Nie Lin didn't know how long it took him to cultivate in the second stage of condensation and refinement this time, he only knew that his hunger was unstoppable, and his body was a little lacking in qi and blood, so he stopped cultivating.

Because it is in the basic stage, the initial tempering of the body has not reached a certain level, and it is also the stage of physical growth, so the supplement of food is particularly important.

And after the foundation is stable and the tempering of the life body is stronger, the same amount of essence condensed in the body is greater and more abundant, and there is no need to supplement a large amount of food.

This is consistent with Nie Lin's stage of observing qi and gathering qi in the initial stage.

Now it is no better than in the Liu Mansion, Uncle Zheng often comes to bring him food, and he also intends to accompany Nie Lin in the direction of Xiaofat, usually Nie Lin eats a lot, but no matter how he eats, he is not fat, it is indeed a helpless thing for Uncle Zheng.

Therefore, Nie Lin lived in the academy, and he had to rely on himself to solve his hunger.

This night seemed to be very long, after Nie Lin came out of the bedroom, he saw that the sky outside was still dark, it was a little strange, he felt that he was afraid that he was forgetting himself while cultivating, and it was already the next night.

Hearing a knock on the door outside, Nie Lin went out and opened the door.

I saw a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl standing at the door, carrying a food box, and after he opened the door, she took a step back and looked at him timidly, looking very shy.

This girl has fair skin, ordinary appearance, not tall, with two ponytails, dressed plainly, and does not have the temperament of everyone's daughter, but has a simple atmosphere, which should come from the children of commoners.

Seeing Nie Lin looking at her, the girl's face was flushed, and she looked even more shy, and after lowering her head, she handed over the food box and said, "Nie Lin, this is the meal that Mr. Wangqiu ordered in the cafeteria, entrust me to bring it to you!"

"Thank you!" After Nie Lin took it, he saw that the girl still lowered her head, and did not leave immediately, a pair of small hands were clenched together, a little nervous, as if she had something to say, but she didn't dare to say it.

Nie Lin said: "Everyone is a classmate, if you have something to say, just say it, don't be nervous!"

The girl said in a mosquito-like voice: "It's late, this is done alone, and the gentleman didn't pay it if he remembered his surname...... So ......"

Speaking of the back, the girl was almost too shy and nervous to speak, but Nie Lin also understood, so he said, "Please wait a moment!"

After a while, Nie Lin came to the door again, handed the ten taels of silver he had taken to the girl, and said, "Mr. didn't pay the payment, you can take the money!"

He knew that children from poor families like these were self-reliant in the academy, and the academy had no obligation or responsibility to bear all the living expenses for them, but only provided them with a good learning platform, and everything was obtained by their labor, which Nie Lin appreciated very much.

In the future, after graduating from the academy, not all girls will stay in the boudoir, and after they get married, they will be married and taught their children at home, and they can do a lot of work.

As far as Nie Lin knew, in the official mansion of the Heavenly Empire, women were also able to hold some functions, and the same was true for the Sword Pavilion.

Therefore, like at the current stage, most of them cook for people, wash laundry, help clean up, or do some other things within their ability, so as to get paid, some are diligent, and even can supplement the family through some remuneration, reducing some financial burden on the family, which is also a major feature of Tianlu Academy that is different from other academies, making him very famous among the common people.

"Ah, there are so many, I can't find them!" The girl saw that Nie Lin gave ten taels of silver at once, she couldn't find change at all, and she was a little at a loss.

Nie Lin said: "You take this money, but it's not for you, it's my advance payment, and I will deduct it directly next time, if it's not enough, you can just open your mouth, everyone is the same, don't be restrained!"

The girl still said a little shyly: "Okay, if your clothes are dirty in the future, you have to wash them, or if you want to clean up or something, you can also find me, my name is Du Xiaolan!"

"Well, next time I bring food, I'll bring double portions!"

"Do you want a double portion?" Du Xiaolan was a little surprised and a little puzzled, but she didn't ask, just nodded.

"It's getting late, go back!"

Nie Lin confessed, watched Du Xiaolan leave, closed the door and entered the house, opened the food box, although the food inside was simple, but it looked quite hearty, and it was also very delicious to eat, no wonder Uncle Zheng said that after eating the food cooked by those students twice in this academy, he never forgot it, this Du Xiaolan's craftsmanship is really good.

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After eating, Nie Lin returned to the bedroom and took out the bottle that Gu Menghan had given.

After opening it, there was a burst of fragrance, and he saw that there were some pill-like particles inside, not like medicine, but not like flower seeds, Nie Lin was curious, and he didn't know what it was.

After closing the cap of the bottle, he remembered the old book that Gu Menghan had returned, so he took it out, and after opening it, he saw the title of the three words "Thousand Herbs" coming into view.

After flipping through this book, Nie Lin became strange again, this book of "Thousand Herbs" belongs to the rare book used by alchemists to study, which records the names of hundreds of medicinal plants, their growth environment, as well as their effects and special surnames, and the explanation is very detailed.

Nie Lin didn't know why Gu Zhiqiu would send him such a book, even the particles in the bottle were not like the flower seeds that Mr. wanted, what was the meaning of this?

Curious, Nie Lin wanted to find out, so he took the bottle and the book with him, and went out of the door, directly to Mr. Wangqiu's east wing.

Knock knock!

After knocking on the door, it took a while for the door to open, and it was still the honest young man who opened the door, Nie Lin had seen it when he came, but he didn't know his name.

"Nie Lin, Mr. is not in the house now, but he has confessed, I want you to go to the study to help him tidy up the books, and then retrieve the bookcase on the desk by yourself, which contains the books he prepared for you, you can study by yourself, if you don't understand, you can ask him." ”

When Nie Lin heard this, he was a little stunned, this gentleman seemed to like him to ask him questions if he had nothing to do, since the books had been prepared for him, this was obviously to let him learn by himself.

"Thank you!" After arching his hand, Nie Lin asked, "Classmate, what is your name, do you know where Mr. has gone?"

"My name is Shang Qi, I'm from Xia Zhou, and my husband went to the Yating Pavilion of the academy in the afternoon, which is where the dean of the academy and the teachers gathered, and it should be to discuss the opening of the school tomorrow, so I haven't come back yet!"

Nie Lin didn't ask too much, and went directly to Mr.'s study.

Wangqiu's study was closer to the west chamber, and after Nie Lin entered the study, there was a table and two chairs in the center, and behind it were two rows of bookshelves, and some books were placed there at random.

Nie Lin walked to the bookshelf, looked at the books, and found that the books were placed in a messy position, and the categories were different.

When reclassifying and sorting out those books, Nie Lin also looked through a few books, and found that there were not many books on scriptures and doctrines and theories in this shelf, but there were slightly more miscellaneous and biographical books.

Like "Strange Beasts of the Continent", "Geography of the Continent", "Summary of the Quintessence of China", "Autumn Notes", ...... And so on, these books are not all orthodox academic works, but miscellaneous.

However, the "Autumn Notes" mixed in it attracted Nie Lin's attention, and after he quickly sorted out all the books, he picked out this one separately.

After opening it and looking at it casually, Nie Lin was immediately attracted by the stories and content described in this book.

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