Chapter 27 Chapter 27 gave Qin Sheng a tight bear hug...
After returning home, Xu Zhaoyi first went to take a look at the guest room where his parents were staying, relighted the incense in the incense burner, and then cleaned up a bedroom with Qin Sheng. Because of the accident in the morning, the room he originally lived in was burned beyond recognition.
He had thought of this on his way back, and was still hesitating whether to agree if Qin Sheng suggested that he move directly into the master bedroom.
To be fair, he now has a good impression of Qin Sheng. Putting aside the things that happened in his previous life, in this life, since they met, Qin Sheng saved him, took him in, helped him and Nian Yue, and guided him to find his parents. Although he is not very good at expressing gratitude, he remembers everything in his heart and naturally cannot remain indifferent.
He didn't hate being with Qin Sheng, but he felt pressured to live in the same room with him and face each other day and night, especially when he was almost certain that this person might like him and he couldn't respond to same-sex feelings.
Unexpectedly, Qin Sheng had no intention of taking advantage of him at all. He naturally told him about cleaning the next room, which made Xu Zhaoyi feel a little complicated because of his self-conceit.
In fact...his threshold for the distance between him and Qin Sheng has been raised a lot after the bottom line was pushed back again and again.
Besides, once they are ready to fight against the Qin family, they will definitely have to find a time to move back to the Qin family's main residence. At that time, they will still have to live together. With this in mind, it doesn't matter if they adapt in advance.
Qin Sheng had no idea that Xu Zhaoyi had such rich psychological activities hidden under his calm face. He picked up a topic at random and asked about the accident that year.
Because his parents' spirits had been recovered and were right beside him, Xu Zhaoyi didn't feel too bad when he was suddenly asked about this. He spoke frankly, "I don't know much about what happened back then. I just remember that I was in class when my second uncle suddenly came to pick me up from school. I asked him what happened, and he was silent for a moment. He just said that no matter what happened, I had to be strong. Then he drove me directly back to my hometown in the countryside. When I got there, I saw that the yard was already covered in white."
Qin Sheng felt a little sad when he heard this. He didn't even see her for the last time, and they had to meet again at the funeral.
I wonder what mixed emotions Xu Zhaoyi felt when he learned that his parents' death was caused by the jade bi he was born with.
Xu Zhaoyi had no idea that he was born with jade in his mouth. His parents must have kept the jade disk for him because he was still young. They didn't even tell their son about it, which showed that they were cautious and worried that the child would not be able to keep the secret and would attract covetous people.
Unfortunately, this secret was not kept secret from his younger brothers, so the previous caution was meaningless.
"Did they tell you what kind of accident your parents had?"
"Of course I asked them later, and they told me they were driving back from their hometown when they encountered a mudslide. I don't know anything more than that because I was too young at the time."
Xu Zhaoyi was only seven years old at that time. He was already confused and helpless after his parents died together. It was good that he could calm down and think about asking about the cause of death. You know, many children at this age cannot truly understand the meaning of death.
Qin Sheng didn't expect Xu Zhaoyi to know why his parents returned to their hometown that year.
He raised his eyebrows slightly and said to the other side, "Check if there are any relevant reports in the local news at that time, as well as the briefings from the local police and fire departments. The mudslide blocked traffic and buried vehicles. Normally, there would have been an official rescue operation."
The noodle sifter was efficient, and the results were quickly found. "I couldn't find the news. Perhaps it was because print media dominated back then, and the relevant electronic files weren't saved. Or maybe there wasn't any report at all. However, the fire department did find records."
It sent what it found to Qin Sheng's mobile phone, and Xu Zhaoyi hurried over to take a look together.
The briefing records from many years ago were concise and only objectively described the time and location of the mudslide, the casualties and losses, as well as the personnel and time required to clear the road section.
It was clearly written on it that the only person unfortunately buried by this small mudslide was the car driven by Xu Wenshen and his wife.
Qin Sheng asked without much expectation, "Does the car's dashcam have any records?"
"No, I haven't found any. It's probably because dashcams with video functions weren't yet widely available back then."
It sounds like the whole thing was just an accident. As time goes by, there seems to be no breakthrough point to be found in this direction.
Qin Sheng was still trying to think of an excuse to take Xu Zhaoyi to the scene of the incident, but unexpectedly, Xu Zhaoyi hesitated for a moment and took the initiative to say, "I want to go to this place."
