Just as Li Xingkong was focusing all his attention on cultivation, Wu Ting and Tang Cheng finally had some free time after being busy all day.
The grassroots work is very busy, and there is basically no free time. It has been so long since they last had dinner with Li Xingkong. After a while, the two of them decided to drive to the place where Li Xingkong to take a look.
Since we're friends, it's better to confirm he hasn't done anything illegal. In case something does happen, it's still early enough to help him get back to his senses.
To ensure the operation was sudden, the two didn't even make a phone call; they simply found a car that frequently went up the mountain and set off.
The journey from the township to the village was quite bumpy. Although the roads in the townships are now well-maintained, they are still not as wide as those in the city. In addition, there were all sorts of strange vehicles and horses running around in the villages, so I didn't dare to drive too fast.
After wandering around for half a day, it was already midday when they finally found the road into Xiurong Village. They had spent most of the morning looking for directions, asking for directions, and taking detours.
Li Xingkong was naturally unaware that someone was coming; otherwise, he would have definitely gone back to prepare some tea to entertain them.
Unfortunately, these two were rather sneaky; they came over quietly without even saying hello.
During his recent cultivation, Li Xingkong rarely activated his Heavenly Eye Express Edition to go online, because the internet itself is very attractive, and time flies when you're immersed in it.
Moreover, the sheer volume of information would interfere with his cultivation progress, so during this month of seclusion, he paid very little attention to the outside world, so little that he would only go back home every few days and talk about it with his parents at the dinner table.
Although he didn't know much about it, Li Xingkong had still heard about some recent developments, such as battles between small Middle East countries, a major conflict between religious and racist groups, and terrorist organizations bombing Eagle Country carrier.
Anyway, the situation outside has been very turbulent lately, but Divine Land is still stable. Since Divine Land has become stronger and stronger in recent years, the petty people around it have not dared to show their faces.
The wars between nations are still far removed from Li Xingkong; he is not yet at the level where he can participate in such a war.
Moreover, his life in Divine Land is peaceful now, and he has no intention of interfering in the barbarian conflicts outside Divine Land; at most, he treats them as topics of conversation over tea.
" Brother Wu, why don't we just go to the village and find Brother Li? Why bother coming all the way up the mountain?"
Wu Ting and Tang Cheng didn't go directly into the village. After driving along the mountain road for a while, they still couldn't see any trace of the village. The most troublesome thing was that they didn't encounter a single other person along the way.
The road is clean, but it looks a bit too clean; there isn't even a trace of a car driving on it.
They even doubted whether they had taken the right road, fearing that if they continued driving along the road, they would end up crossing the entire Taihang Mountains and reaching Central Continent Province.
With no end in sight, the two of them gritted their teeth, parked the car on the side of the road, and prepared to go up the mountain to take a look.
Falling Cloud Mountain isn't very high, only a little over 1,000 meters. It wouldn't take two people too long to climb it. In any case, it's better than just blindly driving forward.
So the two of them took some water and dry food with them and climbed Falling Cloud Mountain.
We're going to try and locate Xiurong Village from a high vantage point.
When they climbed halfway up the mountain and looked down, they finally saw signs of a village.
It was only after Li Xingkong cleared the weeds that the village's visibility improved; otherwise, even if the two of them climbed to the top of the mountain, they Jidu wouldn't have been able to see the village at all.
"There! I see it."
Wu Ting looked around and finally spotted what appeared to be a village. He pointed in a direction, and Tang Cheng looked in the same direction.
It did look close, but when the two of them looked at the road to the village, they realized it involved a long detour through the mountains, making it less convenient than hiking.
"Let's sneak over and give that kid a fright."
Wu Ting had an idea. Since this place was deserted, he didn't have to worry about the car being stolen if he left it on the roadside.
The two men chuckled mischievously for a while, then crept over the mountain.
Li Xingkong's cultivation had already ended in the morning. During this time, he usually took care of the Body Tempering Grass and reviewed the new knowledge he had recently learned.
Even during the most dangerous period in the Prisoner Continent, he never stopped pursuing knowledge, which was the foundation for his steady progress on the path of cultivation.
Learn, then review. The knowledge goes through your mind several times, so you can automatically recall it when you need it. Otherwise, what you learn is just stored in a different place.
When Wu Ting and Tang Cheng reached about a hundred meters up the mountainside above Li Xingkong's field, they slowed down and deliberately concealed themselves.
Wu Ting even got a telescope to spy on them.
The two men took apart a pair of binoculars, each taking one, and started aiming.
"It doesn't look like much to me, just leafy greens."
Tang Cheng looked around but didn't see anything else.
"It does seem so, it's all lettuce."
Wu Ting didn't find anything else either, and echoed this.
"By the way, do you southerners not know how to distinguish between different types of vegetables? I see you call them all leafy greens."
Speaking of food, Wu Ting also thought of the jokes he'd been watching a lot lately.
"At home, of course you can tell the difference. It's just that the restaurant owners in the city are incredibly shrewd. They won't label stir-fried lettuce or stir-fried cabbage, but in the restaurant they'll just say 'freshly stir-fried seasonal vegetables.'"
Tang Cheng spoke of this with a hint of disdain on his face.
"It's just a different name, but the price has doubled. The money I'd give you for a plate of stir-fried green beans could feed you green beans until you're stuffed at home."
"Haha, all merchants are cunning, no wonder your area has such a developed economy."
"Indeed, businesses over there have come up with all sorts of creative ideas, using all sorts of gimmicks everywhere."
"Hey, I see Brother Li!"
While the two were still chatting, Tang Cheng suddenly spotted Li Xingkong.
Wu Ting also turned his gaze and saw Li Xingkong's figure emerge from the mountain wall beneath his feet.
Li Xingkong is currently only at the Qi Refining Qi Refining and has no Divine Sense to assist him. If he doesn't deliberately look around, he naturally won't be able to spot these two scoundrels.
After all, who would have thought that anyone would come to this place?
Seeing Li Xingkong out and check each vegetable in the garden, looking like he was seriously farming, the two breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, it seems that Li Xingkong hasn't really gone down the wrong path; he does look like a farmer who does research.
"I knew it! Brother Li is already financially independent, why would he be involved in those things?"
Tang Cheng got up to leave.
"Wait, wait, what's the rush? We'll just shout and he'll come right up."
Wu Ting wasn't in such a hurry. He trusted Li Xingkong quite a bit, but it was still better to take a look himself. Nothing could be overlooked.
Just as the two of them were looking around and preparing to get up, Li Xingkong made a move.