Chapter 830: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 830: The Coming-of-Age Ceremony and the Establishment of the Academy (3)
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Watching the harmonious relationship between Mo Qingze and Xiao Ruiyuan, the onlookers felt like they were being tormented by curiosity. They wanted to immediately pull Mo Qingze aside and ask him for clarification. However, standing at the bustling entrance where people were coming and going, they knew that it wasn’t the right place for a private conversation. So, with a belly full of questions, they followed Xiao Ruiyuan into the Mo family.
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Today, Mo Yan didn’t need to go out to welcome guests. After getting up and grooming herself, she stayed in her room, waiting for the auspicious time to complete her coming-of-age ceremony in the ancestral hall dedicated to the Mo family’s ancestors.
The time was still early, and Mo Yan felt bored being alone, so she entered the space. There, she harvested the crops in the fields while chatting with Xue Tuanzi.
Xue Tuanzi loved working with Mo Yan. As Mo Yan used a sickle to cut the rice, Xue Tuanzi used its spiritual power to separate the rice grains, dry them, and store them in the warehouse, completing all the processes quickly and efficiently, without wasting a single grain.
The six beasts, who had been playing in the breeding area, also trotted over to join the fun. However, they weren’t able to do the delicate work, so Xue Tuanzi shooed them to dig up potatoes, sweet potatoes, and other crops from the soil.
For the five beasts, who had claws, this wasn’t difficult. But the newly awakened red python, who didn’t have claws, could only struggle by flicking its tail and using its large mouth to carry the potatoes and sweet potatoes dug up by the five beasts, one by one, to the warehouse, eating mouthfuls of dirt in the process.
After two hours, Mo Yan had finished harvesting all the rice from the small plot she had designated. She grabbed a cup, scooped some water from the spiritual spring pool, and drank it. The soreness in her arms and waist quickly faded away.
After taking a walk around the medicinal herb field by the spiritual spring pool, Mo Yan sat down to rest on the jade-colored platform. She noticed that the red lines on the merit beads in the center of the platform had covered nearly half of them. She happily said to Xue Tuanzi, who had hopped over, "At this rate, in two or three years, the space will be able to level up again."
Xue Tuanzi was also excited and was about to nod in agreement when it heard its master sigh. Mo Yan helplessly said, "It takes so much merit to level up the space. This time, I’ll have to wait another three years, and next time, who knows, maybe ten years. Who knows how long it will take to reach the tenth level. It’s too slow. I’ll have to think of another way!"
Mo Yan truly thought it was slow. If it hadn’t been for saving Xiao Ruiyuan and Chu Heng, she thought she would still be stuck at the third level, slowly accumulating merit through good deeds. Although that would have been faster than in her previous life, she was always conflicted, hoping for a shortcut to reach her destination faster.
Xue Tuanzi rolled its eyes, "You think merit will just fall into your lap like a rabbit hopping into a trap? It can only be accumulated slowly. You can’t rush it. There are too few people like Xiao Ruiyuan and Chu Heng. You were lucky to meet two of them at once."
Sighing again, Mo Yan poked its belly and said, "I’m not rushing you to transform so we can go out and have fun, am I? Helping the villagers get rich is still too slow. I need to think of another way. If you have any good ideas, you can share them!"
Xue Tuanzi was touched and threw itself into Mo Yan’s arms, whining and acting cute, "Yan Yan, you’re too good to me. You’re the best master I’ve ever had!"
Mo Yan laughed, unable to resist. She couldn’t take its antics seriously, as its voice was rough and deep like an adult. "As your master, of course, I have to help you. Besides, you’ve helped me so much. Isn’t it only right that I treat you well?"
Xue Tuanzi buried its face in Mo Yan’s embrace and remained silent. It had experienced several masters in the past, some of whom lacked resolve. After enjoying the immense convenience and benefits brought by the space, they lost their drive and stopped progressing, usually stopping at the third level.
(The End of This Chapter)
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