Ling Ying's Surveillance (Please Bookmark, Please Recommend)

After chatting with Xiao Yan for a while, Xiao Meng returned to his side hall, his expression somewhat gloomy. He had a feeling that the Soul-Nourishing Wood was likely a meat bun thrown to a dog—gone for good.

At that thought, he wanted to take out the AK-47 and spray his own head full of bullets, perishing together with the system.

But he felt that would be a waste of ammunition, so he gave up on that insane idea.

Still, he had obtained five fishing attempts today, which somewhat soothed the imbalance in his heart. However, he did not intend to start fishing right away.

He was afraid that this roadside-stall system would make him give away the treasures he caught. The Soul-Nourishing Wood was a perfect example, and he planned to head to the back mountain immediately and use up all the treasures on him first.

Even if he was wasting precious treasures, at least he would get to enjoy them himself. If he gave them away to others, his heart would... ache.

After tidying himself up, Xiao Meng was about to head out when the system alerted him that a Dou Huang was spying on him outside.

Xiao Meng did not need to think to know who it was. It had to be Ling Ying, the Dou Huang protecting Xiao Xun'er. His performance today had been far too shocking, and it was bound to attract Ling Ying's attention.

His eyes suddenly turned cold. If not for Xiao Xun'er's sake, he would have taken out the AK-47 and sprayed that bastard full of bullets. Spying on him? That man was tired of living.

"Could that damned girl have sent him to spy on me?" Xiao Meng then considered another possibility. Xiao Xun'er was not someone to be taken lightly either. Other than Xiao Yan, there was practically no one in the Xiao Clan whom she treated sincerely.

After some thought, Xiao Meng pushed open the door and headed straight for the small courtyard where Xiao Xun'er lived.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

When he reached the courtyard, Xiao Meng pounded on the door with all his strength, nearly smashing Xiao Xun'er's door apart.

"Xiao Meng, what are you doing? If you break my door, I won't let you off!" Xiao Xun'er came out of the house. The moment she saw Xiao Meng, flames seemed to rise in her eyes.

"Open the door already. I have something to tell you." Xiao Meng rolled his eyes.

"What is it? Spit it out." Xiao Xun'er opened the door and shouted angrily.

"Please tell that uncle of yours named Ling Ying that he'd better stop spying on me. Otherwise, I'll kill him," Xiao Meng said viciously.

"Y-you... how did you know... his name was Ling Ying?" Xiao Xun'er looked as though she had seen a ghost, her face full of disbelief.

"I don't know whether he was spying on me of his own accord or on your orders, but today, I spared him for your sake. If he still doesn't know better, don't blame me for showing you no consideration," Xiao Meng said blandly.

The coldness radiating from Xiao Meng made Xiao Xun'er shiver from head to toe, as though she had fallen into an icy hell. She could tell that Xiao Meng was not joking. He would definitely do as he said.

"I'll speak to him about it," Xiao Xun'er said. The man before her was far too strange. It seemed as if nothing could escape his eyes.

In order to make Xiao Xun'er take the matter seriously, Xiao Meng shocked her once more. "Also, have him send a message to your father. What belongs to the Xiao Clan will forever belong to the Xiao Clan. Whoever harbors crooked thoughts, don't blame me, Xiao Meng, for unleashing a massacre. Even if you are the Ancient Clan, I will show you what a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood truly are."

With that, Xiao Meng left, leaving behind a thoroughly horrified Xiao Xun'er.

"How... how did he know about the Ancient Clan? And how did he know what those people in the clan are planning?" Xiao Xun'er trembled all over, seized by an unprecedented terror.

To be safe, Xiao Meng did not go out that night. Instead, he slept soundly in his room.

Night fell, and the bright moon hung high in the sky. Gentle moonlight enveloped the earth like a layer of illusory silver sand, casting a hazy veil over heaven and earth and giving everything an ethereal feel.