"Okay, let's take Noodles with us and go check it out tomorrow." Qin Sheng agreed without hesitation.
Xu Zhaoyi was stunned. He was just trying to word the reasons why he wanted to go, but Qin Sheng didn't even ask and was willing to go with him?
He pursed his lips and said, "I can go by myself. Maybe I'm just delusional, and this trip might be in vain."
"You'll know if it's useless after you see it." Qin Sheng told him not to think too much. "It doesn't matter even if it's useless. We don't have anything else important to do right now anyway."
"...Okay." Xu Zhaoyi lowered his eyes. He actually didn't hear what was said.
How could there be nothing important to do? Qin Sheng's fate still hung in the Qin family's forbidden area. The most urgent task should be to improve his strength as soon as possible and deal with the Qin family, rather than losing track of priorities and investigating old cases.
The two of them agreed to each take what they needed. Qin Sheng gave him too much and didn't seem to care at all when he would return the favor. He had intended to postpone these things. After all, many years had passed and it didn't matter if he waited a little longer. But Qin Sheng acted as if it was a done deal. He opened his mouth, but in the end, he didn't refuse this kindness in a disappointing way.
He didn't feel comfortable complaining in his heart about Qin Sheng's potential to be blinded by lust, so he racked his brains to find excuses for him - perhaps Qin Sheng felt that it was too dangerous for them to go against the Qin family, so he wanted to make everything perfect before that.
As a result, when he suddenly realized that the excuse he made seemed reasonable, his eyes paused for a moment and he was silent for a long time.
Qin Sheng saw that he was absent-minded and thought that he was thinking about the details of what happened that year, so he didn't think much about it. He just reminded him that since he was distracted, he should stop practicing and have a good rest for the time being.
The next day, Qin Sheng specially arranged to set off in the afternoon. The two of them found the place where the mudslide occurred that year. It was already dark. If there was any special situation, it would be easier to see at night.
The guards guarding outside his manor followed them silently from the moment they left the house. They would only appear when there was danger. There was no need to hide this old matter from the Qin family. They just had to make sure Xu Zhaoyi didn't make any moves to expose his strength.
Noodles came this time wearing a fly vest, because Qin Sheng wanted to coax his wife, and it was normal for him to waste time accompanying Xu Zhaoyi to such a deep mountain forest, but it sounded a bit crazy that he had to climb the mountain in the dark and didn't forget to bring his pet cat.
"I thought about it carefully last night. Using a mudslide to kill people isn't difficult, but it's definitely not something your uncles can do easily."
Xu Zhaoyi thought the same thing, which was why he decided to try his luck here. He nodded and said, "There are two possibilities. One is that there was supposed to be a landslide here, and they tampered with my parents' car. The other is that they found a random mountain on their route and buried the cursed object in advance."
The former has too much uncertainty and is easy to be discovered afterwards, while the latter has a much larger scope for implementation. The curse requires things like the person's hair, nails, and blood, which can be obtained without leaving a trace when his parents are completely unprepared for their own brother.
"But I still have a question: why didn't they get rid of me as well back then?"
Qin Sheng couldn't figure this out at first, but later he felt that he was thinking too complicated. How could Xu Zhaoyi, who has the destiny of the male protagonist, not grow up?
Maybe it’s not that they didn’t take action, but as long as Xu Zhaoyi was with his parents, their secret conspiracies always encountered various obstacles and failed.
It was not until Xu Zhaoyi grew up that Xu Wenlin and others took action again. This time it was probably simply to seize the assets. Logically speaking, the inheritance left by Xu Wensen and his wife should be returned to Xu Zhaoyi after he came of age.
But you know it's impossible to pay it back.
When they could no longer delay, they became murderous. Since Xu Zhaoyi's spiritual roots had not awakened yet, these people probably thought that it was because the jade disc was taken away by them and they had lost the opportunity, so they attacked without any scruples.
Qin Sheng couldn't tell Xu Zhaoyi that you were the protagonist and wouldn't die easily, so he could only say, "No matter how many guesses you make, they're just guesses. Don't dwell on them. You'll know everything by the end."
"Yeah." Xu Zhaoyi nodded.
The two of them slowly climbed to the top of the mountain. It was already completely dark, and the flashlight could only illuminate a limited area. The woods were dense, and the moonlight could only shine through the tiny gaps between the leaves. This little light was better than nothing.
