"This early in the morning, you don't want me to get my beauty sleep?" Luo Qinghan complained as soon as the phone was connected.
"Wife, I just missed you. Considering the time, I figured you'd be awake by now, so I called," Lin Xiao couldn't help but smile as soon as the call connected.
As for Qi Tian beside him, Lin Xiao completely ignored him.
"You miss me? Then focus on finishing what you're doing. Come back if you can, and if not, remember to call me and the child tonight."
"Of course, I'll be done soon. Don't worry..."
Lin Xiao sat in the back, thoroughly enjoying the time he spent talking to his wife. Only at this moment did he feel truly relaxed.
Lin Xiao chatted for a while longer. Luo Qinghan had initially offered to have Xun'er take the phone, but upon hearing that Xun'er was still asleep, Lin Xiao asked Luo Qinghan not to disturb the child's sleep.
The car stopped.
"Sir, we've arrived."
The car stopped at the entrance of a small courtyard.
"A Siheyuan?"
As Qi Tian was parking, he had just finished recording the cultivation routes. As soon as he got out of the car, his eyes landed on the antique courtyard and the ancient-looking houses.
"This isn't exactly a Siheyuan. To be precise, it's a hundred-year-old house that's been rebuilt. The materials were also chosen to be as authentic as possible, giving it an antique charm to meet the old man's requirements," Lin Xiao said, pointing to the other houses nearby that had a different style. "Have you ever seen a Siheyuan next to a villa?"
"I don't often wander around the mortal world. It's good enough that I recognize a Siheyuan," Qi Tian then noticed the other houses.
As they were speaking, the main gate opened, and an old man dressed in mountain attire, leaning on a cane and supported by a young man, walked out.
"Lin Xiao, the Dragon Lord said you can't leave Beijiang. Yet you rushed over. Aren't you afraid of being scolded by that old man!" The old man, just as he came out, pointed his cane at Lin Xiao. Then he lowered it and gestured for Lin Xiao to go in. "Why are you standing at the entrance? Waiting for this old man to help you inside?"
"Elder Zhou, how could I dare? I'm coming in!" Lin Xiao said, stepping forward to help Elder Zhou.
An ordinary person?
Qi Tian was surprised. From any angle, this old man seemed like an ordinary person. There were no fluctuations of true qi from him, nor did he show any signs of martial arts foundation.
However, the old man's spirit and energy were vastly different from that of an ordinary person. Such a spirit and energy were rarely seen even among the younger generation in the sects.
If one didn't look at the old man's physical body, one wouldn't be able to tell that he was nearing the end of his life.
Seeing Lin Xiao go to help the old man, Qi Tian followed behind.
"Xiao Lin, this is Qi Tian, right?" As Lin Xiao entered the courtyard with him, the old man glanced at Qi Tian behind him and asked.
"Yes, Elder Zhou, you know him too?" Lin Xiao said, somewhat surprised.
Logically, Elder Zhou shouldn't know the Young Sect Master, should he?
"I know him, of course I know him. Qi Tian, the Young Sect Master of the Artifact Sect. Young and promising, naturally I know him."