Don’t Show the Son

When returning to Lin's mansion, Lin Xiu stood at the door, calmed down, faded the gloomy look on her face, put on a smile, and strode into the mansion gate.

Uncle Ping'an and his wife were standing in the yard. Lin Xiu walked into the yard and said with a smile, "Father, mother, I'm back."

Mrs. Ping'an stepped forward and helped Lin Xiu tidy up the messy hair on her forehead, and said, "Why did you come back so late today, go wash your hands, we will have shabu-shabu today, and I will wait for you..."

Shabu-shabu is a bit similar to hot pot. Generally, a copper pot is used for charcoal fire. After the white water is boiled, the favorite meat or vegetables are cooked in it.

This way of eating is rarely seen in the rich and powerful's homes, but it is more common in the homes of ordinary people.

Most of the rich and powerful families with strict etiquette and law share a meal system, and the common people are not so particular. The Lin Mansion has been in decline for many years, and some living habits have long been no different from the common people.

In the spacious yard, two copper pots were erected.

There were three masters at a table, four servants at a table, and a large bowl was placed on the floor, which was for rhubarb. Zhou Yun put all the cooked meat rolls in the pot into Lin Xiu's bowl, and said, "You have worked hard in cultivation. , eat more."

Lin Xiu smiled slightly and said, "Got it, mother."

No matter how many dangers and calculations there are outside, as long as one enters the house, Lin Xiu will only be given care and warmth.

After living two lifetimes, Lin Xiucai experienced the feeling of home for the first time. He cherishes everything in front of him very much. No matter how strong the wind and rain outside, he will find a way to resist it, and will not let them blow into the Lin Mansion. a cent.

It's just that the current him obviously doesn't have such strength.

He planned for a long time and took great risks to solve Yang Xuan's troubles. The person behind the scenes who killed him has still not been found.

Strength, he desperately needs strength.

In this world where the weak prey on the strong and strength is the most important thing, only with absolute strength can he protect what he cherishes.

Relying on his own hard work, the help of Lingyin, and even the squeeze, plus the crystals provided by the Imperial Ice, and those he bought with a lot of money, he was able to awaken for the second time.

If it is converted into the time of practice, it is almost a year. That is to say, Lin Xiu needs one year to practice normally from the first awakening to the second awakening.

From this point of view, the Academy of Abnormal Arts severely underestimated his potential rating.

He didn't awaken his ability at the age of eighteen, but the first day he traveled here. Judging from the speed of his practice, he may not be able to enter the Tianziyuan, but it is more than enough to enter the Diziyuan.

Awakening for the second time in a year. This kind of talent is not the best, but it is definitely not bad. It is probably at a slightly above-average level. If things go smoothly in this life, when you are about 40 years old, you should be able to awaken five times. .

If he can live to be a hundred years old and practice hard every day, it is not impossible to awaken the sixth time.

Because each awakening will be more difficult than the previous one. It took him one year from the first awakening to the second awakening, so the third awakening will take at least two to three years. This is still not counting the ideal of the bottleneck period. Condition.

Three years was too long for Lin Xiu.

Even if he successfully advances three years later, he is still a low-rank rookie at the mysterious level. In this world, only the fifth awakening, that is, the strength above the prefecture level, can be regarded as truly stepping into the road of the strong.

Of course, that is still too far away for Lin Xiu, and the third awakening is a difficulty for him right now.

The existence of Yuanjing can speed up the practice of different arts, but generally no one does it.

A strange beast Yuanjing whose strength is comparable to his own can only be worth a day of practice. For high-level different magicians, this is very unrealistic. Risking his life to kill a strange beast just It's not worth it for a day of practice.

It's better to keep the Yuanjing. In case of a battle with others, when the Yuanli is exhausted, it can be recovered instantly. The battery life is twice as long as others, which is tantamount to an extra life.

Moreover, the number of high-level Yuanjing is extremely rare. If they want to break through purely by Yuanjing, they have to kill thousands or even tens of thousands of strange beasts of the same level. These strange beasts can destroy a country. How can there be so many for them to kill? .

Only low-level magicians have the possibility to practice purely using Yuanjing.

Lin Xiu did the math. If he wanted to awaken for the third time, he would probably need more than 800 Tier 2 Alien Crystals and about 10 Tier 3 Alien Crystals. Based on the market price, he would need about 100,000 taels of silver.

From the third awakening to the fourth awakening, more than 2,000 Tier 3 Alien Crystals are needed, and a minimum of 10 Tier 4 Alien Crystals are required. Converted to silver, it has exceeded two million taels.

At this time, money is no longer the main problem. Even the entire king can't get together more than a thousand third-order alien crystals. If you go further, the way to use the original crystals to practice will be completely blocked.

Moreover, it is very extravagant to practice purely with Yuanjing. The value of a Yuanjing of the same level is definitely more than one day of practice. This method is no different from going to the toilet without paper and wiping your butt with a silver ticket. It is still one hundred taels The one at face value, one time is a last resort to avoid danger, and hundreds of times is to burn too much money.

