Li Zhiyuan began setting up Array Formation, erasing all traces here.

By the time everyone finished their nightly activities, dawn was breaking.

Sun Yan continued to stay in the mountains, keeping watch over Shen Huaiyang.

Zhao Yi insisted on following Li Zhiyuan to the guesthouse, and Li Zhiyuan agreed.

In the guesthouse bed, after waking, Lin Shuyou took a shower.

The aftereffects from inserting the needle that night had mostly subsided, and in another day, he'd be able to adjust his body back to peak condition.

While drying off, Lin Shuyou muttered to himself, "Child, you're already inside my body, so why still need the needle?"

Child: "The Evil-breaking Talisman has a natural stimulating effect on Divine Power; the person who designed this talisman is quite remarkable."

Lin Shuyou: "Oh?"

Child: "The first time the needle was inserted, I sensed it. This talisman isn't aimed at Evil, or rather, Evil was just an incidental effect. I even suspect that the true purpose of this talisman is to admonish or command deities."

Lin Shuyou: "Oh."

Child: "Even the Dragon King family wouldn't willingly oppose beings like us and shouldn't have such a talisman paper inheritance. Where exactly did that person's talisman paper come from?"

Lin Shuyou: "Telling you won't be any use, you certainly haven't heard of him."

"Knock, knock, knock!"

The sound of knocking came.

Lin Shuyou put on his underwear and went to open the door.

The moment his hand touched the door handle, his eyes bulged.

There was someone outside, but the Child couldn't sense their presence.

Lin Shuyou didn't open the door.

But the door handle turned from the outside; a grown man sleeping in a guesthouse, too lazy to lock the door.

Zhao Yi pushed the door open and entered, carrying fried dough sticks and buns in his left hand, and pickled vegetables and soy milk in his right.

"It's you!"

"Yes, it's me. Did you miss me?"

Throwing the breakfast onto the coffee table, Zhao Yi directly lunged at Lin Shuyou, and the two of them fell onto the bed.

Lin Shuyou resisted, but Zhao Yi wasn't the fragile figure he used to be. Unless Ah You performs divination to become a True Monarch, he really couldn't compete with Zhao Yi's current physical strength.

Ah You's eyes gradually started to transform into Shuping.

"Go ahead, perform divination. Good timing to tell everyone, you were initially fond of..."

Divination failed.

Ah You, unwillingly, was pinned down by Zhao Yi on the bed.

"You're capable, assaulting me, was it satisfying?"

"Satisfying!"

"Will you dare next time?"

"Next time I'll hit you until you're half-dead!"

Seeing this, Zhao Yi got off Lin Shuyou, sat on the edge of the bed, and let out a sigh:

"It seems Binbin's health is really deteriorating; it looks like he doesn't have much time left."

Lin Shuyou: "..."

Zhao Yi: "No wonder you can be so bold now, alas."

Lin Shuyou: "Three-eyed brat, you're truly a beast!"

Zhao Yi: "You say, your Brother Bin treated you so well. If he hadn't mediated and recommended you, could you be where you are today? Yet you..."

"Ah, let's go down together!"

Lin Shuyou roared, jumping up to choke Zhao Yi's neck, knocking him off the bed onto the floor, and the two began grappling again.

Outside the door, Liang Yan and Liang Li listened to the commotion inside and exchanged glances.

Liang Yan: "You marry him."

Liang Li: "You're older, you take the opportunity."

Li Zhiyuan had Run Sheng make a hard trip back to the hospital to synchronize last night's events with Tan Wenbin.

After returning to his room, he first took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and lay down on the bed to rest.

Last night wasn't tiring; it could even be said to be quite relaxing, but replenishing energy is still necessary, especially with the real battle ahead.

The door handle was turned, but the door was locked.

After a while, lying in bed, Li Zhiyuan turned his head towards the window.

A figure appeared outside the window, and although the window was locked, he removed it.

Sometimes you can't help but admire Zhao Yi's current energy. Having been a "soft bone patient" for so long, Zhao Yi is now as lively as a monkey.

Zhao Yi: "You sleep with both the door and window locked; are you that insecure?"

Li Zhiyuan: "You're bullying Ah You again."

Zhao Yi: "Not bullying, we're close, just playing."

Back in Lijiang, Lin Shuyou mostly took care of Zhao Yi. To Zhao Yi, in the entire team of youths, Ah You was the only honest person.

Following Ah You felt safe; at the very least, when danger arose, Ah You would instinctively drag him away to run.

"So, have you given the things to the Zhen Family guy?"

"Yeah."

"You said you left it in the basement." 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"I indeed didn't bring it; wrote it on the spot."

Zhao Yi pulled out an exquisite pen from his pocket: "Would you mind writing it again?"

"I'm tired, going to sleep."

"What tired? When you were setting up and breaking the Array tonight, I felt it. Your spiritual power is incredibly dense now; I even suspect you've secretly consumed Immortal Pill Buddha Marrow!"

"We'll distribute based on labor after things wrap up."

"Alright." Zhao Yi went to shower.

Li Zhiyuan: "You're going to sleep here?"

Zhao Yi: "Yeah, saves me from booking another room. Such a waste."

"Brother Binbin's room is empty."

"I've been there; his room has a chilled slab of human meat. I quickly shut the door, afraid that exposure to the cold might spoil the meat!"

...

Tan Wenbin has had quite a relaxed past few days.

Every day at the hospital, the main activity is chatting and conversing with the child Chen Jing.

The stuff with a practical purpose was already discussed during the first night; after that, it's purely dealing as friends.

This child has a unique charm that makes people feel comfortable, capable of healing others, much like Brother Xiao Yuan when he used to perform.

Chen Jing also quite likes Tan Wenbin, happily sticking around while taking care of his grandparents, even though he's caught a cold from the chill.

The grandfather's condition suddenly took a serious turn today.

Tan Wenbin can confirm it's not Shen Huaiyang's doing; Shen Huaiyang has been under Sun Yan's surveillance the whole time. He's been injured and hasn't stepped out of the Taoist temple gate in these two days.