Arc 12The Underground River and the Missing Uncle

Qin Yan refined pills, rescued villagers, hatched spirit beasts, and helped the Fu Family open a trading mall. When Fu Nanshan went missing, she joined Team 007 to reach an Evil God Cult base, where they found and rescued him.

  • Qin Yan mined fire crystals, contracted with Fu Wenzi’s new pill furnace, and began refining Fasting-Repelling Pills before encountering Liu Yuan’s funeral and his wife’s murder plot.
  • Qin Yan and Old Master Fu searched Cloudtop Miao Village for missing villagers, fought through a Red Army Ant nest, and rescued Great-Great-Grandmother and the other captives.
  • Fu Wenzi took Yellow Rock Crystal away to study, while Qin Yan’s birthday gathering was followed by the hatching of five spirit beasts that bonded with the Fu family.
  • Fu Yunting showed Qin Yan the Underground River, arranged for a black turtle to guard it, and used its spiritual goods to launch the Fu Family’s trading mall.
  • After the mall sold out, Qin Yan learned Fu Nanshan had gone missing and joined Team 007 to search for him, with Jinbao leading them across the desert.
  • Team 007 fell under the illusions of a sea of flowers, but Qin Yan purified them and helped them cross to the Evil God Cult base.
  • Qin Yan sent Jixiang and Jelly to help Fu Zhige fight the base’s forces, then healed him after he collapsed and contacted Fu Yunting for help.
  • Team 007 rescued the surviving captives, and Fu Nanshan woke and held Qin Yan without attacking anyone.
Chapters 277–301 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 277She Was So Young, but She Had a Whole Big Family to Feed!

Qin Yan celebrated the New Year with Fu Wenli and Fu Nanshan before welcoming Special Administration Bureau visitors who came to discuss the water-purifying seaweed. She then went to Changtian Mountain to gather fire crystal stones for the Brahma Chickens’ eggs and returned proudly with a large haul.

  • Qin Yan shopped for New Year treats and fireworks with Fu Wenli and Fu Nanshan, then celebrated and wished her family good night.
  • Rong Yin and other Special Administration Bureau members visited Fu Wenli to examine the seaweed, and he agreed to sell it cheaply to help purify water.
  • Fu Nanshan braided Qin Yan’s hair while Fu Wenli discussed cooperation with the visitors, who took seaweed samples for testing.
  • Qin Yan went to Changtian Mountain and found that five Brahma Chicken eggs were being kept warm with fire crystal stones.
  • Qin Yan entered the volcano with Meimei and Little Fire, mined fire crystal stones with her Pink Little Hammer, and returned with more than a hundred larger stones and several jin of fragments.

Ch. 278Refining pill furnace

Qin Yan returned home with more Brahma Chicken eggs and shared them with the Fu Family, while Jinbao and the others arranged to protect the chickens. Fu Wenzi came back with a pill furnace he had made for her, leaving Qin Yan ready to begin refining pills.

  • Qin Yan brought home three fresh eggs, divided her saved eggs among the family, and happily reunited with Old Master Fu.
  • Jinbao, Lingti, Jixiang, and the others claimed a valley on Changtian Mountain for the Brahma Chickens and planned to send guards to protect them.
  • Fu Wenzi returned on Fubao with a refining pill furnace he had made using materials from an auction and carefully chosen substitutes.
  • Qin Yan formed a contract with the furnace, praised and hugged Fu Wenzi, then brought him food and urged him to rest.

Ch. 279Trying her hand at pill refining

Qin Yan successfully refined several batches of Fasting-Repelling Pills and received praise and gifts from her family. While sledding with Fu Wenzi, she came across a village funeral banquet, where Lingti hinted that something interesting was about to happen.

  • Qin Yan refined five Fasting-Repelling Pills on her first try, including one supreme-grade pill, and showed them to her grandfather and uncles.
  • Old Master Fu and Qin Yan's uncles praised her and gave her gifts after learning she had succeeded at pill refining.
  • Qin Yan refined two more batches, producing increasingly more supreme-grade pills as her skill improved.
  • Fu Wenzi stopped Qin Yan from refining more pills and took her sledding, where Lingti spotted a funeral banquet and said it would show them something interesting.
  • Fu Wenzi and Qin Yan joined the banquet after giving a condolence contribution, and they began eating while other guests looked at them curiously.

