Regardless, this is a business opportunity, so it's worth noting. I believe it won't be long before we can implement it one by one. After all, the two in the Dragon Spirit Tower are both female beings, and all female beings love beauty.
Soon they arrived at Old Man Chai's place, and Shang Lin accompanied him to see the doctor. After examining him, the doctor said the recovery was going well, and then gave some instructions. For example, he shouldn't eat too much spicy food or do too much heavy physical labor, etc.
Shang Lin listened attentively and took notes, but Old Man Chai was a little worried. "I thought I would be just like a normal person after the surgery, but who knew there were so many precautions to take. It's worrying."
Old Man Chai understood Shang Lin's feelings but couldn't agree with them. "Godfather's thinking is wrong. It's surgery, after all. How can you recover immediately? I'll take care of things at home. Just focus on recovering."
After saying that, she worried that Old Man Chai might secretly work, and solemnly reminded him, "Don't be impatient and neglect your rest. You might have the chance to have surgery this time, but you might not have the chance next time."
Old Man Chai naturally understood this principle, but he found it hard to accept. However, there was nothing he could do about it, so he could only sigh and say, "Don't worry, Godfather knows what's important. If you don't take good care of yourself and end up not seeing anything, wouldn't that be a burden on you even more?"
Shang Lin realized that his attitude had been too serious, so he softened his tone and comforted Chai for a while, fearing that it might cause Chai's mental health problems, since sick people are more psychologically vulnerable than healthy people.
After returning home, Shang Lin did not plan to go into the mountains. First, he was worried about Old Man Chai; second, the mountain products in the herb garden had ripened. If he calculated carefully, it had only been about half a month. He just didn't know how much this batch could be harvested.
Old Man Chai can't do heavy work, but he can still cook and feed the chickens, yet Shang Lin still won't let him do anything. She even said, "You can do much more now than you could last week when you couldn't see anything, what's the rush?"
What could Old Man Chai say but, "Alright"?
Seeing his godfather's particularly reluctant face, Shang Lin immediately changed the subject and told him about his idea of going out to see the world.
Old Man Chai looked at Shang Lin with a complicated expression, and after a long while said, "It's not that your godfather doesn't want you to go out and see the world, but you should be in school at your age, especially now that the family has some savings."
Shang Lin looked down at her small frame and smiled awkwardly. "Godfather is worried that I'm too young, right? But the family's savings aren't enough for my education. Besides, there's no conflict between studying and going out to see the world."
He was a genius and a big shot in the cultivation world, but in the human world where there was nothing, he was nothing, especially struggling to make ends meet. It was beyond miserable.
Old Man Chai patted Shang Lin's shoulder with some shame, "It's your godfather's fault, but I'll consider it. Besides, we can't go out until my eyes are better."
Shang Lin was somewhat surprised, "Godfather wants to come with me?"
Old Man Chai was somewhat surprised, "How could I possibly let you go out alone?!"
Shang Lin, "..."
Well, I'm still a minor, so it's inconvenient for me to do anything. It would be easier if I had a godfather around, but anyway, it's a good thing that Old Man Chai didn't stop me.
Another piece of good news: after another half month, Shang Lin successfully guided Qi into his body and could begin cultivation. This little bit of progress was almost negligible to him before, but for him now, it was truly enough to make him weep with joy.
Even setting aside whether he can return to the cultivation world in the future, just being able to strengthen his body and protect himself in the mortal realm is something to be happy about. Besides, with his aptitude and talent, returning to the cultivation world is only a matter of time.
There's a saying, "Adding flowers to brocade," and Shang Lin finally experienced it firsthand. Just after he successfully guided his Qi into his body and also harvested another batch of mountain goods, the man who had previously bought their mountain goods actually came to their village to buy more.
The man's surname is Duan. He is a business manager at a local specialty products company and spends most of the year traveling to purchase local specialties.
Shang Lin mixed the mountain produce he had gathered with the products from the Dragon Spirit Tower and sold them together. He had no choice but to sell them because he needed money, and the mountain produce in the Dragon Spirit Tower had a rapid growth cycle anyway.
Manager Duan was very happy, but Old Man Chai was a little puzzled. After the man left, he asked Shang Lin, "When did you collect so many mountain products? How come I didn't know?"
Shang Lin explained, "My godfather has poor eyesight, so naturally he doesn't know how many mountain products we have at home."
Old Man Chai remained silent for a moment and ultimately didn't press the matter further. However, the money he earned from selling mountain products was more than what they could earn in a year of hard work, which showed how important opportunity was.
After recuperating for more than three months, and with Shang Lin having saved some money from selling mountain products, they settled things at home and prepared to leave. However, they didn't reveal the real purpose of their trip, only saying that Old Man Chai was taking Shang Lin to visit relatives.
Li Hongjin, who got along well with Shang Lin, was naturally very reluctant to part with them. He escorted them all the way to the county town, saying repeatedly, "You must come back soon."
Seeing the other person's reluctant expression, Shang Lin immediately laughed and said, "Look at you like this, anyone who didn't know better would think you're a young girl seeing off your lover."
Li Hongjin was immediately taken aback, then wrapped his arms around Shang Lin's neck and pulled him under his armpits, ruffling his hair as he said indignantly, "You little brat, how dare you call me a little girl? Your brother can get married now, okay?"
After three months of training, Shang Lin easily broke free from Li Hongjin's restraints, and then smiled and said, "Then you should hurry up and get married while we're not home, so I can save on wedding expenses."
"Hey, you..." Li Hongjin was about to reach out when Shang Lin dodged him.
"Alright, alright," Old Man Chai said hurriedly, "You two stop fooling around, we're about to enter the station."
Li Hongjin showed a reluctant expression again, and Shang Lin couldn't stand him, so she and Old Man Chai went straight into the train station ticket gate. Even so, that person still stayed with them through the fence until they boarded the train before leaving.
Shang Lin felt both helpless and amused. He had never met a friend like this in the cultivation world before, and it felt quite novel.
However, Li Hongjin is destined for great wealth and honor, so there is no need to worry about him. His marriage may have some twists and turns, but in the end he will be able to grow old with his beloved and have many children and grandchildren.
In short, no matter how you look at it, it's much better than who I am now.
In a small county town, there are naturally no high-speed trains or bullet trains; the only train is a green-skinned one. So, the speed and environment are both quite average, but of course, the ticket price is also very cheap.
For Shang Lin, who used to be able to travel at high speeds using teleportation talismans, teleportation arrays, flying on swords, and other means of transportation, it didn't matter what kind of transportation it was, as long as it could get them to their destination.
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