Checking the equipment they had, Li Mu realized that all they had was a rucksack with two torches, a sleeping bag, five packs of compressed biscuits, three packs of solid fuel, plus a set of ropes, two entrenching tools, and a dozen slabs of chocolate.
They were seriously lacking resources. And with so many people, this number of items they had was simply not enough. Most importantly, they had no water or any container to fill water with.
Seeing him in a dilemma, Mrs. Hong spoke up and asked, “What's wrong?”
Li Mu briefly described the situation and Mrs. Hong smiled and said, “Don't worry about this. I have a solution to get us clean water.”
Li Mu was delighted at her words and looked at her curiously.
“Turn around, will you? Don't stare at me!” Mrs. Hong said a little shyly.
Li Mu didn't move at all and continued to stare at her.
"It's just the cultivation technique! I’ve seen enough
The distance of one hundred meters was not that far anyway. The sisters indeed were not bragging. This distance was nothing to them. After two minutes, the sisters appeared from the water with Li Mu. After coming ashore, hurriedly, he tried to take off the cover on his head but to no avail.Shen Zixing came over to help him. With a single tap on him, the Water Purifying Worm shrank. Subsequently, it returned to its original form. At once, she got hold of it and put it into her mouth. Lin Wan, who was rushing over to them, saw what she did and felt angry yet amused. Shen Ming’er pouted her lip and said, “Miss Lin, please give me one, too!”Lin Wan took the worm from her head and threw it over to her, “Here you go!”The girl caught it and swallowed it happily. Li Mu did not bother to care about what was happening. He squatted by the water and kept washing his head and face. After scrubbing for quit
Li Mu carefully observed the stones. Mrs. Hong came over and asked, “Li Mu, do you have any idea about what they are?”“I’ve no idea what they are. Mrs. Hong, do you know what’s going on?”Mrs. Hong shook her head and said, “I’ve no idea, either. It’s my first time to see skulls with flesh turned into stones. It’s a strange thing!”“Human skulls with flesh turned into stones. Bloodstones. This name is quite suitable for them. We’ll call them bloodstones then!” Li Mu murmured. Mrs. Hong smiled, “Bloodstones. What an interesting name! Let’s not look at them anymore. We should keep on moving.”Li Mu assured the rest and said, “Don’t be afraid, guys. Follow me and let’s get going!” The few of them continued moving forward and tried to stay close to each other, as they were afraid they would be left behind. After a while, Lin Wan suddenly said, “I think I know where these bloodstones came from.”
Mrs. Hong looked at Li Mu with an aggrieved expression.“I was afraid that you would stab me with the hairpin. So I kept biting the tip of my tongue to keep myself awake. When it was my turn to say out my number, I was so nervous that I bit my tongue too deeply. I didn’t expect that I can’t run away from being stabbed. It’s such a painful one!”Li Mu immediately apologized and returned the hairpin to Lin Wan.“Never mind. I’d offend someone every time I stab one of you. I’m not going to do it anymore. You’re more suitable to play this role since you’re the master. You should be doing this!”Lin Wan pushed away his hand.“You’re better in doing it. It’s normal for us to scold you after you stab us. Don’t be so calculative.”Since everyone believed in Li Mu, he decided to continue to do it!Soon after that, Lin Wan became the next victim. After Lin Wan was awake, she took the opportunity
Without any reaction, Li Mu was still dull and there was no change in his look as if the person who was pricked hadn’t been him at all.“It doesn’t work. After changing his bone, he is now more pain-resistant than us. This pain does not matter at all. We need to increase stimulation and prick another finger.”Lin Wan hurriedly pulled out another finger. Mrs. Hong did the same thing again and pierced his finger severely. Three fingers were pierced with blood bleeding. But Li Mu didn’t even frown.Mrs. Hong was afraid and returned the hairpin to Lin Wan.“I don’t dare to prick it. I am afraid that Li Mu will hit me when he is awake. He is your man. Do it yourself!”“Xiaoyu!” Lin Wan shouted.He Xiaoyu was frightened and waved her hands over and over again.“I can’t. Please do it yourself. I’m afraid of doing it.”Madam Lin got angry. Pointing to He Xiaoyu’s nose, she shouted,
Many people had this feeling that the more you wanted to sleep, the soberer you would become, just like Mrs. Hong.She felt strange.“It’s so weird. I’ve tried every method but I just can’t sleep. Please don’t blame me. I’m really trying.”Shen Ming’er said to Li Mu in a low voice, “Here is another way. You could give her a punch. Then she will fall in a faint as if she were in her dream.”Of course, that was a good idea. Li Mu rubbed his fist and looked at Mrs. Hong awkwardly. Hearing that, Mrs. Hong immediately sat up and watched Li Mu sadly.Li Mu said hurriedly, “Ming’er was so thoughtless. I respect Mrs. Hong so much. I can’t do this. Let’s think of another idea.”He added, “The ordinary methods won’t work. Do you have any special drugs? We can use that.”They shook their heads. Li Mu complained, “Don’t you bring any special drugs when you go out?”Lin Wan spat at him
Lin Danyang and Cheng Feng felt upset about their journey in the northern frontier which had lasted a while without any gains.They sent out lots of people. And gangs there also helped them enthusiastically. But there were no messages about Li Mu.After discussion, they both thought the former judgment was wrong and Li Mu might not run southward. Lin Wan had fooled them.The reason why they thought so was that Lin Wan never came to the frontier. Before they arrived here, Lin Wan was on the way to the south. But when they got here, they gained nothing.Now they had lost Lin Wan’s trail. The main lineage’s branch kept Miss Lin’s whereabouts as a secret. Even Lin Danyang didn’t know where she was.“Danyang, where do you think she can go?” Cheng Feng asked.Shaking his head, Lin Danyang answered, “I don’t know. But she must go to find Li Mu. We can know Li Mu’s whereabouts after finding her.”
Shen Xingyue seized a word keenly, “Ally”. Since they were allies, there might be some misunderstandings. She did not want to waste time anymore. She immediately said, “Please!”Third Grandaunt subconsciously wanted to stop her, whereas Crew Cut Taoist secretly pulled her sleeve and waved towards her slightly. Third Grandaunt got it. So she chose to be silent.She understood what her husband meant. Their daughter now became the chief of the Shen Family. As the elders, they should simply support her job instead of weakening their daughter’s authority.For those elders, the most important mission was not to make decisions for their daughter but to exhort her not to take the wrong path. After all, it was their daughter who shouldered the future of the Shen Family. They could not replace Shen Xingyue.Fifth Uncle and her wife arrived one after another. After entering the camp, they held fist salute and said, “Lin Puhe and Song X
The two parties met each other. The big guy gently hugged Shen Xingyue in his arms, howling, “Yueni!”Shen Xingyue suddenly had a sense of intimacy, which was so familiar and so tender. She asked, trembling, “You are my grandpa?”“Grandpa!” repeated the big guy.Shen Xingyue cried, “Mother, he is my grandpa! He is my grandpa!”Third Grandaunt cried trembling, “My elder brother!”“Ying!”The big guy took Third Grandaunt into his arms as well.Third Grandaunt burst into a rage of tears. She held the big guy, shouting, “My poor elder brother. How could you become like this? What on earth happened?”The big guy was of weak intellect so he could not understand her questions. He simply repeated, “Yueni! Ying!”Fourth Uncle and Fifth Aunty also rushed over, crying around the big guy. The big guy tried to recall very hard. After a long time, he shouted, “Fourth Brother