Soon, Lou Wuchen, who was in a hurry, appeared at the city gate again: "I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long - I have already told Qiong Qiu about the food, and she will arrange it properly. The food should be ready at noon.

A batch was sent over."

"Qiongqiu..." Shuishui Yaoguang thought for a moment, "Is she the girl who controls the city giant?"

"Yes - Master, it's getting late. Let's go to the venue first and let's talk as we walk."

"It's getting late?" Shuishui Yaoguang was a little strange, "What time is it getting late?"

"It's a discussion about future strategies. Didn't Master Honglian send someone to notify you to be there at three o'clock?"

"At the third quarter of the hour..." A strange light flashed in Shuishui Yaoguang's eyes, "But the notice we received here is - at the last quarter of the hour."

"!" Lou Wuchen's footsteps stagnated, and cold air rose on his back. He turned his head with difficulty to look at Shuishui Yaoguang: "Not even a moment?"

"Well." Shuishui Yaoguang crossed Lou Wuchen as if nothing had happened, and walked forward with his hands behind his hands, "It seems that before having a meeting with us, Shinto itself... has to hold a meeting first."

The slightly aggravated tone of the words 'internally' made Lou Wuchen's heart sink. He hurriedly took a step forward to try to explain, but Shui Yaoguang suddenly turned around and smiled at him: "It's nothing, you go first

Let's go to the meeting. I'll go find Xingxi and talk to Qiongqiu you mentioned, and I'll come back at noon."

Lou Wuchen wanted to say something, but Shui Yaoguang had already tossed his sleeves and walked towards the city. At this time, the sun was gradually rising, and Lou Wuchen watched Shui Yaoguang's back in the golden glow.

As he got further and further away, he finally stamped his feet and walked quickly in the direction of the notified meeting.

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The location of the meeting was a little strange. It was neither arranged in a place where Shinto was built, nor a ready-made venue in Academy City and Tengu nearby. Instead, it was chosen on the bank of the intersection of two nearby rivers. There were dozens of them.

The flat stones surrounded a burning fire and were arranged in a bold circle on the open river beach, with a large flag as red as blood stuck next to it - this is the venue of today's conference.

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When Lou Wuchen arrived along the river, it happened to be the second quarter of the hour. The Shinto people seemed to have almost arrived. They were sitting on the big rocks in twos and threes, holding steaming sweet potatoes and eating them deliciously.

"Xiaolou, are you here? Haven't you eaten yet?" Honglian Taoist Master squatting in front of the fire waved to Lou Wuchen to come closer, and then used a wooden stick to pull out a dark sweet potato from the ashes on the edge of the fire.

, picked it up, patted the dust and blew on it, "Let's eat a sweet potato to cushion it first, there will be a meeting soon."

"..." The aroma of roasted sweet potatoes made Lou Wuchen feel a little nostalgic for a moment. It took him two seconds to take the sweet potatoes from Taoist Master Honglian, "Thank you, Taoist Master."

Honglian Taoist laughed dumbly. After patting the ashes on his hands, he reached out and ruffled Lou Wuchen's hair, which was a little messy from staying up all night. "You kid - go ahead, there is snow over there."

Lou Wuchen nodded and walked in the direction pointed by Taoist Honglian. Over there, Youxue was sitting quietly on a big rock, carefully peeling a steaming sweet potato. The girl was as white as an onion tube.

His fingers were stained with black ash here and there, but the untouched parts looked even more delicate. They were reflected against the topaz-like sweet potatoes, surrounded by misty white smoke, like a piece of carefully crafted work.

A carved work of art.

When Lou Wuchen walked in front of Youxue, she raised her head and looked at her brother after being blocked from the sunlight.

Their eyes met like this for several seconds before they were blocked by a yellow-orange sweet potato.

"You eat it first." Youxue held up the half-peeled sweet potato and handed it to Lou Wuchen, then stretched out her other hand to Lou Wuchen's unpeeled sweet potato, "Here, sit here."

"Ah, no need, I'll do it myself."

Lou Wuchen sat down on the big stone next to Youxue and started to peel his own sweet potatoes. He didn't peel off most of the sweet potatoes like Youxue did first, but peeled off a small piece at the top three times.

He took a bite and finished the piece before continuing to peel it off. Seeing this, Youxue also picked up the sweet potato he had peeled and ate it in small bites.

At this time, someone suddenly came over, put a hand on Lou Wuchen's shoulder, and then shouted loudly: "Everyone!"

The voice of Hong Lian Dao Master raising his head caught everyone's attention, and Lou Wuchen also raised his head in surprise.

After Honglian Taoist looked around, he patted Lou Wuchen on the shoulder and continued: "Let me introduce you. Everyone should have known about it before. This is Lou Wu, the founder of Academy City on Dongliu Island.

Dust, radios, boilers, and explosives that are very helpful to us—including the sweet potatoes everyone is eating are all designed and improved by him and his students!"

Lou Wuchen felt that the gazes around him suddenly became much more intense. He put down the sweet potato in his hand and looked at where he came from with a humble smile as a junior, which made the gazes around him much softer.

At this time, someone rang a small copper bell on the edge of the venue. Honglian Taoist Master was stunned for a moment, then walked back to the stones on the other side, tossed his clothes and sat down smartly: "Then now -"
Chapter completed!