210: Meet! (Update 1)

Sun Fang huddled in the corner, his body trembling like a sieve.

He was like withered wood, drained of moisture, his skin clinging tightly to his bones, making even speaking difficult.

“Spare… spare me…”

He used all his strength to squeeze out these few words from his throat, filled with the fear of death.

Lin Xiao looked down at him, his face devoid of any extra expression.

“Tell me, who gave you the Medicinal Pill?”

“If you tell me, I’ll let you go.”

A desire to survive erupted in Sun Fang’s murky eyes. He shook his head frantically, making strange croaking noises.

“No… I don’t know him… I really don’t know him!”

“It was just a chance encounter, a strange person I met on the road. He said… he said this Medicinal Pill could help me Break through the Restriction of a Qi Refiner and become a superior being…”

Sun Fang’s words were rambling, but the meaning was clear: he wanted to blame everything on a non-existent “chance encounter.”

Lin Xiao listened quietly, without interrupting.

Only when Sun Fang stopped, gasping for breath, did he slowly speak.

“Finished?”

Sun Fang froze, staring blankly at Lin Xiao.

He thought his excuse would at least earn him a few questions, but he hadn’t expected the other party’s reaction to be so calm.

Lin Xiao said no more, simply extended two fingers, and pointed them at Sun Fang in the Void Realm.

Two subtle Sword Qi instantly entered Sun Fang’s body.

Sun Fang’s body trembled violently, and then he felt a needle-like stinging pain in his Dantian and heart Meridiand, as if two invisible locks had tightly bound all his Meridiand.

He looked up in horror.

“You… what did you do to me?”

“Just two Restrictions.”

Lin Xiao withdrew his fingers and turned to walk out of the garden.

“They will activate once an hour, and each time will be more painful than the last.”

“Whenever you want to speak, crush the jade pendant around your neck.”

“Of course, you can also choose not to speak.”

“My classmates will arrive tomorrow.”

“He’s better at interrogations than I am.”

With that, Lin Xiao’s figure disappeared beyond the moon gate, leaving Sun Fang alone, completely consumed by endless fear and pain.

At the same time, in the airport waiting area.

Several fashionably dressed young girls were gathered together, chattering away.

“Lin Xue, when is your high school classmate finally arriving? We’ve been waiting for half a day.”

A girl in hot pants complained impatiently.

“Exactly, isn’t he being a bit too much? He just got into some Immortal Cultivation Academy, and now he’s acting like a big celebrity.”

Another girl chimed in, a hint of sourness in her tone.

Lin Xue quickly explained, “He’s not like that. Maybe the plane was delayed. Just wait a bit longer, please.”

“Hey, I told you guys to stop being so sour.”

The hot-pants girl who spoke first nudged her companion with her elbow.

“You didn’t watch that live stream. The scene, tsk tsk, even special effects couldn’t replicate it! That Fang Yuan, as soon as he made a move, there was thunder everywhere, it was super cool!”

“Yes, yes, yes! I watched it, I watched it! His Thunder Dragon, oh my goodness, it was like an immortal descending! Lin Xue, you really hit the jackpot to be classmates with someone like him!”

“Lin Xue, when he arrives later, you must help us get an autograph, and preferably a group photo!”

The roommates’ attitudes instantly did a complete U-turn, surrounding Lin Xue and excitedly discussing.

Lin Xue felt dizzy from their chatter, but in her heart, she felt both anticipation and a little unease.

Just then, a small commotion arose in the crowd at the exit.

“They’re here, they’re here!”

One of the roommates, sharp-eyed, immediately pointed forward.

Everyone looked in unison.

They saw Fang Yuan pushing a luggage cart in front, followed by a middle-aged couple, presumably his parents.

And by his side were two young men with completely different temperaments.

One was slender, with a delicate face and a cynical smile on his lips, curiously looking around.

The other wore gold-rimmed glasses, appearing refined, but his eyes behind the lenses revealed a shrewdness.

“Wow, that skinny one is so handsome too!”

“The one with glasses also has such a great temperament, the sophisticated scoundrel type, totally my cup of tea!”

Lin Xue’s roommates instantly entered “fangirl” mode.

Lin Xue’s cheeks, however, felt a little hot. She straightened her clothes and walked up to them somewhat awkwardly.

“Fang Yuan!”

Fang Yuan saw her, his steps paused, and his expression was slightly unnatural.

“Oh, you’re here.”

Before the two could say much more, Liu Lian had already familiarly approached Lin Xue’s roommates.

“Hello, Young Misses, my name is Liu Lian, Fang Yuan’s roommate and comrade-in-arms, the Kunlun Cultivation Academy’s Sword Cultivation Department Chief’s… teammate.”

He tossed his hair, striking what he considered a handsome pose.

Han Li pushed up his glasses and nodded politely to the girls.

“Han Li, Talisman Cultivator Department.”

The girls giggled at Liu Lian’s flamboyant self-introduction, and the atmosphere instantly became lively.

“Wow, are you that Liu Lian who uses the Flying Sword? You were so handsome in the live stream!”

“Little brother, want to add WeChat?”

Liu Lian immediately pulled out his phone: “Come, come, scan this. I’m the easiest person to talk to, especially with pretty Young Misses.”

Fang Yuan’s parents looked at the group of young people, a knowing smile on their faces.

Wang Li nudged Fang Jianguo with her elbow and whispered, “Old Fang, look, our son’s classmate is quite handsome.”

Fang Jianguo nodded, lowering his voice: “I think this girl is interested in our son.”

Wang Li walked over to Fang Yuan, patted his shoulder, and said with a chuckle to Lin Xue, “Young Miss, we’ll leave our Fang Yuan in your good care. You young people have fun; us two old folks won’t interfere. We’ll just take a taxi home.”

With that, she pulled Fang Jianguo and happily turned to leave.

“Dad! Mom!”

Fang Yuan tried to stop them, but Han Li held him back.

“Don’t worry, I just placed a protective talisman on your aunt and uncle each.”

Han Li said in a low voice.

“A Qi Refining Cultivator’s full-power strike can be blocked three times, and once triggered, I’ll receive an alert and location on my student token. It’s safer than staying with us.”

Fang Yuan finally relaxed.

Watching his parents leave, Lin Xue’s face grew redder, and she looked at Fang Yuan somewhat shyly.

“Um… Uncle and Aunt…”

“Don’t misunderstand, they’re just like that.”

Fang Yuan explained a bit awkwardly.

Just as Fang Yuan and his group were about to find a place to talk in detail.

A thousand miles away in Jiangnan, outside the Lin family mansion in Xuhang City.

A taxi slowly pulled to a stop.

The car door opened, and a man and a woman stepped out.

The man wore glasses, with a calm demeanor; it was Xie Wangsheng.

The woman had a ponytail, looking youthful and beautiful; she was Alchemy Department’s Gao Ningning.

Xie Wangsheng glanced at the mansion, walked to the gate, and calmly spoke to the guarding attendant.

“Hello, we are Lin Xiao’s classmates.”

“From Kunlun Cultivation Academy.”

“He sent us here to find someone named Sun Fang.”