Dajiang, one of the thirty-six counties of Huainan Prefecture, is located in Feng County.
Wang's house.
The moonlight was hazy and dew was crawling up along the grass roots.
It was just past three o'clock in the morning when Li Qinglin, who was in a light sleep, woke up with a start. He immediately put on his coat, turned over and jumped out of bed.
There was no need to light a lamp, as there was an earth pit in the house, with shallow flames rising inside and outside the pit, illuminating the entire room with an orange-yellow color.
There was a small basin in the pit, and in the basin were three female crickets, swinging their limbs peacefully with their long tails inserted into the soil.
"The temperature is a bit high, and the thin ice is melting quickly."
After taking a look at the condition in the basin, Li Qinglin pushed open the door, and the breath he exhaled froze into a ball of ice.
Not daring to delay, Li Qinglin shoveled a thin layer of ice from the bucket that had already been frozen in the yard.
Then move the slushy to the edge of the earth pit inside the house, wait for it to be melted by the high temperature, and then dried...
Take smoothies, bake, and repeat this process until seven times.
The room was already covered with a layer of light mist, and the female crickets made lazy rustling sounds. Li Qinglin refueled the fire, took off his coat and hung it in front of the door curtain to block the wind, then tiptoed out of the house.
After wiping the sweat off his forehead, he leaned against the wall at the courtyard gate and slowly took out a half-eaten rice cake from under his paper fur coat. He did not disdain it and ate it slowly with a handful of smoothie.
In Feng County, all the prominent families, big and small, like to raise autumn insects, and they consider it an elegant activity.
They even hired masters with high salaries to specialize in the hatching and care of autumn insects. The best quality autumn insects were worth at least several taels of silver, if not a fortune.
You must know that nowadays, ten dou of refined rice only costs half a tael of silver, about fifty coins, which is enough for a family of five to eat for two or three months! "It turns out that no matter which world you are in, exploitation is the iron law."
As for Li Qinglin, he was naturally not a master in raising autumn insects, but a tenant in the Wang family's house.
"It will only take about three or four days for these crickets to finish laying eggs. By then, the eggs and adults will be handed over to Master Ma for care, and I can breathe a sigh of relief."
"Yesterday, Xiao Liu was careless and a female cricket died of heatstroke. He was beaten half to death by the housekeeper!"
"I, a traveler from another world, have really brought shame to the vast army of travelers..."
After swallowing the last bite of rice cake and carefully licking the residue at the corner of his mouth, Li Qinglin let out a long sigh.
It has been only half a month since Li Qinglin traveled through this world, and he has already given up the idea of seeking advancement by relying on the insights and knowledge of modern people.
There is no other reason. Although this world is also a feudal dynasty, there are warriors who are capable of splitting mountains and rocks, sweeping across thousands of miles of troops, and even immortal cultivators in the storybooks occasionally appear! The great power is concentrated in one person, which is something that was not available in the thousands of years of dynasty changes in the previous life.
Li Qinglin was not surprised that humans could not imagine a world beyond their knowledge.
Therefore, instead of hoarding grain to become king, it is better to just focus on raising insects first.
and……
In the hazy sky, Li Qinglin lowered his head slightly and looked at his chest. His eyes changed and it was unknown what he was thinking about.
"Brother Lin, are you done?"
"Good morning, guys! The two katydids in my room have been making me so upset. They have been making so much noise all night long!"
"It's almost time, the days are finally coming to an end!"
Four or five tenant servants who were about the same age as Li Qinglin also came out from their respective yards, complaining in low voices with familiarity.
Li Qinglin mingled among them, occasionally speaking in response.
"By the way, have you heard?!"
The man who had just greeted Li Qinglin was called Donkey Face. As his name suggests, his face was extremely long and thin. It was said that this was due to his mother's difficult childbirth.
