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As evening fell, the setting sun spilled into the courtyard, stretching the shadows of the walls long.

Ji Yuan heard that Lin Hu had returned. Before long, the gate to his courtyard was knocked on.

"Brother Ji!"

Lin Hu was clearly much more excited upon seeing Ji Yuan.

"Mhm, come in and talk."

Ji Yuan smiled. He had quite a few things he wanted to ask Lin Hu about as well.

Though Lin Hu was not particularly strong, he went out fishing every day and had to sell fish at the Fish Pen daily, so he was fairly familiar with the situation in Zengtou City.

Once the two entered the room, Lin Hu was still rubbing his hands excitedly.

"Brother Ji, I'm just so happy to see you back. I thought—I thought—"

"You thought I died in Cloud-Rain Marsh?"

Ji Yuan asked with a smile.

"No, no." Lin Hu hurriedly waved his hands. "I thought you'd joined the Water Dragon Sect."

"Enough with you."

"Oh, right, Brother Ji, I—I—" Lin Hu scratched his head, looking rather embarrassed. "I'm going to be a father."

"Then congratulations in advance. From now on, the burden on your shoulders will grow heavier too."

"Mhm!"

Lin Hu, whose skin had already been tanned dark by the sun, nodded forcefully, his expression complicated.

After thinking it over, he was only nineteen, yet he was about to become a father. Ji Yuan changed the subject and asked, "While I was away, did anything major happen in Zengtou City?"

"Nothing major happened. Everything's pretty much the same as before."

Lin Hu considered it as he spoke.

Ji Yuan nodded slightly. That made sense. Over the past twenty or thirty years, the biggest event in Zengtou City had been the emergence of that Foundation Establishment Cave Abode.

It had