Upon hearing this, a look of sorrow flickered in his parents’ eyes. Li Ming didn’t say much more, chatting for a while with Xiao Hu before heading ho.
"I’m ho."
Teacher Deng Yu was already waiting at the door to greet him. Seeing his return, she greeted him with a smile, carefully helping him remove his armor for cleaning.
In truth, the armor wasn’t very dirty, just a bit dusty. Li Ming’s water-based powers ant he could wash off any major ss using his magic, so cleaning the armor was no heavy task. He let her carry on.
News regarding Li Ming was disseminated by the various residents being brought back from the surrounding fourteen counties. So, there weren’t any special worries-pr seeing him return, they just grew a little happier.
The won at ho were all fresh and clean. Li Ming took a quick shower before he cheerfully sought out Teacher Zhang.
While she was a little embarrassed internally, Teacher Zhang was already used to his presence. She was just wearing tight jeans and reading a book. She hurriedly set it aside, unsure if he ca to see her, but hoping he did.
Everyone else carried on with their activities. They knew it was more fun to do different things.
Only Zhang Yuan and Xu Yunyun naturally went with him.
"......"
There was so pressure going to Zhongzhou City compared to the surrounding small towns. So, Li Ming decided to relax his mind beforehand.
Wen Yan’er, Mu Qingqing, and Run Yuyu were doing yoga side by side, stretching in the cat pose.
Xu Xiuxiu was lying flat on her stomach stretching her body.
Liu Minying, dressed in a white coat, was ready to attend class with Teacher Deng Yu.
Chen Li dressed up as a lady and play role-play with Zhao i.
Zhang Yuan and Xu Yunyun accompanied the little helper throughout the process.
Teacher Zhang Nana entered the battle first, showing tenderness.
Thanks to the "Secret Sutra" exercise, Li Ming’s energy slowly increased, and he spent the day feeling satisfied.
In the evening, after dinner.
"Zhang Yuan, darling, where is your ho? I realized I’ve never asked you that before."
It wasn’t the ti to practice the "ditative Breathing thod" yet. Li Ming naturally started his conversation with Zhang Yuan, speaking gently to her.
"Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"
As she shared a light kiss with Li Ming, Zhang Yuan asked him curiously during their exchanges.
"Can’t I?"
Li Ming switched the topic, rhetorically questioning his complete ownership of her.
"Of course, you can. I was just surprised because you’ve never asked before."
Zhang Yuan couldn’t help but inhale sharply, gently kissed Li Ming, and then softly said: "I am from Nanzhou."
"Do you miss ho?"
Li Ming nodded in satisfaction, not budging from his position, and asked her with a soft laugh.
"I am a bit worried but considering the current situation, as long as I can live a good life with you, I am satisfied."
Zhang Yuan scooted closer to Li Ming on the bed and whispered.
Li Ming pondered for a while but didn’t say much, leaning against Zhang Yuan’s face, reminding her how entirely she belonged to him.
Xu Yunyun had long since fallen asleep. She was too tired, so she didn’t disturb the two of them as they rekindled their intimacy.
It was only when the moon rose that Li Ming, contentedly, began to practice the ditative Breathing thod.
Zhang Yuan couldn’t sit, so she had to try to practice this thod lying down.
As he cultivated, his spirit beca calm as a windless lake, faintly reflecting the crescent moon outside.
At the sa ti, a mysterious power mingled within, allowing Li Ming to continually reap benefits while he cultivated.
Morning.
The sun rose, but what hit your face when it rose wasn’t necessarily sunlight.
Just as what bore on your shoulders wasn’t necessarily responsibility, and what stabbed you from behind wasn’t necessarily a knife.
Xu Yunyun had long understood these truths. With her sleepy eyes half-closed, she ate breakfast with Li Ming and went to the bathroom to freshen up with Sister Zhang Yuan.
After having breakfast together, they continued their training under Li Ming’s guidance.
After training, they would play and relax, keeping their mood greatly uplifted.
Ti passed unknowingly in this tranquility, and two days slipped away.
