Li Ping'an returned to the familiar little house and took a deep breath.
Little Girl pulled him over to sit on a stool, then ran over with some pastries a moment later.
She ran off again, then came back a moment later with tea.
Off she ran, then back she came.
Soon, clattering rang out from the kitchen.
Li Ping'an could already imagine the lavish dinner Kitten would prepare for him shortly.
Kitten dug her precious money pouch out from the head of the heated bed, jumped out the window, and ran off.
She had probably gone to buy groceries.
Li Ping'an called out, "Don't work too hard, Fairy, and don't make so many dishes. Just a couple of home-cooked dishes will do."
With a basket in her mouth, Kitten shot away like an arrow, vanishing almost in the blink of an eye.
Li Ping'an stretched contentedly. So comfortable~
He closed his eyes, hearing quiet, lingering sounds.
They were like the whispers of the wind, yet also like a person's thoughts, drifting and elusive.
At that very moment, with the Anbei Four Garrisons at the center,
every wisp of breeze, every falling blossom, and every bird's cry lay within his perception.
The surging river, the breeze in the treetops, the clouds in the sky.
Countless sights, countless events, and countless people shifted through his mind like flowers viewed from a galloping horse.
His body merged with the world, with Heaven and Earth within,
An aura filled his Niwangong, as though it came from somewhere far away, yet also somewhere extremely close.
It was as though something mysterious beyond mysteries existed there...
The golden rune circuits seemed to take root and sprout within his Niwangong.
For the first time, Li Ping'an felt a connection with the Spirit Qi of the world.