Keep One's Word

But Liu Yunan was surprised because this was not what they had agreed upon earlier.

Two days later, Liu Chun took a bunch of fully stuffed storage bags and stepped onto the Qiankun Transfer Array to head to the Cultivation World.

There were two ways to use the array disc of the Qiankun Transfer Array.

One was to insert spirit stones, and then the person stepping onto it would be directly connected to their intended destination.

The other method was to insert spirit stones first, then use spiritual energy to control the landing spot. Of course, with this method, the Qiankun Transfer Array disc would not follow the teleported person but would remain in the hands of the one controlling it.

Since they didn't know how long the Talisman Master Convention would last or how long Liu Chun would need to stay in the Cultivation World, they used the second method to send him off this time.

Lin Xiao had also agreed with him that the sect would go to the Cultivation World for trading once every three months. If he finished his business and wanted to return, he could just wait for them at the Duobao Pavilion.

Since Liu Chun was going alone for the trade this time, despite having sought advice from Liu Yunan several times, he was still somewhat nervous, afraid that he might mess up the transaction.

With an uneasy mind, Liu Chun stepped onto the teleportation array and temporarily left the Lingxian Sect.

However, what he didn't know was that on the second day after his departure, Lin Xiao took Jiang Youfu and also stepped onto the teleportation array.

In fact, after discussing with Liu Yunan, the person originally designated to go to the Cultivation World for the trade was Jiang Youfu.

This was because Lin Xiao had previously promised to let him go to the Cultivation World to broaden his horizons.

But Lin Xiao was somewhat worried that Jiang Youfu might run into trouble over there.

Although Jiang Youfu's current cultivation level was higher than Liu Yunan and the others, for some unknown reason, Lin Xiao could feel at ease letting Liu Yunan go to the Cultivation World alone, but when it came to Jiang Youfu, he just couldn't help but worry.

There was no helping it; he just looked too gullible.

Moreover, Lin Xiao suddenly remembered that he seemed to have a pending quest to build social connections that he hadn't completed yet.

Therefore, in the end, it was decided that Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu would go together.

As for letting Liu Chun handle the trade later, that was entirely a sudden decision made by Lin Xiao at the time.

The purpose was to give Liu Chun a reason not to pay for the spirit stones.

He already knew that Liu Chun was not wealthy. When they first met at the Xianxiang Pavilion in the Cultivation World, Liu Chun had looked like an impoverished cultivator.

Later, every time the sect distributed stipends, he would always carefully tuck them away.

Lin Xiao guessed that he must be quite short on spirit stones.

Furthermore, Lin Xiao felt that Liu Chun participating in the Talisman Master Convention was, in any case, beneficial and harmless to their sect. If he could secure a ranking, with that reputation, the prices for their future talisman trades with the Duobao Pavilion might even be a bit higher.

Not to mention that ever since joining the Lingxian Sect, Liu Chun had been diligently crafting talismans every day and was extremely patient when teaching everyone.

No matter what, he was now a member of their Lingxian Sect, wasn't he?

For one of their own, it was naturally best to treat them as well as possible.

Therefore, he felt he couldn't let Liu Chun bear the travel expenses himself.

However, if he directly refused to accept his payment, Lin Xiao was afraid the back-and-forth pushing would be tedious, so he simply handed the trading task over to him.

This way, Liu Chun naturally couldn't refuse, saving them the trouble of pleasantries.

Of course, as a man of his word, since he had promised Fuzi to take him to play in the Cultivation World this time, he naturally couldn't break his promise.

Therefore, to prevent Liu Chun from finding out and thinking they were following him because they didn't trust him to trade alone, the two deliberately staggered their schedule and departed on the second day.

Looking at the array starting to glow beneath his feet, Jiang Youfu excitedly squeezed the two storage bags hanging at his waist.

Then, after a faint flash of white light, he and Lin Xiao disappeared from the spot.

Not long after the two left, Liu Yunan, who had returned to the Affairs Hall to handle the follow-up matters of this shipment, took out a sound transmission talisman and sent a message to Qin Jianghe.

Last year, people from the imperial court came, hoping they could send someone to the capital for a discussion. At that time, because Lin Xiao was still in seclusion, after some discussion, they temporarily had Senior Liao decline it, saying they would talk about it next year.

Liu Yunan had told Lin Xiao about this matter after he came out of seclusion.

Now, it was already "next year."

They couldn't really delay it too rigidly.

A few days ago, Lin Xiao brought up this matter, saying it was about time to formally chat with the imperial court and asked him to arrange it as he saw fit.

So right now, Liu Yunan was telling Qin Jianghe about this matter.

Before long, he received a reply from Qin Jianghe. The message didn't say much; it just told him to make a trip directly to Songyang County when he had time.

Thus, after handling the sect's affairs, Liu Yunan informed Sun Yigao and the others, then left the sect and headed to Songyang County.

It was currently a late spring afternoon, and the warm sunlight made people feel drowsy.

When Liu Yunan arrived at the backyard of the Lingxiao Escort Agency, he saw a man and a woman walking in the distance under the shade of a tree in the courtyard.

To be precise, the woman was earnestly and attentively holding the hand of the somewhat dull-looking man next to her, walking step by step while constantly whispering something to him.

Because the courtyard was quite large, and Liu Yunan habitually used a concealment spell when out and about, Han Weishu did not notice someone had arrived at this end of the yard.

Qin Jianghe, who had come out to greet him, saw him looking at Han Weishu and Tong Jialiang, so he sent a sound transmission to him:

"These are the relatives of Yuanjiao's servant who came to seek refuge, as I mentioned to you before."

Hearing this, Liu Yunan nodded, not expecting them to be the people from Yuanjiao's side that Qin Jianghe had mentioned who came to seek refuge at the escort agency.

Without asking anything else or disturbing the two under the shade, he followed Qin Jianghe into the study.

"Did you call me over for something else?"

Liu Yunan asked as he sat down on a nearby chair.

Qin Jianghe lifted the teapot beside him, poured him a cup of tea, and sat down next to him. Resting both hands on the table, he looked at him and said:

"Baldy, what do you think about me going to the capital to do business?"

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Liu Yunan had just raised his teacup to his lips when he heard him say this. He couldn't help but look up in surprise.

"Isn't that stepping a bit too far too fast?"

After all, his escort agency had only just established a firm foothold in Songyang County.

Qin Jianghe smiled, poured himself a cup of tea, and took a sip:

"I don't mean doing it right now. I was just thinking, why don't the two of us go to the capital together this time? You can negotiate with the imperial court, and I'll go check out the market conditions over there. It's not like I have to stick to the escort business."

Hearing him say this, Liu Yunan naturally had no objections:

"Sure, I'd be more than happy if you came with me. This way, if anything comes up, it'll be convenient for the two of us to discuss it, saving us from wasting sound transmission talismans going back and forth."

Having finished discussing official business, Liu Yunan asked:

"So, are the two aunties getting used to staying here? Tietou asked me to check on them for him."

Qin Jianghe tilted his chin toward the door and said:

"The two ladies have been having a great time lately. They don't come back until it's almost time for dinner every day."