Practice starts with skill points.

Chapter 67 What does it have to do with me?

"My second brother is very capable. He can hunt, paint, and even treat illnesses. Grandma Xu said that anyone who can marry my second brother is blessed with eight lifetimes of hard work."

Little Stone's face was full of pride, as if he was not talking about Zhong Lin, but himself.

"Sister Gu, you are so beautiful, why don't you marry my second brother!"

Gu Yourong laughed silently and flicked Xiao Shitou's forehead with his finger lightly.

"You little brat."

Time passed and the sky became dark.

Everyone also set up camp on an empty river bank.

Zhong Lin consciously collected firewood to make a fire and set up a pot to cook. Fortunately, Mei Weixuan had prepared enough. There was rice, flour, grain and oil in a small box at the back of the carriage.

Before long, the aroma of delicious food filled the air above the riverbank.

Rice topped with mushrooms and bacon.

The mushrooms were picked from the forest, the bacon was brought by myself, and then a pot of steamed rice was mixed together.

Fragrant.

When Mei Weixuan smelled the fragrance, his eyes lit up and saliva appeared at the corners of his mouth.

The dry food he had been eating all day had lost its taste in his mouth. Who would have thought that he would be able to eat such a delicious meal in the evening.

"Zhong Lin, I didn't expect you to have such a skill. Why didn't you tell me about it at noon? Otherwise, I wouldn't have eaten dry food."

Zhong Lin touched his head and said, "I saw that the carriage had not stopped at noon, so I thought they were in a hurry to get on with their journey."

"That's because Senior Sister Gu's cooking is so bad that I'm too lazy to stop."

Gu Yourong on the side glanced at Mei Weixuan and did not speak to him. Instead, he filled a bowl of food and turned to put it into the carriage.

Mei Weixuan couldn't wait to grab a bowl for himself. As soon as the food entered his mouth, the freshness of the mushrooms mixed with the fat of the bacon. In an instant, he felt his taste buds blooming and a sense of satisfaction arose spontaneously.

"good to eat."

Zhong Lin smiled. Actually, it wasn't that exaggerated. Even if one's cooking skills were at the highest level, one couldn't make a bowl of rice topped with toppings taste like delicacies from land and sea. The reason why Mei Weixuan thought it was delicious was because he had been eating dry food all day.

Zhong Lin filled two more bowls and handed them to Xiao Shitou and Gu Yourong. They each found a seat and started eating.

Although the food was simple, it was extremely rare in this remote area, so even Master Yin ate an extra bowl.

As the sun sets, the surroundings gradually become darker, leaving only a campfire shining.

Mei Weixuan and Gu Yourong each found an open space and sat down cross-legged, with their eyes slightly closed. Their breathing through their mouths and noses gradually became extremely slow, but faint sounds like flowing water could be heard coming from them.

Zhong Lin's pupils shrank. He was very familiar with this sound. It was clearly the sound of blood flowing, which was many times more powerful than his own.

Zhong Lin also didn't expect that Mei Weixuan, who always looked carefree and didn't have the arrogance of a young master from a noble family, was actually a mid-third-grade warrior who had condensed his qi and blood, and Gu Yourong was also one of them.

"You really can't underestimate anyone! Especially these children from aristocratic families."

Zhong Lin sighed in his heart.

"Brother, I want to pee." Little Stone whispered in Zhong Lin's ear.

His face was a little embarrassed, and he looked at the darkness in the distance with fear.

"Let's go, second brother will accompany you."

Zhong Lin's face was full of smiles.

Holding Xiao Shitou, the two walked towards the bushes in the distance.

As the two left, Mei Weixuan and the other meditating man slowly opened their eyes. "Did you see anything?"

Mei Weixuan smiled slightly, his eyes flashing with wisdom: "Qi and blood are condensed, a sixth-grade warrior."

"When the rebel army besieged the city, the Du family in Heishan County was robbed. I believe he must have obtained the blood coagulation technique from the Du family."

Gu Yourong pointed out the place where Zhong Lin obtained the third-grade martial arts.

Mei Weixuan stretched lazily. "What does this have to do with me? He's just a local tycoon. He can't even keep his family's legacy. He deserves to be taken away. But I never thought that a random person I met who shares the same ideals as me would actually be a genius. Tsk tsk, a sixteen-year-old sixth-rank warrior. If my brothers who only know how to visit brothels and play with women knew about this, wouldn't they be ashamed and angry?"

Gu Yourong rolled his eyes at Mei Weixuan and said something like, "You are not that kind of person."

"Let me correct you. He's a sixth-rank warrior in three months. Zhong Lin entered Heishan County as a refugee and learned martial arts in the Heishan County government office. In just three months, he condensed his Qi and blood and was promoted to a sixth-rank warrior. Otherwise, do you really think that you can catch Master Yin's eye with just your painting skills? I guess Master Yin has also started to think about taking you in as a disciple."

Yin Daoyan in the carriage also slowly opened his eyes and scolded with a smile: "You are such a cunning little girl."

"Master Yin, you've seen through her, right? Senior Sister Gu is a bit of a beehive—she's full of cunning tricks."

Mei Weixuan added something, but no one paid any attention to him.

"Master Yin, are you really interested in Zhong Lin? Although Zhong Lin is excellent, there are many people who are better than him. Why did you choose him?"

Gu Yourong was puzzled. Master Yin was the head of Baicaotang and an elder of Jianding Sect. There were so many people who wanted to become his disciples, including geniuses. Why did he only value Zhong Lin, a country boy?

"My lineage does not value ruthlessness or bravery, but talent and good fortune. As for whether or not to really accept him as a disciple, we need to observe for a while. Don't make it public." Yin Daoyan said slowly.

"Yes."

"Yes."

As he was speaking, Zhong Lin had already come from a distance with Xiao Shitou. He put Xiao Shitou into the carriage and found an open space to lie down and rest.

Winter has come and frost has formed at midnight, which the little stone can't bear.

Silent all night.

On the second day, everyone had washed up as soon as the sun rose, had some simple rice porridge, and started on their journey again.

"Brother Mei, how do we feed this beast?"

Zhong Lin pointed at the three tall horses and asked.

There was no fodder in the carriage, and it would be impossible for these horses to grow so strong if they only ate grass.

"It's been prepared for them a long time ago, huh!"

Mei Weixuan took out a cloth bag from the box at the back of the carriage and took out three meatballs the size of ping-pong balls.

"this is……"

"Military Ration Pills, a type of pill specifically used to feed livestock. One pill is enough to replenish the livestock's daily needs."

Zhong Lin raised his eyebrows. Isn't this similar to the "Bigu Pill" in the novel of his previous life, which is specifically for livestock?

Could this be another masterpiece of Baicaotang?

As Mei Weixuan was speaking, he took the three horses. The three horses also paddled their hooves, full of joy at being fed.

"Brother Mei, is this also a kind of elixir?"

"It's not really a pill, it's just a kind of food at most. The taste is not that good and it's best suited for feeding livestock. The ones that people eat are called fasting pills. One pill can keep you from getting hungry for three days. It's not very beneficial for martial arts and people usually only eat it when they are practicing in seclusion." Mei Weixuan explained.

Are there really fasting pills?

(End of this chapter)