Night fell.
Small Mountain Village was bustling with activity.
On the table lay enough pork to make up half a huge fat pig.
Uncle Zhang had cut up the rest into strips and salted them, planning to smoke them into cured meat.
Aunt Wang was helping stuff sausages and make blood tofu, busy as could be.
Meanwhile, Grass Ancestor and the other two were trembling with fear.
What kind of people lived in this village...?
Those terrifying, supreme beasts had really been slaughtered like pigs...
Besides those, the giant turtles and giant snakes had all been cut up, their meat piled in heaps like little mountains.
At that moment, Yunxi, Ziling, and the others also hurried over from Small Courtyard.
"So much meat..."
"We get to eat something delicious again..."
Everyone was thrilled.
"Wait... is that...?"
Ancestor Shi caught sight of Yunxi in a daze. His old eyes widened in shock.
"The End of Ten Thousand Daos?!"
He stared fixedly at Yunxi.
Grass Ancestor also said, "Damn... she really is still alive?"
Chess Ancestor kept his right eye tightly shut. There was unmistakable trepidation in his left eye as he said:
"Right eye, don't you dare pull anything. If you open now, you'll get beaten to a pulp!"
Yunxi seemed to sense something. She noticed the three of them and walked over, blinking.
"Are you new mental patients in the village?"
Grass Ancestor and the others were all dumbfounded.
What mental patients...?
Why did everyone in this village keep calling them mental patients?
"Did you bring something for me?"
Yunxi asked expectantly.
The three of them felt their minds explode.
A piece of jade appeared in each of their sea of consciousness!
"This... the jade was hidden in our sea of consciousness, and we didn't even notice..."
Grass Ancestor murmured,