Earnest Instruction

Upon hearing their questions, Yuan Qing lowered his eyes, a dejected expression on his face, and said:

"I was framed by my fellow disciples and expelled from the sect. Forced to return home, I was unexpectedly pursued and killed on my way..."

"Do you know the people who are chasing you?" Lin Xiao asked.

Yuan Qing answered honestly:

"Although I don't recognize them, they should be from my fellow sect. I noticed they have the insignia of my sect's Lineage on them."

After thinking for a moment, Lin Xiao asked again:

"Were you being chased outside Yuanling City?"

Yuan Qing shook his head and said:

"No, I was being chased in a place two cities away from Yuanling City. I only managed to escape to the Yuanling City by using survival techniques."

"Then is your fellow disciple's Lineage Lineage from Yuanling City?"

Hearing his question, Yuan Qing roughly knew what he was worried about, and shook his head to explain:

"His Lineage far from Yuanling City. They have no influence in Yuanling City, and the Lineage in Yuanling City wouldn't allow them to easily interfere."

Hearing this, Lin Xiao felt somewhat relieved.

In that case, the people chasing him should not appear in Yuanling City for the time being.

In this way, there wasn't much risk involved in rescuing him.

It's not that Lin Xiao would abandon someone to save them if the risk Dayi, but he would definitely make more considerations and more detailed arrangements.

The situation is alright now, which saves a lot of trouble.

At this moment, Jiang Youfu, who had been listening to their conversation, swallowed hard and spoke up:

"Brother Yuan, you... your fellow disciples actually framed you and are hunting you down..."

He said that out of sheer shock.

After all, hearing stories occasionally before and now witnessing it firsthand in person makes the experience feel very different to him.

When the story first touched upon Jiang Youfu's reality, he was deeply shocked.

Yuan Qing nodded slightly to him, then lowered his head dejectedly, exuding an air of dejection.

Liao Pantu, inside the Soul-Nourishing Pendant, thought to himself: This is nothing compared to what you've seen before.

At that moment, he really wanted to go out, point at the sickly man on the bed, and shout at Jiang Youfu:

"See? This is normal in the Immortal Cultivation Realm! This is the norm! Our sect is an anomaly! When you come out to wander around, remember to use your brains!"

But Liao Pantu, who was over 500 years old, held back.

There are outsiders around right now, so it's inconvenient.

Using Sound Transmission Technique isn't powerful enough.

Anyway, I'll be going to the Talisman Master Assembly later, and along the way, I'll have plenty of opportunities to experience the real beatings of the Immortal Cultivation Realm.

Seeing that Yuan Qing was already showing signs of fatigue after only a short conversation, Lin Xiao stood up and said:

"As you probably already know, you are now in Yuanling City and are safe for the time being. Your injuries are too severe to move around, so you should rest here for a while. I will take you home when you feel better."

Jiang Youfu also said:

Get some rest!

As they were talking, Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu had already reached the door, one foot almost stepping out, when he suddenly seemed to remember something and poked his head back to ask:

"By the way, you're from the Yuan Household, the most powerful family in Yuanling City, right?"

Yuan Qing nodded.

He was about to speak, but he paused and didn't open his mouth.

He didn't tell Lin Xiao which branch of the Yuan Household he belonged to.

Lin Xiao didn't ask any further questions, nodded to indicate that he understood, and then led Jiang Youfu out of the room and closed the door.

Lin Xiao, who was outside the door, turned around and set up a barrier around the door to prevent others from entering.

The two then returned to their own room next door.

Back in his room, after resetting the array restrictions, Lin Xiao sat at the table, propping his chin up and staring blankly at something.

Liao Pantu was finally able to emerge from the Soul-Nourishing Pendant and wander around the house.

Seeing Jiang Youfu happily sit down in the armchair as if nothing had happened, and then take out a bunch of snacks from his Storage Bag and put them on the small table, he felt his temples throb violently.

"Just how much food did your mother prepare for you? I've only seen you eating these past few days."

Jiang Youfu ate carefully, shaking his head as he said to him:

"Senior, this wasn't prepared by my mother, it was prepared by my grandmother. It needs to keep well and taste good, so she prepared it for a long time."

As he spoke, he picked up one of the fried dough twists and handed it to Liao Pantu, saying:

"Senior, do you want some?"

Liao Pantu glanced at the golden-brown fried dough twists sprinkled with fragrant sesame seeds, hesitated for a moment, but couldn't resist. He reached out and took one, eating it while saying to Jiang Youfu:

Did you hear that just now?

"What did you hear?" Jiang Youfu asked, blinking his bright eyes in confusion.

Liao Pantu pointed to the next room and snorted:

"That kid, did you see all the wounds he got from being chased? Did you hear him say he was being hunted down and framed by his own fellow disciples?"

Jiang Youfu looked at him, puzzled, took a bite of the twisted dough stick, and nodded.

"Now do you know how dangerous the Immortal Cultivation Realm is? You still think you're here to play around... Be careful and cautious when you go out! Don't be foolish and get blinded by all that nonsense. Don't stare at strangers, no matter how strangely they're dressed!"

Also, when you go out, you need to stick close to your Brother Xiao, okay? Don't get distracted by anything new!

"Afterwards, we have to go to the Talisman Master Assembly. Unlike Yuanling City, which is located in a remote area and where people's cultivation levels are generally low, there are many cultivators there whose cultivation levels are much higher than yours and even ours. You can't be as careless as you are now, understand?"

"And I also want to tell you..."

And so, Lin Xiao stood there lost in thought.

Meanwhile, Jiang Youfu ate the snacks his Grandma Jiang had prepared for him while being lectured by Senior Liao for most of the hour.

The next day, they prepared to go to the ticket office to buy tickets for the Talisman Master Assembly.

But before leaving, Lin Xiao thought for a moment and decided to go next door to check on Yuan Qing first.

Is there anything I can help you bring home or something?

Since being rescued by Lin Xiao that day, Yuan Qing had been asleep for three days. With the healing pills provided by Lin Xiao, and having spent the last two days recuperating, he was in much better spirits and woke up early this morning.

Hearing Lin Xiao ask him, Yuan Qing hesitated for a moment before answering:

"I should have done everything I could to repay Fellow Daoist Lin for saving my life, but now that I am in this state, burdened with guilt and expelled from the sect, I have no face to call myself a member of the Yuan Household anymore."

He looked up at Lin Xiao:

"I will repay Fellow Daoist Yuan Qing's great kindness tenfold in the future, but... I'd better not disturb my family."

Hearing this, Lin Xiao knew that his pride was getting the better of him, so he nodded and said:

"Alright, take good care of yourself and recover. I'll head out now."

As he spoke, he remembered something, took out a Location Sound Transmission Talisman from his Storage Bag, and handed it to Yuan Qing, saying:

"If you need anything, use this talisman to contact me."