When Shen Lian was undergoing cultivation at the River of Spirits, Gu Caiwei had seen him naked, but then she was looking at him in the light of a senior towards a junior. Even though they were of the opposite gender, in her heart, she never treated Shen Lian as equal.

　　As Shen Lian was approaching the peak of cultivation at great speed to the extent that she had to look up to him, not even with the conservation of heart she could control the waves of emotions she was feeling.

　　Shen Lian did not have the intention to flirt with Gu Caiwei. As he felt the waves of emotions she was experiencing, he was not aware of what Gu Caiwei was thinking. He indeed led the conversation with a question, “Senior Apprentice-Sister, have you noticed?”

　　His calm voice pulled her back to reality.

　　Gu Caiwei blinked and her slightly curled eyelashes moved up and down. Her beautiful eyes glanced at Shen Lian’s pretty and delicate face and she led him to take a seat. She started making tea. The aroma of the tea filled up the room, and it made people calm down.

　　After taking a sip of the tea, Gu Caiwei then said slowly, “Headmaster, what do you mean?” She did not notice anything previously because of the change in emotions she experienced.

　　As a result, she decided to make tea and make a rhetorical question to cover up her mishaps.

　　Shen Lian was slightly surprised about what happened to his Senior Apprentice-Sister. He held her hand so she could feel his Taixu’s mana in his body. The mana was filled with an incredible amount of Dao meaning. If Gu Caiwei did not understand, Shen Lian decided to go straight to the point, “Senior Apprentice-Sister surely knows about how when Buddha took a flower, Kassapa smiled? It was with the intention to pass on the meaning of Dao and to allow the hearts to communicate. I wanted you to see my heart, Senior Apprentice-Sister.”

　　Gu Caiwei was incredibly bright and she immediately got what Shen Lian was trying to say. She sighed, “You want me to accept your mana?’

　　Shen Lian laughed, “Senior Apprentice-Sister, you have passed me your Mana in the past. What I am doing now is only to repay your kindness. There is no such difference as you and me.” He sounded articulate, but it was to dispel Gu Caiwei’s worries. To Shen Lian, for he had gained previously, to return what he had gained was only natural.

　　Gu Caiwei said nothing, to pass on mana and for the hearts to communicate were not something so simple for the two of them.

　　It meant that Shen Lian and her would have to be one in their minds. During this process, they could read each other’s mind entirely and it meant for them to be more than just being naked in front of each other.

　　It meant that Shen Lian had no second thought towards her. If Gu Caiwei had feelings for him, she would surely be disappointed.

　　Gu Caiwei found it hard to describe what she was experiencing. She took yet another sip and said, “It seems like I can’t turn you down.” Not every Dao meaning which was passed on could help someone reach Huandan. It was not the case for Taixu Strategy which had Instant Connection. Furthermore, for male and female to be one, the Yin and Yang would lead the way for the two’s mana without much drive to be able to reach great height.

　　It was akin to the warm current and cold current in the sea. When the two exchanged positions, it led to the cycle of the flow of water. The flow led to the infinite vitality of the sea.

　　It was of course just the theory of it. To execute this, they would need some other secret techniques to succeed.

　　Throughout the five years, Shen Lian was not only cultivating for himself. He was looking for such secret techniques and trying to perfect it.

　　Shen Lian stared at Gu Caiwei and said, “You can only have hopes when you’re alive. I hope you reach immortality, Senior Apprentice-Sister.”

　　If Gu Caiwei did not reach Huandan soon, while her face remained the same, she could not live any much longer. Her end would come soon.

　　Due to the special characteristics of Taixu Strategy, it had cut out the opportunity for one to achieve Huandan using external elixirs. If not because of that, there would be more than the three, Ziling, Biyun and Shen Lian who achieved Huandan ever since Grandmaster Qingshui.

　　Gu Caiwei could not help but laughed, “Okay, stop saying that as if I am not going to take your kindness. I will not say no if it is for my own good.”

　　She was ultimately still a cultivator as she managed to get rid of the other thoughts quickly, and Shen Lian had good intentions.

　　Shen Lian said, “If Senior Apprentice-Sister reaches the next level, it will be beneficial to me, and to Qing Xuan. I admit that I have other motives. It is normal if you have hesitance. I won’t take it any other way.”

　　After saying that, they looked at each other and smiled.

　　Gu Caiwei then started to tell Shen Lian about what had happened recently. While every sect had a method to transmit messages, it was not as convenient as speaking face to face.

　　In a radius of five thousand miles, most cultivators used Longevity Temple as their main pillar. They took on tasks or discussed Dao, and these had attracted a lot of people. However, what Longevity Temple lacked was the location of a fortune land – it made Longevity Temple less attractive.

　　As a result, most cultivators who gathered around were rarely great.

　　It was also related to how it was usually difficult for non-formal cultivators to be enlightened.

　　After hearing this, Shen Lian fell in deep thoughts and said, “Senior Apprentice-Sister, you have spent a lot of effort here. Actually, the issue of this place having little spiritual vigor can be overcome soon, but you have to pay attention to one thing.”

　　Gu Caiwei was slightly shocked, “What is it?”

　　Shen Lian replied, “The sect is not everything. Cultivation should be placed higher than the sect.”

　　As the chief of Qing Xuan, it went against his principles, but he did not want Gu Caiwei to spend too much time and effort on the sect.

　　In a person’s life, there were too many things to try. Most people just focused their attention on one thing because life was limited to them. However, it was a different case for cultivators. They cultivated to live longer and to enjoy all the good things life could offer.

　　There was nothing wrong with what people said about celestial being, who could be in the South Sea in the morning, and at Mount Cangwu by night.

　　One should not undergo cultivation in order to suffer. There was nothing wrong to make the sect greater, but fundamentally the most important thing was to the self. It was not to say that the improvement in cultivation could lead one to do everything he wanted without considering the moral nature of it – that was the difference between Daoist and Demons.

　　Gu Caiwei was touched. What Shen Lian said was never even mentioned by Zhang Ruoxu. What Shen Lian said was the original intention of Grandmaster Yuanqing. He traveled far and about in order to pursue immortality and immortality only.

　　She did not continue on the topic but she mentioned one other thing, “Two more months later, there will be a celestial market. Apparently, a rare item from divine ruins will appear there. I wanted to head over, but since you are here, you can try to obtain that item. ”

　　With Qing Xuan’s wealth, they paid no attention to normal items, but for an item that was found at a divine ruin, it was not something they would ignore. Furthermore, as divine ruins never had a fixed spot, with the item, one could enter the divine ruins easily.

　　Apparently, before Lu Jiuyuan achieved Dao, he entered the divine ruins before. Some people thought that his achievement had a correlation with the divine ruins.