains.

The rest of the time it's dry.

After the rain, whether it is heavy rain or drizzle, the mountains are filled with the sound of rushing water, which is particularly pleasant to hear.

Well, if there is heavy rain, there is also the possibility of flash floods, because Sanqing Mountain is made of granite and basically does not store water.

The ravine went down and passed through the stone path where she was standing, but Pan Yun was not afraid at all when she reached out to fetch water, because she was facing the mountain wall, and there were two pine trees on the cliff behind her blocking her view. Even if she fell, the pine trees would block her view.

Feeling completely safe, she stepped out, held onto the rock wall, and placed the wooden bucket in her hand over to catch the stream water rushing down the mountain.

After filling the water tank, Pan Yun looked up and saw that the sky had turned gray and gloomy. In less than a quarter of an hour, she couldn't see her hand in front of her face.

Pan Jun pondered for a moment and felt that one should not make things too difficult for oneself. Walking on the suspended path was enough once a day.

So she calmly put the wooden barrel filled with water into the spiritual space, then looked ahead, took two steps back and started running, using her Qinggong skills to nimbly pass between two pine trees, without going down the road, and rushed directly to the rock wall...

She walked quickly forward on the rock wall that was wrinkled by the wind and had tiny holes in it. After a moment, she was back to the two-meter-wide path. However, she did not stop and continued to walk forward on the rocks until she saw her own cave, then she dodged and rushed in.

The path outside was not worth her precious feet trodden upon.

As soon as he landed, Pan Yun said proudly: "I also walked back here with Qinggong. To round it off, I walked here."

The Yuanli surrounding her body gave her a great sense of security, so as long as the breath in her Dantian was still there, she would not be afraid and she could use Qinggong.

Pan Jun took out the wooden barrel and happily continued to light the fire and cook porridge.

She was too lazy to wash and put the vegetables away, so she searched among the sundries in the spiritual realm and finally found the fried pickles that Miaohe had given her before.

She ate two bowls of porridge with pickles and put the rest aside for tomorrow.

Pan Yun took out another quilt from the space, used it as a cushion, and covered two beds. She felt warm and her mood gradually improved.

At this time, people were also having dinner on the mountain.

Tao Yanbai was the chef, and Miaohe assisted him, and they prepared a table full of delicious food.

Miao He picked up a piece of pork ribs and said sadly, "Little Master also likes to eat fried pork ribs. She must be very sad that she can't eat it. I am sad too."

Wang Feiyin: "If you don't eat it with such relish, I will believe you for now."

Xuanmiao: "Brother, we are not ascetics, why should we let our little sister suffer like this?"

Wang Feiyin: "In order to calm her mind, she should have less material desires so that she can calm down and think about problems."

He said, "You and Miaozhen don't need to practice like this, but Yanbai and Miaohe do."

He said to the brother and sister who were eating with gusto, "When you want to break through or consolidate your cultivation in the future, that cave will be your place of retreat. The life your junior uncle is living now is the life you will have to live."

Miaohe clenched her chopsticks instantly and began to wonder in her mind whether she should make some delicious food and put it in the space just in case?
　good night

　　(End of this chapter)