Soaking Feet

Lin Xiao, mimicking Senior Liao's usual manner, took a sip of hot tea and then said to Yuan Qing, who was standing dumbfounded at the door:

"Fellow Daoist Yuan is back? Would you like to soak your feet together?"

Jiang Youfu, standing beside Yuan Qing, nodded and said:

"Fellow Daoist, come and try it! It feels great!"

Yuan Qing's little head was filled with big questions.

Do cultivators... really need such an inconvenient method as foot baths to improve blood circulation and relax muscles and bones?

After circulating the Spiritual Power within his body once, even the slightest bit of physical fatigue would completely dissipate.

However, unable to resist Lin Xiao and his companion's enthusiastic invitation and their genuinely comfortable expressions, Yuan Qing finally agreed to try it with them.

Jiang Youfu also got him a tub with a small massage function, and then filled it with more than half a tub of hot water.

As Yuan Qing was pulled down to lie halfway by Jiang Youfu, his bare feet, like Lin Xiao's, bobbed up and down in the bubbling water, he suddenly felt more relaxed than ever before.

Although in reality, it seems that soaking your feet like this does not have any direct effect from Spiritual Power.

But he suddenly felt incredibly peaceful and serene, and all the suffering he had endured in the sect seemed insignificant at this moment.

At this moment, he felt a rare sense of leisure and comfort, just like the time he spent playing with his older sister before he joined the Heavenly Profound Sect.

After finishing the snacks Jiang Youfu had stuffed into his hand, he leaned back on the tatami, feeling the warmth on his feet, and unconsciously closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Once his soft snoring began, Liao Pantu emerged from the Soul-Nourishing Pendant in Lin Xiao's chest, then took out the foot bath tub that had been half-filled from his own soul body, carried it into the inner room, and before leaving, he grabbed a handful of snacks from the snack basket to take with him.

After setting up Isolation Formation in the inner room, he happily continued soaking in the tub by himself.

The next morning, Lin Xiao and his group set off.

Having reaped a bountiful harvest yesterday, they plan to continue their efforts today, striving for another great harvest every day. This will not only satisfy their sect's breeding farm but also allow them to exchange the spoils for a great many Spirit Stone.

Even after they left, Yuan Qing, who had fallen asleep the night before, had not yet woken up.

Jiang Youfu even checked his breathing with some concern.

Then, under Lin Xiao's correction, he used his Divine Sense to check his heartbeat, breath, pulse, and so on.

Only after confirming that he was indeed just asleep and not soaking his feet did he feel relieved and follow Lin Xiao out the door.

Yuan Qing felt as if he had a very, very long dream.

In his dream, he returned to his childhood.

He was only six years old then, and he was still the apple of his parents' eye.

His parents were both Foundation Establishment cultivators, and his father was one of the few in the Lineage who had the potential to break through to the Golden Core. He was a very influential elder in the Yuan Household.

Later, he was also found to have good Spirit Root aptitude, possessing Dual Spirit Root.

At that time, he was the pride and joy of the Yuan Household. Apart from Yuan Zhiyun, he was the most popular, and everyone thought that his future was bound to be very bright.

However, during a Lineage mission, both parents went together, but no news came back. When they finally returned, all they brought back was the news that they had both perished.

In an instant, he went from a promising young man from the Yuan Household to an orphan without parents.

The way people looked at him changed.

At that time, he didn't know why; he just cried until his eyes were red and swollen, dressed in mourning clothes, and sent off his parents' spirits.

In my dream, the little person stood upright in the winter, hugging the cenotaph of their parents, crying until they fell asleep, only to wake up and cry again.

The scene shifts, Yuan Qing sees that his once bustling and wealthy home is now just an empty house with nothing left.

No one gave him food, so he scavenged for leftover swill to barely survive.

Later, she was taken to the main house by the matriarch of the Yuan Household, who was also Yuan Zhiyun's mother.

Then came the happiest period of his past seventeen years.

The dream ended with Yuan Zhiyun taking him to play in the snow, and the matriarch of the Yuan Household instructing someone to add more clothes for him.

Yuan Qing, lying on the couch, opened his eyes in a daze. He saw that the sky outside was bright and clear, and his feet were warm and gently rising and falling. A small palm-leaf fan had been placed next to him and was automatically fanning him intermittently.

For a moment, Yuan Qing had no idea where he was or what year it was.

After a long moment of stunned silence, he finally came to his senses, got up, silently pulled his feet out of the foot bath tub, dried them with Law Technique, then poured out the hot water and put them into his Storage Bag.

Seeing the palm-leaf fan still leisurely swatting away mosquitoes, Yuan Qing went over and took down the Spirit Stone that powered it, placing it on the table beside him. The fan immediately stopped working.

He looked at the designed automatic palm-leaf fan with some curiosity for a while, then shook his head and smiled.

"These two fellow Daoists are truly extraordinary; they're quite interesting."

I wish I could always have such peaceful days.

But for him right now, that's unlikely.

He still has things he needs to do.

Composing himself, Yuan Qing quickly tidied up the room and left the cave abode.

--

Liu Chun had arrived in Banxiang City five days earlier.

Because he was a registered talisman master, unlike Lin Xiao and the others, he was assigned to a place specifically for participating talisman masters to stay, which was free of charge.

However, you can't just move into the place where the talisman masters live simply by registering for the Talisman Master Assembly.

Those who were able to move in were actually people who had passed the initial screening.

After all, the Talisman Master Assembly is a grand event held every century, and countless people want to participate. However, among so many people, there are not many who are truly capable.

We can't possibly provide free accommodation for all participants; the Talisman Master Assembly would suffer a huge loss if we did.

Therefore, before the official conference begins, several rounds of screening, which are not too difficult, are set up in batches to weed out those who want to just show up and pretend to be qualified.

Liu Chun, who was both ambitious and quite talented, passed the test without any difficulty.

To ensure the smooth running of the once-in-a-century Talisman Master Assembly, the accommodations prepared for the Talisman Master Assembly masters are all very safe. After all, their goal is to select truly powerful talisman masters and recruit them for their own use, so naturally they don't want anything to happen to these promising talents.

Because he had been following the Talisman Master Assembly for decades, he knew a lot about Talisman Master Assembly Talisman Master Assembly's procedures and that it wasn't just a test of skill, but also involved many aspects that required cultivation.

So even though time was running out, he had been making the most of his time by staying indoors and cultivating.