"I'll help you."

Chen Xiao said casually.

Su Mei'nan stared blankly at Chen Xiao for a few seconds before shouting, "What did you say? You'll help me?"

Judging by her reaction, she initially didn't understand what he meant.

"Yes."

Chen Xiao nodded. "But you have to promise me one condition. After I help you take revenge, you have to be my follower."

In the Immortal Hidden World, Chen Xiao was unfamiliar with everything, so he wanted to find a guide. This little girl, who seemed clever but was actually naive and burdened with a great vendetta for the destruction of her family, seemed like a good choice.

However, Su Mei'nan misunderstood. She reflexively covered her chest. "What do you want to do to me?"

"Just a simple follower. Once I'm done with my affairs in the Immortal Hidden World, I'll give you your freedom back... Maybe it won't even take that long," Chen Xiao said calmly.

"What do you mean by finishing things in the Immortal Hidden World? You're acting like some big shot... Besides, why should I believe you can help me take revenge? You're stronger than me, that's true, but can you take down the entire True Martial Sect all by yourself? I don't believe it!"

Su Mei'nan curled her lips, her contempt almost written on her face.

"You don't have to believe me, as long as you admit you're a coward who doesn't dare to avenge your family."

"Who says I don't dare!"

Chen Xiao hooked the little beggar with just one sentence.

"Humph, since you want to die, I'll go with you... But if you want me to agree to your condition, you have to do one thing first!"

"Help me get our family's spirit stone mine back, and I'll accept your condition!"

Su Mei'nan wanted to test Chen Xiao's strength.

Chen Xiao thought it was reasonable and agreed. "Deal. Where is the spirit stone mine? Take me there now!"

"Now? Don't you need to prepare?" Su Mei'nan asked.

"A bunch of Jindan (Golden Core) and Yuanying (Nascent Soul) weaklings? What's there to prepare? Hurry up and lead the way. Don't waste time," Chen Xiao urged impatiently.

Su Mei'nan's face fell. Who was he calling a weakling!

But she didn't retort. She thought to herself, just keep bragging. What will you do when the Li family deals with you? Anyway, I have plenty of ways to escape!

Su Mei'nan played it safe.

The two took advantage of the night and headed straight for the spirit stone mine outside the city.

On the way, Chen Xiao asked Su Mei'nan a question: "Why are there so many ordinary people in True Martial Town?"

Su Mei'nan looked at Chen Xiao curiously and asked, "Isn't this normal? What else would it be?"

"I thought the Immortal Hidden World was full of cultivators and experts, at least in the Yuanying (Nascent Soul) realm." Chen Xiao said.

Su Mei'nan's expression changed. "Who exactly are you? Are you not from the Immortal Hidden World?"

"Well, I'm from the outside, what you call the secular world."

They would be spending some time together, and Chen Xiao would inevitably ask Su Mei'nan questions he didn't know the answers to, so he didn't bother hiding his identity.

However, upon hearing his words, Su Mei'nan instantly froze and asked Chen Xiao in a daze, "You, who exactly are you?"

"Actually, I am..."

Just as Chen Xiao was about to announce himself, Su Mei'nan tentatively asked, "Could it be that you are the commoner from the secular world?"

"..."

Chen Xiao was speechless for a moment, then slowly said, "My name is Chen Xiao... Yes, that's right. I am the commoner from the secular world you speak of!"

"Heavens, it really is you!"

Su Mei'nan looked at Chen Xiao in disbelief. "You, you're really brave. I didn't expect you to actually dare to come to the Immortal Hidden World. Aren't you afraid of death at all?"

Chen Xiao was silent, refusing to answer the question. There was really nothing to say.

"I heard you're very strong, but after all, you're only strong in the secular world. This is the Immortal Hidden World, where experts are as common as clouds. Are you sure you really..."

Su Mei'nan seemed to have opened the door to a new world, chattering endlessly, as if Chen Xiao were an alien.

Chen Xiao was too lazy to pay attention to these idiotic questions and directly changed the subject. "Why don't we talk about what we were talking about before? Why are there so many ordinary people in the Immortal Hidden World?"

"Isn't this normal? Not everyone is suitable for cultivation. Since some people cultivate immortality, there must be ordinary people!"

"The idea that Yuanying (Nascent Soul) cultivators are everywhere only happens in large and medium-sized sects. In some small sects, the Yuanying realm is already the backbone. For example, the sect I belong to, the Sleeves-Tucked-In Sect, the sect leader's realm is only the Huashen (Transformation Spirit) realm."

After hearing Su Mei'nan's explanation, Chen Xiao believed what Qinglian Daoshou (Reverend Qinglian) had said. Qinglian said that the Heavenly Lotus Sect was a medium-sized sect.

If compared to this Sleeves-Tucked-In Sect, the Heavenly Lotus Sect was indeed a medium-sized sect.

"Actually, when the human cultivators avoided the world and hid in the Immortal Hidden World, they took away many civilians. In the past five hundred years, they have absorbed many civilians from the secular world, so there are still many civilians in the Immortal Hidden World."

"They are the soil. Some of their descendants with good talent will be recruited into the sect for training, like that Li Beiwu."

"When one person attains the Dao, all their pets ascend to heaven. The entire Li family has become powerful. You have to know that in the past, the Li family in True Martial Town wasn't even worthy of carrying shoes for our Su family..."

Su Mei'nan babbled on, showing off her erudition as a native of the Immortal Hidden World.

And she very naturally separated herself from the ranks of ordinary people. She was clearly just a small Jindan (Golden Core) cultivator...

However, this information was indeed novel to Chen Xiao. The people he had met before had never told him about these things.

Thinking about it, that made sense. The lives of ordinary people, no matter in which world, were the part that was ignored.

"What is the strength of this True Martial Sect? What is the level of the disciples in the sect?" Chen Xiao asked.

"True Martial Sect? Saying it will scare you to death!"

Su Mei'nan said with an exaggerated expression, "The True Martial Sect has three Huaxu (Transformation Void) realm experts, more than a dozen Shenhai (Divine Sea) realm experts, and as for Huashen (Transformation Spirit) realm experts, they are as numerous as the hairs on an ox. Within a five-hundred-mile radius of True Martial Mountain, the True Martial Sect is the undisputed hegemon!"

Chen Xiao nodded slightly, so that's how it was.

Looking at it this way, the strength of this True Martial Sect was stronger than both the Heavenly Blood Sect and the Heavenly Lotus Sect... But only slightly stronger.

Huaxu (Transformation Void) realm cultivators were still not enough in Chen Xiao's eyes.

"Eh?"

At this moment, Su Mei'nan suddenly noticed something. "Why are you asking this?"

"Didn't I say that I would help you take revenge?" Chen Xiao said casually.

Su Mei'nan looked at Chen Xiao with the eyes of an idiot. "Are you crazy? Seek revenge against the True Martial Sect? I don't want to die. If you help me get rid of the Li family, that will be considered revenge. As for the True Martial Sect, it's best not to even think about it!"