This is what an immortal should be like

Chapter 36 can also be reversed
At the moment when Liu Hongyu made the oath in his heart, the sound of muffled thunder rang out in the sky.

Zhuang Lin looked up at the sky and realized that it seemed that the heaven and earth were sensing it. He turned around and looked at Liu Hongyu again carefully. It seems that the determination of my disciple in cultivation is even beyond my imagination!

"Get up!"

Zhuang Lin also smiled and stood up to help Liu Hongyu up.

Although this is Zhuang Lin's first time accepting a disciple, it has to be said that this disciple is quite worry-free.

After the celestial phenomena were triggered, the clouds in the sky seemed to become thicker, and then the thunder became more frequent.

"Rumble"

Thunder flashed in the sky. Zhuang Lin looked up at the sky, using the formation to feel the details of the changes in the celestial phenomena. The spiritual energy was secondary. The main thing was the spiritual charm between heaven and earth, as well as the water vapor, wind and thunder.
Therefore, the will of a person practicing cultivation can sometimes interfere with the weather, and this has been recorded in many ancient myths and legends.

Zhuang Lin is now studying the theory of the Five Elements, trying to reproduce the Five Elements Control Method by himself. If it doesn't work, he will look for opportunities outside. At this moment, he has some inspiration.

The five elements are mutually generated and restrained. Although spiritual energy can be transformed, it is also divided into five elements. If you control the water spirit, you will attract water vapor. When water is abundant, wood will be born. Ordinary thunder in nature belongs to wood, so wood thunder will be born from the sky.
While the master and disciple were expressing their feelings to each other above the valley, the crowd in the newlyweds' home below, who were originally reluctant to leave and still making noise, finally began to calm down after hearing bursts of thunder.

An old man laughed and shouted.

"Look at you guys, you're making so much trouble. If you have the guts, go and arrange a wedding for your family. Tonight, this young couple can't wait, even God is helping to drive them away~~~~"

“Hahahahahaha” “That’s right, that’s right!”

"God is driving me away. A single night of spring is worth a thousand gold—"

"You dislike us for doing bad things, hahahaha"

The crowd was noisy and gradually dispersed amidst laughter, while the two pairs of in-laws kept bowing to see them off.

Those words made the bride blush in the bridal chamber. She secretly lifted her red veil to take a peek, and just in time she saw the impatient groom entering the room.
At the top of the valley, Zhuang Lin withdrew his gaze and glanced at Liu Hongyu, who had calmed down.

"Let's go, it's going to rain soon!"

After saying that, Zhuang Lin walked forward first, and Liu Hongyu followed behind him with a "hmm".

"Rumble"

After flashes of thunder, the first thunderstorm of summer finally came.

“Crash, la, la, la”

A large number of raindrops fell from the sky, hitting the mountains and rivers of the vast protected area that included the Hidden Immortal Valley, raising dust, washing leaves, and moistening everything.
At this moment, Zhuang Lin had an epiphany. He walked briskly while feeling the raindrops and the water spirit around him.

Liu Hongyu trotted behind to the windward side, covering his head with one hand and trying to use his sleeve with the other hand to help his master block the rain.

Suddenly I found that the big raindrops fell on the master, and they seemed to slide past him. They were very close, but they could not touch him.
With Liu Hongyu's current eyesight, this scene can be seen clearly.

"What are you standing there for? It's raining heavily, run!"

At this time, Zhuang Lin shouted and quickened his pace to run down the valley. Liu Hongyu was stunned for a moment, and without caring about the emotion and excitement in his heart, he hurried to catch up.
By the time the two of them ran to the corridor of the school, Liu Hongyu was already soaked like a drowned rat, and after Zhuang Lin symbolically shook his clothes a few times, the hem of his clothes still fluttered in the wind.

While Liu Hongyu was wringing the water out of his clothes, he asked his master about something that suddenly occurred to him.

"Master, since Hidden Immortal Valley was founded by my father, what about Mr. Yuan Liang? Is he also an actor? There's clearly a Wuling City outside, and it's so large, is it all fake?"

Zhuang Lin was also amused. Sometimes his disciple was extremely smart, and sometimes he was cutely silly.

Zhuang Lin did not answer at first. Instead, he took out two cushions from the classroom and placed them on the corridor, then sat down on one of them.

Seeing Liu Hongyu still wringing clothes, Zhuang Lin gave him a reminder.

