Chapter 5 Adults Want It All

"Lin Xiaoman?"

Lu Youling's voice came from outside the door, and Lin Xiaoman hurriedly opened the door.

Seeing her face full of joy, Lu Youling was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise, "You succeeded?"

"Yeah, it worked."

As he spoke, Lin Xiaoman tried to guide out the traces of spiritual power in his body and pointed at the open space.

puff!

The dust on the ground began to fluctuate slightly, as if blown by the wind.

If Lin Xiaoman and Lu Youling hadn't been looking at that place carefully, they wouldn't have noticed it. Even so, the two of them were so excited that they grabbed each other and couldn't help screaming and jumping.

“Ahhhhhh.”

"Ahhh, it's done, it's done, Lin Xiaoman, you succeeded, hahahaha."

"Yeah, I succeeded. Hahaha, I am also a cultivator." Lin Xiaoman was no longer discouraged. Although it was just a small fluctuation, it was still a fluctuation. She made the dust move through the air.

Their movements soon attracted the attention of other people in the yard. This time, Lin Xiaoman became Li Qingyue, and was surrounded by people congratulating him or asking about his experience. Lin Xiaoman was not stingy and told them about his success process.

Then the village chief also came over. Knowing that Lin Xiaoman had successfully drawn the energy into his body, a smile appeared on his face.

"Yes, those who can successfully draw Qi into the body within ten days are considered quite outstanding."

The village chief called Lin Xiaoman out and said to her, "Lin Xiaoman, after you draw the Qi into your body, you will officially enter the ranks of cultivators. There is still a long way to go. I hope you can go further and further."

"Thank you, village chief."

Lin Xiaoman thanked him with a smile.

"You now have two options. One is to grow spiritual rice on another plot of land in the village and hand over 300 kilograms to the sect every year. The rest is yours. The other is to leave the village and make a living in the market. Ideally, you can become an apprentice in a large shop. Most shops provide meals, but not housing."

"Village Chief, can I take over the land and farm it while also being an apprentice?"

The village chief was slightly stunned when he heard this. It was not new to him. It had happened before, but those were all older people, at least children over ten years old, or even older monks.

Lin Xiaoman is only six years old. Can she do it?

"Of course you can, but once you've received the land, you must cultivate it. If you can't hand over 300 kilograms of spiritual rice in the end, you will have to compensate the sect according to the market price."

Lin Xiaoman's mouth twitched. Although he was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but curse the capitalists in his heart because of this situation!

"How much is a pound of spiritual rice?"

"3 spirit beads per pound."

So you have to pay 900 spirit beads a year, which is 9 spirit stones.

She thought about it and realized that she had farmed in her previous life. Whether she was in the orphanage or after being taken away by her adoptive parents, she had always been doing farm work.

"Village chief, I want to claim a piece of land."

"OK."

Seeing her determined look, the village chief said nothing more and took her to his home to draw up a contract. Seeing that Lin Xiaoman was young, after asking her if she wanted to continue living in the village, he specially selected a piece of land close to her residence, right at the door of the house.

"The village houses are preferential for new preparatory disciples like you. You can live there for free for the first year, and then you will receive 10 spirit beads per month. These are the spirit rice seeds you need for your land."

After signing the contract with Lin Xiaoman, the village chief handed Lin Xiaoman a bag of seeds and a key. "By the way, my name is Mo Youfang. Since you are also a cultivator from now on, we can call each other fellow Taoists."

Lin Xiaoman blinked, quickly took it with both hands, and saluted respectfully, "Senior Mo, please give me more guidance in the future. I still have a lot of things I don't understand."

Mo Youfang smiled and waved his hand. "Okay, okay. Also, since you've chosen to rent land from the village, I'll need to teach you the techniques needed to farm. The village will start classes at the beginning of the morning hour every day and will last an hour. Also, as for becoming an apprentice in the market, I can't help you with that, but there are some shops that are hiring apprentices. You can go and have a look."

As he said this, he handed a simple map to Lin Xiaoman. On it was not only a map from Yuehe Village to the market town, but also information about shops in the market town that needed to recruit apprentices.

Lin Xiaoman was very surprised. There was actually an open class where one could learn the magic formulas for free. The capitalists still had some skills.

She quickly took the map with a happy smile on her face. It was much more convenient with this, and she didn't have to ask for more information.

"Thank you, Senior Mo. Thank you very much. I will definitely go to class."

Now, being an apprentice is nothing but a passing cloud. She wants to learn magic!!!

"Let's go, I'll show you the house first."

Mo Youfang understood her joy. He had seen many such situations. Back then, he was not much calmer than others.

He got up and took Lin Xiaoman to the house she rented. The house was not far from the yard where she lived before. It was not small. It was a house with a yard, two living rooms, a main room, a kitchen, a toilet, etc. The house was fully equipped with living furniture. She only needed to equip some bowls, chopsticks, kitchen utensils and personal living supplies.

"This is your land. You need to think carefully about it. You need to till the soil, plant the crops, weed, etc. Although there are spells to help, it still takes a lot of time."

After Mo Youfang sent the person there and made sure that everything was fine, he couldn't help but look back at the petite Lin Xiaoman.

After successfully drawing Qi into their bodies, most people would choose to become apprentices in the market. Apprentices could learn more spells and skills, earn more spirit beads, and provide more cultivation resources than farming in the village. However, how many people could actually become apprentices in those prestigious places?

Lin Xiaoman looked at the ground in front of him and nodded heavily, "I've thought it through."

"Okay, remember to go to class starting tomorrow, learn the spells as soon as possible, and plant the seeds as soon as possible."

"Okay, thank you, Senior Mo."

Lin Xiaoman waved with a smile and watched him leave, then turned around and locked the door, and hurriedly set off to the market according to the map. He had to farm and work. If he didn't make money, he wouldn't have the resources to practice, and if he didn't practice, he wouldn't be able to go to heaven or earth.

It is not particularly far from Yuehe Village to the main street of Fangshi. It only takes more than half an hour to walk there. Lin Xiaoman followed the map given by Mo Youfang and first chose the medicine shop.

Refining medicine, drawing talismans, and refining weapons were her first choices. As for other things like grocery stores and restaurants, they were her last choices.

When they called the medicine shop, they saw a sign recruiting apprentices at the door, but there was only one spot left. Lin Xiaoman's eyes lit up and he hurried in.

"Hello, are you still recruiting apprentices?"

Just as he was asking, he heard a voice from inside the shop, "Wu Shan, please take down the sign at the door. It's full."

"yes."

Lin Xiaoman blinked, thinking, "Oh my God, how unlucky she is! The place is already full after she arrived."