Is It Reasonable for Me to Start a Sect at 12?

Upon hearing this, Lin Dayou shook his head repeatedly:

"If you go with him, I'll be even more worried! No, no, you stay here and don't cause any trouble."

Rejected without mercy, Mo Yuanjiao had no choice but to look expectantly at Lin Xiao. However, he saw that Lin Xiao was suppressing a laugh as he said:

"Well, Yuanjiao, I think it's better for you to stay in the sect and focus on your cultivation. Look, you've already reached the third level of Qi Refining. Isn't it better to strike while the iron is hot and push forward to the fifth, sixth, seventh, or even eighth level? This time, I'm just going to scout things out. Next time, when there's an opportunity, I'll take all of you along for some fun."

During this time, Mo Yuanjiao, who had been staying in the sect and either cultivating or studying the four arts of cultivation, had rapidly advanced to the third level of Qi Refining. Lin Xiao could tell that it wouldn't be long before he reached the fourth level.

So, Lin Xiao genuinely hoped that Mo Yuanjiao could seize the time to continue cultivating and reach the Foundation Establishment stage as soon as possible.

Only when all the sect members grew stronger would their sect truly become powerful.

Moreover, Lin Xiao had planned from the beginning to travel to the cultivation world with only Liao Pantu. He hadn't intended to bring anyone else. Although he had occasionally gleaned some insights from Senior Liao, he had never been there himself and had only a vague understanding of the situation in the cultivation world.

Therefore, he was unwilling to bring other disciples along on an adventure without fully understanding the risks.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Lin Xiao reminded them to continue cultivating diligently and spend their free time practicing skills like crafting and talisman-making.

After a short chat, Lin Xiao excused himself and left the gathering.

He still had a lot of preparations to complete.

In the blink of an eye, two days had passed.

It was now the day Lin Xiao had set for departure.

During these five days, Liao Pantu had spent almost all his time in the spirit stone mine, tirelessly digging. He had even developed a knack for it and had perfected the balance between restoring his energy and mining, allowing him to maximize the number of spirit stones he could collect in a given amount of time.

By the early hours of today, he had mined over fifty thousand spirit stones.

He selected a reasonably sized, unused storage ring from his soul and handed it to Lin Xiao, filled with those fifty thousand spirit stones.

Looking at the storage ring in his hand, Lin Xiao found it fascinating.

So, storage rings really do exist!

Under Liao Pantu's guidance, Lin Xiao used his blood to bind the storage ring.

This was the difference between ordinary storage bags and more advanced storage tools like this ring. Ordinary storage bags didn't require blood binding, and even mortals could open them, making them the lowest level of storage tools in the cultivation world.

The storage bags Lin Xiao had crafted using ordinary fabric and spirit stones through his item synthesizer worked the same way.

Though theoretically, using larger pieces of fabric should create storage bags with more space, the reality was not so simple.

Lin Xiao had consulted the system about this, and the system explained that while larger fabric could indeed yield more space, the folding layers of the space would increase. The more folding layers there were, the greater the spatial loss. So, although larger fabric would provide more space, the increase wasn't proportional—the larger the fabric, the less additional space it would create.

Thus, Lin Xiao hadn't gone out of his way to use lots of fabric just to make a bigger storage bag. Instead, he opted for quantity over size.

But more advanced storage items like Liao Pantu's storage ring required blood binding to use, and only the owner's spiritual sense could access them.

Once Lin Xiao bound the storage ring with his blood, he could feel his spiritual sense controlling the ring's opening and closing.

He found this quite intriguing.

However, seeing the sun already peeking over the mountain, and with all the sect members gathered in front of the main hall to send him off, Lin Xiao didn't delay further. After once again encouraging everyone to cultivate diligently, he took out a pitch-black peach-shaped jade pendant from his private storage and handed it to Liao Pantu, saying:

"Senior Liao, please try this soul-nurturing pendant."

This was something he had recently synthesized using soul-nurturing wood. The "Complete Guide to Basic Crafting Techniques" didn't mention how to make a soul-nurturing pendant, and as a novice in crafting, Lin Xiao hadn't yet developed the skills to figure it out on his own. So, naturally, he turned to the item synthesizer.

Of course, the soul-nurturing pendant couldn't have been made without the generous contribution of the Ten Miles Peach Blossom Tree.

Lin Xiao had originally considered using peach wood branches but then realized that peach wood was often used to ward off evil spirits. It might not be friendly to souls, so he decided against it and instead used a peach blossom.

Liao Pantu took the pitch-black soul-nurturing pendant and immediately shifted from the large block of soul-nurturing wood into the pendant.

Controlling the pendant to hover in the air, he was quite satisfied.

This thing was much better than that bulky piece of soul-nurturing wood, which he had to carry around with his soul. Now, the pendant could float and move freely—extremely convenient!

If he had known, he would have asked the kid to make one for him earlier...

Seeing Senior Liao, whom they had finally gotten used to, disappear from the block of black wood and into the pitch-black jade pendant, everyone was amazed and couldn't stop scrutinizing the pendant. Liu Yunan even tried to chat with him:

"Senior Liao, can you still talk like this? Can you still move?"

Liao—now a black jade pendant—let out a light cough, then controlled the pendant to sway in the air before circling around Liu Yunan.

The crowd found it highly amusing. Tietou then asked:

"Senior, can you still manifest your form? Will we still be able to see you?"

The next moment, they saw a translucent figure slowly emerge from the pitch-black pendant.

With his forehead pressed against the pendant, Liao Pantu reappeared before everyone.

The onlookers couldn't help but break into applause.

Lin Xiao shook his head with a smile. Senior Liao certainly didn't act like someone over five hundred years old.

He then took out the Qiankun Teleportation Array Plate from his private storage and handed it to Liao Pantu. After opening the storage ring filled with spirit stones, he said:

"Senior Liao, we should set off now. This is the Qiankun Teleportation Array. You can use it and try to select a remote, uninhabited location for the teleportation. Here are the spirit stones."

Liao Pantu didn't hesitate. He took the storage ring and array plate, placed the array plate on the ground, and casually took out two thousand spirit stones from the storage ring, tossing them into the array plate.

As soon as the spirit stones touched the array plate's central groove, they vanished, absorbed by the array plate.

Seeing Liao Pantu's bold move, Lin Xiao's heart clenched.

That was two thousand spirit stones!

But then he realized that the teleportation array would be used continuously, and any unused spirit stones would remain stored in it. Relieved that nothing would be wasted, he let it go.

As the spirit stones were absorbed, the array plate on the ground emitted a dazzling light. The group watched as an intricate glowing pattern expanded from the plate, creating a three-meter-wide circle on the ground.