Chapter 101: Enemy Raid

Yan Ning and Yan Ze got straight to work.

Yan Ning asked, "Dad, how do you use this brick? I wonder how much soil one brick can yield."

Yan Ze looked left and right, "He said if you aren't using it on a large scale, for flowerpots, just knock off a tiny corner."

Yan Ning knocked off a corner the size of a fingernail and put it into a half-meter-tall flowerpot with a 50-centimeter diameter.

In no time, the Spirit Soil began to expand, as if by magic.

Soon, the Spirit Soil filled the flowerpot and even formed a large peak at the top.

Yan Ze was astonished, "Then with such a large brick, wouldn't there be a lot of Spirit Soil? I thought at the time that the Spirit Soil was too little."

Yan Ning rummaged through her space and pulled out dozens of large flowerpots.

She had swiped these from the Imperial Palace; back then, Yan Ning took whatever she saw, even swiping two stone lions.

There were many Seeds given by Lu Haochen, but since it was their first time planting, they had no experience and were worried about ruining them, so they decided not to plant too many.

Yan Ning also said, "Dad, when we eat those baskets of Spirit Fruit later, let's save the seeds too. This fruit is really delicious, and I wonder if it has any other effects."

As they were speaking, Ji Lan arrived.

"What are you two doing here? Why the sudden urge to plant seeds?"

Yan Ning whispered about the World of Cultivation and stuffed a fruit into her mother's mouth, "Mom, try this. It's super sweet, and you feel very comfortable after eating it."

Once Ji Lan ate it, her eyes lit up.

Yan Ning took a few more fruits from the Cold Storage, and the family of three shared quite a few.

Yan Ning said to Ji Lan, "Mom, don't throw away the fruit pits; we can plant them."

The three of them gnawed on the fruit while putting the pits into the large flowerpots.

The dozens of large flowerpots were all filled with Spirit Soil; for that one large brick, they had only used about a fifth of it by knocking off those edges and corners.

Things from the World of Cultivation are truly good.

Ji Lan also said, "Let's grow them so we can eat them every day. Speaking of which, my back has been aching these past two days, but I feel much better after eating the fruit."

However, this fruit was their family's secret, and they had no intention of telling anyone else for the time being.

These dozens of flowerpots with seeds were all moved to the backyard, where few people went, not even the maidservants.

The few of them struggled to carry one flowerpot in, and they were exhausted after just one trip.

Yan Ning thought for a moment, then instantly stored the flowerpots into her space, preparing to go to the backyard to set them down.

Just as she did, a maidservant walked in, rubbed her eyes, and said, "Weren't there flowerpots here just a moment ago? Did I remember wrong?"

Yan Ning's secret was almost exposed.

But soon, the maid added, "I must have been seeing things."

Fortunately, the little maid didn't see her ability to instantly store things away.

Yan Ning couldn't be bothered to care and only released the treasures once she reached the backyard.

Over the next period of time, Yan Ning took a trip to Haicheng.

Naturally, it was to scout for food for the cultivation expert; she visited all sorts of restaurants, and the expert was very happy.

Consequently, Yan Ze received more Spirit Soil and Spirit Fruit.

It was just that when Yan Ze and the others were preparing to go home, they accidentally ran into Qian Jiangjun.

Qian Jiangjun was stunned for a moment.

Then he pondered whether he should arrest them or let them go.

If he arrested them, he couldn't afford to offend the First Prince's family, and he couldn't be sure if they had Explosive Packages on them right now.

If he didn't arrest them, wouldn't it make him, a general, look like a coward?

After only a moment of hesitation, he chose to be a coward.

Qian Jiangjun walked right past them as if he hadn't seen anything at all.

Yan Ning was amused and said to her father, "Dad, Qian Jiangjun is actually a pretty good guy."

Over the next period of time, Yan Ning and Yan Ze racked their brains to send meals to the expert.

As a result, they had more and more seeds and Spirit Soil, and those bricks compressed from Spirit Soil piled up to take up half a warehouse.

It was a good thing she had many warehouses.

The expert was generous enough, but due to the rules of the plane, he couldn't give Yan Ze any powerful magical artifacts, only some simple things.

For example, safety talismans, carved from jade, which looked very beautiful when worn on the body.

They could block three fatal wounds.

Their family had one each, which meant three extra lives.

These past few days, Yan Ning and Yan Ze weren't making explosives either, and were bored enough to tend to the flowers and plants everywhere.

Thus, Xie Luyan found Yan Ning.

It was only recently that they discovered Yan Ze didn't listen much to everyone else's opinions, but he would carefully consider what Yan Ning said.

After Xie Luyan learned of the power of these explosives, he felt they could take the initiative to attack Haicheng.

Xie Luyan stopped Yan Ning with a smile.

As soon as Yan Ning saw this expression, she knew the general had something to ask of her.

Xie Luyan said, "Ningning, go talk to your father, will you? Let's take Haicheng first."

Yan Ning was puzzled, "Why occupy Haicheng?"

Xie Luyan said, "Haicheng has city walls and is easy to defend but hard to attack. Once they are dead or wounded, we can then go and occupy Ding'an City."

Yan Ze understood his intention.

He was just bored at home and wanted to go fight a battle.

Yan Ning continued to use her father's line of reasoning: "Yan Qing is the Grandson of the Emperor now, so why fight? As long as we can protect ourselves, it's enough. Who knows, maybe the Gou Huangdi will die tomorrow?"

Xie Luyan:...

Xie Luyan was somewhat impatient.

Why did none of them want to rebel, one after another?

Yan Ning and her family were living their lives at a leisurely pace; her father even found time to learn mahjong, and whenever he had a moment, he would play with her mother.

Because it was too comfortable, those who had gone to the island to take refuge had all returned.

The island only had temporary small wooden huts and was not as comfortable to live in as here.

And most importantly, none of them had ever seen the power of the Explosive Package.

They were just curious and wanted to come and see.

Yan Ze could not refuse them, so he let everyone come back.

They had not lived peaceful days for long before Yan Ze received another letter from the Capital.

This was an urgent letter, stating that the Emperor had dispatched fifty thousand troops, including one thousand archers, and warned them to be careful and that it would be best to find an island to hide on.

Yan Ning said to her parents, "Father, the Emperor has sent fifty thousand troops, they should be arriving in these next few days."

Yan Ze asked Yan Ning, "Do you think it is better to hide or to meet them head-on?"

Yan Ning glanced at the fields, where the crops were growing vigorously; if they hid, these things might be taken away by others.

Yan Ning said, "Father, let's meet them head-on; at worst, it will be just like what happened with Qian Jiangjun last time."

Yan Ze frowned, "But this time there are archers."

Yan Ning waved her hand and said indifferently, "Father, perhaps they don't even want to fight?"

"Look, someone sent us a message, which shows that someone does not want us to die; perhaps the person who sent the troops to attack us is one of them."

"Besides, if a fight really breaks out, we might not necessarily lose; we still have three hundred Explosive Packages."

They might be at a disadvantage against archers, but they had already prepared armor, and with the Spirit Spring Water, it was truly possible for them to have no casualties.

Five days later.

Zhuo Heng held the Telescope and looked into the distance, shouting loudly:

"Enemy attack—"