My whole family time-traveled! I became a god during my exile in a famine.

Chapter 223 Energy Source Stone
"My goodness!" Xin Wenyuan exclaimed, "Son, what have you done?"

He reached out and pulled Xin Mochen close, swaying him back and forth and looking him over repeatedly. "You've generated a space too?"

"No." Xin Mochen glanced at his father with a helpless expression. "Father, this is a new fifth-tier skill that I've mastered. As long as it's fire-attribute, it can be absorbed and released instantly."

Old Xin became depressed.

My daughter is amazing, and my son is amazing too!

Look at this pool of molten lava, it can absorb all of this, it's simply incredible.

Old Xin silently vowed that he must practice diligently; he couldn't let them leave him too far behind...

Xin Mochen had already jumped into the deep pit and shouted, "Sister, there's a snake molt here."

"Ah, is it big? Do I need to come down and get it?" Snake slough is a valuable ingredient; when combined with other medicinal herbs, it can be used to make ointments for treating sores and ulcers.

"Don't come down, it's dirty here. I'll bring it up later."

Below was a jumble of rocks. Xin Mochen picked up a few more things from the bottom of the pit, waved them, and said, "Niannian."

"Brother, it's an energy source stone."

"Son, is it hot down there?" Old Xin called out from the edge of the deep pit.

"It's not hot at all."

"Then I'll come down and pick it up with you!" Xin Wenyuan sensed that after the kid absorbed the lava, the surrounding temperature had indeed dropped a lot.

"it is good."

Old Xin jumped into the pit with great joy. The father and son spent a quarter of an hour picking up stones at the bottom of the pit, and then filled a small box with glowing stones.

"My daughter~~" Old Xin presented the small box to his daughter like a treasure, "You've struck it rich, my daughter, this trip was worth it."

Xin Nian's eyes lit up, and she nodded repeatedly in agreement, just like her father.

It was definitely worth the trip. Compared to the energy source stones buried under the magma, the gold and silver jewelry we picked up earlier was nothing at all.

"Is this a spatial source stone? Only those with spatial attributes can absorb it?"

"Is it possible that this stone doesn't actually have any attributes, but only we can absorb it?" Xin Mochen dragged the snake molt up and threw it at his sister's feet, then picked up a small glowing pebble and handed it to Yan Xi beside him.

The latter was slightly taken aback, then took the pebble and held it in his hand.

Three pairs of eyes were fixed on his hand.

There was no response for a long time.

"Look! There's no reaction here either." Old Xin was overjoyed.

Haha, it's not that their whole family is useless, it's that they're all useless, yay!
The kid's right, this stone probably doesn't have any attributes, only Old Xin's daughter can absorb it, hahaha.

Xin Nian took the small stone from Yan Xi's hand.

The glowing pebble in her palm turned into a white light, instantly absorbing its energy.

Yan Xi and the other two saw it very clearly.

The small stone in Xin Nian's palm shattered into powder in an instant.

"I've struck it rich, my daughter." Old Xin happily closed the lid of the box and handed the small wooden box to his daughter. "Hurry up and put it away."

"With just this whole box, can you return to the peak of the ninth rank?"

Xin Nian put away the wooden box and the snake slough, and met her father's silly expression with a blank face, she replied, "You're daydreaming. After the sixth rank, the energy required to advance to each rank is the sum of all the energy before, or even doubles it. What do you say?"

Old Xin realized he was being too idealistic...

He pursed his lips, "Then reaching the seventh level will definitely not be a problem."

Xin Nian secretly raised the corners of her lips, her heart still overflowing with joy.

"Let's go." She grabbed the three of them by the hand and teleported them back to the entrance several times. With another teleport, the four of them appeared on the ground.

Then he came face to face with a group of homeless people carrying tree branches and stones.

The group stared in surprise at the four people who had suddenly appeared, and they chattered away, making it impossible to understand what they were saying.

Xin Nian didn't bother to listen and simply pulled the three of them away from their sight once again.

The homeless were all startled. Someone shouted and fell to the ground, and the others also knelt down in panic, praying to heaven and earth and muttering incantations.

Xin Nian led Lao Xin and the other two back to the camp. Everyone had already eaten and was eagerly waiting for them.

Upon seeing Lao Xin, everyone was exceptionally enthusiastic, shouting, "The regimental commander and the others are back!"

"That's great! Commander, are you all alright? Why did you take so long?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing." The commander grinned foolishly. "There were some twists and turns, but fortunately, we resolved them all without any major incidents."

"Oh, by the way, everyone, we're planning to ask the brothers from Dragon Tiger Stronghold to scrape snake meat, remove snake bones, and extract snake gall and snake oil. Anyone else who's brave enough and willing to do it can sign up."

"I'll give you ten points each. We can get about thirty more people to sign up."

Upon hearing that it was worth ten points, everyone's heads were spinning. What a great deal it was—ten points just for picking snake bones!

The group members immediately signed up enthusiastically and responded to the call to work.

Xin Wenyuan spoke frankly, "The snake is quite big and looks a bit scary. If you're easily frightened, don't sign up. You'll have plenty of opportunities to earn points later. It's not worth scaring yourself."

"I, I, I'll sign up!" Madam Chi raised her hand high, but General Chi pulled it down tightly.

"Wife, don't go. Let me go and see how big the snake is. The commander said it's terrifying."

Madam Chi was unwilling, and was helped to sit down by Fei Shuang and Ying Xue. She was still unwilling to give up, "Then bring back a piece of snake bone for me to take a look at."

General Chi sighed helplessly, "I understand."

In the end, another twenty or thirty people signed up, most of whom were skilled in martial arts and had a lot of courage.

Zhou Jian, the eldest son of Old Man Zhou, also signed up.

Although he was not a formally appointed member and could not receive the points for being a member, he could still receive the corresponding rice and grain, so he was naturally more than willing to do it.

There was also a butcher from Zhoucun who often slaughtered pigs and sheep, and he brought his two burly sons to participate as well.

A group of seventy or eighty people followed the regimental commander and his daughter to an open space in the distance.

Xin Nian made a gesture, and the group leader called out to everyone, leading them to walk a little further away.

The crowd was somewhat surprised and whispered among themselves, "Just how big is the snake?"

When Xin Nian waved her hand and released the large snake whose scales had been peeled off, everyone shuddered and stared in astonishment.

"My God, what a huge worm!" Butcher Zhou exclaimed, holding up his cleaver.

"Wow, it's huge!"

"Commander, Sixth Sister, what did you do? You actually managed to kill such a huge worm!"

Old Xin smiled modestly, exuding an air of otherworldly wisdom, and waved his hand, "It was just something I did casually."

Xin Nian chuckled inwardly, then left the large snake there and slipped away.

Old Xin quickly called out, "Hey girl, don't run away, leave some more buckets, boxes, and jars."

Xin Nian rummaged through her spatial storage and threw out a bunch of empty buckets, boxes, and oil cans.

"Dad, is that young carpenter of yours working these days? Tell him to make more wooden barrels and boxes; I don't have many empty boxes left."

“He does carpentry work every day when he has free time, and I’m always worried that he’s not getting enough sleep. He’s a very hardworking and reliable person.” Xin Wenyuan praised the young carpenter highly.