Chapter 751: Chapter 751: Selling the Field
[Name: Wang Chen (Chen Ergou)]
[Age: 15]
[Cultivation Level: Skin Refinement]
[Cultivation Technique: Heavenly Dragon Vajra Method (Level One): 12/100]
Staring at the information displayed in his vision, Wang Chen was at a loss for words for a moment.
The Bell World not only sealed away his original cultivation realm and the flying sword treasure, it had even simplified his most relied upon immortal cultivation panel to the extreme.
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The four major attributes were gone, the skill bar and equipment bar were all gone, and most importantly, the Human Virtue Heavenly Merit System was gone too.
It was like a software had been reverted back to its most primitive version.
But fortunately within the misfortune—the system was still there!
Wang Chen estimated that, according to his current pace of cultivation, he would only need another eight days to break through the second level of “Heavenly Dragon Vajra Method” and step into the Flesh Refining stage.
And a Flesh Refinement martial artist in the Little Stone Village was already a person of some status!
Closing the immortal cultivation panel, Wang Chen went to his family’s small kitchen, took down a smoked strip of meat, and started chewing on it vigorously.
After becoming a true martial artist, his physique had greatly strengthened; the completely dehydrated and tough chunk of meat was easily torn by his teeth and ground into a minced paste.
Accompanied by a ladle of well water, Wang Chen devoured nearly twenty pounds of smoked mutton in one go.
Keep in mind that the meat shrinks by nearly half after being smoked, so his one meal was equivalent to eating about thirty-five pounds of fresh meat!
And he wasn’t even very full yet.
Wang Chen even felt that he was like a human-shaped gluttonous beast!
At this rate of eating, it wouldn’t take long before he completely devoured the “consolation money” given by Chen Qiaoshan.
But once there was no meat to eat, he feared he would be unable to continue practicing the “Heavenly Dragon Vajra Method”.
The problem was, if he didn’t find a way to quickly increase his strength, going out to hunt was akin to seeking his own death!
It felt like he was trapped in a dead end.
Bang! Bang!
Just as Wang Chen was pondering, the courtyard gate was knocked loudly from the outside.
Wang Chen furrowed his brows and went out to open the door.
Standing at the door was a group of people, including neighbors as well as some of the village elders.
One of the elders asked with a grave voice, “Doggie, are you alright?”
Wang Chen, puzzled: “I’m fine, Seventh Uncle, may I ask what brings you here?”
The elder sighed, “Doggie, your father had an accident. It’s normal for you to be sad and upset, but now you’re on your own at home, and you have to take care of yourself.”
He paused, then added, “At the very least, you cannot abandon the farmland, or what will you eat next year?”
Only then did Wang Chen remember he had three mu and two parts of land that hadn’t been tended to.
The weeds in the yam fields grew rapidly, and it was imperative to weed them out every day, further, yams needed daily watering.
Otherwise there would certainly be a poor harvest.
Wang Chen hadn’t gone to the fields for two days, and reckoned that the situation there was probably quite bad.
Then he heard Seventh Uncle continue: “Yesterday your Fourth Uncle came to find me, said he wanted to take you in and care for you out of kindness, but you didn’t appreciate it and even hit him, I think…”
“Seventh Uncle!”
Wang Chen interrupted him: “I don’t want to farm anymore.”
His gaze turned to the onlooking neighbors as he declared loudly, “If anyone can give me five hundred pounds of cured meat, these three mu and two parts of land are his!”
Wang Chen had had enough of farming, and he couldn’t afford to spend his valuable time and energy on the fields.
Better to exchange it for something substantial than to let it go to waste!
No sooner had Wang Chen finished speaking, the surrounding crowd erupted into a buzz.
Everyone thought Wang Chen had lost his mind.
“Doggie, are you joking?”
“Don’t talk nonsense, kid, how can you sell the farmland!”
“Absurd!”
But many people also showed a look of temptation.
If there was anything in Little Stone Village that was considered the most precious, it was definitely the over five hundred mu of enclosed fields to the east of the village.
These fields, used for planting mountain yams, were the foundation upon which the hundred or so families in the village relied for their survival, and under normal circumstances, no one was willing to sell or transfer them.
Since the hunting team’s yield was not stable, mountain yams guaranteed the most basic food supply, ensuring that a family wouldn’t starve to death.
Just after Chen Qiaoshan died, his son wanted to sell the family’s fields, which some people saw as downright outrageous and unfilial.
Seventh Uncle beat his chest and stamped his feet, “Doggie, have you lost your mind?”
He was gathering his energy into his Dantian to give Wang Chen a stern scolding, when Wang Chen rolled up his sleeves to reveal his arm.
He exerted strength, and the muscles on his arm bulged remarkably, also displaying a light bronze color.
“I’ve already become a Skin Refinement Martial Artist!”
Wang Chen said indifferently, “Five hundred jin of smoked meat is enough for me to cultivate to the Flesh Refining Realm, and to join the village’s hunting team.”
He showed off a little, and everyone present, including Seventh Uncle, was stunned.
Nobody expected that the Chen Family’s youngster had actually become a Martial Artist!
Then his unwillingness to farm the fields seemed quite reasonable.
Someone muttered softly, “Breaking through to the Flesh Refining Realm isn’t that easy!”
A realm is a world apart; if breaking through was so easy, Little Stone Village wouldn’t have merely twenty-seven Flesh Refinement Martial Artists.
Now there were twenty-six.
But no one could be sure that Wang Chen definitely couldn’t do it.
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to say; even Seventh Uncle’s expression was somewhat sheepish.
He had brought people to Wang Chen’s doorstep with intentions and plans in mind.
But now that Wang Chen had such capability and ambition, he found it hard to exert his seniority.
Wang Chen said, “Five hundred jin of smoked meat in exchange for three mu and two parts of land, first come first served!”
Having said that, he paid no more attention to the group at the door and turned back to his room.
The crowd dispersed.
Some had a secretive look, some eyes shone with excitement, and others pulled their neighbors aside for a whispered conversation.
The matter of Chen Ergou from the Chen Family wanting to trade three mu and two parts of his family land for smoked meat spread quickly through Little Stone Village, as if it had wings.
And before the day turned dark, people were already knocking on Wang Chen’s door.
The visitors were from the Shi Family.
The Shi Family was that of the village head, Shi Laowu, who was also the strongest person in Little Stone Village, the only Bone Refinement Realm Martial Artist.
Of course, it wasn’t Shi Laowu who came, but the person brought five hundred jin of smoked meat.
And a Mountain Splitter Blade!
This five hundred jin of smoked meat and the blade were what the Shi Family offered in exchange for Wang Chen’s family land.
“Village Head Shi heard about your situation, consider this blade a little something extra,” said the Shi Family member to Wang Chen. “We hope you will work hard and achieve something in the martial path!”
With the other party being so considerate, what could Wang Chen say? He immediately signed the contract transferring the land ownership.
It wasn’t long after the Shi Family member left that more people came knocking on the door to trade.
Five hundred jin of smoked meat was a lot, but if several families pooled their resources, they could come up with it.
Learning that the village head had already taken the opportunity, they could only leave in disappointment.
To avoid further disturbances, Wang Chen simply closed his door and immersed himself in intensive training at home.
He secluded himself for seven days.
He finished eating the five hundred jin of smoked meat he had exchanged for the land and successfully broke through to the Flesh Refining Realm!
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