Thank You for Your Guidance, Senior! This Is Our Gift of Thanks

Hearing Lin Tian's words,

The Three Xiaos exchanged glances.

Each saw a flicker of delight in the others' eyes!

Zhao Gongming also breathed a sigh of relief.

Clearly,

Senior had agreed to guide them!

To receive guidance from a reclusive great expert like Senior

Was naturally an immense honor!

With that thought,

The Three Xiaos and Zhao Gongming suppressed their excitement.

They followed Lin Tian into the pavilion.

"Sit."

Lin Tian gave a gentle wave of his hand, gesturing for them to sit.

Then he sat down first.

Only then did the Three Xiaos and Zhao Gongming sit obediently on either side of Lin Tian.

They looked somewhat reserved.

They seemed unable to relax and were a little nervous.

Seeing them like this,

Lin Tian went straight to the point.

"What questions do you have?"

"Go ahead and ask."

Hearing Lin Tian's words,

Yunxiao's gaze faltered, and she hesitated for a moment.

She instinctively wanted to ask how to break through to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.

But then she suddenly realized

That Senior was an expert living in seclusion here.

She couldn't ask so directly.

With that in mind, Yunxiao couldn't help changing her approach.

"Senior, I have encountered a bottleneck."

"I've been stuck at it for a long time and haven't been able to break through."

"Have you ever encountered a bottleneck in your cultivation, Senior?"

"Is there any way to resolve such a bottleneck?"

Yunxiao's question was broad, but on closer consideration, it was also quite subtle.

She had essentially taken the problem the Three Xiaos currently faced

And asked about it in a different way.

It was both indirect and direct.

Zhao Gongming, standing beside them, also pricked up his ears.

He wanted to know how Lin Tian would respond.

But

The next moment,

Lin Tian's words left them all stunned.

"At your cultivation level, what bottleneck could there be?"

"When I was at your stage, I never encountered any bottlenecks."

Zhao Gongming: "..."

The Three Xiaos: "..."

A low cultivation level?

The Three Xiaos had already reached the peak of the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm!

They were one step away from Great Luo.

After solidifying their Great Luo cultivation, they could be considered part of the upper circles of the Primordial World.

Yet in Senior's eyes, they were so unworthy?

The Three Xiaos and Zhao Gongming exchanged glances, each seeing a look of shame in the others' eyes.

"Senior, our talents are dull, our foundations shallow, and our cultivation extremely low."

"We cannot possibly compare with you, Senior."

"Please give us some guidance, Senior."

"So that we may find our way out of this confusion."

As the four spoke, they bowed deeply to Lin Tian.

Seeing how unusually respectful and courteous they were,

Lin Tian's mouth twitched slightly.

Sigh.

They were just children from poor families.

They probably hadn't even reached the Earth Immortal realm.

At most, they were Human Immortals.

For them to advance beyond the Human Immortal realm would naturally be incredibly difficult.

Lin Tian did want to help.

But he couldn't help with their problem.

It was only a matter of breaking through the Human Immortal realm, but Lin Tian had no experience with it at all.

After all, he had been an Earth Immortal from the moment he arrived.

When had he ever encountered a bottleneck?

As Lin Tian fell silent,

The Three Xiaos and Zhao Gongming across from him did not lower their hands.

They simply maintained their original posture.

But they were all growing somewhat apprehensive.

What's wrong with Senior?

Could it be that our aptitude really is too poor?

So poor that Senior doesn't even want to guide us?

These thoughts flashed through the Three Xiaos' minds.

They couldn't help feeling utterly dejected.

But just then,

Their primordial spirits suddenly trembled.

Immediately afterward,

Their master Tongtian's voice exploded beside their ears.

[Yunxiao, Bixiao, Qiongxiao, Zhao Gongming, come see me at once.]

[I have an important matter to entrust to you. It is an emergency!]

The instant Tongtian's voice fell silent,

The Three Xiaos and Zhao Gongming all stiffened.

Their master was summoning them?

What was going on?

It was the first time they had heard their master use such a tone to call them back so urgently!

Had something major happened to the Interception Sect?!

The Three Xiaos and Zhao Gongming exchanged glances, each seeing a trace of panic in the others' eyes.

The four did not dare delay, and they could no longer concern themselves with seeking Lin Tian's advice.

They hurried to their feet, and before Lin Tian could speak, they addressed him first.

"Senior, there is an important matter at home that requires us to return and deal with it."

"Once we have resolved it, we will return to seek your advice."

"Please forgive us for disturbing you this time, Senior."

Hearing this,

Lin Tian immediately came back to his senses and glanced at them in surprise.

Seeing their unsettled expressions, he immediately said,

"An urgent matter?"

"All right, if it's urgent, go take care of it."

"You're welcome here anytime."

Hearing Lin Tian's words, the Three Xiaos and Zhao Gongming raised their hands in farewell.

Just as they were about to leave the courtyard,

The Three Xiaos suddenly realized that leaving like this was rather improper.

They hurriedly turned around and cupped their hands toward Lin Tian.

"Thank you for hosting the four of us, Senior."

"This is a little treasure of mine. I usually keep it for self-defense."

"Please accept it as thanks for your guidance."

"I hope you will continue to guide me in the future and won't find me a bother."

When Yunxiao finished speaking,

Lin Tian was taken aback.

He hadn't done anything at all.

Yet this young girl wanted to give him a gift.

How could that be proper?

At that thought,

Lin Tian instinctively waved his hand and was about to refuse.

But

The next moment,

He saw Yunxiao place a pair of pitch-black scissors in front of him.

That left Lin Tian's words stuck in his throat!

Scissors?

This is the treasure she was talking about?

Lin Tian's mouth twitched for a moment.

It was just a pair of scissors.

He had thought it was something valuable.

That made sense.

Fellow Daoist Gongming's family was poor, so naturally they had nothing valuable.

But looking at it another way,

A pair of scissors was probably already an extremely valuable possession to them.

Sigh.

At that thought,

Lin Tian couldn't help feeling a little sorry for Fellow Daoist Gongming.

He spoke to Yunxiao earnestly.

"Just come by often in the future. I wouldn't call it guidance; I'll naturally tell you what I know."

"But in all things, you still have to rely on yourself."

"Since it's the Dao you chose, you have to walk it yourself."

Hearing Lin Tian's words,

Not only did the Three Xiaos' delicate bodies tremble,

Even Zhao Gongming, behind them, had a change of expression.

Walk your own Dao by relying on yourself!

What a profound statement!

Yunxiao's eyes flickered, and a look of resolve quietly flashed through them.

Then she respectfully cupped her hands toward Lin Tian.

"Thank you for your guidance, Senior."

"I'll take my leave."

Watching the four depart,

Lin Tian finally breathed a sigh of relief. He lowered his head to look at the scissors on the table, and a helpless look flashed through his eyes.

"Sigh, I hope I can draw something good from the next diary entry."

"Now that I've accepted their gift, shouldn't I at least give them some guidance?"