Chapter 7: Window
There are only ten silver coins in the novice gift package. The reward for carrying the red snake monster up the mountain is fifty, and a wooden box is sold for one hundred. Lin Zhusheng has a lot of money but he is not stupid.
Having missed the opportunity to make money, the kitten said "Oh" and shrank back.
It was a rare opportunity to come here, so Lin Zhusheng had to carry the heavy load and visit from beginning to end.
There are a lot of things along the way, including all kinds of strange stones and various fruit and herb seeds. The growth cycle of herbs and fruits is long. After half a month, we will move to another place and go to the outer gate. Ten days is not long enough, otherwise Lin, a citizen who really wants to try to be a farmer, would stretch out his evil little hand and buy one of each kind like buying meat, and plant them near his house.
The kitten poked its head out at the right moment and said, "The outer disciples' rooms seem to be bigger than the ones we have now, with their own small courtyards."
Not only does it have its own courtyard, but the spiritual energy is also more abundant. As long as you can enter the outer gate, you can basically grow vegetables and fruits freely, including the round fruits mentioned earlier. Although the place is not large, you can grow anything.
Very good, now I have the motivation to strive. In order to have the freedom to farm, Lin Zhusheng must have a small yard where he can grow various things.
Not only seeds and various strange things were sold on the street, but also the headbands he was missing. However, the prices were very abstract. A short piece of cloth was sold for more than ten silver coins, which was totally extortion.
He went back and just pulled off two strips of cloth, acting like a brave man again. Lin Zhusheng quickly left the stall without staying for even a second.
The busiest place on the street is the end of the street, where crowds gather and you can see heads moving around from a long distance away.
Mr. Lin, a curious citizen who never misses an opportunity to join in the fun, ran over to see what was going on. He plunged into the crowd like a tree blending into the forest. There was no sense of incongruity at all, and it was as natural as if he had been there from the beginning.
The place where the crowd gathered was a bulletin board, which seemed to have just been updated. The papers on it were very new, with a lot of content written on them.
The performance requirements for obtaining Lingxu grass at the end of the month and the need to complete full classes in the academy to be promoted to outer disciples are also listed above, in the most conspicuous place in the center.
The kind-hearted teacher reminded him to make up the time by giving him private custody probably because he could guess that he had never been to these places or communicated with anyone in his rotten room before, and was very isolated from the news.
The bulletin board not only contains sect announcements, but also disciples’ personal information, bartering, or finding lost items.
The most popular item was the purchase of Lingxu grass, and there were several such offers in a row, with the highest bid being 5 silver coins per piece.
Lin Zhusheng listened to the conversation among the crowd for a while before he realized that this was already an old tradition of the sect. The DDL warrior who had been trying back and forth on the edge of the line and unfortunately failed, and the person who had been busy preparing for the root bone test some time ago and therefore did not pull enough grass, finally remembered that there was such a thing and wanted to start working on completing the task. However, Lingxu grass rarely grows in clusters and is scattered in corners, making it difficult to find it all in a short period of time. Therefore, they can only try to collect the herbs through acquisition.
Lingxu grass is not easy to preserve, and the other disciples do not have any stock. Once they find it, they hand it over directly to the manager. The extra ones are processed into medicinal powder, so even if they want to trade it, they are powerless.
Normally, these purchase orders would be posted here until they turned yellow, and then replaced by the next batch of announcements. The disciple who issued the purchase order should also leave the sect directly like the yellowed order.
The kitten scratched the Lingxu grass storage and whispered, "Is the good opportunity to make money here?"
This person used to be ruthless in destroying weeds, as if he had endless energy. He shouted loudly when climbing the mountain and was merciless when pulling out weeds. There was such a large area of grass, but he didn't leave a single weed alone. He was also so cruel that he took the grass that didn't look good first to complete the task, and kept a lot of grass of normal quality.
A lot means at least three digits, enough for several people to complete the task requirements and also enough to make a big profit.
After all, pulling weeds until your hands are sore is no joke. Lin Zhusheng took a closer look at the amount on the purchase order, thought for a while, and finally said, "No rush."
When he said there was no hurry, he really was not in a hurry. He just remembered the name of the disciple who was looking for a purchase and then looked away, moved to the side, and looked at the other side of the notice board.
His eyes moved from papers of varying sizes to finally land on the call for proposals in the corner.
The conscription order was sent by the sect's official authority, recruiting disciples to cut down trees. Because of the previous incident of the red snake becoming a demon, the sect realized how dangerous this kind of neglected forest was, so they planned to attack other forests and directly cut down the forests that were not in the plan.
The mission rewards include 200 silver coins and some random props. The mission content is boring and simple, which is equivalent to a work-study opportunity specially given.
It's just not a good time to send it. Now it is equivalent to the final week of college. Academics are more important, and students cannot earn this money even if they want to.
If they don't make money, Lin Zhusheng will do it. Without any hesitation, he turned around and ran to the registration office nearby. As he ran, he tried hard to stick his head out from behind the big bag in his arms and raised his hand positively.
The registrar wrote down his name.
As he watched his name being written stroke by stroke on the paper, he asked the core question: "Can I take the wood I cut away with me?"
"?"
I didn't expect to be asked such a question. I was stunned for a moment, and finally raised my head and said in a daze: "...You can take it away."
He paused, then gave a friendly reminder: "There are still a lot of trees."
What it means is that it is very difficult to move, and it takes more than one trip from the bottom of the mountain to the top. If you need it, you can buy finished products, they are not too expensive.
This problem was easy to solve. Lin Zhusheng was not worried and just smiled and said thank you.
His smile was quite sincere, and the person who registered had his favorability increased by +1. He said you’re welcome, and notified them to go to another forest at the foot of the mountain tomorrow afternoon.
