Cultivation begins with the Druid panel

With Young Master Yue dead, the two major Qi Refining families in Fengcheng are currently busy dealing with the events of last night and have no time to pay attention to Lu Lin, this "outsider".

Lu Lin sat in the carriage, looking out the window at the scenery. Compared to when he first arrived, there were far fewer people on the streets. Even though it was already past 9 AM, almost noon, the streets were still deserted.

It seems that the events of last night were too big, resulting in a tense atmosphere in Fengcheng. No one dared to go out at this moment, for fear of incurring the wrath of the two major Qi Refining families.

The scholar, who was looking out the window on the other side of the carriage, also noticed this, but he made no attempt to hide it, chuckling as he said, "Fengcheng was peaceful all along, but I never expected such a thing to happen last night. It seems there's another interesting story to tell in this world."

As the scholar spoke, he took out paper and pen and began to record.

Lu Lin frowned slightly and asked curiously, "Does fellow Daoist know exactly what happened last night?"

The scholar laughed and said, "I heard that the second young master of the Lin family sneaked into the Guo residence at night and had an affair with the matriarch of the Guo family."

Clearly, the scholar was only hearing rumors and had no idea of ​​the truth.

However, Lu Lin was not foolish enough to tell the scholar the truth. He simply took the scholar's words as a joke, smiled with feigned interest, and let the scholar write on the book.

In the short time the two were talking, the carriage had already arrived at the city gate of Fengcheng. There were two guards at the city gate. Seeing that the Lieyang carriage belonged to the Fengcheng Carriage Company, they did not make things difficult for it and let it leave.

Looking out the window of the carriage at the receding city gate of Fengcheng, Lu Lin breathed a sigh of relief. He stroked Xiao Hei's back with one hand before taking off the black robe from his head.

The scholar noticed Lu Lin's movements and subconsciously looked up. When he saw that Lu Lin was just a teenager, his expression showed slight surprise: "I didn't expect you to be so young, fellow Daoist."

"Why didn't you think of that?" Lu Lin asked with a smile.

The scholar paused his writing and explained, "Those who can go to the Cliff Academy to participate in the assessment all follow special paths. Not to mention common special paths like alchemy and weapon crafting, even in less popular paths like beast taming and qi observation, there are very few young cultivators like you, young master."

The reason why special paths are special is because they are difficult to traverse.

The difficulty of these paths indicates that they require a long period of contemplation and comprehension. Under such circumstances, the cultivators participating in the assessment will naturally be older.

People like Lu Lin, who appear to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, are extremely rare.

Lu Lin smiled confidently and said, "I am exceptionally gifted, far surpassing ordinary people."

The scholar was speechless.

Naturally, I don't believe it.

While spirit plant masters may not be considered top-tier in special cultivation paths, their status within major sects is quite high. The average age of spirit plant masters in the world is around thirty.

Even within the main campus of the Cliff Academy, there hasn't been a spiritual plant cultivation prodigy who passed the assessment in their teens for over twenty years.

However, being a young man, he was naturally full of vigor and ambition, so the scholar did not say anything to discourage Lu Lin. He just smiled, calmed down again, and began to create on the book with a brush.

Lu Lin leaned back in his seat, took out a book from his Qiankun bag, and put it in front of him to read.

This book was the very same beginner's guide to spiritual plants that he had obtained at the Peacock Restaurant, published by the Cliff Academy.

[You have completed a reading session; your understanding of this book increases by 1 point.]

[You have completed a reading session; your understanding of this book increases by 1 point.]

As the subtitles in front of him refreshed line by line, Lu Lin gradually became immersed in the ocean of knowledge.

The road just outside the city was not rugged or difficult to travel, and the two were not disturbed. The carriage traveled for an hour before the coachman outside the carriage stopped the carriage and came to a post station, which was a place specifically for parking carriages.

It doesn't matter during the day, but at night the carriage must be parked at the post station, otherwise if the carriage is stolen, no matter how it was stolen, it will be a complete loss.

However, if the carriage stops at a post station, the post station owner will charge a certain fee, but he will also guarantee the safety of the carriage. If the carriage is lost at the post station, the post station owner must compensate for the loss. This is a rule set by the carriage company.

"My lords, we need to make some adjustments before we can continue our journey," the coachman said to the carriage, then took out some dry rations from his pack to eat.

Even at the third level of Qi Refining, one cannot achieve fasting.

Lu Lin was startled by the coachman's words. He closed the book in his hand and looked out the window. There were many Lieyang carriages parked outside the window. After counting carefully, there should be no less than ten. It seemed that they had arrived at the post station.

Lu Lin withdrew his gaze and looked at the scholar opposite him. The scholar was resting with his eyes closed. Lu Lin asked softly, "Would you like to go down and get something to eat, fellow Daoist?"

The scholar shook his head slightly: "No need, young master, please do as you please, don't worry about me."

Lu Lin didn't insist and left the carriage.

There were places to eat at the post station, but the food wasn't very good and the prices were high. However, Lu Lin didn't care about any of that, because the spirit stones and silver he had were all stolen from others, so he didn't feel bad about spending them.

A meal at the post station cost fifty taels of silver for one person to eat their fill, which was a huge sum for some independent cultivators.

After Lu Lin had eaten and drunk his fill, he returned to the carriage, only a quarter of an hour later.

The scholar remained seated cross-legged on the bed, eyes closed, resting, without moving.

Noticing Lu Lin's return, the scholar slowly opened his eyes, let out a long breath, and looked at Lu Lin with a smile, asking, "Is this your first time traveling so far, young master? You didn't even prepare any provisions for the journey?"

Lu Lin remained seated, saying calmly, "No."

The scholar couldn't tell whether Lu Lin was lying or not; he simply assumed that Lu Lin was rich.

At this moment, Xiao Hei, who had turned into a black bracelet, turned back into its original form, and Lu Lin took out the leftover food and gave it to Xiao Hei to eat.

The scholar looked at the little black dog and asked, "Did you purchase this Black Abyss Hound yourself, young master?"

Lu Lin paused for a moment while stroking Xiao Hei's hand: "No, it's Xiao Hei that chose me."

The scholar shook his head and chuckled, then turned around, took a book from his basket, and handed it to Lu Lin, saying:

"I acquired this book some years ago. It contains details about the path of beast taming. It's of little use to me, so I'll give it to you, young master. It's not anything particularly valuable."

Lu Lin picked up the book and saw that it was a book about the bloodline of spirit beasts. If such a book fell into the hands of an ordinary cultivator, it would probably be treasured or resold at a high price to cultivators who practiced beast taming.

But the scholar in front of him actually gave it to him voluntarily.

Should I say I was lucky, or should I say that this scholar was just very magnanimous?

Regardless, Lu Lin accepted the book, cupped his hands in thanks, and said with a smile, "Thank you for the book, fellow Daoist."

"Young master, you're too kind."