bookandnovel Chapter 29 Departure
Chapter 29 Departure
"You were found out?"
Li Yuan thought to himself, this outfit is completely different from before, even Wang Xiulan can't tell the difference.
How did Huang Si discover it?
"That 'big brother' he just called out was clearly a test, but luckily he reacted quickly enough!"
Li Yuan pondered every detail carefully, but ultimately came up empty-handed.
He only calmed down when he arrived at the entrance of Xiaolingfang, because several unfriendly gazes swept over him.
"I knew buying so many would attract attention."
"However... you're asking for it!"
He carried the three bags with apparent difficulty, walking step by step until he disappeared into the darkness.
The next moment, three figures quickly followed.
At this moment, Huang Si also walked out of Xiaolingfang, his eyebrows slightly raised and his eyes darting around.
"Master Feng, was that man a martial artist?"
The burly man with the gun, who guarded Xiaolingfang and was known as Master Feng, glanced at him indifferently and said, "You can lie all you want, but don't cause trouble in Xiaolingfang."
"How dare I? With you here, even the Heavenly King himself wouldn't dare cause trouble."
Huang Si smiled obsequiously and offered his flattery.
He looked ahead. Although Feng Ye didn't answer, he felt it must be him. If that was the case... "It must be him."
A martial artist, plus the faint smell of medicine on his body—it's impossible for it to be such a coincidence!
If it weren't for the fact that his nose was naturally different from others, no one would have noticed.
...
"You dare to rob someone when you're not even a martial artist?"
Looking at the three corpses on the ground, Li Yuan felt somewhat weary. Robbery is something anyone can do.
Moreover, the three of them only had a dozen or so large sums of money on them combined; they were as poor as could be.
"They don't value life at all!"
Li Yuan shook his head and sighed, picked up the sack, and then disappeared into the darkness.
...
Li family.
"You bought so much today?"
"How much silver would that cost?"
Wang Xiulan was also taken aback when she saw him carrying three bags, and she was completely stunned when Li Yuan opened the bags.
"So many..."
"Mother, prepare meat every day during this period, don't be stingy, I need to eat a lot now, especially meat."
Li Yuan gave instructions.
"Okay, Mother understands." Wang Xiulan nodded immediately. Although she was a woman, she naturally understood the importance of the matter since Li Yuan spoke so solemnly.
"Go back to your room, I'll bring you some food in a bit."
"I carried these to the kitchen; they were too heavy."
...
After eating and drinking his fill, Li Yuan began his cultivation.
In the following days, he did nothing but eat and cultivate, and his progress in the health preservation technique increased rapidly.
That day, he was cultivating in the inner room when a voice suddenly rang out in the main room.
"Is A-Yuan home?"
Uncle Chen!
He let out a long breath, allowing his vital energy to return to his dantian, before getting up and walking out. "Uncle Chen, what's wrong?"
"Hmm...yes..."
Uncle Chen hesitated for a moment.
"Come on, Uncle Chen, don't rush, sit down and talk slowly."
At this moment, Wang Xiulan came out of the inner room and said, "A Yuan, go and pour Uncle Chen a bowl of water."
"it is good."
Li Yuan nodded.
"Aunt Li, could I use some money to buy some grain from your house?"
Taking advantage of Li Yuan's absence, Uncle Chen immediately revealed the purpose of his visit. After all, Li Yuan was a junior, and he was the elder, so he was a little embarrassed to speak up.
"You know, we adults can handle it by eating willow leaves and wild vegetables, but children can't. Ah Xu feels nauseous when he eats them."
Ah Xu is one year younger than Li Jun.
The family still has some money, but all the grain shops in Xiaomofang are closed, so even if they have money, they can't buy any now.
He knew that everyone was having a hard time, but he had no other choice but to try his luck at Li Yuan's house.
Li Yuan, who was in the kitchen, also heard it clearly.
"Here's what we'll do. We still have some sorghum flour at home. I'll give you five jin (2.5 kg). You don't need to pay. You can pay me back with the sorghum flour later when you have it."
Li Yuan bought the sorghum flour a long time ago, but only ate a little bit. After that, he bought cornmeal and wheat flour, so it just sat there.
"Ah... thank you, thank you so much!"
Uncle Chen quickly stood up to thank her, "I really don't know how to thank you, Auntie, I just can't."
"Alright, alright, it's tough for everyone, let's help each other out."
Wang Xiulan didn't say much, just said, "I'll go get it for you."
Then he went into the kitchen.
"Ah Yuan..."
"I'll do as you say."
He knew Wang Xiulan was soft-hearted, and Uncle Chen was also a good person, the only one in Liushufang he found agreeable, so helping him wouldn't be a big problem.
Uncle Chen thanked them profusely and left the Li family home carrying a bag of sorghum flour.
In the main room, Wang Xiulan sighed deeply, "Ah Yuan, these days..."
"As long as our family is doing well, that's enough."
Before she could finish speaking, Li Yuan quickly added the money. To be honest, if it weren't for Uncle Chen, he wouldn't have lent it to anyone else.
"Yes, as long as our family is doing well, that's enough."
"But... Ah Yuan, should we start cooking once a day from now on?"
Now, apart from the Wang family and their family who cook twice a day, the other families in Liushufang only cook once a day.
The Wang family were blacksmiths, and their lives were just average before. But as war broke out outside, they took on jobs from the government, and their lives actually improved.
At least on the surface, Willow Lane is the best-off.
"Okay, just once is fine, make as many as you can!"
After thinking for a moment, Li Yuan nodded.
It's better to keep a low profile.
...
The days passed by.
Li Yuan's progress in health preservation exercises is increasing day by day.
As his skin became tougher, the lines under his skin became more numerous and vibrant, further enhancing Li Yuan's defense.
However... the consumption is also increasing.
There wasn't much meat left from the last purchase, and almost all of it was for others to eat.
Now Wang Xiulan simply adds meat and flour to make dumplings, fries them, and lets him eat them directly when he's hungry, without needing to heat them up.
In my mind.
Heaven rewards diligence.
Name: Li Yuan
[Realm Level: Rank 8 (Skin Refining)]
[Exercise Method: Health Preservation Exercise (Minor Success (191/200))]
"It's still 9 o'clock. Once tonight is over, that should be enough."
"Seventh rank!!!"
Thinking of this, Li Yuan could not hide his excitement. Seventh rank! In this outer city, that's the level of a hegemon.
Only Xiaolingfang has a seventh-rank official in charge.
As long as I don't provoke him, I can act without restraint in the outer city. Then... 'Hai Fu... and several other gang leaders...'
"I hope to obtain some records about martial arts!"
He had a feeling that the path after reaching the seventh rank would be different.
If even the consumption of an eighth-grade cultivator is this high, what about later on? It will only be even greater!
"Ah Yuan..."
A familiar voice, He Qiu Shi!
Li Yuan immediately got up and went to the main room, where he saw her carrying a pile of things. "Sister Qiu, what's this?"
"I'm going to the inner city tomorrow, and a carriage can't hold too much stuff. If you don't mind, I'll give these to you."