Ch. 280At a Funeral Feast, the Corpse Came Back to Life!

At a funeral feast, Liu Yuan’s corpse revived and exposed that his wife and her lover, Wang Wei, had poisoned him. As Liu Yuan confronted them, his elderly mother mourned him while Qin Yan and Fu Wenzi watched nearby.

  • Guests fled when Liu Yuan climbed out of the refrigerated coffin, but his mother embraced him and he called her “Mom.”
  • Liu Yuan left his mother somewhere safe and chased his wife and Wang Wei, accusing them of poisoning him.
  • The cheating pair blamed each other and revealed their affair and murder plot in front of the funeral guests, many of whom watched and livestreamed.
  • Liu Yuan’s mother heard their confessions, struck them, and grieved that she had let her son marry his wife.
  • Qin Yan healed the old woman when she nearly collapsed, then watched as she begged Liu Yuan to take her with him.

Ch. 281Revenge

Liu Yuan avenged himself on the couple who killed him, then died holding his mother as she passed away in his arms. After their bodies were taken away and the couple were arrested, Qin Yan and Fu Wenzi returned to the manor, while a Griffin’s delivery caused a stir in District Nine.

  • Liu Yuan left the cheating couple alive but cursed them to endure a sinister chill every night, then held his dying mother, Granny Liu, as she died.
  • Fu Wenzi explained that Liu Yuan was not an Anomaly and would leave after fulfilling his last wish; Liu Yuan asked the Village Chief to bury them and then died.
  • The villagers arranged for Liu Yuan and Granny Liu to be cremated, and police arrested the couple after livestreams captured their confession.
  • Qin Yan and Fu Wenzi played in the snow at the manor with the Sled Dogs.
  • A voice announced that a Griffin had arrived in District Nine with another delivery, waking the residents.

Ch. 282Now she was a little one with a job, too!

After Qin Yan sent her uncles eggs and Fasting-Repelling Pills, the Special Administration Bureaus sought a regular supply, but she promised only to make more when she could. Praised for her pill-making, Qin Yan began her day as a little alchemist before her Third Uncle took her shopping for New Year treats.

  • Jixiang delivered Qin Yan’s chicken eggs and Fasting-Repelling Pills to Fu Yunshen, whose colleagues and Director Lin negotiated for some of them and asked whether the pills could be supplied regularly.
  • Fu Wenli received the same package in the Thirteenth District and agreed to notify the bureau, recognizing that Qin Yan’s pill-making could lead to future cooperation.
  • Qin Yan called Fu Wenli and Fu Yunshen, delighted when they praised her pills and promised to make them more without tiring herself out.
  • After refining one batch, Qin Yan told her family she was going to work in the Alchemy Room, and Fu Yunting kissed her cheek before leaving for work.
  • Qin Yan’s Third Uncle took her shopping, where she bought candied fruit skewers, milk tea, and sugar-roasted chestnuts for herself and the others.

Ch. 283Trouble at Cloudtop Miao Village

When people vanished in Cloudtop Miao Village, Qin Yan and Old Master Fu hurried there to help Li Wenle search the mountains. They found a dangerous swamp guarding a cave where Jixiang had spotted the missing people, and Qin Yan suggested flying over it.

  • After Fu Yunshen and the others left on missions, Old Master Fu received word that villagers had disappeared and that Qin Yan's great-great-grandmother had gone missing while leading a search.
  • Old Master Fu took Qin Yan to Cloudtop Miao Village on Fubao, where Li Wenle explained that many villagers had vanished in the mountains and the search party had lost contact.
  • Qin Yan and the others searched with help from Jixiang and found the Anomaly's territory, where Jixiang had seen the missing people inside a cave.
  • Li Wenle discovered that giant leeches filled the swamp between them and the cave, making it impossible to cross on foot.
  • Qin Yan proposed going over the swamp instead.

Ch. 284Jinbao and the others took action

Li Wenle and the others discovered venomous spiders and a vast swarm of mutated ants, while Jinbao, Jixiang, and Jelly demonstrated their strength against the ants. Qin Yan and Qin Zhuo entered the ant nest to find Great-Great-Grandmother and the other missing villagers, with Jinbao tracking the captured person’s scent.

