Lin Xuan Qi's hand rested on the crystal sphere and moments passed.

Nothing happened.

The crystal sphere remained as it was.

He withdrew his hand from it after he saw Sima Ye giving him a nod.

Sima Ye kept the crystal sphere and said, "Yes, young master Lin here doesn't have any Spirit Root."

Everyone didn't know how to feel about it, even though they knew that it was most likely so that he didn't have any Spirit Root, they still hoped for a different result.

"I think Liu Shao and Heng might have been too anxious, making their sense of Spirit Qi go awry.

"Or they might have been under the influence of the demonic beast that attacked earlier.

"Anyway, what matters most is that everyone is safe and alive in here." Sima Ye glanced at them in the tent and said.

Liu Shao and Heng nodded their heads.

They were still doubtful, but it might be possible to be what Sima Ye had said.

After all, they didn't have any counter evidence to it.

Meanwhile, Hong Hai had given Zhao Jia Rui a Restoration Pill, and her injuries were more or less healed.

"Jia Rui, tell us what happened." Sima Ye sat on a chair and said.

Zhao Jia Rui began to brief them on what had happened inside the cave.

"They wanted you as a bait?" Sima Ye mumbled to himself and tapped his fingers on the table while he pondered.

"I might be able to help." Lin Xuan Qi interjected and said, "I've seen the robbers that were captured earlier in the prison, and they seemed oddly calm, as if they were waiting for something."

"The robbers?" Sima Ye sat up straight and opened his eyes wide.

He had a hunch as to what Lee Yi Hong and Eunuch Xin were trying to do.

"Senior martial brother, should we kill them off before they do any damage?" Hong Hai asked.

"I think we need to have a word with Lee Zhen Ren first.

"In the meantime, keep track of where they are with the Qing Feng Tracking Mark." Sima Ye said.

"Yes, senior martial brother. I will make sure of it before the reinforcements arrive tomorrow." Hong Hai nodded his head and replied.

With everything settled, it was time to leave, and Sima Ye stood up.

Before he got out of the tent, Sima Ye gave Lin Xuan Qi a glance with his eyes narrowed.

Lin Xuan Qi gave him a nod back, but he wasn't sure what Sima Ye meant with the glance.

Did he know that something was up but decided to keep it a secret for him?

This thought went through his mind, but Lin Xuan Qi couldn't be sure.

He could only try and not use his Five-Element Qi going forward.

It was a dire situation earlier, and he had no choice.

And it surprised him with how the Five-Element Qi worked with the turtle shell artifact, boosting the power of the turtle shell by many folds.

The Daoist Five-Element Cultivation Techniques was better than he had thought.

He decided to spend more time and effort on it after this scare.

He had always believed that the best way to survive was to become strong and powerful yourself.

"It's alright." Lin Xuan Qi said and glanced at Xue Cong and the others.

Xue Cong, Yue Jie, and Yue Xin had teary eyes, and they nodded their heads vigorously.

They had thought that their lives were going to be over.

And they felt helpless when they weren't able to help him survive.

It was not a feeling they would want to go through again.

Liu Shi Shi quietly kept her belt sword.

She too felt the sense of helplessness...

What's the use of being a martial art fighter when you can't go against cultivators?

She glanced at Lin Xuan Qi and felt a sense of guilt for not being able to do something as his security team lead.

"It's alright now. Uncle Sima Ye will take care of the rest." Sima Long, who was holding onto Zhang Jie's shivering body, tried to comfort her.

Zhang Jie lifted her head and said, "It was so close."

Sima Long patted on her back and said, "I know. Calm yourself down, I heard being too anxious is bad for the child."

It worked using their child to let her calm down.

Zhang Jie after taking in a few deep breaths stopped shivering and she was able to sit up straight without the support of her husband.

"Everyone, get ready to go back!" Sima Long shouted and the servants got to work.

He was eager to go back to the safety of the Sima Family Mansion.

It was the same for Liu Shao and Lin Xuan Qi.

The guards helped them back onto their horse carriages, and they drove off immediately, leaving everything else behind.

Inside his horse carriage, Lin Xuan Qi kept quiet along the way back.

Xue Cong and the others also did the same.

All they did was look out from the windows of the horse carriage.

Trot.

The monotonous rhythm from the horse hooves slowly calmed their minds.

And with it, the vast and greenery outside of the window slowly turned into the familiar busy streets of Hong Feng City.

The chatters from the pedestrians sounded like chants for safety to them.

Finally, the horse carriage stopped, and the familiar voice of the guards greeted Lin Xuan Qi.

"Welcome back, Master Lin."

Lin Xuan Qi stepped out of the horse carriage and gave out a long sigh.

It sure felt great to be back at the mansion.

With the system's reward of being invincible inside the compounds of the mansion, nowhere else in this world can give him this sense of safety.

"Be careful, watch your steps." He turned back, held onto Xue Cong's hand while she stepped out of the horse carriage and down the ladder.

"Thanks, Master Lin." It was the first time he did something like this and she was surprised.

The same thing happened for Yue Jie, Yue Xin, and even Liu Shi Shi.

He didn't think much about it.

It felt natural for him to do so after what they'd gone through.

And it got him treasuring them more, after knowing how they prioritized his escape over their own lives.

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