Different Mortals

This time, Lin Xiao was unable to find any information about the secret realm where Senior Liao's soul was located in the Immortal Cultivation Realm.

Before leaving, he asked Yuan Bi to keep an eye out for any anecdotes about Golden Core Stage secret realms, anything was fine, and he just needed to have the information passed on to him by someone from their sect.

Liao Pantu had no objections.

Anyway, the fact that he has now recovered to the Foundation Establishment level is something he could never have imagined a year ago.

Besides, he now trusts Lin Xiao.

I believe he will definitely find all the souls for himself.

But developing the sect is the top priority right now. If the sect develops well and gains strength, why would we have to worry about not finding his soul?

In the blink of an eye, the three of them were on a completely different patch of land.

Having learned from the previous experience of General Mo's father, Mo Yuanjiao, Lin Xiao deliberately chose Heart-Questioning Road at the foot of North Mountain as their destination to prevent Yuan Qing from being dragged away by Heart-Questioning Road as soon as he landed, thus preventing him from being unable to explain the situation to him.

Therefore, Yuan Qing was not in a state of mind before he was immediately dragged away by Heart-Questioning Road to be tested on his character.

As soon as he came to his senses, he noticed the difference in his surroundings.

The concentration of Spiritual Qi here is actually lower than that in Yuanling City.

Moreover, it has a very strong local flavor.

Meanwhile, the sound of reading could be heard from not far away.

He opened his eyes and looked around, discovering that this place was completely different from any city he had ever seen before.

On the contrary, it bears some resemblance to some of his family's sacred fields.

However, there weren't many mortals walking around in their spiritual field area, while on the other side, by the stream near the mountain, there was a small courtyard where many children were studying.

And right next to them, there was a mountain path lined with peach blossoms on both sides.

The fragrance of flowers, the sound of reading aloud, and the soft chirping of insects, like the warm sunshine that bathed him, instantly filled his heart with an indescribable sense of comfort.

It was afternoon, the perfect time for the villagers and tourists of Xiushui Village to come out for a stroll after having eaten and drunk their fill.

However, recently very few tourists have come all the way to the foot of North Mountain; most of them just take a look from afar.

Nowadays, the only people who frequently pass by the Heart-Questioning Road are members of the Lingxian Sect and students from the private school at the foot of the mountain.

On this stretch of road from North Mountain to the village, it's as if a barrier has been erected somewhere, and people just stand far away outside, gazing in this direction.

Despite the distance, Yuan Qing could tell how many people were in the distance.

At this moment, the people standing at a distance were looking in their direction. Suddenly seeing these people appear out of thin air, they were all very surprised and cheered in unison.

"The immortal has appeared! The immortal has appeared!"

"Ah! An immortal has appeared out of nowhere!"

The tourists, and even some villagers from Xiushui Village, were very excited, cheering and staring at Lin Xiao and his group.

But after a short while, as if they had thought of something, they quickly withdrew their unrestrained gazes and began to steal glances.

Many other tourists and villagers also came to watch after hearing the news.

"Ah! It's the Lin Household... immortal!"

A villager in the crowd recognized Lin Xiao and proudly called out.

"Isn't that the Jiang Household over there?!"

"There's another one who's not from our village, but since he appeared with Immortal Lin, he must be an immortal from an immortal sect!"

Yuan Qing was being watched like this for the first time, turned to look at Lin Xiao with some confusion, and then looked around at the surroundings.

What's wrong?

Is Fellow Daoist Lin a famous person here?

Yuan Qing turned his head and glanced again at the crowd watching them.

These people... seem to be just ordinary people.

Yuan Qing suddenly realized.

These ordinary people were not quite the ordinary people he had imagined.

In his mind, most mortals lived timidly and cautiously in the cities ruled by various cultivators.

They wished they could minimize their presence, ideally to the point that even cultivators couldn't see them.

Instead of what they are doing now, where they would come to watch, get excited when they see cultivators, and be reluctant to leave, peeking at them without much fear.

If this were the Immortal Cultivation Realm, so many mortals would have already slipped away upon seeing a cultivator appear.

Lin Xiao naturally noticed a large group of people peeking at them from a distance, but seeing that they didn't surround them, he guessed that it was either the village chief or Tuzi and his gang who had done something.

So he didn't pay any attention and led Yuan Qing and Fuzi into the private school.

The private school had a small reception room.

There are too many onlookers in the village right now, so it's inconvenient to go there. Yuan Qing hasn't Heart-Questioning Road yet, so this is the only suitable place to talk.

Yuan Qing, unaware of what was going on, followed him into the rather rustic private school.

As soon as you enter the courtyard of the private school, the sound of reading becomes even clearer.

He felt his Sea of Consciousness suddenly become clearer as he listened.

He glanced at Lin Xiao ahead, then obediently followed behind, not uttering a sound to break the strangely comfortable atmosphere.

His first impression of this place was one of relaxation.

It was different from Yuanling City, where he was born, Heavenly Profound Sect, where he had previously stayed, and all the other places he had been.

Yuan Qing felt that although he had only been there a short time, he already seemed to have fallen in love with the place.

The three entered the reception room. After Lin Xiao waved his hand to set up an isolation barrier, he patted the seat next to him and said:

"Come, Fellow Daoist Yuan, have a seat."

Seeing this, Yuan Qing knew it was a convenient time to talk, so he sat down and began to speak:

"Fellow Daoist Lin, is this your hometown?"

Because he felt that this place didn't look like a sect, he assumed that Lin Xiao hadn't returned to the sect, but had instead taken him back to his hometown or something similar.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao smiled sheepishly at him and said:

"Fellow Daoist Yuan, I'm sorry, I didn't explain our situation clearly to you before. There are quite a few things to do, so let me explain them to you one by one."

"Ahem, first of all, we are currently in a village in the Mortal Realm."

"Village?"

Yuan Qing was somewhat puzzled.

Having lived in the Immortal Cultivation Realm for only a little over a decade, he had no concept of villages. In his mind, apart from cities and sects, the rest of the world was wilderness, places where Demon Beast roamed.

At most, there are some so- Aristocratic Clan that exist not in the city but in places unknown to others.

Seeing his confusion, Lin Xiao, drawing on his various experiences in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, quickly realized the answer.

He then explained to him:

"This is a unique feature of the Mortal Realm: it's a place where people who make a living by farming live. In the Mortal Realm, merchants or those who do other jobs usually live in cities, while farmers mostly live in villages."