  • Jixiang spotted venomous spiders overhead, and the group burned their webs while Fubao protected them from the falling spiders with bubbles.
  • Qin Yan and the others found enormous ants carrying an unconscious person toward their caves, and Li Wenle worried that the swarm was too large to confront.
  • Jinbao charged the ants, then used black mist to drain their life force as Jixiang and Jelly attacked the swarm with wind and poison.
  • Qin Zhuo carried Qin Yan into the ant nest, while Old Master Fu and the others followed to help find Great-Great-Grandmother.
  • Jinbao picked up the captive’s scent and led the group through the maze-like passages.

Ch. 285Red Army Ants

Jinbao led Qin Yan, Qin Zhuo, and the others through the vast ant nest, where they battled giant Red Army Ants and found their nursery. They rescued the captured villagers, including the unconscious Old Clan Chief Li, and began carrying everyone home.

  • Jinbao led the group deeper into the ant nest as they encountered poisonous slime, skeletons, and increasingly large mutated ants.
  • The group fought the Red Army Ants, while Qin Yan discovered that yellow crystals on their foreheads strengthened their defenses and gathered crystals with her hoe.
  • Qin Yan healed injured and exhausted fighters, restoring their strength as the group pushed farther into the nest.
  • The group reached the nursery and found captured people and animals encased in shells; Li Wenle freed A Zhuang while Jelly and Jixiang held the ants back.
  • Li Wenle found Old Clan Chief Li, and Qin Yan used her life energy to stabilize her; Li Wenle carried her as the group prepared to rescue the other villagers and leave.

Ch. 286The Red Army Ants Were Useful

Qin Yan returned to Cloudtop Miao Village with the survivors and Yellow Rock Crystal from the Red Army Ant nest, prompting the villagers to consider how to protect themselves while making use of the ants. After giving Li Wenle ant eggs to study, she went home with Old Master Fu and kept the golden egg she had found.

  • Qin Yan helped the surviving villagers recover and gave Great-Great-Grandmother food and Spirit Honey.
  • Qin Yan showed Old Master Fu the Yellow Rock Crystal from the Red Army Ants, and he explained that the material could be used for Artifact Refining.
  • Li Wenle and the others weighed the threat of the ants against the value of the crystals, and Old Master Fu suggested studying or controlling the ants instead of wiping out the nest.
  • Qin Yan revealed that she had collected around fifty ant eggs and handed them over to Li Wenle for research.
  • Qin Yan fell asleep at Cloudtop Miao Village, then returned home with Old Master Fu the next day, bringing the golden ant egg with her.

Ch. 287Fu Wenzi Made a Run for It

Qin Yan told her uncles about her adventure and showed Fu Wenzi the Yellow Rock Crystal, prompting him to rush back so he could test it for artifact refining. Fu Wenzi and Gu Ze escaped Hundred Feather Palace together, and they arrived at Qin Yan’s estate, where she watched them bicker before heading to the kitchen with Silly.

  • Qin Yan showed Fu Nanshan the sprouted Mutated Bodhi Seed and learned he would return the day after tomorrow.
  • Qin Yan told Fu Wenzi about the Yellow Rock Crystal, and he decided to travel back that night to test it.
  • Fu Wenzi rushed away from Hundred Feather Palace with Gu Ze after leaving a letter for the sect leader and his master.
  • The next morning, the students at Hundred Feather Palace searched for their missing teacher, while Fu Wenzi blamed Gu Ze for cursing him and threw a slipper at him.
  • Qin Yan watched Fu Wenzi and Gu Ze fight in the snow, then went to the kitchen with Silly, who eagerly sought one of Auntie Sun’s cakes.

Ch. 288Little Yanyan's fifth birthday was here

Qin Yan prepared for her fifth birthday, and the Fu Family welcomed a crowd of guests whose children came to celebrate. When a spoiled boy tried to claim Silly, his mother blamed Qin Yan and brazenly suggested her son marry her, leaving the gathered adults furious.

  • Qin Yan scolded Silly for being overweight, and Fu Yunting suggested taking him for more walks when the weather warmed.
  • The Fu Family held a large birthday gathering for Qin Yan after many people asked to attend and brought gifts.
  • Qin Yan told the visiting children to feed Silly vegetables and not frighten or hit him.
  • A spoiled boy named Aoao grabbed Silly's head and was tossed aside, then cried as his mother accused the children of bullying him.
  • Aoao's mother tried to befriend Qin Yan and claimed her son should marry her when they grew up, while the other children defended Qin Yan and the adults at the doorway reacted angrily.

