Daily Life in the Sect After the Sect Master's Departure (Part One)
Upon entering the Nature Platform, Lin Xiao immediately sensed the abundant Spiritual Qi within.
It was completely different from when he last entered.
The concentration of Spiritual Qi has almost doubled.
Lin Xiao felt that spending those two thousand three hundred Spirit Stone stones was well worth it.
After all, this Nature Platform isn't just for this one time; it can be used indefinitely.
He didn't look around anymore, and walked straight to the white stone platform in the center of the still pool, sat down cross-legged, and began to meditate.
A thin stream flowed gently into the pool from the rocky wall beside it, the subtle sound seemingly having a Spirit Concentration effect, instantly putting Lin Xiao into a meditative state.
The cultivation technique circulated rapidly within his body, and the surrounding Spiritual Qi energy continuously poured into him.
With his mind focused solely on cultivation, Lin Xiao's cultivation level was increasing rapidly.
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After watching Lin Xiao enter the secluded cultivation area, everyone left and headed towards the cultivation room.
Qin Jianghe also returned to the long-lost cultivation room with everyone and began to cultivate together.
Although he has been away from home for some time, he has not forgotten to cultivate. In fact, he has been even more diligent than when he was in the sect, seizing every spare moment to cultivate.
So even though there wasn't a strong Spiritual Qi outside, with the help of the Peach Blossom Spirit-Gathering Pearl and his own diligence, he has now cultivated to the Qi Refining Fifth Layer.
Returning here after many days, and seeing everyone sitting in the cultivation room, focused on their cultivation, Qin Jianghe felt very happy.
Now there are more and more people in their sect.
Now, even Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Immortal Cultivation Realm have joined them.
He thought to himself that he must work hard to develop the sect's affairs and make it more and more powerful.
In the future, he also wants to establish a news channel for their sect, so as to be able to keep abreast of all kinds of major and minor events in the country.
Today is his last day in Xiushui Village.
He would have to leave Xiushui Village early tomorrow morning and return to Songming County to continue running their security escort agency.
He wanted to strive to expand and strengthen the sect's external affairs as soon as possible.
At noon, after finishing his morning cultivation, Jiang Youfu used Brother Xiao's Immortal Food Three-Piece Set to cook a delicious meal for everyone.
After lunch, the Lingxian Sect members, whether it was their imagination or not, all felt that the Spiritual Power within their bodies seemed to have become slightly more condensed.
The feeling wasn't very obvious, and everyone guessed it might be their imagination.
However, when everyone shared this feeling, they discovered that everyone felt the same way.
As a result, everyone was even more amazed by Jiang Youfu's culinary skills.
After lunch, Liu Yunan explained the newly built Affairs Hall and its functions to everyone.
They were instructed to collect their salaries from the Affairs Hall every month thereafter.
With Senior Liao around, everyone now knows what Spirit Stone are used for.
Only the Old Master Lin was new to the area and didn't know much about it, so Liu Yunan gave them a detailed explanation.
Then everyone dispersed and began their free time in the afternoon.
Qin Jianghe first distributed this month's salary to everyone in the Affairs Hall with Liu Yunan, and then distributed sect uniforms to Liu Chun and Mo Yuanjiao who arrived later.
After finishing these tasks, he went to the sect's main hall with Liu Yunan, Senior Liao, Sun Yigao, and Lin Yun to discuss some miscellaneous matters.
Liu Yunan also planned to cultivate more land to grow the various seeds piled up in the sect's warehouse.
By the time the meeting ended, the sun was already setting.
Since he would be leaving Xiushui Village again tomorrow, Qin Jianghe went straight down the mountain and home.
Although I had told my parents the day before that they should go and practice cultivation, they are honest farmers who have lived their whole lives. Even though they have a son, they are still a little shy and feel that they are not mentally prepared. So today they made excuses and did not go up the mountain to cultivate.
Mother Qin said that they would go to Old Master Lin's house tomorrow to talk and find out more about the situation, and then go with his family.
Qin Jianghe knew that his parents were a little hesitant and shy, so he wasn't in a hurry and agreed that they should go to Old Master Lin's house together.
After all, his parents had a pretty good relationship with Brother Xiao's uncle and aunt.
Having familiar peers around would likely make one's parents more daring.
After saying these things, Mother Qin whispered to Qin Jianghe:
Jianghe He, do you still remember the Niu Household?
Upon hearing this, Qin Jianghe was stunned for a moment, not realizing which Niu Household was being referred to.
Upon seeing this, Mother Qin knew that he had forgotten.
Then I hesitated.
Should I still say it?
However, the next moment, Qin Jianghe remembered that his mother should only know one family with the surname Niu, so he asked:
"You mean Niu Xiaoxue's family? What happened to them?"
Seeing that he had realized what was happening, Mother Qin felt a sudden urge to slap herself.
Originally, she was worried that her son was still thinking about the broken engagement with the Niu Household, so she wanted to comfort him. However, she didn't expect that her son had no memory of the matter at all, but she brought it up herself.
But now that he's remembered, there's nothing he can do; it's better to finish what he said.
So Mother Qin spoke to him:
"That Niu Household's daughter, wasn't she recruited by some immortal sect before? The Niu Household thought they were about to have a fairy daughter and would rise to prominence. These days they've been acting like tyrants in their village, bragging everywhere that when their daughter comes back, they'll do this and that."
Several months have passed, and his daughter hasn't returned home even once. Recently, some people in the village have been saying that their daughter might have been taken by a deity to be used to make human medicine. When the Niu Household heard this, they cried and wailed throughout the village. The Eldest Niu even dared to go to the county government to make a scene, demanding that the county magistrate return his daughter.
Upon hearing this, Qin Jianghe calmly raised an eyebrow and said indifferently:
"That's normal. Even if their Spirit Root are exceptionally good, cultivation is still no easy task for the sects outside. How could they possibly let them return after only a few months? Besides..."
He paused, then didn't continue.
During this period of escorting goods, coupled with his frequent correspondence with Tuzi, Tuzi would tell him all sorts of common knowledge about the Immortal Cultivation Realm that he had heard from Senior Liao. Therefore, he knew how different their sect's cultivation methods were from those outside.
They also knew the standard procedures that sects outside the sects followed for their disciples.
But he never told his mother any of this.
Mother Qin wasn't one to pry, so hearing him say this, she knew there must be something he couldn't say, and without pressing further, she simply nodded and said:
"Hey, I just wanted to tell you, if anyone in the village goes around gossiping about the Niu Household breaking off the engagement, don't take it to heart. Let's see who ends up better off in the end."