Take your childhood sweetheart to cultivate immortality

Tian Baozong was sleeping soundly when he suddenly heard the wailing of cranes. Because the sound was so miserable, Tian Baozong had to get up to take a look.

When the cave door was opened, the sky was still dark. The moon had already set, and the sun had not yet risen. It was the darkest time of the day.

Tian Baozong was a little scared at first, thinking that it was almost dawn and nothing should happen, so he followed the sound and slowly groped his way to the foot of the mountain. There were many trees here, which blocked out the sun during the day, and usually few people went here.

The further Tian Baozong walked in, the louder the cranes' cries became, and he could faintly hear the sound of two people talking.

"Brother, what should we do now? This crane eats too much and is very strong. I can't hold it down anymore." A man's voice came urgently.

"You useless piece of shit, what can you do? Just bear with it for a moment, I'll tie up its heels and wings, and it won't be able to run away," another man cursed angrily.

"Brother, hurry up!"

When Tian Baozong heard the sound, he quickly found a thick tree to squat down and hide. He watched in shock as the two men tied ropes to the crane's wings and feet, and then used a net to drag the crane away.

In just a short while, the sky became a little brighter, and Tian Baozong finally saw clearly that it was Xianhe Xiaoqu who was caught, and he became extremely anxious.

Xiaoqu had a long head, and when he was being dragged away, he saw Tian Baozong hiding behind a tree and wailed several times in succession!

The short man looked back at the crane and said, "Brother, this crane is calling so loudly. Why don't you tie its beak so that other brothers won't see it and report it to the Qi Refining Hall."

The other person nodded and said, "Okay, go tie it up." Xiao Qu seemed to understand something and frantically flapped its tied wings, whining anxiously at Tian Baozong.

Seeing him approaching, Tian Baozong made a gesture to Xiaoqu to keep quiet, and quickly went around to the other side of the tree. He watched the short man tie Xiaoqu's mouth with a rope, and the two men secretly dragged Xiaoqu away.

Tian Baozong followed the two men all the way to a cave not far from Tian Baozong's cave. Seeing the two men hurriedly enter the cave, Tian Baozong secretly stepped forward and eavesdropped.

"Senior brother, can we only wait until tonight?" The sound of the short man swallowing his saliva came.

"What else? It's too conspicuous during the day. You can stay in my cave and rest for a while. Then go to Heizi to buy some at noon. We will make a fire in the evening. You have waited for so many days, and you are still afraid of waiting for these few hours."

"Yes, yes, yes, I will listen to you, senior brother."

After listening to their conversation, Tian Baozong knew that they would not attack Xiaoqu for the time being, so he hurriedly ran to the Qi Refining Hall. He was so tired and out of breath. As soon as he stepped into the Qi Refining Hall, he was driven out and told that he had not reached the first level of Qi Refining and should not go to the Qi Refining Hall to cause trouble.

Tian Baozong had no choice but to go find Shen Runze, Liu Wenwen and the others. He ran to their cave and knocked on the door for a long time, but no one was there. Even Yan Qibei was nowhere to be found. Tian Baozong was so anxious that he was running around in circles. As the sun was rising in the sky, he could only wait outside the Qi Refining Hall to see if there was anyone he knew.

After waiting for a long time, Yan Qibei came out of the Qi Refining Hall.

Yan Qibei saw Tian Baozong sitting dejectedly on the stone steps outside the main hall: "Baozong, what are you doing sitting here?"

When Tian Baozong heard the familiar voice, he was about to cry out of grievance, and said in a choked voice: "Abei, save Xiaoqu quickly."

When Yan Qibei heard the word "help", he knew the situation was urgent and said, "Baozong, don't be anxious and speak slowly."

When Tian Baozong heard what Yan Qibei said, his eyes became sore and tears instantly welled up in his eyes. He cried and told Yan Qibei what he had seen in the morning. When Yan Qibei heard it, he wanted to find Liu Wenwen quickly, but he didn't know where she was doing her mission, so he went into the Qi Refining Hall and found a vacant deacon.

"Brother, I am Yan Qibei, and I have something to report to you," Yan Qibei said respectfully.

