My Master Knows It All

”Alright, I understand. Later, I’ll—I mean, Elder Copper Plate will choose a good day for you. Elder Copper Plate is the best at picking dates. Then I’ll hold the Dao companion ceremony for you and Qiao Jingyao.”

As Cao Zhen spoke, an involuntary smile appeared on his face, a smile reminiscent of an old father. Although in the cultivation world, his age wasn’t much different from Bei Yan’s and the others’, he considered himself their mentor and had always regarded Ling Xi and Yan Yourong as his children. Seeing them wanting to settle down now naturally made him happy.

Bei Yan heard this and instantly broke into a grin, but the next moment, he abruptly thought of something and suddenly turned to fly off into the distance.

He needed to find Elder Copper Plate to pick a date.

In general, when Bei Yan wasn’t around, Four Treasures Peak was quieter, but since everyone hadn’t seen Cao Zhen for a long time, they gathered around their master when he returned, incessantly talking about the changes in Hundred Peaks Sect and Four Treasures Peak over the years.

Among them, Ling Xi actively ran to the kitchen to prepare dinner. Back when Four Treasures Peak only had four or five disciples, they would gather together every day for dinner.

Later, as the number of disciples at Four Treasures Peak increased, their cultivation realms also grew higher. Everyone had things to do, and they rarely stayed at Four Treasures Peak, so gatherings like these became less frequent.

Even though everyone was at Four Treasures Peak these past few hundred years, they needed to cultivate. Now they were all in the True Immortal realm, casually closing themselves off in seclusion for years at a time, leaving little time to gather for meals.

Now, their master finally returned, aside from dealing with Xiang Ziyu’s absence, everyone was all together.

Seeing Ling Xi’s actions, those who knew how to cook quickly ran over to help. Initially, at Four Treasures Peak, there weren’t many who could cook, and even Yan Yourong, Duo Duo, and Ruo Yun didn’t know how. Later, they went to the human world and naturally learned cooking through experiencing mortal life.

The food wasn’t finished yet, but Bei Yan returned to Four Treasures Peak with a troubled expression.

Seeing Bei Yan, everyone was puzzled.

Tang Xiaorui was the one to speak up, ”Senior Brother Bei Yan, Master has already returned and agreed to host your Dao companion ceremony. Why do you look like this? What’s wrong? Did Elder Copper Plate say that you and Senior Sister Qiao Jingyao’s eight characters don’t match and aren’t suitable to become Dao companions?”

At Four Treasures Peak, she had another nickname: Female Version of Bei Yan.

”Tang Xiaorui! If you don’t speak, no one will mistake you for mute! Qiao Jingyao and I are a perfect match!” Bei Yan said indignantly. ”Elder Copper Plate set the date a hundred years from now, and he was so confident, saying that’s still very rushed.

He said our Hundred Peaks Sect is now a Great Teaching, and I’m a disciple of the Sect Hierarch and in the True Immortal realm, so it’s naturally impossible to simply hold a Dao companion ceremony as scheduled. We need to notify many Great Teaching sects.

Then, Third Senior Brother is still outside and needs to return to our Hundred Peaks Sect. This will take time. But the problem is, this shouldn’t take a hundred years. Yet, Elder Copper Plate insisted a hundred years is best, setting it for a hundred years later. By then, Jingyao might even achieve True Immortal.”

Bei Yan was truly upset; he was eager to hold the Dao companion ceremony with Qiao Jingyao today.

A hundred years later, if he became Dao companions with Qiao Jingyao today, who knows how many children they’d have by then!

”A hundred years is quite good.” Tang Xiaorui patted Bei Yan’s shoulder comfortingly. ”In the human world, there’s even a saying about a hundred years of harmony. Doesn’t this hundred years match that perfectly?”

”Thanks a lot, for a hundred years!” Bei Yan was frustrated. If not for the master being there, he would make Tang Xiaorui realize who’s the senior brother and who’s the junior sister!

”A hundred years is quite good.” Linghu Gudu comforted beside him. ”For your Dao companion ceremony, we can’t come empty-handed. We also need to prepare gifts for you.”

Upon hearing this, Bei Yan’s mood instantly improved: ”True, and the master will definitely prepare a gift too.”

In response, everyone glanced at Bei Yan differently. What do you mean by that? Are you implying you only care about the master’s gift and not the gifts we’re preparing?

Cao Zhen thought, a hundred years was fine; within this time he could also prepare, refine treasures, and reforge the Unparalleled Formation Diagram for Ling Xi.

After all, since Ling Xi’s formation map was destroyed, she hadn’t had one, which greatly affected her strength.

Regarding a gift for Bei Yan?

What’s the need for a gift?

Although he had acquired many materials over the years, the ones needed to reforge the formation map for Ling Xi were still insufficient. He needed to trade for some things with others, then he also had to refine his Immortal Slayer Flying Knife. After that, what treasures would remain for Bei Yan?

Just leave it at that.

Cao Zhen required a lot of materials, but fortunately, his reputation was substantial enough, and the Pinbao Business Association had developed significantly, accumulating a lot of valuable materials.

Upon realizing that Cao Zhen needed materials, many people from various Great Teaching sects expressed their willingness to provide corresponding materials.

However, it would also take time to bring these materials over.