Chapter Sixty-Eight: Beginning to Grow Up

When Xuanxuzi and Lin Yifan, the old and the young, returned to Longtan and returned to Cuizhuzhai again, Xue Zilin and his wife had already had lunch, and were taking care of the trivial things in the vegetable garden in front of Cuizhuzhai.

"Sister-in-law, Brother Xue...... Shall I do it with you......?"

Lin Yifan had just stepped on the footsteps of Xuan Xuzi and returned to the fast to fill his stomach, so he quickly ran out of the dining room and came to the vegetable garden in front of the green bamboo garden, and greeted Xue Zilin and his wife who were busy in the vegetable garden.

"Ao, that Yifan doesn't need to use it, you better go back and talk to your ancestor quickly!"

At this time, Xue Zilin, who was squatting in the vegetable garden and weeding, saw that there was not much work in the vegetable garden in his fast, so he opened his mouth and refused.

"Yes, Yifan, you really don't need it, you go back quickly! This little work, I will be busy with your Brother Xue in a while......" Li Xinmei on the side also echoed.

"It's okay, sister-in-law, I'll help you get it together......"

Although the husband and wife said that they didn't need Lin Yifan to help with the work, he still walked over and squatted beside Xue Zilin to help the husband and wife do the work in the vegetable garden together.

"Brother Xue, I want to ...... I want to ask you something."

"What's the matter......" Hearing this, Xue Zilin stopped what he was doing, looked at Lin Yifan's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, and said softly: "It's okay, Yifan, you can say it......"

"Oh! That's what Brother Xue is like...... You see, I've been meditating with you every day for so long, so ...... So I just wanted to ask, can you start teaching me to build a foundation tomorrow?"

"Ah, teach you to build a foundation......" Hearing this, Xue Zilin was very unspeakably surprised, he didn't expect that what this kid Yifan wanted to tell him was actually his foundation building, and then he shook his head and sighed softly: "Yifan, my sister-in-law and I don't dare to make decisions for you in private."

"What's wrong? Brother Xue......"

"If this is the case, you are different from others, you are a disciple recognized by our ancestors......"

"So...... If it weren't for the instructions of the ancestor, let alone me and your sister-in-law, I'm afraid that no one would dare to have the audacity to teach you anything in private, let alone such a big thing as building a foundation......"

"Ah......" After an exclamation, Lin Yifan said a little incredibly: "Brother Xue, isn't it just a foundation? It's not that serious......"

"Yifan, if it's that serious, you'll know later...... As for what you are talking about now, when and how you want to build the foundation, then all of this has to obey the orders of our ancestors, so...... Now you can meditate and practice with us with peace of mind, and cultivate your self......"

As soon as Xue Zilin finished speaking, Lin Yifan's little careful thinking that he originally had in his heart had long since disappeared without a trace.

Before coming to the vegetable garden, Lin Yifan still fantasized that he hoped that with the help of Xue Zilin and his wife, after the success of quietly building the foundation as soon as possible, he would go to Xuan Xuozi to surprise him, and at the same time, he could also let him pass on some hard goods to himself, so that he could avenge his senior sister as soon as possible.

However, who would have thought that as soon as he said the little bit of caution in his heart, he was splashed with a basin of cold water, and his whole body is now pulling out the cold.

"Alas...... Brother Xue, you said that I originally wanted to surprise the old man so that he could be impressed, but now, alas, this surprise that was originally intended to give people has now become my own fright........."

Slowing down the heart of pulling out the cold, Lin Yifan sighed helplessly.

"Okay, these things, you don't need to worry about them at all, the master will definitely have proper arrangements, you can rest assured!" Xue Zilin comforted.

"Alas, forget it, it seems that it can only be like this," Lin Yifan said helplessly.

"Oh, by the way, Brother Xue......" After a while, this Lin Yifan seemed to remember something again, and then asked: "The old man told me at noon today about building a foundation, and some people spend a year and a half without success, is this true?"

"Yes, Yifan, your sister-in-law and I took almost a year to build the foundation successfully......"

"Oh my god...... It took you and your sister-in-law a year and a half to build the foundation......!

Speaking of this, Lin Yifan really didn't dare to think about it anymore, so he could only secretly bitter in his heart: "It will take a year and a half to build a foundation, so at this speed, when will I be able to avenge my senior sister......

