A Busy Day for the Affairs Elder
By the time Sun Yigao finished treating Tong Jialiang, half an hour had passed, and the night was growing deep.
After briefly explaining the progress of the illness and treatment to Baojian and Han Weishu, as well as some precautions, Sun Yigao and Liu Yunan took their leave.
After leaving the Lin Household, the two returned to their sect together.
Liu Yunan was going to the Affairs Hall to check on and handle the sect affairs that had accumulated over this period, while Sun Yigao wanted to make the most of the evening to cultivate.
Now, only a few elders who volunteered to stay and look after the crops, along with Qin, Sun, and Big Peach, remain in the Lingxian Sect.
The Lingxian Sect appeared especially peaceful and harmonious under the cover of night.
The night passed in the blink of an eye.
Liu Yunan sat in the Affairs Hall all night. Only when the rising sun slowly peeked into the Affairs Hall from outside did he realize that it was already morning.
He stretched in the morning sun and then got up and walked towards the sect's storeroom.
Today he had to go to Emerald Peak Town to pay a visit to Mo Yuanjiao's grandmother and mother.
After all, it was the first time the two elders had come to visit, and they were staying in a small town where they were unfamiliar with the place. Although Mo Yuanjiao should be able to make proper arrangements, as the hosts, their sect should at least show the proper hospitality and etiquette.
After picking out some gifts he had bought in the county in preparation for any eventuality from the sect's storeroom, and taking some snacks that Fuzi had made before going to the Immortal Cultivation Realm, he set off for Emerald Peak Town.
He chatted for a while with the two elders, whom he had formally met in the capital, and then, seeing that it was almost noon, he took his leave.
Madam Mo originally wanted to invite him to stay for dinner, but Liu Yunan said he had to rush to Songyang County soon, so she didn't want to delay his business and didn't try to persuade him to stay any longer.
Liu Yunan wasn't just making a polite refusal; he genuinely wanted to go to Songyang County.
After leaving the Mo residence in Emerald Peak Town, he immediately headed to Songyang County.
Today is the day they had agreed upon, the day Qin Jianghe would bring his men to the capital.
Qin Jianghe returned to Lingxiao Escort Agency yesterday and had already selected the people who were to go to the Capital Goods Store this time.
Besides Gu Yuxiao and his older cousin Fang Mancang, he also brought three other familiar hired workers.
The three hired workers had all agreed to leave Songyang County with them, and last night was also the time they had given to talk to their families and pack their belongings.
Qin Jianghe offered the three hired workers very generous wages and promised to take care of their families, so the three were very willing to go with him.
When Liu Yunan arrived in Songyang County, five carriages were already waiting in front of Lingxiao Escort Agency.
Because Gu Yuxiao is a young lady, she has her own carriage, which makes it convenient for her to rest and cultivate.
Gu Yuxiao was previously the manager of Xiushui Village, but after receiving a letter from Qin Jianghe, he made arrangements to come to Lingxiao Escort Agency in advance.
Now that the restaurants and inns in Xiushui Village are on track and located at the foot of the Lingxian Sect Mountain, Yang Jinshu can go down the mountain to take care of them on weekdays, so there is no need for Gu Yuxiao to take over.
My cousin Fang Mancang, also drove alone, because he wasn't the only one going; his wife was with him too.
After all, they had never traveled this far before, and the couple had only been married for a few years. It was fine when they were in Songyang County, where they could see each other several times every ten days or half a month. But this time they were going to the capital, and being separated by such a vast distance was really not a good thing.
The remaining three hired workers and one carriage.
The other two carriages carried luggage for several people and some goods.
Since their trip to the capital was ostensibly to open shops, they naturally couldn't be without anything to sell, right?
Gu Yuxiao and Fang Mancang had actually packed most of their luggage into their own Storage Bag, but since there were outsiders present, they didn't want to be completely empty-handed, so they each packed two bundles as a token gesture.
Qin Jianghe was naturally going too, but he didn't plan to go with them.
Because he has a lot of things to do, it would be a waste for him to spend so much time traveling by carriage with them.
So in front of the three hired workers and everyone from the escort agency, he only said that he had some other business to attend to and would then hurry to the capital to meet them.
When no one was paying attention, Liu Yunan handed several array plates to Qin Jianghe, Qin Jianghe then quietly slipped them to Gu Yuxiao.
Then he instructed her:
"The uses and methods of these array plates are recorded in this Sound Transmission Talisman. Remember to use them where it's important when you get there."
Thus, after a farewell ceremony, the Lingxiao Escort Agency's carriage convoy departed Songyang County, heading towards the capital.
After seeing them off, Liu Yunan pulled Qin Jianghe into the study in the backyard of the escort agency, closed the door, and muttered something to each other.
--
In the Immortal Cultivation Realm Banxiang City.
The Talisman Master Assembly is in full swing.
At this point, the remaining number of participants had reached 2,500.
Liu Chun remains firmly on the list of those who passed the qualification test.
In recent days, betting has begun in Banxiang City. The talisman masters who have placed the most bets are those who performed exceptionally well in the Talisman Master Assembly, or those who were already quite famous before.
The bets now aren't about who will come in first place, but about who will make it into the top 500 and receive the title token awarded by the Talisman Master Assembly— the prize most coveted by all talisman masters.
Liu Chun received a lot of attention at the time because of the previous framing incident.
Now, having fought his way through the competition to reach the top 2,500, he has clearly become one of the dark horses of this Talisman Master Assembly, so there are quite a few people who are optimistic about him and are placing bets on him.
Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu didn't place a large bet; they only wagered one hundred Spirit Stone as a show of support.
This wasn't because they didn't trust Liu Chun, but because they felt it was unnecessary; such things were just for show, and they shouldn't get carried away.
In the past few days, because of the Execution Stone Powder incident, people from the United Heroes Hall have been contacting Liu Chun, asking him about various details. So during this time, he can be said to have gotten to know all of the United Heroes Hall's management.
When the people from the United Heroes Hall asked him about his background, experiences, enemies, and so on, he earnestly and truthfully told them everything, as he vaguely sensed that the seriousness of this matter seemed to go beyond just the importance the Talisman Master Assembly placed on interference with cheating and disrupting the competition. He only omitted the fact that he had joined the Lingxian Sect.
As for what happened after he left the Wu Household, he only said that he later became a Rogue Cultivator, practicing alone outside the city.
This incident didn't happen too long ago, only a little over a year ago, so United Heroes Hall's people didn't think there was anything wrong with his explanation.
After all, Liu Chun's cultivation aptitude wasn't very high, and he had been holed up in the Wu Household as a minor retainer. It was understandable that he couldn't find a sect to take him in for a while. Moreover, judging from Liu Chun's expression, he seemed afraid that he had just escaped one trap only to fall into another, like someone who had been bitten by a snake once and was afraid of a rope for ten years. It was normal for him to temporarily become Rogue Cultivator.
Therefore, after the United Heroes Hall's people verified his affairs with the Wu Household and his previous activities, they had no doubts and went to focus their investigation on the Wu Household in Yuanling City.