Chapter 52: 3 Mothers
Chapter 52: Thirteenth Lady (Seeking Follow-up Reading)
In theory, if you become an outer disciple, you can live on the mountainside.
But Tian Lin had just become a disciple today, and he had not called his fellow disciples together for a meeting, so he just returned to the menial service department.
When those errand disciples saw Tian Lin coming back, they wanted to go up to him and curry his favor, but they were afraid of angering Tian Lin.
Tian Lin glanced at them before entering the room and asked with a smile, "So, the new supervisor of the Mining Institute has been selected, right?"
Everyone pushed Zhao Si out, and Zhao Si knelt on the ground with a plop. He said with a bitter face, "Master Tian, I don't mean to take your place."
Tian Lin didn't say anything. He went into the house and took out a whip. Zhao Si was so scared that he covered the scar on his face.
Tian Lin did not whip him, but pulled him up from the ground, put the whip into Zhao Si's hand, patted Zhao Si on the shoulder and said:
"How can you calm the people down like this?"
When Zhao Si saw that Tian Lin was not going to hit him, he became bolder.
He smiled awkwardly and said:
"First, I am loyal to the second steward. Second, I will only receive the monthly salary of the supervisor and will not go down to the river to compete with them for the Shuiling Mine. So they are willing to let me be the supervisor."
Tian Lin was surprised and said: "This is a good idea. We must do it well in the future."
He chatted with Zhao Si again, and asked him about Shisan Niang's background indirectly. Then he patted Zhao Si on the shoulder, went back to the room and closed the door.
He looked at his hands and felt a little uncomfortable.
He recalled his performance and felt that he could not imitate that "upright" and "honest" temperament no matter how he acted.
Boss Zhang and Han Li patted people on the shoulders, which was both intimate and natural.
Why do I feel like I'm not smiling when I pat someone on the shoulder?
After thinking about it, Tian Lin returned to his bedside.
He picked up the water chestnut beside the bed, sniffed it, put it in his mouth and took a bite.
There is no sweet and refreshing fruity flavor, but instead it makes people feel uncomfortable as if they were biting into yellow mud.
Tian Lin frowned subconsciously and looked at the cleanly washed water chestnuts, making sure that the mud on them had been cleaned up by the errand disciples in the kitchen.
The reason why it tastes like yellow mud is probably because the [Earth Spirit Fruit] is not easy to eat.
He was not picky at this time, so he stuffed the remaining half of the water chestnut into his mouth. After eating another one, he closed his eyes and began to meditate.
Although the taste of the 'Earth Spirit Fruit' is not good, it will melt with saliva after a while.
Tian Lin guided the earth spiritual energy into the first acupuncture point. After the earth spiritual energy filled the first acupuncture point, he began to formally use the "Five Elements Foundation Building Method" to refine the five different spiritual energies.
For other Qigong practitioners, the most difficult part of the Five Elements Foundation Building Method is to gather the five kinds of spiritual energy, and the second most difficult part is to transform the spiritual energy into true energy.
Tian Lin is different. The most difficult thing for him now is not to gather all the spiritual energy, but to transform the five kinds of spiritual energy into the five elements of true qi.
After meditating like this for a whole night, when the Taoist bell outside the house rang, he finally transformed the first acupuncture point in the first meridian into a 'true qi point'.
"The first meridian only has 22 acupuncture points. One month should be enough for me to reach the first level of Qi Refining."
Outside the house, Zhao Si's voice was heard telling people to start working, and hurried footsteps were heard on the bamboo corridor.
When Tian Lin opened the door, he unexpectedly saw Zhao Si standing at the door. Zhao Si nodded and handed the lunch box to Tian Lin, smiling and saying:
"Master Tian, are you hungry? I went to the kitchen to get this meal for you. Please see if it suits your taste. If you don't like it, I will get you a new one."
Tian Lin was a little surprised and asked him, "You have been standing at the door waiting for me. How long have you been standing there?"
"Not long, not long. After the group of errand disciples went down to the river, I stayed here to guard for no more than two quarters of an hour."
Tian Lin pulled out the food box on the top layer and saw the Grass God Fish.
He opened the second food box and found Yingyan.
He couldn't help but look at Zhao Si with new eyes and asked Zhao Si, "How do you know I like this dish?"
Zhao Si bowed and said with a flattering smile, "I went to the kitchen to ask, and Second Lady said that you, Master Tian, would like this."
