"Hehe, this Xiao was expelled from the Thunder Control Sect long ago!" Xiao Hua replied. "Perhaps you were in the far north and never heard of it!"
"Ah..." Mo Qingyuan was greatly startled. "The Thunder Control Sect actually expelled a Grandmaster like you, Senior? How could that be possible?"
"That was all hundreds of years ago..." Xiao Hua said with a smile.
Mo Qingyuan smiled bitterly. "Then the Thunder Control Sect must regret it now, having handed over a Nascent Soul Grandmaster on a silver platter..."
"There is no need to mention this again!" Xiao Hua waved his hand. "Tell me about the Spring Return Merchant Guild!"
"This..." Mo Qingyuan said awkwardly, "I have disappointed you, Senior. I was in the far north and only recently arrived in the Three Cultivation Kingdoms. Since I do not have much lifespan left, I did not dare delay and went straight to Mingxi. I only heard that the Spring Return Merchant Guild was an enormous guild in Xi Kingdom, one that often held auctions there. Because the guild possesses Rejuvenation Pills unavailable elsewhere, it is called the Spring Return Merchant Guild. I truly do not know anything else..."
"Mm..." Xiao Hua nodded. There was no need to say it—this Spring Return Merchant Guild had surely been cooked up by that fellow Qian Diheng.
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Hua said, "Mo Qingyuan, you and I can be considered to have some affinity. Regarding what happened in Mingxi before, you also showed some trustworthiness. Therefore, although I cannot accept you as my disciple, I can give you some opportunities. But I wish to remind you of something: after your cultivation succeeds, treat all under heaven with kindness. Think more of others' virtues and less of their faults! Above all, do not commit deeds