"I should need about three days."

Seeing that Xiao Shou had no intention of speaking first, Xiahou Bo stated his answer.

After that, he asked, "May I ask how many people Chen brothers can bring into the secret realm? If possible, I would also like to bring a few guards."

"With my current ability, bringing up to ten people is not a problem. The issue is the cultivation level of the City Lord’s guards. If they are not at the Foundation Establishment stage, they will only be a burden. I only brought Qingzhi because he is familiar with the terrain and his eyes ability improved after being tempered by the fog. Otherwise, I would not have brought him."

Chen Zhiyi said with a serious expression.

When Xiahou Bo heard this, he paused slightly.

After he thought it over, he nodded in agreement.

Xiao Shou waited until they stopped speaking, then gave his own answer.

In any case, once Young’er arrived, they would all meet him anyway.

There was no harm in speaking honestly.

Young’er already knew he had been "coaxing" them into this.

"I will wait until my person arrives before confirming the time. I cannot determine the exact timing yet."

"Then we will wait and see."

Since Senior Xiao had invited someone, this trip into the secret realm would definitely be much safer.

No one knew how many people Senior Xiao had invited.

With his people present, entering and leaving that sea area would certainly be safer.

However, Penglai Immortal Isle still could not be underestimated.

As for possible conflicts over treasures inside the secret realm, Xiahou Bo and the Chen brothers did not doubt Xiao Shou at all.

In their eyes, he was a warm-hearted and kind Nascent Soul cultivator.

How could he possibly do such things?

After the discussion of serious matters ended, Xiao Shou took his leave first, since the others still needed to remove their spiritual needles and recover from their injuries. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Not long after he left the study, Chen Yufei slipped in from behind and quickly ran to Xiao Shou’s side.

She grabbed his arm and gently shook it, his cute face full of sincere gratitude.

"Senior Xiao, thank you for saving me again, and for avenging Rourou. Rourou asked me to bow to you on her behalf."

After saying that, she released his hand and, before Xiao Shou could react, she knelt down respectfully and knocked her head once.

Finally snapping back to reality, Xiao Shou reached out to help her up.

But Chen Yufei smiled and dodged his hand, then bowed again before standing up.

"This second bow is from me. Thank you for going to such trouble to save me."

"It was not much trouble, just a bit wasteful."

Xiao Shou thought of the resources used to kill Xiang Yu.

Seeing Chen Yufei’s confused expression, his fox-like eyes narrowed slightly and he did not continue speaking.

Seeing that he had stopped talking, Chen Yufei hesitated for a moment before asking cautiously, "I wonder if what Senior Xiao said a few days ago still counts?"

"I can’t remember what I said." Xiao Shou really could not recall what promise he had made to Chen Yufei.

Chen Yufei puffed her cheeks and said, "It’s about you saying you would take me into your sect, Senior Xiao."

"Oh, that. Of course it still counts."

Only after Xiao Shou said this did he suddenly remember the slightly distorted expression his disciple had shown last night after hearing about Chen Yufei and Su Rourou.

He could not help but feel a little guilty.

He thought to himself that he would need to properly coax his disciple later.

Children in this world were no different from those in his previous life.

They were all easily jealous and did not like their elders showing affection to others.

Seeing Xiao Shou agree, Chen Yufei became excited and said, "Then when you take Rourou away, please take me too. I also want to cultivate properly and become stronger. I don’t want to be at the mercy of others anymore."

"Did your brothers agree to this?" Xiao Shou asked softly.

After learning that his disciple had brought back those people to Snowy Cave Mountain, Xiao Shou was no longer as eager to recruit disciples.

So he did not immediately agree, but instead wanted to know whether this was Chen Yufei’s own idea or if the Chen brothers also approved.

Chen Yufei nodded, though her excitement dimmed a little.

"My eldest and second brother both agreed. Their injuries will heal soon, so I don’t have anything to worry about. Even though I will miss them, if I don’t cultivate properly, I might end up dying before them one day and make them sad. It’s better to cultivate well and live longer. There will always be a chance to meet again in the future. Senior Xiao Shou, am I being a bit foolish?"

"No. Not at all. You’ve simply grown up." Xiao Shou gently patted her head.

At that moment, he clearly realized that people really did grow after experiencing hardship.

In the study, Xiahou Bo looked at the Chen brothers with envy and said, "Congratulations that your younger sister can enter a sect to cultivate. If I had not promised my father, I would really want to ask Senior Xiao to take me in as well. I wonder if you two brothers will also go."

"Senior Xiao did not intend to take the two of us," Chen Qingzhi said while shaking his head.

He did not mention that Xiao Shou had originally been interested in Chen Yufei alone, because with Xiahou Bo’s intelligence, he would surely deduce the truth.

If word got out, it could bring trouble to Senior Xiao’s sect.

After that day, while waiting for Fu Young, Xiao Shou organized everything in his storage belt, sorting what needed sorting and refining what could be refined.

Only then did he realize that the miscellaneous items from killing Xiang Yu actually produced several useful things after being combined, which might come in handy later.

However, thinking about the Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators from the Penglai Immortal Isle, he could not help but feel a little more serious.