The whole world is cultivating qi, only I am cultivating the body

Seeing Xiaoxue crawling back into Zeng Wenyu's arms, Li Shengnan couldn't help but laugh out loud. Unfortunately, Xiaoxue could no longer hear Li Shengnan's laughter. When it crawled back into Zeng Wenyu's arms, it had already fallen into a deep sleep, digesting the medicine it had just swallowed.

No one knows when Xiaoxue and Xiaoli will wake up from their deep sleep, but Zeng Wenyu believes that when the two little ones wake up, they will be more powerful than they are now.

Li Shengnan did not put the gourd back into her storage ring. The pills in the gourd were all for improving the cultivation of monsters. It contained many pills that she had refined before. She handed the gourd to Zeng Wenyu.

Zeng Wenyu did not refuse the gourd given to him by Li Shengnan. These pills were very precious to him, but for Li Shengnan, as long as she had enough herbs, she could refine a new gourd.

Putting the gourd into their storage bags, Zeng Wenyu and Li Shengnan began to walk towards the City Lord's Mansion.

The streets were exceptionally deserted today. Even the small vendors who had originally set up stalls on the streets did not come out. Moreover, the streets were full of people from the City Defense Bureau who were constantly patrolling the streets.

The people from the City Defense Department knew Zeng Wenyu. After all, he was the person who was with Li Pingping yesterday. Although they did not take the initiative to greet Zeng Wenyu, they did not ask Zeng Wenyu to go back home immediately like they did to the people on the street.

Seeing the city defense guards who kept persuading the people to go home, Zeng Wenyu took the initiative to walk up to them and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you persuading them to go home today?"

Hearing Zeng Wenyu's question, the soldier from the City Defense Department looked a little conflicted. This matter was not easy to talk about, as the higher-ups had asked him not to tell anyone casually. But the one asking him the question was Zeng Wenyu...

Zeng Wenyu understood the expression on the soldier's face. He shook his head and said, "Forget it. If it's hard to say, then don't say it. Anyway, I'm going to the City Lord's Mansion this time. I can just ask the Acting City Lord directly when the time comes."

The soldier's expression relaxed. As long as it wasn't said by him, it was fine. He thanked Zeng Wenyu and left.

Following the road of Andong City towards the City Lord's Mansion, the two men soon arrived outside the City Lord's Mansion.

It was very lively outside the City Lord's Mansion today, with many people in gorgeous clothes constantly coming in and out. Everyone was wearing clothes with their family's emblems, and everyone who came out of the City Lord's Mansion had a painful expression on their face, and it seemed that they had paid a great price in order to protect themselves.

Zeng Wenyu had seen the patterns of these families yesterday. These were the patterns on the clothes worn by those who were killed by Emperor Kang yesterday. In order to avoid the entire family being wiped out, they paid almost everything. After paying these prices, their families will gradually decline and will eventually be replaced by other rising families.

But these are the prices they have to pay in order to preserve the continuation of the family. Even if they decline in the future, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse.

The guards of the City Lord's Mansion did not stop Zeng Wenyu and Li Shengnan. They let them enter the City Lord's Mansion directly.

You don't need to know where Li Pingping is now, you just need to follow those family members to find out where Li Pingping is now.

Although Zeng Wenyu and Li Shengnan had found Li Pingping, Li Pingping was busy and the two chose not to disturb him now. They told the housekeeper of the City Lord's Mansion and asked the housekeeper to find a servant to take them to the living room.

They chatted in the living room about what happened before their reunion. When it was almost time for lunch, the housekeeper came over and asked them to go to the study, saying that Li Pingping was already waiting there for them to have lunch together.

Following the butler, he came to the study. The layout of the study was no different from yesterday. Li Pingping did not rearrange the study. He chose to keep it as it was.

"Brother Gao! You're here!" Although he was already the acting city lord, Li Pingping still took the initiative to greet Zeng Wenyu when he saw him, "Have a seat, have a seat. I've arranged for the chef to prepare lunch. We'll eat together later."

Without any politeness with Li Pingping, Zeng Wenyu sat on the chair. He saw that Li Pingping's face was tired and it seemed that he had not had much rest from yesterday until now.

He reached out from his storage bag and took out a herb and handed it to Li Pingping: "It can relieve fatigue."

Li Pingping took the herbs from Zeng Wenyu's hand and ate them without any suspicion. Not long after, as the medicinal power was absorbed by his body, Li Pingping's spirits improved significantly.

"Brother Gao brought Senior Sister here, it must be about the Danding Sect's matter, right?"

Li Pingping, who had regained his spirit, immediately got to the point. He was also present when Li Shengnan was recruited into the City Lord's Mansion by his father, so he naturally knew what his father had promised Li Shengnan at that time.

"Yes, Pingping, do you have any way to let my senior sister join Danding Sect?"

Li Pingping lowered his head and thought for a long time. Finally, he shook his head: "Although I am the acting city lord of Andong City, I am not the real city lord after all. Dandingmen will not give me this face..."

"Is that so? Looks like we have to find a new way."

"Wait a minute, Brother Gao, although I can't let your sister join Danding Sect directly, I can recommend her!" Li Pingping suddenly said. Seeing Zeng Wenyu's puzzled look, he continued to explain, "It's almost time for Danding Sect to open its doors and recruit disciples. Although I don't have a way to let your sister join Danding Sect directly, Anton City has a recommendation quota. As long as she passes Danding Sect's alchemy assessment, she will be directly accepted into the sect, and she doesn't have to start as an outer disciple like everyone else."

Li Pingping's words made Li Shengnan's eyes light up. Although she would not become a core disciple directly, she felt that being an inner disciple was not bad either. Moreover, she believed that with her level of medicine and pill refining, she could directly become a core disciple after completing the assessment!

"What do you think, Senior Sister? Ping Ping's method?"

"Okay! That's pretty good, but will this make things difficult for the acting city lord?"

"No, Anton City has recommended places every year, but no one has reached that level before, so Anton City will not recommend anyone. I believe that you are definitely able to pass the assessment," Li Pingping said with a smile while the servants brought the food. "Also, sister, you are Brother Gao's sister, so don't call me Acting City Lord. Just call me Pingping like him."

"Isn't this... a little bit bad?"

"What's wrong with that? I'm lucky to have friends like Brother Gao and Senior Sister you."

"Well, then I'll obey your orders. From now on, I'll call you Pingping."

"Okay! Senior Sister, Brother Gao, the food is ready, let's start eating! I've been hungry for a long time."

Zeng Wenyu and Li Shengnan looked at each other, nodded to Li Pingping, picked up the chopsticks on the table, and began to enjoy lunch with Li Pingping.