Gou Zai Xianwu Wenjing Search for Opportunities

The tea drinkers, having received a free pot of pre-Qingming Golden Bud tea, cheered for Lin Yuan with far more enthusiasm than before.

Lin Yuan only needs to stand on the stage and do nothing to win the cheers and praise of the crowd.

The advertising that cost money was effective.

The middle-aged storyteller immediately set up his desk on the stage, struck the wooden clapper, and the entire arena fell silent. He wasn't telling a story, but rather presenting the battle between Young Hero Lin and Young Hero Xu in the style of a storyteller, giving the entire duel a wonderful performance once again.

Even though the tea drinkers had just witnessed the live competition, they still found the storytelling version quite enjoyable, and they cheered when they heard the exciting parts.

Lin Yuan suddenly realized that his and Xu Zhan's performance was not as entertaining as that of a storyteller.

As expected, the melons praised by Wang Po were the most fragrant, but when you actually tasted them, they were just so-so.

Professional storytellers constantly praised him, giving several performances every day. As a result, all the tea drinkers who came to Guanchao Teahouse knew about this, and even the powerful and wealthy families knew about it.

Even if I can't get into the Immortal Temple in the future, as long as I have a reputation, I won't have to worry about finding a good job.

Thinking about it that way, the money spent on this promotion was definitely worth it!

If Lin Yuan hadn't spent the six hundred taels to boost his ranking, he really wouldn't have been able to find a Tiger Ranking disciple whose strength matched his own. After all, he had never heard of the Tiger Ranking before, and didn't even know where the Tiger Ranking disciples were.

Even if you find them, you won't get any benefits and might even drop off the list, so they're unlikely to want to compete with you.

Even if I'm willing to try, if they deliberately drag it out for six months or three months, I can only watch helplessly.

Although it cost money, it saved a lot of trouble, made it easier to gain fame, and also allowed me to get to know Li Silang.

Thinking about it that way, the money spent on boosting the rankings was actually quite worthwhile!

After Lin Yuan stepped off the stage, Li Ye personally came to greet him. In front of everyone, the two went upstairs hand in hand.

Hu Cai followed behind the two and realized he was like a follower. He couldn't help but sigh, feeling a sudden distance between himself and Lin Yuan.

Zhao Sheng, on the other hand, was very proud and said happily, "Senior Brother Hu, Junior Brother Lin has finally made a name for himself!"

It seems that the more powerful Lin Yuan is, the more it proves that it's not that I'm incapable, but rather that Lin Yuan's talent is too strong.

At this moment, on the third floor, in the Jiazi Tea Room.

"Although Xu Zhan is not as good as me, he is not weak among the younger generation. How come he couldn't even last three hundred moves? What is the background of that Lin Yuan?" Liang Yingxiao is a direct descendant of the Liang family of Ruyu Township. He is obsessed with martial arts and loves to spar with martial arts masters of the same age. Hearing that there was a martial arts competition among the young people today, he came to watch.

"The person Li Silang is promoting must have some connection with the Li family. I'll inquire about it for Young Master Liang."

Liang Ying smiled and grunted, then instructed, "Invite him over; I'd like to have a private spar with him."

He didn't compete for fame, he just wanted to have fun. He only competed in private, and regardless of the outcome, he never publicized it.

"Don't worry, Young Master Liang!"

……

When Lin Yuan returned to Jia Chen Tea House, he learned that Li Ye had paid for the tips given to the storyteller and the waiters. He wanted to pay back, but Li Ye refused.

He immediately bowed to Li Ye and said, "Thank you so much, Fourth Brother, for standing up for me. I am deeply grateful! Please don't hesitate to call me if you ever need my help."

"Lin Lang, there's no need to be so polite. We're all family." Li Ye hadn't expected Lin Yuan to defeat Xu Zhan, who was a minor realm higher, so easily after his breakthrough.

At first, he only agreed casually to give his cousin Wu Yong face. When he heard that Lin Yuan came from a poor family, he didn't pay much attention. But when he learned that Lin Yuan had a spot in the Autumn Competition of the Immortal Temple, he became interested and personally showed respect to him and stood up for him.

He knew better than anyone how difficult it was to get a spot at the Immortal Temple. He himself had been a disciple of the temple before leaving, but he couldn't become a high-ranking official and didn't want to become a low-ranking one.

With numerous descendants from his four sons, he couldn't afford large businesses and looked down on small ones, so he simply mingled in the martial arts world, making friends with heroes from all over the land and gathering guests, thus gaining considerable renown in the area.

Lin Yuan, who came from a poor family, managed to obtain a spot in the Autumn Competition to serve disciples, which shows that he had extraordinary abilities.

Li Ye intended to win him over: "Young Master Lin made it onto the Tiger List today. After the Autumn Competition in August, he will become a serving disciple of the Immortal Temple."

"Whether I can pass or not depends on the competition," Lin Yuan said somewhat nervously.

"It's alright. In a few days, I'll inquire about who will be participating in the Autumn Competition for Serving Disciples in the manor, and then I'll introduce you to some of them. That way, you can look out for each other during the competition."

