Mo Zi Chen slightly nodded and said: "Thank you all for your concern, I've already recovered, but I'm still troubling a few of you to take care of me in the yard, my heart really can't bear it."

  She said this in a roundabout way, but Lin Shuirui also understood what she meant. She glanced at Du Guanyun and said: "Since Miss Mo is so good, it should be right to let you formally enter the sect. However, according to the rules of our sect, all disciples must be personally taught by the sect leader when entering the sect. Now that Qin Shidi is not back yet, we can only trouble you to wait for a few more days. However, you are also considered an insider in our sect, lacking only a ceremony. Except for a few forbidden areas, since your cultivation is low and it's not good to enter lightly, you can move around freely on this mountain."

  Mo Zi Chen was overjoyed: "Thank you, Lin Xianzi!" He also bowed his hands to Du Guan Yun and said, "Thank you, Miss Du, for taking care of me these past few days."

  Du Guanyun puffed out his cheeks, took Mo Zixuan away and came back to say: "Sister, I've been working hard for days to keep an eye on her, how could you let her go out so easily?"

  Lin Shi Rui glared at her: "I haven't even mentioned you, yet. She's the one who saved Qin Chuan's life and was allowed by him to join our sect. She's our fellow disciple, so why are you treating her like a thief?"

  Du Guan Yun said with a dissatisfied tone: "Originally, it's like that. We seem calm on the surface now, but Tian Yuan Sect has been watching us from outside with piercing eyes. Moreover, sister, don't say you don't know, behind them, Bai Lian Sect and Wan Fa Sect are also eyeing our small Xuanzhou's Daoist temple. What if she is a spy sent by humans to probe our strengths and weaknesses? If they find out that the Ling Qi Seal, which controls the grand array of this mountain, is not in your hands, wouldn't it be chaotic?"

  Lin Shiyu sighed: "At that time, I was also worried about Qin Shidi going to find the three rules of the sect leader. According to our inference, he had to go all the way south and might have to chase him to Huálóng Hǎi. I didn't feel at ease, so I let him bring this seal with him. Inside it is inlaid with the jade bones of our sect's ancestral master's mountain-protecting divine beast after its death, which is an extremely powerful protective treasure. I didn't expect that he would leave and not return for years, making you all worried."

  "Good heavens, Master Sister! I'm not blaming you for letting Qin take him away. I didn't have any opinion on it at all. What I meant to say is that we should be extremely cautious now and still maintain some guard against outsiders."

  Lin Shiyu said, "What you said isn't wrong either. I've already investigated and she indeed comes from Lingnan, and has also had adventures in Lingshan Mountain. That jade slip is indeed a treasure of our sect. When Qin Shidi left that day, he brought several pieces with him."

  Du Guanyun said, "This jade ruler thing, all the people in the Jiuhua Xianzong can make it, a few old monsters with Yuan Ying, who can't do it? Her experience in Kunwu is true, but as for the things in Lingshan, we have no way to cross the Luofu Ridge to investigate the truth. It's better to be more careful."

  Lin Shiyu smiled lightly and said, "You're always so worried. Alright, since she hasn't officially joined the sect yet, just treat her like those outer disciples. Don't get involved in major matters, but also don't discriminate against her. Wait until Qin Shidi returns, then we'll settle this matter, got it?"

  Du Guanyun bowed his head in response and then obediently went out.

  Lin Shirui looked up and saw that on the high mountain valley above, several crows were crying loudly. She said in a low voice: "Younger brother, you've been gone for almost a year, aren't you coming back? Master's great cause, I can barely hold on to it anymore."

  Mo Zi Chen returned to the courtyard where she lived, feeling refreshed and invigorated. The vastness of Xing Zhou was beyond what her eyes could see, it was truly a paradise on earth that she had never seen before. In comparison, Ling Jing Shan seemed like a thatched hut compared to a magnificent mansion, really not worth mentioning. Even if she looked around the world, this Xing Zhou was still one of the top places for cultivation.

  The so-called ascetic practitioners, who want to cultivate themselves, cannot escape the five grains and six paths. The four things of wealth, companions, law, and land are indispensable for one thing. It is obviously extremely difficult to cultivate oneself in such a blessed place.

  After returning from Lin Shi Rui's place, Du Guan Yun no longer came to report every day. Each time, someone was sent to deliver a day's worth of food in the morning, and the food box was protected by a spell, which kept it hot for a whole day. Mo Zi Chen stayed here like this, spending her days leisurely, either meditating or touring around, admiring the scenery. The jade slip left by Qin Chuan had recorded the introductory mental method, and when she met Lin Shi Rui, she didn't say much, just letting her temporarily practice according to the introductory mental method, leaving everything else for Qin Chuan to handle upon his return. Every day at noon and midnight, Mo Zi Chen would absorb and expel spiritual energy, feeling her cultivation advancing daily. Moreover, to her surprise, Lin Shi Rui also allocated ten spirit stones to her every month as a registered disciple, which was quite a considerable fortune. Since Mo Zi Chen couldn't use that many, she saved them all up.

  Day by day, time passed slowly, and it had been a month or two since Mo Zi Chen had been cultivating here on his own. He had even broken through to the third layer of Qi Refining. Qin Chuan was still nowhere to be seen, and although she lived a leisurely life here, she couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

  She always felt that the disciples of this sect were too proud, and they kept a distance from her. Although their words were polite, they always carried a hint of aloofness, making her feel somewhat uneasy. However, they didn't impose many restrictions on her, except for a few places that were listed as forbidden areas, which ordinary disciples were not allowed to enter lightly. On this day, after finishing her afternoon meditation, she saw the sun slanting westward and thought of going to the western mountain to pick some wild fruit.

  She was going to pick some wild fruit that grew on a shaded mountain wall, never seeing sunlight all year round. The mountain peak was uninhabited, with only grass and trees growing everywhere, desolate to the extreme. She had asked Du Guanyun about it before, but he just said it was a place for his disciples to practice, telling her to only walk around the periphery and not to enter lightly. Mo Ziyu listened to her advice and didn't dare go in, only strolling on the outer mountain. By chance, she discovered those wild fruits, which grew very hidden, and Chui Chui loved to eat them. After eating once, she couldn't bear to part with them, and every time she wanted Mo Ziyu to bring some along.

  The mountain wall was extremely slippery, and Mo Zi Chen seemed to be motionless as if using magic, it was impossible to climb up. Every time she came down, she would be exhausted and covered in sweat, but she didn't think of it as a hardship, instead treating it as a form of cultivation. She would go once every five days.

  She stepped over the Jade Bridge again and came under the mountain wall, "Strange, although this place is usually desolate, there are always a few people, why isn't there anyone today?"

  She muttered a few curious words to herself, then ignored it and flew straight up to pick the fruit.

  That fruit was unknown to Zi Chen, roughly the size of a thumb, sour and sweet, extremely delicious, but the vines that grew on it were fire-red, covered with thorns, and during his first attempt at picking it, he accidentally got poked in the finger, which swelled for several days, until he went to find Du Guanyun for some medicinal ointment, after applying it did it heal, afterwards he became even more cautious.