CHAPTER 113: 113 PANIC

"Your house is really so much warmer than mine. I’ll just come here during the day to get warm."

What could Su Yuanyuan say? How did he become so straightforwardly impolite all of a sudden?

After lunch, Tan Shaoting lounged on the heated bed reading a newspaper, occasionally chatting with Su Yuanyuan.

The newspaper in his hand was from the province. "Su Yuanyuan, let me read you a passage."

After listening, Su Yuanyuan realized that the commune was going to be implemented here as well.

"Doesn’t have much to do with us, right?"

"Yeah, it should be like that. We’re on a farm here."

"Buying things will become troublesome in the future."

"Isn’t that right? But I see you’ve prepared quite a lot."

"Luckily, it’s far away, so out of laziness, I don’t have to go buy anything." What a strong excuse!

"With my help, you could farm one hundred acres."

Su Yuanyuan shook her head, "I don’t know. Actually, even if it’s planted, harvesting later would be a hassle. Just thinking about one hundred acres makes me tired."

Tan Shaoting wanted to say that if he could cultivate, farming would be relaxing in the future, but saying that was too abrupt.

He opened his mouth but didn’t say what he wanted to say in the end.

This girl doesn’t seem to be greedy or ignorant, but let’s wait a few more days, just a few days.

Tan Shaoting was actually wavering. He was quite conflicted inside. However, ultimately, he wasn’t willing to give up. He smiled self-deprecatingly and continued reading the newspaper.

In the afternoon, he went back to feed two donkeys and then brought over a large piece of frozen meat, half a bag of white flour, and half a bag of cornmeal. These were the things he kept in the storage ring. Since he was coming over for a meal, he couldn’t eat for free.

Su Yuanyuan looked at the things he brought. "Mr. Tan, you really don’t need to." She didn’t want to take over his burdens, right?

"How could that be? How could I eat and drink for free?" Tan Shaoting said with a smile.

"You really don’t have to." She said helplessly.

Tan Shaoting wouldn’t heed Su Yuanyuan’s refusal. "Shall we make dumplings then?"

This is really self-inflicted punishment.

"But I don’t have any cabbage left here."

Tan Shaoting smiled, thinking to himself that he wasn’t afraid of what this girl might do anyway. To be honest, he felt he had the upper hand in every aspect.

Su Yuanyuan was shocked to see a large cabbage suddenly appear in Tan Shaoting’s hand. What’s going on?

"What else is missing? Let me see, I still have many good things here," he said as he brought out beans and cucumbers.

"That’s enough, that’s enough. Mr. Tan, my lips are sealed. Really, I didn’t see anything just now, really."

Tan Shaoting laughed. Truly an insightful little girl. But looking at her expression, she probably knew what’s going on, which meant she likely has one too.

His own storage ring had come along. It’s normal for her to have one as well.

"In the future, just tell me what’s missing, and actually, I have a lot of daily necessities here.

By the way, I also have a lot of great things. It’s just that I can’t use them, but if there were things with spiritual energy, I could cultivate. I have a Spirit Testing Stone here, and a super powerful cultivation technique.

Even though this world doesn’t have cultivation techniques, at least it can strengthen the body. If you reach the third level of Qi cultivation, a hundred acres, let alone a thousand acres, wouldn’t be a problem."

Su Yuanyuan looked at Tan Shaoting in shock; she had read a few cultivation novels before, and it seemed like the stories weren’t just figments of the gods’ imaginations.

Seeing that the little girl was already scared, Tan Shaoting decided to let her react for a while before speaking. "Can we still make dumplings? I’ll help you."

Su Yuanyuan moved woodenly, her mind was in turmoil. This world had turned fantastical.

"What do you need me to do?"

Su Yuanyuan glanced at Tan Shaoting with a complicated expression, a bit scared of him now.

"Nothing, I can do it myself."

"How could that be? I’m eating too. I’ll chop the meat stuffing; can we just eat meat?"

"I don’t have any scallions."

"Haha, I do."

He said this as a bunch of scallions appeared in his hand.

Su Yuanyuan didn’t even know what to say anymore.

She decided it was best to turn a blind eye, washed her hands, and began to knead the dough without caring what Tan Shaoting was doing.

Tan Shaoting watched from the side, only taking the knife to chop the meat when he saw the little girl washing it.

When Su Yuanyuan began making dumplings, he sat by, watching with a grin that made Su Yuanyuan’s heart pucker.

"Haha, I know you have spiritual energy items, I guess it’s the Spiritual Spring Water, right?"

Su Yuanyuan looked at Tan Shaoting in horror, thinking to herself that she was done for. She had read novels before; they always said people killed to steal treasures. What should she do?

"Relax, don’t be afraid. I wasn’t going to hurt you; otherwise, I wouldn’t have let you know my secret."

He finished speaking, and a piece of jade appeared in his hand, which he placed on the board: "Come, put your hand on it."

"For what?"

Tan Shaoting looked at her as she warily stared at him and showed eight teeth in his smile. "To see if you can cultivate. Then you give me the Spiritual Spring Water, and I’ll give you the cultivation technique.

Of course, if you don’t have a Spirit Root, then you give me the Spiritual Spring Water, and I’ll protect your latter half of life."

Su Yuanyuan suspiciously looked at Tan Shaoting, then glanced at him again. There was an internal struggle happening in her heart.

In an instant, she made a decision. She was on equal footing with him now, but if she didn’t have the Spirit Root he talked about, it would be troublesome in the future. If she had it, he could cultivate, and so could she; they would still be on equal footing then.

She thought about it and put down the dumpling skin and rolling pin, placing her hand directly on the jade.

Suddenly, a blue light appeared on it, and Su Yuanyuan was startled, instinctively closing her eyes.

So she didn’t see the astonished and envious expression on Tan Shaoting’s face across from her.

This was a Single Water Spirit Root, truly unexpected that this girl had such potential?

When Su Yuanyuan opened her eyes again, she saw Tan Shaoting smiling at her. She released her hand and looked at Tan Shaoting, waiting for him to explain.

"Congratulations, you have quite good qualifications, a Single Water Spirit Root."

"So, I can cultivate?"

Tan Shaoting nodded, "Yes, you can cultivate. Let’s eat, we’ll start tonight." Tan Shaoting was really impatient, letting someone who had experienced Golden Core cultivation be a mortal for two lifetimes; he really couldn’t adjust.

Previously, there was no hope, so he had no emotional turmoil. Once he knew this girl had something with spiritual energy, his heart couldn’t be described as merely eager; he was simply impatient.

Su Yuanyuan continued making dumplings, feeling a bit of anticipation for cultivation in her heart, not for anything else but for the spells he mentioned, so she wouldn’t have to be so tired.

"Shall I boil the water?"

Su Yuanyuan nodded, not wanting to speak now, anticipating and fearing all at once. Actually, what she needed most right now was to be alone for a while to calm down.