On a remote mountain peak beside a cliff, a young girl in a pale green dress stood gracefully. The gentle breeze lifted her long black hair, which fell to her delicate hips, and sent it drifting through the air. She was beautiful and refined, like an immortal descending into the mortal world, ethereal and elegant.

The girl's eyes quietly gazed at the bright moon. She remained silent, like a green lotus in the mortal world, untouched by dust.

"Come out..."

After a long silence, the girl suddenly spoke. Her clear and pleasant voice carried a strange quality that seemed to cleanse the soul.

As her words fell, a green figure strangely darted out from the woods behind her, leaving a string of afterimages. It was a middle-aged man. Looking at the girl's back, he dropped to one knee and said respectfully, "Miss."

The girl slowly turned around. Her beauty was peerless, and her voice was as lovely as heavenly music. "Do not spy on Xiao Meng again. His family is mysterious and strange. They cannot be provoked."

"Yes, Miss," the middle-aged man replied respectfully. In truth, he had heard everything Xiao Meng said to Xiao Xun'er. At the time, cold sweat had drenched him. Xiao Meng was incredibly bizarre and unfathomable.

"Without my permission, you are not allowed to spy on Brother Xiao Yan either," the girl said.

"Yes!"

"As for my relationship with Brother Xiao Yan, I'll have to trouble you to keep concealing it. I believe that Brother Xiao Yan will one day earn the clan's approval," the girl said. Though her tone was gentle, its unquestionable resolve was obvious to anyone.

"Miss, I can help you conceal it, but you must understand what the Ancient Clan represents. Even if Young Master Xiao Yan possesses peerless talent and surpasses all throughout history, it will still be difficult for him to gain the Ancient Clan's approval. Just as Xiao Meng said, this world never lacks geniuses, but how many geniuses can truly stand at the summit? Compared to the prodigies and monsters within the clan, Young Master Xiao Yan would seem insignificant, so..." the middle-aged man said.

"Enough!" Xiao Xun'er flew into a rage and interrupted him. "I don't want to hear you speak ill of Brother Xiao Yan again."

"Miss, it is not that I look down on Young Master Xiao Yan. I am merely stating the facts. As for what you choose, that is your own matter. I will not interfere, and I am willing to help you conceal it. But paper cannot wrap fire forever. Once the flames burn that sheet of paper to ashes, the consequences... Miss, you should understand," Ling Ying said seriously.

"I understand. You may leave," Xiao Xun'er said, her expression unsightly and her heart heavy.

After leaving the cliff, Xiao Xun'er silently arrived outside Xiao Yan's room. Seeing the Dou Qi slowly flowing through heaven and earth, a smile appeared on her lips.

"Brother Xiao Yan, no matter what happens, Xun'er will wait for you. Even if this road is covered in thorns, even if I am left battered and bruised in the end, Xun'er will wait for you."

Xiao Xun'er's jade-like hand clenched into a fist, and she quietly left.

The next day, before dawn had broken, Xiao Meng got up early and slipped deep into the back mountain.

After arriving at the back mountain, Xiao Meng first climbed a tree and removed the two thumb-tip-sized pieces of Fire Essence from inside his bra.

Looking at the bra that had already lost its luster, Xiao Meng knew it was time to get a new one.

He then climbed up the mountain, twisted down the two condoms filled with Rootless Water, and headed straight into the cave.

Once the water in the bathtub came to a boil and turned blood-red, he stripped off his clothes, jumped in, and began cultivating.

The Heavenly Abode Realm was divided into the early stage, middle stage, late stage, and completion.

In the early stage, one opened up the Heavenly Abode.

In the middle stage, one condensed a single Origin Core with origin power.

In the late stage, one condensed two Origin Cores with origin power.

At completion, one condensed three Origin Cores with spiritual power.

However, Xiao Meng did not plan to condense an Origin Core yet. Instead, he continuously tempered his body, making the origin power within his Heavenly Abode purer and more solid.

Having read so many novels, he naturally understood the importance of a solid foundation.