The Name Ling Yi
My name is Flender, and I am twenty-two years old. My hometown is a very ordinary town in the Barak Kingdom. When Martial Soul Awakening at the age of six, I was very lucky to have quite good Innate Soul Power. My Martial Soul is "Cat Owl," which means owl. I can fly and have excellent eyesight.
Because I possess the talent of Soul Master, I did not follow my parents' original plan to marry and have children early, and I am still unmarried.
Because of my exceptional talent, I am now a level 39 Agility Attack System Battle Soul Elder at the age of 22. My parents passed away during my school years, and I am now all alone, wandering the continent, occasionally taking on some mercenary missions to earn some Gold Soul Coin to spend.
Of course, in addition to the Soul Master subsidy received from the Spirit Hall every month, they can also go to the Great Soul Fighting Arena to Soul Fighting in every major city. While honing their combat experience, they can also win a certain amount of Gold Soul Coin through strategic Soul Fighting.
Today, on my way to the next city, just after leaving Suotuo City, I passed through a village and saw a stone tablet standing in front of the Spirit Hall Awakening House in the center of the village.
This scene piqued Flender's curiosity.
You see, Flender has traveled all over the country over the years and has experienced many villages and towns, so he is quite knowledgeable. But this is the first time he has ever seen a stone tablet erected in front of the Spirit Hall building.
Not to mention, there were even two village boys, each holding a Hoe, turning over the ground in front of the stone tablet. Other boys and children, and even adults passing by, seemed completely used to it.
With Flender's strength, even from dozens of meters away, he could still hear the conversation between the two boys clearly.
Therefore, when Flender heard terms like "Hoe-Swinging Form," "Farmer's Three Forms," and "level ten Soul Scholar physique," his curiosity was irresistibly driven to him to investigate.
Once, twice, three times...
When Flender wielded the Hoe with ease, his movements becoming fluid and natural, the two boys, Cheng Xu and Yu Si, who had been watching from the sidelines, had no idea how many times the other had practiced the ' Hoe-Swinging Form '.
Despite not knowing the details, a hint of joy unconsciously shone on the two young faces of Cheng Xu and Yu Si.
As Flender practiced, the more skillful his movements became and the more forceful they were, the deeper the two boys' understanding of the "Hoe-Swinging Form" became. Movements and power conversions that they couldn't understand or do before suddenly became clear.
Ignoring what the two ordinary boys had learned from his practice, Flender, who had stopped, stared wide-eyed at the simple, unremarkable stone tablet with disbelief.
Of course, this does not mean that Flender gained any benefit from practicing the "Hoe-Swinging Form".
In fact, as a level 39 Agility Attack System Battle Soul Elder, let alone the mere "Hoe-Swinging Form", even the complete "Farmer's Three Forms" would have virtually no effect on Flender after being trained.
What truly amazed Flender was that the "Hoe-Swinging Form" in the "Farmer's Three Forms" actually had the effect of mobilizing the body's muscles and tendons to train and refine them!
In Flender ' mind, shouldn't physical exercise involve running or carrying stones while running?
Indeed, whether it's forging iron, farming, or fishing, the long-term physical activity will hone a strong physique.
However, the physique developed through such rigorous training is essentially just brute force, like that of an ox or a horse. It may look strong, but in reality, that's all it is.
Through the practice just now, although there was no increase in his physique, as a powerful Soul Elder who was only one step away from becoming a Soul Ancestor, Flender was certain that the ' Hoe-Swinging Form ' from the ' Farmer's Three Forms ' could cultivate a physique that not only included muscle strength, but also a certain muscle strength, tendon and bone toughness, and even agility would not become clumsy due to brute force.
This is an all-around upgrade?!
"The Spirit Hall is actually so generous?!" Flender muttered to himself in disbelief.
He really couldn't understand it. Although it couldn't work on him as a Soul Elder, it might really be as the two little guys next to him said, at most it could forge a level 10 Soul Scholar's physique. For any One-Ring Soul Master, it wouldn't be much. But no matter what, it could still make up for the shortcomings of many non-physical Martial Soul Master at the very beginning!
Such a secret technique, and it's just openly displayed in an ordinary village, allowing ordinary villagers to learn it?!
Is the Spirit Hall being too generous, or is Flender simply out of touch with the times?
Which titled elder of the Spirit Hall was behind this? How could they have gotten the Pope and the other high-ranking officials to agree?
Just as Flender was lost in thought, someone who had overheard Flender's whispered Cheng Xu noticed a strange glint in their eyes and said softly, "This ' Farmer's Three Forms ' doesn't belong to the Spirit Hall."
"Not the Spirit Hall?" Flender turned around abruptly and looked at the Cheng Xu.
The Cheng Xu patted Yu Si, who was startled by Flender's sharp gaze, and, suppressing its nervousness, nodded, saying, "Yes, it's not from the Spirit Hall. I heard from the deacon of the Spirit Hall that this is a master named Ling Yi who specifically promoted the cultivation of ' Blue Silver Rice '."
"What is ' Blue Silver Rice '? A new type of rice? Also... Ling Yi?" Flender felt that the name sounded familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember where he had heard it before.
"Hmm." The Cheng Xu nodded again and said, "I heard that Master Ling Yi personally carved three thousand of these stone tablets inscribed with the ' Farmer's Three Forms,' which were then distributed by the Spirit Hall to towns and cities throughout the continent."
"Our village is located in the Spirit Hall Main Hall in Suotuo City. The stonemasons carved this replica based on the original stone tablet. Ninety-nine out of a hundred villages and towns around Suotuo City are all replicas like this..."
Upon hearing this, Flender was speechless, his mind going completely blank.
Regardless of the skill behind the original three thousand stone tablets, just the last sentence alone suggests that every village in the Douluo Continent now has a stone tablet inscribed with "The Farmer's Three Forms"!
The thought of this made Flender feel dizzy.
As the sun set, watching Flender's dazed figure disappear into the distance, Cheng Xu and Yu Si went home to help with some chores.
The Cheng and Yu families are next-door neighbors, with their courtyard walls only seven or eight meters apart.
Standing in front of her house, Yu Si asked the Cheng Xu, "By the way, Brother Xu, what do you say, after the spring planting is finished at the end of April, how about we go to the blacksmith's shop in ' Suotuo City ' to learn forging together?"
"Of course!" The Cheng Xu flashed a hearty smile, patting Yu Si on the shoulder like an older brother, and said, "Let me tell you, my master Tie Zhan, studied at the Blacksmith Association in Gengxin City, the ' City of Metal,' and is a Blacksmith!"
"Alright, I'll go to the city in a couple of days and talk to Senior Brother Tie Xin. Once the harvest season is over, I'll take you to become his disciple!"
To be continued tomorrow, goodnight everyone~
Also, compared to Flender, whom we had to guess in the previous chapter, the name Tie Xin is relatively obscure; I doubt many readers will be able to guess it.