Uh, that sounds a bit unsafe.

After all, in terms of numbers, they are far inferior to the State of Lu.

If King Lu knew that they were mining to expand their military, he would definitely fight over it.

At that time, their people will only face certain death.

Her mind was full of thoughts, but in the end, it all boiled down to four words.

"Better safe than sorry."

Qin Susu was dozing off on horseback when, without warning, her body tilted to the side, startling her awake.

"Why haven't they arrived yet?"

"We just left the mining area." Qiu Yan dismounted and rode with Qin Susu, giving her own horse to Ling Ba.

As they walked, they arrived at the town.

The nights here are lively and cheerful, with many things they've never seen before.

Unfortunately, Qiu Yan and the others were too tired. Even Qin Susu didn't have the energy to go shopping. Qiu Yan only bought some writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones.

These were purchased, of course, to teach Vera Chinese.

After all, that group of people had saved her and Qin Susu's lives.

The life-saving grace could not be repaid with just a whole roasted lamb.

They went to the inn, booked three guest rooms, and then went back to their respective rooms.

After taking a shower, Qiu Yan felt relaxed and fell asleep immediately...

Upon arriving in this foreign land, all she wanted to do was sleep.

She thought she would sleep until late morning, but she woke up at the crack of dawn.

Her unchanging biological clock was all formed during her time in the military.

Meanwhile, Qin Susu's door was locked from the inside, and she was still fast asleep.

Knowing she was sleepy, Qiu Yan let her sleep and went downstairs to the second floor.

Vera and Ling Ba were sitting face to face, seemingly talking about something.

How did these two end up sitting together?

"Xiao Yan, you're awake." Ling Ba noticed Qiu Yan immediately. Vera turned her head and smiled brightly at her.

Vera didn't see Qiu Yan return to the inn yesterday, and thought that if they didn't see her again in a day or two, they would set off to leave.

After all, they had only known each other for a few days, and even if he wanted to learn Chinese, he couldn't force him.

To his surprise, he saw the figure of the Central Plains man at the inn early this morning. Thinking of the companion Qiu Yan was looking for, he went up to ask him.

This led to the scene that Qiu Yan witnessed.

"Xiaoyan, do you know this monk?"

Ling Ba was filled with curiosity about Vera.

The reason is not only because of his identity as a foreign mage.

And the person he was looking for turned out to be Xiao Yan.

“We met in the desert, and it was Master Vera and his companions who helped us,” Qiu Yan said as she walked down from the second floor.

After hearing this, Ling Ba's gaze towards Vera became respectful.

He stood up and bowed deeply to Vera.

"Many thanks to Master Vera for her generous help. Ling Ba thanks you again on behalf of Xiao Yan."

Vera was amused by his appearance and said in his broken Chinese, "You're welcome."

Is this how Han Chinese people greet each other?

Because of Qiu Yan, he was forced to have a Chinese name, Vera.

That sounds good. From now on, let's call him Vera.

At this moment, Qiu Yan had already sat down beside the two of them.

“Master Vera, reviewing the old helps us learn the new. Today, let’s review yesterday’s content. Write ten Chinese characters from memory. According to our Han Chinese custom, if you get one wrong, you will be hit on the palm of your hand.”

Master Vera was very serious, but quite interesting. Qiu Yan found this foreign monk to be quite amusing.