On the path to immortality, I can see destiny.

Zhao Fan was very fast, and returned to the cave in just a few hours.

Inside the cave, Xiao Er was sleeping, lying next to the medicine stove.

It really liked the faint medicinal fragrance emanating from the medicine stove.

It was asleep when Zhao Fan's footsteps woke it up. Smelling the familiar scent coming from afar, Xiao Er raised its head and ran over.

Zhao Fan looked at Xiao Er with some impatience and immediately took out his spirit beast pouch and poured spiritual energy into it.

As spiritual energy was injected, the bag opened wide, and a pale blue light flew out from the opening, grabbing Xiao Er and pulling him into the bag.

The waiter was startled and immediately began to struggle.

With just this struggle, the blue light was easily torn off.

Zhao Fan was stunned by what he saw.

The waiter, unaware of what was going on, ran to Zhao Fan's side and gently rubbed his head against Zhao Fan's leg.

"Why isn't this spirit beast pouch working?"

Zhao Fan couldn't help but wonder if Su San was lying to him, giving him a useless spirit beast pouch.

But thinking about it again, I realized I shouldn't have done it.

Su San had absolutely no reason to lie to him.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Fan decided to try again.

The result was exactly the same. Xiao Er struggled a little, but the blue light was helpless against him.

I tried several more times, but the result was still the same.

Zhao Fan was a little unhappy at this moment. He could see that it seemed that every failure was due to Xiao Er's resistance.

He reached out and tapped the waiter on the head, then spoke.

"Don't struggle, just go in obediently, or I won't carry you away."

The waiter understood Zhao Fan's words and nodded, sobbing.

Subsequently, Zhao Fan reactivated the spirit beast pouch.

Sure enough, this time Xiao Er didn't struggle anymore, and the blue light easily sent Xiao Er into the spirit beast pouch.

"Don't cause any trouble inside. I'll release you once we get back to the cave."

Zhao Fan patted the spirit beast pouch and spoke.

After saying that, Zhao Fan immediately began to pack up the other things in the cave.

……

Four hours later, Zhao Fan returned to his cave.

Upon seeing Zhao Fan return, the middle-aged man did not linger and returned to the Su family that very night.

Zhao Fan continued as before, first releasing Xiao Er and then resetting the formation.

Finally, the medicine furnace was put back into the alchemy room.

The weather isn't very good tonight; it looks like it's going to snow.

Zhao Fan didn't pay attention. He first looked at the medicinal herbs in the herb field and found something was wrong.

The medicinal herbs in the herb field were clearly newly planted, not from the previous batch.

However, Zhao Fan didn't care about these things. In the past six months, he had found many good things in the Cangyun Mountains, and he no longer cared about the value of these spiritual herbs.

After glancing at the herb field, Zhao Fan instructed the waiter not to touch the spiritual herbs, then returned to his cultivation room to continue his practice.

The concentration of spiritual energy in the cultivation room was quite low, which clearly indicated that the middle-aged man must have cultivated here every day when he was here.

But it doesn't matter. They've been watching over the house for half a year. It would be too much to ask them to stop cultivating now.

With that thought in mind, Zhao Fan sat cross-legged on the futon he hadn't used for half a year, closed his eyes, and began to cultivate.

……

Fuling Mountain is thousands of feet high and stretches for dozens of miles.

At the foot of the mountain lies a small, ordinary town called Sujiazhai.

The village is inhabited by tens of thousands of ordinary people.

The mountain is where the Su family cultivators live.

The middle-aged man flew over Sujia Village on his sword and headed straight for the mountaintop.

At the mountaintop, a meticulously crafted courtyard is built against the mountain, with more than a dozen pavilions and towers.

The Su family doesn't have many cultivators, only about twenty in total, so their living space isn't very large.

Among these twenty-odd cultivators, the strongest was naturally Su San.

He is currently also the head of the Su family.

"Third Brother, I'm back."

Su San was cultivating when he was suddenly interrupted by a voice.

Upon hearing the sound, Su San immediately came out of the room.

He looked at his fifth brother, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, and felt a surge of joy.

Since he's back, it means Zhao Fan has also gone back.

"How's it going, Mingyun? Have you seen Zhao Fan yet?"

Su San immediately asked a question.

Su Mingyun nodded immediately.

"I saw him, he's alright."

Hearing this, Su San finally felt completely relieved.

"Okay, you go back and rest first, and call Zixin and Zixuan over while you're at it."

Su Mingyun was puzzled when she heard Su San's words. Why would she call two juniors over so late?

However, he didn't ask any questions, but just nodded silently, then turned and left Su San's courtyard.

Not long after, two young women arrived at Su San's courtyard.

The two were about the same age, looking no more than eighteen or nineteen. One was wearing a red dress, and the other was wearing a green dress.

"Chieftain."

After the two arrived, they saw Su San and bowed to her at the same time.

Su San nodded slightly, looked up at the two of them, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke.

"I called you here because there's something I want to discuss with you."

……

The next day, early in the morning, Zhao Fan pushed open the door to the cultivation room.

Outside the door, the ground was covered in white snow.

The waiter was excitedly running around in the valley.

It was the first time it had ever seen snow, and it was both curious and excited.

Upon seeing Zhao Fan emerge, it happily wagged its tail and ran to him.

Seeing that it was covered in snow, Zhao Fan bent down and gently wiped its head.

"Don't run around. It's just snowing, nothing special."

After saying that, Zhao Fan squatted down, scooped up a handful of snow from the ground, made a snowball, and casually threw it out.

He loved snow. In his childhood memories, he was discovered by his master on a snowy day. From then on, he followed his master and never had to worry about food again.

"Is Fellow Daoist Zhao currently in his cave?"

Just then, Zhao Fan heard a familiar voice coming from outside the mountain.

Zhao Fan recognized Su San's voice.

Although he was a little puzzled as to why Su San had come to visit so early, he immediately released the formation and invited Su San in.

"Fellow Daoist Su, please come in."

At this moment, the mist outside the mountain quickly dissipated, revealing the valley inside, and Zhao Fan standing in the snow with Xiao Er playing beside him.

Su San propelled the flying boat and quickly landed in the valley.

When Zhao Fan saw Su San coming over, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Because this time Su San didn't come alone; she brought a young girl with her.

The girl was fair-skinned and wore a red dress, which made her stand out in the snow.

Her long hair was carefully styled, and paired with this outfit, she looked gentle and lovely.

"Fellow Daoist Su, who is this gentleman?"

Zhao Fan looked at the girl and asked with some confusion.

"This is my niece, Zixuan. Today is the opening day of the market, and she insisted on going to the market with me. I couldn't refuse her, so I had to take her along."

Su San spoke softly, her face showing a helpless expression.