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The Farming Saint in the Starry Wasteland (Elizabeth Schofield) novel Chapter 57

Chapter 57 The Circle

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He had to get back to the town fast. Everyone needed to hear this.

Elizabeth needed hands, and they finally had a chance to earn a living through honest work.

peppersalt potato bites in the bowl had gone cold, but the faint aroma still made him

utched the bowl tight, terrified of spilling a single piece.

lina and Yvonne are goin

And Mr. Rose, and

he thought.

. Powell

Afte

eth made herself a batch of mashed potatoes with gravy. D

a good kick of heat. Not bad at all.

vast, garbagesmothered clearing ahead. Turning it into the farm she ald take an enormous amount of

sh, building fences, breaking g

tried to shoulder all of it alone, she’d

elp was nonnegotiable.

moment outsiders

h meant securi

ould no longer be a secret.

up first.

om the recycling station, when she’d noticed a

the fact remained: she’d been marked.

eyes never strayed far. It was only a matter of time before they

Cross the open ground.

on: a Grand FiveElement Sword Light Formation.

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A sophisticated formation. Invisible sword intent lay dormant within its boundaries. The instant an unauthorized person set foot inside, countless razorsharp beams of fiveelement sword light would erupt in an indiscriminate kill zone.

Better still, its power could be tuned by adjusting the spiritual energy fed into it.

full charge, it could go from wounding Foundation Establishment cultivators to

tating Golden Core ones.

kfully, her trip to

he bulk of her Spiritbound

Her smal explos

net had left her wellstocked on energy stones.

decent purity, stable outputwere perfect for the urish the soil.

nd highgrade stones, with their concentrated energy and as ideal as the core power source for the lethal formation.

ings right the first time.

ire areaseveral acres, including he the formation’s protective perim

dly fire, she carefully lined the b eating a visible border.

found a reasonably flat she

nd the plots she’d already

e stone chips she’d

used charred wood to write a

knock first. Tresp

e knocking

tal

risk.

tered iron basin at the entrance, with a

gyespecially embedding the mid- and highgrade ore nodes and using her own spiritual power to trace

clicked into place, the entire formation pulsed with a brief air. Only Elizabeth could sense the invisible, razoredged sword

ed, the night was deep.

exhaustion hit. She cass crawled into her

deansing technique to brush off the dust

body t

She was out cold.

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Chapter 57 The Circle

Even halfasleep, she muttered about making money, building a house, and installing a soaking tub.

She’d been here for days and hadn’t taken a single bath.

Even a cleansing technique couldn’t replace her deep, abiding need for a proper soak.

slept harddeep, dreamless and utterly still

en she opened her eyes again, daylight was streaming through the tent walls.

She glanced at her device. 7:00 a.m., Elpharion Standard Time.

Stretching luxuriously, she pushed open the tent flap and stepped out, rolling her stiff neck.

She was midstretch when her entire body locked up. The rest of her yawn froze in her throat.

Holy-

A dozenodd

Every si

not far away, silent as statues.

was fixed on her.

t of her.

kipped a beat and restarted, she focusedand recognized the small figure at group, clutching a stainless steel bowl. Timothy.

Whewhen did you all get here? Why didn’t you knock?Elizabeth patted her ching her breath.

thy scratched his head, embarrassed. Ms. Elizabeth, we only just got here. You weren’t et, and we didn’t want to wake youso we didn’t dare bang the basin.

Selina, standing beside him, nudged a tiny girl forward and whispered, Yvonne, say hi to Ms. Elizabeth. She’s the one who gives us our liquid supplements.

Yvonne looked about three or four years old.

Severe malnutrition

ersized head on a stickthin frame, drowning in a

patchedup hay

She tip

obe

in a gaunt little faceand said, very

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