Folklore: Pre-emptive shelter begins with the stomach.

A night of fierce fighting.

Dawn arrived as expected.

Everyone in Jiangbai Village was overjoyed.

The air was filled with the joy of surviving a disaster!

The environmental impact of last night's strange disaster is etched in the minds of the entire village.

At that moment, it felt as if the sky was crying, the earth was cracking, and the wind was howling.

This extraordinary phenomenon was something that everyone in Jiangbai Village had never witnessed before.

The scale of this strange disaster was unprecedented in Jiangbai Village.

Even if we get through it, it will remain on everyone's mind.

Fortunately, the approaching dawn has dispelled much of the fear in my heart.

They survived this eternal night!

They all knew in their hearts that they were able to endure it all because of their hunger.

They were able to survive because of their stomachs.

The villagers of Jiangbai Village, family members, huddled together, weeping uncontrollably.

Those who were lonely and destitute also took to the streets to greet each other, their faces full of smiles.

They sincerely praised their stomachs!

"Oh my god, we actually survived last night!"

"Yes...yes, I'll probably never forget that scene for the rest of my life."

"The environment after the strange disaster is already this extreme! What kind of horror must my stomach have experienced last night?"

"Thank you for providing us with shelter, Third Young Master, the guardian of our inner community!"

"I sincerely crave food from my stomach!"

Everyone respectfully called him Third Young Master!

They worship the gods of the five internal organs with utmost reverence!

Many people on the street immediately knelt down and prayed towards the direction of their stomachs.

At the same time, the golden light emanating from above their heads materialized.

It kept rushing to my stomach.

The pale dawn was dyed golden by the rising sun.

……

Inside the Feng family compound, Feng Nuonian was filled with anxiety.

Even though dawn had broken, she still had no idea what was happening outside.

If Feng Fugui hadn't stopped her from going outside, she probably would have already run away.

"Nuonian, wait a little longer, the servants have already gone to find out the news..."

There's no use in panicking.

Wouldn't it be better if we knew what was happening over there so we could provide better assistance?

If we rush there, we'll only miss the opportunity, won't we?

"I know..." Feng Nuonian said.

She naturally understood what her father meant.

However, she was anxious and wanted to know how Feng Mo was doing.

Just then, two servants, one old and one young, came to the door, bringing news from outside.

"Miss, Master, we have news about the Five Stomachs Temple!" the young servant said first.

"Tell me! Tell me quickly, what's going on?!" Feng Nuonian asked immediately.

"My stomach is a complete mess... there's black ash everywhere outside the city walls..."

"What about inside the city walls?!"

"Inside the city walls... there are corpses everywhere... the protective stones are all gone, so many people died! So many people!"

The young servant had clearly never seen such a horrific scene before, and his voice trembled as he spoke.

His appearance really frightened Feng Nuonian.

Not only her, but even the relatively calm and composed Feng Fugui couldn't help but frown.

Just then, an old man interrupted.

"Hey, you better not relay messages anymore!"

He was quite disappointed in the relative he had introduced.

The original intention of sending him to deliver the message was to make him perform well in front of his grandfather and young lady.

But the result was quite the opposite; it almost scared the young lady and her grandfather to death.

"The little guy is right, but those who died were all warriors."

Miss and Grandpa don't need to worry.

The Third Young Master and the others are all safe.

It means that the two old ghosts who were in charge have both died.

Although the Five Internal Organs Temple was in utter chaos, strangely enough, it didn't even manage to breach the outer city walls.

It's all show and no substance.

Yes, our village's guardian deity has withstood this strange calamity!

Upon hearing this, Feng Nuonian's face immediately lit up with joy.

"It's good that Third Young Master is alright, it's good that he's alright..." she murmured to herself.

Even Feng Fugui breathed a sigh of relief: "You, go and collect your reward! The little one over there, go and collect your punishment—twenty strokes of the cane. And don't you dare relay any more messages!"

"Thank you, Grandpa! I will definitely discipline him more strictly from now on."

And so, the two servants bowed and withdrew.

……

After the servants left, a young girl slowly walked out of the inner room.

"Sister, shouldn't you feel relieved now?"

The girl's voice was slightly androgynous, and she was extremely beautiful.

