"Of course. Welcome back." Xiao Yi stepped forward and took Bei Bei's outstretched hand in a firm grip.
He was genuinely surprised. He had originally thought that after Tang Ya chose to stay by his side, Bei Bei would be utterly disheartened, harbor resentment, and fade from everyone's sight. Yet instead, Bei Bei had returned of his own accord and taken the initiative to shoulder the Tang Sect's responsibilities.
Xiao Yi did not feel the slightest bit awkward. Feelings had always been a matter of mutual consent. Bei Bei cared deeply for Tang Ya, but whatever her reasons, Tang Ya had ultimately chosen to be with him.
He had seen countless situations like this in his previous life. Of course, there was another possibility: Mu En might have stepped in to make it happen.
"Sect Master Xiao, I hope you'll offer plenty of guidance on the Tang Sect's affairs from now on," Bei Bei said sincerely.
"Not a problem." Xiao Yi smiled faintly. As long as his people were unwaveringly loyal and diligent in their work, he had never been stingy with rewards.
With his current alchemy skills, helping quite a few sect members temper their martial souls and refining pills for advancement would not be difficult.
Take Ling Luochen, for example. Her ice-attribute martial soul possessed exceptional potential. As long as Xiao Yi used Cang Ling's essence blood as the primary ingredient, supplemented by all kinds of rare ice-element spiritual herbs, and refined medicine step by step, he could steadily help her martial soul undergo an advanced transformation.
If everything went smoothly afterward and Cang Ling successfully inherited the Ice Dragon King's remaining legacy at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, the difficulty of tempering martial souls would drop drastically.
Besides that, immortal herbs and medicinal pills had even