Free Web NovelA quarter of an hour later.
Not far away, Jiang Chulong, holding a broken bowl, licked the bottom of the bowl like a kitten, her dirty face finally relaxing a little.
The delicious wild vegetable and meat porridge warmed her numb body, and even her chest didn't hurt as much.
She quietly looked up, using her peripheral vision to observe the young man beside her.
The young man rested his chin on his hand, looking in the direction of Qingyuan Mountain, his expression a little worried, afraid that the Ice Cube would poison herself while cooking.
Seeming to notice her gaze, the young man turned his head.
She lowered her head again as if electrocuted, silently burying her face in the bowl.
"I... I'm... I'm done eating."
"If it's not enough, I'll go make some more."
Looking at Jiang Chulong, whose eyes were covered and who timidly lowered her head in inferiority, Li Mo felt even stranger.
She was down and out now, but a year ago, she was still the little princess of the Yu Dynasty.
Even if a random county princess came to Ziyang Prefecture, the Murong would have to decorate with lanterns and colorful streamers, and the Sect Master of the three sects would personally come to greet her.
A princess, being of noble birth, was even more like a being in the clouds, beyond measure in her nobility.
"No... no need..."
"The rice... the rice..."
Jiang Chulong shook her head like a rattle-drum.
"You want to save the rice for later?"
"Yes."
But looking at Jiang Chulong treating a bag of rice as a precious treasure, Li Mo felt absurd, yet couldn't find any sense of incongruity.
"There's a soup kitchen at the Murong; you can go there to get porridge and rice during this time."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Chulong looked up, and even through the cloth strip, one could see her eyes light up.
"Then... save it until winter..."
"Are ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) you really planning to save it for the New Year?"
Li Mo smiled bitterly, feeling helpless.
After thinking for a moment, he took out two banknotes of small denominations.
"If you run out of food, go to the street and buy some."
"What... what is this?"
Jiang Chulong's dirty face was full of confusion.
She didn't recognize banknotes.
Xiao Li fell silent.
After Meng Can finished eating, he covered his little belly with a happy expression and said:
"Jieba, that's money! You can use it to buy grain, roasted chicken, candied hawthorns, it's very useful."
He took the banknotes and looked closely, his eyes suddenly widening:
"One... one hundred taels!"
"One hundred taels... how much is that?"
"One tael of silver can buy one hundred and Forty catties of rice!"
Jiang Chulong: "!"
She counted on her dirty little fingers, and as she counted, her fingers trembled, and her whole body froze.
The princess's shock.
"Too... too much..."
"We... only..."
Jiang Chulong bit her lip, not daring to look at the gleaming banknotes.
"You want to say that we are strangers and you can't accept so much money, right?"
Li Mo answered again, preempting her.
Meng Can looked at him in amazement, Li Dage actually knew what Jieba was thinking?
"Yes."
Jiang Chulong nodded timidly, her face tensing up. freēwebnovel.com
The other party had opened a soup kitchen to help the poor.
But even if he was kind-hearted, there was no reason or justification for him to give her such a large sum of money.
Her mother had said that there might be inexplicable evil in this world, but there could not be inexplicable good.
Nothing falls from the sky unless there is an ulterior motive...
Just as she felt a surge of vigilance in her heart, Li Mo spoke again:
"Firstly, one hundred taels is nothing to me; there's no difference between it and a bag of rice, or even a single grain of rice."
"Wow..."
The little kids all showed admiring glances, especially Meng Can, whose eyes revealed a strong yearning.
Jiang Chulong froze, seemingly stunned by Li Mo's 'generosity'.
Li Mo continued:
"Secondly, I was entrusted by someone to take care of you."
"Entrusted by someone?"
Jiang Chulong murmured softly, her small hand suddenly gaining strength from somewhere, gripping the corner of her clothes tightly:
"Is... is she still alive?"
The only person in the world who still cared about her was Aunt Mei.
Aunt Mei was her mother's former Sword Attendant.
She was also the one who had cared for her as her own since her mother's death.
To save herself, she had led away a large number of Sky Patrol Guard, and now her life or death was unknown.
