This is a somewhat simple house, with only one table, two old chairs, and a stone couch covered with straw mats under her body.

There is a window in the house. The sun is shining brightly outside the window, and a bright blue butterfly flies by the window.

She stood up slowly, and then she realized that the shoes she was wearing were charred and tattered, lying on the ground like that.

The clothes on her body had now been replaced by coarse linen clothes full of patches, and the jade bracelet on her hand was also missing.

Shen Niannian frowned and subconsciously touched her waist. Fortunately, her Qiankun bag was still there.

But her virtue ax was nowhere to be seen at this time.

She tried to sense the spiritual power in her body. Strangely, her spiritual power seemed to be somewhat suppressed here.

However, it is still possible to sense that her realm has reached the middle stage of Nascent Soul at this time.

She felt a little comforted in her heart, but she didn't expect that this time's ascension to the realm would be so gratifying.

As her level rises, her ears become more sensitive.

The sound of feet hitting the ground suddenly sounded.

She instantly heard several people walking towards the house. One of them, with light steps, belonged to the little girl who had just ran out.

So, she put on the tattered and blackened shoes calmly and waited for the arrival of those people.

Soon, the little girl came with a middle-aged man and a young girl of fifteen or sixteen years old.

The middle-aged man looked about forty years old, with a plain appearance, but there was a bookish air about him.

He was wearing a long robe, which was simple but very clean.

The girl behind him was walking behind. Her steps were very small and she walked cautiously.

Shen Niannian lowered his eyes and looked secretly at the girl's feet.

Sure enough, it was a three-inch golden lotus.

This is why the girl can't walk fast.

As if aware of her gaze, the girl glared at her displeasedly, then turned away and stopped looking at her.

Shen Niannian touched the tip of her nose awkwardly. It was indeed her fault.

At this time, I heard the middle-aged man ask.

He said: "Who is this girl from, and why did she faint in the backyard of my house yesterday?"

Shen Niannian didn't know how to answer for a moment, so he started to joke: "I don't know where I am from. I just woke up here and couldn't think of many things in my mind. Thank you sir for your help."

What she said was very sincere, her delicate face was charming, and she seemed to be about to cry, but her eyes were particularly smart.

With her appearance like this, the middle-aged man couldn't ask any more questions.

But Shen Niannian continued: "I wonder where this place is?"

"This is Incense City."

The middle-aged man replied.

Incense City?

Shen Niannian thought about it for a while, but he was not familiar with it at all and didn't know where it was.

So, to avoid the other party asking too many questions, she pretended to have a headache, holding her head and showing pain on her face.

"Rui Niang!"

There was a sudden sound outside the house.

The seven or eight-year-old girl in the room subconsciously looked outside. She made some noise from her throat, gestured towards the middle-aged man, and then followed the sound and left.

Only then did Shen Niannian realize that the little girl was actually mute.

When the middle-aged man saw that Shen Niannian looked unhappy and seemed to have a headache, he didn't stay any longer and just said, "My dear, please take good care of this girl and go out to see what's going on."

The young girl who was called Jiao Niang nodded, and then watched her father leave.

This should have been an extremely common thing.

But Shen Niannian discovered that the footsteps of the middle-aged man leaving just now... something was wrong!

The man didn't go far.

Judging from the sound of his footsteps, he just went around in a circle and was now behind the house in the northeast corner.

Aren't this girl and that man father and daughter?

Why is that man acting so sneaky? It was completely different from the gentlemanly and elegant demeanor he showed just now.

"The girl will leave as soon as she recovers. My family is very poor and cannot afford to take care of the girl."

At this moment, Jiao Niang suddenly made an unhappy sound.

Shen Niannian thought that the way he looked at her just now made the girl angry, so he quickly spoke first and said, "I was presumptuous just now. Please forgive me, Miss."

It was indeed her fault, and it was understandable for her to apologize like this.

However, when the young lady heard this, she was stunned. She raised her phoenix eyes slightly and looked at Shen Niannian: "What's so presumptuous? In our Fenxiang City, only women with bound feet can be wives."

As she said that, she lowered her eyes and said, "If my mother hadn't died early, Ruiniang wouldn't have had to delay binding her feet for the sake of the family's farm work."

This is only for outsiders to hear. Ruiniang has been unable to speak since she was born. She has such a serious illness. Even if she had her feet bound since she was a child, no wealthy family would marry her.

If not, her father would not place all his hopes on her.

Seeing that she was so worried, Shen Niannian wanted to comfort her, but he didn't know how to comfort her at the moment, for fear that the more he comforted her, the more it would hurt her lungs.

After all, she didn't know much about this family.

But now she has received their help, and maybe she can try to cure Ruiniang's mute disease in the future.

Just when Shen Niannian was lost in thought, he heard Jiao Niang say again: "If you stay one more day, my sister will have to work harder. Our family is poor, and my father has to take the imperial examination. There is no extra money to support you." . If the girl understands, she will leave early..."

However, before she could finish her words, someone yelled at the door.

"My darling!" It was the middle-aged man. He frowned and said sternly: "You have always been charming and savage. How can you be so coercive to a weak woman now?"

With that said, the man crossed the threshold and said, "Didn't you pawn the jade bracelet on this girl's wrist? Since it is like this, it can be regarded as a favor. How can you do this?"

After scolding the girl, the man looked at Shen Niannian and apologized repeatedly.

He said that it was Jiao Niang who found her unconscious on the ground first, stole the jade bracelet from her hand, and pawned the jade bracelet without his knowledge.

He felt extremely guilty about this, but Jiao Niang had already used the money from the jade bracelet to buy food. Now they did not have enough silver to redeem the jade bracelet for him.

The middle-aged man's attitude was sincere, his tone full of guilt and helplessness, but he still said that they owed Shen Niannian a stable life.

From the beginning to the end, Jiao Niang only blushed and tilted her head stubbornly.

But she didn't argue a word, nor did she throw up her sleeves and leave.

In the end, the middle-aged man asked Jiao Niang to apologize to Shen Niannian, and Jiao Niang actually did so.

This made Shen Niannian extremely confused. How could this girl be so willful and well-behaved at the same time?

It's really abrupt and awkward.

Shen Niannian vaguely felt that this matter was extremely strange.

But there is no doubt that this is not a world of immortality, but a small town in the mortal world.

But she didn't know why she was dragged to the mortal world when she broke through.

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