Shen Miao told the children to close their eyes, and then poured something into the pool.
The substance she took out was certified by the system to neutralize poison in water, and the water in the pool would be safe to drink again in about one or two hours.
"Okay, you can open your eyes now."
As soon as Shen Miao finished speaking, the children opened their eyes curiously. "Huh? Mommy said she was going to do a magic trick, but the pool hasn't changed."
Shen Miao calmly said, "Take another look."
Sibao pointed to a sign standing next to him and said, "There's an extra sign!"
"So clever! That's right, Mother conjured up this sign. The sign can only be removed in three hours, and only after the sign is removed can we drink this water."
Shen Miao wrote a sentence on the sign: "The pool is under maintenance. Please do not use it."
When the beastmen who came to fetch water saw the sign, they all turned back and went to fetch water from a river further away. It wasn't until three hours later that Shen Miao used the system to check and found that the water was no longer poisonous, and then she removed the sign.
Shen Miao knew without a doubt who had poisoned her, but she wasn't as angry as she had been at the beginning. Anyway, she would deal with all the orcs in the tribe, no matter who they were.
That day, the array that Shen Miao had set up outside was disturbed. She received the news but was not in a hurry. She waited until the orcs they had found broke in before leading Xuan Ran's army over.
The tribal orc remained haughty, and upon seeing Shen Miao, he sneered, "You're quite good at hiding, but no matter how well you hide, it's useless. Once we find you, you'll only have death to live on."
In the hearts of these orcs, Shen Miao and the others, whom they had driven out, were nothing more than downtrodden stray dogs, forever inferior to them.
It was this arrogance and conceit that made them overlook the disciplined and murderous Xuanran Army standing behind Shen Miao. They were still thinking about how their clansmen would praise them after they killed Shen Miao and the others.
Shen Miao smiled faintly and said nothing, only to Xuan Ranjun, "The time to test you has come. This is your first real battle, so be on your best."
Xuan Ran's troops, all full of energy and with booming voices, answered, "Yes."
The loud, synchronized sounds startled the tribal beastmen, who stared in disbelief at the strange formation of beasts and skeletons, wondering, "What the hell is this? Why are they standing together?"
No one answered them. Shen Miao waved her hand, signaling the start of battle.
A squad of Xuanran's army charged forward like wolves and tigers. The tribal beastmen, intimidated by the momentum, instinctively took a step back. When they realized what was happening, they quickly put up a fight.
However, they were no match for the well-trained Xuanran army and were quickly overwhelmed. As they prepared to flee, Xuanran's army was already waiting for them at the exit.
The final result was that all seven or eight orcs who came were wiped out by Xuanran's army.
Xuanran's army suffered no casualties.
This news greatly excited everyone. You see, only a small team of Xuanran's army was sent out today. Although there weren't many people, their combat strength was already evident.
An Ran was quite satisfied with the result. After returning, she took some of the average-quality beast crystals from the inventory and gave them to the less advanced members of Xuan Ran's army so that they could quickly improve their strength.
This is for the ambitious members of Xuanran Army. If it's those who aren't ambitious, Shen Miao won't give them anything; she'll just kick them out.
However, now, there are no unambitious soldiers in Xuanran's army. There might have been some in the past, but they were all scared by Shen Miao. Now, everyone genuinely wants to become stronger.
Xuanran's army gradually got back on track.
Shen Miao promoted several squad leaders and divided Xuan Ran's army into squads, which were then responsible for training.
With her own time freed up, she started taking the kids out to eat and play again. The kids were incredibly happy every day. When they got tired of playing at home, they would pester Shen Miao to take them outside to play.
"You have to have a purpose for going out," Shen Miao told the children to use their brains.
Sanbao raised his hand and said, "Let's go fishing, Mom. You haven't cooked fish for us in so long. I want to eat boiled fish, pickled fish, steamed fish, braised fish... slurp."
He was drooling as he spoke.
Shen Miao was amused and waved her hand, saying, "Alright, let's go fishing today."
She found the fishing net she had used before, carried it, and went to the river with her babies.
Shen Miao put the fishing net into the water, and when the time was almost up, she took the net out, and there was a bunch of fish of all sizes, jumping around.
"Wow, so many fish!" Sanbao clapped his hands and shouted happily, as if he could already see the fish being cooked and placed in front of him.
The other children were also very happy and ran over to catch the fish and play with them.
"Haha, so slippery, trying to escape my grasp, humph!" Little Sibao, chubby and holding a palm-sized fish, laughed so hard his chubby face turned into a flower.
The kids quickly got engrossed in playing with the fish, forgetting everything else, leaving Shen Miao to dutifully start cleaning up.
She poured the fish out and put them into the wooden bucket she had brought. During this time, something blocked her net, making it impossible for Shen Miao to pull it up. She quickly pulled the net open and found the culprit.
It was a dark, stick-like thing.
Shen Miao curiously reached out and touched it. It didn't seem to be a wooden stick; the texture was different. What was it?
After playing with the fish for a while, the children gathered around and asked all at once, "What's this?"
“A stick like that must hurt a lot when you hit someone,” Erbao said seriously.
Da Bao poked it a few times, but quickly lost interest. It was just a dark, unremarkable pole; it wasn't as fun as the flowers and butterflies in the grass.
Shen Miao picked up the fishing rod, weighed it in her hand, and found it to be neither too light nor too heavy, making it a good choice for fishing.
She initially thought of throwing the fishing rod away, but then she reconsidered and decided to keep it. After all, she hadn't fished in a long time, so she would use it to fish that afternoon.
She wasn't fishing for the fish, of course; if she were, she could be eating fish right now.
The main thing is that fishing can calm you down and allow you to think about things slowly.
At noon, Shen Miao lit a fire by the river and grilled a few fish. She had all the seasonings and other ingredients in her spatial storage, so when the children asked, she just said she carried them with her and they didn't take it seriously.
After eating and drinking her fill, Shen Miao began to tinker with her fishing gear. She pretended to look around for it, but actually took them all out of her spatial storage.
The babies have eaten their fill and are now lying down to rest.
Shen Miao fiddled with the fishhook, trying to take it off and put it on the fishing rod she had found. For some reason, she felt that this fishing rod looked very high-class.
"oops."
My finger stung; the fishhook had cut my fingertip.
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