Afterwards, the maids left one after another, and only Bai Xiaoyun stayed. He brought Shen Luo a token of a high-level guest and a gift of twenty fairy jades.
"Father said that he wanted to give you the token a long time ago, but it was against the rules of our mansion and he was afraid of causing you unnecessary trouble. Now that you, Brother Shen, are already a cultivator in the Qigong stage, it is reasonable and logical. These twenty fairy jades are a personal gift from your father to you. In addition, there is a gift also of twenty fairy jades prepared by the Bai Mansion for high-level guests, but it has to go through the mansion's accounts, so it will be delivered later." Bai Xiaoyun looked at Shen Luo, his eyes full of admiration, and said.
"Please thank the head of the family on my behalf when you go back. I will go and thank him myself in two days." Shen Luo said with a smile.
"Let's talk about this later. Hehe, Brother Shen, tell me first, how did you cultivate to the Bigu stage in such a short time? In the past year, I have only cultivated to the third level of the Qi Refining stage." Bai Xiaoyun asked with curiosity in his eyes.
"Just hard work." Shen Luo said without comment after hearing this.
"That's all?" Bai Xiaoyun raised his eyebrows and asked.
"No more." Shen Luo said affirmatively.
"That's it? Brother Shen, you are too fussy..." Bai Xiaoyun said disappointedly.
But after he finished speaking, his expression darkened slightly and he seemed to be quite worried.
"What's wrong?" Shen Luo asked with a frown upon seeing this.
"Brother Shen, to be honest with you, some things did happen at home during the time you were in seclusion." Bai Xiaoyun said.
"What's wrong? What trouble has occurred?" Shen Luo asked.
"Xie Yuxin has defected." Bai Xiaoyun said after a slight hesitation.
"Defection? Why did she do that?" Shen Luo's expression changed slightly and he asked in surprise.
"I don't know. No one expected that she would steal the secret book of necromancy from our Bai family. Maybe her motives were not pure from the very beginning when she entered our Bai family. After that, she fled Jianye City and there has been no trace of her since then." Bai Xiaoyun shook his head.
"No wonder, when I came out of retreat today, I saw that all the guests had strange looks on their faces." Shen Luo was silent for a moment and nodded.
"Brother Shen, now you have replaced her and become the only Qigong-stage cultivator among our Bai family's guests." Bai Xiaoyun said with a serious expression.
Upon hearing this, Shen Luo nodded silently and said nothing more.
…
Time flies and more than a month has passed.
Shen Luo's health has basically recovered, so he plans to leave the Bai family and return home.
In the more than one year since he left his hometown, Chunhua County has been safe and sound, and no trace of demons has been heard. He himself has broken through the bottleneck and entered the initial stage of fasting, and has gained some self-protection ability.
The time to return to Chunhua County is ripe.
After bidding farewell to Baihe City, he carried the stone pillow on his back and prepared to return to his hometown.
At the time of parting, Bai Hecheng and Bai Jiangfeng came to see him off in person.
They prepared a carriage for Shen Luo and even arranged a maid to serve him on the road. However, he only asked for a fast horse and declined all the rest.
"When I return home, please give my regards to your mother." Bai Hecheng said with a smile.