Tian Lin nodded and reached for his purse. Zhao Si said hurriedly:
"Master Tian is now an outer sect disciple. How can you pay for your meals? That would be a slap in the face of the kitchen staff, right?" After saying that, Zhao Si asked Tian Lin with a smile:
"The second lady in the kitchen told me that the kitchen sent a blue dragon fish yesterday. She asked me to ask you when you plan to eat it."
Tian Lin remembered that the Azure Dragon Fish could increase thunder aura, and could also be used to practice Thunder Palm.
This is certainly a treasure, but I can't use it now.
"Let the people in the kitchen help me raise it first. When I want to eat it, I will go to the kitchen to inform Second Mother."
After Tian Lin finished speaking, Zhao Si tactfully bowed and stepped back.
Until Tianlin closed the shop, Zhao Si was still heard boasting to others by the river: "What do you mean by fawning? Look at the scar on my face. I was whipped for Tian Xianshi..."
After closing the door and no longer hearing Zhao Si's voice, Tian Lin put the food box beside the bed.
He took out the grass god fish and the ghost-headed swallow, and sure enough, he found the three-legged toad on the third layer of the food box.
Nowadays, the four kinds of spiritual energy, gold, fire, water and earth, can be gathered together without even silver. However, the prescription of the antidote containing 'wood spiritual energy' [low-grade wood spiritual stone] is in the hands of Young Master Shang.
Tian Lin took out a wooden box containing the antidote from the bedside. The antidote inside was enough for him to absorb wood spiritual energy for half a month.
But what about half a month later?
As he was thinking, he heard the sound of bells on the bamboo corridor. Not long after, he heard someone knocking on the door from outside. Zhao Si's voice said outside: "Master Tian, the Thirteenth Lady wants to see you."
Tian Lin opened the door and saw a woman in white with a palace flower in her hair standing outside the door, looking at him with a smile.
Behind the woman in white, there was a maid carrying a sword and holding a wooden box.
Zhao Si, with a fawning look on his face, had retreated behind the maid.
"I heard from Zhao Si that you, Master Tian, were having a meal, so I wanted to come and disturb you in the afternoon. But then I heard from Er Niang that you, Master Tian, have the habit of going to the Dao Mountain to practice every afternoon, so it would be inappropriate to come at that time. After thinking it over, it is better to come now."
From what she said, she had been here once before.
Tian Lin said: "It is I who troubled Thirteenth Lady to come down the mountain. It should be said that I disturbed Thirteenth Lady. My humble house is simple, please do not despise it, young ladies."
While he was talking, he went to look for a stool. One of them was broken by Xiaoyue last time, and he had never thought of repairing it.
In this way, I could only find a bench.
Shisan Niang came into the room and bowed to Tian Lin before sitting on the bench.
Her white dress was whiter than snow, making Tian Lin's bench look a little dirty.
But Tian Lin didn't say anything, and she didn't seem to be disgusted.
She was seen looking around the room, and then she said to the maid next to her, "Have you cleaned up Qilang's room?"
The maid said crisply, "All the seats and bedding inside have been replaced with new ones. Master Tian can move in anytime."
Tian Lin's heart moved, and he felt that Shisan Niang had extraordinary authority in Lianshui Peak, and she was not just someone who accompanied Elder Liu to "take a bath".
But it was rare that Shisan Niang was so kind to others. She smiled and said to Tian Lin:
"The disciples of our Yaoyue Sect are divided into those who are in the sect and those who are not, those who are on the peak and those who are not. There are many houses on the mountainside, but most of them are empty houses left by those who never came back or could not come back.
I also heard from the students of the Mining Academy that you like quiet and peaceful places. So you chose the empty house left by Qilang. The house is located near the bamboo forest and has a very nice name called "Silent Residence". It is really as its name suggests. It is far away from the government office and no one will disturb you. "
After hearing what she said, Tian Lin hurriedly stood up from the bed and thanked her.
Shisan Niang smiled and said, "What is there to thank me for? First of all, you are now an outer disciple of Lianshui Peak, and you deserve all this. Secondly, you are also my family, so I have to use my power for personal gain."
When he came back yesterday, Tian Lin inquired about Shisan Niang's background.
It is known that Thirteenth Lady is the eldest daughter of the Shang family and a sister of Young Master Shang. However, she entered the Yaoyue Sect at a very young age and became the concubine of Elder Liu.
When she said that she was from her mother's family, was she expressing her closeness, or was she reminding herself that she was considered a servant in his family?
(End of this chapter)