After turning away the old guy, the three chief seniors immediately picked up on a turning point in his words.
"It has been five days. Aren't you supposed to hand over the disciple called Lin Xiao?" The old guy asked in a seemingly calm tone.
Anyone who asked for a disciple at the Taixuan Sect at this moment was no other than Shan Chengfeng.
The three chief seniors — sect councilors looked at one another. Then one of them said to Shan Chengfeng, "Esteemed Taoist, we...we are returning the Martial Law Gestation Elixirs."
"Give the pills back to me? Are you kidding? Don't picture me ignorant about what is going on here. Your patriarch is now hiding in the scriptorium, while Lin Xiao is also missing. I knew it at the outset — you planned to repudiate it!" Shan Chengfeng yelled back.
Shan Chengfeng flew off a handle. He was aware that he couldn't charge into the scriptorium. That was a divine place of great significance in the Taixuan Sect.
"Oh no, Esteemed Taoist, you got us wrong. The patriarch was there because a disciple had made a mistake while conducting his cultivation. The patriarch is searching for methods to help him out," a senior explained.
"It can't be simpler. Tell him to hand Lin Xiao over to me, and I will definitely forget about the Martial Law Gestation Elixir. And I'll even help your patriarch look for countermeasures," Shan Chengfeng said in a magnanimous manner.
Twitches went on the mouths of the three chief seniors across the board simultaneously. It would never elude them that they were led into a trap by Shan's so-called helping hand. Although they had already produced a Martial Law Gestation Elixir, they hadn't got around to refining it because they had been otherwise engaged — looking for the Hedao fruit.
Seeing their reactions, Shan Chengfeng sat down and stretched his hands out scoundrelly, "Well, you won't buy that? Okay, truth be told, you may as well return the pills to me, I don't feel like being involved in any mess of your sect at all."
Shan Chengfeng believed that they could bring the pills to him, so he confronted them with 100 percent confidence.
The three chief seniors were greatly flustered. What was worse, they hadn't got around to presenting the Hedao Fruit they just obtained to Patriarch Li. Then a senior said, "Esteemed Taoist, please wait here for a minute, we're inviting the patriarch out."
"Suit yourself. You know I'm always occupied. Staying here for the past five days, I've missed out on a lot of deals just because of your procrastination. Hurry up, or else, I'm gonna ask for interests," Shan Chengfeng said, impatiently.
The seniors stroked their foreheads upon reaching the gateway. They were dreadfully anxious. They didn't expect Shan Chengfeng could be such a hard nut to crack. Seemingly easy-going previously, now he revealed his true colors when it came to the collection of the debt.
Right then, the seniors rushed to the scriptorium without delay.
At the same time, Wu Gui was dashing toward Lin Xiao's room.
Lin Xiao just returned to his room. Hardly had he set about starting with his cultivation when a slew of tap-taps went off.
No sooner had Lin Xiao said "Please come in", than the door was opened. Then He heard Wu Gui asked in anxiety, "Brother Lin, are you okay? I just learned Hu Su came at you this morning. It was my fault. I should have come to visit your earlier."
Wu Gui just happened to have heard that a guy called Hu Su from the Mount Qingming came to hassle a disciple. On hearing Lin Xiao's name, Wu Gui rushed to Lin Xiao's room before the whole story ended.
When it came to the Mount Qingming, Wu Gui made out the whole picture right away. And he was aware that Hu Su had a third-level cultivation of the Refining Divine Realm — Lin Xiao was by no means his equal in that regard. If any mishap had befallen Lin Xiao, he would have never been able to make up for him.