Eastern Depot Is Quite Suitable for This Kind of Talent

After hearing Lin Xuan's arrangements, Yue Mei accepted the paper he handed her. However, she did not open it to look, because she knew that some things were not meant for her to see.

If she insisted on reading it, she would likely only make Lin Xuan unhappy. She might even lose the chance to remain by his side.

Holding the pill and the paper, Yue Mei left Lin Xuan's room. She went to the kitchen, picked up the meal meant for Lin Chou, and headed toward Lin Chou's room.

Lin Xuan sat by the table and slowly ate his meal. Although he was already a Nine-Star Dou Sheng,

he still needed to eat something. After all, it had been a habit for so many years that changing it was probably no longer possible.

After finishing his meal, Lin Xuan left his room and saw Yue Mei walking back toward hers. He said nothing, merely smiled at her before heading outside.

Once Lin Xuan reached the courtyard, the two Little Lolis, Chun Bao and Zi Yan, were still sitting there eating snacks.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Xuan asked Chun Bao and Zi Yan,

"Do you two want to go out and stroll around with me?"

"Brother Lin Xuan, we won't go. You can go by yourself."

After hearing Lin Xuan's words, Chun Bao and Zi Yan exchanged a glance, then answered him in unison.

Hearing the two Little Lolis' reply, Lin Xuan could only nod. He then left the courtyard alone and walked down the street.

Since Lin Xuan had nothing in particular to do, he had come out to take a walk. There was nothing to do in the courtyard anyway.

As for the troublesome matters of building his own faction, he could leave those to Lin Chou and Yao Cang.

Lin Xuan walked alone along the street, looking over the goods sold by the vendors. Basically, they were all useless to him.

So he merely strolled down the street and casually glanced at the things they were selling. If he saw something he liked, he would buy it.

However, there was basically nothing that caught his eye, so Lin Xuan did not buy anything.

Then, as he walked along the street, he spotted someone lying on the ground with a wine gourd in hand.

Lin Xuan took a closer look at Old Drunkard and discovered that he was the Old Drunkard from Legend of Yao Lao who had given Yao Chen a cultivation technique.

After examining Old Drunkard, Lin Xuan made up his mind. He would gather information on him and send it back to Lin Chou.

Then Lin Chou could take charge of Old Drunkard, make him swallow a Puppet Pill, and turn him into a subordinate of the Eastern Depot.

After all, Lin Xuan found someone as talented as Old Drunkard quite interesting. A place like the Eastern Depot was rather suited to him.

Since he needed to seek out talent for his organizations anyway, Lin Xuan could lend Lin Chou and Yao Cang a hand.

As Lin Xuan walked alone along the street, he considered whether to recruit Yao Chen's parents into the Eastern Depot or the Western Depot.

Then Yao Chen could also enter the Eastern Depot or Western Depot and work there. After all, the gift Lin Xuan had left for Yao Chen happened to be a standard gift for both the Eastern Depot and Western Depot.

However, after thinking it over carefully for a while, Lin Xuan abandoned the idea. If he turned Yao Chen into his subordinate, who knew who Xiao Yan's teacher would be in the future?

Lin Xuan did not know whether doing so would bring him unpredictable trouble. To be safer, he gave up on the idea.

As for the fate Yao Chen's parents would meet in the future, Lin Xuan did not intend to change it. But Yao Chen still had a chance to alter his own fate.

After all, the things Lin Xuan had left in the Yao Clan's ancestral tablet could rapidly improve Yao Chen's cultivation realm.

Whether Yao Chen would be willing to cultivate that upgraded version of the Bixie Sword Manual, Lin Xuan did not know. But if Yao Chen wanted to change his fate, he would probably cultivate it.

After wandering the streets for a while, Lin Xuan headed back to the courtyard where he lived. There was nothing else for him to do anyway.

When Lin Xuan returned home, Chun Bao and Zi Yan were no longer in the courtyard. They had probably run off to play.

However, Lin Xuan was not particularly worried. Chun Bao was a Nine-Star Dou Zun, after all. In the Yao Clan, aside from those old monsters, practically no one could deal with her.

Still, after giving it some thought, Lin Xuan decided to have Lin Chou find Chun Bao and Zi Yan, then use the power of the Infinity Stones to lower the two Little Lolis' presence. After all, Lin Xuan did not yet want to expose his identity in the Yao Clan.

Thus, Lin Xuan walked to Lin Chou's door, pushed it open, and entered the room.

However, after entering, he did not see Lin Chou. Instead, the sound of water splashing came from behind the screen, followed by Lin Chou's familiar voice.

"Little Xuan Xuan, did you come to bathe with me?"

"...Sorry for disturbing you. I'll come back after you finish bathing."

Hearing Lin Chou's words, Lin Xuan answered awkwardly.

He then hurried out of the room, shut the door, and waited outside. Lin Xuan could not help sighing helplessly.

Lin Xuan knew that Lin Chou had probably noticed him approaching her room, so she had entered the bath barrel the moment he pushed open the door, deliberately letting him discover that she was bathing.

Standing outside, Lin Xuan glanced at Lin Chou's door and muttered helplessly,

"I should've knocked first. She's always leading me around by the nose. Who knows when she'll eat me so thoroughly that not even bones are left..."

Inside the room, Lin Chou covered her mouth and giggled. However, she also knew that Lin Xuan had likely come to see her because of those two little ones who had secretly run off to play.

But Lin Chou was not too worried. When Chun Bao and Zi Yan had wanted to go out and play, Lin Chou had already used the Reality Gem's power to reduce their presence to the lowest level.

The two Little Lolis would probably return soon. After all, with their presence erased, no one on the street would even notice them.

For two Little Lolis who especially loved making a fuss, that was practically torture.