How can one become an immortal with such laziness?

[Ready to depart. Now, proceed in the indicated direction and enter Turn 65...]

The navigator projected a huge red arrow pointing somewhere in the distance.

"Well……"

Hei Yang tried turning the navigator around.

The arrow still points in the original direction.

"It seems this is the right direction to go."

Hongli let out a long sigh and murmured, "If the route is correct, it will only take a little over thirty months? Then what about all the efforts of our predecessors over the years..."

"It is also meaningful."

Hei Yang stated definitively, "They must have covered the main routes over those years, leaving only this little bit behind!"

"Eh? Not necessarily..."

Hongli suddenly stopped speaking, reached out and hooked her arm around Heiyang's shoulder, revealing a grinning expression, and said, "Husband, you're right!"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 473 Today I am not yesterday I am, I righteously cut off from my lazy self, and it is another year full of hope!

Grandma Meng's off-site assistance finally helped the wandering cultivators from the Aoyuan world, who had been roaming aimlessly with their hometown, find the right route.

Together, we adjusted our course and continued to safeguard the world.

And many senior figures in the cultivation world, after having some free time, finally thought about their descendants who had been ruthlessly exploited by the "buying on their behalf" of others.

With the assistance of many high-level cultivators within the Journeying Realm, a wave of rectification and purge was carried out against various organizations.

It's called "correction and elimination," but in reality, it's just checking if any bad seeds have emerged among the descendants who need labor reform, checking if there are any arbitrary or unreasonable regulations, and checking if people are still listening to their ancestors.

Of course, the old monks also knew that their old rules could not be completely applied to this era. They also praised the many innovative and dynamic policies of their descendants without reservation, and did not care at all that some so-called "ancestral precepts" were changed by later generations.

In reality, these "ancestors," whom their descendants always imagine as "old-fashioned," are often the ones who are least bound by rules and have the most innovative and active thinking!

After all, all of this was created by them from scratch back then, using all their ingenuity. At that time, everyone was poor and had nothing, so no matter what authority you had, people would listen to whoever was right and use whoever had the best ideas!

In the eyes of their generation, these descendants might actually seem "old-fashioned"!

Our ancestors thought you were too feudal.

Those who are "stubborn and conservative" and skeptical of new things generally only appear in times of maintaining the status quo.

They follow the rules of innovation from many years ago, yet they reject the emergence of new rules of innovation.

These people aren't necessarily bad people; it's part of their way of protecting the order. In a sense, most of the time, the organization is held up by these "stubborn conservatives."

Moreover, to be honest, Hei Yang Hong Li is also a "conservative traditionalist". They also feel nervous when new things suddenly appear in their mundane lives, are very resistant to unexpected situations, hate to step out of their comfort zone, and always like to enjoy every peaceful day with past experiences.

While a whole needs creative individuals to step forward and bring about change if it wants to develop, a power cannot be constantly changing if it wants to stabilize. Otherwise, if everyone has new ideas and demands new rules every day, everything will fall into chaos.

Changing policies frequently is no small problem!

Reforms are often accompanied by this sense of helplessness; stumbling forward is the norm, and hitting a dead end is not uncommon.

Whenever we are in such a state of confusion and hesitation, it is those "stubborn" people who firmly point out the way for us.

Sometimes, looking at things from a different perspective can make you realize that having a group of people who "never forget their original aspirations" isn't necessarily a bad thing!

Reforms are not always successful; in fact, most often they fail.

But the thought that there are still people to back us up—even if my path fails, everyone can return to the old order and find a new path—is that there is a group of old-timers who have the ability to pull everything back to where it was before!

Although in the eyes of many passionate young reformers, they are like towering, conservative mountains that weigh heavily on people.

But isn't this also a test?

If you can't even convince us old folks, how can you be sure that your direction of change will be accepted by everyone?

If you want to move forward, then climb over the mountains!

Of course, there are also those who use "ancestral precepts" and "traditions" as excuses, even at the expense of the overall interests, with only their own personal interests in mind.

In reality, they are often the biggest rule-breakers!

There's no need to say anything more about this kind of person.

However, what comforted the veteran cultivators was that, given the overall environment of the travel world, there weren't many people like this.

After a brief settling, the elderly monks who had received aid from their hometown began to give back to their hometown in their own way.

Many lost cultivation techniques, formulas for pills, and formations have been brought back.

Many hidden treasure sites have been precisely excavated, and the people who buried the treasures back then are now personally guiding their descendants to dig them up.

Many of the questions that arose in his spiritual practice were answered by guidance from cultivators at a higher level.

The entire aerospace industry is experiencing a booming and promising trend.

After the New Year, Hei Hui and Hong Qiao finally took an airship to the Five Elements Sect. However, thanks to the newly built teleportation arrays in Five Colors City and the city under the Five Elements Sect's mountain gate, the two girls could still run home every now and then.

