"After all, you were a victim too. However, it's a fact that you saved us, and we should thank you for that."

"I'll go to the kitchen and tell the chef to prepare. You two sisters haven't seen each other in a long time, so why don't you play in the living room for a while?"

"Okay, thank you for your help, Sister Jiang Lu."

I then gave Xixi a mischievous grin: "Little rich girl, have you missed me in so long?"

I pounced on Xixi like a hungry tiger.

Xi Xi also grinned mischievously: "Hehe, you just found out I'm a rich woman? How about you offer yourself to me? I can take care of you!"

"Then I'd better take good care of this rich woman!"

After saying that, I stretched out my wicked little hand and touched Xixi's body.

Xixi was so flustered by my antics that her little face turned bright red.

Wu Shi covered his face and shook his head.

The day passed quickly. After dinner, they planned to stay overnight at Xixi's house and return to the Taoist temple early the next morning.

In my dream, that pure white world reappeared. This time, the pure white world was no longer quiet; instead, thunder roared.

A muffled clap of thunder sounded, and flames roared up from the ground.

What's going on?

This has never happened before. Could it be that I'm just too tired?

I can clearly feel that I am dreaming, because I still clearly remember how I looked when I fell asleep.

Early in the morning, Xixi also planned to hitch a ride, since she still had to go to school.

Seeing Xixi like this, I also feel nostalgic for my school days, especially my high school days.

But youth can never be returned to the past, and we eventually drift further and further apart on our own paths.

After a few days of rest, the Taoists, together with the demons of Pingtian Pavilion and the Buddhists, jointly organized a search operation.

The goal is to find the hidden drought demon and completely destroy it before the seeds grow into towering trees.

The number of people mobilized was also quite terrifying, with the total number of people from all organizations reaching tens of thousands, not including those who would be involved in the battle.

It is evident that the Taoists attach great importance to this matter of the drought demon, as it is a major event that can affect the entire human world.

We haven't been idle these past few days, preparing a full array of talismans, medicines, and other such items.

The Heaven and Earth Church is a powerful force; even a siege of tens of thousands of people might not be able to wipe it out completely.

We have been on standby at the Shanghai Taoist Association, ready to go to the front lines at any time.

The association received countless battle reports, including various analytical data, on-site survey photos from various locations, and video materials.

Almost every place where there was a possibility of drought demons was inspected, and in the end, more than forty vague locations were confirmed.

Although there are many locations, that's not actually the case. In such a vast country, finding and narrowing down the search to less than a hundred places already requires an immense amount of manpower and resources!