The Divine Lord knew Shang Lin's current situation, so he immediately took She Jinxing back to the Dragon Spirit Tower. After all, he was now just a tower spirit, and all he could do was guard the tower.

As for the cost-effective fruits and vegetables that Xing Tian mentioned, Shang Lin only gave him the apple seeds. There was nothing he could do; with Old Man Chai at home, there was nothing he could do.

However, Hu Tangdi took Huang Ying and Huang Li to the mountains to dig up dozens of cherry trees and planted them in the Dragon Spirit Pagoda. During this time, Huang Li also caught two litters of rabbits and put them in as well.

Huang Li, now dressed in work clothes, couldn't help but complain to Hu Tangdi, "If you hadn't eaten so much before, we could have caught a lot of rabbits and raised them in the Dragon Spirit Tower. Everything grows so fast there, there would be so much good food."

Hu Tangdi said nothing, but turned his human eyes into eerie beastly pupils and stared at Huang Li. The little guy immediately shut up; self-preservation was instinctive in the face of overwhelming power.

The clothes Qiu Niang made for Huang Li were modified from She Jinxing's clothes. The little boy looked absolutely stunning in them. She couldn't resist making another set for Shang Lin, but then she ran out of fabric.

Knowing that her benefactor was in a bad situation, Qiu Niang could only suppress her urge to try, and then diligently followed the Divine Lord in cultivation. She did not expect to make any rapid progress, but only hoped that she would not be useless when her benefactor needed her.

Shang Lin was both shocked and pleased with everyone's initiative to retrieve items from the Dragon Spirit Tower, recognizing the spirit of unity and cooperation. However, he also felt he needed to work even harder.

The problem is that often the ideas are great, but putting them into practice...

It was incredibly frustrating, and half of the reason Shang Lin was being dragged down was due to the original owner's physical condition. But there was nothing that could be done about it, so in the time before the start of the semester, he began a life of recuperating and cultivating at the same time, which was quite peaceful.

Time flies, and September 1st arrived quickly. On the day Shang Lin reported for duty, both Old Man Chai and Li Hongjin came to see him off, carrying large and small bags, along with various words of advice and expressions of reluctance to part...

This situation left Shang Lin both amused and exasperated. He was only in the county to attend junior high school, but what would happen when he went to high school in the city or even further away to attend university? Would Old Man Chai accompany him?

Shang Lin's roommates are all the same age as him, but they are all taller and stronger than him. The boy who lives next to him is named Su Jinghang. He is fair-skinned and looks like he was raised by a well-off family.

Judging from his two roommates across from him, Lin Shengqi and Meng Zhe, Shang Lin could tell just by looking at their faces that Lin Shengqi came from an ordinary family and had a shallow family relationship. As for Meng Zhe, he was a bit more interesting, but he couldn't tell anything about him yet.

However, none of this affected Shang Lin. He came here to study, recuperate, and make money, not to have his fortune told.

The first day of school consisted of distributing books, copying the timetable, and cleaning the classrooms and dormitories; there was nothing else to do.

Shang Lin's small frame made him incapable of doing any kind of work. His homeroom teacher was very worried that he might collapse at any moment, so he didn't ask for anything else but for him to stay safe and sound.

So Shang Lin read books in his dormitory. This was his first time encountering textbooks from the human world, and he found them quite novel. He had previously lied to his father, Chai, about reading Li Hongjin's books. Everything else was fine, but foreign languages... he had never encountered them before.

Shang Lin immediately thought of Xing Tian, ​​who had always encouraged him to study and even offered to be his full-time tutor. He immediately let him out, picked up a foreign language book for him to look at, and said, "I don't know this. Can you teach me?"

Xing Tian had already prepared himself to be a full-time tutor and immediately agreed, "No problem, not just foreign languages, I can do other subjects too..."

"No." Shang Lin refused decisively, "I don't need anything else."

Xing Tian paused, "You can?!"

Shang Lin nodded, "Yes, as long as I study for a while and work hard, getting a perfect score shouldn't be a problem."

Xing Tian suddenly looked at Shang Lin as if he were a monster, and after a long while he said, "Master, you really are gifted! Your body is so weak, is it all brain tissue?"

Shang Lin looked at Xing Tian with a wry smile, "We should hurry up and study, otherwise we won't be able to do anything when our roommates come back."

“…Okay.” Xing Tian barely came to his senses, feeling that it was illogical for someone like him to be less powerful than Shang Lin.

Because he is completely unfamiliar with foreign languages, Shang Lin can only learn them for the time being, and making money has to take a backseat. For now, he just wants to make sure everyone in the Dragon Spirit Tower doesn't go hungry.

However, what Shang Lin didn't know was that while he was working hard outside, everyone in the Dragon Spirit Tower was also busy. As for the problem of having enough to eat, he didn't have to worry about it. They were doing everything from farming and raising animals to cultivating.

Even the supplies needed by the ghost cultivators were burned by Hu Tangdi on behalf of Shang Lin, truly making him spend all his time busy with his own affairs. However, when the Divine Lord was teaching his disciples, he still had a deep obsession with Ji Xiaoyao.

It seems that everyone has a tendency to think that what they can't have is the best, right? Even the God-King, who has lived for countless years, is no exception. However, knowing that Ji Xiaoyao is stubborn, he chose to take a roundabout approach to achieve his goal.

So, while instructing his disciple, the Divine Lord casually said to Ji Xiaoyao, "Since you want to protect Shang Lin, you need to find a way to cultivate a human form in the eyes of ordinary people, even if you can only maintain it for a while. Otherwise, wouldn't you just be causing him trouble? Also, I'm only doing this to help Shang Lin, so don't overthink it."

However, before Ji Xiaoyao could say anything, Qiu Niang, who had overheard their conversation, hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Can the Divine Lord teach me such supernatural powers? If I can maintain a normal human form at any time outside, I can help my benefactor with many things."

Even if Qiu Niang was not favored when she was alive, which matriarch in ancient times was a simple person? At the very least, she had to be good at managing the family business.

As for being framed and ultimately dying, it was because she was blinded by love and never expected that the general's concubine would have no regard for the reputation of the general's mansion...

Well, these are all things from the past that I can't even remember without trying, so why bother holding onto them? The present is what matters most.

The Divine Lord was somewhat puzzled by Qiu Niang's question. "You are different from Ji Xiaoyao. Your cultivation will be very difficult and take a long time. You should just follow your previous cultivation method."

However, Qiu Niang was very determined, "I'm not afraid of hardship, I just want to repay my benefactor as soon as possible. He's young and in poor health, and he still has so much to do, I..."

Before Qiu Niang could finish speaking, Ji Xiaoyao said, "God, please teach me. Qiu Niang has already suffered enough; she doesn't need to suffer any more."

The deity looked at this and then at that, and suddenly realized that for humans, emotions are the best bond. He now especially hoped that Qiu Niang was the wife that Ji Xiaoyao was looking for.