Xu Zhaoyi was holding the compass Qin Sheng gave him before he left. It was called the Four-Elephant Luoyi, and Qin Sheng asked the Qin family to deliver it overnight. Since all his things would return to the Qin family after his death, the wool would grow on the sheep. Although this magic tool was quite precious, Qin Kangnian gave it to him without hesitation when he heard that he wanted to use it to coax his wife.
Noodles, the little fly, proudly found a branch as a base, rubbed its legs, and began to scan the entire mountain, looking for places with special magnetic fields.
Unexpectedly, he failed in his mission and was almost licked by a lizard that was lying on the tree trunk. If the alarm had not sounded automatically and he ran away in time, this vest would have turned into lizard shit.
[Oh wow wow wow, I'm so scared!] It didn't dare to act rash anymore. Seeing the lizard up close from a fly's perspective really made it lose sanity. It immediately and obediently returned to Xu Zhaoyi's shoulder.
Qin Sheng chuckled at his amusement, causing Xu Zhaoyi, who was still observing the surroundings, to look at him: "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just saw a little fly escaping from under the lizard's tongue. It was kind of cute."
Xu Zhaoyi's eyes widened when he heard this: "......?" After realizing what was happening, he quickly looked around for Noodles.
Qin Sheng reminded him: "It's lying on your shoulder."
"There are many snakes and insects in the mountains, be careful." Xu Zhaoyi subconsciously wanted to pat Noodles on the head, but when he raised his hand, he remembered that this thing was now a fly, and then he withdrew his hand unnaturally.
Even so, Noodles was deeply moved and felt deeply sorry for Qin Sheng: [Host, look at him, then look at yourself!]
[Didn’t you hear me calling you cute just now?]
[…Humph!] Hehehe.
The system task will not disappoint people. After about ten minutes, Noodles really found some clues.
In fact, neither Qin Sheng nor Xu Zhaoyi expected to find the cursed object that might have been buried here. They were just thankful that the compass could sense it.
This is not only because it has taken too long, but also because if the mastermind behind this is not crazy, he will come back to clean up the scene afterwards.
But Noodles actually scanned out a suspicious complete small box, which gave off a faint smell of evil. It was just strange that the small box was hidden really deep, so deep that if Qin Sheng and Xu Zhaoyi wanted to dig the things out, the difficulty would probably be second only to Yugong moving the mountain.
There has been no earthquake in this area in recent years. Since the mudslide that caused casualties, the side of the mountain close to the road has even been artificially reinforced, so it is unlikely that the mountain fell in by accident.
This is very strange. Assuming that this small box is the one that killed Xu Wensen and his wife, then the question is, which smart uncle of Xu Zhaoyi buried it so deep?
Not to mention whether it is necessary to do so, the feasibility and concealment of this are almost non-existent.
It sent the scanned image to Qin Sheng's mobile phone. The two of them fell into silence as they looked at the box-shaped object embedded deep in the mountain. At this moment, the compass in Xu Zhaoyi's hand and the scanning prompt sound of Noodles responded at the same time.
[Huh? An abnormal energy body?] Noodles exclaimed.
Xu Zhaoyi stared at the rotating compass with a serious expression for a moment, glanced behind him, took Qin Sheng's hand, and wrote a word on his palm in a covert manner.
Monster.
Qin Sheng's eyebrows twitched, and he asked Noodles: "With spiritual energy so weak, how can animals and plants still become spirits?"
"According to the logic of the original work, that's impossible. Even great demons before the Dharma Ending Age would gradually decline in cultivation until they returned to ignorance." Noodles suddenly realized mid-sentence: "It's very likely that a great demon with declining cultivation lives on this mountain."
Because the demonic energy is really weak, ordinary cultivators cannot detect anything unusual without the help of magical instruments of the Four Symbols Compass level. It is estimated that they can hardly protect themselves, so there is no danger.
There were no monsters in the original work. Qin Sheng always thought that there would be no monsters in this small world. But then he thought, the original work did not mention that there was anything strange about the death of Xu Wensen and his wife. Perhaps it was just like the navigation system replanned the route due to some accidents. Different routes have different scenery.
He lowered his head and thought, wondering if the box that inexplicably fell into the mountain was related to the monster. But no matter what, the monster chose this place as its habitat, so it should at least be able to sense every part of the mountain.
