After transmigrating, I cultivated immortality by smelling the scent.

Soon, Ye Xiaobai and the others followed Xiaolin into the private room that had been arranged for them.

Ye Xiaobai took out some herbs with a distinctive scent and tossed them into a corner of the private room. Then he complained to Xiaolin, "Xiaolin, this private room isn't cleaned properly. Why does it smell so strange?"

Xiao Lin was immediately alarmed. This private room was usually spotless, so how could there be a strange smell? He quickly got up and sniffed around, and sure enough, he found an unpleasant odor.

"I'm so sorry, Chef Ye, I'll change your room right away. It must have been one of the servants who was slacking off while cleaning! I'll definitely give the person in charge of cleaning this private room a good talking-to when I get down here!" Xiao Lin quickly explained.

"Senior Brother Ye, how about this room? We can just have someone tidy it up, right?" Chen Ling suggested, not wanting to trouble Xiao Lin to rearrange the private room.

"Then if you feel unwell while eating later, don't ask Xiaolin to switch with you again?" Ye Xiaobai asked back.

"Okay, let's change rooms!" Chen Ling said helplessly, feeling uncomfortable in the surroundings when she didn't want to eat.

"Yes, yes, let's change rooms, this way!" Xiao Lin said, leading Ye Xiaobai and the others out of the strangely smelled private room to find a new one.

Taking this opportunity, Ye Xiaobai specially guided Xiaolin to arrange a room next to the private room of the Qingyun Sect female cultivator, so that Ye Xiaobai could also see what secrets these Qingyun Sect cultivators had.

The private rooms at Xiaoyao Restaurant are all equipped with soundproofing barriers, as is the case in most large restaurants. However, since the market area is usually frequented by outer sect disciples, these soundproofing barriers can only block the detection of Qi Refining stage cultivators.

Ye Xiaobai thought he could use his mid-Foundation Establishment strength to eavesdrop, but he soon discovered that there was an additional restriction next door. Ye Xiaobai guessed that it might have been a restriction specially set up by a Core Formation cultivator who was traveling with him.

To avoid alerting the enemy, Ye Xiaobai had no choice but to move to the doorway, where he could at least observe who was coming and going next door.

Chen Ling watched Ye Xiaobai pacing back and forth suspiciously, and asked curiously, "Senior Brother Ye, what's wrong with you? Why are you pacing back and forth like that?"

"Shh! Keep your voice down! I'll explain later!" Ye Xiaobai immediately told Chen Ling to keep her voice down so as not to attract the attention of the neighbors.

"Oh." Chen Ling realized something was wrong and stopped asking questions.

A moment later, Ye Xiaobai smelled a familiar scent, which greatly shocked him, because he had entered the next private room.

This person was none other than Zhao Dequan, who had previously targeted Ye Xiaobai; it was unexpected that he was from the Zhao family.

There were three people inside. Although Ye Xiaobai couldn't hear what they were talking about, he felt that they were probably plotting something bad.

Especially given the tense relationship between the Qingyun Sect and the Baihu Sect, they actually met secretly.

Just as Ye Xiaobai was pondering what Zhao Dequan and the people from the Qingyun Sect would discuss, a familiar figure arrived, this time specifically for Ye Xiaobai's private room.

This person was Li Minghan, the manager of Xiaoyao Restaurant, who also brought along the delicacies arranged by Xiaolin.

Upon entering, Ye Xiaobai, for safety reasons, still set up a soundproof barrier.

"Uncle Li, it's been a long time. How have you been lately?" Ye Xiaobai asked happily.

Looking at Ye Xiaobai, who was in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, Li Minghan was momentarily nervous and stammered with a serious expression, "Senior Ye!"

"Uncle Li, what are you talking about?" Ye Xiaobai was taken aback. Why did Uncle Li seem so unfamiliar to him after not seeing him for a while?

Ye Xiaobai was starting to doubt whether this person was Li Minghan, but as far as the scent was concerned, there was no problem with it; Ye Xiaobai wouldn't mistake him.

