After returning home, Xu Huan, as usual, opened the door, stir-fried, cooked, and ate in one go.

The action is chic and fast, without the slightest drag. At least that's what Xu Huan thinks.

After eating, he pulled out the black box from the dark compartment under the bed as usual, and opened the book that had been yellowed from reading countless times.

After all, this is a compulsory course every day, and a series of actions have already formed muscle memory, and there is no need to do it deliberately.

While the sun had not yet set and could still emit light, Xu Huan moved his chair to the window, rolled up the simple curtains woven of thatch, and began to read intently.

Whether it is the "Taishang Heart Formula" in his hand or the "Introduction to Accepting Qi" that can be sold on the street, it only tells how to perceive the aura of heaven and earth through meditation, and how to exhale and refine it after perceiving the aura of heaven and earth, but does not explain the professional words in the book such as aura, spiritual base, spiritual knowledge, etc., although this does not affect the overall reading, nor does it affect the perception of aura, but it affects Xu Huan's overall perception, and it arouses Xu Huan's curiosity and exploration spirit.

Xu Huan has always been unwilling to give up as long as he is curious and does not explore, but with the knowledge that Xu Huan has been exposed to, it is basically impossible to know the answer, so Xu Huan fell into a dead loop.

This ubiquitous cultivation method, it is normal for the author to not be attentive enough to make mistakes, but the content of this book is no different from other books, it is nothing more than the words are concise and ingenious, if there are mistakes, how can it be worthy of the word Taishang? Is it disdainful?

Could it be that the author didn't expect that this book would be so dusty that someone like Xu Huan who doesn't know anything will read it?

Xu Huan had a headache, he was really depressed.

The setting sun converged the last rays of light that shone on the world, and the last rays of light shining on the books were swallowed up by the ensuing night.

"It's night." Xu Huan put down the book and went to the cabinet to find an oil lamp to light it.

It was only then that he remembered that the ointment in the oil lamp had burned out last night.

This means that if you want to continue reading, there are only two options.

Xu Huan looked at the street lamp on the street in the distance outside the window, which had not yet been lit, and it happened that the autumn wind suddenly rose, making a long and low roar.

It's not safe to go outside to read, and you'll catch a cold.

Xu Huan resolutely chose to buy ointment.

The shop that Xu Huan frequented to sell ointment was not too far from him, but Xu Huan could accept it.

"I remember that Uncle Li slept in the store, so the store was open at night, right?"

Xu Huan, who put away the books, became even more melancholy.

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Passing through the street lamps with bright lights, Xu Huan also saw the scene of the person in charge of the area opening the lampshade one by one, adding ointment, and lighting the wick.

The amount of street lamp ointment is made according to a certain standard size, and it is burned out just after one night, so you don't have to burn the lamp all day.

Xu Huan also heard that the quality of the upper and lower parts of these ointments is different, and the top is a relatively good quality ointment, and the lights that burn out are brighter. Underneath is a relatively poor quality ointment, and the lights are dim. As a result, the light will gradually become dim and faint as the ointment is consumed.

But Xu Huan only heard about it after all, and he didn't really see it, after all, he slept all night, so how could he have the heart to pay attention to these.

Not only Xu Huan, most of the residents of Yunyan Town only sleep in their nightlife, such small details are dispensable to the residents of Yunyan Town, but the government personnel of Yunyan Town still repeat it day after day, which shows their intentions.

It's just a pity that the distance between the street lamps is too far, and the sparse street lamps are probably to save money, after all, the government of Yunyan Town is also the poorest group in the whole of Daqi, even if you want to embezzle and scrape something from the residents, you can't start.

The Great Qi Dynasty was relatively light, and in recent years, the rectification of officials was strict, and the emperor appointed honest officials on a large scale, and many corrupt officials were all found out by the Supervision Department. Some small government offices, including the Yunyan Town Government, don't want to end up with a lot of money and property, and they will live separately from each other. As for those large government agencies, whether they have done anything behind it, that can only be known to God.

"It's cold." Xu Huan shrunk his neck, tonight's autumn wind blew one after another, and the huge power seemed to be about to lift people out, Xu Huan felt that he was not facing the autumn wind, but a cold roaring beast.

Looking at the lights that had just been lit, Xu Huan subconsciously got closer, wanting to seek a trace of warm comfort from the tiny fireworks that were beating, but he also knew that the lights were shrouded by the outer layer of the flameproof lampshade of unknown material, and he could not feel the temperature of the flame unless he opened the lampshade, but in order to prevent the residents from stealing at will, the lampshade was naturally locked.

However, perhaps it was a psychological effect, Xu Huan really felt warmer than before.

No matter how cold the wind is, there will be a moment to stop, and no matter how far the road is, it will eventually be over, not to mention that the place where Xu Huan is going now is not too far.

Soon he reached the corner of a familiar alley. Not far ahead, Uncle Li's shop is still lit.

"It's good that I didn't sleep tonight, otherwise I wouldn't have come for nothing." Xu Huan thought happily.

Xu Huan, who was a little faster, was about to walk through the intersection when he suddenly heard a slight noise in the alley at the intersection.

Xu Huan involuntarily looked in, at this time the place where he was standing was in the middle of the two street lamps, which was the weakest place in the light, and even if the alley next to him was not deep, it was still pitch black except for pitch black.

A slight rattle gradually became clear, as if something was dragging the sound?

Xu Huan shook his head, suddenly feeling a little funny attracted by the voice, and was ready to continue walking, after all, buying ointment is the right thing.

Just then, a faint smell reached his nose.

This taste is a little familiar, but Xu Huan is like a short circuit in his brain, although he tries hard to remember, he can't think of it for a while.

It seems that after standing here for too long, his eyes are gradually adjusting to the dark scene around him, or the moon is casting a faint light at the right time, or the smell of rust and the small sound have caused him to hallucinate for a while.

He seemed to see a figure flickering at the end of the alley.

His heart skipped a beat. The back of the spine seemed to be entangled by a cold poisonous snake.

The street lamp next to him seemed to go out in an instant, and the bottomless darkness in front of him seemed to be about to permeate out of the alley, drowning, tearing and devouring him.

Xu Huan rubbed his eyes, the original flickering figure had disappeared, the street lamp was still a street lamp, the alley was still a alley, and the darkness was still dark.

Xu Huan analyzed rationally and felt that it was the best policy to buy ointment at this time.

Then he soon discovered that his body had involuntarily gone inside.