Patching the Bottom of the Pot

Villagers carried their hoes back to the village under the orange sunset, casting long shadows behind them.

Several teenagers weaved through the crowd, laughing, joking, and chasing each other.

Their cheerful laughter drifted into the sunset, dispelling the villagers' weariness after a long day.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Lin Xiao walked alone on the village path.

As he passed by Clan Leader Hu's house, he suddenly heard a woman's voice scream "Ah!" from inside.

The gate to the courtyard happened to be open, and he peeked inside from outside.

Then, Clan Leader Hu's daughter-in-law came out of the kitchen carrying a large iron pot. She held up the pot and said to Clan Leader Hu, who was relaxing in the courtyard:

"Dad, the iron pot is broken! I was thinking of cooking a big meal tonight to Jifa and the others have some oil and fat, what should I do? Getting a pot repaired in town will cost a lot of money..."

Hu Deli glanced at the bottomless iron pot, then remembered that he had accidentally broken it a couple of days ago in his haste. He touched his gray beard sheepishly and was about to speak when he was interrupted by a clear, youthful voice from outside the courtyard gate.

"I know how to mend pots, Grandpa Hu, shall I mend it for you?"

Hu Deli and Hu Household daughter-in-law turned to look out of the courtyard gate.

Upon seeing that it was Lin Xiao, Hu Deli smiled and nodded, saying:

"Good boy, come in, come in."

Then he turned to his daughter-in-law and said:

"Give the pot to Brother Xiao, he can mend it."

The daughter-in-law of the Hu Household hesitated for a moment, but out of trust in her husband, she handed the iron pot she was carrying to Lin Xiao, who had just entered.

"Father, I'll go make some other dishes first." With that, she turned and went back to the kitchen.

At this time, the Hu Household members who were working outside had not yet returned, leaving only Hu Deli and Lin Xiao in the courtyard.

Lin Xiao didn't hide anything and directly demonstrated his Alchemy in front of Clan Leader Hu, repairing the large iron pot.

Of all the Law Technique he created in preparation for the secret realm, the Five Elements Law Technique were the first one he created.

It's surprising that while it wasn't used much in the Green Field Mystic Realm, it has quite a few uses in everyday life.

Hu Deli watched Lin Xiao with a constant smile and squinting eyes, his gaze as kind and gentle as if he were looking at his own nephew.

Watching Lin Xiao raise his hand and perform a Method Formula on his iron pot, instantly repairing the cracked bottom, he stroked his beard and slowly said:

"Brother Xiao, that awful weather won't come back, will it?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao nodded and replied softly:

Never again.

Having received his affirmative answer, Hu Deli lay back in his recliner and let out a long sigh of relief.

He was still shaken by the sudden weather change he witnessed just two days ago, which was just like eleven years ago. But to his surprise, the day didn't bring the freezing snow that had happened eleven years ago; instead, it suddenly warmed up again.

That day, after the weather turned around, he was on his way home from the village entrance after going door to door to inform everyone when he saw Lin Yun, covered in sweat, carrying Lin Xiao, who was unconscious and covered in bruises, running back.

Hu Deli felt at that moment that he seemed to have understood something.

Now that he had received Lin Xiao's reply, he could finally relax completely.

That kind of awful weather that froze so many people to death is truly gone forever.

Seeing that Clan Leader Hu was lying on the recliner, staring blankly into space, Lin Xiao did not disturb him. He bowed slightly and silently took his leave from the Hu Household.

At this moment, Hu Deli was recalling the scene of heavy snow falling in June over and over again in his mind.

Thinking of his wife who passed away because of this, Hu Deli's aged eyes reddened again and again.

When the Hu Household returned, they saw their patriarch quietly wiping away tears alone in the courtyard.

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After leaving the Hu Household, Lin Xiao went to the Lin Household's old house and made a round to show the family members that he had recovered before returning home.

After returning home and having dinner, Lin Xiao settled into his room and began thinking about what to prepare for Sun Yigao and Qin Jianghe's trip.

First and foremost, we must ensure that their cultivation level doesn't fall too far behind.

After all, the concentration of Spiritual Qi in the sect's cultivation room is completely incomparable to that outside.

Therefore, one must have something for cultivation.

Not knowing how long they would be gone, Lin Xiao thought for a moment and took out twenty Spirit Stone from his private treasury. He planned to give ten to each person first.

Lin Xiao was also thinking of trying later to see if he could create a portable Spirit Gathering Formation or something.

Then he thought, although this is the Mortal Realm, there might be cultivators mixed in with the crowd.

They must need to conceal their cultivation level...

As for Nascent Soul cultivators who can discern a person's cultivation level simply by observing the fluctuations in their surrounding Spiritual Power, they are completely outside Lin Xiao's consideration.

Which Nascent Soul cultivator is so bored as to linger in the Mortal Realm and even look down on Qi Refining cultivators?

Speaking of this, Lin Xiao suddenly realized that he should probably think about how to completely conceal his own Spiritual Power fluctuations when he has some free time...

Write this down in a little notebook beforehand, and we'll talk about it later.

As Lin Xiao pondered how to synthesize something to conceal his cultivation level and a portable Spirit Gathering Formation, his fingers rhythmically tapped along the edge of the bed.

Are formations... generally created by drawing formation diagrams or something similar?

Lin Xiao planned to go up the mountain now to ask Senior Liao if he could draw the array diagram of the Spirit Gathering Formation and the Concealment Formation that could hide one's cultivation level.

Having gained experience in crafting items before, Lin Xiao now has much greater confidence in the Item Synthesizer.

It seems that as long as what he puts in isn't too outrageous, the synthesized items will be generated according to his wishes.

Upon arriving at the mountain, Lin Xiao headed straight for Liao Pantu's residence in "Returning to the Garden Mountain Dwelling".

To my shame, so far, Returning to the Garden Mountain Dwelling only has one resident Liao Pantu.

The others were excited to have their own space, but they still had to go home on weekdays.

After all, being alone in a room on the mountain was still a little scary for them.

Although Yang Jinshu and his family of three were all cultivating in the sect, they still had a small plot of land to take care of, so living on the mountain was quite inconvenient. Therefore, they returned home with the others in the evening.

Moreover, after nightfall, when the villagers are all home in the dark and cannot see, it is easier for them to use Law Technique to tend to the fields.

However, everyone gradually brought some of their own trinkets and placed them here, which barely made the houses serve some purpose.

Looking at the ' Returning to the Garden Mountain Dwelling ', which was inhabited only by Liao Pantu's soul and had no human presence whatsoever, Lin Xiao sighed deeply.

As expected, the sect's most pressing needs are money and supplies.

With these two things, people no longer need to live at the foot of the mountain due to their living needs.

However, the sect has already started planting spirit grains, so the problem of food and clothing will be solved sooner or later!