Do you like the life here

Just feeling the remaining spiritual power in his body, Lin Xiao secretly clicked his tongue in astonishment. Digging up a few hundred spirit stones had unexpectedly consumed nearly a tenth of his spiritual power!

Didn't that mean that even if he buried his head in digging regardless of time, he could dig up at most five thousand spirit stones?

Furthermore, once he finished digging, his spiritual power would be completely emptied, and he would have to meditate for quite a long time to recover.

Being a miner really wasn't easy.

It seemed that even just to be able to dig up more spirit stones when he urgently needed them in the future, he had to hurry up and cultivate.

Carrying a harvest of several hundred spirit stones, Lin Xiao exited the mine and used the Air-Stepping Technique to stride out into the air above the valley.

It was already dusk outside, and the sky was gradually darkening.

Walking to the mountain path entrance and preparing to go down the mountain to head home, Lin Xiao saw Mo Yuanjiao and Guard Mo walking toward him on the path.

Seeing him, Mo Yuanjiao's eyes lit up and he ran forward:

"Hey! Brother, this really is your sect after all!"

For a moment, not knowing what to say, Lin Xiao could only nod and then ask them:

"What are you guys doing...?"

He saw Mo Yuanjiao throw an arm around his shoulder and say proudly:

"As for me, I have become a disciple under the father of our sect master. From now on, we can be considered fellow disciples. If you need any help in the future, just come find me. See over there?" Saying this, Mo Yuanjiao raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the Guiyuan Mountain Residence.

"The accommodation my master arranged for me and Old Que is right there. If you want to find me from now on, just go there. I live in the second room on the left on the second floor!"

Lin Xiao looked in the direction he was pointing, and after clearly seeing the location, nodded in understanding.

So his dad had arranged his own residence for the two of them.

Seeing him nod, Mo Yuanjiao asked:

"Brother, where do you live? Do you also live in the mountain residence? Let's hang out together tonight!"

Lin Xiao showed an apologetic look and pointed down the mountain:

"I live in the village."

Mo Yuanjiao was a bit disappointed:

"I see. Alright." Immediately after, as if thinking of something, he leaned close to Lin Xiao's ear and asked in a low voice:

"Brother, give me the bottom line. Are the villagers down the mountain all immortals with profound cultivation, living in seclusion here to experience mortal life?"

Hearing this, Lin Xiao felt quite helpless.

This guy's imagination was a bit too wild, wasn't it?

He quickly shook his head to dispel the rumor:

"No, it's nothing like that, don't speak nonsense. They are all truly ordinary people."

Seeing him deny it, Mo Yuanjiao felt a bit melancholic:

"So that's how it is. I thought they were all hidden experts. But that makes sense. How could there be so many true hidden immortals like my master?"

Lin Xiao silently sized him up.

Truly worthy of unparalleled aptitude. Even though he followed his dad to work in the fields every day, he had now evidently become a Qi Condensation first-layer cultivator.

He asked Mo Yuanjiao somewhat helplessly:

"You are now at the first layer of Qi Condensation. What cultivation level do you think your master is at?"

Speaking of this, Mo Yuanjiao became excited:

"Let me tell you, my master not only disguises his outward appearance to look exactly like a mortal, but he even disguises his own cultivation as the first layer of Qi Condensation. Sigh, it must be because my master's cultivation is too profound and he has no way to completely conceal his spiritual power, so he simply uses that faintly leaking spiritual energy as a disguise of the Qi Condensation first layer."

Lin Xiao looked at Mo Yuanjiao, who was endlessly overthinking things, and felt that this child was hopeless.

Forget it, he better not expose this misunderstanding. He couldn't destroy the beautiful dream of a delusional teenager.

Thus, he immediately said:

"I still have some things to do, so I'll be leaving first. Eat well and sleep well here, okay."

After saying that, Lin Xiao greased his soles and slipped away.

Mo Yuanjiao, who still wanted to chatter with him some more, watched his rapidly retreating figure and sighed:

"When will I be able to have such speed~"

Guard Mo, who had been standing silently behind him the whole time, saw that they had already entered the range of the sect's mountain-protecting grand array. Gripping the sword in his hand, he said to Mo Yuanjiao:

"Young Master, I'm going hunting."

Mo Yuanjiao nodded:

"Go on, go on. Be careful not to hurt Fellow Daoist Little Luan's chicken disciples."

At night, Mo Yuanjiao and Guard Mo were eating in their room.

The dishes were the wild game Guard Mo had hunted in the nearby woods, and the staple food was the white rice the family had packed in Mo Yuanjiao's storage bag.

While eating, Guard Mo glanced at Mo Yuanjiao beside him, who was imitating Lin Dayou's way of eating, taking big mouthfuls and eating with great relish.

Recalling their life over the past few days and the situation he had observed, he thought for a moment and spoke:

"Young Master, do you like the life here?"

Mo Yuanjiao, who was eating deliciously, didn't know why he suddenly asked this, but nodded decisively:

"I like it to the extreme! It's much freer here than in the imperial capital! Every day I follow my master to work at sunrise and rest at sunset, cultivating while working in the fields to experience the true meaning of life. Everyone we interact with is an honest and simple fellow Daoist or senior. I love this kind of life so much!

And,"

Saying this, he raised his hand, wiped his mouth, and said,

"Old Que, look, on the second day after acknowledging my master, I advanced to the first layer of Qi Condensation! Have you ever heard of any new disciple joining the top three sects who had such speed? Not to mention there are the rules of the top three sects standing there."

Guard Mo remained silent.

The rules of the top three sects dictated that newly entered disciples must do chores in the sect for a month, euphemistically called a test of character. Only after a month when the test was passed without issue (having coaxed the seniors in charge of the test well) could they officially begin cultivating.

Moreover, even without this rule, he had never heard of any disciple being able to advance to the first layer of Qi Condensation on their second day after entering a sect.

Not to mention it being due to Mo Yuanjiao's single Fire Spirit Root talent. From the past to the present, the entire Pusi Kingdom had produced quite a few single Spirit Root disciples.

But reaching the first layer of Qi Condensation on the very first day of cultivation? It was extremely rare; at least, he had never heard the top three sects boast about it.

The most they had ever boasted about before was merely a Heavenly Spirit Root disciple advancing to the first layer of Qi Condensation within three days.

Furthermore, given their young master's temperament, he felt that perhaps the free and unrestrained life here, without too many restrictions, really suited him.

Seeing Mo Yuanjiao looking extremely satisfied with his current life, Guard Mo nodded and said:

"That's good."

Since the young master liked it, then he, Mo Que, would accompany him.

Then, imitating his young master, he held up his rice bowl and began shoveling rice into his mouth in large bites.

On the other side, upon returning home, the moment Lin Xiao entered the door, he saw Lin Dayou in the courtyard, trying to use the Dust Cleaning Technique on a pile of farm tools.

However, he failed several times.

Lin Dayou looked at his fingers forming the incantation seals, muttering:

"Why isn't it working? I clearly managed to use it last time..."

"Dad!"

Lin Xiao suddenly called out, giving Lin Dayou a jump. He looked up at Lin Xiao:

"What are you yelling for, you little brat! You scared the life out of your old man!"

Lin Xiao ran over with a laugh and looked at the farm tools on the ground.

"Dad, what are you tinkering with? Are you still having trouble using your Dust Cleaning Technique?"