Setting Out Again

Even if Mo Yuanjiao replied quickly, it would still take a quarter of an hour for the Location Sound Transmission Talisman to travel back and forth.

We can't let people just wait around during this time.

After asking his questions, Qin Jianghe ignored the Location Sound Transmission Talisman that was still floating and recording, and went out to instruct someone to escort Han Weishu and the other person to the reception hall.

After exchanging pleasantries and names, Qin Jianghe received a reply from Mo Yuanjiao.

After receiving his affirmative reply, they took the two in.

Fortunately, the security company's backyard was large enough with many rooms, more than enough for the two of them to live in.

Thus, Han Weishu stayed at Lingxiao Escort Agency to recuperate Tong Jialiang, doing everything she could to help him recover.

Meanwhile, Li Zhanying had already piloted the spirit boat back to Xiushui Village, taking Wang Goudan and Niu Xiaoxue back to the capital.

Before leaving, he asked Wang Goudan to say hello to the village chief.

From that day onward, minor skirmishes began to occur frequently along the border between the Pusi Kingdom and the Huanyou Nation.

The undercurrents between the two countries are already quite evident, and there are frequent incidents of investigations and arrests of spies in the capital.

For a time, the people in the capital lived in constant fear.

However, these factors have not yet affected the remote and isolated Xiushui Village.

After Lin Xiao returned from the battle of Huanyou Nation, Lingxian Sect returned to tranquility.

The Xiushui Village at the foot of the mountain has become increasingly lively due to the opening of inns and restaurants.

Many people from the surrounding villages saw that Xiushui Village was bustling with people, and since the road wasn't far, they would bring some of their own produce to Xiushui Village to sell when they had free time.

Gradually, small markets started to spring up every few days around the area where the restaurants and inns were located.

Meanwhile, the Lingxian Sect on the mountain was both quiet and busy.

Lin Xiao and Sun Yigao were busy teaching everyone, focusing on character development and training.

Because the Heart-Questioning Road has recently been upgraded, the difficulty has increased significantly.

Last time, Xiaoluan wanted to go down the mountain to eat insects, but ended up sleeping for half a month on the Heart-Questioning Road before finally waking up.

Thanks to its diligent efforts in pecking at the demon core of the Silver Frost Python Demon every day, it has now reached the Spirit Opening Ninth Layer and has not gone hungry even after being trapped for half a month.

And although it took a long time, at least it's done.

But just when Xiaoluan thought it could once again travel freely on the Heart-Questioning Road and went in to take a stroll, it got trapped again.

This time it's just a little shorter.

I was only trapped for seven days.

But this also left Xiaoluan with a phobia of the Heart-Questioning Road, and she never wanted to step onto it again and get trapped a third time.

Because of this incident, those in the sect who hadn't had a chance to go down the mountain during this period were also afraid of the Heart-Questioning Road and dared not go down the mountain.

They were terrified that they would be trapped inside for ten days or half a month and starve to death.

Therefore, in order to prevent such a situation from happening again in the sect, Lin Xiao and Sun Yigao took on the important task of taking turns giving lectures to everyone.

Xiaoluan was also brought into the classroom to listen to the lecture.

When everyone tried to enter the Heart-Questioning Road of Heart-Questioning Road for the second time, although it took them much longer than the first time, they managed to pass without any major problems.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it was Lin Xiao's thirteenth birthday.

In Xiushui Village, people don't celebrate children's birthdays, but Lin Yun cooked a bowl of longevity noodles for him.

Lin Yun's cooking skills were naturally no match for Jiang Youfu's, but Lin Xiao still slurped up the whole bowl of longevity noodles in no time.

This is the taste he's had for many years.

When my Lin Yun was younger, he wasn't even as tall as the stove, so we used a small stool for him to sit on.

Similarly, Lin Xiao would also make a birthday celebration for Lin Yun every year.

Lin Dayou saw all these things happening between the two brothers but didn't interfere.

After Lin Xiao's birthday, the weather began to get hotter day by day.

It was time once again for the Lingxian Sect to prepare for another trade trip to the Immortal Cultivation Realm.

This time, unlike the first time, there was no need to worry that if they didn't show up for too long after the agreement was reached, Many Treasures Pavilion would think they had given up. Therefore, the preparation time was longer than before, and much more goods were stockpiled. The situation would not be the same as last time, where they only covered the travel expenses.

Lin Xiao and Liu Yunan are currently in the Affairs Hall checking the quantity of goods to be taken out this time.

Liu Chun knocked on the door from the outside.

Upon seeing it was him, Lin Xiao said, "Please come in."

Upon entering the Affairs Hall, Liu Chun bowed to the two men and began to speak:

"Sect Master, Elder Liu."

Now, Liu Yunan has gone from being Lin Xiao's assistant to Lin Xiao handling sect affairs during his seclusion, and now he has been officially appointed as an elder by Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao gestured for him not to be so polite and asked with a smile:

"Elder Liu, is there something you need?"

After he finished asking, he saw Liu Chun take out a Storage Bag from his pocket and hand it to the two of them:

"I am well aware that our sect is not wealthy at present. This is my travel expense for my journey to the Immortal Cultivation Realm. Please accept it, Sect Master."

Having stayed in the sect for so long, he already knew that it was a considerable expense for the sect to travel to the Immortal Cultivation Realm each time using that teleportation array. Although he had mentioned to the sect leader that he wanted to go to the Immortal Cultivation Realm with this transaction, the sect leader had never mentioned the travel expenses to him.

Even though no one else mentioned it, Liu Chun, who knew full well that the travel expenses were not cheap, couldn't pretend to be indifferent and ignore it.

After all, going to the Immortal Cultivation Realm to participate in the Talisman Master Assembly, and...

This is his own private matter.

Seeing this, Lin Xiao raised an eyebrow slightly, but did not take it. Instead, he closed the booklet in his hand and smiled at Liu Chun, saying:

"Oh right, I forgot to tell Elder Liu. Elder Liu and I were originally thinking that we should ask Elder Liu to handle this transaction directly, which would save us a lot of trouble. I wonder if Elder Liu could spare some time for the sect to help with the delivery?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Chun looked up at him in surprise.

Liu Yunan also glanced at him discreetly, somewhat surprised.

Liu Chun was surprised because he didn't expect Lin Xiao to entrust this matter to him. After all, this could be considered the sect's only source of Spirit Stone for trading, and the transaction amount was not small for an ordinary cultivator.

He had only been a member of this sect for a short time, unlike Elder Liu and Elder Sun, who were from the same village and grew up with Lin Xiao, and unlike Senior Liao, who had a deep friendship with Sect Master Lin and was already very wealthy.

However, he noticed that Lin Xiao didn't seem to be joking.

After lowering his eyes and pondering for a moment, he did not refuse, but instead bowed to Lin Xiao again and said:

"There is plenty of time. Thank you for your trust, Sect Master. I will certainly live up to your expectations."

He knew that the sect leader might have said this to avoid making him pay for the travel expenses, but didn't want to refuse him outright. However, since the sect leader was so considerate and willing to place his trust in him, he had no reason not to accept it.

Liu Chun sighed inwardly.

This is truly different from what I've encountered in the Immortal Cultivation Realm over the past few decades.