"Master, you're back!" As Mo Tian Nan stopped the car in front of a European-style villa, a group of beautiful girls wearing maid outfits came out to greet him together, and Lin Luo Ran finally had a faint feeling of collapse...

  Young master! Maid outfit! I'm going crazy!!!!!!

  Moye Nanshan looked at the big Bodhisattva beside him, whose face seemed to be in a bad mood. He quickly gave a signal with his eyes for those mischievous girls to leave, and himself smiled somewhat awkwardly: "The front yard is where I live, the old masters are not willing to come out of the mountain forest easily, we're probably going to have to walk a distance."

  So, you want to save yourself and still carry a stone to climb up? Lin Luo Ran is still an old good person, but it's hard to avoid having some dislike in his heart. Mu Tian Nan doesn't seem as meticulous as Liu Zhao, and he didn't notice at all.

  After all, she was an adult and couldn't make such a childish move as to storm off. She could only get out of the car at his words, leaving the stone unattended, and called out for Mu Tian Nan to carry it, the two of them walking together into the woods.

  The winding mountain path, coupled with the rain last night, made Lin Luo Ran's feet seem as light as a butterfly, almost as if she was floating along the way. Mu Tian Nan held a heavy stone in his arms, and his usual agility was completely useless. His high-quality Italian handmade white leather shoes were soon covered in mud, their original color no longer visible.

  Looking at Lin Luoran's easy and natural appearance, Mu Tian Nan gritted his teeth. It's really good to be a cultivator. Should he also pester the old master and walk this path?

  Lin Luoran watched the elegant and refined Mu Da Shao fall behind, his dignified appearance now muddy and disheveled. Her previous annoyance turned into amusement, and she stifled a laugh as she continued on her way.

  There was no fork in the road on the mountain, and with Lin Luo Ran and Mu Tian Nan's leg strength, the two of them soon reached the end of the fork.

  A small thatched cottage, with a few feet of land surrounded by a bamboo fence, and wisteria flowers climbing over it. The mist in the mountains gave the cottage an ethereal atmosphere, and Lin Luoer let out a sigh of relief, feeling that this was finally a place with some spiritual energy.

  She didn't deliberately make a sound, and the people inside the hut naturally sensed the arrival of the two.

  "Lin, I haven't come out to greet you yet, please don't be offended. It's just an unexpected situation. Please come in and let's have a chat." The voice came from inside the house, sounding somewhat weak but with a rather loud tone.

  "It's my family's old master." Mu Tian Nan hugged the stone, panting slightly, and was afraid that Lin Luo Ran would look down on him, so he was holding back his strength.

  Lin Luoran glanced at her clothes, not even a speck of mud was on them, and there was nothing out of place. Only then did she follow his words and walked a few steps forward, pushing open the slightly ajar wooden door.

  The room seemed to have some fog swirling around, with some grass-woven cushions placed on the ground, looking like a place for quiet meditation. Lin Luo suddenly had an epiphany - could he also weave some cushions from the "weeds" in his own space?

  At this time, there were not only one old man in the house as Lin Luorans imagined, but two old men sitting on a tatami mat, one in front and one behind, with their palms against their backs, looking like they were healing wounds in a standard TV drama.

  One of the old men with white hair, knowing that Lin Luoran had come in, slightly opened his eyes and nodded to her. Lin Luoran saw that he looked similar to Mu Tian Nan, guessing that this was Old Man Mu.

  It seems that he still has the energy to heal others, but it's not him who needs these special jade pieces to sustain his life - is it another old man sitting cross-legged?

  Lin Luoran couldn't help but send out her divine sense to probe the two, and a vast and powerful aura arose. Lin Luoran's divine sense, which had not yet recovered, was once again in turmoil, her face turned pale, and even the injured person, both of their cultivations were far higher than hers!

  Are they seniors from the foundation period?

  Lin Luoran no longer dared to make random attempts and obediently stood aside with Mu Tian Nan, who was holding a stone, quietly waiting.

  It wasn't until about half a small hour had passed that Old Man Mu slowly retracted his aura, his face as white as if he had just suffered from a major illness. Mu Tian Nan quickly put down the original stone and helped the old man sit in the wooden chair inside the house, but then waited for a while before helping another old man who seemed to be heavily injured get up and sit in another wooden chair.

