Folklore: Pre-emptive shelter begins with the stomach.

For Feng Mo, rest and meditation were enough.

Since he embarked on his cultivation journey, he no longer needed to take deliberate rest.

"Go and tell Huang Lao Er to come see me," Feng Mo said calmly.

"Alright then..." A hint of resentment flashed across Feng Nuonian's face.

But this was Feng Mo's order.

She dared not disobey and could only obediently do as she was told.

But just as she was about to step out of the door of her stomach, Feng Mo called her back:

"Wait, didn't you say you were going to fill my water tank?"

"...Uh? Oh!"

Feng Nuonian suddenly realized that he had misunderstood the Third Young Master's meaning again.

Fortunately.

Fortunately.

It turned out that she was to finish fetching the water first, and then go and call Uncle Huang.

She immediately turned and went back into the cabin.

They quickly filled a bucket to the brim, and this time they even lit a fire to prepare hot water.

After doing all this.

She looked at Feng Mo expectantly, waiting for his next instructions.

It can be the same as last time.

After entering the wooden house, Feng Mo closed the door immediately.

Soon, the sound of clothes being undressed could be heard from inside the room, followed by a "splash" as someone was plunged into a bucket of water.

Only this time it's different.

Feng Nuonian stood outside the door for a long time, struggling with his inner thoughts.

Finally, gritting his teeth, he gently pushed open the wooden door and went inside.

She stood inside the house, at a loss for what to do.

I dare not do anything.

Inside the wooden house shrouded in mist.

Her slender figure appeared even more full, like a landscape painting before the dawn.

She has rounded shoulders and neck, and a slender waist.

Below her slender, beautiful legs were delicate, pink feet, and a pair of jade-like hands restlessly draped over her lower abdomen.

"Are you just going to stand there like that?" Feng Mo's voice broke the silence.

"...Ah..." The sudden sound startled Feng Nuonian, and it took her a while to recover.

"Then... is there anything I can do for you?" she asked softly, her cheeks flushing.

"Do whatever you can for me."

Feng Mo's tone was flat, revealing no emotion whatsoever.

After hesitating for a long time, Feng Nuonian picked up the bath brush next to her.

His gaze fell on Feng Mo's thick and sturdy back, and he touched it carefully.

When you look up at it on a normal day, its back gives you a great sense of security.

Now that they're close, Feng Nuonian's face instantly flushes with satisfaction.

Being so close to Feng Mo, her heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was going to burst out of her throat.

inside the house.

Apart from the sound of the bath towel scraping against the water's surface, all that could be heard was her clearly audible heartbeat.

After wiping himself down, Feng Nuonian glanced at Feng Mo in the bucket.

She hesitated for a few more moments.

Take a deep breath.

She gritted her teeth, her Adam's apple bobbing slightly.

In the end, I could no longer tolerate it.

—He picked up the bath towel again and continued to wipe Feng Mo.

……

Two hours later, Feng Nuonian walked out of the wooden house.

She straightened her disheveled clothes, pursed her pink lips, and looked completely satisfied.

"Well... I'll be going now to inform Uncle Huang."

"Okay, go ahead." Feng Mo's voice came from inside the house.

As for Feng Mo, he shrugged helplessly.

Fortunately, he had cultivated a level of visualization.

Otherwise, my back would probably have been rubbed raw today.

Even so, his back was already completely red.

Who can scrub someone's back for a full two hours?

However, Feng Nuonian was unusually proactive today, which Feng Mo hadn't expected.

Last time she didn't even dare to enter the wooden door, but this time she actually dared to take the initiative to rub her back.

What about next time? Feng Mo shook his head, not daring to think any further.

"But it's still too awkward," he murmured to himself.

……

Not long after.

Huang Lao Er hurriedly arrived at the Five Stomachs Temple.

When he saw Feng Mo, his eyes were full of respect, and he bowed and asked:

"Temple Master, what are your instructions for summoning me here?"

He was busy cleaning up the battlefield when Feng Nuonian took over his job, which allowed him to arrive.

Feng Mo got straight to the point, stating his thoughts and purpose.

Huang Lao Er had no objection whatsoever and readily agreed:

"No problem! I, Huang Lao Er, will give the temple master an answer within a day!"

He was full of energy and vigor at the moment, showing no signs of old age or physical decline.

