After waking up, Xiang Liu began to cook for Lu Yao.

Granny Wu's health has improved considerably. Niannian found her a wooden stick, and she can now walk slowly with the stick in her hand.

Xiang Liu added more meat from the spirit beast to the bone broth, so that Granny Wu could eat more and recover faster.

Lu Yao and Niannian preferred roasted spirit beast meat. Xiang Liu's roasted meat was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and with added salt, it was especially delicious.

After eating, Niannian said, "I want to go out and play!"

Lu Yao: "I want to too!"

Xiang Liu was delighted to see Lu Yao's childlike, playful, and adorable nature.

So he said, "Okay, I'll take you out to play."

Xiang Liu first carried Niannian across the swamp, and then came back to pick up Lu Yao.

Lu Yao's belly was already slightly protruding, so Xiang Liu was extra careful when he held her.

After Xiang Liu carried Lu Yao across the poisonous swamp, Lu Yao and Niannian held hands and walked towards the woods.

Niannian was attracted by the wildflowers covering the ground, so she squatted down and picked some.

Xiang Liu embraced Lu Yao and sat down on the lawn, looking at Niannian, a scene of serene beauty.

Lu Yao: "Look at Niannian, how cute she is."

Xiang Liu whispered in Lu Yao's ear, "Our cubs will definitely be even cuter."

The warm breath tickled Lu Yao's ears, and her face instantly turned red.

Xiang Liu: "Tonight..."

At this moment, Niannian picked a large bunch of wildflowers and handed them to Lu Yao.

Lu Yao quickly sat up straight, too embarrassed to continue her ambiguous embrace with Xiang Liu.

Xiang Liu felt a little disappointed. It turned out that having a child wasn't necessarily a good thing; it might affect his and Lu Yao's time together.

Lu Yao looked at the flowers in her hand. One of them was white, with sparse verticillasters, leaf-like bracts, and a labiate corolla.

Lu Yao thought the flower's leaves looked a lot like mint leaves, so she picked one and put it in her mouth.

System notification: "Congratulations, host, you have obtained Mint. You are rewarded with one gold coin."

Lu Yao: "Niannian, where did you pick this flower?"

Niannian pointed ahead: "There are many over there. If Master likes, Niannian can pick more."

Xiang Liu: "Is this a medicinal herb?"

Lu Yao: "It's called peppermint. It's a diaphoretic and antipyretic medicine used to treat influenza, headache, red eyes, fever, sore throat, swollen and painful gums, and other symptoms."

Xiangliu: "How do you preserve it?"

Looking at the illustration, Lu Yao explained, "Remove the old stems and impurities, lightly spray with water to moisten, cut into short sections, and dry at a low temperature in time."

Xiang Liu: "Now that the weather is getting cooler, the temperature in the cave is very low, so we can take it inside the cave to dry."

Lu Yao: "Then let's go and pick more to take back. I can put some more into my space. Mint leaves are also delicious in soup."

Niannian led the two to pick mint, and in no time they had picked a large handful.

Lu Yao: "Let's go back into the woods and see if there are any other useful medicinal herbs."

Xiang Liu: "Let's do it another day. I sense that someone has trespassed into our territory. I'll take you back to the cave first."

So Xiangliu quickly escorted the two back to the cave, and then turned to leave.

Lu Yao: "Don't go, I'm scared."

Xiang Liu: "I can't let them find our cave. You stay here and wait for me. I'll take care of them soon."

Lu Yao waited anxiously inside the cave. Before long, Xiang Liu returned with his face covered in blood.

Lu Yao asked anxiously, "Are you injured?"

Xiang Liu touched the bloodstains on his face: "Don't worry, it's not my blood."

Lu Yao: "How many people broke in in total?"

Xiang Liu: "Seven!"

Lu Yao: "What are they doing in the Misty Forest? Don't we no longer have any spiritual springs here?"

Xiang Liu: "It's Liu Lele. She claims to be a goddess and spreads rumors that a demoness lives in the Misty Forest."

Lu Yao: "He's deliberately targeting me!"

Xiang Liu: "I didn't find out where Liu Lele was hiding, otherwise I would have killed her."

Lu Yao: "It seems we won't be staying here for long."

Xiang Liu: "The cold season is coming soon. After the cold season, we'll look for another place."

Lu Yao: "Is the cold season really that terrible?"

Xiang Liu: "During the cold season, the temperature is low and there are constant blizzards, which can kill many people. So when the cold season arrives, it's hard to even survive, and no one will come to bother us."

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