Could Li Mo... have been entrusted by Aunt Mei to take care of her?
"Yes, she has already escaped danger."
Li Mo nodded with certainty.
The Ice Cube was quite scary every night, like a thousand-year-old profound ice.
But as cold as she was, she was certainly not in danger.
"That's good... that's good..."
Beneath the cloth strip covering her eyes, two lines of clear tears flowed.
Where the tears flowed, it was as if a beautiful jade had been wiped clean of some dust, pure white and crystal clear.
She quickly wiped her face haphazardly, making it dirty again.
"Thank... thank you."
"But this money... it's still... too much."
"Then how about this."
Li Mo thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you come with me to Qingyuan Sect? You'll naturally see her then, and you won't have to worry about the difficulties of daily life."
The Ice Cube had, after all, asked him to take care of Jiang Chulong's food, clothing, housing, and transportation.
So why not just take her directly to Autumn Water Pavilion?
Just tell me if it's solved or not!
Moreover, it would allow Jiang Chulong to also join his daily investment list, which was simply wonderful.
"Jieba..."
"Is Big Sister leaving?"
The little kids looked at each other, pouted, and two little girls instantly had teary eyes, on the verge of crying.
Da Zhu, who was slightly older, quickly said loudly, "Big Sister's relatives and friends have come for her, we should be happy."
These words were clearly not very effective, as even he himself was at a loss.
"I... I'm not... not leaving."
Jiang Chulong slowly shook her head.
"I can have someone look after them," Li Mo said softly.
"No... I don't want... to put her in danger."
Seeing her slowly open her mouth, Li Mo remembered.
Jiang Chulong was still being hunted by the Sky Patrol Guard.
This was not on the same Rank as Cui Peng.
The Sky Patrol Guard, the strongest military force of the Great Yu, was an important reliance for the Dynasty to awe the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
She didn't want to implicate her friends?
"Alright, it's getting late, I'll head back first."
She had a Golden Destiny, and similarly, she bore immense Karma.
Li Mo nodded, deciding to plan for the long term.
Jiang Chulong's current situation was definitely not suitable for keeping her by his side for a long time, and she wouldn't be willing either.
How exactly should he invest in her?
Thinking this, Li Mo waved goodbye to the Little beggar and the other kids, and walked out of the dilapidated civilian residence.
The young man's silhouette disappeared into the night.
"Goodbye, Li Dage!"
The little kids all ran out to see him off.
.....
In the Murong's villa.
"Strange, she doesn't have any martial Dao Realm at all. Has she never practiced martial arts?"
"Or did she fall to a Mortal after her Sword Bone was dug out?"
"If I can lead her back into the martial Dao, the System will definitely have unimaginable gains."
Li Mo pondered in the courtyard.
If he wanted to lead Jiang Chulong in martial arts, but couldn't keep her by his side... how could that be achieved?
As he was thinking, a maid came:
"Young Master Li, the hot water is ready. Please take a bath."
"Okay."
"Do you need this servant to attend to you..."
"No, thank you."
The maid left with a disappointed expression.
Li Mo, meanwhile, lay in the large bathtub and received his reward.
【Earth Vein Spirit Milk】: "It takes thousands of years for Earth Vein Origin Qi to condense into a single drop. It is a Saint Grade treasure for refining Qi and blood, but its strongest effect is still to prolong life!"
"I don't need to prolong my life."
"I'll use it to refine Qi and blood then."
A full bottle of Earth Vein Spirit Milk, Li Mo opened it and poured two drops into the bathtub.
If Elder Xue were here, he would probably let out a sharp shriek.
This stuff was a rare treasure for refining longevity pills! And this kid was using it to bathe?
Anything related to prolonging life became incredibly precious.
Because in this world, there was never a shortage of people on the verge of death.
Drip—
Two drops of the Spirit Milk dissolved into the water, quickly making it glow with a crystalline light.
Li Mo simply activated the Fire Heart Lotus Creation Art directly in the bathtub.
Hum—
In an instant, man and nature became one.
This time, because of the use of the Earth Vein Spirit Milk, the resonance between heaven and earth was several times greater.
The entire Murong could clearly sense it.
