"Okay, but you should put on this coat first. It's too cold outside. Remember to use your spiritual power to protect your body when you go out, or you'll easily freeze."
Jian Ning took out a military green overcoat from her spatial storage and handed it to him. Don't be fooled by its low price; it's definitely good value for money. It's heavy and warm to wear, and can even be used as a blanket. It's incredibly versatile.
This was the first time Xiao Lingfeng had ever seen a coat like this. He took it, examined it for a moment, and then put it on.
Jian Ning didn't dare let Xiao Wuyu come out of her bedroom. It would be difficult to explain if he suddenly brought a man who looked just like Xiao Lingfeng to her mother-in-law.
So he went back to his bedroom first, looked around to make sure no one was there, then walked through the wall out of the villa, ran all the way to the top of the mountain, and then released Xiao Wuyu from his spatial storage.
As soon as he came out, he sneezed twice and then quickly set up a spiritual energy shield.
"It's really cold here, water must freeze instantly. Is that where you live?" Xiao Wuyu asked, looking at the scattered lights coming from the house down the mountain in the distance.
"Yes, that's the base. There are tens of thousands of people living there. They are different from the people in the world you used to live in. They are all ordinary people who don't know how to cultivate."
"Of course, lifestyles are different too. For example, none of the men here have hair as long as yours. Women can." Jian Ning said, taking out her phone from her spatial storage and showing him several photos of male celebrities.
"Our bodies and hair are gifts from our parents, how can we cut them off so easily?" Xiao Wuyu looked at the man in the photo with his short hair dyed golden, and for a moment she couldn't accept it.
"That's the difference in culture. This world is thousands or tens of thousands of years different from your world of cultivation. Some changes are natural. You'll get used to it."
However, I won't force you to cut your hair. If you ever want to come out again, just change into the clothes men wear here. There are plenty of unconventional people in this world; no one will suspect you're from another world.
"Okay, I understand, Jian Ning. Thank you so much. Although this world is pitch black, I can smell the scent of freedom. If the sun rises again and shines on this land, I still hope to live here."
What everyone yearns for is a free life, and Xiao Wuyu is no exception.
Although Jian Ning told him that this world wasn't suitable for him and the villagers to live in for the time being.
However, he still hopes to live here.
Although the immortal abode is nice, it is still a bit desolate without a single living person inside.
This person is a social animal, yearning for contact with the outside world. But he can wait; he's waited all these years, and happiness is within reach, so he's not in a hurry at all.
“Come on, I’ll take you back. You can discuss it with the villagers. If they agree to the relocation, pack up your belongings and household items. I’ll go in a few days and move you all out together.”
Jian Ning then took Xiao Wuyu back to the treehouse, and looked at the big white dog lying on the bedding, drooling in its sleep.
A genuine smile appeared on Xiao Wuyu's face.
After Jian Ning left, he called the village chief over and told him about the plan to relocate the entire village.
The village chief was overjoyed to hear this. His ancestors had lived here for generations, and although he was extremely reluctant to leave, he felt that if there was a better place to live, he should indeed move away immediately.
Not for any other reason than so that the children in the village can live in a place free from monsters and miasma, and not have to worry about losing their lives at any time.
He went back happily to mobilize the villagers.
Jian Ning left the immortal abode and flew to the mountainside on her sword. Suddenly, she noticed something was wrong with the Taoist temple. In the pitch-black night, she could hear a rustling sound of something crawling on the snow.
Snake? Impossible. Even a mutated snake would hibernate in this cold weather.
They quickly flew closer and looked down. Good heavens, it wasn't snakes, but a dense swarm of rats, all quite large, comparable in size to the ones Huang Fugui brought back last time.
Where did these rats come from? Did they climb up from the mountain behind? Or were there rat holes in the mountain all along?
Moreover, these rats were clearly organized. In the quiet night, so many rats gathered together, yet their movements were surprisingly orderly. Their target was very clear: the Taoist temple not far away.
Out of curiosity, Jian Ning didn't immediately kill them. Instead, she put an invisibility talisman on herself and carefully flew in the air, following the direction the rat swarm was heading.
As you can see, a rat about the size of a small wild boar is the leader of these rats. It walks smugly in the middle, surrounded by five or six rats that are a size smaller than it.
Upon reaching the main gate of the Taoist temple, they surprisingly turned a corner as if by magic, circled around to the east wall, and then orderly burrowed into the ground in rows.
Jian Ning looked closely and saw that there was a water tank blocking the way, and below it was a rather large underground entrance.
Who knows how many rats are in here? And it's clear that someone in the Taoist temple knew about the rats, otherwise they wouldn't have put a broken jar here to conceal their comings and goings.
Since we don't know how deep the rat hole is or whether there's another exit,
Jian Ning simply took the yellow paper, tore it into the shape of a small paper figure, took out a talisman pen and spirit beast blood, drew a few strokes on it, filled in two eyes, and then attached her own spiritual consciousness.
The little paper figure jumped down into the snow, shook its hands and feet, looked around cleverly, and then nimbly scurried into the mouse hole.
It was pitch black below, without a single ray of light. Jian Ning sensed that the little paper figure had walked about five or six meters.
Suddenly, it plummeted straight down. It took quite a while to land on solid ground. There was a faint glow here; the rats had stored many glowing stones.
Only then did Jian Ning realize that the rat hole was actually like a human intestine, with many twists and turns.
Moreover, there are rat storage rooms at intervals throughout this area.
There are quite a few good things here; it seems these rats have been here for more than just a day or two.
Look at those piles of rice, soybeans, peanuts, and corn—it has everything a person can think of for food.
Moreover, the caves inside are quite spacious and densely packed, and it's impossible to know exactly how many rats are inside.
With so much good stuff, Jian Ning shouldn't be shy about sharing. This food will keep the soldiers at the base from going hungry this winter.
Jian Ning called the little paper figure back, hung two storage bags on her hand, and then put them back on the ground.
She watched as it hopped and dashed back into its hole. This time, she used her divine sense to collect all the food and supplies she could see into her storage bag.
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