He took out a small bottle of water infused with spiritual energy from the backpack behind Xu Zhaoyi, unscrewed the cap and quickly poured out the water, which was soon absorbed by the soil.
After doing this, he immediately reminded Noodles: [Check if I have any new merits.]
In the past, when doing charity tasks, as long as you helped people, you would have more or less merit. However, there was one situation where there was no merit or demerit, that is, the person you helped had done many evil things and was carrying a karmic debt. In this case, no merit was deducted because the person was ignorant and innocent.
Now we can use this to determine whether the source of this evil spirit is an enemy or a friend.
[Oh, okay.] Noodles responded quickly.
Fortunately, a few minutes later, I received a reminder that my merits had been earned, and the amount was not low, which means that this monster is not only not bad, but also a very good monster.
Qin Sheng breathed a sigh of relief. That was no problem. At the same time, he also determined that the breakthrough of this mission was most likely with the other party, but this was not a convenient place to talk.
Just when they were wondering whether they should use the system to teleport and sneak back another time, the soil under their feet suddenly moved slightly, and a small seedling emerged from the soil.
Qin Sheng and Xu Zhaoyi looked at each other, took a step back and squatted down to observe, and found that the seedling was a... shepherd's purse.
Without Qin Sheng's reminder, Xu Zhaoyi immediately took another bottle of water infused with spiritual energy and poured it on the seedling. The small shepherd's purse seedlings were covered with spiritual water, and their leaves instantly stretched out.
After absorbing all the water, it gently lifted itself up by the roots and jumped towards the two people.
Does this mean you want to go with them?
It's not impossible. The box is inside the mountain and no one can take it away easily. Take this little shepherd's purse back, nourish it with spiritual energy, and help it recover to the point where it can transform into a human form and speak. Perhaps we can find out the specific situation on the mountain that year.
After figuring it out, Qin Sheng nodded to Xu Zhaoyi, who was still hesitant and worried that the monster was greedy.
Xu Zhaoyi subconsciously obeyed and picked up the shepherd's purse.
Because of his experience, it was difficult for him to trust a little shepherd's purse he met for the first time, but he had developed the habit of trusting Qin Sheng in just over a month.
Not only because Qin Sheng had been very good to him and helped him a lot recently, but also because he was suspected of being interested in him, but also because Qin Sheng had always been very reliable since they met in this life. Xu Zhaoyi didn't even realize that he was now somewhat dependent on him when encountering problems.
When he came to his senses, he was already sitting in the car on his way home holding the wild vegetable spirit wrapped in a plastic bag. The wild vegetable spirit moved from time to time to express its joy.
Xu Zhaoyi was a little confused: "It..."
Qin Sheng gently reminded him: "Shh, let's talk about it when we get home. You can't be distracted when driving on the highway at night."
"Oh." Xu Zhaoyi felt inexplicably hot in his ears.
After tossing and turning for most of the night, plus the round-trip drive, it was already dawn when they returned home. However, there was no time to catch up on sleep. Noodles took out a large flowerpot from the warehouse. Xu Zhaoyi went outside to shovel some soil and planted the shepherd's purse he brought back in it. He then poured the last bottle of spiritual water on it, and it was considered settled.
"I don't know how long it will take for it to recover and be able to communicate normally with people." Qin Sheng gently stroked its leaves.
"Will it cooperate?"
"Yes." Seeing Xu Zhaoyi's doubts, Qin Sheng found an excuse to comfort him: "You know my situation. If it has a lot of karma, I can vaguely feel it."
Xu Zhaoyi nodded. He didn't even think deeply about this statement which had neither scientific nor metaphysical basis.
A great demon on the side has survived the long period of time when spiritual energy was scarce. It has no karma and does not rely on evil ways. This at least proves that it insists on taking the right path of cultivation.
This small wild vegetable has a high level of awareness.
They didn't know yet that it was precisely because of this awareness that it had not hesitated to use its limited remaining demonic power to create wild vegetables all over the mountains during the famine, saving many people. This was how it was able to persist until both the protagonist and the villain grew up, and on the day the story began, it picked up this opportunity and was brought home by the two of them.
Qin Sheng left the little shepherd's purse to the care of Noodles, who didn't need to sleep, and went upstairs with Xu Zhaoyi to catch up on some sleep.
