A Guide to Becoming a God Starting from a Monastery

Otto walked in front and Thomas followed silently behind, keeping a reasonable distance of three or five steps between them.

Otto wandered around the monastery.

He went outside to relax in the fields, and Thomas followed quietly.

He went to the library to look through some books, and Thomas stood by and watched.

Just treat yourself as an ordinary passerby.

While he was following the other person, Thomas was also thinking about where his future would lie.

Now that he had escaped the precarious status of a novice monk, he finally had some spare time to plan his future.

There is nothing much to say for the moment. I am just studying and practicing martial arts at the same time.

But what about learning the art of literature and martial arts and selling it to the emperor? What happens after he finishes learning? He doesn't even have a buyer now.

Whether being a mercenary, doing business, or staying in the church, something seemed to be missing.

Mercenaries are not to be mentioned, as the risks are extremely high. Even if one has a damaged divine nature, the only thing they can say is that their survival rate is slightly higher than that of ordinary people.

The same goes for doing business. Without connections, there is no first pot of gold.

In the church... knights are also the most inconspicuous ones.

While following Otto, he silently pondered his future. After much thought, he realized that the only option was to expand his network first.

Get to know a few more people and see if there are any solutions.

After all, based on my experience in my previous life, information is very important.

In the past, there was the Internet and various apps, making it easy to get any information you wanted.

This era is different. The only way to get external information is to communicate more and ask more questions. Otto and the vice president are a good choice.

In addition, martial arts is very important and you should work hard to learn it well. At least it can ensure your personal safety.

While thinking about this, his body had already followed Otto outside the monastery.

Outside the monastery are large tracts of farmland.

Farmland near monasteries is almost always owned by the monasteries and cultivated by the monks (especially the novices).

But some fields far away are rented to farmers for cultivation.

These days, the church owns a lot of real estate, but Thomas doesn't know exactly how much.

Since Thomas's journey through time, he had only ventured into the area surrounding the monastery. He attended services at the church in the city every week, always being a good boy and never lingering on the way. So now he was in an unfamiliar environment.

It took a while to walk across the fields, cross several bridges, and then a small hill appeared in front.

Chapter 23, Reunion 2

About half an hour's journey east of the monastery, the terrain becomes undulating.

The land here is no longer suitable for farming and is mainly wasteland and woods.

There is a small hill in it.

At this moment, four people were walking on the hill, choosing the gentle slope. They looked like a group of tourists enjoying the autumn.

There were four people in the group, a man and a woman in the front, the man was young and handsome, the woman was beautiful and plump. The man was none other than Otto.

In the afternoon, around three o'clock, Thomas followed Otto to the foot of the hill.

And there were already people waiting here - the same standard configuration of one master and one follower, but they were both women.

Thomas only now learned that the woman's name was Catherine.

And... she's also a nun.

She was a nun from a nearby convent, and probably someone of some status, as her attendant was an elderly woman over fifty years old.

I don’t know if she is a nun, but at least she is wearing the common clothing of a nun.

Of course, Catherine wore ladies' clothes, not nun's clothes - exactly like Otto.

The man and woman in front were talking and laughing as they walked, while the two behind, both Thomas and the old woman, remained silent.

Thomas began to understand why Otto had left the monastery.

This is youth!

Thomas sighed, thinking back to the couple in love on campus in his previous life.

Compared to campus, monasteries are more destructive to human nature.

"Otto, look, look! This fruit is so beautiful!"

"Haha, this is a mimosa. It really closes when you touch it!"

"This bush here... this is a gooseberry, right? Can I eat it?"

The girl's cheerful silver bells continued to spread in the woods.

It was one thing to lament the stifling of humanity, but Thomas still had to remember his duty and check if there was any danger in this place.

Or in other words, is it possible that there are ambushes or something like that?

However, although it was a forest, it was not a very dense forest. Otto also had the most basic safety awareness and would not go into those places with deep forests and dense grass.

This place can't hide much danger.

Even if a few burly men with weapons jumped out from somewhere, they would be dozens of meters away, giving them plenty of space to escape.

As for wild beasts...theoretically, the chance of encountering one is very low and can be ignored, with the exception of venomous snakes, of course.

While he was thinking, Catherine suddenly screamed and threw herself into Otto's arms.

But a monkey jumped down from a tree and screamed loudly towards this side.

Although monkeys are not ferocious beasts and are not very big, they can still scare people when they open their mouths and reveal their four fangs.

Fortunately, except for those in Mount Emei, monkeys are also afraid of people. So after Otto and Catherine retreated a few steps, the monkey did not pursue them.

Thomas looked at Catherine's behavior intently, and always felt that something was wrong.

Why do you feel that the action just now was fake?

He remembered that in his previous life he had seen the kind of woman commonly known as a "green tea bitch". She was born with the ability to pretend and act, and she acted very well.

There is no clear evidence, but I inexplicably feel that the frightening scene just now was at least half fake.

Influenced by the monkey, Otto retreated with the woman, changing his original direction of advance.