But krypton gold is indeed the supreme shortcut for low-level magicians to practice, not one of them.

Lin Xiu's current situation is that he wants krypton gold, but he can't get it.

Last month, after exhausting his life and exhausting his body, he only earned 10,000 taels of silver, most of which were left for his mother to use as a family. Lin Xiu only kept more than 1,000 taels and bought all of them. Now he , I can't even take out a hundred taels of silver on my body.

Earn one hundred thousand taels in a short period of time, unless he goes to grab it.

As a time traveler, of course, Lin Xiu has several ways to make money, but none of them can avoid the word business, but he has no manpower, no start-up funds, and no time and energy. It doesn’t matter what he wants. can't do it.

Moreover, after experiencing the Tianxianglou incident, Lin Xiu knew very well that the business in the capital is not so easy to do, without any background, the bigger the business, the more she will just make wedding dresses for others.

How much property can a small third-class uncle's mansion hold?

Although she still has the support of the imperial concubine, but she is far away in the harem, in fact, there is very little that can help Lin Xiu, and it is impossible for Lin Xiu to bother her every time she encounters something. Also get bored.

When getting along with women, you must know how to keep a proper distance, otherwise you will go too far, and even cause disgust.

This is also a little experience that Lin Xiu gained after going through countless relationships.

Everyone in Lin's mansion was eating shabu-shabu happily, and they didn't know that countless thoughts had already flashed through Lin Xiu's mind in such a short period of time.

At a certain moment, the door of the mansion, which was ajar, was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and afterward, Director Li walked in with a few young eunuchs.

When he saw the situation in the courtyard, he smiled and said, "Young Master Lin, are you eating?"

After Lin Xiu was slightly taken aback, she stood up and said, "Director Li is here, sit down and have something to eat?"

Manager Li waved his hand and said, "No need, I'm here to deliver an order this time, and I'll go back to report later, Mr. Lin, Uncle Ping'an, don't eat for now, accept the order..."

Hearing that an imperial decree had arrived, Uncle Ping'an and his wife immediately stood up and stood aside respectfully.

The servants of the Lin family all knelt down, and even Rhubarb obediently lay on the ground.

The rich and powerful do not need to kneel down when they meet the emperor. This is one of their privileges. Similarly, powerful magicians do not need to kneel down to worship the emperor. Strength comes first, which is the unchanging law of this world.

Uncle Ping'an lowered his head, full of doubts.

Imperial decree, why did the imperial decree come to the Lin family? The Lin family has not received an imperial decree for decades, right?

Manager Li looked at Uncle Ping'an first, and said with a smile, "Congratulations to Uncle Ping'an for being promoted to the second-class uncle."

Uncle Ping'an froze in place, forgetting to accept the imperial decree.

He couldn't figure it out, he stayed at home on weekdays and did nothing, how could he be promoted to second-class uncle?

Although there is only one word difference between the second-class uncle and the third-class uncle, the meanings are completely different.

The third-class uncle is the lowest level of power, and the next generation will become ordinary people. Although the second-class uncle is not only one rank higher, the family will continue to be rich and honored for at least one generation, and it will last for decades...

Mr. Li stood there, and had already started to read the imperial edict. The imperial edict was very formal, and the language was very official. Lin Xiu had a rough idea of ​​it.

What His Majesty means is that Lin Xiu has worked hard to make ice for the royal family, and he has rescued the concubine's spiritual pet several times, and relieved the concubine's worries. His heart is commendable. From today onwards, his father, Uncle Ping'an, will be promoted to second-class uncle. At the same time, he will bestow good land on the Lin family. One hundred hectares, one hundred pieces of silk, ten maids and servants...

To be honest, Lin Xiu was also a little surprised at the moment.

He thought the imperial concubine was joking with her, but he didn't expect her to be serious.

He made ice for the palace, His Majesty has already rewarded him with a house, there is no reason to reward him again, if there is no reason for the imperial concubine, Lin Xiu would not believe it.

There are rules in Da Xia's conferring titles, that is, the younger generation is hardly conferred.

Even if the younger generation earns the credit, it is the elders of the family who are awarded the title.

The Zhao family is an example.

In the future, the father-in-law gave birth to two good daughters, and he directly completed the five-jump jump of the title, and his father was only promoted to one level.

However, there is not much difference between the titles of the elders and the titles of the children. After all, the title of the family is to be inherited, unless it is the work of the second son or the bastard.

Lin Xiu is the only child in the family, so naturally there is no such problem.

Only then did Uncle Pingan realize that his title promotion was actually because of his son.

At this moment, he couldn't help thinking that Lin Xiu had once jokingly told him that he wanted to earn him a prince of the state. Although he had never imagined that one day he would be the Duke of Ping An, he also did not expect that in his lifetime, his There is still a chance to upgrade the title...

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