The Return Journey

It took him a moment to realize that this meant Yigao's private school had officially started classes.

Therefore, it seems that everything in the village is normal and there is no problem.

Thinking that he will be going back tomorrow, he wonders what everyone's reaction will be when they see him.

For some reason, even though he had only been away for half a month, it felt like a much longer time had passed.

He hadn't felt this way when he went to the county town to accompany his child during the exam.

I don't know if it's because of the distance, or because so much has happened and so many people I've met these days.

Looking at the sealed box on the table, Liao Pantu took the initiative to say:

"You can keep this Icefield Spirit. It needs a drop of heart's blood to recognize its master. I'm just a soul now, so this thing is useless to me. Even if my soul successfully finds a fusion point, my physical body is nowhere to be found. Who knows when I'll be back to normal?"

Stop making excuses and just take this Icefield Spirit and bind it to you. Then get on with your cultivation and help me find a soul and a body – that's the important thing!

Before Lin Xiao could say a word, Liao Pantu completely shut him down, leaving him no choice but to put the sealed box containing the Icefield Spirit back into his possession.

Because the appointment with Liu Chun was for the evening, and it's only morning now.

With plenty of time to spare and nothing else to do, Lin Xiao decided to explore Yuanling City one last time before leaving.

After all, who knows when we'll be able to come again?

He strolled around the main market and also told Shopkeeper Zhong that he planned to leave the next day.

After all, when it comes to delivering goods to the Many Treasures Pavilion, the person from their sect might not be him anymore, so he came here to say goodbye to Shopkeeper Zhong.

As he passed by the Myriad Connections store, he glanced at the Myriad Connections signboard and suddenly felt that the logo on the signboard looked somewhat familiar.

He then remembered that he had seen this small token with this marking pattern when he rescued people in the Icefield Mystic Realm and charged them to take their Storage Bag.

Lin Xiao then realized that those two people were from Myriad Connections...

It seems that in the future, when other members of the sect come to trade with the Many Treasures Pavilion, I will have to tell them about these experiences.

It might help avoid some unnecessary trouble.

It also makes it easier for them to act flexibly if something happens.

So Lin Xiao immediately began to pay attention to the signs on the plaques of the major shops on the street, as well as the family crests of various Lineage.

He planned to record all of this when he got back, so that his sect could use it when they went to Yuanling City in the future.

So, on the streets of Yuanling City, one could see a rather tall young man strolling leisurely.

He kept looking up and staring at the shop sign.

However, no one noticed him at that moment.

Everyone's attention has been drawn to a piece of news that surfaced today.

The Yuan Household is offering a hefty reward for an Icefield Spirit!

Rumor has it that the Yuan Household's asking price has already reached 100,000 Spirit Stone!

This inevitably stirred up the greed in many people's hearts.

The Icefield Mystic Realm still had one day left before it ended, and many people were wondering whether they should hurry in now to try their luck. If they were lucky enough to encounter it, that would be 100,000 Spirit Stone!

However, many people are hesitant because it was just revealed a couple of days ago that there's an area in that Icefield Mystic Realm that you can only enter but never leave.

There are also speculations about the Yuan Household's motives for this action.

Many people speculated that something might have happened to the Yuan Household's ancestor, who had been in seclusion for many years.

However, none of this mattered to Lin Xiao anymore.

He wandered around the city for most of the day, and returned to the inn in the evening.

Before long, Liu Chun appeared in front of him with several Storage Bag hanging from his waist.

Lin Xiao, who had originally planned to leave tomorrow, thought about it and decided that since he had nothing else to do, he might as well leave now.

Anyway, they're using a teleportation array, so going back will only take a blink of an eye.

It's a good time to take Liu Chun back tonight; let's show him around the sect first.

So that I won't be too busy to deal with him after dawn.

So when the night was deep and quiet, Lin Xiao took out the Heaven and Earth Transposition Formation Disk and placed it on the ground to start activating it, all to Liu Chun's surprise.

Because he brought an extra person this time, Lin Xiao added another three thousand Spirit Stone to the teleportation array just to be on the safe side.

Liao Pantu had already snuggled into the Soul-Nourishing Pendant, nestled in Lin Xiao's arms, waiting to return and see his good disciple.

A faint white light flashed through the room.

Lin Xiao and Liu Chun disappeared into a room in an ordinary inn in Yuanling City.

The next day, the Icefield Mystic Realm's opening time ended, and the cultivators inside were all teleported out.

Then they heard in the city that the gray areas on the map of the secret realm would trap and kill any cultivators who entered, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

When they learned that the Yuan Household was offering a large sum of money to buy the Icefield Spirit, some people were heartbroken and lamented that they had actually encountered the Icefield Spirit, but felt they couldn't catch it, so they didn't try too hard.

This caused him to miss out on 100,000 Spirit Stone!

It's unclear whether any of the cultivators who entered the Icefield Mystic Realm this time actually managed to capture Icefield Spirit, but the Yuan Household certainly didn't manage to get a single Icefield Spirit.

However, Icefield Spirit are not unique to the Icefield Mystic Realm.

Icefield Spirit may appear in any icy, snowy place.

So, after the Icefield Mystic Realm closed this time, the Yuan Household was somewhat disappointed not to receive the Icefield Spirit, but they were not completely without hope.

However, these subsequent events were no longer relevant to Lin Xiao.

He had already returned to the quiet Xiushui Village in the night, carrying an Icefield Spirit from the Icefield Mystic Realm and the talisman master Liu Chun.

When Liu Chun was teleported to Xiushui Village by the Heaven and Earth Transposition Formation, he was somewhat surprised.

Although I've considered that my new job might not be very good.

But he never expected that this sect was actually located in the Mortal Realm, specifically in a small village within the Mortal Realm!

Fortunately, he grew up in a poor, remote area of the Immortal Cultivation Realm, so he adapted relatively quickly to his new life in this small village after suddenly arriving from Yuanling City, a bustling cultivation city.

However, having always lived in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, he still knew that the Mortal Realm was extremely far from the world of the Immortal Cultivation Realm.

Therefore, he was somewhat surprised that Lin Xiao, a disciple of this small sect, possessed a teleportation array, and one that could teleport such a long distance.

After Lin Xiao showed him around this small sect built in a small village in the Mortal Realm and introduced the approximate cultivation levels and cultivation time of the members, he was even more surprised.

Finally, when Lin Xiao somewhat embarrassedly told him that he was the sect leader of this sect, twelve years old this year, and currently at the mid- Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, his surprise reached its peak.

And this was very clearly reflected in his facial expressions.

Although it was very dark, Lin Xiao and Liao Pantu, who emerged from the Soul-Nourishing Pendant, could see everything clearly.