After returning home, Zhou Yi placed Han Guang on the table, stripped off his rain-soaked clothes, and activated his Body Refining Technique. The blood and qi throughout his body surged violently, and his skin gradually began to glow red. Before long, the rainwater on his body was evaporated by his scorching blood and qi, and wisps of white mist drifted from him.
After changing into a clean Patrol Team uniform, Zhou Yi glanced at the sky and knew it was time to patrol. He then took the conical hat hanging on the wall, draped himself in a straw rain cape, picked up his saber in his right hand, and stepped out the door.
When he arrived at the gathering spot, Zhou Yi asked his two subordinates where they would be patrolling today. Upon hearing that it was Gualin Mountain, he was briefly dazed. He could not help thinking of when he had first arrived in this world, and of Ling Liang as well. Ever since he had joined the Patrol Team, Ling Liang had rarely contacted him...
Zhou Yi's thoughts gradually drifted away.
Seeing his boss space out, Lin Cheng asked with concern, "Boss, are you alright?"
Lin Cheng's voice pulled Zhou Yi back from his thoughts.
Zhou Yi shook his head and said to Lin Cheng, "I'm fine. Let's go."
As the three walked, the rain grew heavier and heavier. Before long, Zhou Yi saw the mound of earth that he and Ling Liang had buried back then.
Zhou Yi walked toward the grave mound. Lin Cheng and the other man thought their boss had discovered something, and immediately placed their hands on their weapons as though facing a great enemy.
Seeing their movements, Zhou Yi knew they had misunderstood and explained, "There's nothing strange here. I buried this grave mound myself."
After lowering their guard, the two asked Zhou Yi, "Boss, who is this?"
"I don't know either. Before I joined the Patrol Team, I took on this job to earn money."
Only then did the two remember that Zhou Yi had joined the Patrol Team barely a month ago. It was merely the formidable martial strength and decisive methods Zhou Yi usually displayed that had made them forget their boss had only been with the Patrol Team for a month.
At that moment, Zhou Yi suddenly noticed an extra grave beside it. The tombstone bore the words: Grave of My Deceased Wife, Jiang Yu'er. Many paper offerings lay scattered beside the grave.
"So it's a woman's grave," Lin De said after taking a look.
"And a fresh grave at that," Lin Cheng added.
After looking at it twice, Zhou Yi withdrew his gaze and said to Lin Cheng and Lin De, "Let's go. We'll continue our patrol."
Hearing this, the Lin brothers did not look any further and followed Zhou Yi as they continued patrolling.
The night passed without incident. After finishing his patrol, Zhou Yi returned home. Although practicing martial arts could greatly improve the speed at which he recovered his energy, it could not make him go without sleep. Even his master could not manage that.
Zhou Yi burrowed into his blanket, and sleepiness soon washed over him like the tide.
In his half-dazed state, Zhou Yi seemed to see someone in his room.
His door stood open, and a woman in white walked in from the doorway. After entering the room, she stopped about two meters from Zhou Yi's bed. Zhou Yi tried his hardest to make out her face, but no matter what he did, he could not see it clearly.
The woman's hands gently caressed her stomach. Only then did Zhou Yi notice that her lower abdomen was slightly swollen. It seemed she was pregnant.
Just as Zhou Yi wanted to say something, the woman shook her head at him, then walked toward him.
Seeing the woman approach, Zhou Yi struggled to sit up from the bed, but he could not move no matter what he did.
As the woman came closer and closer, Zhou Yi became wary. He silently began circulating his cultivation technique.
Suddenly, water began dripping from the woman's body. Before long, a large puddle had gathered beneath her feet.
As his technique circulated, Zhou Yi's skin gradually reddened. Then, in an instant, the resistance suppressing his body vanished.
As the resistance disappeared, the woman's figure also gradually became blurred. Soon, she vanished before Zhou Yi's eyes.
Zhou Yi abruptly sat up in bed and opened his eyes.
"Whew, so it was a dream. Ever since coming to this world, I don't think I've had a dream..." Zhou Yi muttered to himself as he sat on the bed.
He then threw back the blanket and climbed out of bed.
"Hmm?!"
Just as Zhou Yi got out of bed, by the light from the window, he clearly saw a puddle of water left on the floor.
Zhou Yi's heart instantly rose to his throat. Silently circulating his technique, he slowly moved his feet, intending to grab Han Guang from the table.
Zhou Yi stared fixedly at the water stain on the floor, only to discover that it was slowly shrinking. In almost the span of a single breath, the water stain vanished cleanly before his eyes.
Looking at the spotless floor, if Zhou Yi had not been staring at the water stain so intently, he would certainly have thought he was hallucinating.
Zhou Yi knew that what he had just experienced was definitely not an illusion. It seemed he would have to find Old Qin and ask him about it.
After what had just happened, Zhou Yi's sleepiness had vanished without a trace. After getting dressed, he hurried toward Old Qin's residence.
Arriving before Old Qin's residence, Zhou Yi glanced at the servant guarding the entrance and asked, "Is Old Qin home?"
"Lord Zhou, Lord Qin is receiving a guest. I'll go inform him," the servant said. Zhou Yi had visited Old Qin's residence before, so the servant recognized him.
Just as the servant was about to announce him, Old Qin and a somewhat portly middle-aged man emerged from the residence.
Zhou Yi recognized the middle-aged man at a glance. He was none other than Shopkeeper Liu, whom he had met only yesterday.
At that moment, Old Qin and Shopkeeper Liu also saw Zhou Yi standing at the entrance. Shopkeeper Liu merely glanced at Zhou Yi without saying anything.
"Zhou Yi, what is it?" Old Qin asked.
"There are some matters, but..."
Old Qin saw the look on Zhou Yi's face and knew that Zhou Yi might not wish for outsiders to know. He said to Zhou Yi, "Go wait in the study first. I'll be there shortly."
"Alright, Old Qin."
The servant then led Zhou Yi toward Old Qin's study.
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