She had long hair, delicate skin, and a smile that seemed to float on clear water like duckweed.

Every move she made was perfectly natural, exuding an indescribable and inexplicable charm.

"Second sister..." Feng Nuonian turned to look at his second sister, Feng Baishan.

The things Feng Baishan mentioned were already known to everyone.

If anyone was kept in the dark, it was only Feng Nuonian himself.

She assumed that no one else knew she was worried about Feng Mo.

After his thoughts were exposed, Feng Nuonian's eyes immediately became unfocused.

Seeing this, Feng Baishan chuckled: "So you really are interested in that Third Young Master. I'd like to meet the guy who makes my sister so obsessed. I heard from the servants that he's a handsome young man."

"No, no way!" Feng Nuonian refused without hesitation. "You're frail; you can't go out so easily. What if you get haunted by ghosts?"

"Hehe, don't worry. I was just joking."

Seeing his sister's strong reaction, Feng Baishan breathed a sigh of relief. "Besides, little brother, I'm not that kind of person."

and many more?

Feng Nuonian was somewhat incredulous. Had the way her younger sister addressed her just now changed?

"Sister, don't be surprised. This is all thanks to the Third Young Master's talisman water."

After drinking it for a long time, I have lost my previous obsession with my gender identity.

Especially after getting through tonight…

"Is it really true?"

"Of course it's true! From now on, sister should call me second brother."

only……

Just before dawn, I suddenly felt dizzy.

I dreamt of the guy in red again.

"What?"

Feng Nuonian was suddenly startled.

According to the servants' report, the groom Gui Mingming was already dead.

Why did my own second brother dream about the other person?

……

The area around the Five Internal Organs Temple was in complete chaos.

The surviving warriors are cleaning up the wrecked battlefield.

As for Feng Mo, he personally went to the spot where the groom had been killed by a crossbow bolt.

He searched for a long time but couldn't find anything that the groom had dropped after being killed.

But the commotion when the kill happened was so great, surely the other party couldn't have escaped, right?

The opera troupe also got their equipment dropped.

This time the loot is even more plentiful than last time.

The guaranteed rewards include a Tier 2 Disaster Stone, a genuine Tier 2 equipment piece, a fragmented blueprint, a crop resembling a gray wheat seed, and two Tier 2 Mysterious Materials.

But Feng Mo looked around and couldn't find the groom, Gui.

Even though the aftershocks were strange, the fallen disaster stones remained intact in their original positions.

This led Feng Mo to have a bad feeling.

The groom is suspicious; he's probably run away!

The whole "out of control" thing back then was probably just a show put on by the other side.

Feng Mo sighed softly.

He has done his best and left the rest to fate.

Just then, Little White came running over, drooling.

It nuzzled against Feng Mo's clothes, as if offering silent comfort.

At the same time, it also had a disaster stone in its mouth that was several times larger than usual.

Feng Mo instinctively reached out to touch its head, but when he saw what Xiao Bai was holding in its mouth, he was overjoyed.

Second-tier disaster stone!

"Little White, where did you find it?"

Feng Mo took the second-tier disaster stone from Xiao Bai's mouth.

It barked twice, seemingly signaling to Feng Mo to follow it.

And so, the man and the dog found the rest of the things under a broken tree stump.

A Tier 2 material, a Tier 2 equipment, and a treasure chest that Feng Mo had never seen before.

Seemingly because his strength was inferior to that of the opera troupe's ghost, the groom's ghost dropped very few items, but the quality of the items was still quite good.

There was nothing else besides that.

This also proves that the groom ghost is indeed dead. The reason he wasn't found before was because the dropped items were buried under the black ash.

This allowed Feng Mo to breathe a sigh of relief.

He patted Xiaobai's head: "Well done, extra treat tonight!"

"Woof woof—" Little White jumped around happily, bouncing back and forth in place.

A gentle breeze blew by, and its "little cape" swayed in the wind.

Just then, Feng Nuonian came over from not far away, accompanied by Huang Lao Er.

"Temple Master, the young lady says she has something important to discuss with you."

Seeing her eagerness, I brought it.

------

P.S.: Thank you all so much, brothers! Today's reading should be a solid first step; see the author's comments for details on the perks.