Noodles carried the living wild vegetable spirit back to his room. At first, he watered it with spiritual water every hour, but after a few times, he was worried that he would kill it by watering it all the time, so he took a modified oxygen injection tube and gave it a super double spiritual SPA.
I had originally prepared to carefully nurture it for another ten days or half a month, but I didn't expect that with the unlimited supply of pure spiritual energy, the shepherd's purse would suddenly grow up. In the flowerpot, a thumb-sized little man with the shepherd's purse seedling on its head broke out of the soil and peeked out.
"Hello." Noodles was startled, but he felt that he was an experienced general, so he forced himself to remain calm: "My name is Noodles, and I'm the AI butler of the person who brought you back."
How could a wild vegetable that had lived in the mountains for so many years possibly understand what the AI meant? The shepherd's purse figure stared at the noodles for a long moment, then tilted its head and said firmly, "I know you're the little fly that followed me all the way."
Noodles smiled: "Oh ok dear."
[Host, there is a monster! QAQ]
Qin Sheng was speechless after being woken up by the voice in his head while sleeping soundly: [You are not afraid of ghosts, so how can you be afraid of monsters?]
[How is this the same? When I met the male lead's parents, you didn't let me face them all alone!]
"Okay, my bad, did it scare you?" Qin Sheng reluctantly got up and washed up. Fortunately, he had slept enough in the past few hours.
[It could transform and speak, but it was as small as Thumbelina. I introduced myself to it, and it recognized me as the fly that had been following you last night.]
Qin Sheng was stunned. This demon was more powerful than he had imagined. "Is it possible that it can hear you talking to me like this?"
[No.] Noodles sniffed. [The two things are quite different. Encrypted programs like private chat channels are all personally programmed into the main brain by the Lord God. Unless this little wild vegetable spirit can ascend to heaven and stand shoulder to shoulder with the Heavenly Dao of this small world, there's no chance of intercepting it.]
Obviously this is a fantasy. If it hadn't met Qin Sheng, it is unknown how long this little shepherd's purse could survive.
Qin Sheng was still very concerned about the naughty boy Noodles. He quickly dressed himself and rushed over. When he passed by Xu Zhaoyi's door, he paused. Just as he was about to knock on the door, it opened from the inside.
When their eyes met, a strange and elusive awkwardness came over them again.
Both of them discovered that whenever they had just developed a little bit of ease and tacit understanding, as long as they slept separately, the progress bar of their relationship would be reset to zero. When they met again the next day, their first feeling was again at a loss, which was quite magical.
Qin Sheng raised his hand and touched the tip of his nose and asked, "I want to go see that wild vegetable spirit. Want to come with me?"
When Xu Zhaoyi heard the words "wild vegetable spirit", the corners of his lips curled up, he quickly looked up at him and replied "OK".
The two of them went to Noodle's room together. Noodle had adjusted his mindset by now and started chatting with the wild vegetable spirit. Seeing them coming, he enthusiastically helped introduce it: "It said its name is Husheng, and it has lived in that mountain for many years."
Xu Zhaoyi touched Noodle's head knowingly, and asked about the box embedded in the mountain.
The life protector understood that the precious spiritual nourishment was conditional, so he naturally spoke freely at this moment.
"The box was brought to the mountain by two people quite a while ago. My mountain is rarely visited, so I remember it clearly. I didn't think much of it at the time. I thought someone had found a treasure and was afraid to keep it at home, so they hid it in the mountains and buried it."
The wild vegetable spirit is isolated from the world, has no specific concept of years, and is not very aware of the rapid changes in the outside world.
"It wasn't until the box was buried in the ground that I discovered it was filled with evil spirits and a strange energy. It didn't seem like orthodox Taoist magic, and it was very ominous. I was already very weak at the time, and I didn't even dare to get too close to it.
Later one night, that energy suddenly erupted, causing a mountain collapse. Two people died at the foot of the mountain. After their death, their souls were led up the mountain by the box. I don’t know what would happen if I were swallowed into the box, but it would definitely delay my reincarnation.
I used to hear people say that killing is the worst crime you can do. I never expected that they killed people and didn’t even give them a chance to reincarnate. I couldn’t stand it, so I tried to stop them.
Fortunately, the energy in the box was very little after the explosion, so I easily collected it."
