I haven't seen the Earth Temple for a long time.

Since Xun Xie moved into Song Mansion, he has only come back a few times.

No way, Xun Xie enjoys his life in the Song Mansion more and more, mainly because there are people to serve him, and he can take a hot bath before going to bed, not to mention how cool it is.

He doesn’t deny being spoilt but who could resist? Even in his past life, the goal was ironically to work more so you could work less and have time to yourself and get most of the things you wanted.

It might violate a few human rights groups and beliefs but hey when in Rome, do as the Romans do. So, Xun Xie let himself be corrupted by the lavish life of living in a luxurious mansion with maids at his service and soft furniture plus precious knowledge at his fingertips.

People who practice martial arts like him will be sweaty and smelly all day, and if they don't take a bath for two days, they will inevitably turn rancid, and their clothes must be washed frequently.

Someone solved these daily troubles for Xun Xie, and Xun Xie's small life naturally lived happily and happily. No need to relive the days of college suffering without working machines and having to handwash clothes.

***

It's getting late.

In the mountains, there was a faint mist.

Xun Xie dug out the treasures buried in the ground, collecting a total of 62 taels of silver, plus wild ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum worth about 150 taels. He had come to deposit/bury other silver taels he had found occasionally whenever he got the Treasure Seeker plug-in so the bounty was slightly more dazzling. He wanted to save the old gold coin for a bit, based on vague info from the townspeople, gold was not used spent in coins anymore.

"From now on, Old Man Hu will have to pay five taels of silver every month, and at least one tael of silver every day to buy exotic animal meat..."

Xun Xie is different from other people. He has the lottery wheel in his mind. Moreover, he discovered that his chewing gum grasses were a lot more plentiful than he imagined, aside from the bunch he found at first, there was a nearby cave filled with them, based on the plug-in they ranged from 10-150 years old!

And they were very effective, especially the older ones that he was saving for fear of his pitiful stomach, just a 30 year one he tried had the illusion of a black hole in his stomach, even after eating until he was full there was a feeling of emptiness and void in his belly. His stomach had almost digested itself in the time he took to put something else in his mouth.

But they were necessary to supplement his malnutrition and martial arts practice physique.

In this way, with the remaining money in his hand, he can only last for five months or so.

Thinking of this, Xun Xie couldn't help but look up and look somewhere.

"Within five months, I will find a way to kill that big bear." Xun Xie made up his mind.

He could actually think of a few deceptive ways to kill the bear but there was no guarantee that it was a 100% ordinary bear, so he might end up wasting his effort. He could also easily use his Invisibility cheat to sneak in while it was out since he found he could deactivate it and reactivate it, just wait until it's gone and steal the money. But somehow doing so would feel underwhelming, this was a martial arts world! he was a martial artist! He wanted to punch it to death, second place was stabbing it to death!

Of course, if he was in urgent need of a lot of money, he would have no choice but to use trickery.

Whatever abilities the bear may or may not have, a quick death with a surprise attack was the best remedy.

The fog gradually thickened, and the sky quickly darkened.

Seeing this, Xun Xie quickly prepared fodder, fed the donkey, washed briefly, and went to bed.

It is midsummer now, the weather is hot, and people can sweat even at night without exercise.

The broken temple is not ventilated.

Xun Xie, however, did not dare to open the door to ventilate, for fear that wild animals would come in at night.

Moreover, there are many large mosquitoes in the countryside. If they are bitten, they must have big red bumps on their bodies. He had already suffered enough from those beasts so he had taken precautions by keeping the place as airtight as possible, being baked was preferable to being a blood bag and possibly gaining an unknown disease.

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Xun Xie checked the mosquito net to see if there were any dead ends or holes and only lay down after confirming that it was in good condition. The smaller ones that got through should be no problem.

There was only one layer of mat on the bed, and the corners were a bit torn.

Xun Xie took off his clothes and lay naked on the mat, just like this, he fell into a drowsy sleep.

I don't know how long after...

Xun Xie woke up suddenly, only to feel a chill on his body, and an inexplicable chill surged in the ruined temple.

"Why is it so cold?"

Xun Xie sat up, his eyes were pitch black, the chill surrounded him, and a layer of goosebumps appeared on his body.

He touched the side of the pillow, found clothes, and put them on in the dark.

At this time!

A light shone into the hall through the crack of the door.

Xun Xie narrowed his eyes slightly and saw that the light was blue, like the fluorescence of a firefly, but the light was so strong that it pierced the darkness.

