Xu Taiping smiled and said:
"I just slept too long. My neck's a little sore."
Cuicui nodded in understanding, then blinked up at Xu Taiping and asked:
"Big brother, you must be hungry, right? My grandpa made porridge this morning. I'll get you some!"
Xu Taiping immediately waved his hands and said:
"No need, Cuicui. I'm not hungry at all."
Heavenly Lord Xuanbei had mentioned in the Divine Soul Mark that he must never eat any food in Three Paths Village, because it was all formed from gathered Netherworld Power.
Cuicui said in surprise:
"You haven't eaten or drunk anything for five days, and you're not hungry at all! Did you eat Immortal Herbs in the mountains too, just like Big Yellow?!"
Xu Taiping's heart tightened. So Big Yellow gained Spiritual Power because he ate Spirit Herbs in the mountains.
But remembering that he still had important business to attend to, he immediately changed the subject:
"Cuicui, a friend asked me to come to your village to find someone, but I don't know where he lives. Could you take me to see him?"
Cuicui tilted her head and asked curiously:
"Who?"
Xu Taiping took a deep breath and answered:
"Li Damo, the tofu seller in your village."
At the name, Cuicui's eyes immediately lit up:
"Uncle Damo! I know him, I know him!"
As she spoke, she grabbed Xu Taiping's hand and said:
"Come on! I'll take you to Uncle Damo!"
"Hiss... whew..."
"A scare, but no harm done."
In a side room of Fengdu Prefecture in the Yellow Springs Ruins, Heavenly Lord Xuanbei and the others gathered around the Spirit Mirror's phantom image all let out long breaths of relief when they saw Cuicui leading Xu Taiping toward Li Shimo's home.
Ghost King Qin Ming said gravely:
"To