Chapter One Hundred: Inside the Hidden Immortal Sect

  The "Old Master" that Dao Ren spoke of is the current leader of the Yun Qing Sect, who is 620 years old and has the highest seniority, status, and age within the sect. Few people remember his secular name, and everyone respectfully refers to him as Yun Qing Shangren.

  Wow, this old man must be ninety? One hundred years old? Lin Fan glanced sideways at the old Taoist who was turning over a piece of land in the vegetable garden. His eyebrows were furrowed and his face was full of wrinkles, with his pants legs rolled up high and his sleeves pulled up. If he wasn't wearing a Taoist robe, he looked no different from an ordinary old farmer. The old Taoist looked over, and Lin Fan quickly adjusted his gaze. In this Hidden Immortal Sect, they were all old monsters.

  "Hey little brother, come here." The old Taoist called out.

  "Me?" Lin Fan pointed at himself, looked around and walked over to bow: "Greetings, senior."

  Lao Dao said: "Help me go to She Ri Peak to fetch some mountain spring water. The higher the place, the sweeter the spring water."

  Lin Fan looked up at the towering Sun Shooting Peak, and said, "The Hidden Immortal Sect is a forbidden place, we can't fly in recklessly. Let's walk up instead." He pointed to the small stream beside them: "Senior, this water comes from the Sun Shooting Peak, why let the vegetables wither and wait?"

  "Hehe, you're too lazy to go up, but you'll find a good excuse." The old man said: "You're not a seedling, how do you know it's thirsty?"

  "Seniors are not vegetables, how would they know if it's dry or not?" Lin Fan asked.

  "You're not me, how do you know I don't know if it's dry or thirsty?"

  Spicy chicken noodles, this is a joke... how does it have a bit of a master's flavor? Lin Fan said: "You go ahead and say: since you don't know if I know or not that it's dry, and you also don't know if it's dry or not, so you go get water... okay, I'll go."

  Lao Dao smiled, Lin Fan reluctantly picked up two wooden buckets and headed south from the foot of the mountain. After climbing for nearly half a day, he finally reached the midpoint and carried two buckets of spring water back down to the vegetable field.

  The old man scooped up water and poured it: "Since you've come up, have you gone to see the peak?"

  Lin Fan shook his head: "No."

  "Why don't you go?"

  "Why must you go?"

  Lao Dao said: "Shi Ri Peak is the highest peak in Dongzhou, but not everyone has the qualifications to go up. Since you have this opportunity, why don't you go and take a look?"

  Lin Fan replied: "Because... I forgot."

  "Heh heh, only the careless would forget. I'm afraid you won't even think of reaching the summit along the way." The old Daoist said: "If you regret it, I'll take into account our past friendship and let you fly up there."

  "I'm asking you, senior, did you arrange a thank-you gift for me up there?" Lin Fan raised his head to look at She Riyue: "If so, then I'll go up and take a trip."

  The old man laughed: "Young fellow, how many springs of water did you see up there?"

  "Four mouths."

  The old man said: "You don't know that there are still three springs near the top of the peak. If you persist a little longer, you will get the best spring water."

  Lin Fan nodded as if he had gained some insight, and the old Daoist was very satisfied, using simple and shallow principles to teach his junior, which was proper.

  Lin Fan said: "Senior, is there a thank you gift or not?"

  "No." The old Daoist shook his head.

  "If I persist for a little while longer, will it be all right?"

  The old man was embarrassed and had been considering this problem for a long time.

  "Senior, junior takes his leave."

  Lin Fan left, Lao Dao smiled, it's interesting. The two were talking about the same topic, Lao Dao thought that people should continue to move forward, there might be something better ahead, maybe just need to persist a little longer, and there will be something better. Lin Fan thought, there is no best, only better, if you keep pursuing better, when will it end? Maybe there is nothing better ahead, just like Lao Dao didn't have any thanks, no matter how hard you try, it's still not going to happen.

