Arrival

Seeing this, Lin Xiao hurriedly stepped onto it, afraid that the array would activate immediately and leave him behind.

The Lingxian Sect members surrounding the Qiankun Transfer Array saw a flash of white light from within the array just two breaths after Lin Xiao stepped in. In the next instant, the array disk resting on the ground, along with Lin Xiao and Liao Pantu, vanished from the spot.

Lin Xiao only felt himself enveloped by a white light before being sucked in by an incredibly strong force. An intense sense of weightlessness instantly swept over his entire body, and his consciousness spun in a momentary bout of dizziness.

It seemed like a long time had passed, yet also like a mere instant. The weightlessness suddenly vanished, replaced by the solid, reassuring feeling of his feet touching the ground.

Sensing the white light around him fading, he slowly opened his eyes, which he had unknowingly squeezed shut.

At some point, Liao Pantu had retreated into the Soul Nourishing Pendant. Now, only the pitch-black jade pendant floated beside Lin Xiao.

The Qiankun Transfer Disk had also been teleported over with them and was currently lying quietly on the ground.

Seeing Lin Xiao open his eyes, Liao Pantu said to him, This is a cave dwelling I set up outside the sect in the past. I cast many concealment spells over it, and no one knows about it. You can use this place as a foothold.

Lin Xiao looked around, almost blinded by the sheer extravagance of the cave dwelling before him.

Although it was called a cave dwelling, Lin Xiao would rather call it a palace.

Because the decor was truly too magnificent and opulent!

Even though a rough glance suggested the entire cave dwelling was only about five hundred square meters—far from the size of a palace—everywhere the eye could see was filled with carved beams and painted pillars.

That wasn't the main point.

The main point was that the floor was paved with massive tiles made of what was clearly top-quality jade. Stepping on it, Lin Xiao could even feel a faint warmth seeping into the soles of his feet.

The beads hanging on the curtains used to partition the space were entirely made of solid gold. Arranged all around were various types of wooden furniture he couldn't name, but they exuded a refreshing fragrance that smelled incredibly expensive.

The ceiling was completely covered in fluorescent spirit stone slabs inlaid with luminous pearls.

And inside an incense tripod made of an unknown metal beside the room, a stick of agarwood thicker than his head was burning.

Most importantly, there was the bed at the very back. Although Lin Xiao was very curious as to why a Nascent Soul cultivator would even need to sleep, that wasn't important.

What was important was that this bed was an exquisitely crafted canopy bed, and it looked as though it had been carved from a single massive piece of black wood. And despite his limited experience, he actually recognized this black wood.

Wasn't this exactly the same as the Soul Nourishing Wood he had given away before?!

So this guy actually took such a massive piece of Soul Nourishing Wood just to carve a bed!

It was simply too extravagant! Thinking back to when he had taken out his own piece of Soul Nourishing Wood, this person had even looked a bit surprised.

Yet here, he was so filthy rich that he used a piece of wood dozens of times larger just to make a bed!

For a moment, only one thought crossed Lin Xiao's mind: go back and demand his piece of Soul Nourishing Wood back from Senior Liao.

With just a glance, everything in the room emphasized a single word: expensive!

This cave dwelling, combining both mortal and immortal materials, assaulted his senses with a thick aura of nouveau riche ostentation.

Lin Xiao glanced at the Soul Nourishing Pendant beside him. He really wanted to ask Liao Pantu: doesn't cultivating immortality usually emphasize being detached from worldly desires? Why...

Perhaps Lin Xiao's expression was too obvious. Even though he didn't voice his question, Liao Pantu managed to read his mind. From within the jade pendant, he gave a cold snort and said:

Just because I cultivate immortality means I can't have my own aesthetic tastes? It looks good this way!

Besides, I went to great lengths to get that bed. I cultivate the Soul Refining Incantation, and this Soul Nourishing Wood is of great benefit to my cultivation. Stop looking at me like I'm recklessly wasting precious treasures!

Seeing him act so righteous and confident, Lin Xiao gave an emotionless Oh and turned around to continue touring the cave dwelling.

If this room were dismantled and exchanged for money and provisions in the mortal realm, it could probably feed an entire country.

Liao Pantu paid him no more mind. Extending his soul body out from the Soul Nourishing Pendant, he walked straight over to his long-lost bed and lay down. A sigh of satisfaction escaped his lips:

It's been decades. There's truly no place as comfortable as my own nest.

Despite his absence of several decades, not a single speck of dust could be seen in the entire cave dwelling.

After finishing his tour, Lin Xiao sat down in a nearby chair.

Perhaps because Liao Pantu had set up a Spirit Gathering Array here, the spiritual energy in this cave dwelling was incredibly dense—even more so than in the cultivation rooms of their sect.

Lin Xiao felt that the speed of the idle cultivation function within his body seemed to have sped up significantly.

He thought about it. Perhaps it wasn't just because Senior Liao's cave dwelling was well-arranged; it might also have to do with the fact that they were now located within the cultivation world.

After all, Senior Liao had told him before that the spiritual energy concentration in the cultivation world was far greater than that in the mortal realm.

Therefore, those cultivation sects in the mortal realm were just unrated, minor factions.

Resisting the urge to sit cross-legged on the spot and start cultivating, Lin Xiao looked at Liao Pantu, who was resting on the bed with his eyes closed, and asked:

Senior, where is the nearest gathering place for cultivators?

However, Liao Pantu simply waved at him with a lazy expression and said:

Kid, there's no rush to explore the cultivation world. Rest for a bit first. You're only twelve years old right now. Why are you always rushing around doing this and that all day, as if a ghost is chasing you? I stay in the sect all day and hardly ever see you.

Come have a good sleep with me. I went to great lengths to get this canopy bed made of giant Soul Nourishing Wood. Sleeping on it will bring great benefits to a little Foundation Establishment cultivator like you.

Having said that, he ignored Lin Xiao, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

Seeing this, Lin Xiao had no choice but to follow his host's wishes. He walked over to the bed and lay down as well.

He was a little curious about exactly what benefits this bed, which Senior Liao claimed was so good for him, actually held.

From a distance, the bed didn't seem that large, but when Lin Xiao got close, he realized it was absurdly huge. Visually, it was about five meters long and three meters wide. He felt like he could casually do somersaults on it.

As soon as he lay down, he felt his divine sense enveloped and gently soothed by an indescribable power. It was like a little fish, which had only ever known a shallow bay under the scorching sun and had never experienced true comfort, suddenly being released into a cool, deep pool—a comfort so profound it made one sigh.

Unknowingly, Lin Xiao, who currently had little need for sleep, actually fell into a deep slumber.

However, they failed to notice that outside the cave dwelling, at the entrance of the array Liao Pantu had set up long ago, three Qi Condensation cultivators were currently studying something.

One of the cultivators held a compass in his hand, muttering to himself and counting on his fingers while aligning it with the surroundings.

And the other two were clearly getting a bit impatient and urged him aloud: