Chapter 178 Birth Attendant Treasure Instrument

Zhou Liren said while opening his phone, "Look, look!"Hao Ren leaned over to take a look and saw Lu Linlin and Lu Lili dressed in short-sleeved tops, red skirts, and waving yarn balls, looking full o...Chapter 178: Personal Treasure法寶

After eating the roasted sweet potatoes, Zhao Yanzǐ's stomach was completely full. She placed the remaining two sweet potatoes aside for whoever might be "destined" to receive them.

The time had already reached four or five o'clock in the afternoon, and smoke could be seen rising from every household as they started cooking meals. People who had been working hard in the fields all day long began carrying their tools back home.

Haoren and Zhao Yanzǐ found their way back too. With her stomach full, Zhao Yanzǐ felt energetic and looked around curiously. Several children surrounded her as she sang nursery rhymes while running off, completely unaware of the black marks on her lips.

"Um... What level is Zeng Yitao" Haoren asked Zhao Yanzǐ after crossing half the village.

"I believe it's the Seismic Level. He broke through to this level about a year ago." Zhao Yanzǐ replied absentmindedly.

The Seismic Level... Haoren considered that this was equivalent to the Condensation Realm for human cultivators, which seemed two levels higher than the Canopy Level. However, these two levels were as different as night and day.

Dragonkind had innate assistance from inner丹s (pellets), making it relatively easier for them to reach the Seismic Level compared to humans when they reached an equivalent cultivation stage. But before reaching the Seismic Level, the gap between Canopy Level and Seismic Level was like that between Foundation Establishment and Condensation Realms—it was a huge difference.

"But there’s nothing special about being at the Seismic Level; I used to be one too." Zhao Yanzǐ said casually.

Haoren knew that Zhao Yanzǐ's Seismic Level had been achieved through the use of elixirs rather than hard work, otherwise, with her lazy and scheming nature even when it came to homework, there was no way she could have reached this level on her own.

In contrast, Zeng Yitao’s grandfather was a top-notch expert, and he himself was the "crown prince" of the Western Sea. He would inherit the power of the Western Sea in the future, making it likely that his Seismic Level was genuine.

"Would there be any chance for someone at the Canopy Level to win against a person at the Seismic Level" Haoren asked her.

"Of course!" Zhao Yanzǐ turned to look at Hao Ren, "Céng Yitaо seems quite formidable. The old man from the West Sea taught him a Blue Rank cultivation technique called Three Stars Annihilation Technique."

Céng Yitaо didn't even hide the cultivation technique he practices from her; it seemed that he had originally intended to marry Zhao Yanzǐ after all. Of course, when Céng Yitaо talked about this technique with Zhao Yanzǐ, there was probably an element of showing off as well. Hao Ren thought.

"This technique can refine three soul-bound magic treasures, and it's said that they are very powerful. But now he has only refined one; I don't know what kind of treasure it is." Zhao Yanzǐ divulged everything she knew about Céng Yitaо’s background.

Actually, she was also worried that Céng Yitaо might fight Hao Ren. Thinking back to Hao Ren's current level of strength, it indeed seemed somewhat weak. To be fair, the battle between him and Qin Shaoyang was quite impressive.

If Zhao Yanzǐ had to choose sides between Céng Yitaо and Hao Ren, she would undoubtedly support Hao Ren. Céng Yitaо's record of misdeeds was already extensive, let alone all those that were unknown to her. When she was young and visited the Dragon Palace, at most she played some pranks on those shrimp soldiers and crab generals without harming them, whereas Céng Yitaо had actually injured and maimed many ordinary soldiers from the West Sea. Hence, inside and outside the Dragon Palace in the West Sea, everyone kept their distance from him; who could blame them when he was the crown prince of the West Sea and still enjoyed protection and favoritism from the "retired king" old man who seldom left his palace for centuries

As they walked and talked, they gradually approached Grandma's courtyard.

Hao Ren noticed that Zhao Yanzǐ hadn't yet spotted the few black marks on her lips. Worried that Grandma would blame him for not taking good care of Zhao Yanzǐ when she saw how disheveled she was, he grabbed Zhao Yanzǐ’s arm and said, "Wait a moment, you... have some black streaks by your mouth."

