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

Seeing this, Lin Xiao quickly stepped onto the array, fearing that it might activate and leave him behind.

The members of Lingxian Sect gathered around the Qiankun Teleportation Array watched as, two breaths after Lin Xiao stepped inside, a flash of white light enveloped the array, and in the next instant, the array plate on the ground, along with Lin Xiao and Liao Pantu, vanished from sight.

Lin Xiao felt himself being enveloped by a white light, then pulled into it by a powerful force. A strong sense of weightlessness swept over him, causing a momentary dizziness. It seemed as if a long time had passed, yet also just an instant, before the weightless sensation suddenly disappeared, replaced by a reassuring feeling of solid ground beneath his feet.

Sensing the white light dissipating around him, Lin Xiao slowly opened his eyes, which he had unknowingly kept tightly shut.

Liao Pantu had already retreated into the Soul Nourishing Pendant, leaving only the pitch-black pendant floating by Lin Xiao's side.

The Qiankun Teleportation Array Plate had also been transported with them and now lay quietly on the ground.

Seeing Lin Xiao open his eyes, Liao Pantu spoke from within the pendant, "This is a cave mansion I set up outside the sect a long time ago. I made many concealments here, and no one knows about it. You can use this place as a base."

Lin Xiao opened his eyes and took in the sight of the cave mansion, nearly blinded by its splendor.

Although it was called a cave mansion, Lin Xiao felt it was more appropriate to call it a palace.

The interior was extravagantly luxurious!

Although the mansion's total area was roughly 500 square meters, far from the size of a palace, every visible surface was intricately decorated.

But that wasn't the most striking part.

The floors were paved with large, high-quality jade tiles, and Lin Xiao could feel a slight warmth radiating through his feet as he walked on them.

The bead curtains, which served as room dividers, were made entirely of gold, and the various pieces of wooden furniture scattered around exuded an unmistakable fragrance of rare and valuable wood.

The ceiling was embedded with luminous spirit stone panels and several night pearls.

A large incense burner made of an unknown metal sat in the room, with a piece of agarwood thicker than his head inserted into it.

But what stood out the most was the bed in the innermost part of the room. Although Lin Xiao was curious as to why a Nascent Soul cultivator would need to sleep, that wasn't the important part.

The important part was that the bed was a meticulously crafted thousand-work bed, seemingly carved from a single massive blackwood log. To his surprise, Lin Xiao recognized the wood— it was identical to the Soul Nourishing Wood he had previously used!

So Liao Pantu had carved an entire bed out of a massive piece of Soul Nourishing Wood!

Such extravagance! When Lin Xiao had shown him his piece of Soul Nourishing Wood earlier, Liao Pantu had appeared somewhat surprised.

But it turned out that he had used a piece of wood dozens of times larger just to make a bed!

At that moment, Lin Xiao had only one thought: to return and ask Liao Pantu for his piece of Soul Nourishing Wood back.

Everything in the room screamed one word—wealth!

This cave mansion, a blend of celestial and mortal materials, exuded an overwhelming aura of opulence.

Glancing at the Soul Nourishing Pendant floating beside him, Lin Xiao couldn't help but want to ask Liao Pantu: Isn't cultivation supposed to be about transcending worldly desires? Why then...

Perhaps Lin Xiao's expression was too obvious, as even though he didn't voice his thoughts, Liao Pantu seemed to catch on. He let out a cold snort from the pendant and said, "Just because I'm cultivating doesn't mean I can't have my own aesthetic! This is beautiful!

And that bed, it took a lot of effort to obtain. I'm cultivating the Soul Refining Technique, and this Soul Nourishing Wood is extremely beneficial to my cultivation. Don't give me that look like I'm wasting resources!"

Seeing how justified Liao Pantu seemed, Lin Xiao replied with a flat "Oh," before continuing to explore the cave mansion.

If this place were dismantled and converted into mortal currency, it could probably feed a whole nation.

Liao Pantu ignored him, extending his soul from the pendant and lying down on his long-missed bed. A satisfied sigh escaped his lips, "It's been decades, and my own bed is still the most comfortable."

Even though he hadn't returned for decades, not a speck of dust was to be seen in the entire cave mansion.

After finishing his tour, Lin Xiao sat down in one of the nearby chairs.

The spiritual energy in this cave mansion was incredibly dense, likely due to a Spirit Gathering Array that Liao Pantu had set up. It was even more concentrated than in the sect's cultivation room.

Lin Xiao could sense that the rate at which his body absorbed energy during cultivation had increased significantly.

He thought for a moment. Perhaps it wasn't just because Liao Pantu had set up the mansion so well, but also because they were now within the cultivation world.

After all, Liao Pantu had previously mentioned that the concentration of spiritual energy in the cultivation world was far greater than in the mortal world.

That's why those cultivation sects in the mortal realm were just minor, unremarkable sects.

Suppressing the urge to sit down and start cultivating immediately, Lin Xiao looked over at Liao Pantu, who was lying on the bed and seemingly resting, and asked, "Senior, where is the nearest cultivator settlement?"

However, Liao Pantu, still in a languid posture, beckoned him over and said, "Kid, there's no rush to explore the cultivation world. Take a break first. You're only twelve years old, yet you're always in such a hurry, as if something's chasing you. I barely saw you in the sect.

Come, have a dream with me. This thousand-work bed made from a giant Soul Nourishing Wood is something I worked hard to get. Sleeping on it will greatly benefit a little Foundation Establishment cultivator like you."

With that, he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

Seeing this, Lin Xiao had no choice but to follow suit. As the guest, he went along with it and lay down on the bed.

He was curious about what benefits this bed, which Liao Pantu had mentioned, could bring him.

The bed, which looked fairly small from a distance, turned out to be surprisingly large up close—about five meters long and three meters wide. He figured he could probably roll around freely on it.

As soon as he lay down, he felt his spiritual consciousness being enveloped and soothed by an indescribable force, like a small fish that had only experienced the shallow waters of a sunlit bay suddenly being placed in a cool, deep pond. It was an unbelievably comforting feeling.

Before he knew it, Lin Xiao, who normally had little need for sleep, had fallen into a deep slumber.

Meanwhile, outside the cave mansion, near the entrance where Liao Pantu had set up his array, three Qi Refining cultivators were studying something.

One of the cultivators held a compass, mumbling to himself as he took measurements.

The other two were growing impatient and urged him on.