Li Nianfan's life became as peaceful as water again as there were no guests in the past few days.
On this day, he ate a big meal to his heart's content and carried his fishing rod to the backyard.
The tortoise was lying on a huge rock beside the pond, squinting its eyes and basking in the sun. It looked very comfortable.
Looking at the tortoise, there were obviously no monsters in the pond. Then where did the fish that he raised go?
Li Nianfan did not believe it and cast his fishing rod again. He sat beside the tortoise and continued to fish.
This tortoise was only a child, about half the size of Li Nianfan. It only opened its eyes slightly and glanced at him, then continued to lazily close its eyes.
Li Nianfan smiled slightly and swung his hand.
Patter.
The fishing hook drew a perfect arc in the air and landed accurately in the center of the pond.
The surface of the pond rippled, and the fishing hook sank bit by bit.
The pond water was extremely clear, like glass. However, if one was in the water, they would realize that there was not a single fish in the entire water. Even the fish fry that Li Nianfan had just put in had disappeared without a trace.
A huge shadow slowly opened its eyes and glanced at the fishing hook in front of it. It swung its tail and swam towards the depths of the pond, leaving a golden mark along the way.
An hour later.
Li Nianfan lifted the fishing hook slightly and pulled it out of the water.
He looked at the empty fishing rod expressionlessly. It was obvious that he was already prepared to return empty-handed.
"Strange, strange."
Li Nianfan shook his head and looked at the tortoise. He muttered to himself, "Old tortoise, if only you could talk. Tell me, what's going on with this pond?"
The tortoise was already asleep and did not move.
Li Nianfan stood up helplessly, patted the dust under his butt and left.
He made up his mind that he would not raise fish fry in the pond in the future. If he wanted to eat fish, he would go to the Fallen Town to buy it.
Li Nianfan put the fishing rod back to its original place and closed the door. "Dahei, let's go to the Fallen Town."
The Fallen Immortal City was bustling as usual.
Auntie Zhang brought Nanna to wander around the city gate. When she saw Li Nianfan, she quickly shouted, "Nanna, Young Master Li is here. Quickly thank Young Master Li for saving your life."
A little girl with braids turned her head in a daze and looked at Li Nianfan with empty eyes. She did not speak, as if she had lost her soul.
Li Nianfan was slightly taken aback. "Auntie Zhang, Nanna is …"
"Sigh. Last time, she was captured by a demon. When she woke up, she became like this. She was probably scared out of her wits by the demon." Aunt Zhang's eyes stung as she sighed.
Li Nianfan frowned. His heart ached at the thought of Nanna's liveliness.
"Auntie Zhang, is there a way to recover?" Li Nianfan asked.
"I've asked a few traveling Daoist priests. They all said that if you spend more time with Nanna, there's still a chance to summon her soul." Auntie Zhang hesitated for a moment and said earnestly, "Young Master Li, you're a scholar. Can you please spend some time with Nanna? Maybe what you say will be useful."
"I will." Li Nianfan nodded solemnly and treated it as a burden.
Auntie Zhang held a basket of eggs in her hands. "Young Master Li, you left in a hurry last time. I didn't have the time to thank you. You must accept this."
Li Nianfan smiled bitterly and shook his head. "Auntie Zhang, I can't accept this. I didn't help you last time."
"Young Master Li, you don't have to be humble. Even the three immortals were full of praise for you. I'm thinking that they are immortals. They definitely won't like my eggs. You can't reject it." Auntie Zhang stuffed the eggs into Li Nianfan's hands.
Li Nianfan could only accept it with a wry smile.
After bidding farewell to Auntie Zhang and Nanna, Li Nianfan went to the fish vendor again.
"Boss, give me two big carps."
"Yo, Young Master Li is here." The vendor smiled warmly and said, "You're not going to buy the fry?"
Li Nianfan shook his head. "I don't know what's wrong with my pond. The fry disappeared as soon as I put them in."
"How's the tortoise?" The vendor asked with a frown.
Li Nianfan replied, "The tortoise is fine. It basks in the sun as usual."
"That's strange." The peddler was also puzzled.
If the tortoise was fine, it meant that there were no demons. But how could the fry disappear?
Li Nianfan said casually, "I might as well not raise the fish anymore. I'll just buy fish in the future."
"Young Master Li, it's definitely a good idea for you to come and buy fish from me. Every morning, I wake up early and go to the Clear Moon Lake to fish. I guarantee that every fish is fresh and delicious," the vendor said with a laugh. "Even the princes and grandsons of the Celestial Dynasty want to snatch my fish."
Li Nianfan was surprised. "Really?"
"Why would I lie to you? Just yesterday, the Celestial Dynasty's second princess came out to shop. When she passed by my shop, she said that she liked to eat fish. The Prime Minister's son and the State Preceptor's son wanted to snatch my fish to please the princess. The two of them almost fought on the street! "
The vendor's face was full of pride. "They're both cultivators. Don't they like my fish just as much?"
Li Nianfan was slightly stunned. He knew that Luo Shiyu did this on purpose. No wonder she hadn't come for a while. She had already started planning.
But he didn't expect her to control the situation so quickly. The State Preceptor's son and the Prime Minister's son were a little weak.
Li Nianfan smiled. He bid farewell to the vendor and walked back.
On the way back, the door of a house that was originally closed suddenly opened. A row of servant girls rushed out.
Sounds of crying came from the courtyard. Many people's faces were full of tears.
Not long after, the sound of a suona sounded. On the other side of the road, a group of people carrying a coffin arrived and stopped at the door of the house.
Everyone hurriedly carried a woman out of the house and prepared to put her in the coffin.
"It seems that Minister Chen's wife didn't make it."
"One corpse, two lives. How pitiful."
"Both Minister Chen and his wife were very good. What a pity."
The people around shook their heads and sighed. But they were already used to this phenomenon.
The medical technology in the Immortal Cultivation World was almost the same as the ancient times in Li Nianfan's previous life. Especially when giving birth, unless there was the help of immortals, it was very easy for something to go wrong.
Li Nianfan's heart was also moved. His gaze fell on the woman's body. He saw that her eyes were tightly shut and she seemed to have stopped breathing. But there was still sweat on her forehead.
With just a glance, he could see that the woman was not dead. She was so weak that she fainted.
"Wait! She's not dead yet! "
Li Nianfan looked at the coffin that was about to close and quickly went forward to stop it.
A middle-aged man with red eyes said in a hoarse voice, "Young Master Li, what are you doing?"
If Li Nianfan didn't have a good reputation in the Fallen Town, he would have turned hostile.
"Your wife and son are not dead. I can save them!" Li Nianfan said.
"Young Master Li, are you kidding?" The middle-aged man was stunned.
The surrounding midwives also looked at Li Nianfan in disbelief.
"I'm sure I can save them!" Li Nianfan said anxiously, "Hurry up and evacuate the crowd. Ask someone to prepare gauze and oil lamps. I'll save them! There's no time! "
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