Don't rush, let's come back tomorrow to take a look.

Su Mu left the vegetable garden and returned to the front yard.

He found Nannan already sleeping soundly on the willow bed.

Due to being overly busy, he spent five hours tilling the wasteland and almost forgot that he hadn't prepared dinner yet...

.....

Su Mu took off his outer robe and gently covered Nannan with it. He couldn't understand why the nights had been so incredibly cold lately.

This wasn't ordinary cold; it was bone-chilling.

After covering her, Su Mu waved his hand, and a fireplace inscribed with sun patterns in the shape of a lotus appeared on the ground. This was a treasure he obtained from the stomach of a Treasure Crocodile long ago.

He used to use it to warm tea, but now that the nights had turned freezing, he discovered this fireplace had a miraculous effect, dispelling that piercing chill.

Though the cold didn't affect Su Mu much, since being bound to the system, all negative effects on this river's surface had no impact on him.

However, Nannan needed it.

So, after Su Mu took out the fireplace, the frown on Nannan's brow finally relaxed.

Soon, the Cyan Ox also left the barn and came to lie down beside the fireplace, as it couldn't withstand the night's chill either.

Su Mu walked to the stone house, opened a plank, and underneath was a cellar he had dug, but this cellar wasn't for storing items or wine; it was for raising fish, housing Treasure Fish.

The cellar was filled with river water, and many fish swam inside.

Because Su Mu's fish catches had increased over the past two years, and he couldn't eat all the Treasure Fish, he kept them in the cellar.

Standing above the cellar, he began to make selections.

"You'll do!"

With a wave of his hand, Su Mu caught two Fire Sun Fish.

Both Fire Sun Fish were quite large, the big one weighing about three pounds, the smaller one two pounds, with gold and red scales, and upon close inspection, flame-like cloud patterns adorned their bodies, their pupils resembling rubies.

As dinner time had passed, they could only eat a late-night snack now, and with the night being so cold, this Fire Sun Fish was perfect for warming up.

Grasping the Fire Sun Fish, he pressed them onto a flat pebble, handling them with skillful ease.

Then he took two wooden sticks, skewered the Fire Sun Fish, constructed a simple grill, ignited the Spiritual Fire, and began roasting them.

The Fire Sun Fish were quite resilient to roasting, taking almost half an hour before they started sizzling and releasing oil.

At this moment, the wild boar hanging from the willow tree, looking at the man roasting the two fish, felt an immense storm in its heart, its mind blank!

Such a powerful creature, being roasted by this man?!

In that instant, it was genuinely scared and regretted its actions.

It shouldn't have snuck in here.

Legend has it that above the River of Time, there exists a Holy Medicine Garden, where countless Divine Medicines grow.

In pursuit of the final step, its clan had orchestrated plans for thousands, even tens of thousands of years, generations of ancestors sacrificing countless creatures to activate the Ancient Array, sending it to this River of Time.

The purpose was singular, to sneak into the legendary Holy Medicine Garden above the River of Time, and if it could bring back even one Holy Medicine to the clan, it could change their clan's fate.

As the clan leader of its generation and hailed as the strongest in the clan for millennia, it finally fulfilled expectations, crossing the Ancient Array to arrive above the River of Time and successfully sneaking into the legendary Holy Medicine Garden.

Originally, it had already plucked three Holy Medicines, but unfortunately, it got caught by a little girl.

At this moment, when it saw the little girl's father living above this River of Time, dwelling above time, overlooking Ten Thousand Realms, with food consisting of the strongest creatures in Ten Thousand Realms, it realized they had been wrong from the start, that their target should never have been this Holy Medicine Garden above the River of Time because they were simply on different planes, different dimensions.

Why should an ant on the ground dare to have the audacity to steal from the hands of the gods above?

Despair and sadness burgeoned infinitely in its heart…

What good is it to be the strongest in the clan?

Here, in the eyes of the man, it was just an ordinary wild boar, a boar awaiting slaughter....

...

Finally, the two Fire Sun Fish were done, emitting a rich aroma.

Little Nannan smelled the aroma, her delicate nose twitching slightly, and slowly opened her eyes. She sat up from the willow bed, to see her father sitting by the bonfire, holding two grilled fish with both hands, saying to her: "Nannan, come over for some food."

Little Nannan neatly folded the robe covering her and then jumped off the willow bed, running up to her father.

Su Mu, with a face full of concern, said: "Nannan, Father was busy in the back yard and forgot, you must be starving."

Upon hearing this, Nannan immediately hugged Su Mu and gave him a peck, replying in a sugary voice: "Daddy, Nannan is not hungry, but you seem to be awfully tired every day."

...

"Here, be careful, it's hot."

Su Mu handed both the Fire Sun Fish to Nannan. Seeing this, Nannan took the smaller fish and gave the larger fish to Su Mu.

"Father, one for each of us."

"Daddy is an adult, so eat the big fish. Nannan is a child, so eat the little fish."

Upon hearing this, Su Mu smiled and said: "But Daddy is not hungry at all today."

"The books all say a family should eat together; everyone should be full."

The firelight glowed on Nannan's rosy cheeks, her eyes resembling the brightest moon in the night sky, instantly lighting up the loneliness accustomed heart of Su Mu.

At this moment, Su Mu seemed to understand that this is family, always becoming the warm candlelight in the night sky, constantly illuminating the small world.

Su Mu took the fish, and the father-daughter duo sat around the bonfire, eating heartily, their mouths covered in oil, while Nannan's bell-like laughter echoed in the cold, quiet night, adding warmth and happiness.

This Fire Sun Fish was truly an excellent Treasure Fish; just one filled Nannan to the brim.

In the next moment, Nannan's aura started surging, instantly breaking through to the Mahayana Stage.

Seeing this, Su Mu was very happy too, watching Nannan continually grow stronger was the happiest thing for him, because if one day in the future he is not by Nannan's side, she would have the strength to protect herself; strength is the only safety net.

However, in Nannan's heart, she had no big concept of cultivation, nor much interest in it. She only knew that right now, the happiest thing was sitting around the bonfire with Daddy, eating grilled fish.

...

Just like this, Nannan fell asleep in Su Mu's embrace.

Gazing at the flickering flames in front of him, in a moment of tranquility, Su Mu also felt that having such a cute little angel by his side, the solitude and boredom faded away.

However, he still continued to strive hard to earn Favor Points, hoping to refine this river as soon as possible, leave here, and take Nannan to see a more exciting, broader world....

....

At this time, a gust of wind arose.

It stirred up the campfire in front.

Drip—

Drip—

Drip—

A sound, similar to the dripping of water into a river, echoed from the river's surface.

Hearing this sound, Su Mu quickly turned his head to look at the river.

Suddenly, a spot of light appeared at the end of the river, remarkably distinct in the night, gradually approaching and growing larger in size.

Seeing this, Su Mu gently picked up Nannan and walked slowly to the willow tree, placing her on the willow bed.

Subsequently, he looked up at the willow tree.

The willow tree, as if sharing its thoughts, lowered countless willow branches, forming a fortress to protect Little Nannan inside.

At this moment, the Cyan Ox, which had been sleeping nearby, also stood up, looking warily at the dark river.

The wild boar, still hanging upside down from the willow tree, also widened its eyes in terror, staring towards the river.

After settling everything, Su Mu walked step by step towards the river, towards the approaching point of light.....

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