Idle Chat
It was already afternoon, and the sun was beginning to slowly set in the west.
Jiang Youfu had already taken his place at his private stove in Guiyuan Tianju, where he and Liu Shengsheng were preparing ingredients for the sect's New Year's Eve dinner tonight.
Lin Xiao handed over the remaining task of checking the storage rings to Liao Pantu and Liu Yunan, and then went down the mountain to find Wang Goudan, who was alone in the secluded courtyard that the village chief had arranged for Li Zhanying.
At that moment, Wang Goudan was looking up at the sky and sighing in the courtyard.
The Nascent Soul Venerable is truly unfathomable.
They kept me behind before, clearly saying it was so I could serve them.
But all day long, from dawn till now, he hasn't even managed to see Elder Senior Li.
Wang Goudan suddenly felt a pang of regret.
If I had known this would happen, I would have been better off returning to the mountain gate.
In that case, he must have been meditating on his little futon for half a day by now.
However, the Spiritual Qi here is quite abundant, almost comparable to their sect's Cultivation Hall. No wonder the Lingxian Sect chose to establish its mountain gate here. Why didn't the Shangyang Sect find such a good location back then...?
The only downside is that this place is too remote; I didn't see a single pretty girl, just plain country bumpkins. Sigh.
Speaking of which, the sect is currently filled with the Foundation Establishment Realm and Qi Refining Stage.
If I go back, I might be able to recruit a few more pretty junior sisters to take care of...
Just as Wang Goudan was lost in thought, Lin Xiao appeared outside the courtyard gate.
When Lin Xiao saw Wang Goudan's lewd, daydreaming expression, he mercilessly interrupted his fantasy:
"Fellow Daoist Wang, are you doing well in Xiushui Village?"
Just as Wang Goudan was about to instinctively shake his head and say "not really," a glance at Lin Xiao made him realize something, and he swallowed the words he was about to say. Instead, he smiled and said:
"It's Sect Master Lin! Good, good, you're staying very well. Ah, Xiushui Village truly lives up to its reputation as a place even Elder Senior Li praised highly. I've only stayed for a day or two, and I don't want to go back to the sect."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao simply smiled politely at him, without responding, and went straight to the point:
"I would like to have a few words with Fellow Daoist Wang. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Wang is available at the moment?"
Wang Goudan was bored, and besides, this was the leader of a sect, who had personally come to chat with him, and they were currently on his territory. How could he possibly refuse and say he was too busy?
Of course not. Even if you're truly busy, you still have to make time, right?
So he immediately got up and welcomed Lin Xiao into the courtyard.
Lin Xiao followed him into the courtyard, but stopped there without going inside.
Although this is Xiushui Village, it is, after all, the place where the village chief arranged for Elder Senior Li to stay. Therefore, Elder Senior Li can be said to be the temporary master here, and Wang Goudan is just a guest invited by him to stay here temporarily.
Since Elder Senior Li is not home right now, it would be impolite for him to come looking for Wang Goudan to stay in the yard. It would be impolite to barge into the house.
Seeing this, Wang Goudan also stayed in the courtyard, wondering what this young sect leader Lin wanted to see him about.
Lin Xiao wasn't particularly good at speaking indirectly or by using roundabout methods.
He hesitated for a moment, then decided to ask about the history of the Shangyang Sect first.
However, Wang Goudan was completely clueless about this.
He was just an ordinary disciple who had barely reached the Foundation Establishment stage after many years of cultivation within the sect. Even if the seniors occasionally mentioned him, who would take it seriously? Most of the time, they would just doze off and let it pass by.
So Lin Xiao killed the conversation in the very first round.
Fortunately, Wang Goudan was intimidated by his identity and cultivation level; he was the sect leader of a powerful sect capable of dealing with Wei Hai.
He took the initiative to try and pick up the conversation that had died down.
Upon hearing Lin Xiao's request to discuss the history of their sect, Wang Goudan guessed that Lin Xiao probably wanted to learn more about their sect.
Although he wasn't very familiar with the sect's history, he could talk about other things he knew about the sect.
After he tentatively brought up various anecdotes about their sect, and seeing that Lin Xiao seemed willing to continue the conversation, he...
Good heavens, he excitedly spilled everything he knew, heard, and saw to Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao even knew what color Elder Luo, the most powerful figure in the Shangyang Sect, liked to wear as underwear.
Although he did not know who this person called ' Elder Luo ' was.
But that didn't stop him from knowing that Elder Luo liked to wear golden-yellow underwear.
After trying every possible way to inquire with Wang Goudan, Lin Xiao got up to say goodbye.
From the conversation just now, Lin Xiao learned that he hadn't heard of any special forbidden areas or anything like that within the Shangyang Sect.
The only place that hardly anyone has ever been is the place where their Shangyang Sect's patriarch once secluded himself for cultivation.
But they later learned that the only Nascent Soul cultivator in the sect had already passed away.
The corpse of the Nascent Soul Ancestor in that secluded cultivation place had all been desiccated.
It's estimated that it's been gone for quite some time.
However, it is said that when their sect leader first went into the secluded place, he sent some disciples to retrieve the body of their ancestor, and there was no news of anything strange about it.
It's just a Dayi cave with abundant Spiritual Qi.
However, Wang Goudan later mentioned that it is said that every sect leader of their Shangyang Sect would have a sect leader's token passed down to them.
It is said that only by possessing this token of leadership can one truly inherit the legacy of the Shangyang Sect.
However, after Wei Hai killed the original sect leader, he did not obtain the sect leader's token.
Wang Goudan guessed that it was very likely that the elders in the sect had taken it.
After listening to all sorts of information about the Shangyang Sect, Lin Xiao initially judged that this so-called Taiyin Sealing Formation should not be Shangyang Sect.
After all, this sect doesn't even have a forbidden area.
If such an activated formation truly exists, and if it is a low-level formation, there would be no need to hide it from the disciples; they would surely know something about it.
If it's a high-level formation, then surely a forbidden area or something similar would be set up within its range to guard it closely and prevent others from accidentally entering, right?
After eliminating Shangyang Sect, Lin Xiao returned to the Lingxian Sect.
It was already evening.
The aroma of Jiang Youfu's cooking wafted all the way to the foot of the mountain.
Lin Xiao could climb the mountain straight up with his eyes closed, just by following the enticing aroma.
When he returned to the mountain and arrived at the dining table at the foot of Returning to the Garden Mountain Dwelling, he found that everyone in the sect, including Tuantuan, Big Peach, and Xiaoluan, had already taken their seats at the huge dining table made of a pile of wooden planks.
Lin Xiao and chef Jiang Youfu were the only ones who hadn't taken their seats yet.
"Here he comes! Brother Xiao is back!"
"Brother Xiao, come quickly! Fuzi has prepared the food. You can start eating as soon as you sit down!"
Upon seeing Lin Xiao return, everyone warmly pulled him to a seat.
After seeing him take his seat, Jiang Youfu immediately used his Object Control Technique to manipulate the dishes, sending them flying toward the huge dining table.
"The food is served!"