When cultivating, we often have to enter the realm of self-forgetfulness, and time passes in this incomprehensible way. When Nie Fei absorbed the aura in Xie Lingcao, he woke up from the realm of selflessness, and found that it was already evening.

When it was completely dark, Lu Bowen, the lord of Tianling Castle, came to visit Nie Fei. Nie Fei relied on Nie Fei's memories earlier, and he had already had an impression of Lu Bowen, but it was the first time he saw it with his own eyes. He saw that Lu Bowen was about fifty years old, with a clear appearance, green silk and black beard, and when he looked at Nie Fei, his face was full of kindness.

It turned out that Lu Bowen hadn't seen Nie Fei for some days, and he missed him in his heart, so he came to visit Nie Fei.

The two of them didn't say a few words, and then talked about cultivation. Lu Bowen knew that this righteous son cultivated in the twilight and twilight, and he had no longevity at all, so he was still refining qi until now. In fact, his son Lu Qing knew that Nie Fei was already at the fourth level of qi refining, but for other reasons, he didn't tell Lu Bowen about it, so Lu Bowen didn't know it yet. He said for a long time, just asking Nie Fei to cultivate hard and improve his cultivation as soon as possible, and said that as long as Nie Fei worked hard, no matter what kind of resources he had, he would try to get them for Nie Fei.

Nie Fei saw Lu Bowen's appearance of hating iron but not steel, and for the first time realized that there were still people in this world who cared so much about him, he couldn't help but be moved.

Lu Bowen said for a long time, his eyebrows gradually wrinkled, "Xiaofei, my father-in-law told you this time, it's not the same as before, you must remember your father-in-law's words, practice the exercises diligently, and be less delayed, maybe one day, your father-in-law can't defend you, but you have to rely on yourself." ”

Nie Fei saw Lu Bowen's faint sadness and asked, "Father-in-law, has something happened recently?"

Lu Bowen hesitated, nodded, and sighed: "Yes, a lot of things have indeed happened recently. Originally, I didn't want to talk to you about these things, because you are young, and it is really not beneficial for you to worry about these things. But now, it's okay not to say it, it's better to let you know and plan ahead. ”

After that, Lu Bowen told Nie Fei about it. Originally, there were five subordinates under the Maple Forest Sect, in addition to the Heavenly Spirit Castle, the other four were Fengxing Fort, Iron Sword Gate, Green Forest Sect and Houtu City. When the Fenglin faction managed these five vassals, they would rank the five vassals every year, and distribute immortal cultivation resources according to the ranking. The one who ranks first gets the most resources, while the one who ranks the lowest, rightfully gets the fewest resources.

Every immortal cultivator's own diligence, hard work, and talent are very important, but the resources of immortal cultivation are also very important. If the resources are sufficient, then the progress of cultivating immortals is not known to be many times faster than that of practicing diligently alone.

The Fenglin faction will hold a ranking conference every year, and each of the five vassals will produce three of the most outstanding disciples, a total of fifteen people, and the Fenglin faction will set the rules for the competition, and finally calculate the final ranking of their respective vassals according to the ranking of each disciple.

In the last three consecutive years, Heavenly Spirit Fort has always ranked at the bottom, with the least resources, and not even a tenth of the top-ranked Fengxing Castle. This is the case with resources, the more resources there are, the faster the children will enter the country. And in a place like Tianling Fort, where resources are pitiful, the entry of children is relatively slow. In this way, when the next ranking conference is held, it will not be able to compare with the children of the other four places, and the ranking will continue to be at the bottom. This is a vicious circle.

In a few months, it will be this year's Fenglin faction's ranking conference. Lu Bowen knew very well in his heart that in this ranking conference, Tianling Fort had no hope again, and would continue to be at the bottom. This is still second, Lu Bowen faintly saw that at present, there are four other places that have bad intentions towards Tianling Castle, and it is very possible to annex Tianling Castle. Although Tianling Fort does not share many resources, after all, it still gets some, if there is no Tianling Fort, the rest of the four places can be divided more, this is the purpose of the other four places are not good.

Lu Bowen was worried, and he said to Nie Fei: "If you fight alone, your father-in-law and I are second to none among the five castle masters and gate masters. But if several places are united, my father-in-law and I will not be an opponent. In case I can't resist it, as the so-called can't finish the eggs under the nest, there are more than 2,000 people in our Tianling Castle, and the end can be imagined. At that time, your Father-in-law will not be by your side to protect you, and you will be on your own. Therefore, Xiaofei, you must cultivate hard, at least you must have the ability to protect yourself. ”

Nie Fei's eyes widened as he listened, his heart surging, he didn't expect that Tianling Castle had fallen into such a huge crisis. He was silent for a moment and said, "Father-in-law, things shouldn't be as strict as you expected, right?"

Lu Bowen frowned and said: "This kind of thing, it is difficult for the Fenglin faction to interfere, let them take care of this matter, it is difficult." Do you think, how could the Maple Forest Sect offend a few other families for the sake of our Heavenly Spirit Castle?"

Nie Fei was also in a very low mood, "Father-in-law, according to what you said, our Heavenly Spirit Castle is really in a catastrophe? Father-in-law, is there really no way?"

"As long as we remain at the bottom of the rankings this year, this crisis will be difficult to resolve. Lu Bowen's tone was quite solemn. He looked at Nie Fei's worried look, and suddenly his eyes flashed with a cold light, and his arrogance suddenly increased, "Xiao Fei, you don't have to worry, I, Lu Bowen, am not so easy to deal with." Whoever wants to destroy my Heavenly Spirit Castle, I will also make him pay the price. As for you, as long as there is a breath of your father-in-law, no one will want to hurt you a single hair. ”

Lu Bowen's words were meant to reassure Nie Fei, but Nie Fei couldn't help but become even more worried when he heard the determination in Lu Bowen's tone. Since the father-in-law said this, it seems that this matter is true. Nie Fei thought to himself.

Lu Bowen changed the topic and said, "Xiaofei, I'll talk about this matter later, and I'll tell you something else." You kid is self-willed and has done a lot of things that others are not used to. Of course, with the father-in-law here, no one else dares to say anything, and if anyone dares to touch you, the father-in-law will go to him to settle accounts. But, Xiaofei, it's not appropriate for you to do this after all. Although some people don't say anything now, once something happens to Tianling Castle, they will definitely be unfavorable to you. If you have a sword and a gun, your father-in-law can resist it for you, but I am afraid that they will do it in secret, and the father-in-law will not take care of it. So, in the future, you have to be mindful. ”

Nie Fei said: "Father-in-law, you are too polite, I know that I have done a lot of bad things......

Lu Bowen smiled and waved his hand, and said, "It can't be called a bad thing, it's just that you are willful." ”

"No, it's a bad thing. I know that I have done these things to cause you a lot of trouble, Father-in-law. Father, don't worry, I will never do anything like this again. ”

When Lu Bowen heard these words, he suddenly smiled all over his face, and he was really happier than if he had picked up a treasure. He stroked the top of Nie Fei's head, his eyes showed kindness, and said, "Hehe, Xiao Fei has grown up and is sensible." ”