"You have already entered the immortal path and crossed the second stage of awakening the spirit. The pure yang energy in your body has reached a certain level. Life is life, and you can take it easy when you need to!"

Liu Hongyu was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding. Come whenever it’s convenient?
The next moment, Liu Hongyu slapped his head and wondered why he was so stupid!
When Liu Hongyu thought of this, his inner palace activated the Qi in his body, and his heart area felt hot. Then the spiritual power in his body gradually surged up, as if a flame invisible to the naked eye was rising from the invisible.

“Zizzizizizi”

At this moment, steam was billowing from Liu Hongyu's wet clothes, and he seemed to be shrouded in a light mist, just like an immortal descending to earth.

Just a moment later, Liu Hongyu found that his clothes had been completely dry, and the water stains around his feet were also evaporated. He was overjoyed. This was one of the charms of the immortal way.

But after coming to his senses, Liu Hongyu found himself funny again.

"So, Master, you were just laughing at me?"

"If I say I just thought of this, would you believe me?"

Zhuang Lin smiled faintly, looking at Liu Hongyu's unconvinced look, and pointed at the cushion.

"sit!"

Liu Hongyu quickly sat down on the mat.

Zhuang Lin considered for a moment before answering the question.

"In fact, Mr. Yuan Liang is not fake, and Wuling City is even less likely to forge it. Everyone in the Hidden Immortal Valley knows this."

"what?"

Liu Hongyu's eyes widened. He had not experienced the information age that Zhuang Lin was in, and his imagination was limited, so his thoughts were a little confused. It took him a while to sort things out in his mind before he gradually came to his senses.

"Master, are you saying that this is still the Peach Blossom Spring?"

"Didn't I say that?"

Zhuang Lin replied and continued talking without waiting for Liu Hongyu to ask more questions.

"The Peach Blossom Spring is true, and so is Mr. Yuan Liang."

At this moment, Liu Hongyu suddenly realized something, just like the people who had discussed it in the valley at the beginning.

"No wonder no one has been able to find the Peach Blossom Spring since its publication. Because the Peach Blossom Spring doesn't exist in ancient times, but in modern times. So, did Mr. Yuan Liang travel through time and space to come here? But why was he able to do that?"

As Liu Hongyu spoke, he suddenly looked at Zhuang Lin, his heart stirring slightly. With a touch of shock and realization, he asked, "Master, could it be that it wasn't Mr. Yuan Liang who could travel through time and space, but you who opened that passage?"

Even though he knew that his master was a true immortal and had already held him in high esteem in his heart, when he asked this question, Liu Hongyu himself was still shocked by the possibility.

Zhuang Lin thought about it and nodded.

"You're right!"

Zhuang Lin looked around the valley. Some things could only be shared with his disciples for the time being, so he spoke with emotion.

"Hidden Immortal Valley is naturally blessed with unique advantages, and it also has an acquired formation. The natural momentum and the acquired formation are integrated and combined. Under the movement, it seizes the fortune of heaven and operates the universe. It can be compared with the changes in time and space in ancient and modern times!"

However, after Zhuang Lin finished speaking, he looked at Liu Hongyu and found that he was completely stunned. On second thought, he understood. He was also shocked at the beginning, but the degree was not so exaggerated because he had spent a long time researching during his exploration.

Liu Hongyu had no buffer time and was shocked when he knew this directly.

Liu Hongyu was indeed shocked beyond words, even more so than when he first saw Tao Yuanming coming. It took him a long time to calm down.

"Master, then, can we still go to the Jin Dynasty? Or other ancient times?"

"We can go to the Jin Dynasty again, but as for other time and space, it is probably impossible. The key may be related to the formation here!"

"Really?"

Liu Hongyu asked this question subconsciously. Zhuang Lin smiled and pointed his index finger around the valley.

"Otherwise, you think that since you and I have been cultivating here and have absorbed so much spiritual energy from the heaven and earth, why is it so rich and so dense? If you just go out and take a look around, you'll know what the situation is like outside. Oh, yes, as a person with destiny, you already know, right?"

What is the situation outside? Although Zhuang Lin has not been out since entering the valley, his perception is connected with the formation, so he naturally knows that there is little spiritual energy in the protected area outside the formation.

The last time the formation was able to be activated was due to the accumulation of several years from the initial layout of the Hidden Immortal Valley to the launch of the plan.