Ch. 289Hatching

After a family dispute was settled, Qin Yan enjoyed her birthday presents and slept beside the eggs she had been caring for. The eggs began hatching, and her uncles met the first newborns as Meimei suggested the eggs might be seals protecting young creatures from an ancient catastrophe.

  • A Fu Family man apologized for his wife and son’s behavior, then took them home after Old Master Fu ordered them to leave.
  • Qin Yan played with the children, showed them Silly, Fubao, and the family’s pets, and later put her birthday presents away.
  • Several eggs cracked overnight, and Jixiang decided not to wake Qin Yan until the creatures were ready to emerge.
  • Qin Yan woke, rushed to find her uncles, and brought them to her bedroom to witness the hatching.
  • Fu Wenzi saw a green-tinted egg hatch into a hungry bird, while Fu Nanshan watched a tiny white deer emerge from another egg.
  • Qin Yan gave the newborns Life Energy, and Meimei explained that they might have been sealed away as eggs to survive a great catastrophe.

Ch. 290Spirit Beasts

Qin Yan’s family raised the five spirit beasts that hatched from the Dragon Island eggs while preparing the estate for spring and developing a new pill. Fu Yunting then took Qin Yan and Old Master Fu to inspect the completed underground passage leading to the Underground River.

  • Fu Yunting ordered the family to keep the two newly hatched spirit beasts secret and raise them at home, and Fu Nanshan fed the little spirit deer.
  • During the following half month, the remaining eggs hatched into a white wolf, a winged tiger, and a pale-blue snake; each bonded with one of the Fu family members, while all five stayed close to Qin Yan.
  • Qin Yan’s family began spring planting on the estate, using composted droppings as fertilizer and Fubao’s water-spraying to irrigate the fields; the seeds sprouted quickly.
  • Qin Yan told Fu Yunting she had made Spirit-Replenishing Pills and gave him a bottle for each of her uncles.
  • Fu Yunting took Qin Yan and Old Master Fu to Huang Jin Mountain, where they rode an elevator into the brightly lit, carefully built passage leading toward the Underground River.

Ch. 291If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them

Fu Yunting and Qin Yan explored the newly built passage to the Underground River, where they discovered abundant spiritual resources and delicious aquatic creatures. After Jelly helped uncover the river’s dangerous inhabitants, Fu Yunting recruited a clever giant turtle to guard the river in exchange for spiritual offerings.

  • Fu Yunting showed Qin Yan the vast, illuminated Underground River cavern and explained its unusual minerals, plants, water, and aquatic life.
  • Lingti caught a plump shrimp, and Jelly brought more fish and shellfish ashore for Qin Yan and Fu Yunting to taste.
  • Fu Yunting recalled that a giant snake had killed one worker and injured four others, then asked Jelly to help investigate the river’s dangers.
  • Jelly brought a group of potentially dangerous mutated animals onto the platform, including a large black turtle.
  • Fu Yunting offered the turtle spiritual food and water-attribute beads in exchange for guarding the river, and the turtle eagerly agreed.

Ch. 292Fish in the Underground River

Fu Yunting and Qin Yan found glowing ornamental fish and gathered seafood from the underground river for a feast at home. They displayed the colorful fish in a lavish aquarium, where Old Master Fu’s friends admired them when they arrived.

  • Fu Yunting stored the corpses, then spotted a school of glowing fish with Qin Yan beside the underground river.
  • Jelly caught a dozen glowing fish for Qin Yan, and Fu Yunting decided they were useful as ornamental fish.
  • Jelly caught river fish, shrimp, and crabs, and Fu Yunting arranged a seafood feast with Auntie Sun and two chefs preparing the meal.
  • Qin Yan decorated a large aquarium with beads, pearls, and gemstones, then calmed the colorful fish after putting them inside.
  • Old Master Fu’s friends arrived and crowded around the aquarium to admire the unfamiliar fish.

Ch. 293Preparing to open up the market

Old Master Fu introduced guests to the Fu Family’s underground river and its unusual fish, while Fu Yunting announced plans for a specialized marketplace. After eating a feast made from the river’s catch, the guests felt healthier and eagerly awaited the market’s opening.

