This was a pitch-black long saber, about one meter in length. Because it was double-edged, perhaps using the term 'sword' would be more fitting.
Qi Xiao had inspected this saber. Although it looked quite good, it was just an ordinary long saber with no special effects.
Li Huizi's previous saber was also a long saber, so this one suited her perfectly.
"This is for you. It's too long; I'm not used to it."
Qi Xiao's combat style was long-range, sneaky attacks, the kind where he avoided close combat if possible.
When he absolutely had to use Word Spirit for close-quarters fighting, the slightly shorter 'lust' was more effective.
It better suited the needs of assassination.
"Arigato gozaimasu."
Qi Xiao raised a hand to interrupt Xi Jian, who was about to translate, and said proudly, "No need to translate that. I understand it. Arigato, thank you."
Xi Jian: "Six."
"Oh, right, there's one more thing. Your brother's Train reached its latest departure time just now, and it's already left."
"You might have to stay with us for a while longer."
"Really! That's great!"
Upon hearing this news, Li Huizi didn't react much, but Xi Jian was the most excited.
Xi Jian had been racking her brain trying to figure out how to persuade Li Huizi to stay, having thought of several reasons. Now, she didn't even need to trick her; Li Huizi couldn't leave even if she wanted to.
She sat down on the bed, next to Li Huizi.
"This is great. I can hug Hui Hui to sleep again tonight."
Qi Xiao rolled his eyes at Xi Jian, shaking his head speechlessly.
"I'm hungry. Let's make and eat dinner."
Qi Xiao looked at the indifferent Xi Jian.
"Come help me."
Xi Jian glared at Qi Xiao with a hint of resentment and said to Li Huizi beside her in Sakura language:
"Call me if you need anything. I'm going to help this idiot."
"What are you mumbling about?"
Xi Jian tilted her head.
"Ah, I was telling Hui Hui that the steamed egg custard should be eaten while it's hot, so it doesn't get cold."
......
In the kitchen.
Qi Xiao was about to wash the rice when he noticed the water level on the water meter was back to zero.
"Go get some water from the water tank; there's no water again."
"What's going on? I had over a hundred liters when I steamed the eggs earlier? Is your external water tank leaking?"
"Why so much nonsense? Hurry up."
The pan tao sapling had started absorbing water again; it looked like it was going to grow bigger.
He still needed to get a lot more water.
Soon, Xi Jian wobbled back, carrying a bucket of water.
She brought the bucket to Qi Xiao and wiped sweat from her brow.
"I saw a few black plastic bags in the corner. What's inside them?"
"Meat."
"Oh."
Xi Jian didn't pay much attention and took another empty bucket to continue fetching water.
......
Qi Xiao arrived at the initial carriage. Little Fire Dragon and Black Wind Monster were chasing each other, oblivious to what had happened that morning.
"Look at you two, without a care in the world. You must be having the time of your lives."
"Woof woof woof!"
"Woo woo woo!"
Where was that burnt smell coming from?
Qi Xiao sniffed and found the source of the burnt smell.
"Damn it, Black Wind Monster, stop licking its butt!"
"Its tail has fire on it! Look at you, the fur on your head is all curled up from being roasted!"
"Permed dog, pretending to be a poodle, huh."
Qi Xiao currently felt a sense of helplessness, like a parent coming home after a hard day's work only to see their children making trouble.
He opened the carriage door and let the two of them out for some fresh air.
Since Li Zailong and his group had stopped there this morning, they hadn't been let out to relieve themselves yet.
As soon as the door opened, Black Wind Monster instinctively rushed out, found an empty spot, and started to relieve himself.
In the distance, Old Six was still diligently packing his things.
"Old Six, it's time for lunch!"
Hearing Qi Xiao call him, Old Six wiped his sweat and scurried over.
"Are we making lunch? I'll go now."
"No need, it's already cooked."
"Xi Jie cooked it?"
Old Six's face immediately showed a difficult expression.
"I cooked it."
"Ah, that's good then."
Old Six breathed a sigh of relief.
With Xi Jian's help, Qi Xiao made stewed beef with tomatoes, stir-fried water spinach with pork cracklings, stir-fried eggs with chili, shredded pork with pickled mustard greens soup, roast chicken, and roasted sausages for lunch.
Qi Xiao and Old Six returned to the kitchen, where Xi Jian and Li Huizi had already served the rice.
Seeing Qi Xiao return, Li Huizi took out a broken saber and handed it to Qi Xiao with both hands.
Xi Jian then began to translate.
"She said, 'I thought I was going to die, Qi Xiao, thank you. You saved me again.'"
"There's nothing I can do to repay you. This is the saber that came out of the six-star treasure chest at the time. I haven't figured out what's so magical about it."
"If you, Qi Xiao, were to use it, perhaps it could activate some wondrous function."
"After all, it came from a six-star treasure chest."
Qi Xiao grinned and reached out to take the broken saber.
He turned the blade over and over, nodding occasionally.
"A good saber, a good saber indeed. Then I won't be polite. I'll definitely study it carefully when I have time."
After speaking, Qi Xiao put it away.
After all that, this broken saber actually ended up back in his hands.
"Don't just stand there, sit down and eat."
Li Huizi obediently sat down.
Qi Xiao accepting the 'treasure saber' eased some of the pressure in Li Huizi's heart.
Because the most precious thing she had was this.
She was well aware of how severely she had been injured at the time; it could even be said she was as good as dead.
The fact that she could still sit there and eat now meant Qi Xiao must have spent a lot to save her.
Unable to repay him, this kindness could only be slowly repaid in the future.
"Chief, this water spinach is so delicious! And this stir-fried eggs with chili, the eggs are so tender."
Qi Xiao: "Everything tastes good when you're hungry."
Xi Jian's face was full of emotion.
"Old Six, you're so young but so good at flattering. Who taught you?"
"Don't be so sarcastic and indirect here."
"I didn't say you, why are you getting defensive?"
"Come, Old Six, try the roasted sausage Xi Jie made."
Xi Jian picked up a roasted sausage and placed it in Old Six's bowl.
"How is it? It's not burnt this time, right?"
"Thank you, Xi Jie!"
Xi Jian looked at Old Six with anticipation, only to see Old Six take a bite, and his expression immediately changed.
"What's wrong?"
"It's, it's not cooked..."
Xi Jian: "......"
After lunch, Qi Xiao entered the Six Hotel again.
He wanted to try taking Li Zailong's corpse out of the jie bracelet to see if it would explode.
Arriving on the second floor of the cycle, Qi Xiao took out Li Zailong's corpse, then quickly retreated while activating Word Spirit.
Three minutes later, seeing no reaction, Qi Xiao relaxed.
He couldn't figure out this thing for now; he'd see if he could find someone knowledgeable to deal with it later.
Qi Xiao clearly remembered Li Zailong's energy cannon, a charged cannon that could melt walls, and the white light beam that instantly shot out from his mouth. If these could be transferred to Ren Laotaiye, he would be incredibly powerful.
And if Ren Laotaiye got a full body armor set, he wouldn't even be afraid of the sun anymore.
Currently, Ren Laotaiye's inability to be exposed to the sun was quite a drawback. Although his physical strength was sufficient against ordinary people, it wasn't enough against well-equipped individuals like Li Zailong.
That laser blade would definitely decapitate Ren Laotaiye with one cut.
That's why Qi Xiao hadn't released Ren Laotaiye during the previous battle.
After the test, Qi Xiao left the cycle floor and went to the regular floors to continue collecting wood.
Because he could jump out of windows and then use Nano-bugs to fly back to the ground, collecting wood on the regular floors was faster.