In the mortal world, within the small courtyard of South City.

What Chen Xu didn't know was that since he entered the dry well, exactly two hours had passed.

Two hours, to two little demons who knew magic and understood what cultivation was, was actually insignificant.

Wei Yuan was still in the courtyard using earth magic to till the ground, while Ah Shi darted around the house and then urinated under the east wall.

Then it returned to the kitchen, suddenly exclaiming, "Porcupine, not good, there's a thief in our house.

The meat pastry left by the scholar suddenly went missing!"

The rat was both angry and furious, loudly calling Wei Yuan.

Wei Yuan was immediately startled too, its figure moved, directly using the earth escape technique to drill out from the kitchen floor and appear beside the rat.

Then the two little demons both widened their eyes.

They saw a small wooden granary suddenly roll onto the stove where the meat pastry had disappeared.

This granary was about ten inches long, its craftsmanship simple yet sophisticated.

It appeared out of nowhere on the stove, looking extremely strange at first glance. But when connected to the missing meat pastry, the rat suddenly screamed:

"What a thief, they think taking payment isn't stealing? I, I..."

It wanted to curse a few more times but thinking about the days it and Master Jiu had hidden in Chen Xu's kitchen corner, the curses stuck in its throat.

The rat was both shocked and angry, both ashamed and embarrassed.

All it could do was widen its eyes, suddenly meeting Wei Yuan's gaze beside it.

With a furrowed brow, Wei Yuan pondered, "Ah Shi, since the other party can silently take the meat pastry and conjure this granary, they must not be ordinary.

We may find it difficult to uncover their origins, but we can stay here, observing the situation directly.

If we remain here and the other party continues to steal, they are undoubtedly a thief."

Saying this, it really jumped onto the stove, squatting beside the meat pastry, its eyes staring intently at it.

The rat felt that Wei Yuan's talk of a thief referred to itself, quickly suppressing its shame, and jumped opposite Wei Yuan, mirroring it by staring at the meat pastry.

As for the small granary that fell beside them, the two little demons paid it no attention.

Having learned caution from Chen Xu, they dared not touch unknown things recklessly.

Within the wondrous small world, Chen Xu saw little people praying for the meat pastry and then saw them joyfully lifting it with a "giant" plate.

They chanted as they carried the meat pastry down the mountain.

The little person holding colorful ribbons walked at the front, everyone calling him "Holy Master."

The Holy Master, wearing a floral crown, clad in colorful attire, though his face full of wrinkles painted with oil paint, wore a friendly and joyful expression.

Half an hour later, the little people returned to the village.

Soon, the sound of bells and drums boomed, and the Holy Master's aged voice spread across the fields:

"Divine food from heaven, children, come quickly to enjoy."

Thus, the little people working in the fields joyfully dropped their tasks and ran to the village center.

There lay a "giant" plate, with the piece of meat pastry from the mortal world in the center.

All the little people gathered around, allowing Chen Xu to clearly count:

It turned out that this small world contained only ninety-nine little people.

Aside from the Holy Master, half were men and half women.

There were also about ten children, even smaller, the smallest standing only an inch tall. In Chen Xu's eyes, indeed not much larger than ants.

The little people surrounded the meat pastry, the Holy Master personally wielding a stone knife, meticulously dividing the meat pastry.

Though the meat pastry was "large," shared among ninety-nine little people, each person's portion was truly minuscule.

It wouldn't be wrong to say each got a piece of crumb.

Holding their crumbs in their hands, every little person smiled, devoutly tasting.

Then, Chen Xu heard voice after voice saying:

"Delicious, truly worthy of divine food. This year's divine gift is better than all before. Holy Master, does this mean we will certainly have a bountiful harvest this year?"

"Yes, a hundred times better than last year's divine food!"

"With the divine above, we ordinary folk are pleased..."

Thus, the Food Cauldron Celestial Book transmitted feedback: [Like +1+1+1...]

A string of likes, ringing ding ding dong dong, finally, Chen Xu received a total of 1,090 likes!

Among them, 990 likes came from ordinary little people.

The extra hundred likes came from the Holy Master.

Every ordinary little person could provide Chen Xu with ten likes, while the Holy Master had a daily like limit of a hundred points.

All the little people praised with their full hearts, none lazy.

Yet Chen Xu's gain was not just contained to likes.

The Food Cauldron Celestial Book simultaneously prompted: [Your fortune has risen, having experienced a strange encounter entering Micro Dust Country, receiving praise from all its citizens, rewarded with spiritual material, Micro Dust Glance.]

[Micro Dust Glance: Even a speck of dust can contain a world. Obtain this spiritual material, combine it with Thousand Year Snow to boil into gel, consuming it will grant directional spirit communication ability.

Communicate with a designated person in Micro Dust Country, establish trade.]

After reading the notification, Chen Xu fell into contemplation.

His fortune... has risen?

The Micro Dust Glance is certainly magical, but at that moment, Chen Xu was most focused on the rise in fortune.

When did fortune rise?

Why did fortune rise?

Was it because he broke through to Golden Core?

No, in fact, he arrived at this Micro Dust Country before breaking through to Golden Core.

Therefore, tracing back the time might reveal it was due to understanding the truths of city market flavors?

Not necessarily.

Actually, it could also be because of the Spiritual Cicada Jade Robe, or because of Great Li's Splendor Record, or possibly due to his own fame spreading—

There could be many reasons, leaving Chen Xu momentarily unable to sort out the mystery.

Reflecting on all that happened before and after the breakthrough, he found the world's wonders difficult to describe, hard to depict.

Yet, fortune rising may not always be a good thing.

Thinking back, he once gained fortune and drew Lin Qi's attention.

Despite possessing a deep literary fortune, he experienced exam failures year after year.

The hardships, Chen Xu recalls clearly even now.

Fortunately, Chen Xu has broken through to Golden Core, no longer the weak Chen Xu of before.

Perhaps the world remains mysterious, ensuring Chen Xu refuses to bask in complacency due to one progress.

But he now possesses an unprecedented confidence.

He picks up the tiny speck of dust in his hand, suddenly perceiving the location of the mortal world.

Therefore, he steps forward, the scene before him changes, looking around, realizing he returned to the bottom of the dry well.

Chen Xu

But he now possesses an unprecedented confidence.

He picks up the tiny speck of dust in his hand, suddenly perceiving the location of the mortal world.

Therefore, he steps forward, the scene before him changes, looking around, realizing he returned to the bottom of the dry well.

Chen Xu but he now possesses an unprecedented confidence.

He picks up the tiny speck of dust in his hand, suddenly perceiving the location of the mortal world.

Therefore, he steps forward, the scene before him changes, looking around, realizing he returned to the bottom of the dry well.

Chen Xu but he now possesses an unprecedented confidence.

He picks up the tiny speck of dust in his hand, suddenly perceiving the location of the mortal world.

Therefore, he steps forward, the scene before him changes, looking around, realizing he returned to the bottom of the dry well.

Chen Xu

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