Even after last night, it's still the same.

Actually, although he was constantly on the go last night, his energy expenditure was the lowest among all the people.

The paper figures and other props were prepared in advance.

It doesn't consume much energy or blood when it's activated.

"Okay." Feng Mo nodded. "Then I'll trouble Temple Master Huang to make the trip."

However, a day is still too long.

By the time Huang Lao Er returns, the research center's refresh period will probably be over.

The research center refreshes its data every 24 hours, which is before dawn the following day.

"What if we ride a night horse?" Feng Mo asked.

"If we had night-traveling horses, half a day would be enough! Maybe even less!"

The one-day time he mentioned earlier was calculated based on the standard of traveling on foot.

If a temple were to train a night-traveling horse capable of traveling a thousand miles a day, its travel efficiency would be greatly improved.

Feng Mo nodded in satisfaction: "That's good, go and get ready."

"Yes, Master!" Huang Lao Er respectfully replied and turned to make preparations.

Feng Mo watched Huang Lao Er's retreating figure.

He hadn't expected Huang Lao Er to agree so readily, which showed how loyal Huang was to him.

Before we knew it.

He had already gone from being a temple keeper who barely made a living by collecting firewood,

He became a respected temple master with a loyal following.

Today, Jiangbai Village is completely under Feng Mo's absolute control.

and this.

This was just his first step.

Next, he only needs to proceed step by step.

They expanded their influence to the entire Huanjiang River basin.

Jiangbai Village was gradually expanded until it became a large and strong village.

Until it far surpasses that arrogant, high-and-mighty master family living in Chang'an County!

……

In the afternoon, after Huang Lao Er set off, the battlefield had already been cleaned up.

Only Feng Nuonian, Tang Ren, and others remained in their stomachs.

Feng Mo began to tally up the spoils of this strange disaster.

First, the number of arrow towers has increased from the original fifteen to twenty-one.

The outer city wall protected the temple, while the inner city wall served as a defense against enemies using arrow towers.

The total number of disaster stones is 1,242;

Seventy-two Tier 1 Mysterious Materials;

There are thirteen pieces of Tier 1 equipment, including four weapons, seven pieces of armor, and two pieces of jewelry.

Two miscellaneous items.

Feng Mo defined miscellaneous items as things like wheat seeds, which have special uses but are not core items.

Finally, there are three Tier 2 Disaster Stones!

There's not much to say about the equipment; most of it is just ordinary equipment with negative effects.

Feng Mo originally thought that Tier 2 equipment would be fundamentally different from Tier 1 equipment, but unexpectedly, Tier 2 equipment was more effective, but also had greater side effects.

With Tier 2 equipment, Feng Mo naturally no longer cared about Tier 1 equipment.

Having honed his skills in the previous battle, Feng Mo now prefers to fight with his fists.

Unfortunately, neither of the two Tier 2 equipment items I obtained this time were gauntlet-type weapons.

Two Tier 2 equipment pieces:

One was a piece of jewelry, and the other was a broken knife.

Even so, Feng Mo was not disappointed.

He can use second-tier bizarre materials to personally craft his own second-tier weapon.

It's not impossible.

According to his idea, the "Loan of the Gods" would allow him to advance materials to create the type of weapon he wanted.

Of the three Tier 2 materials obtained this time,

The boxing gloves made from painted skin are designed for durability.

A blood-stained embryo, its main feature after the initial release;

The bloodstained soap shoes provide a skill that allows the user to teleport within a five-meter radius.

Choose one of the three options; each piece of equipment crafted from different materials has its own unique focus.

The durability of the Painted Skin boxing gloves wasn't much of a highlight, and they weren't of much use to Feng Mo.

This leaves only the last two materials to choose from.

Finally, Feng Mo gave up the Bloodstained Soap Shoes with the Flash skill and chose the Bloodstained Embryo with the "Fist Wind" effect.

"Inner Strength Iron Gauntlets": Made of tough material, with a soft interior and inlaid with black iron, each punch and stance can contain "fist wind".

"Fist Wind": When you throw a punch, an additional fist wind of the same power will be thrown within a random range of the target!

The brief introduction alone struck Feng Mo as incredibly exaggerated.

This is equivalent to throwing a second punch while throwing one punch – one punch equals two punches!