He took off the mosquito net and prepared to get out of bed to have a look.

Whoa, whoa...

Who would have thought that a layer of things fell off the mosquito net.

Xun Xie took a closer look, and his expression changed drastically.

"Is this, ice slag?"

The surface of the mosquito net is covered with a layer of ice slag. You know, even in the cold winter, it is unlikely that there will be ice on the mosquito net. Perhaps it was different here but somehow, he doubted it.

A strong fluorescent light swept across the crack of the door, illuminating the interior of the hall.

Xun Xie lit up, his eyes swept away, and he found that the ground, walls, pillars, and door panels were all covered with a layer of white ice slag

Even the breath out of his mouth was white.

Xun Xie got out of bed, walked to the door, and looked out through the crack of the door, the fog was thick outside, and a dazzling fluorescent light could be seen.

But he couldn't see the source of the fluorescence.

Just as Xun Xie was about to open the door with both hands, he suddenly stopped and thought, "I don't know what's going on outside, so it's better not to go out rashly."

With an idea, he activated the seal in his body, and his soul came out of his body instantly. He was itching to try it out which was why he came back occasionally, his territory was only here. It was also the safest option currently.

The next moment, Xun Xie, his body stopped at the door, his soul passed through the door, and came out of the door at once.

Xun Xie looked around and immediately found that the source of the fluorescent light came from the winding river outside the village, less than eighty meters away from him.

Xun Xie pondered, flew over, and flew over the small river, overlooking the sky.

I saw that there was a huge luminous body in the small river, which sank to the bottom of the water. I couldn't see the specific details, but only the general outline.

This luminous body, shaped like a long snake, is more than twelve meters long and emits pulse-like fluorescence.

The small river is rolling, but the luminous body is upstream, moving slowly.

Looking at the direction, naturally, go to Blue Grain Town.

"What is this, what is it?" Xun Xie was quite surprised, he didn't dare to dive into the water to observe, and his eyes followed the movement of the luminous body.

Just like that, after about a stick of incense, a figure suddenly appeared in the darkness.

"Someone!" Xun Xie narrowed his eyes.

A masked man in black came to the river, near the luminous body, with a sack on his shoulder.

The masked man looked at the luminous body and opened the sack, revealing a young girl, unconscious.

Then, the masked man shook his hand, and the young girl rolled into the river.

Whoops!

Splash.

The luminous body suddenly moved. If it was a long snake, then the head of the snake twisted and moved to the vicinity of the young girl.

The young girl sank into the water.

The long snake opened its bloody mouth and slammed into the young girl.

The river water instantly turned red.

At this moment, Xun Xie clearly saw that the young girl woke up and began to struggle, but it was too late.

The long snake quickly swallowed the girl.

The masked man watched this scene motionlessly.

After the luminous body swallowed the girl, the river returned to calm, and the reddish area dissipated and completely vanished.

Moreover, the fluorescence gradually dimmed.

Time passes by...

Whoops!

Finally, the luminous body moved again, and the snake head broke out of the water.

Xun Xie took a breath and saw an unbelievable scene.

What broke out of the water was not a snake head, but a human head, a large human head, with twisted facial features and covered with a layer of scales.

Then the head kept shrinking, the facial features also changed, and finally it turned into a woman's face.

It was the girl who was swallowed up!

At the same time, the luminous body at the bottom of the river is also shrinking rapidly, evolved into hands and feet, and completely transforming into a human appearance.

The girl walked ashore from the bottom of the river, naked, her whole body exuded a faint glow, which was extremely magical and strange.

The masked man immediately unwrapped the package behind his back, took out a set of clothes, and handed it over.

The girl put on her clothes, and the fluorescent light on her body was completely extinguished.

At first glance, she was the same as the girl who was swallowed up.

Then, she left with the masked man, heading towards Blue Grain Town.

Xun Xie couldn't leave his territory, so he had to return to his body.

At this time, he no longer felt any chills, instead, it was very sultry, and the ice slag on the mosquito net and the ground disappeared.

Xun Xie's head was full of chaos. What he saw and heard was extremely strange. He didn't even know what he saw.

A luminous body eats a person, and then becomes that person again, what is the picture?

What's the origin of that masked man?

However, after this incident, Xun Xie discovered that becoming a land god has a great advantage, that is, he can go out of his body at any time and peep at images that are inconvenient to see.

Moreover, unlike his Invisibility cheat, there was no limit!

An extra layer of insurance.