Xiao Yu paused, looking at the five stacks of letter paper in his hand. He couldn't bear to return them. He would just pretend he hadn't heard what someone said. He couldn't speak or write anyway.
Zhou Yanzhi seemed to be asking himself a question, but his eyes were fixed on Xiao Yu.
He discovered that since he had the so-called power of incense, he could see things in the dark as if it were daytime. At this moment, the expression on the other person's face was also clear.
Why did the little fool seem to be 'disdaining' him? What had he done wrong? Or was his guess right?
"Ahem, where are the kids?" Zhou Yan changed the subject. "I just took the opportunity to go to the black market and got some milk powder. It should be enough for them to eat for a month."
When Xiao Yu heard he'd gotten the milk powder, he quickly rolled up the letter and stuffed it into his large cotton-padded jacket pocket. Then, dragging his men along, he headed towards the City God's Temple, ignoring the locked gate and passing right through. Zhou Yan, being pulled along by him, also walked in without any resistance.
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The main hall of the City God Temple, emitting a faint aroma of incense, was somewhat eerie at night. The four children, now restored to their original appearance, lay on the table at the feet of the City God, sleeping soundly, as if there were indeed gods protecting them here.
There was a thermos not far from the desk, probably waiting for him to come back with milk powder.
Without saying a word, the two took out the bottles, briefly heated them, and began to mix the milk powder. As if they knew the food was coming, the four children actually hummed and opened their eyes after they were done.
Zhou Yan once again inexplicably mastered the skill of feeding a baby. This time, he realized it belatedly and was completely speechless.
After feeding the child and putting him in the animal skin he had brought out earlier, he took out the meat buns he had bought in town and said, "Meat buns, they're a little cold. Should we eat some with some hot water?"
Zhou Yan: -_-||If these five are really his wife and children, but he has forgotten them, how should he compensate his wife?
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When Xiao Yu heard that they were meat buns, he felt hungry. He quickly made a hand gesture towards Zhou Yan's open cloth bag. When he felt the buns were hot, he reached out and grabbed two.
Zhou Yan: ...How convenient!
Zhou Yan silently touched a meat bun and ate it, inwardly sighing that it was as hot as if it had just come out of the pot. He didn't buy many meat buns, and he was afraid that Xiao Yu wouldn't have enough, so he started to eat the steamed buns with big mouthfuls. After a busy afternoon and a night, he was really hungry.
The two of them ate and drank in silence. When Xiao Yu stood up, his pockets felt heavy and he remembered the big and small goldfish he had just shared with the bandits.
He rummaged through another pocket of his cotton-padded jacket and pulled out a handful of two peanut-sized goldfish. Zhou Yan couldn't help but frown when he saw what he had pulled out. "What a fool! He really didn't want to be so unjust to himself." Just that handful, there were at least seven or eight small goldfish.
But that's obviously not all.
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Xiao Yu divided the goldfish for a long time and finally gave Zhou Yan twelve small goldfish and one large goldfish. He himself had half a bag of small goldfish and two large goldfish.
The main reason was that when he had just caught them, the large goldfish were carefully placed in several boxes. If one was missing, it would be obvious. He was afraid of taking too many and being exposed, so he only took three.
The little goldfish were fine. There was a box full of them. A bandit poured them directly into his bag, and he grabbed them directly. If it weren't for the stolen goods, Xiao Yu would have filled both pockets to the brim for fear of affecting his merits if he caught too much.
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After Xiao Yu signed the contract, the City God Temple in Luohe County only occupied one-third of the area of the divine seal. In other words, he could still contract with three similar counties.
This made Xiao Yu feel relieved. After all, Luohe County looked too dilapidated. If the City God Temple in such a county town could fully use his divine seal contract, it would be difficult for him to do good deeds and incense elsewhere.
In order to prevent the child's matter from being investigated again, the two of them finished their meal and then carried the child back to Zhoujia Village.
Xiao Yu calculated that this underground escape had cost him at least fifty incense sticks. It seemed he needed to practice more quickly.
Otherwise, if cannon fodder like them didn't disappear according to the rules, something worse might happen in the future. The power of incense could only be considered a consumable item at this point.
This thing is easy to use, but it will run out if you are not careful, so it is really not safe.
But as usual, he rested for a night and got up early the next day to practice, but he found that the spiritual energy in the mountain was so thin that it was almost non-existent.
Xiao Yu was dumbfounded. Why was this happening?
Will it still be strong tomorrow as yesterday?
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At the same time, on the other side, on the back mountain of Luojia Village, a girl who looked to be about eleven or twelve years old, with a thin and shriveled body, a not very pretty face, dry and yellow hair, and wearing thin patched clothes, was sitting cross-legged in a cave.
A slight breeze kept blowing in from the cave entrance, but it did not affect the girl at all.
The girl's eyes were closed, her expression solemn and dignified.
If Xiao Yu were here, he would find that although this cave looks simple, it is actually filled with rich spiritual energy, almost like liquid. The slight breeze blowing into the cave entrance is the spiritual energy gathered from the surrounding mountains and forests.
If Zhou Yanzhi had any memory, with his attainments in formation, he would know that an intermediate spirit gathering formation was set up here. Under this spirit gathering formation, the spiritual power within at least one thousand to three thousand miles around would be gathered.
Moreover, this formation is domineering. With this formation in place, the spiritual energy within one thousand to three thousand miles around will continue to be supplied here and will not stay anywhere else.
Because of this, Xiao Yu, who had finally gotten up early in the middle of winter, felt as if his efforts throughout the morning were nothing, and his practice was also filled with loneliness.
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