The arrival of the adventurers allowed the villagers of Ice Tree Village to spend a quite lively evening for the first time in a long while.
Perhaps due to the repeated warnings from their temporary leader Uriah, or perhaps because of the impact of Xia Nan's threatening gaze at the time, the normally reckless and thick-headed half-orc Ganke did not cause any more trouble. After the banquet ended, having eaten and drunk his fill, he went straight back to the room arranged for him by the village chief to sleep.
When Xia Nan finished his night patrol and returned to the wooden cabin, this fool's snoring was already deafening, and he was still muttering some meaningless sleep-talk in tribal jargon.
It was not any sort of professional adventurer inn, just an ordinary village wooden cabin, completely devoid of any soundproofing.
Coupled with the fact that his own hearing had long since been enhanced by the comprehensive improvement of his physical stats, even if the other party merely rolled over in bed, Xia Nan, who was sleeping right next door and separated by only a thin wooden wall, could hear it all very clearly.
Fortunately, with his current level of control over his body, if he truly wanted to fall asleep, it could almost be said that his head hit the pillow and he was out, completely unaffected by external ambient noise.
Five hours of sleep, from late night to early morning.
Even before the sky was bright, having replenished his energy, Xia Nan already climbed out of bed with extreme self-discipline.
He washed up briskly, put on his equipment, and then brought Fanny out for morning exercises.
When he finished his routine training early this morning and returned from the woods, the sky was still only just turning bright.
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