On the third morning, Li Ming packed up his gear, mounted on Dahei, and set off again in the morning light.
"Brother Li Ming is leaving again, Yinyin. How many people do you think he can save this ti?"
As Li Ming rode away, Xiao Hu, standing on the side of the street, turned to Yinyin to ask.
Little Yinyin pondered for a mont, looking at her fingers, "Ten!"
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"Clip-clop, clip-clop...."
Dahei’s heavy hooves hit the pavent, agile and swift. Li Ming rode with his backpack, keeping an eye on their surroundings while also gathering his strength.
The energies of tal, wood, water and fire coursed through his body, but there was always a sense of incompleteness. Although his body’s organs were very strong, there seed to be a defect that was holding him back.
He felt unfulfilled, uncomfortable, and not vigorous. It was the lack of Earth Energy!
"I hope everything goes well."
Li Ming took a deep breath, sitting on Dahei as he felt the approaching destination.
Whether riding a horse, an ox, or even driving a car, it all drains energy. But to Li Ming, the consumption was not as fast as his recovery. For him, riding Dahei was no different from lying on a couch and enjoying the scenery.
That’s why he always took Dahei with him on his trips. Having a mount that maintained peak condition while moving, and also had a mind of its own, he knew without a doubt how valuable this would be in future battles.
It was much more useful and convenient than a car.
The only downside was that it could only carry a few people, however, most of the ti, it only needed to carry Li Ming.
Dahei, full of stamina, carried Li Ming from Guxi. Under their conditions, it only took five and a half hours to reach the outskirts of Zhongzhou City.
"Moo~"
Dahei also sensed the powerful creature in the city. Standing five kiloters away from the city, it mooed lowly at the city as they reached.
"Put on your shoes first; keep your movents softer once we’re in the city."
Li Ming glanced toward the city centre. He scanned around four kiloters with his psychic abilities but found nothing unusual. He swiftly got off of Dahei and silently wrapped the sturdy sound-damping pads he had prepared around Dahei’s hooves.
Dahei acted a bit awkward after the pads were put on, but adapted to them soon after. The sound of its hooves on the ground was imdiately reduced significantly as they moved.
Only then did Li Ming mount Dahei and stealthily set foot on the road.
The density of the buildings on both sides gradually grew. Occasionally, many zombies could be seen on the road. Those they could avoid, they sidestepped. Those they couldn’t avoid were silently taken care of by Li Ming’s psychic abilities. They made towards the residential area where they found the special plant last ti, trying their best not to make any noise.
Before the apocalypse, Zhongzhou City had a resident population of 12,600,574. This was already a two-year-old number. With such a massive population, only two thousand were taken away by Li Ming, and adding those he left, only a few thousand to tens of thousands of people survived. The number of horrors in this city was unimaginable.
So Li Ming did his best not to cause too much of a commotion as he slowly approached along the road.
The further they proceeded, the more modern the streets grew, yet they had an air of decay. This city had not seen life for too long.
After cautiously proceeding for an hour, Li Ming once again arrived at the residential area where he found the mysterious plant, standing outside, he used his psychic abilities to scan the area. The garden inside was still packed with zombies but only within a radius of about one hundred ters.
All the zombies within a hundred ters had been attracted to the garden in the residential area so the majority of the area was vacant, but zombies a few ters outside the hundred ters seed blissfully unaware.
The unique green fruit beside one of the residential buildings was still thriving. Under the perception of Li Ming’s psychic force, he could sense the increasingly rich energy contained within it.
Apart from that, what surprised Li Ming was — there were special zombies in the garden.
A mutated zombie with a yellowish body and balls of earth orbiting around it!
However, this zombie didn’t seem to be interested in the plant and stood alone outside the mass of zombies that crowded the garden like worshippers on a pilgrimage.
"This is...an Earth Energy zombie!"
Li Ming widened his eyes, involuntarily clenching his fist. Without any hesitation, he controlled two needles made of tal from his psychic abilities, and shot them out!
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