"Black streaks" Zhao Yanzǐ was puzzled.

Hao Ren nodded, "Yeah, it's from the sweet potato sauce you ate earlier." He pointed at her lips with his finger.

Zhao Yanzǐ bent down to look but couldn't see them; she then tried rubbing them off with her fingers but missed their mark.

Standing in front of her, Hao Ren took her hand away and dipped his fingers into a small clear pool nearby. Gently, he wiped the black streaks from Zhao Yanzǐ’s lips.

Since it was soot, water alone couldn't clean it off immediately. Hao Ren kept wetting his fingers and meticulously wiping Huang Ziyu’s face.

Zhao Yanzi wanted to be clean and beautiful, so she obediently stood there as Hao Ren cleaned her up. She felt somewhat touched seeing him being patient with her.

As Hao Ren wiped more carefully, Zhao Yanzi was shorter than him by a few inches, so he had to slightly bend over. His eyes were focused on the delicate skin around Zhao Yanzi's mouth and his head was almost pressed against hers.

Zhao Yanzi’s skin felt like gel, smooth and soft with elasticity when touched.

Hao Ren exhaled a long breath after successfully wiping her clean with his fingers.

Zhao Yanzi, seeing Hao Ren so close to her, suddenly felt her heart rate accelerate. Thinking about Hao Ren's fingers moving around near her mouth… wasn't this like kissing...

Her face flushed red as she abruptly smacked Hao Ren’s arm away and glared at him fiercely.

Hao Ren was bewildered by the sudden glare from Zhao Yanzi. He thought it might be because he hadn’t reminded her about the soot mark in time.

Just then, an old man arrived with a yellow cow, leading it into the pen next to them.

The cow calmly drank clear water from the pool beside Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi...

Zhao Yanzi and Hao Ren were stunned for a moment before realizing that the water they had used to clean Zhao Yanzi's mouth was... the drinking trough water for the cow!

"Are you trying to kill me" Zhao Yanzi suddenly exploded in rage, reaching out to hit Hao Ren.

Hao Ren saw that things were not going well and quickly fled! Although he had lived in the countryside before, how could he know that this little fence was for keeping cattle

The two of them entered the old lady's yard while one chasing and one fleeing. When Grandma Hao saw them return, she chuckled happily.

Since Zhao Yanzi had already eaten two sweet potatoes, her stomach wasn't hungry at all, and she didn't eat much for dinner either.

"Tonight, Ah Ren and Ah Zi, you'll have to share a room," Grandma said as she sipped her porridge while looking at Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi.

Zhao Yanzi looked surprised; however, Hao Ren immediately agreed, "Sure!"

The little rascal... Zhao Yanzi glared fiercely at Hao Ren.

Under the table, Hao Ren held her hands down to signal her not to say anything. Zhao Yanzi was fuming and regretted following Hao Ren here when she thought about having only one room with just one bed.

After dinner, everyone cooled off in the yard. Grandma's filial sons gave their mother a back massage while children played around in the courtyard. Zhao Yanzi chatted with her grandma while Hao Ren was dragged away to play “Chicken and Hen” by the kids... As the moon hid behind clouds, everyone went to bed.

Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi entered a simple little house. Indeed, there was only one bed and one set of bedding in an empty room.

Seeing Hao Ren, Zhao Yanzi thought he would say that she could sleep on the floor, but instead, he patted her head gently and made a gesture to be quiet as he whispered, "I'll sleep outside in the car. You can stay here. Grandma's sons only come home at weekends; we shouldn't inconvenience them by making them leave town just for an empty house."

Zhao Yanzi looked at him blankly and nodded. Looking at the cold stone floor, she felt it was indeed too chilly.

Hao Ren smiled and quietly opened the door before leaping out of the courtyard to enter the black Chevrolet.e before. Hao Ren thought it was due to his stable mindset but didn't realize that this was all thanks to Xie Yujia.When Xie Yujia cultivated, the Life Symbol would activate the vast and righteous qi...