This is also normal behavior. After all, they are just out for fun and have no specific purpose.

Then he walked along the gentle slope, made a circle, and returned to the foot of the mountain the way he came.

In a valley deep in the hills, several strong men with bandit-like demeanor and bad looks were standing or sitting, waiting here.

One of them was wearing camouflage and climbing high up a tree, acting as a lookout.

"Boss, we failed." The lookout slid down from the tree and said with some regret.

"What's going on?" asked the leader.

"A monkey suddenly appeared and blocked the road. The boy took a detour."

"That woman Catherine didn't do anything?"

"Boss, there's nothing she can do. If she insists on doing anything, it'll be too conspicuous!"

"Damn it! Well... I'll just have to wait for the next opportunity." The man known as the boss had no choice but to shrug. "Why is this so troublesome?" he complained.

"Boss, this is a live capture, different from the others." The subordinates helped to explain. "You can't kill or hurt anyone!"

"I know." The eldest brother waved his hand. "It's not easy to capture him alive. That guy can run, and he's pretty fast. We're outnumbered, so we can't surround him. We have to lure him to a suitable place, surround him and prevent him from escaping, then we can take him down. It doesn't matter, this was just a fluke. With Catherine here, he'll come back again! It's just a matter of three or five days!"

He stood up and tried to leave, cursing, but suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, let's bring crossbows tomorrow!" he said. "We'll kill all these monkeys that are getting in the way!"

After sunset, the afterglow of the sunset shines.

Otto and Thomas had returned to the edge of the monastery, and the gate was in front of them.

Otto suddenly stopped and turned to face Thomas.

"Thomas," he said. "Don't tell anyone what you saw today!"

"Yes," Thomas replied.

"This is for you!" Otto threw something over. Thomas took it, but found that it was a small purse.

Although small, it weighed much more than Thomas's own purse.

Is this... hush money? Thomas chuckled inwardly.

Only after doing this did Otto enter the monastery.

Thomas paused at the gate of the monastery for a long time... Was that Catherine real or fake? What was going on?

He was hesitant in his heart, but a gust of cold wind blew, which made him shiver and suddenly clear his mind.

No, I have already decided to take control of my own destiny. So how can I let my guard down?

He put the purse into his clothes, then entered the monastery and went straight to the martial arts field.

Sure enough, Giuliano was still there. And coincidentally, he was the only one there.

"Thomas, what's wrong?" Giuliano asked.

"Teacher, you said I could learn my first weapon now. I want to learn the dagger."

"Dagger?" Giuliano was stunned. "That's fine... Dagger, easy to learn but hard to master. Wait, you want to fight someone?"

It is difficult to master the secrets of other weapons, except for daggers.

This is really a weapon that doesn't have too many tricks and is very easy to learn.

"I'm not sure, but I think it might be a little dangerous," Thomas answered truthfully. "That's why I want to learn dagger."

"When facing danger, isn't a long sword better?"

"Other weapons can be worn on the body in an obvious way, but only a dagger can be hidden on the body," said Thomas.

Giuliano stared at Thomas for a few seconds. "You've only been practicing martial arts for a short time, but I want to tell you two things. First, the only way to know who's stronger is to fight. Second, a dagger is different from other weapons. When you really fight, you must use all your strength. Because a dagger is too weak, you can only defeat your opponent with all your strength. Otherwise, if you give your opponent even the slightest opportunity, even if you strike first, you'll be the one to die."

"So, when using daggers, don't fight lightly. Once you do, the outcome will be either death or disability. And the winner is almost always decided in the first round."

Thomas understood completely. In this world, there was no such thing as internal strength. Without armor, a single blow would surely kill or cripple him.

The author says:

Author's words: The author is traveling far away, so today the draft box will be responsible for the update, and there will only be one update.

Chapter 24, Reunion 3

Thomas returned to his room.

He took out the small purse he had obtained today and poured out the contents - just as expected, mainly copper and silver coins.

It might not be a silver coin, but a silver-plated copper coin, but he didn't have time to tell the difference at the moment.

He could only count the number first, about twenty copper coins mixed with three or four silver coins. He stuffed all the coins into his original large purse.

Anyway, there was no need for daily expenses within the monastery, so the amount in his big purse was still the same as it was at the beginning. Unfortunately, even so, there were only a dozen or so smallest copper coins.

Even for a farmer's son, this amount of money was too little. Remember, this was Thomas's entire fortune.

If it were his original self, as a helpless and ignorant novice monk, his fate would most likely be to be expelled from the monastery and become a beggar or even starve to death.

He was halfway through putting his things together when Joshua returned.

He had to attend cram school, so he came back a little later than Thomas.

Thomas ignored Joshua. This small amount of money was not something Joshua, who came from a merchant family, would take seriously.

"Thomas." Joshua was a little surprised. "I heard you were out."

"Oh, I just came back... How did you know I was out?"

"Huh, someone saw you out with Otto," Joshua replied casually. He was always well-informed. "I thought you were going out for the night. And the money?" He almost immediately thought of something. "From Otto?"