332 I will do my best to cooperate with you in your performance
The middle-aged woman smiled and waved at Jiang Xin. She lifted a corner of the blue checkered cloth covering the bamboo basket, revealing the fragrant chicken drumstick inside: "Come here, little girl. There is something delicious here."
She didn't open her mouth, but her voice was clearly transmitted to Jiang Xin's ears through the secret voice transmission.
Jiang Xin stretched her neck to look into the bamboo basket, sniffed hard, and wanted to go out, but looked hesitantly at her fellow brothers who were still busy.
"Come here quickly, the chicken legs will get cold and won't taste good if you're late." The middle-aged woman's voice came again.
Jiang Xin put down the toy, jumped off the wooden stool disguised as a puppet, and ran to the door.
Both doors were broken. When they were barely put together, a triangular gap was left at the bottom, just enough for a child like Jiang Xin to pass through.
Seeing that she really ran out silently, the young men in the yard knew nothing. The middle-aged woman smiled with her eyes curved, took Jiang Xin's hand and wanted to leave, but she didn't expect Jiang Xin to avoid her hand.
The smile on the middle-aged woman's face froze, but soon returned to normal. She asked Jiang Xin gently, "Don't you want to eat chicken legs?"
The aroma of roasted chicken legs lingered around Jiang Xin's nose, making her stomach growl.
The little guy asked softly, "Can you really give it to me?"
"Of course." The middle-aged woman pretended to hand over the bamboo basket, but unexpectedly Jiang Xin's hand speed was extremely fast. She replied "Thank you, auntie", picked up the bamboo basket and walked back.
The middle-aged woman was startled and hurriedly stopped Jiang Xin before she could go back into the courtyard.
At the same time, she set up a barrier outside the courtyard to prevent her conversation with Jiang Xin from being overheard by the teenagers in the courtyard.
Jiang Xin didn't understand what she meant. She held the bamboo basket tightly in her hands and said with a stern face, "You agreed to give it to me."
"Here you go." The middle-aged woman did not argue with her over this little bit of food, and said patiently, "Don't be anxious, I haven't finished talking yet."
"Are you here to deliver food or to convey a message?" Jiang Xin asked.
The middle-aged woman choked for a moment, thinking that the little girl was young but eloquent: "Eating doesn't hinder talking. Your sect has fallen into decline, and your fellow disciples are in dire straits, unable to protect themselves. Aren't you afraid that they will abandon you?"
Jiang Xin held the bamboo basket, which was wider than her body, in both hands and tried hard to hold back her greed: "My brothers are so nice to me. They won't abandon me."
"That's now. Who can predict the future? As a person, the only one you can rely on is yourself." The middle-aged woman taught Jiang Xin earnestly.
Jiang Xin tilted her head to look at her, fearing that if she delayed any further, the chicken leg would get cold and taste bad: "I have little education, so I can't understand your great principles. Just tell me what you want to do."
The middle-aged woman was surprised again by the child's insight, but also a little happy.
——The dean likes smart and clever children.
"I'm asking if you want to study?" the middle-aged woman said. "The one who received you at the entrance of the village this evening is Master Liu from our village. The study I'm talking about is not the same as the school he arranged for you. The study I'm talking about refers to the knowledge that only monks can learn."
Jiang Xin remembered Lin Yan and Wu Xin's instructions and exclaimed "Wow" in response: "Can I really learn this? I don't even have a pseudo spiritual root."
She took the initiative to mention the pseudo spiritual root, which made the middle-aged woman even happier: "As long as you pass the test, the academy can not only give you a pseudo spiritual root, but also teach you how to practice. Our academy is very powerful, and it will never be easily wiped out like your previous master."
Jiang Xin was surprised: "Wow, is there really such a good thing in the world?"
The middle-aged woman smiled amiably and said, "Of course, as long as you study hard, all good things will come to you."
"Can our senior brothers also receive your teachings?" Jiang Xin asked.
The middle-aged woman nodded: "As long as they can pass the assessment, the academy will consider keeping them."
"I'll go tell them right away." Jiang Xin ran to the yard holding the bamboo basket. She ran fast this time, and the middle-aged woman didn't have time to catch her. She heard the childish voice of the little girl in the yard, "Senior Brother, let's go to school!"
Her shout startled everyone in the yard except Jiang Xiao, and they all put down their work and walked towards her.
Seeing the bamboo basket in her hand, Chu Linfeng asked, "What is this?"
"This is the meal that the auntie at the door sent us." Jiang Xin pointed to the door.
The middle-aged woman was still wondering how the barrier she had set up outside the yard was broken without her noticing it. Suddenly, she noticed the gazes of the young men in the yard and could only smile awkwardly at them.
Practice makes perfect. She had done this job many times before. She reacted quickly and pushed the door open calmly. "I see you have come from afar, so I'll bring you some food to show my hospitality."
"Thank you, senior." Lin Yan thanked him politely and courteously invited him into the courtyard. "The house is not cleaned up yet, so I won't invite you in yet. Junior sister just called us to study. Does the village school have classes in the evening?"
"That's not the case." The middle-aged woman hesitated for a moment. Facing the curious and inquiring eyes of the crowd, she thought for a moment and said truthfully, "There is a large academy in our village. As long as you can pass the assessment, you can enter the academy. In the academy, you can not only learn many advanced spells, but also help cultivators build their foundation and even form a pill."
When it was mentioned that it would help improve one's cultivation, the eyes of Lin Yan and the others lit up.
The middle-aged woman took in the whole scene and was secretly delighted.
Which monk can resist such temptation?
"The academy only accepts uneducated children and students who have passed the examination. Master Liu forgot to tell you about this in the evening, so I thought of telling you when I brought the meal." While Master Liu was away, the middle-aged woman took the credit for herself.
I tried my best to cooperate with you in the performance, and Lin Yan will naturally be very grateful.
The middle-aged woman waved her hand and said, "Don't be so polite. You have to pass the test first. But after becoming a student of the academy, you have to listen to the academy's teachings and work for the academy. Are you willing?"
Lin Yan looked hesitantly at the confused Jiang Xin and the still sleeping Jiang Xiao.
"The fake spiritual roots that you are obsessed with are plenty in the academy." The middle-aged woman only glanced at Jiang Xin and did not take Jiang Xiao seriously.
When she entered the yard, she secretly used her spiritual sense to scan Jiang Xiao and knew that he was dying and would not live for many days.
But this did not stop her from lying with her eyes open: "Once you become a member of the academy, the academy will naturally do its best to treat this child. Our academy has a Yuanying stage ancestor in charge. If you perform well, you may be able to ask the ancestor for help."
In the eyes of Qi Refining cultivators, the Yuanying stage ancestor was like an immortal. Lin Yan was so grateful that he didn't know what to say. He couldn't wait to ask, "Then how can I participate in the academy's assessment?"
"The academy is in the back mountain. You will go there to take the assessment at noon three days later. But before that, you have to go to class seriously. This is also part of the academy's assessment." The middle-aged woman raised her hand and pointed to the north, which was the direction of the back mountain.
Lin Yan thanked her, respectfully sent her away, and closed the tattered courtyard door.
Chu Linfeng took out an incense burner and lit a stick of incense. Wisps of white smoke rose from the top of the incense stick and quickly circled the yard.
This secret treasure can allow people who are monitoring them from the outside to see a false illusion, so that the real them can speak freely.
The moment the secret treasure took effect, Lin Yan rubbed his face, which was sore from laughing, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that this academy is the key to the proliferation of false spiritual roots here."
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