The deacon disciple saw two boys about eight years old in front of him, one was at the first level of Qi Refining and the other had not yet introduced Qi into the body, and said contemptuously: "What's the matter? If you can't explain the reason, you will be kicked out of the Qi Refining Hall."

"A disciple stole a crane and wanted to roast it and eat it. Brother, please go and rescue it," Yan Qibei requested.

When the deacon disciple heard this reason, he laughed and said, "I thought it was a big deal. It's just a crane. Is it worth coming here to talk about it? Get out! Don't interfere with my work."

After the deacon disciple finished speaking, the fellow disciples around him laughed and jeered, "Get out of here!"

Tian Baozong felt embarrassed to stay any longer and quickly ran out of the Qi Refining Hall. Yan Qibei thought about Liu Wenwen and suppressed his laughter.

"Brother, could you please send me a message?" Yan Qibei pleaded.

After hearing this, the deacon disciple smiled and said to the deacon disciples on his left and right: "He is only at the first level of Qi Refining and he still wants to send a communication talisman. Can you afford it? One communication talisman costs thirty low-grade spirit stones. If you want to send thirty spirit stones, I will help you send one. Don't say that I am bullying you."

The deacons and disciples nearby said one after another: "Brother, you are just too kind-hearted. Why bother with them? Let's go!"

Yan Qibei secretly calculated that there were only thirty-five spirit stones in his storage bag, and he was really reluctant to take them out, so he asked hurriedly.

"Brother, do you know where the Crane Cliff is?"

"Turn left when you go out and there is a tree-lined path. Just keep going."

Yan Qibei quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother." After saying that, Yan Qibei turned and left the hall, where he saw Tian Baozong sitting aside, wiping away tears.

"Let's go, stop crying, saving Xiaoqu is the most important thing." Yan Qibei walked over and patted Tian Baozong on the shoulder.

"Abei, I'm sorry, I'm so useless," Tian Baozong choked.

"It's okay, let's go."

Tian Baozong patted the dirt off his body and followed Yan Qibei. They walked into a tree-lined path. At the end, they still had to go uphill. After walking for nearly an hour, they heard a sound coming from not far away and hurriedly walked.

Yan Qibei walked quickly and heard the sound of gurgling water and cranes calling not far away, so he knew they were not far away. The two of them quickened their pace and walked for a while. They found a large flat area on the cliff with a small stream several meters wide running across it. It then flowed down and formed a small waterfall below. Cranes were standing or lying down to rest. He looked around but could not see any sign of Liu Wenwen. He thought she had gone to do another task.

Tian Baozong was very anxious, and he couldn't find Liu Wenwen: "What should I do, Abei, where is Wenwen?"

Yan Qibei: "I don't know either. I heard during a recent conversation that he went to Fufeng to clean up. I don't know where exactly he is."

Tian Baozong scratched his head anxiously: "Abei, how about we go and rescue Xiaoqu directly?"

Yan Qibei: "But they are all adults. We are still young. We are not as strong as them, and our cultivation is not high either. I am afraid..."

Tian Baozong: "I think we are all fellow disciples, they won't do anything to us."

"Well, let's go find Yunshu and let Yunshu ride the crane to find Wenwen and the others. We'll go to the cave of those two people first to see if we can save Xiaoqu," Yan Qibei said.

Tian Baozong: "Then let's go." As he was about to return along the same route, he was grabbed by Yan Qibei.

"Bao Zong, where are you going? It's too late. Let's take the crane to find Yun Shu." Yan Qibei said seriously.

Tian Baozong stammered: "Ride a crane? Abei, I'm scared. How about I walk? You ride the crane, okay?" Tian Baozong said with a pleading tone.

"You don't dare to ride a crane? Then how can you practice Taoism? If you don't ride a crane, go home early before you draw the energy into your body." Yan Qibei grabbed Tian Baozong's hand and said in a rather cold tone.

After Yan Qibei finished speaking, he shook off Tian Baozong's hand and walked towards the crane first. He took out a Qi-nourishing Pill and gave it to a relatively strong crane, then climbed onto its back.

Seeing Yan Qibei was about to leave, Tian Baozong hurriedly took out the bottle of Qi-nourishing Pills from his storage bag and poured out one pill with heartache. He fed it to a crane, closed his eyes, climbed onto the crane's back, and signaled the crane to follow him quickly.