  There is no right or wrong in this matter, the standard of right and wrong lies in success and failure. Lin Fan's abandonment is a virtue, and Lao Dao's persistence is also a virtue. However, this kid just didn't want to go up there, and Lao Dao has his own count. Lao Dao transmitted: "Lao San, send a big meal to that young man."

  ……

  A misty cloud array on a flat ground, with four chess pieces inserted around it. In the center is a stone platform, where an old Taoist with white beard sits cross-legged. Lin Fan bowed his head: "Greetings, senior. I've come to challenge the Misty Cloud Array."

  The Taoist did not speak, closed his eyes, and made a beckoning gesture with his left hand.

  Lin Fan walked into the formation and sat on a stone platform, the scenery around him was turbulent, but quickly recovered. The Taoist was still the same Taoist, but the Hidden Immortal Sect had turned into fields, endless fields. The Taoist said: "Loss and gain, you walk along this ridge, pick a flower that you think is the most beautiful for me."

  "Is it forbidden to look back and can I only pick one?"

  The Taoist was taken aback and replied: "Yes."

  Lin Fan hurriedly ran to the front, left Shi Tai, and rushed towards the fields. After about an incense stick of time, Lin Fan flew back, handing over a fresh flower: "Senior, I've picked it."

  The Taoist opened his eyes and took a look, shook his head in disappointment: "Very ordinary, you can go back."

  "Though ordinary, it's the best."

  The Taoist shook his head: "This is the worst, it's just growing in the nearest place." My fantasy, I know.

  Lin Fan replied: "If senior can pluck even more beautiful flowers, junior will leave then."

  The Taoist looked at Lin Fan with a puzzled expression, then closed his eyes for a moment before opening them again: "Which sect are you from?"

  Lin Fan replied: "Zhengyi Sect."

  The Taoist asked calmly: "Isn't this method of yours a bit too despicable?"

  Lin Fan replied: "No."

  "You trample all other flowers to pieces, and you still don't call that despicable?"

  "Is it that if I admit I'm despicable, senior will let me pass?"

  "What's the answer?" The Taoist thought for a moment: "The second pass."

  "No way, they said there's only one pass." Lin Fan objected.

  The Taoist priest smiled: "Did I say there was only one pass?"

  "Isn't this method too despicable?"

  The Taoist retorted: "If I admit to being inferior, will you then give up on passing through?"

  Lin Fan replied: "There are only the two of us here, whether or not you admit it, and whether or not I'm inferior. You and I both know in our hearts. Tell me, how many more trials are there?"

  "Not yet, second pass." The Taoist closed his eyes.

  The scene appeared, and the Cloud Clear Gate was just forty miles ahead of the two. They were in a village, and as they moved forward, they left the village a few miles away. There was a mother and son, the mother around twenty years old, and the child about four years old. Both of their legs had triangular marks on them. The Taoist said: "The Cloud Clear Gate is under attack, you must hurry to the Cloud Clear Gate, because you are the only one who can activate the mountain protection array. On your way here, you will find a mother and son bitten by a poisonous snake. The antidote is within ten steps of where the snake appears. You can either stay behind to find the antidote and save the mother and son or abandon them and head to the Cloud Clear Gate. You have half an incense stick's worth of time."

  The Taoist lit incense: "I remind you, half a stick of incense is only enough for you to fly to the Cloud Clear Gate and activate the law array. If you want to stay behind and rescue, it's impossible to reach the Cloud Clear Gate."

  Lin sighed: "No matter how I choose, it's all wrong."

  The Taoist did not deny: "Then how will you choose?"

  Lin Fan asked: "Am I the only one who activated the Law Array? Then am I the leader?"

  "Alright... I suppose." Are you going to take advantage of this too?

  "If I were in charge, before taking office, I would definitely instruct one sentence: everyone can't beat them, must run... So I think there's no hurry to return to Yunqing Gate, because everyone has already run away."

  PS: Last week, there were recommended tickets smashed, now is the most useful time for recommended tickets.