Liu Chun never imagined that the young man before him was already a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator!
And a Sect Master at that!
Although this sect was merely a small one located in a tiny village in the mortal realm, he knew that establishing a sect, regardless of its size, was not something that could be done on a whim.
Yet, in his eyes, this sect already had a quite decent foundation.
Moreover, he could feel that the spiritual energy here was quite dense, almost on par with the spiritual energy at the core cultivation area of the Wu family.
One must know that the Wu family's core cultivation area was said to be rented from a sect near Yuanling City, drawing from a branch of a Tier-1 spiritual vein of that sect.
Suppressing the shock in his heart, Liu Chun cupped his hands to the young man before him and said:
Liu Chun greets the Sect Master.
After bowing, Liu Chun looked up, only to see the upper half of a human figure suddenly popping out from Lin Xiao's chest!
Having focused entirely on studying talisman crafting for over ten years with very little practical experience, Liu Chun was so frightened that he subconsciously took a step back.
Could he have been deceived by some demon or monster? Was he going to be eaten?!
In just an instant, several tragic scenes of himself being devoured by demons flashed through his mind. Before he could even feel regret, he heard Lin Xiao speak:
Let me introduce you. This is our sect's elder, Senior Liao Pantu. Due to some personal reasons, he currently appears in the form of a soul body.
Hearing this, Liu Chun's little heart, which hadn't yet had the time to regret, relaxed slightly.
He then saw Elder Liao completely float out from the Sect Master's chest. The complete soul body drifted and stood before him, shaking his head slightly as he looked at him and sighed:
Too timid. It seems you lack experience. Kid, you need to train them more in the future.
Earlier, Little Luan, who had woken up halfway through its sleep feeling hungry, came out to forage. In a daze, it seemed to see a faint white light flash past not far away.
Then it faintly heard the sound of a conversation.
The voices sounded very familiar to it.
So, fighting off sleep, it walked toward the place where the light and voices had just come from.
Then, Liu Chun, who was listening to Lin Xiao's introduction, saw a fat demon chicken at the seventh level of Spirit Awakening walking toward them.
When it got close, it started clucking non-stop at them or more accurately, at Lin Xiao. Then it sped up and rushed toward them, looking quite excited.
Liu Chun hurriedly took out his talisman pen, which he used as a weapon, and pulled out a few offensive talismans, preparing to slay the demon.
However, he saw Lin Xiao beside him step forward with a relaxed expression and say to the fat demon chicken:
Yes, yes, yes, I am back. Little Luan, have you been eating that bead again recently?
Before leaving, he had specifically warned Little Luan not to eat the demon core of the Silver Frost Python for the time being.
As a result, Little Luan was now at the seventh level of Spirit Awakening, and its entire body had swelled up a size. Anyone could guess that it definitely could not resist its gluttony and had sneaked a bite.
Hearing him ask about this, Little Luan, who had excitedly run up to Lin Xiao, lowered its little head and clucked awkwardly:
I only ate a little bit.
Seeing it like this, what else could Lin Xiao say?
Instead, Liao Pantu said to Little Luan:
Keep being a glutton. One day when your body cannot handle it and explodes, our sect will have a grand feast, a whole chicken banquet!
Little Luan immediately jumped three feet high, refuting him very angrily:
Cluck cluck cluck, cluck cluck!
Seeing this scene, Liu Chun, who had originally prepared to attack, noticed that the Sect Master and this Elder Liao seemed to know this fat demon chicken. He hesitated for a moment and put away his weapons.
At this time, Lin Xiao happened to turn around and introduced Little Luan and Liu Chun to each other.
Only then did Liu Chun realize that this fat demon chicken was actually a member of their sect.
And it was even the Sect Master's personal disciple.
Well, even though this Sect Master was only a twelve-year-old mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Speaking of which, when Lin Xiao invited Liu Chun to join the Lingxian Sect, he did not promise him a spot as a personal disciple, but rather the position of acting elder of the Talisman Crafting Room.
Lin Xiao was not afraid to give this position to someone he did not know completely well.
After all, he had stated it was only temporary.
Moreover.
Even though he was called an elder, he was the only member of the entire Talisman Crafting Room.
However, Liu Chun did not care whether he had subordinates to manage or not.
Anyway, he just wanted a stable place to settle down.
His only hope was that this small sect could keep going and not disappear after just a couple of lively days, like many small sects he had seen before.
After coaxing Little Luan to sleep, Lin Xiao took Liu Chun to the Guiyuan Mountain Residence within the sect. He built a house on the spot, identical to the surrounding houses, for him to settle down in.
Witnessing Lin Xiao construct a house out of thin air with his own eyes, Liu Chun was astonished. He also sighed in his heart that a young man who could establish a sect and become a Sect Master indeed had his own reliances.
Just this trick of building a house out of thin air alone would make countless small sect masters envious if word of it spread to the cultivation world.
However, he naturally would not leak such a thing.
Now that he was a member of this sect, he naturally had to consider the sect's interests.
He knew that if this matter spread to the cultivation world, although those high-level cultivators would not care.
The massive number of low-level cultivators would swarm over like cats smelling fish.
Seeing Lin Xiao show off this trick, Liu Chun also gained a bit more confidence in this small sect's endurance.
He thought to himself that from now on, he should draw more talismans for the sect to lighten its burden.
He only hoped that this Lingxian Sect could last a little longer, at least long enough for him to find his sister...
Lin Xiao turned his head and saw him lost in thought, wondering what he was thinking about. He said to him:
From now on, you will live here. Our sect does not have too many rules. Generally speaking, every morning is our cultivation time, and we go to the cultivation room to train. I will give you the details tomorrow. For now, just settle down and get used to the place.
After saying that, Lin Xiao temporarily bade farewell to Liu Chun and left the Guiyuan Mountain Residence.
Liao Pantu also took the Soul-Nourishing Pendant and floated from Lin Xiao's chest back to his own room, which he had been away from for many days.
Returning to his room, he finally remembered that he seemed to have forgotten to bring back his large Soul-Nourishing Wood bed.
Sigh, forget it, he would just have Lin Xiao bring it back next time there was a chance.
Thinking this, Liao Pantu brought the Soul-Nourishing Pendant to the bed and began to cultivate.
That is right, although he was currently just an incomplete soul body, he actually needed to cultivate too.
Otherwise, his soul would have dissipated long ago.
After saying goodbye to Liu Chun and Liao Pantu, Lin Xiao did not rush to set up the Path of Heart-Questioning or anything like that. Instead, he dashed straight back home.
He was finally back!

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