Lin Yuan noticed that Si Lang's enthusiasm was a bit excessive and couldn't help but feel suspicious: "Si Lang's kindness is beyond my ability to repay. I wonder what I can do for you?"

Li Ye laughed heartily and didn't hold back: "When Lin Lang comes out of seclusion, would you be willing to work for my fourth branch of the family?"

"To be honest, Si Lang, I did promise Senior Brother Wu." Lin Yuan didn't care about it. He was just doing what others asked for, as long as the pay was good enough.

Wu Yong immediately laughed and said, "If my cousin takes a liking to Junior Brother Lin, then let him have him."

Li Ye smiled and waved his hand, "Forget it, I won't fight you for it. I don't want to make my aunt angry."

Lin Yuan understood Li Ye's meaning: after leaving the temple, he could not transfer to another family, nor could he transfer to any of the other branches of the Li family, except for Wu Yong.

Over the past year, he has had a good impression of the Li family. Seeing that the Li family is becoming more and more prosperous, it is a place where people are needed and there are good opportunities for development.

After everyone had been drinking tea for a while, someone suddenly came to visit Li Silang.

"Fourth Brother, Fifth Brother Liang just watched Young Hero Lin's duel and was very impressed. He would like to ask him to exchange a few moves with him."

Li Ye had inquired about the tea drinkers who came to the third floor today and knew Liang Yingxiao's hobbies. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Alright! Let's invite him to our Earl's residence as a guest in five days."

"Yes."

After saying that, the man went back to report.

Lin Yuan was a little uneasy. Was this guy here to cause trouble?

Li Shi stepped in to defend him: "Fourth Brother, are you here to challenge the rankings?"

Li Ye waved his hand with a smile: "Liang Laowu won't compete with you for fame. He just likes martial arts. He's this year's promising talent, unlike us! Lin Lang, take a good rest. Five days later, do your best to compete with him. Don't hold back, you can't win anyway."

"That's good." Lin Yuan was relieved. As long as they weren't trying to break the rankings, he was happy to play along with them, just to improve his skills and meet some new people.

At noon, Li Ye hosted a banquet and drank with everyone.

The event didn't end until the afternoon.

Lin Yuan and the others returned to their hometown by boat.

At this moment, the sky was ablaze with the colors of sunset, and everyone looked back at the lake and its shimmering waters once more.

"The water scenery of Yuanhu Lake is really beautiful in the morning and evening," Wu Yong said.

Lin Yuan couldn't help but exclaim, "The autumn waters blend seamlessly with the vast sky..."

What came next?

"I think it's only the beginning of autumn tomorrow!" Zhao Sheng said, puzzled.

Lin Yuan immediately lost interest and opened the bamboo tube to drink water.

"Which song is this from?" Wu Yong asked curiously.

"I forgot."

Looking at the center of the lake, Li Shi suddenly suggested, "Tomorrow let's go to Linyuan Taoist Temple to burn incense. It'll be a good omen for Junior Brother Wu and Junior Brother Lin, hoping they'll have a successful start in the Autumn Competition in August. And also for Junior Brother Hu to pass the Martial Arts Master Assessment smoothly in August."

"Great!" everyone agreed.

When they returned to town in the evening, everyone dispersed.

Lin Yuan went to the Xu family and told the Master about what had happened that day. He also asked him if he wanted to go to the Taoist temple to burn incense.

The master agreed on the spot and sent someone to the county to send a message asking Xu Bin to come over the next morning to meet everyone.

……

Early the next morning.

The group traveled by boat to the island in the middle of the lake, and Xu Bin was also on the way.

Amidst the misty haze, the outline of an island comes into view.

The group landed on the island. There was a pavilion on the dock, where a Taoist priest and several young Taoist boys were on guard.

The guards asked the group about their origins and requested to see their identification documents and travel permits.

Li Shi took out his village head's identification card, Lin Yuan had a clerk's identification card, Hu Cai and Zhao Sheng had thief's identification cards, even Master Xu had a government official's identification card, Wu Yong also had an identification card, only Xu Bin had a travel permit.

After the inspection, everyone successfully ascended the mountain.

From the dock to the Taoist temple, there is a mountain path, a stone staircase carved into the mountain rock, five or six feet wide, that stretches all the way to the clouds.

As the group climbed the steps, Lin Yuan noticed that the surrounding scenery seemed somewhat familiar.

He quickly closed his eyes to recall, and then remembered that he had seen it in Zhang Dengyun's memory; it was this mountain path they had climbed.

In the mist, at the end of the stone steps, stands a gate with the words "Linyuan Taoist Temple" hanging on it.

Behind the archway is a huge platform, as if it had been flattened, upon which many halls were built.

Disciples were also on duty here, and they checked everyone's identity and badges again before leading them into the front hall to burn incense.

There are two types of incense: small incense and large incense. A small incense stick is a bundle of fine incense costing ten taels of silver, while a large incense stick is a bundle of coarse incense costing fifty taels of silver.

Everyone burned a large incense stick and gave fifty taels of silver as incense money.

Lin Yuan felt a pang of heartache. No wonder he had never heard of anyone coming to burn incense before; it was simply too expensive for the poor to afford.