Wealth Pouring In

Old Lu's family lived five li away from Wang Chen's home.

Among the countless Bottom Layer cultivators of the Yunyang Sect outer sect, Old Lu, who had contracted forty-five mu of Spirit Fields and seventy mu of mountain land, counted as a major grower.

When Old Sun arrived at his home with Wang Chen,

the old man at the fifth level of Qi Condensation was squatting before his Spirit Fields with a face full of gloom, sighing helplessly at his wits' end.

Beside him stood a farm woman wiping away tears,

as well as several neighbors whispering among themselves.

"Old Brother Lu!"

Old Sun's voice arrived before he did. "I've brought Wang Chen over!"

Old Man Lu shot to his feet, hope gleaming in his eyes.

"Make way, everyone."

Old Sun pulled Wang Chen before him, patted Wang Chen on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Don't worry. Little Wang will definitely clear every last Earth Rhinoceros from your fields!"

Looking at the boy whose childishness had yet to fade, Old Man Lu hesitated. "Little Wang, can you really do it?"

Wang Chen was simply too young.

Nor did he have any reputation.

If Old Sun had not sworn it with his hand on his chest, Old Man Lu would never have taken out Spirit Stones to hire Wang Chen for pest removal.

"Rest easy, old brother."

Old Sun stood ramrod straight, his voice especially loud. "Everyone's watching. I can't exactly stomp on my own face like it's a piss bladder, can I?"

Old Man Lu thought about it and found that it really made sense. He cupped his hands toward Wang Chen. "Then I'll be troubling you, young friend."

Wang Chen returned the gesture. "You're too polite, senior."

Saving rice was like fighting a fire.

He immediately rolled up his sleeves and, under the doubtful gazes fixed upon him, stepped into Old Lu's family's Spirit Fields.

"Isn't that Doggy from Old Sun's next-door neighbor's house?"

"Yeah, Wang Shaoyuan was his father."

"What a pity about Wang Shaoyuan."

"Does a half-grown kid like him really have what it takes to deal with Earth Rhinoceroses?"

"Who knows!"

The several neighbors gathered to watch the excitement all knew Wang Chen or had seen him before.

They truly could not understand why Old Man Lu had hired Wang Chen to clear out the Earth Rhinoceroses.

This outbreak of Earth Rhinoceroses had come suddenly.

Quite a few households had suffered an Insect Plague in their Spirit Fields, sustaining considerable losses.

Old Lu's family was among them.

Since he was spending Spirit Stones to hire someone, why not hire a pest-removal expert?

No one could make sense of Old Man Lu's thinking!

Old Man Lu's wife was equally bewildered, her face twisted with worry.

Yet the doubts and discussion of those around him did not affect Wang Chen in the slightest once he entered his "hunting" state.

On the way to Old Lu's family home, he had already eaten three Spirit Rice Balls.

At that moment, his body, energy, and spirit were all at their peak.

In merely a few breaths, Wang Chen discovered the first Earth Rhinoceros.

Gengjin Finger!

Gradually, the talk about Wang Chen faded away.

Watching Wang Chen skillfully kill Earth Rhinoceroses with his finger in the Spirit Fields, the bystanders all shut their mouths.

They were stunned.

Earth Rhinoceroses were undoubtedly the most troublesome of all Spirit Field pests.

Even if one was proficient in Gengjin Finger,

dealing with the highly vigilant Earth Rhinoceroses required both experience and luck.

Though Wang Chen was only in his teens,

when clearing Earth Rhinoceroses from the Spirit Fields, he was as seasoned as if he had immersed himself in the craft for decades.

With every finger thrust, he never missed!

Moreover, he always Made a Move from a distance of about one zhang.

Hitting the mark every time from such a distance was truly no ordinary skill!

Who would dare look down on Wang Chen now?

Old Man Lu and his wife were overjoyed, and all the worry and sorrow vanished from their eyes.

Old Sun wore a smug expression as he said to the vacant-eyed onlookers, "If any of your families want to hire someone for pest removal, hurry up and tell me. If you're late, I might not be able to fit you in."

Without realizing it, the old man had taken on the role of Wang Chen's agent.

