Just as Zuo Qingya was about to enter the city, she seemed to sense something and looked in the direction she was looking.
Then he saw Zuo Haijia walking towards him.
Zuo Qingya ran over in surprise.
"Mom, why are you only coming back now! I've been waiting for you for so long."
Zuo Haijia smiled and patted Zuo Qingya's head: "Not bad, you've reached the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment." Then she looked at Zuo Qingya's arms.
"Oh...it's you, Little White Tiger."
"Awoo awoo..." (Yes, that's me.)
"Since it's become Xiaoya's spirit pet, it'll stay with Xiaoya from now on!"
"Mom, where did you go? Are you done with your business?"
Zuo Haijia nodded: "It's done."
"Will you still leave?"
Zuo Haijia smiled: "Not for now."
"Temporarily? Then I guess I'll have to leave!"
"Hmm... I'll take you with me next time."
Upon hearing Zuo Haijia's words, Zuo Qingya was immediately delighted: "Really?"
"Yes... really."
Zuo Qingya followed Zuo Haijia into the city. Zuo Haijia led Zuo Qingya through the third and second districts and went straight into the first district. This was because Zuo Haijia's current identity was that of a high-level superhuman, and Zuo Qingya was just a follower.
"Mom, do you live here?"
"Um……"
"This is Zone One! Mom, are you a high-level superhuman?"
I guess so!
"How so?"
“Cultivators are also superhumans! Superhumans’ abilities are the same as our spiritual roots, only they take different paths. Superhumans absorb crystal cores, while cultivators absorb spiritual energy. Crystal cores and spiritual energy are the same substance, one is a condensed crystal, and the other is an outward-dispersing gas.”
"Oh, I see. Mom, does that mean I can also cultivate using crystal cores?"
"Yes, but don't absorb too many crystal cores. Although crystal cores are easy to absorb, they also contain a lot of impurities. You might easily go berserk if you're not careful."
"Then...aren't those superhumans who cultivate by absorbing crystal cores doomed?"
"It's alright, these things will be resolved in the future."
"All right."
Zuo Qingya never expected that she would be living in a villa in District 1. The environment was quite nice, and there was a cleaning lady sweeping the floor every day. It was practically the same as before the disaster. Zuo Qingya had been in the city for so long, but she had never even strolled around the city streets! She had always gone out with the group to pull weeds, and then, after the small general store appeared, she would go out to collect garbage and then sell the garbage to exchange for nutrient solution. Otherwise, she was a homebody and used to being alone. She felt that it was just so-so and there was no need to go out.
With Zuo Haijia by her side, Zuo Qingya was still quite willing to go shopping. Basically, Zuo Haijia did the picking out the items, while she just followed along, helping to carry things, which was quite nice of her.
Zuo Qingya was genuinely shocked when she saw the price of the greens: 10 primary crystal cores for a small bunch of greens? Are greens really this expensive now? Who can afford to eat that? Thinking about it, Zuo Qingya decided she should put cabbages on the shelves.
"Boss, this bunch of bok choy is way too expensive!"
"Beautiful lady, this isn't expensive at all, it's already very cheap. I usually sell it for 12 crystal cores a handful. Beautiful lady, you need to know that right now only vegetables grown by wood-type ability users are edible. You wouldn't dare eat vegetables grown by others, would you? What if you get poisoned, right?"
"Boss, even if it's rare, it shouldn't be this expensive, right?"
"Miss, eating vegetables is a luxury these days, of course it's expensive!" The stall owner said, sounding a little impatient. "If you want to buy, hurry up and don't stand here, you're affecting my business."
Seeing this, Zuo Qingya wisely walked away.
We continued shopping with Zuo Haijia. Zuo Haijia is really good at shopping; she buys everything she likes or needs.
Zuo Qingya was carrying it from behind, almost on her back.
There are just too many.
Finally, Zuo Qingya reached the end of the street and breathed a sigh of relief.
"We're finally done shopping, Mom, let's go home!"
"good."
Carrying her things back to the villa, Zuo Qingya immediately lay down on the sofa, not wanting to move at all.
Zuo Haijia was delighted and went to the kitchen to cook.
"It's so good to have Mom here, and there's good food again." Zuo Qingya licked her lips as she spoke. For the past few months, it's been nothing but nutrient solution, it's almost become boring.
Zuo Qingya opened her backpack and let Hu Zi out.
As soon as Tiger came out, he started wandering around the villa, taking a look at his new home.
Zuo Qingya turned on the TV and started watching, waiting for Zuo Haijia to finish cooking.
"How wonderful!"
Zuo Qingya sat at the dining table, looking at the food that Zuo Haijia had brought out, her mouth watering.
Giant lobsters, hairy crabs, giant abalone...
"Mom, where did you get all this seafood? There's so much! Can we finish it all?"
"Where did it come from? It was caught in the sea, of course. You can't finish it all? Tiger's here, right? You can give it to him!"
"Hehe...that's true."
"Tiger, you're in luck, eat more."
"Mom, did you go to the beach?"
"Um……"
"How is the beach now? I heard that people living by the sea evacuated a long time ago because of this disaster."
Zuo Haijia nodded: "Hmm... When I went there, the beach was full of trash, and everyone had already left."
"Oh, Mom, are you going to the beach specifically to catch seafood? Isn't it dangerous? There are so many mutated creatures now, won't there be a lot of mutated fish in the sea? Have you seen any mermaids?"
Zuo Haijia tapped Zuo Qingya's head with her chopsticks: "What are you thinking? The fish and shrimp in the sea have all mutated now, and there are few positively mutated ones. I don't have the luck to catch any positively mutated fish or shrimp. I got all this seafood from a cold storage."
Zuo Qingya, holding a crab leg, looked at Zuo Haijia and examined the jewelry Zuo Haijia was wearing, saying, "Mom, do you have a spatial ability?"
"Um……"
Can it keep food fresh?
"Can."
"Mom, where is your space?" Zuo Qingya asked, starting to look for anything unusual about Zuo Haijia, wanting to know where the medium for her space was.
Zuo Haijia chuckled, "My space is bound to my soul, so don't bother looking for it."
"All right."
"Mom, actually, I also have a space."
Zuo Haijia nodded: "I know."
"Uh??? Okay!"
"So, Mom, you know I have a system inside me now!"
Zuo Haijia nodded: "I know."
"Well???"
After the meal, Zuo Haijia gave Zuo Qingya several pills and told her to start cultivating quickly.
"Huh??? Mom, what kind of pill is this?"
"Azure Nether Elixir"
"What's it for?"
"It's for advancing your cultivation level, hurry up."
"Alright." Zuo Qingya resigned herself to her fate and went to her room to cultivate.
Zuo Qingya swallowed a Qingming Spirit Pill and immediately felt a surge of spiritual energy spreading through her body. She lay down in a cultivation posture and began to absorb the spiritual energy.
Zuo Qingya felt that this was the most enjoyable time she had ever absorbed spiritual energy, because every time she cultivated, Zuo Qingya always felt that she didn't have enough spiritual energy and that she could need more.
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