Still holding the thing in his hand, Lin Zhusheng went back without staying here any longer.
He didn't take a shortcut on his way back. He passed by Jingsi Road, which he had never been to before. Along one side of the mountain were disciples meditating quietly.
Only then did he remember that he still had the task of leveling up to level 2, so he urgently checked his experience.
[Current level: LV1 (42/200)]
The number seemed to have increased a lot for no apparent reason. The last time I checked, it was still 10 experience points, which were obtained by defeating an ordinary red snake.
After that, he probably didn't do anything special to increase his experience.
The kitten crawled out of the clothes, climbed onto the shoulder and shook its ears twice. Its fur was blown up by the mountain breeze. It helped to analyze: "It's probably because you have been exercising a lot these past two days."
Meditation is fundamentally a way to enhance metabolism, allowing impurities that were previously rooted in the body to leave by absorbing spiritual energy. The more talented a person is, the faster they absorb, and the more spiritual power converted from spiritual energy they can store. In theory, exercise is also an effective way to enhance metabolism, especially running up and down the mountains every day where there is abundant spiritual energy.
An unexpected gain, if I continue like this, I can reach level 2 before the test without having to find time to kill monsters. After taking a closer look at the disciples meditating together, Lin Zhusheng asked in confusion, "Why are they sitting here instead of running around more? Don't they want to?"
He usually doesn't like exercise, but he can't stand sitting on the ground doing nothing. Compared to that, going up and down the mountain is more acceptable, after all, he can still chat for a while.
“…”
The kitten was quiet for a moment.
So the above is just in theory. In the actual operation process, most disciples only need to concentrate on converting spiritual energy into spiritual power, which requires them to concentrate and spend a lot of energy. Meditation in this way is the most efficient way of conversion. After meditating, they no longer have the energy to jump around, and chatting is even more impossible.
Not everyone is as full of energy as this person. If there were no limit on the stamina bar, the person under its feet might have evolved directly into a sleeper, and would have been outside like a savage every day, running around all over the mountains and fields.
After returning to the room, the savage went to the mountain and ran around this afternoon.
On the way, I stopped by to say hello to Manager Meng and exchanged some words with him. After it got completely dark, I went home with a lot of harvest and started my night reading plan.
Today's meal was a huge improvement over yesterday's. Not only were there a variety of freshly picked fruits, but also newly purchased dried meat. I finally ate like a human being and happily slept in bed for the night.
The result of eating well, drinking well and sleeping well was that he woke up the next day and started running again, and then was late.
It was the familiar time, the familiar place, and the familiar fellow students.
The sun was still shining brightly today. Song Ming was leaning against the wall, twisting a piece of dogtail grass. He seemed to have expected that he would be late. He was not surprised at all and just asked, "Are you here?"
Lin Zhusheng squatted down beside him, handed him a piece of fruit for breakfast, responded, and ate the fruit while opening the book that he had already read halfway.
Song Ming took Snowball and put him on his body. The kitten had played enough with the dogtail grass and stretched out its claws to reach the tassel of the green jade pendant hanging around his waist, swinging the entire jade pendant. The warm white jade was translucent and quiet in the light.
The jade hanging on the wall was a rare and fine jade, but he did not stop the kitten's action, nor did he care. He turned his head slightly to look at the people around him and asked other questions, saying, "Why are you in such a hurry today?"
I started flipping through the book as soon as I sat down, and I haven’t even caught my breath yet. At least I had time to have a full breakfast yesterday.
"I don't have much time today," Lin Zhusheng said, taking a bite of the red fruit, his cheeks puffed up, "I have something to do in the afternoon."
The spring sun was not scorching, but made his body feel warm. He leaned back comfortably and turned into a puddle of mud on the wall again.
The sound of the teacher teaching came from the window above his head, and next to him was the sound of a kitten meowing. The breeze was blowing comfortably. He slowly turned the pages of the book, which had changed several positions against the wall throughout the morning.
With yesterday's experience, when the teacher's voice gradually became smaller and the sound of his fellow students quietly packing up their things gradually became louder, it was time to end the class. He put away his books, put the cat in his pocket, and after briefly saying goodbye to his fellow students, he quickly got up and rushed to the school door, ready to show his face to the teacher at any time.
“…”
He was too fast and Song Ming didn't have time to react. When he wanted to say something, the figure had quickly disappeared and his raised hand was put down again.
When the class was over and the students were leaving the hall, he went against the flow of people and from a distance, he waved and skipped towards the teacher with a smile on his face.
The teacher knew that he would come to show his face, so he wrote his name on the list in advance, and then took the list and displayed it in all directions for a week.
A very thoughtful teacher sat on the podium and admired the names on the list. Lin Zhusheng then remembered something and pointed to the empty space next to his own name and said, "Song Ming is here too. We are together outside."
Always remember to care for your brothers and sisters in need.
As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced out the window, trying to provide evidence.
My fellow disciple stood out and could be seen at a glance, and there always seemed to be people around him. There was another circle around him just like yesterday, and the number of people was even greater than yesterday.
As popular as ever.
He only took a quick glance and was about to look away and pack up to leave like he did yesterday when he saw the expression on his good fellow disciple's face.
The people around him came closer and closer enthusiastically, laughing constantly, but Song Ming was not laughing. He was in the middle of the crowd with a straight face.
"Please remember to add him, Master. I'm leaving first."
After thinking for less than a second and blinking slowly, Lin Zhusheng stuffed the kitten into his clothes, said something to the teacher, then turned around and walked straight to the window. He stepped into the light and spun his feet, and when the hem of his gray clothes was lifted up, he leaned against the window sill and flipped outward.
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