  Unlike the old master of the same family, this old man has a deep and profound cultivation, but there is a hint of evil aura... Ah, it's a bit like Commander Qin in the hospital corridor when Bao Jia was critically ill.

  Lin Luoran was still unaware that in the cultivation world, probing into others' cultivation like she did was extremely taboo and impolite. However, the two elderly men didn't hold it against her.

  Mr. Mu nodded after a while, as if he had just caught his breath, and said to Lin Luo Ran: "Even with the support of a famous teacher, Miss Lin's own talent is indeed admirable. Just now, I saw that she was only one step away from the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Stage... Within fifteen years, China will definitely have another Foundation Establishment cultivator because of Miss Lin."

  Lin Luoran keenly grasped the key words in Old Man Mu's speech, "Practicing Qi to Great Perfection". Is this the realm she is about to reach? This was the first time she truly understood her own cultivation realm. It seems that this trip has been worthwhile after all.

  An old man who was meditating with his eyes closed on the side heard this and finally opened his eyes, sizing up Lin Luoran: "Old Mu, let's make a bet. Within ten years at most, she'll have a chance to build her foundation... At the rate at which the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is dwindling, perhaps the last female cultivator in the Huaxia continent who will reach the foundation stage will be her."

  Is this the end of the foundation period? Lin Luo Ran was very satisfied with the high evaluation of the two elders, but deep down, she was also dissatisfied with the foundation period. If there was a chance, she would work tirelessly to continue her cultivation - Lin Luo Ran hoped that she could go further and see more beautiful and vast scenery.

  Apart from Wen Guanjing, who was quite skilled in martial arts, Lin Luoran had never interacted with people from the cultivation world before. When she heard that the two were making a bet with each other, she didn't know how to react next.

  Fortunately, at this time, Mu Tian Nan appeared again from somewhere, holding three cups of steaming hot tea in his hands.

  "Ah, this is the Da Hong Pao from the mother tree on Wuyi Mountain," said Old Master Mu with a smile, supporting his beard. "Although it can't compare to the spiritual tea of the ancient cultivation world, in this mundane world, it's still one of the better things our family could find. I'll have it served to Miss Lin, hoping it won't be too disappointing."

  The mother tree of Dahongpao on Wuyi Mountain, isn't it a good thing... If someone else said this, Lin Luoran would definitely think he was showing off, but coming from Master Mu's mouth, it sounded so natural and harmonious.

  "It's this senior..." Lin Luo Ran couldn't quite grasp her own judgment, and she didn't dare to speak too much. When she heard Old Man Mu say that the tea was good, she lowered her head to drink it, and indeed, it had a lingering fragrance in her mouth. The flavor of the food transformed in the same space was different, and this was truly the unique aroma possessed by this particular species itself.

  When will you also go and get a tea branch to plant? After the space has been improved and cultivated, a large red robe with spiritual energy is grown. Is it also considered "Ling Cha" as said by Lao Ye's mouth?

  Mr. Mu hadn't responded yet, but Mu Tiannan couldn't help it: "This is Master Guo, he's looking for this piece of jade to heal his injuries."

  The old man, called "Guo Grandfather" by Tian Nan, sighed with a bitter smile: "This old bone of mine has troubled everyone for so long. It's really better to just return to the earth and dust."

  Old Man Mu smiled instead of getting angry: "You're here again, if it wasn't for you sneaking into that tiny country back then and being ambushed by the so-called Eight Trigrams Great Snake Envoy, how would you have gotten this lingering injury that's lasted all these years?"

  Yamata no Orochi? Isn't that a creature from Japanese mythology? Could it be real? Lin Luo's mind flashed with an idea, perhaps the figures from Chinese mythology were also cultivators...

  But this old man Mu, no matter how you look at it, is a seasoned veteran and shouldn't be bringing up these irrelevant things at a time like this... So that means the reason why this old man with the surname Guo was injured will evoke her sympathy, and he intentionally said it?

  Lin Luo Ran was covered in sweat as he drank his tea, his face pale. He couldn't believe that a senior from the foundation period could still toy with him like this, and he didn't know what to say anymore.