Part-Time at the Slaughterhouse

The wildly struggling boar forced Lin Feng to shift his attention to it.

Under the immense strength the boar unleashed between life and death, the other six men nearly lost their grip again!

With one hand, Lin Feng held the slaughtering knife in place, keeping it from slipping out and continuously wounding the boar.

With one foot, he braced against its back, relieving some of the pressure on the others!

The boar's wails and furious roars echoed throughout the entire slaughterhouse.

After quite a while, the boar's struggles slowed, their movements growing smaller and smaller until it finally lay still.

Only then did the seven men relax, dropping to the ground on their backsides and wiping the sweat from their brows!

"This beast really had some strength!"

Old Wu San caught his breath for a while, took a deep inhale, then pulled out the pipe tucked at his waist and went to the stove to light it.

He took several puffs.

Only then did he come back and instruct everyone to carry the boar onto the chopping block.

"Xiao Feng, it's up to you now!"

Old Wu San said to Lin Feng.

"No problem, Uncle Wu!"

Only after hearing Old Wu San's words did Lin Feng come back to his senses.

When he had looked at the panel just now, he had been overjoyed!

Name: Lin Feng

Cultivation Method: Formation Breaking Art

Cultivation level: Outer Refinement Realm—Skin Tempering Realm (4/100)+

Supernatural Ability 1: Ingestion

Divine Ability 2: Avert Calamity

Techniques:

Tiger Roar Fist (0/20)+

Improvement Points: 2

There was now an additional "Divine Ability 2: Avert Calamity" on the panel. And his Improvement Points had increased by two!

Every living creature basically carried Sha Qi; the only difference was whether it had more or less of it!

This Divine Ability, Avert Calamity, allowed Lin Feng to absorb the Sha Qi from living creatures after killing them and convert it into Improvement Points!

That boar just now had been somewhat uncanny, with dense Sha Qi, and had directly given him two Improvement Points.

How could that not shock him? How could that not make him happy?

At this moment, he was even more confident about the future.

A few ideas also came to mind.

Since he had gained the Avert Calamity Divine Ability, he had to find himself a part-time position at this slaughterhouse.

After all, the slaughterhouse only needed a short while each day!

And now that Butcher Zhu had latched onto the Xu Family, he would probably give up this job and move to the Outer City.

The slaughterhouse happened to be short-handed.

The slaughterhouse paid at least five qian of silver a month!

This job could both improve his strength and earn him money.

Earning money while improving his strength—wasn't that a fine cycle!

With that in mind, Lin Feng picked up the slaughtering knife and swiftly finished processing the boar.

Seeing Lin Feng finish the job, Old Wu San walked over and looked at the boar, its bones, flesh, and hide cleanly separated.

He nodded in satisfaction!

"Xiao Feng, I didn't expect your skills to be nearly on par with Butcher Zhu's! I think Butcher Zhu may not be coming back.

"If you have nothing else to do, why not take over this work here?"

Old Wu San's invitation struck right at Lin Feng's heart!

"Then thank you, Uncle Wu!"

Lin Feng cupped his hands.

"Haha, no need to stand on ceremony. We had you to thank today! Otherwise, who knew how we would've dealt with that huge boar!"

"Alright, get to work! If there aren't any extra animals, there's only so much work every day. Finish early, and head home early!"

After giving his instructions, Old Wu San clamped his pipe between his teeth and headed elsewhere.

Lin Feng had long been unable to hold himself back!

Ever since learning what his new Divine Ability did, he had set his sights on the chickens and ducks in the slaughterhouse!

Then he walked toward a flock of chickens and began a slaughter!

Two hours later, it was nearly noon.

Lin Feng had slaughtered over a dozen chickens, as well as several ducks, rabbits, pigeons, domestic pigs, and more.

He gained another two Improvement Points!

Though it was little, he was quite satisfied!

This was something he could do in passing. Not every living creature had Sha Qi as dense as that great boar's.

Having finished the work in his hands, Lin Feng was about to leave.

Old Wu San came over carrying several strips of boar meat.

"Xiao Feng, take this boar meat! And these twenty copper coins are extra wages for slaughtering the boar today!

"They're not included in your monthly pay!"

As he spoke, he brooked no refusal, placing both the meat and the string of copper coins in his hand into Lin Feng's arms!

"This is too much, Uncle Wu!"

Lin Feng had only come to help today, yet Old Wu San was giving him both meat and money.

It truly caught him by surprise!

The meat looked to weigh at least three jin. In times like these, that was an extravagant luxury for those at the bottom!

"Why be polite with me? If I'm giving it to you, take it! If there's nothing else, hurry home!"

Old Wu San waved his hand, smiling as he pushed Lin Feng out.

Lin Feng was deeply moved. There were bad people everywhere, but good people were never in short supply either!

Lin Feng thanked Old Wu San again before walking back home.

The people living in the shantytown could not afford three meals a day; they only ate once in the morning and once at night.

Mother Lin had not returned yet.

Lin Feng went out again and bought a sack of rice and some vegetables. He spent four qian of silver and carried two large bags home.

That was without even buying meat—the prices were frighteningly high!

Still, the rice would be enough for them to eat for a while.

Afterward, he cooked the meal and boiled all three jin of boar meat.

He set aside portions for mother and Little Sister, then dug in with gusto!

The food settled in his stomach.

Lin Feng felt warmth spread through his entire body, then checked the panel again.

His Improvement Points had increased by another two!

"Looks like it still has to be meat, something rich in essence and filling. That wheat bran and corn mush from this morning had no effect at all!"

Lin Feng muttered to himself.

Then he increased his cultivation level by four points.

Of the remaining two points, he put one into Tiger Roar Fist.

He put the other into the Butcher Ding's Ox-Slicing Technique that had appeared under Techniques after he finished slaughtering the chickens and ducks at the slaughterhouse that morning!

Name: Lin Feng

Cultivation Method: Formation Breaking Art

Cultivation level: Outer Refinement Realm—Skin Tempering Realm (8/100)+

Supernatural Ability 1: Ingestion

Divine Ability 2: Avert Calamity

Techniques:

Tiger Roar Fist (1/20)+

Butcher Ding's Ox-Slicing (1/20)+

Improvement Points: 0

As Lin Feng spent all five Improvement Points,

he felt a great deal of knowledge and experience suddenly crammed into his mind!

The knowledge and experience imparted by adding points to Butcher Ding's Ox-Slicing Technique gave him an extremely clear understanding of the bodily structures of all kinds of livestock. Though he was still inferior to Butcher Ding, slaughtering any kind of livestock would now be as easy as turning his hand!

As a result, his slaughtering efficiency would improve significantly, saving him time!

What had originally taken an entire morning could now be done in half the time.

And the gains from Tiger Roar Fist made him even more excited!

The next moment, he assumed an opening stance. An air of charging forward without hesitation, of a tiger's fierce might, faintly emerged around him.

Then he performed a set of Tiger Roar Fist forms. His fist wind whistled, while his body moved with nimble power!

Even the leaves in the small courtyard were swept up!

After completing the entire set, Lin Feng threw a punch into a tree trunk as thick as a bowl!

Bang! A muffled sound rang out.

The tree trunk shook violently, leaves rustling down in showers.

"The mark of Tiger Roar Fist entering the threshold: whistling fist wind, leaves falling with one punch!"

Lin Feng muttered.

Just then, a commotion erupted outside.

Wave after wave of crying and smashing sounds carried over!

"Those Green Snake Gang bastards are here to collect protection fees again!"

Lin Feng frowned.