Don't Tell Anyone
Jiang Youfu and Liu Yunan, who were standing to the side, looked on with great envy.
Yigao has an apprentice now!
They'd love to take on an apprentice for fun too.
Lin Xiao thought to himself, "It seems that the construction of the Demon Beast training ground, which has been put on hold for a long time, should be put on the agenda now."
After all, there are more lazy chickens than just Xiaoluan in the sect now.
Come to think of it, if it weren't for Tuantuan's incident, that Spirit Stone mine might not have belonged to their sect.
Just as he might not have met Yigao so early on if it weren't for Xiaoluan.
All of this, I suppose, is what we call fate.
Life is unpredictable; no one knows what they will encounter or miss next.
But it is precisely because of this that life becomes interesting and full of challenges.
That evening, the results of the first county-level examination were announced, and Sun Yigao unsurprisingly advanced to the second examination.
While waiting for the second exam, Sun Yigao continued to bury himself in his studies, while Lin Xiao and the other two, along with Tuantuan, huddled together in their respective Peach Blossom Spirit Gathering Formation to cultivate.
The Spirit Gathering Formation that Tuantuan used was the one that Sun Yigao gave him; he didn't need it for the time being anyway.
Moreover, the Peach Blossom Spirit Gathering Formation, with a radius of one meter, can easily accommodate a small cat to cultivate after accommodating one person.
It's just that Tuantuan doesn't like to get too close to them. Wouldn't it be better if it could have its own independent Spirit Gathering Formation? It could even roll around in it.
The time for the second exam arrived in the blink of an eye. Just like on the first day, the group got up before dark and escorted Sun Yigao into the examination room.
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Meanwhile, in Liaoju Prefecture, the story goes back to the day after the child was rescued.
After hearing the children say last night that the underground cave was full of fluorescent stones, Jin Nanhuan guessed that they were Spirit Stone.
It was late at night, and the children were scared in the dense forest. They all wanted to go home, but Prefect Tong kept urging them, so he had no choice but to escort them back first.
The next day, he went to the cave entrance to check it out himself.
Upon discovering that it was indeed a Concealment Formation and Spirit-Locking Formation, he was overjoyed and immediately plunged inside.
Instead of finding a cave full of Spirit Stone, he was met with a solid rock wall.
Jin Nanhuan didn't leave, because he suddenly remembered what the children had said yesterday: the person who saved them had shouted that there was danger and told them to run away quickly.
He wondered if the man in black robes had left some kind of backup plan, intending to bury the place alive by blowing up the cave after his death?
Realizing this, he felt he had figured out the truth, so he immediately began bombarding the rock walls with Law Technique.
The thought that there might be an entire Spirit Stone mine buried beneath this rock wall Jin Nanhuan feel like he had struck it rich.
But as he dug, he didn't see anything.
Suddenly he realized that ever since he entered through the cave entrance above, which was equipped with Spirit-Locking Formation, he hadn't seemed to sense the abundant Spiritual Qi that Spirit Stone mine should have.
He fell silent as he looked at the rock wall that had been carved into almost a tunnel.
Could this not be Spirit Stone mine?
But if that's the case, then what about the Spirit-Locking Formation above, and the fluorescent stones the children mentioned...?
Could it be that the man in black robes wasn't after the Spirit Stone mine, but had some other purpose?
Was that Spirit-Locking Formation set up by the man in black robes to prevent others from discovering what he was doing inside?
In any case, it couldn't possibly have been the boy who saved the person who moved the entire Spirit Stone mine, right?
If he truly possessed that ability, then Jin Nanhuan wouldn't dare covet that Spirit Stone mine.
Having wasted his time, he had no choice but to return home.
Forget it, how could Spirit Stone mines possibly exist in the Mortal Realm?
If there were Spirit Stone mines in the Mortal Realm, this place wouldn't be the Mortal Realm.
He shouldn't think about these things anymore; getting back to the sect to collect his reward is the most important thing. He can already see the Foundation Establishment Late Stage beckoning to him!
After being questioned at the government office, Mo Yuanjiao signaled to Guard Mo the Guard Mo to take out their general's mansion token. After receiving a special treat from the young master of the general's mansion, Mo Yuanjiao left the government office with a radiant smile.
The two mounted the recovered horse and continued their journey eastward at full speed.
A few days later, they arrived at Emerald Peak Town.
They found a small tea stall to rest for a while.
Mo Yuanjiao and his Guard Mo were sitting and drinking tea.
When traveling, one should act according to one's own discretion, and the Mo Household family has always regarded their personal guards as half of the Mo Household.
Although it was coarse tea from a small place like Emerald Peak Town, Mo Yuanjiao, who had been trained since childhood, drank it without changing his expression.
He often drank bitter tea made from the coarsest tea stalks when he was a child.
At this moment, Guard Mo, while sipping his tea, frowned slightly and looked towards the town entrance, saying with some concern:
"Young Master, if we continue eastward, we'll only see some villages, no county seat. We're almost at the border of our Pusi Kingdom. I've heard that there are endless mountains over there, nothing at all, and that there are many ferocious wild beasts deep in those mountains."
Mo Yuanjiao, his lips moistened by the tea, wiped them and looked at Guard Mo with bright eyes, saying:
"Isn't this the kind of place a reclusive sect should be in? Looks like we didn't go to the wrong place!"
Guard Mo:... No, young master, that's not what I meant.
Seeing his young master's excited expression, Guard Mo had no choice but to bite the bullet and remind him:
"Young Master, what if there really are all sorts of ferocious beasts in those mountains? Isn't it too dangerous?" What if they carry you away? Then he'll have to search everywhere.
The problem is that wild animals are different from humans. They won't wait or listen to your pleas for mercy. If they're hungry, they'll really bite and gnaw!
Mo Yuanjiao waved his hand:
"No, I won't! Fortuitous opportunity will protect me, Old Que, don't worry!"
Seeing that he couldn't dissuade them, Guard Mo sighed and resigned himself to his fate. Let them carry him away; he would do his best to save them anyway. If he really couldn't save them, then he would let those wild beasts carry him away with them.
After resting, the two got up and left the tea stall, heading towards the town entrance.
Upon arriving at the entrance to Emerald Peak Town, Mo Yuanjiao, for some unknown reason, suddenly grabbed an elderly man who was about to enter the town and said:
"Old man, do you know what's around here... um... a place that might be the abode of immortals?"
The elderly man, who had been suddenly pulled aside, was somewhat bewildered. Hearing his question, he looked at him with a strange expression and said:
Why are you asking this, little one?
Mo Yuanjiao smiled shyly and said:
"I've come to become your disciple."
Upon hearing this, the old man's expression became even more perplexed.
"The Shangyang Sect just finished recruiting disciples a few days ago."
Mo Yuanjiao somewhat anxiously:
"I don't want to worship the Shangyang Sect, old man. You've lived here for so long, haven't you heard of any other immortal sects or anything like that?"
The old man sized up Mo Yuanjiao, then glanced at the Guard Mo behind him, hesitated for a moment, and then pulled Mo Yuanjiao to a secluded spot, whispering:
"I'm telling you, but don't tell anyone."