How can one become an immortal with such laziness?

Hei Yang nodded and, under Hong Li's bewildered gaze, circled around her once.

"Alright, I'll go beg for some vegetarian food. Xiao Li, you absolutely mustn't leave this area before I, Lao Yang, return, or else..."

"Damn, stop making a scene!"

A row of tic-tac-toe symbols popped up on Hong Li's head. Before Hei Yang could react, she used a little force with both arms to lift him up, spinning him around rapidly in place. Once she got the angle right, she suddenly let go with a "whoosh": "Go!"

"Xiao Li———"

Black Sun's voice trailed off in the air.

"Wait patiently for Daddy to come back—"

"Hehe, Black Sun, my Superman!"

Watching Hei Yang fly away with his arms outstretched, Hong Li waved and shouted with a smile, "Go quickly and come back soon, have a safe journey!"

"call……"

Hongli let out a long sigh and wiped her forehead.

"Even though I didn't do anything, I still worked hard!"

"Have breakfast?"

Jinxiu's voice came from the spirit stone.

"Ah? Ah!"

Hong Li paused for a moment, then nodded and looked at the spirit stone screen: "You heard that?"

"After all, the sound was so loud, it was hard not to hear it."

"That's good. Although we practitioners don't distinguish between day and night when we're in seclusion, the alternation of day and night within a single day contains profound principles. Maintaining a regular schedule is a healthy lifestyle that aligns with the rhythm of nature!"

Jin Xiu paused, slowed down slightly, and pointed ahead, where a large, dark mass of people was moving about.

“Those disciples in front must be here for breakfast. Look how many people are lined up.”

"Huh? The sect's huge cafeteria now requires queuing?"

Hong Li was shocked: "How many new disciples did they recruit this year? How could it be so crowded?"

Elder Jin, as the nominal sect leader, I feel I need to say a few words!

We need to have a long-term vision. We can't just think about recruiting more people to earn tuition fees. We also need to control the quality!

We must not let the vanity of the holy site cloud our judgment; we should expand recruitment rationally and gradually…

Kim Soo: "..."

What are you talking about?!

Kim Soo almost lost her composure again; a black line appeared on her forehead.

"First of all, sects spend money to train their disciples; they never charge tuition fees!"

Not only tuition, but also living expenses, food expenses, accommodation expenses, heating expenses, textbook fees... have we ever charged you anything?!

Secondly, less than thirty people were recruited this year, and that's without any screening. There's no way we're talking about the situation you described!

Those are all senior disciples. It was you who stayed for less than a year before running off to go home. Now look what's happened—your fellow disciples don't even recognize you!

"Ah this..."

Hong Li chuckled twice, then suddenly paused, took the spirit stone away, looked at it from another angle, and exclaimed in surprise, "Speaking of which, isn't this the alchemy room? Why are they having breakfast here?"

How long have I been gone? You've even moved the cafeteria?

Why did you replace the one that was perfectly fine?

"Don't even mention it, it's really strange."

Upon hearing Hong Li's words, Jin Xiu couldn't help but sigh and rub his forehead, explaining, "Elder Yao and Elder Dan have retired behind the scenes, you know that, right?"

"Ah, I've heard about it."

Hongli nodded, remembering that before they went there, they had made a promise that if they could return safely, they would retire and enjoy their old age.

Fortunately, Hong Li was quite capable, otherwise, who knows what would have happened!

"Then those two just couldn't stay idle."

Jin Xiu sighed, "It's so relaxing to have nothing to do. I got a sinecure and spend all my time wandering around the sect, running around having fun..."

"Ah this..."

"And then, I don't know what kind of ingenious idea those two came up with, but they suddenly thought of visiting the cafeteria's kitchen, saying that food is similar to elixirs, and that dietary therapy combines the strengths of both..."

Kim Soo scratched his head: "Well, it's all so inexplicable. The two of them were just looking around when they started cooking, and the food they made tasted really weird."

They stubbornly insisted that this was more nutritious, that eating it would make them grow taller and stronger, and even promote their spiritual cultivation—it was all very strange!

"And that's not all..."

Kim Soo sighed repeatedly as she flew through the crowd, and couldn't help but turn back to steal a few more glances.

"The people in charge of meals in the canteen watched as their work was taken over by the two retired elders and their apprentices."

After thinking about it, I went to the alchemy room to try my hand at something different and made a fist-sized pill. I don't know how effective it is, but it tastes pretty good.

I was lucky enough to try a few of these: fried meatballs, bean curd balls, spicy chicken balls… and they were surprisingly delicious!

Hongli: "..."

"And then it turned out like this?"

Hongli asked with a look of pity, "After I left, did everyone suffer so much?"

Sure enough, the sect is in complete chaos without me!

But Hei Yang's younger brother also needs his sister's love. Torn between the bonds of sisterhood and the lustful man, it's truly a difficult choice!

"Ha, come on, you say it's hard to decide? I can only say that those who know, know."

Kim Soo couldn't help but roll his eyes and wave his hand.

"Don't worry, don't worry, this is nothing. As long as those who cook don't go to the clinic and change the IV fluids to millet porridge or eight-treasure porridge, nothing serious will happen!"

Hongli: "..."

"Hey! You're exaggerating! Those are terrorists!"

"Don't worry, don't worry, someone's watching over us and covering for us. What kind of storms hasn't our Five Elements Sect weathered? We even survived the mass food poisoning back then, didn't we?"

Hongli: "..."

"Oh ho, we're here."

Jinxiu stopped talking, and Hongli followed his perspective. She saw a rock pillar standing tall in the sky, reaching straight into the clouds, with a small house sitting alone on it.

The hut was surrounded by thorns, dark energy, a vast sea of ​​fire, murderous sword energy, floating rocks, and faint array patterns in the air, giving it a sense of danger.

"Look, do you see that little house up there?"

Jin Xiu looked up and pointed to the sky, introducing, "That's Senior Brother Yin Zisheng's office. Isn't it unique?"

Hongli: "..."

This must be a prison! This must be a prison!

"This office..."

Hong Li organized her thoughts and chuckled awkwardly, "It really is a case of one man holding the pass against ten thousand!"

"uh-huh."

Kim Soo nodded: "So I need to adjust myself and go for it in top form!"

Hongli: "?"

"No, you still have to push your way up?"

Hongli was completely bewildered: "Isn't this a defensive measure you guys implemented? Don't you have any quick and easy ways to skip class? Don't you have any backdoors?"

"There are no shortcuts, but I've memorized the correct routes!"

Jin Xiu put his hands on his hips smugly and said, "If even we can easily get through these defenses, how could they possibly trap Senior Brother?"

Hongli: "..."

It really is a prison!

"Alright, alright, you can go do something else now!"

Kim Soo took a deep breath: "Give me about twenty minutes!"

The screen went black.

"Uh, okay..."

Hong Li nodded, glanced around, and frowned slightly.

[Hongli: Yang~ Hungry~ Food~]

[Hei Yang: Wait, wait, I'm paying the bill. By the way, why did the beef noodles at Lao Tang's go up by half a yuan? When did that happen?]

[Hongli: It's been about half a month, hasn't it? Oh dear, let's not talk about that now, hurry up!]