From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 64 Good Destiny
"..."

Yan Yijin was stunned when he heard Xu Xiaoniu's straightforward answer.

He thought it would take some effort to "pry open" Xu Xiaoniu's mouth, but he didn't expect that he was so innocent and frank to the point of being completely defenseless.

"What is it, where is it?"

"He didn't say much, just about the old tree where we first met.

Thirty miles east of the camp there's an abandoned mine, and a dozen miles south there's an ancient tree more than ten feet thick, with something hidden in a hole in its branches."

As Xu Xiaoniu finished speaking, the figure of the immortal in front of him soared into the sky, and the strong wind he raised made him squint his eyes.

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Yan Yijin quickly found the ancient tree that Xu Xiaoniu mentioned, which was more than ten feet thick.

His spiritual sense enveloped the ancient tree, and after a moment he found an inconspicuous tree hole in the dense canopy.

In the tree hole there was a plain grey flying sword and a porcelain bottle containing medicinal pills.

"Haha, that person didn't lie."

He was sure that Xu Xiaoniu was telling the truth.

The mid-level spiritual weapon flying sword is worth at least a thousand spiritual stones. The elixir in the porcelain bottle is Du Yong's Xiantian elixir.

Yan Yijin put the spiritual flying sword and the Xiantian Pill into the storage bag, feeling happy.

He has reaped a lot of rewards recently, including Ruan Xiong's storage bag and flying sword, Wu Zhe's storage bag, Jiang Ze's storage bag... and a large number of spirit stones that will be distributed soon.

"That mortal..."

He thought of Xu Xiaoniu again.

This person helped him find Ruan Xiong's spiritual flying sword, which was a great contribution.

"I've committed a lot of sins recently. I'll give him some credit and consider it a good karma."

Thinking so, Yan Yijin flew back to the camp to find Xu Xiaoniu.

"Xu Xiaoniu, you have made great contributions. What reward do you want?"

reward?

Xu Xiaoniu thought for a long time and remained silent.

"Why don't I give you a Xiantian Pill? Maybe you can use it."

Yan Yijin knew that Xu Xiaoniu had already mastered the third level of Zhuang Gong. If he couldn't break through by his own ability, he could use Xiantian Dan to break through.

"Thank you, Immortal Master. I'd rather not use the Xiantian Pill."

Xu Xiaoniu bowed to Yan Yijin to express his gratitude, but shook his head to reject his kindness.

"Oh? Why?"

Yan Yijin asked with great interest. It was the first time he saw a post-natal warrior refusing the Xiantian Pill.

So many people are fighting and competing for resources here, with blood flowing everywhere for the opportunity of a breakthrough, but some people actually actively refuse resources?
Faced with this question, Xu Xiaoniu still did not lie, and spoke out what was in his heart: "My father told me that a man is innocent but guilty of possessing a treasure. If people knew that I have the Xiantian Pill, it would attract others' covetousness.

I just want to go home alive, nothing else."

"I see."

Yan Yijin was a little curious and surprised to see such a "non-competitive" person in such an environment.

Whether practicing martial arts or cultivating immortality, it is a struggle with the heaven and earth, with others, and with yourself.

Someone as unambitious as Xu Xiaoniu obviously cannot achieve anything.

Yan Yijin did not say much about this. Everyone had their own ideas: "In this case, I will give you a first-class military merit. When you return, you will give it to your county magistrate and you will be able to obtain military officer status.

Of course, the prerequisite is that you are promoted to the innate warrior realm.

Military officer status is a valuable commodity, and the counties under Yuanli Commandery are vying for it.

As he spoke, he took out paper and pen from his storage bag.

That paper was not ordinary rice paper, but blank talisman paper that could be used to make talismans.

He infused the paper with his own spiritual power as he wrote, and then handed the talisman to Xu Xiaoniu: "Your Tonggu County Magistrate, Lü Yisong, recognizes my aura, so you can just give it to him. Don't worry, this military merit cannot be used even if taken away by others. Only you can use it."

After hearing the latter sentence, Xu Xiaoniu felt at ease and respectfully accepted this "military merit".

When Yan Yijin left, he thought: With this person's personality, if he could enter the path of immortal cultivation, he would definitely live a long life. But it's a pity that he has no spiritual roots.

Previously, Yan Yijin used his spiritual power to investigate Xu Xiaoniu's physique and discovered that he did not have any spiritual roots.

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A few more days passed.

The soldiers who were forcibly conscripted can now leave the Desolate Mountains!
Xu Xiaoniu followed the crowd and rushed to the outside of the Huangze Mountains.

Before leaving, they have to go through one last checkpoint: the Overseer's search.

In order to prevent them from secretly hoarding spirit crystals, spirit stones, or gold from the mines, everyone must undergo rigorous inspections.

Some people were found to have hidden treasures and were beheaded on the spot.

Xu Xiaoniu did not have a single copper coin on him except for the letter of military merit written by Yan Yijin himself, and he left safely.

"Finally~~"

Walking out of the vast, desolate mountains, Xu Xiaoniu was filled with emotion. Ten years had passed. If he hadn't been so cautious and stayed away from disputes, he wouldn't be alive today.

Of the soldiers who were conscripted, only one or two out of ten survived.

Mortals are consumables and cannon fodder in this war. The immortals recruited them and never intended to let them leave alive.

Those who can leave alive are lucky to have saved their lives.

"Dad, Mom, Erxia, Sangou, Siyun, Xiaoan, Dahei...how are you?"

He didn't know that he had a sixth brother.

When he left home, Jiazhen was already pregnant with Xu Xiaohou. In order to avoid worrying him, she did not tell him.

"Xiu Lian, are you still waiting for me?"

He didn't know whether Chen Xiu Lian had "married someone else".

In the letter home six years ago, although he told Xiulian about his longing for her, he also said that he didn't know when an accident would happen on the battlefield and he didn't know when he would be able to return home, and advised Xiulian not to wait for him.

Missing his family, he walked quickly for dozens of miles.

Only when the desolate mountains behind him were about to disappear from his sight did he turn around and look: "Dayong, I'm sorry, I... I will bring the news back."

He knew that something must have happened to Du Yong, but he didn't dare to ask or inquire.

If Du Yong was killed by an immortal, why did he ask around? Could it be that he wanted to seek revenge on the immortal?
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Baihe Village is thousands of miles away from the Huangze Mountains.

Since Xu Xiaogou and Fu Zhiyi got married six years ago, the Xu family has grown in number and undergone tremendous changes.

The Xu family residence has not changed much from six years ago.

Xu Fugui specially turned a side room into a medicinal kitchen for making medicinal soup.

At this time, he was preparing the Five Elements Medicinal Soup in the herbal medicine room.

In the middle of the medicinal kitchen, a uniquely shaped stove was built with blue bricks, with four burners and four ventilation holes on each side to quickly adjust the size of the fire.

There is a bronze casserole on the stove. This is the casserole used to make pills in large pharmacies and it is of extremely high quality.

In the corner of the herbal medicine room, medicinal herbs such as ground rose and iron root grass are piled up.

These herbs are ordinary herbs used to deceive people, and are not the spiritual plants that Xu Fugui uses to make the Five Elements Miraculous Medicine Soup.

This medicinal food room was listed as a "forbidden area" by Xu Fugui. He was the only one in the family who could enter, and no one else was allowed to enter.

"There's not enough Yanqi."

Xu Fugui, who was preparing to make the Five Elements Miraculous Medicine Soup, discovered that there were not enough Yanqi on the table.

He turned around to confirm that the door of the herbal medicine room was locked from the inside, and then disappeared out of thin air.

(End of this chapter)