  • Old Master Fu showed guests the colorful ornamental fish and explained that they came from an underground river on the Fu Family’s land.
  • The guests admired the fish and asked to buy some, while Old Master Fu agreed to sell them koi offspring but kept his own koi.
  • Qin Yan ate the river’s freshwater food in her room with Lingti and the others as the guests gathered for the banquet.
  • The guests ate the river’s fish and other food, felt its gentle spiritual qi improve their bodies, and asked whether the Fu Family would sell it.
  • Fu Yunting announced that the Fu Group was preparing to open a marketplace for Ability User goods and spirit-energy items.
  • The guests woke feeling younger and healthier, and they urged Fu Yunting to open the marketplace so they could buy the food.

Ch. 294The Ability User Trading Mall opens

Fu Yunting opened the Ability User Trading Mall, a luxurious venue stocked with spirit-energy goods and other items for Ability Users. Qin Yan and the Fu family attended the opening, and the chapter ended as the guests entered the mall and examined its wares.

  • Fu Yunting secured approval and gathered potions, talismans, artifacts, spirit-energy foods, and fish for the new trading mall.
  • Fu Yunting built the mall as the first step toward a larger complex with future training and cultivation grounds.
  • Qin Yan, Eldest Uncle, Old Master Fu, and the family's mutated animal bodyguards arrived at the opening, with Qin Yan and her relatives riding Fubao.
  • Fu Yunting and Old Master Fu made a dramatic entrance by jumping from Fubao and landing safely in a gust of wind.
  • Director Nangong and other guests joined the opening ceremony, and Fu Yunting and Old Master Fu cut the ribbon to open the mall.
  • The guests entered the mall and found its goods displayed with descriptions, including a low-grade amulet talisman that warned of danger and blocked minor damage.

Ch. 295Bustling

Fu Yunting’s family opened a mall selling talismans, spirit food, potions, and pills, drawing eager customers who rushed to buy the rare goods. The Brahma Chicken eggs sold out quickly, while Fu Yunshen’s teammates stocked up on supplies and learned where to find more.

  • Fu Yunting explained the mall’s purchase limits and invited customers to browse without fighting over goods.
  • Customers discovered the mutant Brahma Chicken eggs and bought all ten before others could reach them.
  • Special Administration Bureau members, including two of Fu Yunshen’s teammates, bought eggs and tea, then headed to display area nine after Fu Yunshen told them about the potions and pills.
  • Fu Yunshen’s teammates bought potions and pills up to their limits, and Fu Yunshen directed them toward the spirit food in area three.
  • The teammates found area three crowded with ordinary customers buying spirit food in hopes of improving their own or their children’s chances of awakening abilities.

Ch. 296Fu Nanshan went missing

Fu Yunting established the Fu Family’s foothold in the Spiritual Qi market, while Qin Yan declined the idea of attending school. When Fu Nanshan went missing, Qin Yan set out with Jinbao and Team 013 to find him.

  • After the mall’s supplies sold out, Fu Yunting transferred half the revenue to Qin Yan and expanded the farms that would supply the mall.
  • Old Master Fu asked Qin Yan whether she wanted to attend school, but she said she was content with her friends among the Anomalies and Spirit Beasts.
  • Old Master Fu learned that Fu Nanshan had gone missing, and Qin Yan insisted on going to find him with Jinbao.
  • Old Master Fu equipped Qin Yan with protective items and let her leave with Jinbao, Qin Zhuo, and the others.
  • Director Nangong assigned Team 013 to accompany Qin Yan, who traveled on Fubao and carried a power-amplifying scepter made by her Third Uncle.

Ch. 297Going to Find Younger Uncle

Qin Yan traveled with Team 007 on Fubao to find her missing younger uncle, while the team tried to protect and care for her. At the search site, Qin Yan said Jinbao could track her uncle, and the tiny dog suddenly grew larger.

  • Team 007 reluctantly took Qin Yan along on Fubao, and Qin Yan explained that she was from the Fu Family and wanted to find Younger Uncle.
  • Xia Yu and Yang Qing fussed over Qin Yan while the other members tried to play with Jinbao, Lingti, and the other animals.
  • When Xia Yu and Yang Qing argued over who would carry her, Qin Yan jumped off Fubao and Jixiang used wind to lower her safely to the ground.
  • Captain Yun Ye said Younger Uncle and Team 013 had disappeared after investigating an Anomaly that abducted brides, and he could not detect any weird qi nearby.
  • Qin Yan said Jinbao could find her uncle, and Jinbao grew larger under Team 007's astonished gazes.

