Since they didn't know when the Tide Association would come looking for them again, Hu Mengyao and Yang Ruoyun had temporarily stayed in Guanshanhai.
Gugu and Xiao Liyu were no exception.
Although Gugu said her parents were waiting for her at home, it was fine to play in Guanshanhai for a day or two before returning. After all, compared to the real world, only a few hours would have passed.
Meanwhile, Liu Nanfeng returned to the real world to prepare to bring his parents over.
Before heading to Tiangong, he needed to make proper arrangements, and the most suitable method was **Guanshanhai**.
Although in the world of Guanshanhai, his parents' aging and death would be accelerated, it was relative. If they stayed in the Guanshanhai world forever, there wouldn't be much difference; they would live for as long as they were meant to.
Furthermore, even if they died in the Guanshanhai world, there was another benefit: their souls would continue to exist in Guanshanhai. As the master of Guanshanhai, they would essentially be granted a form of eternal life.
If it were a peaceful world like before, Liu Nanfeng wouldn't have chosen this path. However, the world was about to descend into chaos, and with the Tide Association lurking, he had no other choice.
Additionally, he wanted to go home. As he had previously suspected, the Great Dao Stele might be located in his old hometown. This time, he was going back to see if he could find any clues.
The thick fog outside showed no signs of dissipating. Although Liu Nanfeng had some idea where this fog might have come from, he didn't delve deeper. If the sky fell, there would be tall people to support it. He believed the country would have a solution.
With the successive emergence of anomalies, the public's ability to accept them seemed to have strengthened considerably. This fog did not cause much panic, but it did affect many industries, especially transportation.
However, the country immediately introduced relevant policies. A new type of radar appeared in the market, along with a matching latest intelligent driving system.
In addition, intelligent defense, intelligent security, robotic pets, and so on, all appeared simultaneously, as if technological advancement had leaped forward by about fifty years overnight. Various technologies that were never heard of before began to quietly emerge in everyone's lives.
It was also because of these technological products that the entire society was temporarily stabilized. However, necessities like cooking oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea still needed to be stocked, leading to a significant increase in the prices of daily necessities.
Despite this, the supply of goods remained relatively sufficient. Liu Nanfeng went to the supermarket alone and purchased a large quantity of supplies. It seemed many people like him were doing the same, so the supermarket staff were accustomed to it and even offered him many suggestions.
After finishing everything, Liu Nanfeng then opened an arbitrary door and returned directly to Liujiaqiao Village.
"Dad, Mom..."
Liu Nanfeng called out from the courtyard, but there was no response, and his heart sank with worry.
He walked into the house and saw two dishes that hadn't been finished on the table. Although they were cold, they looked like they had been freshly prepared at noon. He breathed a slight sigh of relief.
He went to the backyard and saw that the stove in the kitchen still had embers. This made him even more certain that they were fine.
He figured they must have gone out. Liu Nanfeng, having recovered from his shock, realized he could call them.
Silently cursing himself for being so slow, he dialed Yu Huilan's mobile phone.
"Hello, Mom, where are you?"
"Me, your Dad and I are at the processing plant. What, you're back?" Yu Huilan reacted instantly.
"Yes, I just got home and didn't see you. You scared me. What are you doing at the processing plant? When will you be back?"
"In a while, at least another hour. Didn't we have some leftover rapeseed at home? Your Dad and I brought it over to press into oil."
Liu Zonghe and Yu Huilan had also stored a lot of grain at home, and oil was naturally plentiful. However, they were reluctant to buy it. They had a few bags of self-grown rapeseed from last year, so after lunch, they found a cart and took it to the oil pressing plant in the neighboring village to press it into oil.
"Oh, alright then. I'll wait for you at home."
"Have you eaten?"
"I have."
"That's good. Wait for me at home. While you're there, help me feed the chickens. Don't let them get skinny. We still need to nourish your wife."
"Uh... okay."
Liu Nanfeng thought about how healthy Su Jinxiu was, and how she didn't need any nourishment, but since it was their good intention, he didn't say anything more.
Liu Nanfeng first added some grains to the chicken feeder and poured some water into the trough before opening the courtyard gate and walking out.
He had previously guessed that the Great Dao Stele was hidden in Liujiaqiao Village, and he decided to take this opportunity to search for it.
After a moment of thought, there were two most likely places in the village where the Great Dao Stele could be hidden.
One was the Liu family ancestral hall, but the Liu family ancestral hall had been destroyed a long time ago. The bricks and stones used to build the ancestral hall were picked up by the villagers and used to build their own houses.
Previously, the Dragon Gate Stone Stele was stored in the Liu family ancestral hall, and later Liu Zonghe moved it back and used it as a footrest.
Therefore, the Great Dao Stele might also have been moved back by a family in the village, used to fill the foundation or cut into walls. Of course, all of this was Liu Nanfeng's guess, and he decided to go to the original site of the Liu family ancestral hall first.
Besides that, there was a ruined temple not far from the village. When Liu Nanfeng was young, he often played there with other children, but he hadn't been there for many years.
The temple was not very large, but it had a substantial foundation. Thinking about it now, this temple must have been extremely magnificent in the past, but for some unknown reason, it declined and became a small temple with only one room.
Liu Nanfeng's eyes emitted an analysis ability. As he walked towards the ancestral hall, he observed his surroundings, trying to discern anything.
However, due to the fog, the overlapping information caused him considerable trouble.
The Liu family ancestral hall had been abandoned for too long, and even its foundation had been dug out, leaving only a broken stone carving at the original site.
Liu Nanfeng examined the stone pillars on the left and right. Due to the passage of time, the carved patterns had been worn away, but the splendor and glory of the past could still be seen.
Liu Nanfeng reached out and patted the stone pillar. Information about the pillar appeared in his eyes, but it was just an ordinary stone pillar, nothing special.
Looking further inside, there was no trace of the former Liu family ancestral hall. It was overgrown with weeds, half of it turned into a haystack filled with straw, and the other half became a pond, with dark water floating with various garbage.
Liu Nanfeng couldn't help but sigh.
However, his eyes meticulously scanned the surroundings, paying special attention to the ground. But it was clear that neither under the haystack nor in the pond was there anything he was looking for.
It seemed he would have to search the village carefully. Liu Nanfeng had lost hope for the ancestral hall.
But just as he withdrew his gaze, his peripheral vision caught sight of a peculiar piece of information beneath the right stone pillar, something he had never seen before.