My best friend asked me if I was still doing system tasks.

Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying exchanged a few polite words with the three of them, then took out the isolation array plate, set up the array, and meditated to regulate their breathing.

After the two recovered somewhat, the alchemists still came over from time to time to check on their group.

Ruan Chayan asked casually, "I wonder how Fellow Daoist Lin Zhuzui, Fellow Daoist Lu Xizhou, and Fellow Daoist Sheng Meixu are doing now?"

Ruan Chayan said with concern, "We went through life and death with the three of you in the secret realm. Once we have recovered a bit, we would like to express our gratitude to you."

Jiang Yunling activated the array on the next bed to help the unconscious person gather spiritual energy. Hearing this, she sat up with a slight surprise: "You actually know them? How did you meet them?"

Ruan Chayan then recounted their exploration of the Stone Crystal Cave together in the secret realm.

Luo Hanying, in coordination with Ruan Chayan, said, "I still remember being trapped in that dark place. Fellow Daoist Lin and Fellow Daoist Lu didn't utter a sound, while the other cultivators were crying and screaming."

This is the only way she can praise someone, no matter how hard she tries.

Sun Wei waved her hand: "Senior Brother Lu has already been taken back to the Lu family by his sister, so there's no point in thanking him."

Senior Brother Lin and Junior Brother Sheng are still here, though.

Song Yingshi smiled and said, "No need for such formalities, don't bother with thanking me."

We cultivators have always helped each other, considering the world as one family. You are too kind. As long as you recover well and don't let our treatment go to waste, that will be the best way to thank us.

Luo Hanying mentally exclaimed, "What a hypocrite! In the cultivation world, people kill and plunder every day, yet they claim to help each other and be like family. How fake!"

"Don't say that. After all, they really did help us for free."

Ruan Chayan comforted Luo Hanying with a word, and then said, "Lu Xizhou has been taken back by the Lu family, so isn't it going to be a long time before we join the Shiren Sect?"

Who knows how long his recovery will take?

Luo Hanying was very annoyed: "If we hadn't lacked communication jade slips, we wouldn't be unable to contact him now."

Why can't the system's gift pack include a communication jade slip?

The two asked the group about the details of their rescue, what kind of formation had such power, and how they left the Yaoxiang Secret Realm in the blink of an eye.

Sun Wei and Jiang Yunling described with great enthusiasm how terrifying the formation was and how powerful Daoist Yu Chen was, capable of splitting mountains and rivers with a single arrow and shattering a furnace with seven arrows.

When Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying heard that what trapped them was a huge, pitch-black cauldron, their faces flashed with shock.

They repeated what they had told Lin Zhuzui before, describing the massacre of the clan at the Opening of the Heavenly Gate.

After hearing this, Jiang Yunling said that she would report the matter to the elders. Not long after, Wei Leyong and Huang Silin, the first elder of Xinglin Peak, came to ask the two of them about the specific situation.

Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying patiently recounted the story again. The two elders bowed to express their gratitude for the clues they had provided and ordered Jiang Yunling to take good care of them, waiving all spirit stones. The two elders then left with solemn expressions.

Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying looked at each other and both sighed.

"Xiange, how long until Shiren Sect starts recruiting disciples?" Ruan Chayan asked in her mind.

A strange, mechanical voice answered her question: "The Shiren Sect will begin its recruitment of new members in forty-three days."

Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying both exclaimed in surprise, "Eh!"

"You're not Xiange, are you? Who are you?" Luo Hanying realized, "Are you Xiange's descendant?"

【"Yes.

The two hosts may call me 1127.

Before Lord String Song returns, I will answer the questions of the two hosts and issue tasks and rewards.

1127. ["Next, I will broadcast the message left by Lord Xian Ge."]

On the third day after Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying left the Yaoxiang Secret Realm, Xuan Ge, who originally wanted to wait for them to wake up and explain the relevant matters, received a distress message from the offspring data of other mission worlds.

So it left 1127 to accompany the two of them, while its main body went to deal with the problems that arose with other hosts.

String Song meant that they should join the Shiren Sect, firstly because the Shiren Sect has excellent resources, secondly because the atmosphere is good, and thirdly because it has an important figure, Daoist Yuchen.

It would be wonderful if the two of them could become disciples of Daoist Yu Chen and understand why he wanted to provoke a war between good and evil.

Xiange essentially gave Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying a small task guide, and he didn't have much else to say; the two of them could just investigate the task details on their own.

Luo Hanying pouted: "Xiange makes it sound so easy. He's a Daoist master, how could he just casually accept disciples?"

I remember the information I received said that Daoist Yu Chen only had one disciple named Ji Daoyun, and he accepted that disciple because, like Yu Chen, he possessed an ice spirit root among mutated water spirit roots.

[“Hey Chacha, you have a water-elemental root. We’ve already undergone the Meridian Transformation and Marrow Cleansing, so your aptitude is definitely top-notch. Is there any possibility that Yu Chen might take you as his disciple?”]

Ruan Chayan did not quite agree with Luo Hanying's idea: "Even if I have a water spirit root with excellent aptitude, I am not an ice spirit root after all. I might not be able to handle it, right?"

Furthermore, I want to cultivate the art of beast taming, but the information I received didn't mention any spirit beasts Yu Chen possessed, so it's impossible for him to teach me that.

Speaking of this, the image of Jingyao Shrew, which had been quiet for a long time, suddenly appeared in Ruan Chayan's mind.

"Ouch!" Ruan Chayan cried out, "My Sichuan peppercorns!"

She quickly found the spirit beast pouch, and when she probed it with her divine sense, she saw an irregular clod of earth.

"What's going on?" Ruan Chayan hurriedly asked 1127, thinking to herself, "I hope I don't let my newly raised spirit beast die."

1127 indicates that Sichuan pepper has absorbed the inner core of a demon beast and is currently undergoing a Nascent Soul formation breakthrough.

Most Jingyao shrews are single-elemental spirit beasts, whose innate ability is to find spiritual herbs, spiritual fruits, or minerals, etc., while Huajiao is a hybrid with five spiritual roots.

Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water – it has already reached the third level of Core Formation. After safely passing through this stage, it will undergo another Heavenly Tribulation at the Nascent Soul Realm, at which point it will become a Nascent Soul Realm spirit beast.

Luo Hanying exclaimed in disbelief: "A beast cultivates faster than me?!"

Will Sichuan peppercorns be able to fight even better than me in the future?!

Is that amazing?!

1127 explains that Huajiao was originally at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage. Not only did he obtain the inner core of a Nascent Soul stage demon beast, but Ruan Chayan also provided him with spiritual energy. Luo Hanying should not underestimate herself.

"This is really a headache." Luo Hanying rubbed her face and said, "I'm not thinking about these things for now, nor am I thinking about whether I can become Yu Chen's disciple."

Our primary task is to pass the entrance examination of the Shiren Sect in forty-three days.

"You're right, Xiange is just giving us a suggestion; we don't necessarily have to follow his lead."

Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying took out the pills given to them by the alchemists of Xinglin Peak, swallowed them, and then focused their energy to refine the medicinal properties.

The two then spent the rest of their time cultivating in the room on the spirit boat with the other cultivators, before following the Shiren Sect cultivators to Yicheng to settle down.