There was a creaking sound as a wooden door covered in hay was pushed open. A short boy wearing shabby cotton robes walked in. He looked at Qin Yu and flushed red, “I’m very sorry, there was too much work today so I had no choice but to wait until now to come over. You must be starving.”

This was a strange language, but not only could Qin Yu understand it but he could even fluently speak it. All of this came from the memories of the jade pendant embryo egg.

He gathered his thoughts and smiled. “It’s no problem. I just woke up.” But as he sniffed the smell of wheat wafting from the crude bowl in the boy’s hands, his stomach gurgled, betraying his true state.

The boy’s large eyes widened and he placed the bowl on the ground. “After you’re done eating you can put it to the side. I will take it away the next time I come back. But, you have to be especially careful so that no one discovers you.”

After a brief hesitation he continued to say, “The mountain hasn’t been peaceful lately. Many masters have come...