The Lin family has a few annoying and rude children, and one of them is right in front of him. Lin Qinghen started to frown when he heard the voice.
This man is called Lin Fei, a member of a branch of the Lin family. He is one year younger than Lin Qinghen. The sixteen-year-old boy has developed a spoiled character since he was young. He bullies the weak and fears the strong. The original owner was severely bullied by him when she was alive. There is still a whip mark on her arm caused by him.
After Lin Qinghen came here, he was much more flexible than before. He always couldn't catch him no matter how hard he tried to bully him. However, Lin Fei never gave up targeting him all these years. Perhaps the only bit of his persistence was used to bully him. Lin Qinghen was probably one of the few soft persimmons he could bully in the Lin family.
Being able to beat up the patriarch's own son might bring some satisfaction to him since he was born into a branch of the family and his strength is not outstanding.
Lin Qinghen followed Shiqi and walked forward a few steps. He walked very lightly, without making any sound. He did not rush forward, but hid behind a tree and watched the situation over there.
Lin Fei was a bit fat, and was jumping up and down with righteous anger. From a distance he looked like a moving gourd. There were two guards following behind him, holding long sticks in their hands, and following Lin Fei's orders, they were suppressing several ordinary farmers in the plantation and were about to vent their anger.
According to the rules in the plantation, combat-related spiritual power cannot be used at will, as this will damage the formations set up in the plantation.
But judging from the situation, the farmers wouldn't be able to withstand a few blows even if they relied solely on their strength.
Seventeen was anxious, but he also knew Lin Qinghen's situation. This young master was not valued. He didn't have any guards or even servants around him. He usually kept to himself. If he went up to him rashly today, he would not be able to stop him and would just be beaten together with him.
But at this time he didn't know who to go to.
"Where is your Garden Master Yu?" Lin Qinghen asked him in a low voice.
"The owner of the garden had to go to the inner circle today because of something he was summoned to do. He won't be back for a while," Seventeen explained to him, pinching his hands anxiously, "What should we do?"
Lin Qinghen looked around, frowned and thought for a while, then asked Shiqi to lean over and whispered a few words to him.
Seventeen hesitated: "Will this work?"
"Do as I say," Lin Qinghen patted his shoulder, "If it doesn't work, I'll find another way."
Upon hearing this, Seventeen gritted his teeth and walked over there.
Lin Fei was still angry at this time, and when he saw a farmer coming over, he wanted to drag him over to fight together, and by the way, ask him where Lin Qinghen was hiding. However, he saw Seventeen take the initiative to step forward, lower his head and say a few words to him, and Lin Fei's face changed.
“…Are you serious?”
Seventeen followed Lin Qinghen's instructions and continued to speak, his voice trembling, "How dare I lie to you?"
Lin Fei walked around twice anxiously, as if he had thought of something, and then waved to the two guards: "Go back first!"
"…Master?"
"Don't talk nonsense," Lin Fei ran out, "Hurry up, I have something urgent to do. I will come back in a few days to settle accounts with Lin Qinghen and you slaves!"
This disaster star ran very fast.
Lin Qinghen waited behind the tree for a while, and came out only after he left. Seventeen had already helped the two unlucky farmers up. Fortunately, he arrived quickly and their injuries were not serious.
People here recover quickly. Just apply some medicine and they will be fine the next day.
"Thank you, Master Qinghen," the workers thanked him. Seeing that no one was around, they complained in a low voice, "Master Lin Fei is not good at learning and can't make medicine, so he always finds fault and takes it out on us."
Lin Qinghen has lived on the plantation for a long time, and many of the farmers here know him.
Although the Lin family did not like this so-called good-for-nothing child, for the lower-level slaves, this young master was the most approachable and kindest one. He treated them like friends and had a good temper. Except for some slaves who flattered the powerful and looked down on the weak, most of the farmers had a good relationship with him.
"What did Seventeen say to Master Lin Fei?" But after Lin Fei left, they couldn't help but be curious, "Why did he leave so soon?"
Seventeen explained: "Master Qinghen taught me. He said that the Ninth Elder will be back today."
The ninth elder of the Lin family he mentioned, Lin Shushu, is Lin Fei's biological mother and the half-sister of Lin Zhongtian, the head of the Lin family. In terms of kinship, she is Lin Qinghen's aunt.
This person is quite talented, having just broken through to the five-star heavenly rank a few days ago. His strength and status in the family are also top-notch.
In this place, polygamy and polyandry are common as long as you have status. Lin Fei's father is a servant that Lin Shushu quite favors, but he is quite romantic in his love life. He has wives and concubines in the courtyard who add up to more than ten digits, and he also has many children.
