With the two women guiding him, Lin Xuan naturally found Spirit Herb Mountain's Branch Altar without the slightest trouble. As chance would have it, he even ran into a team of low-level cultivators preparing to go out hunting.
When they saw the two wanted senior sisters together with this unfamiliar youth, those disciples were startled and suspicious. With a whoosh, they surrounded them, ready to question them. Lin Xuan had no patience to waste words with them and directly showed his command token.
The moment those disciples saw it, they were all both surprised and delighted. They hurriedly released Sound Transmission Talismans while clustering around Lin Xuan and escorting him back to the Branch Altar.
After about the time it took to drink a cup of tea, radiance flared up. Lin Xuan swept out with his divine sense and discovered that several hundred cultivators had actually come to welcome him.
At the very front were two streaks of purple escape light, while the others kept a certain distance from them.
Among the several hundred streaks of light, roughly one-fifth were Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators, while the rest were all Spirit Movement Stage disciples. Lin Xuan's brows drew together, and a pensive look appeared on his face.
"Heh-heh, we did not know the Young Sect Master had arrived. This subordinate failed to welcome you from afar. Please forgive us."
In the blink of an eye, the purple light arrived before him, revealing a man and a woman.
The man looked to be in his forties. His appearance was ordinary, and his build seemed slightly thin, yet his aura was rather astonishing. He was actually a late Core Condensation Realm cultivator.
The woman was much younger, only around twenty-seven or twenty-eight, yet there were quite a few crow's-feet at the corners of