Nowadays, most of the spiritual energy in the valley comes from the time and space connection with the Jin Dynasty. After Zhuang Lin's deeper understanding of the formation, he can now truly live in seclusion in this world, and he has also opened a unique door to transcend the limits of ancient and modern times!
In other words, Yinxian Valley, a truly blessed land, now spans ancient and modern times.

Sometimes Zhuang Lin would think that there must be a reason why heaven and earth allowed such a place to exist. Perhaps, as Liu Hongyu said, it was destiny, and perhaps the path to immortality would be reopened in this life.

However, if Qi Ling only relies on the situation of the modern outside world to reopen the immortal path, he will not be able to do it.

In order to practice in the outside world, the only feasible way Zhuang Lin could think of was that a cultivator must first cultivate to the third level of the immortal path, the Star-Moon Realm.

Then he could absorb the power of the sun, moon and stars from outside, and barely keep from regressing.

Yes, the only way is to not regress, and the higher the realm, the harder it is to stop "leaking", unless you can reach the real realm of cultivation, which is at least the realm of Hezhen Dao in the realm of True Person.

At this time, one's true form is basically not revealed, so there is no need to worry about the decline of one's realm, and it is easy for one to absorb the power of the sun, moon and stars.

However, it is extremely difficult to enter again.

Even masters in the realm of cultivation can theoretically achieve immortality and eternal youth, but they cannot achieve immortality.

As spiritual energy dries up, the natural treasures will likely also be depleted. Even Shouzhen Ruyi died within a few hundred years. It was truly cruel.
Then Zhuang Lin naturally thought of the various novels he had read before, and the so-called revival of spiritual energy, wondering if it was a collision of ancient and modern time and space, or a backflow of spiritual energy.

But it turned out that this was not appropriate, because in the past few months, Zhuang Lin had thought about attracting spiritual energy while opening the formation.

But the consequences of doing so are terrible.

It was then that Zhuang Lin removed some of the restrictions of the formation, and the entire Hidden Immortal Valley began to shake violently. This was not the feeling caused by a large formation, but a feeling of destruction and collapse.

At that moment, Zhuang Lin, as the person in control of the formation, had already understood.

At the moment when the formation of Hidden Immortal Valley was activated, this blessed land and cave almost became a small world of its own, so it has been able to maintain its existence from ancient times to the present.

There is no big problem in relaxing the restrictions on a small scale. Even at the level visible to the naked eye, apart from the fog that can easily make people lost, the earth is connected and living things can enter and exit.

But in reality, all of this is within the control of the formation.

Once Zhuang Lin truly lets go of control, it will be a head-on collision between modern and ancient time and space. There is a high probability that the spiritual energy will not be able to flow back, but instead will cause the annihilation of time and space and everything will become empty. There is a small probability that it may even cause a major disaster.

Moreover, the Hidden Immortal Valley, a rare blessed land in the world, will be destroyed first!
While Zhuang Lin was thinking, Liu Hongyu listened to his master's words.

"How's it outside?"

Yes, didn't I know that long ago? The spiritual energy outside has long been exhausted, and even the path to immortality was cut off thousands of years ago. I should have been born in ancient times.
“It seems we can’t go outside.”

Liu Hongyu said this, but Zhuang Lin came back to his senses and looked at him.

"Can't go? How can I not go? Not only can I go, I really have to go!"

Liu Hongyu stared with his eyes wide open and remained silent, waiting for his master's next words, and Zhuang Lin did not keep him in suspense.

"Have you forgotten why this place exists? Why did you come here? Everyone is playing you. Have you ever thought about playing back?"

"Go back to the show?"

"Yeah, let's go back. Many of the residents here don't belong here in the first place. Their hearts aren't here. They just want to wait until you recover or their contract expires so they can go out and get paid!"

Liu Hongyu fell into deep thought. The whole valley was celebrating the wedding tonight, and everything seemed harmonious and happy, but what the master said was the reality.

"What if their hearts are here too? I mean, what if they want to stay in the future?"

Liu Hongyu asked this question subconsciously. He had lived here for so long that he had feelings for this place and the people here. Although he knew that the immortal road was lonely, he still couldn't bear to leave. He wished so much that all this was not just a plan on paper.

Zhuang Lin could understand Liu Hongyu's thoughts and nodded.

"If your heart is here too, then we are destined to be together!"

Liu Hongyu had a bright smile on his face.

"I understand!"

(End of this chapter)