Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu lingered in Yuanling City for two more days.
During those two days, they sorted through the items they had purchased in the cultivation world while staying at the inn, and also bought some gifts to send over to Liu Chun.
Now all that remained was to wait for Yuan Qing, who had decided to travel with them, to finish packing his luggage before they set off on the return journey.
Yes, Yuan Qing still intended to follow Lin Xiao.
Yuan Bi did not try to stop him either.
Because he thought, letting his nephew travel with Fellow Daoist Lin for some fresh air and a change of scenery would do him good—staying cooped up in the Yuan household would not help him much.
After all, Yuan Qing had already been away from the Yuan family for many years and had no close relatives or friends left in Yuanling City. With that whole incident involving the Wu family, who knew how much trouble would follow? Both he and the old ancestor would likely be very busy and have no time to look after him.
That day was the agreed date of departure.
Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu arrived at the back mountain of the Yuan estate. After meeting with Yuan Bi to discuss follow-up business arrangements, they followed behind Yuan Bi to go see Liu Chun.
When they arrived, Liu Chun was in the middle of crafting talismans.
Seeing Lin Xiao and the others, Liu Chun was overjoyed and immediately put down his work to stand up and greet them:
“Brother... Brother Xiao, are you two leaving already?”
Lin Xiao nodded and said:
“Yes, we’re preparing to return to our sect.”
Hearing this, Liu Chun realized that Lin Xiao must have already told the Yuan patriarch about their sect.
Then Lin Xiao handed him a storage pouch and continued:
“These are some things we prepared for you. Keep them for your own use. If anything comes up, just talk to Patriarch Yuan. The sect will also send people to check on you regularly—if you have any needs, let them know and focus on staying here to accompany your sister while she recovers.”
What he didn’t say was that the storage pouch also contained a letter explaining their situation to Liu Chun, so he would know exactly how much they had revealed and how to handle things appropriately.
Taking the storage pouch, Liu Chun nodded solemnly.
“Brother Xiao, rest assured—I’ll take good care of myself and my little sister.”
After that, Lin Xiao and the others bid farewell and left.
Before descending the mountain, they also went to the secluded cave where the Yuan family’s old ancestor, Yuan Ruogu, was in closed-door cultivation, taking their leave of him for a while. Only then did they leave the back mountain of the Yuan estate.
When they came down from the mountain, they found Yuan Qing already waiting outside the courtyard.
This time, it was Yuan Bi’s turn to make his farewells and entrustments.
“Fellow Daoist Lin, Fellow Daoist Jiang, this useless nephew of mine will be in your care for the time being.”
Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu naturally replied with polite refusals, and the three of them exchanged the customary courtesies.
Then Yuan Qing followed behind Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu as they left the Yuan estate.
The three did not return to the inn but headed straight for the city outskirts.
After all, they couldn’t just disappear from the same inn every single time, right?
Along the way, Lin Xiao began to prepare Yuan Qing mentally.
“Fellow Daoist Yuan, are you absolutely sure you want to follow us wherever we go?”
Yuan Qing smiled and said: “Of course. What, are you planning to take me through fire and water or something?”
Lin Xiao scratched his cheek, thinking that once the man was brought over and there was no teleportation array, he wouldn’t be able to return anyway. Besides, Yuan Qing clearly didn’t care where he went, so Lin Xiao stopped bringing it up.
When they reached a secluded spot outside the city, Lin Xiao pulled out the teleportation array.
Seeing him place a pitch-black array disk on the ground, Yuan Qing was a little puzzled. Then he watched as Lin Xiao activated it and waved him over:
“Fellow Daoist Yuan, come quickly.”
At that, Yuan Qing hurried over and stepped into the formation.
A faint white light flashed, and all three vanished from the spot.
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