"Pah!"

One of the neighbors spat. "My fields don't have Earth Rhinoceroses!"

"Just because you didn't have them the day before yesterday or yesterday doesn't mean you won't have them today."

Old Sun sneered. "If I were you, I'd hurry back and keep watch over my Spirit Fields. Who'd still have the heart to watch a spectacle?"

Earth Rhinoceroses only appeared in summer.

They frantically gnawed rice ears to store up nutrients, then burrowed back underground to breed.

The larvae often lay dormant underground for several years.

Thus, no one could guarantee that there was no insect nest beneath their own Spirit Fields.

Quite a few households had already suffered an Insect Plague.

When the city gate caught fire, even the fish in the moat suffered; Old Sun's words were no empty scare.

The onlookers exchanged looks, then scattered in a rush.

Old Sun curled his lip disdainfully and asked Old Man Lu with a smile, "Old brother, do you believe me now?"

Old Man Lu nodded like a pecking chicken.

The heart he had held tightly clenched could finally ease.

Young Friend Wang Chen was incredible!

Wang Chen spent the entire day working in Old Lu's family's Spirit Fields.

Gengjin Finger · Experience +1, Gengjin Finger · Experience +1, Gengjin Finger · Experience +1...

Notifications appeared in his field of vision one after another.

As his skill experience steadily increased, his mastery and understanding of the Gengjin Finger spell deepened as well.

This improvement in technique completely defied common sense.

And the results it brought were equally astonishing!

Using roughly the same amount of time as yesterday, Wang Chen cleared all the Spirit Fields.

His efficiency had increased dramatically.

One had to know that Old Man Lu had contracted as many as forty-five mu of Spirit Fields.

Wang Chen only rested for half a shichen at the Wushi hour, and he used another three Qi Replenishing Pills.

It had to be said that Old Man Lu provided the Qi Replenishing Pills.

But the old Spirit Planting cultivator was more than willing to do so.

When the results were counted at last, Wang Chen had killed a total of eighty-two Earth Rhinoceroses.

There were also three demonized Earth Rhinoceroses!

Unlike the previous two days, these three demonized Earth Rhinoceroses had appeared during his pest-removal work.

They too became ghosts beneath Wang Chen's finger.

"Young Friend Wang Chen."

After paying the full reward, Old Man Lu said gratefully to Wang Chen, "We truly have you to thank this time!"

Wang Chen smiled. "You're too polite, senior."

It was not as if he had worked for free.

After first deducting Old Sun's twenty-percent commission, Wang Chen's Storage Bag held thirteen additional Lower Spirit Stones.

His Spirit Stone savings broke through thirty in one stroke!

Second, the experience of his proficient-level Gengjin Finger had accumulated to 178 points.

Another 21 points and it could break through again.

Finally, his Human Virtue points had risen to 5!

Compared to the Spirit Stones and experience he had earned, Wang Chen now valued Human Virtue points even more.

They could be used to break through spell realms.

Therefore, although clearing Spirit Fields was exhausting,

Wang Chen found it as sweet as honey.

Old Sun was equally delighted. As he counted the Spirit Stones he had received, he said, "Wang Chen, we'll go to Little Wang's family tomorrow."

"Tomorrow won't work."

Wang Chen shook his head like a rattle drum. "The weeds in my Spirit Fields are almost three chi tall!"

After a hard day of work, he was exhausted as a dog.

At night, he still needed to cultivate his technique and heal his damaged meridians.

Where would he find time to do farm work?

Besides weeding his own Spirit Fields, he also planned to go to Yunyang City to buy a body-tempering cultivation technique,

as well as several chicks to raise.

"How can that do?"

Old Sun, who had just gotten a taste of the sweet profits, immediately grew anxious. "It's only ten mu of Spirit Fields. I'll hoe them for you!"

Old Sun was thinking of earning a little more commission, then heading to the Gathering of Beauties Pavilion to test the depths of the female cultivators of the Joyous Union Sect.

Yet Wang Chen was saying he wanted to rest for a day.

How could the old man agree?

Human potential truly was limitless.

Wang Chen thought.

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