Wang Xiaohuan said, "Wait a minute. Luan Jingfan has been trapped in the main hall for ten years! Even a Po Xu (Breaking Void) Martial Immortal couldn't survive ten years without food or drink, right?"

I explained, "Cultivators don't have high demands for food. A small amount of food can sustain their cultivation, and they can even practice Bigu (grain avoidance) for extended periods."

"Besides, that main hall should have a backyard or something. If there are seeds, Luan Jingfan can be self-sufficient."

The doctor also nodded, "There are no Buddha statues in the main hall. It only looks like a main hall from the outside. Inside, one half is where the family holds meetings, and the other half is the residence of the family head. The family head's biggest hobby is growing melons, fruits, and vegetables."

I looked at Ye Yang, "Continue."

Ye Yang rolled her eyes and said, "Luan Jingchu, or rather, Ning Kang, never harmed Luan Jingfan because she was waiting for an opportunity for her to become an immortal."

"To become an immortal, you must have three conditions."

Ye Yang paused and said, "Of course, I'm talking about taking a shortcut to immortality, not cultivating like a normal cultivator."

"The first condition is to have a great epiphany."

"This can only happen before a person is seriously ill and dying, when they carefully recall their life, there is a possibility of such an epiphany, which is equivalent to surviving a death tribulation."

"If the death tribulation and the love tribulation can be overcome at the same time, then the possibility of becoming an immortal is even greater!"

I raised an eyebrow, "Are you saying that Bei Yan Jing Yun's arrival just happened to provide Luan Jingfan with this opportunity?"

Ye Yang nodded, and Feng Ruoxing also said, "It's very likely."

"Bei Yan Jing Yun deceived Luan Jingfan's feelings, which is the love tribulation."

"If Bei Yan Jing Yun had attacked Luan Jingfan in the beginning, it is very likely that she would have verified the death tribulation."

"There is such a possibility!" The doctor gritted his teeth and said, "In the beginning, the family head was indeed seriously ill, and we couldn't find the cause of the illness. The family head had been preparing for her wedding while ill."

"In the end, the reason why the family head was able to activate the great formation to seal off the entire Ning Kang Temple was probably because she was already close to being exhausted, right?"

Feng Ruoxing said, "Luan Jingfan has met the first condition for becoming an immortal, so what about the second condition?"

Ye Yang said, "The second condition is to transcend the five elements. It's like people often say, 'Jump out of the three realms, not in the five elements.'"

Ye Yang pointed to a few places in a row, "The five elements are in Ning Kang Temple."

"The bell tower belongs to metal, the ancient tree belongs to wood, the kitchen belongs to fire, the ancient well belongs to water, and the earth is in the middle of Ning Kang Temple."

"These five places should each have a corpse buried in them. They each represent the five elements."

"These five corpses are Luan Jingfan's substitutes."

"When the immortal ascension ceremony officially begins, the five corpses will experience the five elements tribulations in her place."

"After the tribulations, Luan Jingfan will have transcended the five elements."

The doctor said, "These five places were built a long time ago! Especially that ancient tree, it is said that it has been there since Ning Kang Temple was built."

The doctor said in shock, "Could it be that Ning Kang was laying out the plan at that time?"

"But we have never found any corpses in those places!"

I looked at the doctor, "Are you sure that the wild ghost you contacted to help you hire the cleaning company really only listens to you?"

The doctor couldn't help but gasp, "I...I..."

I pressed, "Over the years, how many cleaners have disappeared from Ning Kang Temple?"

The doctor stammered, "F...five..."

"But...but...Since the family head has already been bewitched by Ning Kang, why did she activate the restrictions of Ning Kang Temple?"

I responded, "According to the current situation..."

"In the beginning, Bei Yan Jing Yun gave Luan Jingfan a slow-acting poison that made her look like she was seriously ill."

"Originally, Luan Jingfan still had the belief in marrying Bei Yan Jing Yun to support her. However, Bei Yan Jing Yun temporarily eloped, which made her lose all hope and aggravated her condition."

"At that time, Luan Jingfan did not have a great epiphany, but instead developed a radical mentality. Therefore, she activated the restriction to seal off Ning Kang Temple, and also sealed herself and Ning Kang together in the middle of the main hall."

"The time when Luan Jingfan truly realized was after she self-sealed."

"I think Luan Jingfan should have reached some kind of agreement with Ning Kang in the main hall. The two of them want to become immortals together."

I raised the glass bottle in my hand, "The blood here does not come from the master of Ning Kang Temple, but from Luan Jingfan's own blood."

"She has no way to identify the eight characters of those cleaners, but she can use blood to sense their five elements plasticity. This is why some of those cleaners can leave Ning Kang Temple alive, and some mysteriously disappear."

I said faintly, "Actually, there is nothing worth cleaning in Ning Kang Temple, right? Someone being responsible for cleaning is also the idea of your family head?"

The doctor hesitated and said, "This...this..."

"I just accidentally heard that only those who are destined can open the family's restriction, so I thought of hiring cleaners."

"That news wouldn't have been deliberately told to me by the family head, right?"

"Then aren't I helping the family head to become an immortal?"