Ch. 298They were whispering so loudly

Team 007 discovered that Qin Yan’s dog Jinbao was an intelligent Anomaly and learned more about Qin Yan’s Beast Taming ability and influential family connections. Jinbao carried the group toward the desert, where they encountered vulture-like Anomalies feeding near a vehicle, and Team 007 prepared to fight.

  • Jinbao revealed himself as an intelligent Anomaly, but he obediently lowered his head for Qin Yan to pet and carried her as Team 007 followed.
  • Yun Ye messaged Director Nangong, who told him to protect Qin Yan and hinted that she might save the team; Lu Fei then revealed that Qin Yan had Beast Taming and that her younger uncle was Fu Nanshan.
  • As the group crossed the scorching landscape into the desert, Meimei used an ice crystal stone to cool Qin Yan, and Qin Yan shared another stone and secretly restored the team’s stamina.
  • Qin Yan urged Jinbao onward, and he ran with the group until they came upon vulture-like Anomalies gathered around a bloodied vehicle and human remains.
  • Team 007 charged the Anomalies while Xia Yu stayed beside Qin Yan and promised to protect her; Qin Yan said she was not afraid because she had seen this before.

Ch. 299Director Nangong, You Really Put Us Through Hell

Qin Yan and Team 007 encountered a sea of flowers whose scent trapped them in terrifying illusions, but Qin Yan and Little Butterfly freed them. Meimei gave the team tumi branches to protect them as they prepared to cross the flowers, and Yang Qing confirmed the branches worked.

  • Jixiang killed several powerful Anomalies, and Qin Yan clarified that Fubao and Meimei were not Anomalies.
  • Yun Ye's team identified the dead people as members of a criminal organization and continued searching for the missing Ability Users.
  • Jinbao led the group to an explosive battle near a sea of flowers, whose fragrance made Team 007 and Fubao fall into illusions and crash to the ground.
  • Qin Yan healed the injured and used Purification to free Team 007 from their hallucinations, while Little Butterfly explained what the flowers did.
  • Meimei gave the team tumi branches to protect their minds, and Yang Qing tested one and confirmed it worked.

Ch. 300Friend or foe

Qin Yan and Team 007 reached a hidden base and found Fu Zhige fighting the Evil God Church, but he attacked them after killing one of his enemy’s puppet incarnations. The group finally subdued him through exhaustion, leaving Qin Yan to rush to his side.

  • Meimei gave Qin Yan a flowering bramble branch, allowing her and Team 007 to cross the sea of flowers while Dreamweaving Butterfly enjoyed the nectar.
  • Qin Yan and Team 007 found Fu Zhige fighting the base’s forces, and Qin Yan sent Jixiang and Jelly to help him.
  • Fu Zhige killed the protected enemy, who revealed that he was only a puppet incarnation, then turned and attacked Qin Yan and Team 007.
  • Qin Yan gave injured Team 007 members her Healing Pills and shared radishes with them while Fu Zhige fought Jelly.
  • Fu Zhige collapsed from exhaustion, ending the fight, and Qin Yan hurried over to him.

Ch. 301So busy, so busy

Qin Yan rescued Fu Nanshan and cared for him in the desert while she reconnected with her family and answered a flood of calls. Team 007 rescued the captives at the Evil God Cult base, and Fu Nanshan woke holding Qin Yan, still overcome with sadness.

  • Qin Yan healed Fu Zhige, whose injuries and dark green markings faded before he lost consciousness.
  • Qin Yan set up a comfortable bed for Fu Nanshan, cleaned and changed his clothes, and used a signal device to contact Fu Yunting.
  • Fu Yunting reassured Qin Yan and said he would come get her, while Qin Yan discovered that Old Master Fu's Moments post had spread news of her trip.
  • Team 007 rescued the surviving captives from the Evil God Cult base and discussed temporary arrangements for the foreigners.
  • Fu Nanshan woke and held Qin Yan as Team 007 watched him warily, but he did not attack anyone.
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