Seeing that Lin Yifan wanted to speak and stopped, his face was even more uncertain, and Li Xinmei on the side stopped what she was doing and hurriedly asked, "Yifan, what's wrong with your face?"

"Oh, that sister-in-law, I'm fine...... Let's work" Lin Yifan replied insincerely, then lowered his head and pulled the weeds in the vegetable garden one by one.

Seeing that Lin Yifan seemed to be fine, this Li Xinmei also lowered her head and started working with peace of mind.

"Alas, even Brother Xue and sister-in-law took a year and a half to build the foundation, so when will my cultivation path be the end! If I had listened to my master's words at the beginning, how could I ...... it today?"

With this silent sigh in his heart, Lin Yifan's heart also rose with a burst of despair. At this moment, he had some indescribable regret and self-blame in his heart for a while.

"Master, I'm sorry, I was wrong, really wrong, if I listened to you even a little bit, I think you wouldn't end up with hatred, senior sister, she wouldn't have borne so much responsibility and self-blame, and she wouldn't have been poisoned because of this, master, I'm sorry for you...... I'm sorry you ......"

With the self-blame in Lin Yifan's heart becoming more and more serious, thinking of the three masters and apprentices who used to depend on each other, now he is the only one left struggling between this world, and for a while, the originally bright and pure eyes gradually burst into tears.

"Yifan, why are you still secretly crying here now......?

Li Xinmei, who was busy weeding the vegetable garden, looked up by chance and saw that Lin Yifan was secretly wiping her tears, so she hurriedly stepped forward and asked with concern.

At this time, Xue Zilin, who was not far away, heard that Li Xinmei said that Lin Yifan was secretly wiping his tears, so he quickly got up and walked over and asked with concern: "Yifan, didn't you have a good chat with your sister-in-law just now, why did you cry after a while?"

After taking a deep breath, Lin Yifan wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said, "Brother Xue...... Sister-in-law...... I'm fine, I just suddenly feel that this path of cultivation is really difficult......"

"It's hard to get on the path...... You haven't even stepped into the threshold of this cultivation path, how can you have such thoughts?" Xue Zilin asked with some puzzlement.

"Brother Xue, sister-in-law...... Did you know...... Today, when the old man took me back to Longtan, he introduced me that there are nine major ranks along the way of our cultivation, and there are many small ranks in each of them......

"However, on such a long road to advancement, now it will take a year and a half to build a foundation realm even for this simple entry threshold, so you say, if I want to achieve something like you, I have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Moon........."

"What if...... If so, you say...... When do I have to wait until I can avenge my sister......... You know what? I really regret it now...... If...... If I had listened to our master a little bit, I wouldn't have been in such a hurry as I am now......"

As he spoke, Lin Yifan couldn't help but burst into tears.

After listening to Lin Yifan's crying narration, Xue Zilin finally knew that the kid in front of him had gradually grown up and understood at this moment.

Therefore, in comfort for him, he slowly squatted down and gently patted Lin Yifan's shoulder and comforted:

"Yifan, you listen to what Brother Xue told you first...... It is also common sense that you said that it would take a year and a half to build the foundation realm, but you don't need to worry about it at all, because this kind of common sense is only for ordinary people like me and your sister-in-law......"

"You know what, you're different from us, because you have a good master, so you have to cherish this hard-won opportunity now, you know?"

"I know you want to ask, why it's been so long, Shizu has not planned to build a foundation for you, this is entirely because your current state of mind is too impetuous and in a hurry, so, Shizu is now refining your temperament, so don't be in a hurry now......"

"I'm thinking, when the time is ripe, the old man will build a foundation for you without you mentioning it, believe me......"

"Brother Xue, you ...... Are you telling all of this true?" Lin Yifan said casually, wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Seeing that Xue Zilin's comfort had a certain effect, Li Xinmei on the side also hurriedly echoed: "Yifan, you must believe your Brother Xue's words, and even more so believe in the ancestor, do you think about it......?

"Think about it, such a remarkable character, if it takes a year and a half to train his own descendants to get started and build a foundation, then this is passed out, I wonder if you don't talk about you, even the old man himself can't hang on his face! Are you right......?"