Lin Xiao hurriedly left the place with Qi Tian.
After they had walked a good distance, Qi Tian asked, "What's going on? Did those guys from the Misty Immortal Palace cause trouble again?"
Qi Tian hadn't paid attention to Lin Xiao's conversation with Xiao Zheng and had truly thought something had happened.
Lin Xiao glanced at him and then said, "They didn't cause trouble, but I knew if you continued, the Dragon Lord would lose to you. So, I had to stop you."
"Ah?"
Qi Tian looked confused.
"They are the Dragon Lord. If you were to defeat him so thoroughly in a game of chess, he might get unhappy, and then you wouldn't have enough materials," Lin Xiao immediately explained the pros and cons to Qi Tian.
Of course, he also believed the Dragon Lord wasn't that kind of person.
"That makes sense."
Qi Tian finally understood and nodded. Then, he patted Lin Xiao on the shoulder, "It seems I need to thank you properly."
"That's for sure."
Lin Xiao smiled faintly, but then he added, "Alright, the agreement is basically for me to execute. I can also start returning to the Northern Territory. After that, your work location should also be in the Northern Territory."
"If I'm in the Northern Territory, won't you just go back to accompany your daughter and wife after settling me in?" Qi Tian thought of a possibility, believing Lin Xiao was absolutely capable of doing such a thing.
"That's a given. I haven't been back in a while. You'll help me guard the Northern Territory… fulfill the transaction properly, and I'll have people provide you with materials regularly." Lin Xiao said it as if it were obvious.
As long as Qi Tian was in the Northern Territory, he believed no one would be able to enter from there in the future.
Without even needing Qi Tian to act, his puppets would become one of the Northern Territory's defense lines. The disciples of the Misty Immortal Palace who had entered the mortal world for cultivation would have no choice but to obey.
As the two walked out of that area, Qi Tian pointed at Lin Xiao, "Your scheme is quite brilliant."
He didn't object, as he wouldn't suffer any losses from it.
"Alright, it's decided."
With the matter settled, Lin Xiao immediately began arranging his return trip and the first batch of materials he had promised.
This batch of materials included five kilograms of high-grade materials and one ton of ordinary materials.
This was just the beginning.
With the Dragon Lord's agreement, and given that in the eyes of observant people, Lin Xiao was now the successor to the Dragon Lord, everything proceeded smoothly, and no one was bored enough to seek trouble for themselves.
After Lin Xiao had settled Qi Tian in the Northern Territory, he took a small trinket from Qi Tian and returned to Shashi.
Coincidentally, it was time for kindergarten to start.
As usual, he resumed the role of picking up and dropping off their two children.
"Daddy, I'm telling you, I was very well-behaved these days while you were out having fun! Brother always wanted to sneak out to play, but I didn't agree!" Xuan'er said proudly in the car.
Luobing heard this and hurriedly explained, "I didn't sneak! Sister, don't talk nonsense!"
"Oh? What's going on?"
Lin Xiao asked curiously, "Mom didn't let you go out?"
"No, it's just that a few times, when I couldn't sleep at night and went to the bathroom, I happened to see Brother Bing. He asked if I wanted to go out and play, but I remembered what Daddy said about there being many bad people outside at night and that we shouldn't go out. So, I pulled Brother Bing back." Xuan'er said with a proud expression.