The teleportation array normally relies on absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to recharge itself. At first, few people dared to use it, as the energy from its self-charging alone was enough to allow Hei Hui and Hong Qiao to roam around.

However, as more daring individuals began using the teleportation array, these two little girls had no choice but to obediently wait in line if they wanted to use it.

Once the teleportation array is officially operational, it will naturally start charging fees. Although it is a public facility, it can't just be spending without earning; it still needs to collect some spirit stones to recoup its costs.

Even so, people's enthusiasm for spending money remained undiminished after realizing the convenience of teleportation arrays.

After all, it used to take a long time to travel, and even had to cross dangerous wilderness. The time, efficiency, and personal safety costs of transportation were much more cost-effective than the small cost of using a teleportation array.

As a result, Hei Hui and Hong Qiao can no longer wander around as freely as they did when the teleportation array was first built, and their frequency of returning home has decreased.

In response to the unexpected popularity of the teleportation arrays, Elder Huo Le revealed that until a lower-cost teleportation method is developed, the most direct solution to alleviate the pressure is to build more and larger teleportation arrays.

However, despite having a plan, Elder Huo Le did not intend to complete these tasks in a very short time.

His centuries of life experience taught him that no matter how beneficial or seemingly harmless a new thing may be, it should be promoted in a reasonable manner according to certain laws of adaptation, and related work should be carried out gradually; there is no need to rush it.

His intention was to make life more convenient for the residents of the Aerial Realm, not to create chaos in the entire social order.

There are many people with the same personality and mindset as Elder Huo Le in the current management of the Aoyou world. They both promote technological development and are wary of the pitfalls of rapid technological development.

They are like a combination of enterprising reformers and conservative old-fashioned people, cautious and crawling explorers.

Hei Hui and Hong Qiao actually agreed with the elders' cautious attitude.

The memory of their careless and reckless encounter with the tiger is still etched in their minds!

That incident didn't drastically change their personalities; they remain lively, but have become more composed.

However, although the two girls gave up on hoping that Elder Huo Le would quickly increase the number of teleportation windows, it is said that they have recently been plotting other wicked ideas.

My sister and brother-in-law/brother and sister-in-law have their own teleportation array that connects directly to the Five Elements Sect, which they often use to get the freshest meals from the cafeteria every day.

Besides, that wasn't an illegal structure. It's perfectly reasonable for the Five Elements Sect Master to open a small window in his own house to connect to his sect, right?

Regardless of what it's used for, it's a special permission granted by the sect leader to use power to... cough cough, legal and compliant!

However, the sect leader of the Five Elements Sect, Lord Hong Li, was in no mood to pay attention to those two crazy girls at the moment. The sect leader was very troubled lately.

"I knew this day would come. After all, if you walk by the river often enough, you're bound to get your shoes wet..."

Hongli lay sprawled on the bed like a salted fish, her face turned upwards. Before her eyes was Xingyun, who had returned to the Five Elements Sect. Xingyun was listening to her senior sister Hongli's rambling with a look of astonishment.

"And there's also the fact that I deliberately relaxed my vigilance a little beforehand, thinking it was exciting to play around with it, cough cough... but when I actually got caught, it still felt a bit too sudden!"

"So, Sister Hongli, you didn't lie to me, did you?"

Xingyun opened her big eyes wide, her expression a mixture of nervousness, excitement, and disbelief, and asked, "Sister Hongli, you just said you're pregnant? Is it true?"

"It really is true. Although there aren't any strong signs yet, I'm a great cultivator after all. Can't I feel it in my own body...?"

Hongli touched her still-flat stomach with one hand and glanced to the side with a resentful look: "Not only is it true, but the culprit is right next to me eavesdropping!"

"Haha, how can you call it eavesdropping? I was doing it perfectly legitimately..."

Hei Yang leaned against the headboard and chuckled repeatedly at his wife.

Not to mention Hong Li was taken aback, Hei Yang's brain also went blank for a few seconds when he first heard it.

………………

It was the early morning before dawn. Hei Yang was smoking a cigarette (crossed out) and intently munching on a candy cane. Hong Li lay quietly beside him, her belly protruding. Everything was harmonious.

When Hongli woke up from her coma, she opened her eyes and paused for a moment before smacking her lips. Her first words stunned Heiyang: "Damn it, I was careless!"

At that moment, Hei Yang said, "Huh?"

Hongli: "I'm pregnant!"

Hei Yang: "???"

........................

"It can only be said that it was unexpected but also reasonable."

Hongli glared at Heiyang, who was grinning foolishly to the side, and sighed helplessly, "I was thinking that 'the stronger the creature, the harder it is to produce offspring,' so even if we don't take special precautions, nothing serious will happen... Well, it's not surprising, after all, quantitative change leads to qualitative change, it's all very gradual..."

"What does Sister Hongli mean?"

Xingyun looked confused: "I don't quite understand..."