First, he took care of the things that would need time to take effect.
Xu Feng then went about his duties, quickly making a circuit of his check-in route.
He completed the day's check-in.
The whole way, Xu Feng neither looked twice at anything nor let his mind wander.
He simply followed the route.
Once he had finished the circuit, his objective was complete.
Xu Feng came down unharmed.
Yunjia Mountain gave him a false sense of security: as long as Xu Feng did not go looking for trouble, everything would remain peaceful.
With work done,
Xu Feng saw that it was still early and rode his electric tricycle down the mountain. He stopped to buy a fizzy drink and struck up a conversation with the Convenience Store Owner. They had known each other for ages; Xu Feng only had to give him an opening to get him talking.
Everything went as Xu Feng had planned. In a few words, he brought the conversation around to his questions.
They hit exactly the right spot with the Convenience Store Owner.
When Xu Feng steered the talk toward the Earth God Shrine Niche, the owner said, "Oh, you mean Master Liang. He paints shrines, writes on Yin and Yang, and knows how to relocate shrines. But Master Liang didn't do it alone.
"Of that whole group, Master Liang's the only one I know well. I can nod to the others when I see them, but I couldn't tell you their names.
"I don't know the others, but I know Master Liang."
Halfway through, he saw Xu Feng loading drinks onto his tricycle and said without thinking, "Drink more water and less soda."
Then he seemed to realize it was not his place to say so and laughed it off.
He settled back