Just then, Manager Wang coughed, and Zhang Erniu and the other handymen disciples quickly walked away.
Shopkeeper Wang walked up to Lin Xiaofei with a smile and said, "Congratulations on becoming an inner disciple."
The person sent by Steward Liu came over and told me about your situation.
In this money pouch, there is a portion for your monthly allowance, and another portion is a bottle of small strength pills that Steward Liu instructed you to give you. You will receive these every month from now on, so just come find me when the time comes.
In addition, this fifteen taels of silver is a small token of my appreciation to congratulate you on becoming an inner disciple. I hope you will accept it.
Smiling, Manager Wang handed a money bag to Lin Xiaofei.
"Thank you, Manager Wang."
Lin Xiaofei smiled and took it without any hesitation.
Fifteen taels of silver and a monthly allowance of seven hundred copper coins was a large sum of money for him.
In Lin Xiaofei's memory, his father could barely support the family by farming, and the rest of the time he would go hunting in the mountains. He only dared to hunt small prey, such as three rabbits and two pheasants a month, which he would then exchange for more than a hundred copper coins in town.
If his father were to hunt for money, it would probably take him about ten years to earn fifteen taels of silver.
"Of course, of course."
I hope you can put in a good word for me with Steward Liu in the future.
Manager Wang bowed slightly and said enthusiastically.
Lin Xiaofei nodded, said a few words, and then went directly into his residence in the backyard.
Lin Xiaofei had very few belongings in the room: a change of clothes and some basic household items. Although these things weren't valuable, he came from the village and knew that for a villager to have even one piece of clothing was a cause for celebration. So, he wanted to take these things with him so he could give them away when he returned to the village.
Lin Xiaofei looked at the package in his hand and the money bag hanging from his waist.
"Now I'm considered a wealthy person. With the ten taels of silver stored in my spatial bead, I wonder if I can buy a medicine refining furnace."
Thinking that he had a total of more than twenty-five taels of silver, Lin Xiaofei was very excited and his mind became active.
The incomplete copy of the Hundred Medicines Record contained many recipes for making pills, and the efficacy of these pills had always intrigued him.
Previously, due to insufficient silver, it was impossible to purchase the necessary medicinal materials and tools for refining the pills.
Although twenty-five taels of silver is still a bit insufficient, we can try to study some medicine recipes first.
"However, this matter cannot be rushed. First, I must remember that refining pills requires medicinal materials and tools. What I am more concerned about now is to improve my strength. I need to practice the Eighteen Swords of Gale and the Flowing Palm first, so that I can have some martial arts skills."
In particular, the thought that the owner of the rat beast was a cultivator made Lin Xiaofei somewhat worried, and he frowned.
Although he had become an inner disciple, his strength was still very weak. If he were to fight a cultivator who could cultivate beast pets that could produce low-level spells, he really didn't think he could defeat him.
Furthermore, he remembered his second uncle's instructions: this matter was very important and must not be revealed. Otherwise, if that cultivator found out in advance, he would always feel uneasy until he had the strength to deal with him.
However, Lin Yiying only felt that Lin Xiaofei's instructions were very important at the time, but afterwards she felt that they were nothing. It was just driving away a wild beast, what big deal could it be?
Just after Lin Yiying finished his work and was walking near his home, he happened to pass by the gate of Old Wang's house next door. He heard people talking in Old Wang's house. Out of curiosity, he quietly hid outside the gate to eavesdrop.
“You came to my house last time, didn’t you? I already told you that I didn’t see any wild animals coming to the village to suck chicken blood.”
Looking at the young man in front of him, Old Wang sat on his own stool and said with some impatience.
"Old man, how about this? Think it over carefully. Has anyone in your village ever said they saw that beast that sucks chicken blood? If you tell me, I'll give you ten copper coins, how about that?"
A young man stood in Old Wang's courtyard, hesitated for a moment, and then quickly spoke.
"Ten copper coins? I'll think about it."
Old Wang, who was sitting on the bench, suddenly brightened up. After a pause, he asked, "By the way, why are you looking for the person who saw the wild animal?"
"It's like this, I'm from the village two generations away from the next village. Our village is frequently attacked by powerful wild beasts, just like your village. One of these beasts sucked the blood out of the chickens, causing great damage to our village."
However, I recently heard that someone among you chased away that wild beast, so I wanted to ask if anyone among you had seen it. Perhaps it was the one he chased away. I was thinking of asking him to come to our village to drive away the wild beast.
Old man, if you know, please tell me who saw that wild beast, and I'll give you ten more copper coins. What do you say?
The young man said with a smile.
"Oh, I see. Now that you mention it, I remember Old Lin next door mentioned that his nephew chased away a wild animal..."
After thinking for a moment, Old Wang said hesitantly.
Lin Yiying, who was eavesdropping outside Old Wang's courtyard, was startled. The last time he passed by Old Wang's house, the man talked to him about his dead chicken. At that time, he couldn't help but let slip that Lin Xiaofei had chased away the wild animals.
The other party didn't believe it at the time, and he assumed that the other party didn't take it seriously, so he didn't pay any attention to it.
However, the fact that the other party had revealed this matter immediately alarmed him, and he realized that something bad had happened.
His nephew had previously instructed him not to tell anyone about this, otherwise someone would cause trouble for Lin Xiaofei.
While Lin Xiaofei was giving him his repeated instructions, he had doubts in his heart, and even suspected that Lin Xiaofei had killed the wild beast, otherwise why would someone be causing him trouble?
The owner of the wild beast came to the village several times to inquire, but he hadn't taken it seriously before.
Now that people have found out the results from Old Wang next door, he's starting to panic.
He often went into the town to do carpentry for some small households. When passing through the city gate, he often heard strange tales. He remembered one of the stories: when the Song family escort agency was transporting a cart of goods, they were attacked by a strange beast. It was a Taoist priest who drove it away and said that the beast was raised by some evil cultivators. He immediately thought that his nephew might have killed the beast of an evil cultivator, which was why he came to their door.
He tiptoed out and peeked into Old Wang's yard, where he saw a young man talking to Old Wang.
Without hesitation, Lin Yiying turned and headed towards the street.
At that moment, he knew someone was going to cause trouble for Lin Xiaofei, so he jogged and ran out of the village.
During the journey, Lin Yiying thought to herself, "I must tell Xiaofei about this; perhaps he has a way to deal with it."
Having made up her mind, Lin Yiying jogged straight to the Medicine Pavilion in Qingshan Town.
Just as Lin Xiaofei was carrying a package and had walked a hundred meters away from the medicine pavilion, Lin Yiying saw her nephew from afar and quickly ran over.
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