Every day a group of men in the courtyard are performing house fighting dramas. This time they came back after a few months, and it was probably another jealous fight.
But after hearing this, the farmers became even more confused. The whereabouts of the elders would not be made public, and even Lin Fei, their own son, didn't know, so how did Lin Qinghen know
"I guessed." Lin Qinghen said.
"ah?"
Lin Qinghen smiled slightly. Guessing was just a guess, but it was different from blind guessing. He probably had some confidence.
Opposite the stream where he had placed the fish basket not long ago, there was a plant of Qiangqiang flower. This one-star plant did not have high spiritual power, but it had a strong and unique fragrance and could be used as a condiment for cooking.
But not everyone can stand this fragrance. If I have to make a metaphor, it's like the coriander or houttuynia cordata from my previous life, but a stronger version.
In Lin Shushu's yard, except for her, no one else can stand this taste. There are not many people in the Lin family who like to eat this stuff. But this morning, the servants from Zhengjun's small kitchen in her yard carefully picked a large handful of it in the field.
Qiangqiang flowers are best when they are fresh; their flavor will fade if they are stored for too long. Lin Qinghen guessed that Lin Shushu was about to come back, and this dish was prepared for her.
"If it's really as I guessed, Lin Fei and his father definitely don't know about this, otherwise he would never have the time to come to the plantation to cause trouble today. He must have discussed and prepared with his father, ready to show up in front of Lin Shushu.
This time, it must be that the Ninth Elder Courtyard's Zheng Jun deliberately intercepted the news. He didn't want others to interfere in this rare welcoming banquet and wanted to take the lead, so the others in the Ninth Elder Courtyard were still kept in the dark. "
Lin Qinghen paused, and then continued: "And everyone knows that the Ninth Elder was on a business trip this time... Ah, I mean he was ordered to go out and solve the problem of the demonic energy crack in Runshui City. It was estimated to take three months, but now he is back in two months, and he didn't ask the Lin family for too much extra assistance during this period. This matter should be very smooth.
If the demonic energy rift is successfully resolved, all kinds of resources will naturally be harvested in abundance. Lin Shushu returned from a great victory and was in a good mood. The spiritual treasures and spiritual objects she casually gave were probably rare items. Such opportunities are rare. After hearing this news, Lin Fei had to go back to the courtyard and prepare well for the reward. How could he have time to get angry about such a small matter? "
No wonder the man left without stopping.
Seventeen was still a little worried: "What if this guess is wrong and he gets even angrier and comes back again?"
"Don't be afraid," Lin Qinghen said without any worry, "Of course, the fewer people who know about this news, the better. Zheng Jun in the Ninth Elders' Council is still keeping it a secret, and Lin Fei won't ask anyone for confirmation at random.
Besides, if I guessed wrong, and the Ninth Elder did not return today, your garden owner would also be back by then. He has always bullied the weak and feared the strong, so he would not cause trouble in front of your garden owner."
Having lived here for so long, Lin Qinghen is well aware of his situation. He is not suitable for a head-on confrontation with others, but if bad luck comes, he can always find a way to hide for a while. He is quite experienced in this regard.
The farmers felt relieved after hearing this.
Lin Qinghen's logic is not complicated, but it is a little difficult to think about it carefully.
All the kitchens, big and small, in the inner courtyard of the Lin family come to the plantation to pick fruits. The masters of the main and branch branches are quite old and their personalities and thoughts are very different. This place is big and the Lin family has many servants. Even the farmers who have worked there for many years dare not say that they are very clear about these things.
However, Lin Qinghen knew everything about his family's tastes and thoughts, as well as what the servants in each courtyard looked like, and he was also quick to react, which was also extraordinary.
There was no time to think about it further at this moment. At least the matter was resolved. Seventeen quickly helped the person to apply the medicine. Lin Qinghen cooked his own shrimp porridge as planned and helped the person at the same time.
One of the injured farmers was going to feed the Luo Luo beast (which looked like a giant pig to Lin Qinghen). This spiritual beast had a huge appetite and had to be fed at a fixed time every day. If he was late, he would get into trouble.
Lin Qinghen calculated the time and decided to help others to the end. When he came back from feeding the pigs, the porridge would be ready, so he took it.
The Lin family plantation is vast, so of course there are vehicles for transportation. This vehicle uses a few spirit stones as fuel and its shape is similar to a small tricycle. This type of vehicle with people sitting in the front and cargo in the back is indeed common in every world.
Lin Qinghen worked very efficiently and it didn't take him long to pour the feed. He was thinking about the shrimp porridge in his small pot, but on his way back, something unexpected happened.
He didn't know if it was because the road was uneven or there was something wrong with the car, but when he was about to reach his destination, he felt a sudden shake and the car body suddenly lost balance and fell to one side.
