BXBX NOVEL Chapter 25 - 25 Mr. Jiang Arrives
Chapter 25 - 25 Mr. Jiang Arrives
The two of them entered the house, and when Luo Luo saw Ning Yue come in, she ran straight over.
“Mom.”
At this moment, the brazier inside the house was burning vigorously, making the whole room incredibly warm, and Luo Luo’s little face was a bit rosy. “Good girl, Luo Luo. Mom will be able to stay at home with Luo Luo tomorrow.”
Ning Yue reached out to brush away the bangs from Luo Luo’s forehead and spoke softly. “Mom doesn’t have to go out anymore?”
“That’s great!”
Luo Luo cheered.
“Uncle Lin said that there are more and more demonic beasts outside, and every time Mom goes out, Luo Luo is very worried.”
“Mom is fine. Starting from tomorrow, Mom will be at home with Luo Luo every day.”
As she spoke, Ning Yue rubbed Luo Luo’s head.
“Yay…”
Luo Luo cheered, a child’s innocence is always so straightforward.
Since a month ago, the beast tide had intensified, with demonic beasts continuously attacking human settlements, and many families had suffered severe damage.
Some families’ Spirit Fields were even destroyed by demonic beasts.
Many families also reduced their external businesses to resist the beast tide with all their might, while the smaller ones grouped together to resist.
Moreover, even the outskirts of the Fang Market had suffered attacks from demonic beasts.
Although in the end, they were slain by the Guard Team patrolling the Fang Market.
However, several cultivators who lived on the edges of the Fang Market perished to the jaws of the beasts.
So, during this time, people within the Fang Market were panic-stricken, fearful of demonic beast attacks, especially for those like Lin Jing who lived on the periphery of the market.
Fortunately, Lin Jingzhi had heeded the advice of the Outer Area Manager before, renting this courtyard which is quite close to the inner part of the market.
Therefore, they had been relatively safe during this period, without any demonic beast attacks.
After the three of them had dinner, the other two left.
Tonight, he had more work to do, because the Spirit Rice and Seven-Star Grass in the Spirit Field space had matured and were ready to be harvested.
Upon entering the System Space, Lin Jing immediately opened the Alchemy Room panel.
Alchemy Room: Level 1
Divine Sense Strengthening: 10%
Alchemy Success Rate Increase: (First Grade 10%) Elixir Medicine Quality Enhancement: (First Grade 10%)
Pure Elixir Appearance Chance: (First Grade 10%)
Upgrade Requirement: (94/100 Harvest Points)
Looking at the system panel, Lin Jing murmured to himself,
“After this harvest of Spirit Plants is complete, the Alchemy Room can be upgraded.”
Then, Lin Jing picked up the sickle and started to get busy.
With improved cultivation, Lin Jing’s speed of harvesting Spirit Plants had also increased significantly.
In a short while, an acre of Spirit Rice was harvested by Lin Jing.
“System Notification: Congratulations to the host for harvesting an acre of Superior Spirit Rice, reward obtained: 2 Harvest Points.”
“It really is true; the higher the level of the Spirit Plant, the more Harvest Points awarded.’
Without pausing, Lin Jing continued to harvest.
This time, he chose an acre of Seven-Star Grass.
Soon, the Seven-Star Grass was also harvested, earning a reward of 3 Harvest Points.
It seems that the quality of the Seven-Star Grass is a bit higher than that of the Superior Spirit Rice.
Lin Jing took almost twenty hours to finish harvesting the twenty acres of Spirit Field,
After the harvesting was complete, 10 acres of Superior Spirit Rice and 10 acres of Seven-Star Grass amounted to a total of 50 Harvest Points credited to the account.
Lin Jing sat at the edge of the field and opened the panel again. Upgrade Requirement: (144/100 Harvest Points) (Upgrade Available)
The Harvest Points were sufficient, and the option to upgrade was now available.
Lin Jing didn’t hesitate and chose to upgrade immediately.
Shortly after, the system interface changed.
Alchemy Room: Level 2
Divine Sense Strengthening: 20%
Alchemy Success Rate Increase: (First Grade 20%), (Second Grade 10%) Elixir Medicine Quality Enhancement: (First Grade 20%), (Second Grade 10%)
Pure Elixir Medicine appearance probability: (First Grade 20%), (Second Grade
10%)
Required for upgrade: (44/500 Harvest Points)
Looking at the panel, Lin Jing smiled with satisfaction.
“The success rate of alchemy has increased again.”
By the time he came out of the System Space, it was already dawn of the next day.
After a busy day, he didn’t care about anything else and fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
“Thump thump thump”
An urgent knocking sound came from the door outside.
Lin Jing, who was sound asleep, was awoken by this sudden knocking.
Lin Jing got up and walked out of the house.
“Who could it be at this time?”
“The sound doesn’t seem like Ning Yue. Her knocks are always very light, but this knocking is urgent.”
Lin Jing pondered and then opened the door, when a familiar face came into view.
It was the manager who had shown Lin Jing to this place when he rented the room.
“Manager Jiang.”
Lin Jing had learned from Zhang Sen that this man’s surname was Jiang.
“Lin Daoyou.”
Manager Jiang’s eyes lit up when he saw Lin Jing.
“I’ve been knocking for a long time just now, I thought you weren’t home,
Daoyou.”
“I was a bit exhausted from affairs yesterday, so I slept more deeply.”
“My apologies.”
“It’s no trouble,” said Manager Jiang with a wave of his hand.
“What brings Manager Jiang here at this time?”
Lin Jing looked at Manager Jiang. This was only the second time he had seen him since he moved here. Presumably, if it was not for something important, Manager Jiang would not have come.
“Lin Daoyou, you must have heard about some of the things that have happened recently.”
Manager Jiang began.
“Yes, I’ve heard that there have been several Demonic Beast attacks recently, all around the outskirts of Fang Market, causing a lot of panic.”
“It’s about that,” said Manager Jiang with a sigh.
“Sigh…’
“This Demonic Beast upheaval has had a huge impact, causing panic within the
Fang Market.”
“I came here about that very issue.”
Lin Jing then asked, “Does Fang Market have a strategy to deal with it, Manager Jiang?
“Fang Market has issued an announcement to recruit personnel to join the Guard Team to maintain peace in the market.”
“However, given the current difficult situation and the need for a large number of Spirit Stones to recruit personnel…”
“So… Fang Market has decided that each household must contribute ten Spirit Stones as a fund to recruit the Guard Team.”
“I see,” said Lin Jing.
“Hold on a moment, Manager Jiang. I’ll go get them for you.”
Since he came out in a hurry, Lin Jing did not carry Spirit Stones with him. After responding to Manager Jiang, he headed back inside the house.
Shortly after, he came out of the house and handed ten Spirit Stones to Manager Jiang.
Manager Jiang took the Spirit Stones and then spoke again:
“Lin Daoyou, as you can see the situation, next year’s rent… will not be the same price, and I think you can understand that.” “I’m informing you in advance so you can prepare.”
“Naturally,” replied Lin Jing.
“Well, then I’ll go to the next house.”
“Lin Daoyou, a word of advice. If possible, you should stock up on some necessities. We don’t know how long this Demonic Beast turmoil will last.”
“Lin Daoyou, farewell.”
After reminding Lin Jing, Manager Jiang took his leave.
Following Manager Jiang’s departure, Lin Jing closed the door and returned inside. He did not continue to rest but instead contemplated Manager Jiang’s words.
“Stock up on necessities?”
It seemed he might know something..