"Senior Sun, I'll trouble you in advance when the time comes." I hurriedly replied. Sun Xinping was a venerable senior, and he probably still had a whole string of titles in the Dao lineage.
"Mm, good. Then tell Fellow Daoist Xia about your Xia Household's affairs. He's rather anxious too, isn't he?" Sun Xinping had no intention of saying much more to me and went aside to wait.
Xia Yunqi brought me to an unoccupied place. After gathering his thoughts, he said, "Yiya, something major happened to the Xia Household this time. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come out at my age."
I froze for a moment, recalling what had happened in the rear mountain. Somehow, I sensed it as well.
"The Azure-Heaven Scroll in the rear mountain of the Xia Household turned on us by itself. Quite a few of the Xia Household's pillars were injured by the backlash. There aren't many outstanding figures among the younger generation this time either. It's all thanks to the Dragon-Soul Immortal Herb you brought back. Otherwise, you'd have had to return directly to the Xia Household. Uncle-Great wouldn't have said much more. As for the Dragon-Soul Immortal Herbs, we'll handle them the same way the Dao lineage does. After setting some aside for the other branches, some must also be distributed among the subordinate Confucian Sects to strengthen their cohesion. I hope you'll understand when the time comes. Our Xia Household isn't as you imagine, concerned only with schemes and infighting. We're also a lineage that handles major affairs." Xia Yunqi tried to comfort me. As for how much of what he said was true on the surface and how much came from his heart, I had no way of knowing.
"Since the items have been handed over to the Confucian Sect for