Return Journey

The next moment, he realized this meant Yigao's private school had officially started classes.

It seemed everything in the village was going on as usual without any issues.

Thinking about his return tomorrow, he wondered how everyone would react upon seeing him.

For some reason, even though he had only been away for half a month, it felt like a very long time had passed.

He hadn't felt this way when he went to the county town to accompany the exam takers before.

He didn't know if it was because the distance was too great, or because too many things had happened and he had met too many people during these past few days.

Looking at the sealing box on the table, Liao Pantu offered, You take this Icefield Sprite. It requires a drop of heart's blood to recognize a master. I am just a soul body right now, so this thing is useless to me. Even if I successfully find and merge all my soul fragments, I still have no news about my physical body. Who knows how long it will take for me to return to normal. Don't try to decline; just take this Icefield Sprite, bind it to you, and hurry up and cultivate. Helping me find my soul fragments and physical body as quickly as possible is what really matters!

Without a chance to say a single word, Lin Xiao found his arguments completely blocked by Liao Pantu. He had no choice but to put the box sealing the Icefield Sprite back into his possession.

Since he had agreed to meet Liu Chun in the evening, and it was only morning now.

He still had plenty of time. Having nothing else to do, Lin Xiao decided to stroll around Yuanling City once more before leaving.

After all, he had no idea when he would visit again.

He took a walk around the proper markets and casually mentioned to Shopkeeper Zhong that he planned to leave the next day.

After all, the person from his sect coming to deliver goods to the Treasure Pavilion in the future might not be him, so it was a good time to say goodbye to Shopkeeper Zhong.

Passing by the Wanwantong shop, he casually glanced at their signboard and suddenly found the emblem on it somewhat familiar.

He then remembered that when he was saving people in the Icefield Mystic Realm and taking their storage bags as a fee, he had seen a small token with this exact emblem.

Lin Xiao suddenly realized that those two people had belonged to Wanwantong...

It seemed that when sending other sect members to trade with the Treasure Pavilion in the future, he would need to share these observations with them.

It might help them avoid unnecessary trouble.

It would also make it easier for them to act according to the circumstances if they ran into any issues.

Thus, Lin Xiao immediately began paying attention to the emblems on the signboards of major shops on the street, as well as the crests of various families.

He planned to record all these details upon his return, making it convenient for his sect members when they visited Yuanling City in the future.

And so, on the streets of Yuanling City, a rather tall young man could be seen leisurely strolling around.

He kept looking up, staring at the signboards of the shops.

However, no one paid him any mind at the moment.

Everyone's attention had been captured by a piece of news that leaked out today.

The Yuan family was offering a hefty reward to purchase an Icefield Sprite!

According to rumors, the Yuan family's internal target price had reached as high as one hundred thousand spirit stones!

This inevitably stirred up the greed in many people's hearts.

Since the Icefield Mystic Realm still had one day before closing, many were wondering if they should rush in right now to try their luck. If they were lucky enough to encounter one, that would be one hundred thousand spirit stones!

But many others didn't dare, because it had just been revealed a couple of days ago that there was an area in the Icefield Mystic Realm where one could enter but never leave.

Some were also guessing the purpose behind the Yuan family's move.

Many speculated whether something had gone wrong with the Yuan family's ancestor, who had been in secluded cultivation for years.

However, none of this had anything to do with Lin Xiao.

He wandered around the city for most of the day and returned to the inn by evening.

Not long after, Liu Chun appeared before him with several storage bags hanging from his waist.

Lin Xiao, who had originally planned to leave the next day, thought about it and decided that since there was nothing else to do, they might as well leave now.

After all, they were using a teleportation array, so returning would take just the blink of an eye.

Taking Liu Chun back at night was perfect; he could give him a tour of the sect first.

That would save him the trouble of not having time for him when dawn broke and other matters arose.

So, in the dead of night, under Liu Chun's astonished gaze, Lin Xiao pulled out the Universe Shifting Array Disk, placed it on the ground, and activated it.

Because he was bringing an extra person this time, Lin Xiao added another three thousand spirit stones to the teleportation array just to be safe.

Meanwhile, Liao Pantu had already slipped into the Soul Nourishing Jade Pendant, nestling in Lin Xiao's arms, waiting to go back and see his good disciple.

With a faint flash of white light in the room.

Lin Xiao and Liu Chun disappeared from the room of this ordinary inn in Yuanling City.

The next day, the opening period of the Icefield Mystic Realm ended, and the cultivators inside were teleported out.

Then, hearing the news in the city about the gray areas on the map trapping and killing cultivators who entered, they all cried out in their hearts over how close a call it had been.

Later, upon learning of the Yuan family's hefty reward for an Icefield Sprite, some beat their chests and stamped their feet, wailing that they had actually encountered an Icefield Sprite but had not tried very hard to catch it, thinking it would be impossible.

As a result, they missed out on one hundred thousand spirit stones!

It was unknown if truly not a single cultivator who entered the Icefield Mystic Realm this time caught an Icefield Sprite, but the Yuan family certainly did not receive one.

However, Icefield Sprites were not exclusive to the Icefield Mystic Realm.

They could potentially appear in any place filled with ice and snow.

Therefore, after the Icefield Mystic Realm closed, even though the Yuan family was somewhat disappointed at not receiving an Icefield Sprite, they were not completely without hope.

However, these subsequent events had nothing to do with Lin Xiao.

He had already returned to the quiet, night-shrouded Xiushui Village, carrying an Icefield Sprite from the mystic realm and bringing along the talisman master, Liu Chun.

When Liu Chun was teleported to Xiushui Village by the Universe Shifting Array, he was somewhat surprised.

Although he had thought his new place of employment might not be too great.

He never expected that this sect would be in the mortal realm, and in a small village at that!

Fortunately, he had also grown up in a remote backwater of the cultivation world, so he adapted fairly quickly to the sudden shift from a bustling cultivation city like Yuanling City to this small village.

Yet, having lived in the cultivation world all his life, he still knew that the mortal realm was incredibly far from the cultivation world.

So, he was quite taken aback that Lin Xiao, a member of this small sect, actually possessed a teleportation array capable of covering such a vast distance.

After Lin Xiao gave him a tour of this tiny sect built in a mortal village and introduced the general cultivation levels and training durations of its members, he grew even more astonished.

Finally, when Lin Xiao somewhat shyly told him that he was the sect master, twelve years old, and currently at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, his astonishment reached its absolute peak.

And it was very clearly reflected in his facial expressions.

Even though it was very dark, Lin Xiao and Liao Pantu, who had popped out of the Soul Nourishing Jade Pendant, could see it clear as day.