Xu Zhaoyi had been listening quietly. When he heard that the box was about to collect his parents' souls, he unconsciously clenched his fists. After Husheng finished speaking, he slowly exhaled and said in a steady but sincere tone, "Those are my parents. Thank you very much for your help. I will repay you."
The guard guessed that there must be a relationship between them, and was not surprised to hear this. He shook his head and shook the small shepherd's purse seedlings above his head, and said with a smile: "No need. If it weren't for the spiritual energy you replenished me, I might have died in a few years. But now I feel that I can hold on for a long time."
If possible, it wanted to stay with them. This was the only chance of survival it thought of. But after all, what it did was just a small effort and it did not save the couple's lives. It really couldn't open its mouth at the moment.
At this time, Qin Sheng spoke up: "If you saw the two people who went up the mountain to bury the box again, would you be able to recognize them?"
The guardian's eyes lit up. He sincerely wanted to prove himself useful, so he said hurriedly, "Yes, yes!"
Qin Sheng saw what it was thinking, reached out and touched the leaves above its head, and asked gently, "Can I invite you to stay with us? You saved my father-in-law and mother-in-law. If it weren't for you, once their souls were collected into the box, the consequences would be disastrous. A Zhao and I want to repay you. I dare not say anything else, but I will provide you with enough spiritual energy every day. Are you willing?"
"Of course I will!" Husheng was so surprised that he was at a loss for words. "I know that spiritual energy is precious now, so I dare not ask for too much. Just give me a little when I can't hold on any longer. I am also very useful and can protect your house and yard."
Unfortunately, it has been weak for too long and its essence has been damaged, so it can no longer use many of its abilities.
Qin Sheng laughed: "There's no need to be so frugal. Listen to me regarding the spiritual energy. I'll leave this manor to you to protect."
"Don't worry, Patriarch! Just give me a little time and I can control every blade of grass and every tree on the mountain where this manor is located!"
"Then I'll trouble you." Qin Sheng thought of the guards outside the manor and the situation at the Qin family's house, and curled his lips. If he took good care of this little shepherd's purse, it would be of great use.
Xu Zhaoyi watched him coax the little wild vegetable spirit into a placenta. While it was funny, he was also touched.
Judging from the transaction between them alone, Qin Sheng actually has no need to repay Husheng as a benefactor. This person really regards them as one, sharing the same joys and sorrows, and the same hatred and enemies.
Somehow, the words of the oath they had written together on the engagement letter, guided by the blessings of heaven and earth, suddenly surfaced in his mind. He was startled, and after writing them, he didn't take them to heart. But Qin Sheng...
"What are you thinking about?"
Qin Sheng stretched out his hand and waved it in front of him.
Xu Zhaoyi came back to his senses and looked at Qin Sheng. Thinking of his previous fantasies about him, he said with embarrassment, "Nothing, what's wrong?"
"Let's take the nurses to the basement and see if Xu Wenbo is among the two people who went up the mountain."
Qin Sheng felt that this was very likely. Judging from the appearance of the Gu Master later, among the remaining brothers of the Xu family, the fifth brother Xu Wenbai was the most impulsive and brainless. When discussing such an evil thing, he would most likely be the first to jump out and respond.
The fact was just as he thought. The caregiver recognized Xu Wenbo as soon as he saw him unconscious in the basement covered in blood.
"That's him. Later, this man came alone to dig for the box, but I had already put it away. He dug everywhere but didn't find it, so he left."
Xu Zhaoyi was not surprised to hear this. If it had been the other three people who went up to retrieve the box, they would not have given up easily if they had not found it. But it happened to be the unsuccessful Xu Wenbo. If he couldn't find it, he would just suspect that he remembered the wrong place. He was too lazy to waste time and guessed that he would just go back and lie and say that he had dealt with it.
Fortunately, this is the case. Otherwise, complications would arise and they would find the person who made the box to investigate. Maybe even the protector would be discovered, which would be dangerous.
But no one knows who made this box. Husheng said it didn't look like the orthodox Taoist style. Xu Zhaoyi thought of the Nanyang Gu Master a few days ago, and there might be some connection.
He remembered that Noodles had mentioned this when he was checking, that Xu Wenbai was connected through a woman named Feng Lili.
Xu Zhaoyi made a note of this matter in his heart. He planned to wait until the Qin family's affairs were settled and then conduct a thorough investigation. He did not want to let go of any of the people who participated in the murder of his parents.