Donkey-face poked his head out, lowered his voice, and said with great excitement,
"A wanted order was posted on the government wall a few days ago, saying that a murderer broke the law by using force, and practiced a quick and vicious evil skill to dig out the hearts of young boys! The government offered a reward of 100 taels of silver to all the warriors in the city, and they would find the man alive or dead!"
Heart-stealing?
Are you specifically targeting young boys?
When everyone heard this, their hearts suddenly tightened. Could the comedian become a comedian?
Donkey Face saw the fear on the faces of several people and laughed: "Are you scared?!"
"You're not afraid?"
Naturally, these words aroused the envy of the other insect farmers, who speculated that Donkey Face must have been close to the maid and had kissed her.
Amid the noise, Li Qinglin smiled gently.
…
The sky brightened and everyone had already dispersed.
Li Qinglin went back to the house, squatted in front of the pit, and used a thin branch to carefully poke the mud at the tail of the cricket, and poked out more than a dozen light green and transparent insect eggs, with their antennae clearly visible.
Then pick out two eggs that are slightly smaller and seem to be underdeveloped.
The female cricket made a somewhat dissatisfied buzzing sound.
Li Qinglin chuckled and picked up two insect eggs with his fingertips. It can be seen that he has done this many times to benefit himself at the expense of the public interest.
Li Qinglin pushed open the cover of the well in the yard, leaned forward slightly, and looked around.
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Soon, a bell toad the size of half a palm was found in the crack of the damp bluestone well wall.
The whole body is emerald green, the back is rough, bumpy and dotted with black spots.
Strangely, the bell-toad didn't seem to be afraid of Li Qinglin.
Li Qinglin's somewhat dark face was reflected in the heart-shaped pupils.
【Other-transformation and freedom】
【Name: Li Qinglin】
【Lifespan: 15/57】
[Realm: Ordinary]
[His Avatar: Bell Toad (92% in the process of refining)]
[Freedom Furnace: Heart Toad (cannot be activated)]
[Transforming all kinds of spiritual beasts and strange creatures, using one's own body as a furnace, one can obtain their fate, magical powers, and bloodlines. With an ordinary body, one can gain insight into the secrets of heaven and earth, and become an immortal.]
That's right, this is Li Qinglin's golden finger! Hehua Zizai, as the name suggests, is to refine other spirit beasts or foreign objects as clones, and can melt the clones and feed them back to oneself!
With one's own strength, one can control thousands of clones, gather the secrets of heaven and earth, and become the supreme immortal!
Of course, there are notes about Zhixian at the end of the panel, which seem a bit like empty promises.
But this time, Li Qinglin, who had lived two lives as an ox or a horse, was happy with it! He subconsciously covered his chest.
There was no movement in his chest, it even felt a little cold, and there seemed to be some depression under the thin paper coat, which could be pressed into his chest with just a little force.
This body has no heart.
What Donkey Face and the others didn't know was that his original body was killed by the murderer mentioned in the notice and was disemboweled on a rainy night half a month ago.
From then on, Li Qinglin's soul traveled here and then awakened the golden finger.
In this world, there are warriors who can take someone's life with a snap of their fingers. They are high and mighty, and regard the so-called "ordinary people" as sacrifices for their training, and kill them at will.
In the end, they still have to be picky, saying that they only want boys? Why? Li Qinglin stretched out the insect egg on his fingertips and shook it in front of the bell toad.
Whoosh! The pink and slender tongue quickly stretched out, and with a curl of the tip of the tongue, it took the two eggs into its stomach.
Li Qinglin's fingers felt soft, moist and warm.
The bell toad hummed softly and pulled its lower eyelid with its sturdy forelimbs.
The two eggs were quickly digested by the powerful digestive system of the bell toad, and a faint warm current quickly spread throughout the body.
The size of the bell toad also increased at a speed visible to Li Qinglin's naked eyes, from the initial size of half a palm to the size of half a palm.
[His Avatar: Bell Toad (refining 92%...93%...)]
The refining progress is gradually increasing.
New author's new book, signed, Qiuqiu collects and reads (end of this chapter)