How can one become an immortal with such laziness?

"What the hell..."

Hong Li stared intently at the large, pot-lid-shaped hole in the ceiling, as if a blade had flown out with it.

"Shh!"

With a whooshing sound, the pot lid, carrying a cleaver, flew higher and higher into the sky, until it crashed into the edge of the barrier of the Fire Department's small world.

"click"

A slight ripple appears on the barrier, reducing its durability by 1.

Hongli: "..."

Hong Li dispersed the spiritual energy shield around her, turned her head to look at the kitchen, which was covered with strange green spots of soup, and felt a little confused.

"Notification! Notification! At coordinates ****, a disciple is attempting to break through the barrier and escape the mountain gate. Enforcement team members are requested to proceed immediately to intercept him!"

"Notification! Notification! The disciple attacking the barrier, I advise you not to do anything foolish. Cultivation requires enduring loneliness..."

Hongli: "..."

She quietly slipped the handle of the kitchen knife into her storage bag; surely no one would notice... right?

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 150 Huh?

"Harmful……"

Upon hearing the automatic warning from the barrier, Elder Huo couldn't help but rub his temples and reveal a helpless smile: "It's only been sealed off for a few days, and the kids couldn't resist causing so much trouble. They're quite energetic."

"Hmph, it's all because the atmosphere in the cultivation world has become increasingly frivolous in recent years that so many troubles have arisen."

Elder Mu was a young girl dressed in a dark green robe. At this moment, she had a displeased expression on her face: "It's true that each generation is worse than the last. Back in our time, every time we went into seclusion, it was at least ten years. We couldn't even stand the slightest bit of loneliness. What kind of immortality are we cultivating!"

"Oh dear, senior sister, what you're saying is outrageous."

The earth elder was a middle-aged man with a cunning glint in his eyes, and he deliberately drew out his words.

"You know, senior sister, you wood disciples, once you take root there, water it, and bask in the sun, your lifespan will be much longer than that of cultivators of the same realm."

For you, a few years is just a blink of an eye, but those young kids don't think that way.

Curiosity is human nature, and spiritual cultivation is built upon this curiosity. However, closed-door training may not be suitable for all disciples, and it's only natural to want to be free from constraints.

"whispering sound."

Elder Mu glared at Elder Tu with displeasure: "Human nature is something that mortals are concerned with. We are cultivators. If we cannot control our desires, how can we obtain great power and reach a higher realm?"

Our Five Elements Sect is currently facing a shortage of successors. If I don't strictly discipline them, when we follow in our master's footsteps and depart this world, these little kids will be left with nothing but regret.

"Ah, answer me, Tulou?"

"How dare you mention Master?"

Elder Tu revealed a sneer: "Since your Senior Sister Mu Ling remembers Master's teachings and always calls him Master, why did you stop us when Senior Brother Sect Leader was running away?"

At the time, I thought, "Senior Sister, you only let Senior Brother go because of common sense, leaving the five of us to struggle to keep the sect afloat. How could we possibly heed Master's teachings?"

"I……"

Elder Mu choked, turning his head away coldly: "I already told you, I promised my senior brother that I would do the same thing again if it happened again. Punish me if you want, but if I even frown, I'm not a disciple taught by Master!"

"Well, haste makes waste. Junior sister, don't be angry. Junior brother, you should say less. It's all for the sake of the sect and the disciples. There's no need for that."

Elder Huo, with a wry smile, tried to persuade his two junior brothers and sisters. As the second oldest among the elders of the Five Elements Department, he was actually quite incapable of being authoritative and always treated them like children...

The elders of the Five Elements Department, from oldest to youngest, are Water, Fire, Wood, Earth, and Metal. The oldest, Senior Brother Water Dye, is usually a quiet and reserved person, and Fire Joy usually makes the decisions on important matters of the Five Elements Department.

The two Golden Core elders who led the team to the ruins this time were the oldest and most composed Senior Brother Shui Ran, and the youngest, Junior Sister Jin Xiu, who was ruthless in her actions.

Now, with the remaining three responsible for guarding the sect, this burden has fallen on his shoulders once again.

I hope everything goes well...

Elder Huo's eyes flickered. The ruins of a Nascent Soul cultivator? With the accumulation of their skills, they were already capable of attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, but before going into seclusion, they were worried about the sect.

It should be noted that although the Five Elements Sect's elders are led by these five, there are over a hundred elders of varying ranks, some of whom are at the Foundation Establishment stage, while others are at the Golden Core stage.

However, they have reached a bottleneck. Without any opportunities, they may never reach the Nascent Soul stage, and they are completely incomparable to the talents of the five of them.

