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Xu Dao quickly cleaned up the alchemy room and went out to catch up with his teacher.

Calculating the time, the master's wife has been gone for more than a month, and now she is finally coming back. I haven't seen her for a long time, and I miss her.

After all, that was when he was in the most difficult time, and he directly gave his master's wife 100 taels of gold.

"Don't be proud!" Walking on the road, Ge Lao said to Xu Dao inexplicably.

Xu Dao was stunned for a moment, and didn't react. Was he proud? His caution and fear of death were engraved in his bones. The fear of insufficient strength can only be alleviated, never cured.

He was thinking about improving his strength and strengthening his cultivation all the time. As long as he was not invincible in the world, how could he dare to be proud?

Whether it was practicing martial arts or cultivating Taoism, whether it was making talismans or refining medicine, he went all out and never slacked off, because he knew that these were the capital for him to settle down in this world.

He was not a genius young master of a noble family, not a royal relative of the Dali Dynasty, and not the beloved son of a top master. All he can rely on is himself, oh, and now he has his own master.

But he did not refute, but began to reflect. He originally thought that he would rest for a day after breaking through the sixth level. Now think about it, is he qualified to rest?

The villain has not been eliminated, and the threat has not been resolved. When the man comes to the door, will he also ask for a day of rest?

Can't stop, if he can't reach the fifth level in one day, he won't stop for a day!

Xu Dao suppressed the joy brought by the breakthrough of martial arts, the improvement of strength, and the learning to refine Qi-replenishing pills into the depths of his heart, and his face became serious.

Ge Lao watched the reaction of this disciple with his peripheral vision. When he saw that this disciple was so serious, his heart skipped a beat. What's going on? Why did he see a faint sense of madness in Xu Dao?

Did he push too hard? Too strict? But Ge Lao thought about it and still didn't say anything. This child is more sensible than he thought. There are many things that he doesn't need to say, and he knows what to do.

Not long after, the two arrived at the city gate.

Looking to the side, what caught my eye was a row of porridge stalls.

"Are these all porridge stalls set up by the teacher?" Xu Dao was shocked. How much grain would it cost to provide porridge on this scale in a day?

"Of course not. I only set up two porridge stalls at the beginning, but the government began to set up porridge stalls the next day, and then the big families in the county followed suit. That's how we got so many."

So that's what he said. With this scale of porridge distribution, even with the teacher's wealth, it would cost a lot of money to run it for so long.

"But this is also the teacher's merit. If the teacher hadn't taken the lead, they would rather let the grain rot in the warehouse than use it for porridge distribution." Xu Dao sighed.

Not to mention the government, just talking about those big families, in fact, they really opened porridge stalls so early for the sake of the teacher.

No matter what purpose or idea these big families or the government had, they set up stalls to provide porridge. But after all, they did a good thing, which could prevent many people from starving to death.

"But this is not a long-term solution. It still needs rain. Although the rain has delayed the farming season, we can still grow some things in the fields and fill our stomachs. Even if we can't grow crops, we can still keep many people alive by growing some vegetables." Ge Lao looked up at the sky. It was still cloudless, and there was no sign of rain.

"This year's drought is a bit abnormal! There has never been such a severe drought in previous years!" Xu Dao was helpless. This severe drought has lasted for several months. If it doesn't rain, people will really go crazy.

"It's really a bit abnormal." Ge Lao frowned and thought, "There was no sign beforehand."

"Could it be a demon?" Xu Dao blurted out.

"It shouldn't be? If it's really a demon... How powerful would it be?" Ge Lao's tone was also a bit uncertain.

Then, both of them looked up at the bright sun and fell into silence.

After waiting for about half an hour, a carriage finally appeared on the official road in the distance.

"Master's Wife!" Xu Dao saluted hurriedly.

"Xu Dao is here too?" The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a gust of cool air poured out from the inside. The Master's Wife was inside the carriage, smiling and inviting the two to get in.

Xu Dao did not refuse, and squeezed into the carriage with his teacher.

Why is it so cool? Xu Dao was surprised, it was even cooler than the Ice Talisman.

Then he locked his eyes on a jade box with a hole placed in the middle of the carriage. Waves of cold air poured out of it, blowing the entire carriage icy cold.

"Cold jade box? Is it sold in the city?" Ge Lao spoke first.

"Knowing that it's hot here, I bought two. It's a bit expensive, but it can save me from suffering." The Master's Wife nodded.

"Master's Wife, how much is this cold jade box?" Xu Dao asked.

"One thousand five hundred taels of gold each. Master's Wife also bought one for you."

"Hiss..." Xu Dao. Really. Inhaled a breath of cold air.

Even Ge Lao, who was standing by, had a slight twitch on his face, and after a long while, he managed to squeeze out a sentence: "Well, it's pretty good!"

The master's wife rolled her eyes at this, "Don't worry, I didn't spend your money, I have plenty of it myself."

This is true. The master's wife herself is from a wealthy family. It is said that when she married the teacher, the dowry alone was loaded with dozens of cars.

As for why the master's wife married the teacher despite being a rich woman, on the one hand, the teacher was also a famous handsome young man in the area, and on the other hand, the teacher's martial arts talent was not low at that time, he could be called a genius, and he also inherited the alchemist heritage, so he definitely had a promising future.

At the beginning, when Xu Dao became a disciple, the gift from the master's wife was actually the master's wife's own money, not as Xu Dao guessed, the money earned by the Hundred Medicine Pavilion, which he only found out later.

At this time, Xu Dao shrank his neck and dared not speak.

He could not get a word in on such a high-level topic.

"Are my father-in-law and mother-in-law okay?"

"They are all fine! My brother has now entered the fifth rank. He has managed to hold on to that family! At least he has no problem gaining a foothold in the capital city." The master's wife nodded.

"I have also entered the fifth rank!" Ge Lao stroked his beard reservedly.

"Really?" The master's wife was surprised.

"Well, and Xu Dao has also entered the eighth rank!"

"Really?" The master's wife was even more surprised.

Xu Dao nodded quickly to show his presence.

"It's a big happy event. We will have a banquet tonight to celebrate. Xu Dao, let your mother and younger sister come too." The master's wife made the final decision.

Xu Dao was embarrassed and had to explain: "Before I left home this morning, I also told my mother about the news. My mother also said that we would celebrate today."

"Is that so? That's fine. It's the same if I go directly to your house. Don't you welcome it?" The master's wife looked at Xu Dao.

"Of course not. It would be a blessing for Master's Wife to go." Master's Wife hadn't been to our house yet, but Master had been there several times. If Master's Wife knew about this, she would be unhappy.

During the whole process, Master Ge said nothing. He had no say in such matters. Master's Wife had always made the decisions.