Arrangement (1)

After taking care of his family's affairs, Lin Xiao felt a weight lift from his mind.

After all, as long as they could successfully draw qi into their bodies, the spiritual energy would refine and bless their physiques, clearing away many hidden injuries and illnesses common to mortals.

This way, he wouldn't have to worry too much about his grandparents' health.

Even though he possessed a cultivation cheat, he still wasn't entirely sure if his path of cultivation would be completely smooth sailing.

Therefore, he could enter his closed-door cultivation with greater peace of mind.

After chatting with everyone in the old residence for a while and waiting for them to finish lunch, Lin Xiao took out some items from his private treasury.

These were the things he had previously bought for them in Yuanling City.

Among them were some low-grade pills for consolidating one's foundation and cultivating vitality. They were of little use to cultivators, but highly beneficial for mortals.

Lin Xiao then told them that he might have to go into closed-door cultivation for a period of time. He repeatedly reminded them that if anything happened in the village, they must immediately use the teleportation talismans he had given them earlier.

The Lin family members all agreed very seriously.

After teaching everyone how to take those low-grade foundation-consolidating pills, he left the Lin family's old residence and returned to the sect.

Meanwhile, most of the people on the Path of Questioning the Heart had also woken up.

They snapped back to reality with expressions of realization mixed with a bit of melancholy, finding themselves still standing on the vastly transformed mountain path in front of the sect.

Lin Ying looked full of interest, as if she had just experienced something incredibly fun.

Lin Dayou, Lin Ying, Lin Lei, Baldy, and Tietou all seemed to be reminiscing about the highly realistic experiences they had just gone through.

At the time, they had completely forgotten that they were on the sect's mountain path.

They also forgot to wonder how they had suddenly changed environments and appeared in those specific scenes.

Everyone's experience was completely different.

Yet, each of them felt that the experience left a lasting impression.

Looking at this drastically transformed, dreamlike mountain path, they vaguely understood its purpose.

However, turning their heads, the group saw Lin Yun with tightly furrowed brows, seemingly unable to break free from it.

Nestled on the ground beside them were two chickens.

They were exactly Little Luan and Da Tao.

Little Luan was smacking its large beak with relish, who knew what it was experiencing.

Da Tao, on the other hand, twitched its claws from time to time.

Recalling his own recent experience and seeing Lin Yun's state, Lin Dayou chose not to wake him up or carry him out.

Instead, he said to the others who had woken up, Let's go. Let them comprehend it on their own here.

He then took the lead and walked down the mountain along the Path of Questioning the Heart.

Seeing this, the remaining few figured that since Uncle Lin, his biological father, had spoken, they naturally had no objections. Thus, the group who were about to head down anyway followed Lin Dayou down the mountain.

Liu Yunan, however, turned around and returned to the sect.

Previously, he had been pulled over by Brother Xiao, and then he entered this newly appeared mountain path, followed by stepping into that incredibly realistic dream.

He had no idea what Brother Xiao had called him over for.

Was it just to let him experience the effects of this new mountain path?

Of course, Lin Xiao hadn't called Liu Yunan out just to let him experience the Path of Questioning the Heart.

It was just a coincidence.

As soon as he left the Lin family's old residence, he returned to the sect, found Liu Yunan, and told him about his upcoming plan for closed-door cultivation. Then he added:

Baldy, I don't know how much time this closed-door cultivation will take, but it will be at least half a year, maybe a year or even longer. During the time I'm in seclusion, I plan to let you, Senior Liao, and Yigao manage the sect together. Of course, you can handle the general affairs just like you do now. It's just that when you encounter some tricky problems, the three of you should discuss them.

After all, if there are too many people discussing and opinions are divided, it's easy to cause confusion and waste time. Regarding cultivation matters, you can listen more to Senior Liao's advice, and for issues of right and wrong, you can consult Yigao. With the three of you working together to manage the sect, I can rest much easier.

Hearing this, Liu Yunan didn't mind at all that Lin Xiao asked him to listen to others' opinions more. He agreed very readily:

Don't worry, Brother Xiao. For daily chores that I'm unsure about, I often ask my mother anyway. I'm great at listening to advice.

Having been brothers for years, Lin Xiao completely trusted Baldy's character and capability, which was why he approached him about this.

Then, Lin Xiao took out a white key and handed it to Liu Yunan, saying:

Take this. This is the key to our sect's storehouse.

I've put a lot of herbs, seeds, and similar items inside. You can organize and plan things out, plant the seeds, and allocate the herbs to the alchemy room on a regular basis.

Also, I left ten thousand spirit stones in there. You can ask Senior Liao for his opinion and set a salary standard for everyone. Now that we are all cultivators, we can't keep paying salaries in silver. You'll need to put some effort into figuring this out.

As for a white house placed on an empty plot of land inside, just ignore it. We don't have a use for it at the moment.

Listening to Lin Xiao's earnest and lengthy instructions, Liu Yunan nodded and said:

Alright, I've noted it all down. By the way, Brother Xiao, is that protective barrier around our sect's area still there?

Hearing him ask this, Lin Xiao knew what he was getting at, so he replied:

It's always been there. So, if anyone comes to cause trouble for our sect or if there's any disaster while I'm in seclusion, just take everyone and hide inside the sect. Do not go out.

Liu Yunan then responded:

Then I'll find some time recently to go to the county town and stock up on more daily necessities and food.

Lin Xiao nodded in agreement:

Mm, thanks for your hard work. Tomorrow morning, I'll gather everyone for a meeting and inform them about all these matters.

After finishing his conversation with Liu Yunan, Lin Xiao ran alone to the sect's main hall, sat on the floor, and began checking the rewards for the task of constructing the Path of Questioning the Heart.

He started looking through the most recently acquired items in his private treasury.

He saw a small fragment lying there quietly.

This small fragment was named [Yaoguang Floating Island Fragment].

Lin Xiao directly used the appraisal function on it.

[Yaoguang Floating Island Fragment: Collect three fragments to obtain a Yaoguang Floating Island.]

However, the appraisal function provided no introduction to the Yaoguang Floating Island itself.

As expected, the appraisal function could only appraise the item itself and provide related information.

But from the name alone, Lin Xiao could roughly guess what it was.

A floating island—he had already pictured an island suspended in the sky.

If their sect could possess a floating island in the future, wouldn't that be incredibly awesome!

Just thinking about the future scene of a floating island hovering above their sect, Lin Xiao suddenly felt a strong urge to quickly gather all three fragments and summon it!