This is the best restaurant in Heyang City, located on the busiest street, where people throng.
However, the VIP room on the third floor was very quiet. There were fewer than ten tables in the spacious hall, and only three of them had guests dining.
Lin Yi was one of them.
Just then, the waiter brought over a plate of fresh stewed fish.
The fish has an elongated body, slightly rounded at the front and narrower laterally at the back. It is dark brown with two pairs of thick, long barbels. Most importantly, its flesh is white and moist, with an irresistible aroma that makes one's mouth water.
The waiter said confidently, "Please enjoy your meal, sir. This 'Stewed Smelt Fish' is our Shan Hai Yuan's signature dish. It's fragrant, tender, and sweet, and it's very famous within a hundred miles of Heyang City. I guarantee you'll want to eat it again after you've tried it once."
Lin Yi picked up his chopsticks, took a bite, and immediately closed his eyes, nodding repeatedly and praising, "Delicious, delicious."
With his current cultivation level, although he can practice breath control and abstain from grains, and live on air and dew, his physical body still needs to be replenished with essence and energy from time to time, otherwise he will have to undergo "corpse dissolution".
To truly reach the level of "those who consume qi are immortal gods," one must be at least a fifth-order True Immortal.
Under normal circumstances, Lin Yi would take elixirs to replenish his body's energy. He was simply too lazy to cook, and none of the demon servants in the Small Universe Realm knew how to cook either.
As Lin Yi ate, he thought, "In the future, I will capture a fairy with a long lifespan who can also cook, so that I can have hot and delicious food every day and won't have to take pills anymore."
After eating and drinking his fill, Lin Yi patted his belly contentedly, walked to the window to look at the scenery on the street, and waited for a while.
A moment later, the waiter came running upstairs and walked to Lin Yi's side, whispering, "I've already found out the location of Caomiao Village. It's about fifty miles northwest of the city."
"Very good." Lin Yi said, casually tipping a few taels of silver.
The waiter caught it and thanked him profusely, his face beaming with smiles.
As Lin Yi stepped out of the restaurant, he suddenly heard a voice beside him, filled with anxiety and urgency, saying, "Ah! Young man, you have dark clouds hanging over your head, your forehead is dark, and you look like you're about to die. Something terrible has happened!"
Lin Yi turned his head and saw an old man with white hair and beard and a plain face. He looked like a wise and venerable man, which made people feel respect at first glance.
The old man held a bamboo pole with a white cloth hanging from it, on which were written four characters: "The Immortal Points the Way".
Lin Yi was not offended by the old man's words. Instead, he smiled slightly and said, "Old man, have you ever heard of the saying 'Fellow Daoist, please wait a moment'?"
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Chapter 114 The Five Virtues Phoenix
Upon hearing this, the old man frowned. Although he didn't quite understand the meaning of the words, he felt a chilling coldness creep into his heart, making him feel terrified.
The phrase "Fellow Daoist, please wait" is said to be in accordance with the Great Dao of Innate Calamity. Once caught in it, unless one has boundless good deeds and a sliver of hope in the heavens, the consequences are unimaginable.
After startling the old man, Lin Yi asked with a smile, "Senior is a highly accomplished master. What business do you have with me?"
The old man said solemnly, "I am Zhou Yixian, and I have some knowledge of physiognomy. Young man, you have neither the appearance of a past life nor the appearance of an afterlife; your past and future are both blank. Fate is illusory; you only live in the present..."
Lin Yi interrupted Zhou Yixian and said, "Don't worry about the future, don't seek the future, live in the present, be the best in the world, isn't that good?"
Zhou Yixian fell silent for a long while before finally saying, "Good, what a perfect title of unparalleled supremacy."
"These words are not mine, but those of a great figure from all the heavens and myriad realms, the 'Primordial Emperor' Su Meng. Senior Zhou, you are a wanderer in the mortal world. If you have time, you might as well come and visit my White Cloud City. I will certainly prepare a place to welcome you."
After saying this, Lin Yi didn't linger and turned to disappear into the crowd.
Zhou Yixian watched Lin Yi's departing figure, then suddenly smiled and muttered to herself, "Interesting, interesting."
Three days later, Lin Yi returned to Baiyun City.
Two more Taoist disciples appeared beside him, one named Lin Jingyu and the other named Zhang Xiaofan.
Next to the stone tablet at the foot of Kongsang Mountain, a new village appeared.
Lin Yi moved the entire Caomiao Village over.
Qingyun Sect is the leader of the three major righteous sects and is in the eye of the storm. Therefore, it is safer to stay away from the Demonic Sect and the Beast God Sect, which always attack Qingyun Sect.
Nothing unusual has happened in Baiyun City these past few days; everything has been so quiet and peaceful.
It was in this environment that Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu embarked on their cultivation journey.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's June 6th again. Newcomers go up the mountain, while the elders who didn't become outer disciples go down.
Many new faces have appeared in Baiyun City. After a year of spread, this time there are even more people coming, and the quality is also better.
Inside the Hall of Longevity, Lin Yi used the Water Mirror Technique to observe the disciples being sent down the mountain. What changes would they bring to this world of warlordism and independent rule?
That's something to look forward to!
On the skill transmission plaza, an older outer disciple was explaining some of the rules of White Cloud City to the newly arrived prospective disciples.
Once you have mastered the Dantian Cultivation Technique and condensed your true energy, you have crossed the threshold of the first level.
Once the Zhou Tian Qi Refining Method is mastered and all 365 main acupoints of the body are connected, one will reach the first stage of perfection.
According to the rules set by Lin Yi, outer disciples have ten years to cultivate in seclusion.
If, after ten years, one still cannot overcome the hurdle of sensing heaven and earth and enter the second stage, one will also be sent down the mountain.
To become a second-tier cultivator as soon as possible, one needs various resources and assistance.
To obtain enough cultivation resources, one must accept tasks issued by the sect and exchange them for merit points.
This outer disciple was tasked with guiding new disciples.
In addition, Lin Yi also issued tasks such as planting herbs, cultivating spiritual fields, building palaces, and managing the library, ensuring that every outer disciple had something to do.
When the master is in trouble, the disciple will do his best to help.