Opening the New Year Gifts

Lin Xiao took out two beautifully packaged New Year's gifts from his private stash and placed them in front of him.

These two gift packs are of different sizes, one Dayi small.

The larger ones are as big as Xiaoluan, while the smaller ones are only the size of a palm.

The larger one is for Lin Xiao, the host, while the smaller one is for the Lingxian Sect.

Without hesitation, Lin Xiao first opened his own gift package.

He reached out and tore open the outer packaging, revealing a pile of meat chunks of various sizes that had burst out.

In no time, a small mountain of meat had been piled up in front of him.

Lin Xiao was somewhat bewildered upon seeing the meat.

Compared to this small mountain of meat, the gift package is nothing.

Good heavens, how did they manage to cram so much meat into a gift bag the size of a Xiaoluan?

No wonder the meat burst out as soon as I opened it up, like it had been liberated.

He then picked up one of the pieces and put it into his private vault to use its authentication function.

Only then did they realize that the meat was actually the flesh of a low-level spirit beast.

[The meat of the Chihuang beast is firm and delicious, and its Spiritual Qi lingers for a long time, making it an excellent cooking ingredient.]

His gaze then fell upon the pile of meat chunks of varying shades in front of him. He picked up two particularly dissimilar pieces and placed them into his private stash for further examination.

The result was largely the same as before.

[Kongfei bird meat has a delicate texture and a fresh, fragrant flavor. Its Spiritual Qi lingers for a long time, making it a superior ingredient for cooking.]

[Their crab meat is tender and flavorful, with a lingering Spiritual Qi, making it an excellent ingredient for cooking.]

The only Dayi the type of spirit beast.

In the end, all authentication functions share a common message:

[It is an excellent cooking ingredient]

Lin Xiao couldn't help but wonder whether the system was giving him a New Year's gift or giving it to Fuzi.

Or perhaps they're giving New Year's gifts to everyone in the sect?

But this gift package was clearly meant for myself.

Lin Xiao felt a little sad.

As expected of a sect system, it even imbued its New Year's gift to its host with personal sect sentiment.

The next moment, his gaze drifted to the remaining small gift package, which was supposedly for the sect.

If someone would even sneak in such things as New Year's gifts for themselves, what about gifts for their sect?

That would definitely be blatant and undisguised!

Lin Xiao crossed his arms over his chest, frowned as he looked at the small gift bag, and hesitated for a few seconds before deciding not to open it.

I'm angry!

Five seconds later, he felt his anger subside, so he picked up the small gift package and opened it.

This time, unlike before, a whole bunch of things didn't just burst out all at once.

Even this tiny gift bag, no bigger than the palm of your hand, wasn't fully filled.

There was only one blue bead, about the size of a baby's fist, inside.

Lin Xiao picked up the bead and examined it carefully.

Aside from being very moisturized and translucent, I couldn't see anything else.

So he didn't bother with anything, simply tossed it into his private vault, and used the appraisal function on the bead.

[The Yaoguang Attached Pearl is a precious pearl attached to the Yaoguang Floating Island. Connecting it to the Yaoguang Floating Island will grant you a small world.]

Lin Xiao looked at the test results several more times in disbelief.

Only at the very end did I become certain that what I had seen was real.

In other words, isn't this system blatantly biased?

The New Year's gifts given to the sect are a small world in themselves.

As for the host, he was simply appeased with a pile of meat that would be gone once eaten.

And the system certainly knows that it won't hog all the benefits.

Fuzi will make it so everyone can eat together.

Lin Xiao asked himself aloud in his mind:

Is this system still usable?

No one answered him.

Lin Xiao sighed. Oh well, at least the sect leader respected his feelings and didn't just give him one sect New Year's gift.

He was content, albeit reluctantly and without any other option.

What else can we do with this system?

It can't be formatted, nor can it be hacked.

He got up and put the pieces of meat in front of him into his private stash. He planned to put them into the sect's storeroom later so that Fuzi could cook them for everyone every day.

As for the Yaoguang Attached Pearl...

Oh.

There's only one fragment of Yaoguang Floating Island; I don't know when I'll get the other two.

What little world?

Just wait and see.

It seems to be a thought filled with personal grudges.

But Lin Xiao had already been planning to build himself a large manor in the small world.

He could even visualize how the interior should be decorated in an instant.

Early the next morning.

Liu Yunan went into the sect's storeroom as usual to fetch Jiang Youfu's daily rations of ingredients.

Unfortunately, while regular Storage Bag can reduce moisture to some extent, they cannot keep food fresh for a long time.

Even though it's winter, food doesn't stay fresh if it's kept in Storage Bag for too long.

Therefore, most of the sect's ingredients are currently stored in the sect's storeroom.

Because a large area of the warehouse has preservation functions, it is perfect for storing food for the Lingxian Sect at present.

It's just a bit more troublesome for Liu Yunan, as he has to come to the warehouse to fetch ingredients every day.

However, when Liu Yunan entered the warehouse, he was surprised to find that there was a lot more meat in the refrigerated area!

Currently, besides himself, only Brother Xiao and Jianghe have keys to this warehouse.

Jianghe only returned a few days ago. If he had brought this much meat back to the sect, he certainly wouldn't have waited until last night to suddenly stuff a bunch of meat into the storeroom.

Thinking about it this way, the only person who put this meat in must be Brother Xiao.

When Liu Yunan approached the meat, he discovered that it actually possessed a rather rich Spiritual Qi.

He became even more certain that it must have been Brother Xiao who put the meat there.

I just don't know where Brother Xiao got so much meat containing Spiritual Qi in one night.

Moreover, the pieces of meat don't look quite the same to each other, so they're probably not from the same animal.

His gaze shifted and he saw a rotten wooden sign on the ground.

It says on it, "[Edible, for Fuzi]".

Yes, it really is Brother Xiao's handwriting.

Seeing this, Liu Yunan confidently selected several large pieces, took them out of the storeroom, and prepared to send them to Fuzi.

--

Ever since his conversation with his father on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Xiao has been pondering what the sect should do next.

In the end, he decided not to live in seclusion.

It's not that he's stubborn.

Rather, he felt that, as he had told General Mo before, given their current development, the outside world would not know about their sect's cultivation methods for at least a few years.

As long as they pay attention when accepting disciples.

Be stricter with conduct assessments.

It's definitely possible to delay it for a few years.

Then he and everyone else should work hard to cultivate themselves in the next few years.

Lin Xiao believed that, given the current overall cultivation progress of their sect, it was not impossible for them to achieve a cultivation level sufficient to stand alone in the Mortal Realm within a few years, provided they were diligent.

This is a kind of pressure for them.

A little pressure is good.

Anyway, just keep your head down and charge forward.