Siheyuan: I will never tolerate gambling and drugs!

Xu Lin suppressed his inner elation and followed Director Wang back to the subdistrict office. After completing the formalities and preparing to leave...

Director Wang called out, "Xiao Lin, wait a moment."

Director Wang then reached into his pocket, took out a set of keys, and opened the cabinet behind him. He took out a stack of banknotes, which at a glance amounted to about fifty yuan.

Xu Lin understood Director Wang's meaning immediately. The neighborhood committee had always provided care and assistance to elderly people living alone and orphans. Xu Lin also met the criteria for the neighborhood committee's assistance program.

This wasn't just part of the neighborhood work itself; Xu Lin believed it was largely due to Aunt Wang's care for him.

"Xiaolin, this is the neighborhood's support policy, a material subsidy of 5 yuan per person per month. Auntie knows you're all alone now, and also a martyr's family member, even though you have a job now..."

Your aunt will still give you the subsidy from last year, so just accept it. You're moving now, and you'll need money for many things. The weather is getting colder soon.

Food, clothing, and coal are all considerable expenses. Listen to your aunt, keep them safe.

After hearing Director Wang's words, Xu Lin's eyes reddened, and he stood up, righteously refusing to speak.

"I really can't accept this, Aunt Wang. I have a job, and I know how much the neighborhood committee and you have taken care of me, an orphan."

There are many more people in the neighborhood who need this money more than I do, and I absolutely cannot accept it.

I'll be leaving now. I'll invite you to my home another day when I've finished packing.

Without waiting for Director Wang's reply, she picked up the property deed documents on the table and was about to leave the street office.

Director Wang pulled Xu Lin back, shook his head helplessly, and said, "This is a statement from our street office. The housing allocation for you is part of the subsidy the steel mill provides to special talents. Although Director Yang didn't say it explicitly, everyone knows it. You're so young to be able to become a factory doctor directly; you must be a university graduate."

Logically speaking, they shouldn't be allocated a steel rolling mill, so giving them three large rooms isn't much; even a detached house wouldn't be unreasonable. So, let's keep things separate; our neighborhood committee should do something for the families of martyrs and their families.

If you don't want the money, here's what we'll do. The neighborhood committee will allocate the two remaining front-facing rooms, including the westernmost one which isn't too dilapidated, to you. This way, you can partition off the back with a wall, essentially giving you your own courtyard.

Upon hearing these words, Xu Lin thought about it and realized they were indeed quite good. This way, the neighborhood wouldn't have to worry about how to compensate this orphan of a martyr every day.

Xu Lin stopped refusing, and Director Wang breathed a sigh of relief. He completed the paperwork for the rear building for Xu Lin and told him that someone would come to repair it the next morning, reminding Xu Lin that he could make his own suggestions at that time.

Not long after, Xu Lin returned to the courtyard house and hurriedly closed the door. This was a golden finger system master, a must-have for transmigrators. He had been wondering why there hadn't been any news for almost a year since he transmigrated.

Unexpectedly, activation only happens after a certain progress is achieved. Luckily, I ended up in this beastly academy by chance, otherwise I don't know how long I would have had to wait.

Then silently repeat in your mind:

"System has opened the gift pack."

[The newbie gift pack has been opened. Congratulations, host, you have received a personal space, one Mighty Dragon-Tiger Reshaping Pill, one Dragon Vein Xuanji Thirteen Needles Inheritance (with thirteen silver needles), and one Tai Chi Fist Peak Mastery Inheritance. You can choose to sign in daily, weekly, or yearly. Would you like to inherit the skills now?]

"Inheritance"

As Xu Lin finished speaking, a sharp pain shot through his brain. Instantly, a wealth of knowledge about acupuncture points and martial arts techniques flooded his mind.

Minutes later, all the skills were passed on, as if they were engraved deep in the soul, perfectly natural.

Xu Lin, the inheritor of Tai Chi, didn't pay much attention. After all, in this era, a spear was fast from seven steps away, and accurate and fast within seven steps. Who would fight with their fists for no reason? Thinking of the birds in the yard, he smiled sinisterly again.

But is the Dragon Vein Thirteen Needles really that monstrous? The name is a bit exaggerated, but the effects... wow, it's like snatching people from the jaws of death! It's just that the mental and physical energy consumed during the acupuncture is quite significant.

Based on my current physical condition, I estimate I can only use about 5 needles before I can't lift my arm anymore.

While rubbing his head, Xu Lin secretly marveled as he processed the information about the Thirteen Needles of Xuanji.

"Oh right, where's my Dragon Tiger Pill?" Xu Lin remembered there were other things in the gift pack. With a thought, his consciousness entered the space.

The space wasn't large, about the size of a futuristic stadium, with a large pool in the center. A quick scan revealed a pill.

His consciousness voluntarily withdrew from the space, and the Mighty Dragon-Tiger Reshaping Pill appeared in his hand. Xu Lin looked at the pitch-black pill, about the size of a fruit candy.

The system offered no explanation, and Xu Lin had no idea whether consuming this substance would cause unconsciousness or adverse effects like impotence. After much hesitation, he gritted his teeth and swallowed it.

A warm current instantly filled my body...

"It's just a little hot, but I don't really feel anything." As he thought this, his joints started to crack, and he began to sweat profusely.

"No, this might hurt a bit..." Xu Lin quickly took off all his clothes, grabbed a towel, bit it into his mouth, and lay stiffly on the ground, twitching occasionally.

Three minutes later...

"Damn it, that almost killed me!" Completely naked, Xu Lin got up from the ground, feeling a sudden thirst.

In a panic, he ran naked to the kitchen, retrieved some water from the system, and gulped it down. He then took some more water and put it into the kitchen water tank.

It took me a while to feel the pain subside and my body feel more comfortable after stepping into the water tank.

After soaking for a few more minutes, Xu Lin finally stepped out of the water tank and looked at his body, which resembled a freshly cooked shrimp.

Then he nodded in satisfaction, grinning so hard he almost burst out laughing. All that painstaking work on his physique wasn't for nothing.

His two pectoral muscles are full of power, his abs are clearly defined, and his eight-pack abs are perfectly straight. Hehe, that's impressive!

I smugly bragged for a while before finally getting dressed. It's alright, my body proportions are about 50/50 compared to my previous life, so this time travel wasn't a complete loss.

Xu Lin, shameless and not without a hint of smugness, complained to the system, "System, it really comes down to you. You know my true strength... I just don't know how I'll perform in actual combat. Will the time travel shorten my usual five or six hours... Hehe, oh well, if it's a few minutes less, it's a few minutes less. In my past life, I guess I was too manly and that's why the heavens were jealous. Now that I'm being low-key, losing two or three minutes shouldn't be too much of a problem..." (System: **********)