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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.
pepper–salt 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, garbage–smothered 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 non–negotiable.
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 Five–Element 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 razor–sharp beams of five–element 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 well–stocked on energy stones.
decent purity, stable output–were perfect for the urish the soil.
nd high–grade stones, with their concentrated energy and as ideal as the core power source for the lethal formation.
ings right the first time.
ire area–several 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
gy–especially embedding the mid- and high–grade 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, razor–edged 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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Even half–asleep, 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 hard–deep, 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 mid–stretch when her entire body locked up. The rest of her yawn froze in her throat.
Holy-
A dozen–odd
Every si
not far away, silent as statues.
was fixed on her.
t of her.
kipped a beat and restarted, she focused–and recognized the small figure at group, clutching a stainless steel bowl. Timothy.
Whe… when 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 you… so 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 stick–thin frame, drowning in a
patched–up hay
She tip
obe
in a gaunt little face–and said, very
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