While Xiao Bai and his companions were busy patrolling and checking for dangerous animals, in the mountains about eighty kilometers outside Xiaojia Village, a lean young man dressed in a black traditional Chinese robe, his long hair flowing freely, stood atop a massive pine tree, gazing into the distance. His skin was pure white, his long black hair fluttering in the breeze, the hem of his robe billowing and dancing in the air.
He stood steadily on the branch of a pine tree on the top of the mountain, holding a palm-sized flowerpot in one hand. In the pot was a bare red spider lily. When the wind blew, the flower swayed in the wind.
If Xiao Bai were here, she would recognize at a glance that this person was Murong An, who was temporarily living in her house. The black Republican-style robe he was wearing was specially made for him by Xiao's mother.
Ever since Murong An came to the Xiao family, Xiao's mother has rekindled her interest in making men's clothing. She makes beautiful clothes for Murong An in different ways every day, which makes Xiao Bai both jealous and happy. She is jealous because she is no longer her mother's cute little dress-up girl and no longer has beautiful custom-made clothes to wear. She is happy because Murong An looks so good in all kinds of clothes. She is so handsome that she can't help but hide in the corner to take pictures of him from various angles.
Murong An was standing on a huge pine tree on the top of the mountain. At the foot of the mountain in front of him was a long and narrow emerald green river. A gray mountain road meandered along the river. In the forest not far from the mountain road, he felt the breath of dark matter.
"It's time to feed you something. The dark core you gave me last time should have been digested long ago."
Murong An stroked the petals of the red spider lily in his hand. He could feel that the elf inside was still sleeping.
The next second, the figure on the branch disappeared and instantly appeared in the forest at the foot of the mountain where he was originally looking at.
This forest is close to the highway and can be reached by going up a mountain path. On the outskirts of the forest, near the junction of the highway, is a field planted with sweet potatoes, with lush green leaves of the sweet potato seedlings.
Suddenly, a black snake as thick as a wrist jumped out from the green sweet potato seedlings swaying in the wind, and attacked Murong An with its mouth wide open.
Murong An lightly moved his fingers on his free hand, and a white light flashed. The next moment, the black snake flying in the air immediately broke into two parts and fell to the ground. The broken snake was still bending and twisting, trying to get close to Murong An.
Murong An frowned, casually broke off a branch from a nearby tree, and used it to gently poke the black snake's head. He didn't want to use his sword to touch such a disgusting thing.
"No, that's right. After all, it's so low-level, it must have been contaminated not long ago." He sighed regretfully. It seemed that he needed to find more contaminated creatures, but the spiritual energy that could maintain his internal balance was limited. He had to hurry. In the next moment, he disappeared from the spot and rushed to the next place with the scent of dark matter.
Xiao Bai and the others didn't know that it was because of Murong An who diligently cleaned up the contaminated animals in front of them that most of the animals contaminated by dark matter were unable to enter the 50-kilometer range around Xiaojia Village, which also reduced a lot of their workload.
At this moment, in the Li family ancestral hall in the courtyard of Dongcheng, a deafening roar suddenly broke out.
"Li Ming! You bastard!"
Li Zhen, the current head of the Li family, who was wearing a green robe, had a long beard and a Taoist hairstyle, sat angrily on the mahogany sofa, slapping his hands on the mahogany table next to him. Even the lid of the blue and white porcelain teacup on the table was shaken off, spilling tea all over the table.
Li Ya blinked her narrow, long, almond-shaped eyes, and slightly wrinkled her slender, willow-shaped eyebrows. She stood up, her figure in the black cheongsam graceful and charming. She gracefully walked to the front of Patriarch Li, took out the handkerchief from her waist, wiped the tea on the mahogany table, poured boiling water into the cup again, gently put the lid on it, and then handed the cup to Patriarch Li and said:
"Uncle Li, don't be angry. It's not necessarily Li Ming who took the Ling'an Compass. Maybe it was another member of the family who took it. Children always want to play with new things they haven't seen before."
"Who else could it be but Li Ming?! He keeps popping into the ancestral hall. How can he play with the Ling'an Compass? What if something goes wrong? Besides, he's already in his twenties, not two or ten. Is he considered a child? Ah?! I'm so pissed!"
"Uncle Li, calm down. He sent me a message a few days ago saying he went camping in a mountain forest on the outskirts of Su City. I'll call him right now."
"Camping? In the suburbs of Su City? Why does he suddenly want to go to the mountains? Doesn't he always hate going into the mountains? I took him to visit a hermit in the mountains before, but he still didn't want to go. Could he have taken out a compass to show off and then followed the compass's instructions to go to the mountains?! Oh no! Call him and tell him to come back!"
"Uncle Li, is there any problem with following the instructions of the Ling'an Compass?" Li Ya asked doubtfully, "Doesn't the Ling'an Compass indicate places with abundant spiritual energy?"
Li Zhen paced back and forth in the living room anxiously.
"Hurry up and call! The Ling'an Compass is called Ling'an because it actually means Ling'an. Because Ling'an Compass doesn't sound good, and because of some taboos, they don't want to provoke dark creatures to covet it, so they changed its name to Ling'an Compass. The disc is engraved with scales, and there are two pointers in the middle, one white and one black. The white pointer represents spiritual energy, and the black pointer represents dark matter. If the white pointer moves, it is indeed pointing to a place with abundant spiritual energy. Following the direction of the pointer, you may find a spiritual core. But if the black pointer moves, it shows a place with abundant dark matter. Our ancestors invented these white and black pointers to find spiritual energy and avoid dark matter. If they follow the direction of the black pointer, it will be bad!"
Only then did Li Ya realize the seriousness of the matter and hurriedly took out her cell phone to call Li Ming.
“Beep, beep, beep…”
No one answered the phone for a long time, so she called the phone numbers of several other people who went with her, but no one answered either.
"There is really a problem now, otherwise no one's calls would be connected!" Li Ya said worriedly.
"Keep calling them every once in a while. Where was the last place they could be reached? Give me the location, and I'll contact the clan elders and have them send someone there. Hurry and arrange a vehicle and your belongings. Remember to bring some supplies with you."
"I'll arrange it right away." Li Ya said and hurried out.
"I hope we're not in any big trouble." Li Zhen sighed as he sat on the chair.
Hey, the descendants are all debts. It’s really not easy to be the patriarch. After thinking about it, he was still worried, so he took out his mobile phone and made a few calls.
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