Chapter 67: Breakthrough!

The summer passed in a flash, and in the blink of an eye, autumn arrived.

Miss Chun was bustling around the earthen stove, boiling water and cooking meals. In the wooden basin nearby lay the clothes of Xu Guang's family, waiting to be washed later.

Ji Xiaolu and Mrs. Xu sat in the distance, chatting. Hai, whose body was growing increasingly massive, sprawled beside them like a mountain of meat. It was the creature that had consumed the most Blood of Transformation, and the Qi Mechanism emanating from its body was now incredibly powerful.

In the distance, Wang Wen, who had just returned from school, was playing with Xing Hua in the courtyard.

"Lu, have you felt like vomiting recently?"

Hearing this, Ji Xiaolu looked a bit shy and lowered her head. "My husband said he was on the verge of a breakthrough, so we haven't shared a bed for several days."

"Hmph, that brat!" Mrs. Xu muttered.

"I heard from your older sister that a plague broke out in the Outer City recently?"