After returning to the mansion in the evening, Li Mai, Zhou Tao, and Zhou Quan washed up and then had dinner.
Yun Chang, Chu Yan, and Zhong Hui also came over, and the group ate in the main hall of the courtyard.
After finishing their meal, the group went up to the wall separating the two mansions to see where it would be appropriate to open a small door connecting them.
After looking around, they finally decided to open a moon gate next to the kitchen, install double doors, and move the stables to another location at the Li residence.
When Yun Chang arrives, the door is opened; when Yun Chang is not there, the door is locked.
After confirming this, Li Mai called his two apprentices to the pavilion in the outer courtyard and taught them a set of sword techniques.
Seeing this, Yun Chang and Zhou Quan each grabbed a wooden stick and followed suit.
Zhou Lei and Zhuzhu glanced at it from the side, and they wanted to learn too.
So, Li Mai's teaching of two apprentices turned into teaching a group of people, which naturally slowed down the progress considerably.
That night, when it was time to rest at 9 PM, Li Mai had only taught five moves of the sword technique.
However, the group of students were thoroughly enjoying their studies.
After resting that night, Zhou Quan put his arm around his wife and asked, "Xiaomai, when did you learn this sword technique?"
Li Mai waved her hand, and a book appeared in her hand. "It's from a box in my space. I forgot where I picked it up during the apocalypse. When I had time, I practiced with it and thought it was quite good, so I decided to teach it to my apprentices. So I can say that I didn't waste my time being their master."
"What other good stuff do you have in your box?" Zhou Quan asked with a chuckle.
"Come on, I'll take you to see it." With a thought, Li Mai led him into the space.
After Zhou Tao moved in, Zhu Zhu stopped living with her parents and went back to live with Zhou Tao.
In her parents' room, she had to sleep alone on a soft couch, but she felt it was better to sleep with her aunt.
The couple sat down beside the box and began unpacking the items one by one.
To Li Mai's surprise, she discovered that there were actually more things in the box after she hadn't looked at it for a while.
"What's wrong? Is something missing?" Zhou Quan asked, noticing his expression.
“No, there’s something extra.” Li Mai said, picking up the silver pistol in her hand.
Last time, this gun wasn't in my case.
"Could it be that Azure Dragon?" Zhou Quan asked.
Ever since they learned that the Azure Dragon could disappear from the space, the couple only used this place as a storage space and never came in to sleep or do anything else.
The house that Zhou Quan built for Li Mai is almost finished.
They plan to come in and sleep inside the house once it's finished, with a bolt on the door.
Li Mai looked at it once, but she didn't know whether it was a special power gun or a regular gun. She didn't dare to fire it casually because she couldn't feel any special power or spiritual energy fluctuations when she touched the gun.
"Never mind, let's leave it aside for now. Look at these things of mine; you should recognize them all." Li Mai smiled and told him to look for himself.
Zhou Quan looked at them one by one, nodded, and sighed, "Yes, I recognize them all, but they all feel so unfamiliar now."
After all, he was born and raised here, and he was too familiar with this world. Even now that he has fully regained his memories of his past life, it already feels very distant.
In this life, he chose not to awaken his water-based spiritual root, so his supernatural abilities are now below Li Mai's.
Those who possess water-attribute superpowers also possess ice-attribute dark superpowers, making water-based superpowers the most powerful among the five types of superpowers.
When he saw the gas mask, he chuckled, “I’ve seen you wear this before.”
In his awakened memories, there was an image of Li Mai wearing this thing.
Li Mai nodded and hummed in agreement.
Zhou Quan stared at her for a moment, then looked down at something else.
He never told Li Mai that after his death, he turned into a ghost and followed her for more than two years.
He was afraid that if he told Li Mai, she would be even more heartbroken.
He knew she loved him, and that was enough. And it was only during the two years he spent by her side that he fell in love with her.
In the past, he only felt loneliness and solitude in the world, but he did not know how to love or what it felt like to love someone or be loved by someone.
A box of firearms, a box of books, a box of treasures collected by Li Mai.
Compared to those firearms and treasures, Zhou Quan preferred the box of books.
There were many modern books, as well as the books that Li Mai had previously been allocated; she put them all here.
Zhou Quan pulled out a book called "The Path to Self-Cultivation for Superpowered Individuals," flipped through it, and asked, "You used to read books like this?"
“Yes, look, my grandfather told me that for people with superpowers, cultivating the mind is cultivating spiritual power,” Li Mai said softly.
"What does your grandfather do?" Zhou Quan asked.
"Scientist, it's a pity. He dedicated his whole life to how to save the world from the apocalypse and restore humanity to a normal life. But the apocalypse took the lives of all his relatives, leaving only me, his granddaughter. My grandfather died in the end trying to save me."
After Li Mai finished speaking, those memories seemed to resurface, as if they were from a very long time ago.
Zhou Quan paused, looked at her, and asked, "Died to save you? What happened?"
Li Mai thought for a moment, then went to find a book.
After finding it, she handed it to him, saying, "You can take a look at this book when you have time. It contains stories about my grandfather and me. Perhaps you can find my story in it."
After giving him the book, Li Mai took the book 'The Path to Self-Cultivation for Superhumans' and started reading it.
Zhou Quan sat down next to her and began to look through the book.
This book is called "The End of the World".
The book begins with a fairy tale.
This story explains the origin of this world.
In the beginning of the world, there was no bounds, and the space between heaven and earth was chaotic and indistinguishable, filled with both spiritual and turbid energies, also known as the primordial chaos.
The source of this chaotic energy is the condensation of gas emitted from a clear spring.
Gradually, some life began to emerge from this chaotic energy.
After tens of thousands of years of growth in this boundless, chaotic world, these life forms acquired their own shapes and names.
These beings were later known to humans as the gods and their divine beasts.
These most powerful and handsome gods among all beings were revered as masters by the other nine, because he was the first life form to take shape and develop his own thoughts and abilities.
This deity named himself Huang, which means "king of the waters."
He can change form according to his will, and can be male or female, regardless of gender.
His nine divine beasts were named by him as Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Qilin, Candle Dragon, Bai Ze, Jiu Ying, Kunpeng, and Kui.
It is said that there are nine divine beasts, each with a different form and unique strengths.
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