Su Chenhao was sweating bullets; he was really afraid that Qiao Xiaoni would just say a random name.

The peaceful day passed by, and Qiao Hainan stayed in the shop to sleep that night.

Qiao Xiaoshan had prepared a folding bed for him. The room was big enough to fit two beds.

Qiao Hainan touched his round belly, covered with a thick quilt, and instead of feeling wronged, he felt very comfortable.

"Xiaoshan, your third uncle is really happy today. He's finally living the life he's always wanted. He can eat meat to his heart's content and even make money."

Qiao Xiaoshan laughed, threw off the covers, and lay down in bed: "Third Uncle, your goals are too modest. You should be thinking about making more money to buy a house nearby and live in the town from now on."

Life in the village is suitable for us, but not for the children. For their future development, you should work even harder.

“You’re right, kid.” Qiao Hainan’s eyes lit up: “I should earn more money to buy a house here and live here from now on.”

Qiao Xiaoshan took out his elementary school Chinese textbook from under the bed: "Third Uncle, can you read? If you can't read, you'll definitely suffer in the future."

I'm learning to read now, and I've almost mastered arithmetic. From now on, I'll be in charge of the store's accounts. If you want to open a store, you'll have to learn arithmetic too.

Otherwise, if the accounts aren't clear, would you feel comfortable entrusting them to outsiders?

Qiao Hainan sat up: "Hmm, you know a lot, kid. I'll learn to read from you first, and then I'll learn arithmetic from you."

If there's anything I don't understand, I'll ask you. You can't find your third uncle troublesome!

"Just study hard. I have a book here. Ask me if you don't know any words." Qiao Xiaoshan tossed over the Chinese textbook he had just started learning.

Qiao Hainan took the book with both hands and began to study it carefully. He needed to learn to recognize characters and do arithmetic. Now he regretted it. When he was a child, Qiao Sunshi made him go to school, but he thought it was too tiring and often skipped classes. Later, he simply stopped going to school and spent his time catching birds in the mountains. If he had known he would need it later, he shouldn't have been so lazy back then.

...

After everyone had gone to sleep, Qiao Xiaoni and Su Chenhao packed their things and set off. Their destination was the mountains; they wanted to see how much gold and stone was hidden within. If possible, they planned to collect some and store it in their spatial storage.

Through recent cultivation, he was able to grow larger and carried them all the way to their destination.

The golden python descended from his neck and transformed back to its former form in a series of actions.

Jin Mang finally recognized him: "It was you! It was you!" Thinking of the fight they had fought before, he realized he had almost lost and was still thinking about him.

She felt a sense of familiarity when they first met, but she didn't think about it in that way.

Momo said, "My cultivation hadn't recovered at the time, which is why I almost fell for your trick."

The golden python trembled violently. Why did it have to say it aloud when it was already guessed? Now things were really messed up; how were they going to handle the situation?

He silently thought to himself, "The past is past. Since you've chosen to stay, then you'd better perform well."

"Yes!" the golden python replied telepathically.

"Don't tell them what happened before, not a single person." She silently instructed through gritted teeth.

"Yes!" Only then did the golden python understand what the divine beast lord was trying to do. It turned out he didn't want them to know...

Through their conversation, Qiao Xiaoni learned that they knew each other before, and that their relationship was one of those that blossomed from a misunderstanding. There was definitely a story behind it, but now wasn't the time to find out. Looking at the towering mountain before them, they felt an overwhelming sense of unfamiliarity. They had been up mountains before, but had never seen this particular one before.