Wait a minute, where is my master?

Yan Meishan advanced toward the small hill outside the city.

She sensed that three people had started to follow her.

Her heart tightened at first, but after surveying them with her Spiritual Sense, the corners of her mouth revealed a smile as if she were looking at trash.

"I thought my whereabouts had been exposed, turns out, it's just three little guys who are roused by lust."

Among the three followers, the highest was at the Second Layer of the Nascent Soul Realm, and the remaining two were both at the Eighth Layer of the Golden Core Realm.

Such cultivation levels allowed them to strut around on this medium-sized island indeed.

But to think about doing something to a Demon Sect Elder, that would be an outlandish fantasy.

The Third Elder pretended to have noticed the trio and quickened her pace, while pondering how to make good use of these three gifts from heaven to stage a cliché yet effective hero-saving-beauty scene.

Imagine, if she were rescued again by Yao Qinxiao upon their next encounter, then...

Yan Meishan knew well that sometimes, if you want someone to become your devoted follower, besides directly using Bewitching Techniques to make them wholeheartedly loyal, other little tricks could also be applied.

For instance, letting the other person feel needed, or another, not getting too close.

The Cultivator from Qingmu Academy was a rare sentimental type, and the Third Elder didn't wish to use Bewitching Techniques to subdue him so soon.

This time, she wanted to try something different.

And Yao Qinxiao, who had concealed his tracks after evading the search of his seniors and gone to great lengths to board this airship, stood at the stern, gazing at the undulating, tumultuous waves.

He was buffeted by the bracing and biting sea breezes.

"Yaner, wait for me, I'm finally going to see you again!"

In his hand, he clenched a handkerchief, his eyes filled with infatuated and excited expressions.

The initially inexplicable self-destruction in his arms, Yao Qinxiao felt as though his Taoist heart was about to collapse.

If she had been attacked or harmed by someone, he could avenge her, and perhaps feel somewhat consoled.

But what was with that self-destruction?

However, just as he was comforting himself and trying to smoothen the ripples in his Taoist heart, Nie Yaner's handkerchief suddenly conveyed the news that she hadn't died.

Facing such alternating extremes of grief and joy, the pure and naïve Yao Qinxiao was overwhelmed.

Therefore, after abiding by the rules for so many years, he made the impulsive decision to leave a letter and bravely left his sect in pursuit of love.

...

Three days later.

In Shangjing City, at the Royal Venue's martial arts field.

The field was somewhat disorderly at the moment, with a Lost-and-Found sign erected on one side of the open space, behind which lay a pile of peculiar and varied miscellaneous items.

Among these items were half-eaten sesame cakes, exquisite ivory chopsticks, a large cauldron cast in black iron, and a rockery broken into many pieces, among others.

All these items originated from the center of the martial arts field, where a small Taoist sat holding an ink jade fishing rod not far from a small bucket, continuously fishing.

Having completed both the Wash Essence and Marrow and his studies in the Alchemy Dao, Jin Xu decided to wait quietly in Shangjing City for the person behind the scenes for three days, and he was not idle.

He frequently used the ink jade fishing rod, left by the Tianxing Taoist, to fish for items, eager to experience what the Old Dean had mentioned about being suddenly pulled into a small world.

But three days had passed.

He realized that the items caught by the ink jade fishing rod did not appear out of thin air but were fished from the possessions of others.

Yet, he still hadn't experienced being pulled into a small world.

Jin Xu, holding the fishing rod in his hand, looked at the miscellaneous items covering half of the martial arts field and sighed softly. Then, he felt a tug on his hand, but his body didn't feel any pulling sensation.

The Taoist knew that his fishing attempt had failed again.

He expertly lifted the rod, and Little White, with a bun in its mouth, was fished out of the bucket.

"Temple master, you've already fished me up fifty times; it's Little Yu's turn now."

The husky swallowed the bun in one gulp and gently reminded Jin Xu.

The small Taoist nodded slightly.

When he didn't know that the ink jade fishing rod was catching other people's belongings, Jin Xu fished whatever he wanted, everything was as he wished.

But after he had fished for a day and found that the number of theft incidents within Shangjing City had suddenly increased several-fold,

he started to fish for his two demon pets who were by his side.

After all, he was only seeking a chance for the fishing rod to pull him into the small world; what did it matter what he fished?

Why trouble the common folk of the Nine Provinces Realm?

Jin Xu once again activated his spiritual power, raising the fishing rod in his hand high, and accurately casting the hook toward the bucket in front of him while visualizing Yu Yaoer's face in his mind.

However, before the hook touched the water, he suddenly withdrew the spiritual power that had been infused into the rod.

"Forget it, the three-day deadline has come. I should return Little Hong first. As for the matter of the small world, I can experiment slowly when I come back," he said to himself.

He got up and called out to the two women eating buns next to him.

"Little Yu, Little White, let's go. We're going to take Little Hong home."

The two women looked at each other upon hearing the call, then their eyes lit up with excitement as they quickly ran towards Jin Xu.

Little White took two steps then turned back to pack the remaining three baskets of buns into her storage magic treasure before speeding up to arrive in front of the small Taoist first.

"Temple Master, are we leaving now?" she asked.

"Yes, we're leaving now."

"Then are you going to ride on me this time?"

"It's too far. This time I'll take you both flying."

As Jin Xu spoke, a golden spiritual power shield extended from under his feet, enveloping both Yu Yaoer and the husky in the blink of an eye.

Then, the small Taoist initiated the Dry Land Spring Onion magic,

a beam of golden light shot straight into the sky, flying towards the coastline in the east.

In the Great Xia Imperial City, at the Taiji Palace.

Xia Yunzhao was pondering over an excuse to visit Jin Xu, wondering why he had asked me to ensure the guards paid extra attention to the bun seller at the arena entrance,

when suddenly, a voice announcing a message came from outside the hall.

"Report! Your Majesty, our City Protection Array in Shangjing City has been pierced by an unidentified golden light again!"

...

In Qingmu Academy's Gentleman Building.

The old dean was sitting crossed-legged, eyes slightly narrowed.

Qingyun was gently explaining to his teacher what had happened recently.

"Teacher, Yao Qinxiao's whereabouts have been pinpointed. He's overseas, currently on the move. I have already sent the Three Friends of Suihan to bring him back.

Moreover, Jin Xu has accomplished another big feat recently. According to intelligence gathered by Tingfeng Building, the small Taoist led an entire city through a tribulation in Shangjing City.

Some say that the extremely perilous tribulation was also caused by him.

There's also this strange occurrence; Great Xia has suddenly started buying alchemy furnaces at high prices, the prices are so high that several masters in the academy who specialize in alchemy are quite tempted.

I wonder what that young girl who has just taken the throne in Great Xia is up to."

"Hmm," the old dean responded expressionlessly, indicating he had heard.

However, privately, upon hearing the second piece of news, he had already taken control of a Xuan Huang clay avatar, rushing at high speed towards the Great Xia capital.

The Upper Realm has sent down news and portraits, listing Jin Xu as a wicked demon.

Now that he has been involved in leading an entire city through a tribulation,

The old dean felt that he must meet with Jin Xu in person.