Mortals: Practice the Three Thousand Great Ways to Gain Eternal Life

Chapter 15: The Battle of the Cave
The conditions offered to Lin Shou by Hong Fu, Li Huayuan, Lei Wanhe, the ancestor of the Chen family, and the ancestor of the Feng family, who are all Jindan stage cultivators in the Huangfeng Valley, are basically the same.

Among them, Hong Fu gave the most generous gift. Not to mention agreeing to become Dong Xuan'er's Taoist partner, she also received one mid-level wood-attribute spirit stone every month, three top-level magic tools, five upper-level magic tools, and a bottle of elixir to improve magic power every month.

Lei Wanhe is second, but he lacks the ability to form a Taoist partner.

Li Huayuan got the least, only five mid-level wood-attribute spirit stones, two top-level magic tools, three upper-level magic tools and a few bottles of elixirs every year.

The ancestors of the Chen family and the Feng family, like Hong Fu, all have the conditions of marriage and becoming Taoist partners with female members of the family. As for the others, they are all similar, it’s just a matter of quantity.

The condition of marrying other women as a Taoist partner after building the foundation may be attractive to other cultivators, but for Lin Shou, he was directly kicked out.

Therefore, Lin Shou chose to become Lei Wanhe's disciple.

Although the two men had different spiritual attributes and skills, Lei Wanhe still gave him a pretty good feeling.

However, even though Lin Shou has the wood attribute spiritual root, he is only a nominal disciple of Lei Wanhe. He will be accepted as a formal disciple after he has built his foundation and a ceremony of apprenticeship will be held in Huangfeng Valley.

Of course, even though he was just a nominal disciple, Lei Wanhe still allowed Lin Shou to enter his cave to practice.

After all, there is a spring of spiritual eyes in his cave.

But Lin Shou politely declined.

"You want to open up a cave on your own?"

After listening to Lin Shou's words, Lei Wanhe frowned slightly and said, In Huangfeng Valley, only disciples in the foundation-building stage can open up their own caves, but Lin Shou is an exception. He has a wood-attributed spiritual root.

"How about this, you open up a cave next to my cave! This way, it will be easier for me to teach you. The spiritual energy there is enough to rank among the top five in the entire sect."

Lei Wanhe said with some pride,

He also guessed that Lin Shou must have some big secret, so he didn't force him and nodded in agreement.

"Master, please forgive me. I want to find a place to open a cave on my own."

Lin Shou quickly bowed and apologized. There was no other way. He didn't want to be too close to any high-level cultivators, even if there was a cave to protect him.

"You can't find a place to open a cave by yourself. You should know what a natural spiritual root means. Even if you are in a sect, there will be people who will harm you. You are only at the seventh level of Qi Refining Stage. You have no power to protect yourself. Even if you are set up with a high-level formation, you may not be able to protect yourself. It is absolutely impossible."

Hearing this, Lei Wanhe refused without even thinking.

People are treacherous, and he doesn't want to lose his newly acquired disciple.

Huangfeng Valley is not a holy place. On the contrary, there are countless intrigues and deceptions. Disciples disappear for no reason every month. In the end, they just asked a few questions and then stopped asking any more questions.

Although Lin Shou is a disciple with natural spiritual roots, he is still in great danger.

The chance of encountering danger is even greater. Whether it is taking over someone's body or killing someone, there will always be people who want to do it. Lei Wanhe knows this very well.

Naturally it is impossible to agree to this.

But Lin Shou also had to open up a cave on his own, and he already had a plan as to where.

Although it is a bit dangerous, there is a spring of spiritual eyes there, and it is secluded enough, so we naturally cannot miss it.

If you miss such a good place, it will be difficult to get it again later.

As for building the foundation, who knows how long it will take him to do so? If something unexpected happens and someone else takes over, he will be doomed.

It's not impossible for this kind of thing to happen. Good things can be obtained as soon as possible.

But trying to persuade Lei Wanhe to agree is really a troublesome thing.

"Master, I can't always be under your protection! Besides, this is a sect, not some other place. As long as the formations in the cave are strong enough, there is no need to worry too much."

Lin Shou persuaded,
He has learned a lot about the situation in the world of immortal cultivation these days. "If it really doesn't work, why not set up a teleportation array for the disciples in the cave?"

Lin Shou added another sentence.

"Teleportation array, you have a nice idea. Even if you sell me out as your master, you still can't build a teleportation array. It's simply impossible. Don't even think about it."

Lei Wanhe was so angry at Lin Shou's request that he laughed and said unhappily.

"But this disciple still wants to open up a cave on his own, and I hope Master will agree."

Lin Shou's face straightened and he requested respectfully.

Seeing this, Lei Wanhe's expression became much more serious. He looked at Lin Shou deeply, and after a long silence, he nodded.

"Okay! But you must also build a cave next to my cave to hide it from others."

"Disciple understands, Master, feel free to worry."

Hearing Lei Wanhe agree, Lin Shou nodded quickly.

"Then go and prepare. These are the things you need to pay attention to when opening up the cave. As for the formation, I will help you figure it out. This is not a difficult thing for me."

Seeing that Lin Shou was so determined, Lei Wanhe had no choice but to agree and lend a helping hand.

He also knew that there must be some secrets about his disciple, but he would not ask too many questions about such things. It was almost impossible for someone to be a casual cultivator if he had a natural spiritual root of wood attribute, let alone find the Yellow Maple Valley.

But as for being a spy, the possibility is not high. After all, he has the wood attribute spiritual root, and his every move will attract attention. He is totally unsuitable to be a spy.

Moreover, Huangfeng Valley would not let Lin Shou hold any power or know too many things. He just needed to practice with peace of mind and condense the golden elixir.

There is no need to get involved in other things.

So after he finished speaking, he handed Lin Shou a jade slip, which contained the precautions for opening up a cave.

"Thank you, Master."

After taking the jade slip, Lin Shou bowed again to express his gratitude.

This Lei Wanhe is indeed easy to talk to.

"Well! I will leave the sect for a while. Don't worry about opening up the cave. It won't be too late to open up the cave after I bring the formation."

Lei Wanhe nodded helplessly.

"The disciple understands."

Seeing this, Lin Shou nodded and agreed.

Afterwards, he sent Lei Wanhe away from the attic.

This cave cannot be opened up for the time being, but some preparations still need to be made.

The first thing: find medicinal herb seeds and seedlings.

He had almost none of these things, so he could only find someone to buy them for him in the Yellow Maple Valley.

The best place was naturally the Hundred Medicine Garden that Master Zhong had taken him to.

This is the most suitable place. As for spirit stones, Lei Wanhe gave him ten mid-level wood-attribute spirit stones and three hundred low-level spirit stones in one breath, which were enough to buy enough medicinal seeds and seedlings.

As long as he can get the seeds and seedlings of medicinal herbs, for Lin Shou who is practicing "Green Emperor Wood Emperor Gong", the subsequent medicinal herbs and elixirs will not be a problem.

(End of this chapter)