They will not easily attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul stage until they have cultivated one or even several disciples who are expected to reach the Nascent Soul stage.

As for the Fire Department, Elder Huo thinks highly of Hongling. If she weren't troubled by her emotions, reaching the Golden Core stage would just be a matter of time, and even the Nascent Soul stage wouldn't be out of the question...

However, Hongling's talent is still a little bit lacking - at least not as good as Huo Le's when he was young. If only there were more talented young people!

I heard that Hei Xiaolong, who made great contributions this time, is a disciple that Senior Brother Shui Ran highly regards. It is precisely because of this that he is only given the position of honorary elder, but not bound by the trivial matters of the sect, so as to see if he can live up to their expectations.

Judging from the current situation, there is still a chance!

As for the Wood and Metal departments, they each have their own candidates worth cultivating. Only the Earth department seems to have lost some talent in recent years. I guess that's why Junior Brother Tulou is in a bad mood.

"Okay, when problems arise, we should solve them. Arguing won't get us anywhere."

The disciples definitely cannot be sent out casually; that's for sure.

Even if we can't release them, we should at least find them something to do, like having them keep tabs on our conflict with the Rolling Wave Sect.

Elder Huo waved his hand, revealing a thoughtful expression: "Junior Sister Mu, you are a master of formations. Tell me, is there any way to let us see our senior brothers thousands of kilometers away?"

It's like a specially made spirit stone lamp, storing and recording scenes that happened in the distance, and then letting the disciples see them.

First, let them know that the elders are already very busy with the ruins, and that they should stop being mischievous.

Secondly, it also gives them a sense of participation, making their sense of belonging to the sect even stronger..."

"Hey, senior brother, don't just keep thinking about the good things."

Elder Mu rubbed his temples, a helpless expression on his face: "That kind of thing sounds very difficult to achieve, doesn't it?"

"It's difficult?"

Elder Huo pressed further, "So, it's just difficult, not impossible?"

"I'll give it a try..."

……

"Senior Sister Hongling, Senior Sister Hongling!"

An inner disciple who had just entered the Foundation Establishment stage and was now selected for the enforcement team waved to Hong Ling: "Over here, over here, we have found a weapon suspected of attacking the barrier!"

"Hmm? Let me see!"

Hongling hurried forward, staring at the object stuck in the soil, a question mark appearing above her head: "What...is this?"

"Reporting, senior sister! I think it looks like a kitchen knife!"

"Well said, don't say it again next time."

Hongling snorted coldly and retorted without even thinking, "Do you think any disciple would be so stupid as to try and cut down the barrier with a kitchen knife? Absolutely not!"

"Oh, well, Senior Sister is right..."

The disciple looked embarrassed: "I was too arbitrary and too presumptuous..."

"Yes, it is a great virtue to admit one's mistakes and correct them."

"Reporting to Senior Sister Hongling!"

Another junior sister's voice came from afar: "Here, we found half a pot lid. Hmm, I'm sure it's a pot lid because it has the symbol of that shop in Five Elements City on it. It's the same brand as ours!"

Hongling: "???"

Things seem to have become complicated.

……

"Bang bang bang!"

Under Xingyun's horrified gaze, Hongli suddenly rushed out of the kitchen, tightly closed the windows and doors, and drew the curtains, instantly dimming the light in the room to its lowest level.

Then Hongli looked around and saw the stool that Xiaohuo was using as a platform. Her eyes lit up, and she went up and broke off the stool. She ran to the kitchen, jumped onto the hole in the ceiling, and without caring whether it fit or not, she forced the stool into the hole to block it.

"Oh, what is Senior Sister doing...?"

Xingyun looked at Hongli with some fear, her mind flashing through a series of "locked room murder" cases. Could it be that her senior sister was blocking her escape route?

"Ah?"

Xiao Huo turned around in a daze, only to see his "teacher's desk" overturned. He couldn't help but shout, "Mom! What are you doing? Xiao Huo was using his little stool!"

"Don't ask, I'm doing something more important right now!"

Hongli examined the holes in the ceiling with a serious expression. Finding them to be mostly correct, she breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm doing counter-surveillance. Do you understand counter-surveillance? What if they come knocking on our door!"

"Ah?"

Little Fire tilted his head; it was yet another new word he needed to learn.

……

"call……"

Hongli closed the kitchen door again, looked at the soup stains on the surrounding walls, and for some reason, they had corroded (?) into patches of colorful black spots on the walls. She couldn't help but frown, and mustered up the courage to look at the pot.