The Joy of Helping Others

Upon hearing this, the two of them were somewhat puzzled and said:

"That's hard to say. One year, more than a dozen senior brothers and sisters didn't go out."

Lin Xiao:...

Without further ado, he decisively took out the jade pendant engraved with the words 'Tianxuan' and said:

"Yesterday we discovered a place where many people from your sect are being held, and they weren't all here this year. They're all in very poor health. Would you like to go and help them?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Qing took the jade pendant from his hand and examined it for a moment. He found that it was indeed a sect jade pendant. Just as he was about to agree, he felt Xu Juan gently tug at his hem from behind.

So he didn't speak, while Xu Juan stepped forward and said to Lin Xiao and the other two:

"How do we know you're not lying to us? What if you've set a trap for us?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao nodded to him with a smile and said:

"Very vigilant, very good."

Being praised like that by a boy who looked several years younger than himself made Xu Juan feel extremely awkward. However, the next moment, he felt as if his whole body was frozen in place and unable to move!

Then he heard the boy say again:

"We were the ones who saved you when you were being chased. If we wanted to do anything to you, what could you do about it?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than he found himself free again.

Xu Juan and Yuan Qing looked at the two of them in great surprise.

"So it was you who helped us before?"

Lin Xiao waved his hand and said:

"Hurry up and go, saving lives is the priority. As for your senior brothers and sisters, I reckon if you two are any later, they might not be able to hold on."

After saying that, Lin Xiao and Sun Yigao turned around and walked back.

Hearing his urgent tone, Yuan Qing and his companion had no choice but to suppress their surprise and gratitude and follow behind them.

Because they had to accommodate Yuan Qing and his companion's speed, their return journey took longer than their outward journey.

Along the way, Yuan Qing and Xu Juan were quite surprised.

We haven't encountered any danger along the way!

They were attacked by Demon Beast as soon as they entered the secret realm!

Lin Xiao also kept an eye out for other cultivators in the vicinity while traveling, avoiding them if they were, to prevent unnecessary trouble and delays.

Having gained experience from the previous two battles against these Qi Refining cultivators, Lin Xiao no longer harbored any intention of using fights with them for training.

So it's better to hurry up and get going.

By the time they returned to Spirit Heart Valley with Yuan Qing and the other person, it was already the afternoon of the third day.

Upon entering, Lin Xiao saw the nearly transparent remnant soul of the Venerable Pantu lying on the ground, barely clinging to life.

The dozen or so cultivators who had been lying on the ground, looking emaciated, but were still breathing, now had a faint hint of color returning to their faces.

It no longer resembled a dried-up corpse.

After using the Heart of the Secret Realm, Lin Xiao immediately knew what had happened here in the past two and a half days.

It turned out that Venerable Pantu felt guilty upon seeing the group of people's appearance, so he used his soul power and Spiritual Power to strengthen their foundation and nourish their vitality.

However, Venerable Pantu's soul was too weak, and he knew that his current soul was not strong enough. Therefore, he did not try to restore everyone to normal, but instead strengthened everyone's foundation and vitality to ensure that everyone had more vitality.

Therefore, what Lin Xiao and the others saw now was a group of people lying on the ground groaning, and they could hear their breathing, which was sometimes heavy and sometimes light.

Meanwhile, the soul of the Venerable Pantu appeared to be on the verge of dissipating.

The Venerable Pantu with eyes full of resentment no longer looked at Venerable Pantu, but instead quietly closed his eyes to rest, seemingly lost in thought.

Upon seeing this person, Yuan Qing exclaimed in surprise:

"Senior Brother He!"

Hearing the call, the cultivator opened his eyes, looked at Yuan Qing with surprise and joy, but he was too weak to speak, and his voice was barely audible:

"Junior Brother Yuan..."

Yuan Qing quickly stepped forward and grabbed his arm, saying:

"That's great, Senior Brother He! You're still alive! What happened to you? Were you attacked?"

Upon hearing this, Senior Brother He glanced Yu Guang at Venerable Pantu, who was about to lose his soul, and said:

"It's too painful to recall, best left unsaid..."

Standing beside the two, Xu Juan saw that many of the people on the ground were wearing the sect robes of their Heavenly Profound Sect. He knew without a doubt that these were fellow disciples who had disappeared in previous years. Among them, some were wearing dark yellow robes, which made them look like people from the Earth Profound Gate.

Seeing that everyone looked extremely weak, he quickly took out his last bottle of Origin-Nurturing Pill from his Storage Bag and knelt down to feed them one by one.

Seeing this, Yuan Qing quickly took out a bottle of Origin-Nurturing Pill from his Storage Bag and fed them to everyone.

After taking the Origin-Nurturing Pill, the complexions of the people on the ground improved slightly.

But that's only a small part.

Yuan Qing looked at the people scattered all over the ground and was at a loss.

They all had to meet at the exit after leaving the secret realm, and could only leave after the sect elders opened the exit.

But now all the senior brothers and sisters on the ground are so weak that they can't even sit up, let alone walk. How are he and Xu Juan going to get so many of them to the exit?

Neither of them possessed any flying Law Artifact...

As if sensing his thoughts, Lin Xiao spoke up:

"Brother Yuan, are you having trouble figuring out how to leave the secret realm?"

Upon hearing his question, Yuan Qing nodded repeatedly.

Lin Xiao touched his nose and lied:

"Actually, there's an exit in this valley that leads to the outside world, and this exit will send you back exactly where you came in."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Qing and Xu Juan both looked up at him with great surprise:

"Brother Lin, is what you say true?"

Lin Xiao nodded and said:

"Of course. Look at the two of us, neither of us are disciples of your two sects, right? To tell you the truth, we entered and exited the secret realm through this place."

Sun Yigao listened to Lin Xiao's blatant lies from the side, silently looking up at the sky.

Yuan Qing clasped his hands in a fist salute to Lin Xiao and said:

"Please, brothers, lead us to this exit and help us get our fellow disciples out!"

Lin Xiao laughed:

"It's a small matter, it's a small matter; helping others is the spirit of our generation."

As he spoke, he turned and walked to the side with his back to the crowd. He pretended to search for a while, then suddenly stopped at a certain spot as if he was fiddling with something. In reality, he was secretly using the Heart of the Secret Realm to open an exit that could connect to the place they had entered.

He opened an exit in a short while, then turned to Yuan Qing and the others and said:

"Alright, alright, the exit is open, hurry up and get them out!"