Just as Ye Xiaobai was filled with doubt, Li Minghan finally couldn't help but come out with a smile.

"Ha ha!"

Ye Xiaobai immediately understood; it must have been Li Xinyan who made Li Minghan shout.

"Uncle Li, did Senior Sister Li ask you to play a trick on me?" Ye Xiaobai asked.

"Haha, yes, Xiaobai, that girl forced me to do it!" Li Minghan quickly explained.

"I'll just say it!"

"Alright, you rarely come here, look what delicious food I brought for you!" Li Minghan quickly changed the subject to food.

"What delicious food is there?" Chen Ling asked excitedly as soon as she heard about food.

"Spicy twice-cooked pork, Mapo tofu, braised chicken, and our newly developed Cuiyun Yi Huo Peng Ling Luan!"

"What is 'Cuiyun Yihuo Cooking Spirit Egg'?" Ye Xiaobai asked curiously.

"It's just stir-fried green peppers and eggs!" Li Minghan said casually.

"Hahaha!"

Everyone immediately smiled knowingly.

"What? I want to try it!" Chen Ling was already enjoying the delicious food on the table.

Next, Ye Xiaobai and Li Minghan chatted about the recent situation at Xiaoyao Restaurant.

According to Li Minghan, due to the recent tensions between the Qingyun Sect and the Baihu Sect, the outer disciples have had more tasks on a regular basis, so they naturally have less time to dine at restaurants.

Although I don't earn as much as before, I can still make ends meet.

Li Minghan also remarked that business might improve once the conflict between the Qingyun Sect and the White Tiger Sect ended.

Ye Xiaobai naturally knew that this matter wouldn't be so easy.

Li Minghan's cultivation level remained unchanged at the sixth level of Qi Refining. Ye Xiaobai then gave him some pills for the Qi Refining stage, such as high-grade Qi Refining Powder, hoping to help him improve his cultivation.

Of course, he also brought some Foundation Establishment stage pills, Guiyuan Pills, and asked Li Minghan to give them to Li Xinyan when he had the chance, as he forgot to give them to her when he returned to the sect last time.

Happy times always pass too quickly. Before they knew it, they had finished chatting and Chen Ling had finished eating.

Ye Xiaobai almost forgot about the important matter, but since the neighboring house had set up a soundproof barrier, there was nothing Ye Xiaobai could do but comfort himself with this thought.

When they saw Li Minghan off, they learned by chance that the guests next door had already left.

Ye Xiaobai felt a pang of regret, as he hadn't gathered any other useful information. He wanted to report back to the sect elders, but he didn't have any evidence at the moment, and no one would believe him if he only said that Zhao Dequan had been in contact with cultivators from the Qingyun Sect.

You can't exactly say you smelled both of them and went into the same private room; who would believe that?

Thinking about this, Ye Xiaobai didn't know what to do for a moment, and sat down blankly with a depressed expression.

"Senior Brother Ye, did you not eat well? Shall I order some more for you?" Chen Ling looked at Ye Xiaobai's depressed expression and assumed that she had eaten too much and Ye Xiaobai was upset because he hadn't eaten much.

"No need, I'm done eating. What about you?" Ye Xiaobai quickly composed herself and said with a smile.

"My stomach is already bulging!" Chen Ling said, patting her belly.

"Let's go back then, we've already given them the spirit stones!" Ye Xiaobai thought it best to go back first.

"Let's go then!"

Ye Xiaobai decided to talk to the elders in the sect when he got back. At this moment, Ye Xiaobai suddenly realized that he was not very familiar with the elders of Lingdan Peak. So, he told Liu Cheng about the general situation, since his master Zhou Wenlei was a Core Formation cultivator from Lingyun Peak.

Ye Xiaobai mentioned that someone named Zhao Dequan had been in contact with cultivators from the Qingyun Sect, and hoped that the sect elders would pay attention to Zhao Dequan. Liu Cheng naturally believed what Ye Xiaobai said.

In the future, any urgent matters can be reported to the sect leader of Lingyun Peak through Elder Zhou.