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Lin Xiao listened to the two's conversation without saying a word, but kept stuffing Fuzi's fried beans into his mouth.

Jiang Youfu didn't notice. He tilted his head, thought for a moment, and then said:

"But just because your master won't accept you doesn't mean you can't return to the Heavenly Profound Sect, right?"

"That's true."

Yuan Qing nodded and said,

"But after this incident, someone like my master will definitely find fault with me in every way. He'd probably prefer not to see me at all. So even if I stayed in the Heavenly Profound Sect, I wouldn't have a good life. Besides, I can't possibly take another master, because no one would be willing to go against my master for the sake of a mere disciple like me."

Jiang Youfu listened attentively for a while before he finally understood the ins and outs of the conversation, but understanding didn't mean accepting it. He shook his head in disappointment and said:

"I never imagined that these major sects would be like this."

Lin Xiao, who was standing to the side, was somewhat surprised by Yuan Qing's words. He had originally thought that Yuan Qing was going through all this trouble by trying to contact his former fellow disciples to clear his name, in order to return to the Heavenly Profound Sect.

Unexpectedly, he had already seen through all of this and had long since decided not to go back.

So he asked:

"So what are your plans after that?"

Yuan Qing was silent for a moment, then spoke:

"If I can really clear my name, I plan to go home and help my older sister."

"Your older sister?" Lin Xiao asked.

Yuan Qing nodded:

"Yes, to be honest, I am actually the adopted son of the head of the Yuan family. My parents passed away, and it was the matriarch of the Yuan Household who took me in and raised me. Moreover, the whole family treated me extremely well, and I am able to live well thanks to them. Therefore, the Yuan Household is a debt of gratitude to me that is as heavy as a mountain."

"My elder sister is Yuan Zhiyun, the young master of the Yuan Household. Although I've been far away in the Heavenly Profound Sect these past few years, I've occasionally heard rumors about what's going on in the family. I've heard that she... is having a rather difficult time at home. Now that I can't go back to the Heavenly Profound Sect either, I think I can help her if I go home."

The Yuan Zhiyun...

Lin Xiao scratched his ear and thought for a moment.

Oh, I remember now, the person who had the Heart-Questioning Stone in that Storage Bag.

But he doesn't need it anymore.

Suddenly, he remembered the message he had seen on the Yuan Household's bulletin board and said to Yuan Qing:

"I saw that the Yuan Household seemed to be acquiring Icefield Spirit. I heard the news about the acquisition has been circulating for quite some time, but they haven't been able to acquire them yet. Also, your sister seems to have gone to the Icefield Mystic Realm last year, which is very likely to be in search of this item."

He couldn't help with other things, like providing Icefield Spirit, but Senior Liao wouldn't agree, and he couldn't do that either. So he could only provide Yuan Qing with some information he knew.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Qing clearly knew the role of the Icefield Spirit, and he indeed frowned and pondered for a moment.

"For my elder sister to personally go in search of the Icefield Spirit... could it be the patriarch, Uncle...?"

Although he only muttered it subconsciously, Lin Xiao, with his sharp ears, naturally heard it.

Seeing that he was indeed completely unaware, Lin Xiao couldn't help but sigh inwardly. It seemed that the Yuan Household's main branch treated this person quite well. Generally speaking, if the family needed something that they couldn't get on their own territory, they would definitely want to contact their own disciples in the major sects to inquire and ask for help.

However, they didn't contact Yuan Qing at all, which suggests that they probably didn't want to affect Yuan Qing's life in the sect or cause him any trouble.

Lin Xiao then recalled the news he had heard when he rescued people from the Icefield Mystic Realm, and so he spoke:

"Oh, I heard that last year your Yuan Household patriarch personally went to the entrance of the secret realm to bring your older sister back."

Then, Lin Xiao gave him a brief account of what happened in the Icefield Mystic Realm last year.

Yuan Qing then remembered that he had indeed heard some things about places where people were trapped in the Icefield Mystic Realm last year, but the letter from home at the time did not mention this matter, nor did it tell him that Yuan Zhiyun was also among the trapped people.

However, this suggests that something is wrong with the head of the family.

Otherwise, if it really came to the point where the Icefield Spirit were urgently needed, there wouldn't be any way they would have the energy to personally come out and pick people up.

So Yuan Qing thought of their Yuan Household's ancestor.

Therefore, it seems that there must be a problem with the Yuan Household's patriarch, which is why the Yuan Household is so desperate and making such a big show of trying to acquire the Icefield Spirit.

There's probably really no other way.

After pondering for a long time, Yuan Qing looked up at Lin Xiao and said:

"Thank you for informing me, Fellow Daoist Lin. I will ask my fellow disciples tomorrow if they have any information about the Icefield Spirit."

Seeing his furrowed brows and preoccupied appearance, Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu didn't linger and went into the inner room after saying goodbye.

Seeing that Senior Liao was soaking his feet and sipping tea, the two of them squeezed next to him and tried to steal his tea.

The next morning, all three of them went out again.

Since there were no talisman masters competing today, Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu went straight out of the city.

They had a pretty good harvest during this period. Although it wasn't enough to make them rich, Lin Xiao felt that if they sold everything except what they kept for their own sect to raise, it would still be a considerable income.

However, they haven't been in a hurry to make a move on the Demon Beast they've captured in the past few days. After all, they still have to stay here for many more days, and if they make too many moves at once, they're afraid of attracting attention.

Taking things one step at a time is too slow and wastes time.

Fortunately, the system provided plenty of storage space for them to fill up, so they weren't in a hurry at all.

Recently, Lin Xiao and his group have only focused on catching animals without feeding them, and many low-level Demon Beast in the living creature storage area are hungry. Some are just in poor condition, but others have become thin from hunger.

After all, the system's living creature storage area only cares about storing them, but doesn't care about solving their food and clothing problems.

So, in order to prevent these Demon Beast from starving to death, Lin Xiao and his companion had no choice but to go out of the city to get some of the Demon Beast they usually ate.

Actually, when Lin Xiao first learned that they were stored in the living creature storage area and could be fed, he immediately asked the system:

"Can I just keep them here?"

The system seemed surprised that he would have such an idea, and remained silent for a while.

After a few breaths, he spoke mechanically:

[To prevent the host from slacking off and focusing their energy on exploiting vulnerabilities, this system has modified the access permission for the living creature storage area to a time-limited period of only three months. Please complete the task as soon as possible.]

Lin Xiao finally understood what it meant to lift a rock only to drop it on your own foot. After a moment of silence, he said pitifully:

"I take back what I just said and my previous thoughts. How about we go back to what we were two minutes ago, as if nothing happened? I absolutely promise I won't slack off!"

The system remained silent for several seconds.

In those few seconds, although the system didn't make any sound or react, Lin Xiao seemed to sense the system's cold snort.

Then he heard the system reply mechanically:

[Can.]

Although there was no emotion in it, he could still detect a sense of indifference in it.