Immortal Refiner

A year passed quietly. In the polar night world, there is no such thing as winter and spring. It is always cold and dark here.

Because there is no sunrise or sunset, Li Qing can hardly calculate the passage of time. He roughly estimates it based on the amount of food stored in the warehouse.

According to his daily appetite, he divided all the food into about one and a half years, and calculated how much time had passed based on his body's biological clock.

However, this calculation is still a bit inaccurate. After all, after entering the level of external force master, his appetite has increased again.

The food that was originally enough for him to eat for a year and a half was almost eaten up in almost a year.

Now there is little food left in his cellar, and it is time to return to another world to find out the situation.

"This year has not been wasted. The external force in my body has become much stronger." Li Qing spread his hands, feeling the surging power in his body, and was very satisfied.

During the time he was hiding from the war in the polar night world, he practiced the Tiger True Intention, Ancient Mysterious Hammer, and Light Luo Legs that he had learned to a small degree.

Only the progress of the Turtle Breathing Technique was still slow, and it was still on the edge of entry, and he only practiced some internal strength that was better than nothing.

Li Qing was not very frustrated about this, but still had high expectations for this internal martial arts.

This internal martial arts may be the upper limit of his future martial arts. Whether he can get involved in the realm of martial arts masters, it is likely to rely on the Turtle Breathing Technique.

"During this period, some things happened in Obsidian City, and I don't know what is happening in Maple Country now."

When he left, the horse thieves were wreaking havoc on the border, but the entire Wu Li Army of Maple Country was also rushing to Wangyuan City. He couldn't make an accurate judgment whether the war was still going on.

Just as Li Qing was about to shuttle back, there was a knock on the door.

Dong Dong Dong!

An old voice sounded, it was the voice of Old Antou.

"Master Xiao Li, are you at home?"

Li Qing walked to the front of the yard, opened the gate, and then raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Outside his gate, there stood not only the hunched and short old man An, but also a thin and yellow-faced little girl. This malnourished little girl looked only twelve or thirteen years old, with a pale face and no blood, but her eyes were very clear.

If nothing unexpected happened, this girl should be the granddaughter of old man An.

"Old man An, why did you suddenly come to me with your granddaughter?" Li Qing glanced at the little girl, and then retracted his gaze.

Old man An said with a bitter expression: "Master Xiao Li, I want to entrust my granddaughter to you, let her be a servant here, and help you on weekdays, what do you think?"

"Grandpa..." The little girl grabbed the corner of her grandfather's clothes and said with a look of panic.

Taking a servant? How is this possible!

He has the secret of traveling between two worlds, how could he be willing to keep such a burden around him.

"Old man An, why don't you take care of your granddaughter yourself? Why do you suddenly ask me to take care of her?" Li Qing said in a cold tone.

"Alas, I plan to go out of town to cut black rye mushrooms in the next few days. I haven't eaten for several days at home." As he said that, Old Man An touched his granddaughter's head.

"Old man An, are you going to die? You are so old and you still go out of town to cut black rye mushrooms? Isn't it good to help others sew clothes and make shoes?" Li Qing raised his eyebrows slightly.

"I don't want to, but the Yan family said some time ago that no one in the city is allowed to do my business in the future."

Then, Old Man An told what happened during this period.

It turned out that the second young master of the Yan family had taken a fancy to Old Man An's granddaughter and wanted Old Man An to take the initiative to send his granddaughter to the Yan family mansion.

Of course, Old Man An disagreed with this. He gritted his teeth and refused to let his granddaughter fall into the fire pit of the Yan family.

In Obsidian City, the reputation of the second young master of the Yan family has long been notorious. After entering the Yan Mansion, none of the women he targeted had a good end. They either went crazy or committed suicide by jumping into a well.

However, what surprised Li Qing was that the second young master of the Yan family did not take any coercive action for some reason.

With the power of the Yan family in Obsidian City, it was not difficult to forcibly seize Old Man An's granddaughter.

Li Qing estimated that the second young master of the Yan family wanted Old Man An to send his granddaughter to the mansion on his own initiative in order to satisfy his morbid psychology, so he came up with so many tricks to make things difficult for Old Man An.

Now that Old Man An is desperate and can't do business, in order not to starve to death, he can only go out of the city to harvest black rye mushrooms and sell hard labor to earn a little food to live.

It is worth mentioning that all the land outside the city where black rye mushrooms are planted belongs to the Yan family. Basically, everyone in the city can be said to be a tenant of the Yan family.

People who do not have any special skills can only go out of the city to help the Yan family plant and harvest black rye mushrooms to make a living, so that they can get some black rye mushrooms as a reward.

Going out of the city to harvest black rye mushrooms is not an easy job. For the land where black rye mushrooms are planted, it is very deadly.

In addition, even if there is no dangerous insect like black sandworm, it is not certain that Old Man An can return to the city safely after finishing his farm work.

For an old man like him, it is hard to guarantee that he will not encounter things that steal money and kill him on the way back to the city.

This is why Old Man An decided to entrust his granddaughter to Li Qing. He knew that his trip out of the city would be in danger.

After listening to Old Man An's story, Li Qing sighed in his heart.

The Yan family really deserves to die, relying on their great power to prey on the people of the city.

He is now a master of external strength, and he is not that afraid of the Yan family, but he has not yet figured out the depth of the Yan family, and he does not want to be taken care of by the Yan family prematurely yet.

After all, the few martial arts I learned, except for the Ancient Xuan Hammer Kung Fu, all came from the Yan family.

Li Qing would never believe it if the Yan family didn't raise a few foreign power masters as offerings!

"Hey, Old Man An, you'd better take your granddaughter back, I won't take her here." Li Qing sighed and said.

As soon as these words came out, Old Man An's face became even darker. He wanted to say something else, but finally gave up.

"It doesn't matter, it's me who bothered Master Li. The Yan family is really not easy to offend."

After saying that, Old Man An took his granddaughter's hand and walked home staggeringly.

When he turned around, Li Qing saw the mist in the little girl's eyes, and felt a little unbearable for a moment.

"Wait a minute, Old Man An." Li Qing called to the grandfather and grandson.

"Master Xiao Li... If you feel embarrassed, don't force yourself." Old Man An said sheepishly.

Li Qing just turned around and came to the warehouse at his home, taking out all the rye mushrooms he had earned from helping others forge over the past year.

"Take these. It should be enough for you two to eat for a long time. Let's wait and see if the limelight will pass after a while. The Yan family can't keep an eye on you."

Li Qing said as he handed the black wheat mushroom to Old Man An.

"This...how can this be done, Master Xiao Li..." Old Man An panicked for a moment. He wanted to refuse, but he couldn't say it.

Li Qing smiled and said, "Take it back, I don't lack this little food."

"Xiaoxuan, thank you Uncle Li quickly!" Old Man An took his granddaughter and thanked him quickly.

"Thank you, Uncle Li! Thank you, Uncle Li!" Tears fell to the ground like pearls in An Xuan's eyes.

Hearing the thanks, Li Qing's mouth twitched, then waved his hand and returned to the courtyard without saying anything.

I am only eighteen years old in this life, and yet I am already an uncle... Although my mental age is indeed of this generation.

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