NOVPUB"Child, don’t worry, rest first," the woman smiled and said.
"Mother is not hungry."
"It’s okay," Gu Muyu smiled back and went to the kitchen.
A very rundown kitchen.
She set up the pot to cook, boiling some thin porridge.
Once the rice was cooked, she served it into three bowls, one of which she brought to her mother.
Another bowl she took to her own room.
She looked at the young man still unconscious. 𝘯𝑜𝑣𝑝𝑢𝘣.𝑐𝑜𝑚
One hand pried open Xu Zimei’s jaw while the other carefully spoon-fed the porridge into his mouth.
...
At this moment, Xu Zimei was actually aware of all these things.
He also knew about the situation outside.
It’s just that the refinement of the Heavenly Punishment Divine Pupil had reached a critical moment.
Moreover, if he really was in danger, Bai Meng would take action immediately.
In the True Fate World, storms raged, with endless tempests swirling.
The Myriad Demons Tribe in the northern part of the Divine Continent had been thoroughly established.
That first batch of dragonlings had passed their juvenile phase and were beginning to grow slowly.
...
After finishing feeding the porridge, Gu Muyu went to her mother’s room, planning to bring the bowl back to clean.
"Yu," Muyu’s mom sighed softly and said.
"Taking care of mother for so long, it’s been tough on you, child."
"Taking care of one’s parents is a natural duty, isn’t it? Why speak of hardship," Gu Muyu shook her head in response.
"I’m nothing but a burden while I’m alive, sometimes I really just want to die," Muyu’s mom said sorrowfully.
"But I’ve made a promise to someone.
To wait for him to come back, to wait forever."
As she was cleaning up the bowls and chopsticks, Gu Muyu paused for a moment and said faintly, "You’re talking about that man, right?
He will never come back, never."
"Then I’ll wait until death," Muyu’s mom responded.
"He’s your father; don’t bear such strong resentment. He surely had his reasons."
"So I should be understanding of a father I’ve never met since birth?" Gu Muyu retorted.
Then she left the room with the bowls and chopsticks.
"You child," Muyu’s mom sighed from behind.
The days in Luohe Village were plain yet real.
Xu Zimei hadn’t expected that condensing the Heavenly Punishment’s Divine Pupil would take a whole month.
During this month, Gu Muyu fed him every day.
The girl would sit by his side daily, pouring out bits and pieces from her life.
Everything under the sun, all kinds of happenings.
Perhaps the girl rarely had someone to confide in.
Or perhaps more rare was that this confidant was unconscious, allowing her to speak freely without restraint.
Xu Zimei listened to the girl’s stories with amusement.
In the tedious days of condensing the Heavenly Punishment Divine Pupil, these small secrets of the girl’s heart were like spices in life.
They gave him a bit of distraction during the grinding time.
...…
One month later, within the True Fate World now.
The weather changed violently; thunder roared.
Above the firmament, Xu Zimei stood aloft.
Where his eyes should be, there was a flash of golden light.
Spiritual energy burst forth around him, and every move he made carried tremendous might.
As he slowly opened his eyes,
Those pupils were unpredictable, rolling with divine might, the gold light suddenly evident.
Within them, deep purple Divine Patterns flowed.
As Xu Zimei looked towards the ocean,
A bolt of Heavenly Punishment Divine Thunder burst forth from his eyes.
With a "boom,"
The divine thunder shot out at an incredible speed; people didn’t even have time to react.
The Heavenly Thunder had already pierced through the Endless Void with supreme might.
It struck the sea’s surface in one fell swoop.
With a thunderous boom, the sea surged with towering waves.
The ocean within a hundred miles radius was all in turmoil.
Xu Zimei took a deep breath, quite satisfied with the power of the Heavenly Punishment Divine Thunder.
Actually, the Heavenly Punishment Divine Pupil’s attack had three layers, and what he had used just now was only the first layer’s Nine Skies Heaven Thunder.
Behind it still lay the Dutian Divine Thunder and, the final layer, the true Chaos Heavenly Punishment.
When the Heavenly Punishment Divine Pupil’s concentration was complete, Xu Zimei’s eyes also returned to their usual state.
They just seemed even more bright and compelling now.
Meanwhile, outside.
Gu Muyu was still sitting by the bedside, sharing the inner thoughts of a young girl.
"The story is quite interesting," Xu Zimei replied.
"Thank you," Gu Muyu replied subconsciously.
Then she suddenly came to, standing up from her chair and stepping back a few steps.
"You, you’re awake."
Xu Zimei slowly opened his eyes and sat up from the bed.
"What? Am I that frightening?"
"No, no," Gu Muyu quickly shook her head and said.
"It’s good that you’re awake, it’s good."
Xu Zimei didn’t speak, he got off the bed and walked straight outside.
"You’ve just woken up, don’t you want to rest a bit more?" Gu Muyu hurriedly asked from behind.
Xu Zimei shook his head and walked outside.
The weather seemed a bit hazy, as if it had just rained lightly.
Looking out into the distance from the doorway, the view outside was quite nice.
Mountains and jungles were shrouded in mist.
They possessed the obscure beauty often depicted in poetry and paintings.
It was just that Gu Muyu’s home appeared a bit shabby.
Seeing Xu Zimei walk out, Gu Muyu followed closely behind.
She seemed a bit nervous as she said, "My name is Gu Muyu."
"My name is Xu Zimei."
"Young Master Xu?"
"Just call me Zimo, Brother," Xu Zimei shook his head and responded.
"Zimo… Brother," Gu Muyu paused for a bit and eventually clasped her hands together, bowing her head as she softly called out in a voice fine as a mosquito’s buzz.
"Is it that hard to say?" Xu Zimei asked with a smile.
"It’s not that. It’s just that other than my mom, I’ve never had other relatives since I was little," Gu Muyu quickly explained.
Xu Zimei smiled.
The girl was very pure-hearted and kind, and sometimes very stubborn.
He quite liked the comfortable life of Luohe Village.
But it was only temporary, and after a while, the fighter within him would also grow restless.
"Are you hungry? I’ll go cook for you," Gu Muyu suddenly remembered something and quickly said.
"Noodles again?" Xu Zimei asked with a smile.
These past few days, the meals he’d had were almost always noodles; there was rarely any vegetables, let alone meat.
"That’s all we have at home, but if you want, I can go borrow some vegetables from my aunt’s house," Gu Muyu replied.
"No need. I’ll take care of it," Xu Zimei shook his head.
Taking Gu Muyu with him, he headed straight to the outskirts of the village.
"Where are we going?" Gu Muyu asked curiously.
"Hunting."
"But the jungle outside the village is full of strong wild beasts," Gu Muyu quickly interjected.
"I heard that the last time someone from the village went hunting, many people died at the hands of wild beasts."
"Don’t worry. I’ve learned some blade techniques."
Talking along the way, they arrived at the dense jungle outside.
Here, the vegetation was lush, an ideal haunt for wild beasts.
Actually, it was fortunate that the creatures here were beasts that had not yet started their cultivation; there wasn’t even a trace of Monster Beasts.
If there were Monster Beasts present, an ordinary village like Luohe would be wiped out in an instant.
