44: You little brat, have you stirred up a hornet's nest?

Zhang Yan had a strange expression. Was her own father exaggerating in front of her?

"Father, you aren't saying this just to comfort Yaner, are you?"

Zhang Xiangwen shook his head and gave a wry smile. "I just said that casually back then. How could I have known you would actually take it to heart?"

Zhang Yan nodded thoughtfully. "In that case, Brother Chu Yuan truly is a Genius!"

"That's right!"

A voice of agreement came from outside the courtyard. "Your Brother Chu Yuan is indeed much more of a Prodigy!"

The three turned their heads and saw Zhao Jun walking in from outside.

"Uncle Zhao, you're here!" Zhang Xiangwen said with a smile, standing up to welcome him to sit down.

After sitting down, Zhao Jun handed the things in his hand to Chu Yuan. "I arranged for someone to send these earlier, but he wasn't home, so I brought them over now."

"Thank you, Grandpa Zhao, for the trouble!"

Chu Yuan took them and found that they were a fire fox pelt, half a basin of fire fox blood, several fire fox teeth, a fire fox heart, and thirty catties of meat.

Chu Yuan's eyes flickered slightly, and he casually stored them into the primal origin space.

Zhao Jun's eyes showed surprise for a moment. "Lad Chu, the Opportunity you gained on this trip wasn't small!"

"It's alright!"

Chu Yuan nodded slightly, not intending to say more on this topic.

Zhao Jun did not ask further. His gaze turned toward Zhang Yan. "Little Yaner, your father is right. All age-appropriate people in Xiao Huang Village will spend three days Cultivating with all their might. Only after those three days will it be definitively determined whether or not they possess talent for Cultivation."

Hearing this, Zhang Yan visibly let out a sigh of relief. "Grandpa Zhao, I understand!"

Just then, Xu Jing's voice came from the kitchen. "Yaner, come and help!"

"Coming!"

Zhang Yan quickly responded and jogged over.

Soon, a plate of dried radishes and two plates of fire fox meat were brought out.

Even the usual rice porridge was replaced with rice this time, counting as a luxurious meal.

The group sat together and happily ate their meal.

After the meal.

Zhao Jun looked at Lad Chu. "Lad Chu, you asked me to come over this time, it shouldn't be as simple as just gathering, right? Is there something you want to say?"

Chu Yuan nodded, his expression becoming a little serious, and he spoke gravely: "When I went out this time, I discovered that there are many Yao Beast above the First-Tier Late Stage in that valley, and there are even Second-Tier Demon Beast present."

"Although I haven't checked the other directions around Xiao Huang Village, it's likely they are numerous as well. I feel that Xiao Huang Village is very dangerous."

Hearing this, Zhao Jun and Zhang Xiangwen exchanged glances.

Zhao Jun said with a wry smile: "Lad Chu, we actually know a little about what you're saying, but no matter how dangerous it is, we have to live here!"

"That's right!"

Zhang Xiangwen agreed, "The closest village to ours is over fifty miles away, and the nearest town is hundreds of miles away. Moving the entire village is simply impossible."

"Furthermore, if we leave the village, we will quickly be targeted by Yao Beast. The result would definitely be total annihilation, which is even worse than staying in the village."

Hearing these words, Xu Jing and her daughter fell silent. They hadn't been aware of these things before.

So, was it this dangerous outside the village?

"I guessed that much!"

Chu Yuan nodded, then said: "Therefore, as Cultivators in the village, you need to become stronger as quickly as possible!"

Hearing this, the two exchanged wry smiles. Did they not want to become stronger?

They simply couldn't!

Their talent wasn't very good, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi here was thin, and they had no Spirit Medicine to aid their Cultivation. Even if they wanted to, it was useless!

Chu Yuan, however, took out twenty red jujube, smiled, and said: "This thing is similar to a red jujube, but its effect in assisting Spiritual Enlightenment Realm Body Tempering is much stronger. I used it to Breakthrough."

"I still have quite a few left. Uncle Zhang, you two divide them and Cultivate to become stronger quickly!"

"This..."

Zhang Xiangwen and the other man's eyes suddenly widened as they stared incredulously at the spirit fruit on the table.

"They are all First-Grade spirit fruit?!"

Zhang Xiangwen exclaimed quietly, "Lad Chu, did you stumble into a nest of spirit fruit?"

Chu Yuan smiled, but then saw Zhao Jun speak with a serious expression: "Lad Chu, our talent is poor. These spirit fruit will yield the greatest benefit if you use them. Put them away."

Zhang Xiangwen nodded in agreement.

Chu Yuan shook his head and smiled. "After stepping into the Spirit Absorption Realm, the effect of this spirit fruit is very weak. It's not of much use to me."

Speaking of this, his expression became a little serious. "Moreover, I plan to go out and explore. I cannot stay in Xiao Huang Village for a long time. Uncle Zhang, you need to become strong quickly."

Hearing this, Zhang Xiangwen remained silent. Chu Yuan had mentioned this to him before.

Xu Jing and her daughter were slightly silent. After all, Zhang Xiangwen had revealed some things to them.

"You..."

Zhao Jun was slightly startled, but quickly understood, and said with a wry smile:

"That's true!"

"Lad Chu, your talent is outstanding. Staying here would indeed be a waste of your abilities!"

Chu Yuan did not speak.

Zhang Xiangwen was silent for a moment, then spoke solemnly: "Since that is the case, the two of us will brazenly accept these things."

"Lad Chu, thank you!"

Zhao Jun also spoke, his eyes filled with gratitude.

"I was born in Xiao Huang Village and have been cared for by you since childhood. This is what I should do."

Chu Yuan said with a serious expression, and he genuinely felt this way in his heart.

Although he didn't fully approve of certain people in the village, he still remembered the care the village had provided him over the years.

Helping Zhao Jun and the other man was one thing; he also needed to help Er Ya and Zhang Yan Cultivate. As for Xu Jing, it wasn't impossible to try and help her too.

Once things were mostly settled, he planned to go out and clear the Yao Beast near the village.

That way, he could leave at any time with a clear conscience afterward.

The group chatted for a few more moments, then Zhao Jun got up and left.

Chu Yuan took out ten xuan yuan fruit and ten red jujube. "Uncle Zhang, you keep these for now. I will come back tomorrow to check on Sister Yaner's Cultivation progress."

"Alright!"

Zhang Xiangwen nodded, not refusing.

Walking out of the Zhang family home, Chu Yuan headed toward his own house.

He planned to take out the spirit cleansing fruit to help Zhang Xiangwen's family of three, as well as some other people in the village.

He wanted to help Xiao Huang Village produce a few Cultivators with Spiritual Root to protect Xiao Huang Village.

But he couldn't help blindly.

He planned to first see if Zhang Yan had a Spiritual Root, and whether the Spiritual Root was good or bad.

He also planned to teach Er Ya to Cultivate and see how she fared.

As for the spirit cleansing fruit, he only intended to take out about ten, no more than that.

At that time, if both Zhang Yan and Er Ya lacked a Spiritual Root, the spirit cleansing fruit he brought out would first need to be prioritized for them.

If they both had a Spiritual Root, then that was easy to deal with; regardless of whether it was good or bad, they should take one first!

Chu Yuan pondered this in his heart, but suddenly thought of something, and his eyes couldn't help but turn.