This was a small slope, the car body was heavy, the accident happened too quickly, and his Yellow Rank Two Star strength was not enough to deal with it. He could only try not to hit his head on the ground.
When Lin Qinghen fell down from the car overturned, there was only one sentence in his mind.
—How come even in this new world, he still seems to have a grudge against tricycles!
Then Lin Qinghen felt a pain in his body and his vision went dark, but strangely, he did not fall into a coma completely.
At this moment, a "ding dong" sound suddenly rang in my mind, followed by a mechanical sound.
"Zizi... Time confirmed... Alchemist system begins identifying the host."
"Scan confirmed. Binding is starting, three, two, one..."
"Binding is successful, I wish you a happy use."
He did not hear the voice clearly. He just felt that his head was a mess and he had a feeling of dizziness. He wanted to open his eyes but his eyelids felt heavy. Lin Qinghen struggled hard for a few times in this state, and finally he could see clearly what was in front of him.
This is no longer a plantation.
He was in a small egg-shaped space, surrounded by black fog. His feet felt like cotton. In this space, the only light was in front of him, which was a rectangular electronic screen.
It has been a long time since I last saw this kind of electronic stuff, and Lin Qinghen still misses it a little.
He thought he must have been knocked unconscious and was dreaming. He even tried pinching his arm, but sure enough, there was no pain at all. He didn't think much about it, but followed his curiosity and reached out to touch it.
The screen was still physical, and the moment my finger touched it, words began to appear on it.
"The Alchemist System is at your service. Initialization is complete. You are now entering the Novice Trial stage. Task 1 has been automatically accepted for you."
"Task 1: Raw materials, the basis of elixirs."
“Requirements: Improve the primary raw materials for refining medicine, research and increase the round wheat alienation rate to 10%, and personally plant and harvest ten alienated round wheat plants.
"Reward: one recipe for the hemostatic powder, 1 point of natural affinity for the host."
"Good luck on your mission."
He first planted the seedlings that had already been grown, harvested a wave of fruits, opened the system's production table to make pills, then began to grow a batch of seedlings, waited for his spiritual power to slowly recover, and began to dilute new ripening agents and medicinal bases.
Yu Yinyin told him in advance that it would take time for her to remove the effects of the spiritual weapon, so she hadn't come out for the past two days.
As the owner of the garden, she usually doesn't take care of the business, so it's not surprising to not see her for two days, as long as the bees and butterflies are still working.
Two days later, she was released from confinement and Lin Qinghen went to see her on time.
From the outside, Yu Yinyin seemed no different, but Lin Qinghen had been with her for a long time and could naturally feel the subtle differences in her every move.
Even if a Heavenly Rank Spiritual Master has restrained himself, his aura is always somewhat different.
Yu Yinyin was surrounded by several bees and butterflies, which were obviously much smaller than the ones Lin Qinghen usually saw in the garden.
"This butterfly is my marrow. Even if I restrain myself, they can still sense it." As a Heaven-level being, Yu Yinyin can control more than 500 butterflies. She explained to him, "These few are new ones."
Spiritual masters who have the talent for taming animals do not tame lifeless creatures that are the result of concentrated spiritual energy, but living animals.
When Yu Yinyin was still pretending to be a one-star Xuan-level spirit beast, this single butterfly was a three-star Huang-level spirit beast. Although it was not a combat-type, it was fine to stay away from it normally. If you tried to capture it, the butterfly would become aggressive.
Except for the time when he helped Yu Yinyin find injured butterflies when he was over six years old, Lin Qinghen usually couldn't touch them. Before taking the detoxification tablets, he couldn't even beat a butterfly.
When Lin Qinghen went to find Yu Yinyin today, the two hadn't even said a word to each other, but for some reason, the newly born butterflies did not reject Lin Qinghen. One of them even landed on top of his head and flapped its wings slowly.
This is not the first time this has happened. Last time, the black-armored elephant also took to Lin Qinghen at first sight. His natural affinity has now increased to 3 points, so perhaps the effect will be better.
Yu Yinyin didn't have the heart to care about these newborn butterflies at this time. She was talking to Lin Qinghen about more important things.
"My spiritual power has been restored," Yu Yinyin said, "I sent a message to the outside world two days ago, and now I have received a reply. This means that the assets and people I left behind are still there, which is a good thing. But the reply is a bit intermittent, which is very strange."
She frowned, as if she was making a decision: "Qinghen, I may have to go out for a few days and follow this message to see what's going on."
Yu Yinyin's assets should have changed a lot in the past twenty years, so she is mentally prepared for this.
But looking at the message received in the token and carefully identifying the source, it was found that due to the changes in the world, they had moved to a remote place in the northern state.