After they left the basement, Qin Sheng returned the guardian to Noodles and took Xu Zhaoyi to the study.
"Please sit down first, I'll get something."
The truth behind the accident that year was already mostly known, and the system rewards were not delayed. The book "Complete Collection of Dongxuan Formations" was quickly distributed. He walked to the safe with his back to Xu Zhaoyi, and pretended to take it out by covering his movements.
"Take a look at this one first."
“…What is it?”
Xu Zhaoyi took it without knowing why, and when he saw the six words on the cover, his eyes widened in surprise.
Qin Sheng always felt that with this expression on his face, he would say in the next second, "How many surprises do you have that I don't know about?"
Fortunately, Xu Zhaoyi was not so shrewd. He didn't even bother asking about the origin of the book and began to read it immersively. Qin Sheng had already brought out too many things that he could not explain according to common sense. If he had to go into it in depth, then what kind of species were noodles? This was the first question that he couldn't get over.
"Right now, the most important thing is to improve your strength. You can use formations as a secondary skill. When your strength reaches the ninth level of Qi Refining, we will get married and move back to the Qin family."
Qin Sheng had thought carefully about this arrangement. The ninth level of Qi Refining was already quite powerful, and he was only one step away from building a foundation. However, the old man of the Qin family did not even take this step until the earth reached his neck, which showed that it was not that easy.
Qin Sheng has the system rules. When Xu Zhaoyi reaches the ninth level of Qi Refining, he will be able to exert the strength of Foundation Establishment.
As long as they are well prepared, take the enemy by surprise and act quickly enough to break the forbidden formation, all the masters of the Qin family, including the Foundation Establishment Ancestor who has been in seclusion, will immediately suffer backlash and will no longer be a concern.
Xu Zhaoyi didn't know where the other party got the confidence from. Many people could only reach the fifth level of Qi Refining after practicing for a lifetime. Although he knew that his qualifications were better than those of ordinary people, he didn't dare to be as arrogant as Qin Sheng.
Do you think the ninth level of Qi Refining is like cabbage sold on the street?
However, the first thing he answered was, "I'll try my best." Then he froze, lowered his head and continued to study hard.
Seeing that he was concentrating, Qin Sheng smiled and didn't disturb him anymore. He tiptoed downstairs to cook.
Noodles planned to take Husheng outside to familiarize himself with the manor. Now they were visiting their little water monster by the swimming pool. It was a fat ball, squatting by the pool holding a flower pot. Qin Sheng took a look when he passed by and was a little afraid that it would accidentally dump Husheng into the pool.
Of course, it is impossible for a life protector to be afraid of a dozen small fish monsters. No matter how much its cultivation has regressed, it is still a monster with intelligence. However, it was intimidated by the spiritual water in this pool.
What kind of family did it sell itself to? Using spiritual energy to raise fish in the Dharma-Ending Age?
Noodles was no longer afraid of it. In fact, she was just scared by those words and was just acting coquettishly towards Qin Sheng.
It walked out holding the small flowerpot, while explaining their family's current situation, to prevent the little shepherd's purse from blindly saving spiritual energy and not practicing hard to restore its peak cultivation level as a great demon. How could it be of help in the end?
Qin Sheng casually cooked a few dishes in the kitchen. Before he called the noodles back to serve the rice, the noodles were already coming.
"I made food for four people. Ask the nursing student if you can eat it. I'll go call your little daddy."
"Okay, go ahead!" Noodles was so craving for it.
Qin Sheng didn't bother to look at it. He washed his hands and went upstairs to look for someone. But when he was halfway up the stairs, he saw Xu Zhaoyi hurriedly coming down with the formation book in his hand. He was startled and thought something had happened. After all, it was rare to see the other party so uncalm.
Just when he was about to say something, he didn't expect that Xu Zhaoyi's eyes were filled with smiles the moment he saw him. The two of them just looked at each other on the stairs. Xu Zhaoyi seemed very excited. He took several deep breaths to try to calm down, but in the end he couldn't help but took a few steps forward and gave Qin Sheng a tight hug.
Qin Sheng was confused. It seemed that they didn't have the kind of relationship where they could hug each other face to face?
However, he still reached out and caught the person reflexively, patted Xu Zhaoyi on the back, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
Xu Zhaoyi pursed his lips, unable to speak for a moment. He just rested his forehead on his shoulder, feeling his excessive heartbeat gradually calm down.
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