Chapter 213 - 209: This is Too Hard

Chapter 213: Chapter 209: This is Too Hard

After Lin Xian Village announced its "Good Deeds Are Rewarded" event, it sparked a massive debate online.

It was unavoidable. The previous incident with the cancer treatments had already caused a huge uproar, and some patients were still live-streaming online to slander Lin Xian Village.

The moment the "Good Deeds Are Rewarded" event was announced, public attention instantly shifted from the previous incident to this new activity.

Any savvy netizen could see that this was Lin Xian Village’s way of offering treatment slots.

Although some netizens still believed Lin Xian Village should open up its treatment channels and allow all patients to seek help there.

However, most netizens were more interested in this "Good Deeds Are Rewarded" method of acquisition.

They were just puzzled about one thing: what were the criteria for getting a slot?

According to the information released, it had something to do with worshipping the Earth God.

It was made clear that to get a slot, one must go to Lin Xian Village and worship the Earth God.

As for how it would be determined who received a slot after worshipping the Earth God, the announcement didn’t say.

"Question for everyone: has anyone gotten a slot? If so, can you come forward and tell us what good deed you did to get it?"

"Yeah, the announcement said sixteen people got treatment slots, but not a single piece of information about them has been released."

"Isn’t it obvious? Lin Xian Village is controlling the slots themselves and deciding who gets them."

"Morons shouldn’t be on the internet. As soon as someone uses a slot, we’ll find out who got it."

"..."

Online, netizens were hotly debating the slots, and so were the people who desperately wanted one for treatment.

"Boss Zhu, can you get any info on the people who received slots?"

"It’s not clear yet. The news was just released. We’ll have to test the waters first."

"So Lin Xian Village is finally releasing slots. I hope we can get one."

"I think it’ll be tough. Now that the news is out, it’s not just us who need a slot—a lot of people do."

"So, we have to act fast. We need to find the people who get the slots before anyone else and then buy the slots from them."

As for simply robbing them, these people wouldn’t dare. A stolen slot would be useless for getting treatment in Lin Xian Village.

You wouldn’t be able to get past the Earth God, so having a slot would be useless. This restriction automatically excluded a certain type of person.

Otherwise, far more people would be trying to rob others for Lin Xian Village’s treatment slots.

Meanwhile, at Lin Xian Village’s Arrow Tower attraction, many top-tier archers—the pros of the archery world—had shown up today.

They lined up among the tourists, and many of them recognized each other.

"Brother Guan, you’re here for this competition too?"

"It’s not just me. Look over there—those are professional athletes, and they’ve come to compete as well."

"No worries. The Arrow Tower is completely different from the archery they’re used to."

Today wasn’t the actual Lin Xian Bow and Arrow Competition. These people were here to secure a spot in it.

Since it was still December, they had a chance to get on the leaderboard and qualify for this month’s competition.

However, judging by the people who showed up today, the fight for those qualifying spots would be incredibly fierce.

Although the regular tourists knew about the event, their skills weren’t nearly good enough to compete.

Of course, after learning about the event, most tourists who came to the Arrow Tower would give it a serious try anyway.

Needless to say, the scores of these completely untrained tourists were abysmal.

Even the one or two tourists who showed a bit of Talent couldn’t compare to the professionals who had trained for years.

Especially today, with so many pros competing, the leaderboard records were being broken one after another.

"Holy crap! Look at the leaderboard! A moment ago, tenth place was a 10-ring shot at 100 meters, and now it’s a 10-ring shot at 150 meters."

"First place is even more insane—an 8-ring shot at 300 meters. Even with the Arrow Tower’s buff, I can’t even see the target."

"I heard Boss Lin is incredible. He can hit the bullseye even from 400 meters."

"There’s a video online. Boss Lin shot once and utterly crushed a few foreigners, leaving them completely speechless."

"These guys are unreal. I just looked it up, and a few of them are actual professional athletes. Isn’t that just unfair?"

"You’d be wrong about that. This competition isn’t exactly favorable for professional athletes. Look at the target distance—you have to use a Throwing shot."

"Professional athletes usually shoot at much shorter distances and rarely practice this kind of luck-based Throwing."

What this person didn’t mention was that Lin Xian Village’s Arrow Tower was special. Otherwise, it would be difficult to even hit a target at 150 meters.

"Man, you know a lot. Didn’t you enter the competition?"

"I did, but I was unfortunately knocked off the board by these pros."

"This is probably the easiest this competition will ever be. Next year’s event will be an absolute battlefield for the pros."

If Lin Xian Village hadn’t publicized the news of the competition, he might have had a chance to qualify.

Now, getting a qualifying spot during the competition period was going to be anything but easy.

Hu Xia soon heard about the situation at the Arrow Tower. She had advertised it early precisely because she wanted to attract skilled archers to get selected and participate in the competition.

Otherwise, if they just ended up with a bunch of amateurs, there would be no entertainment value at all.

Of course, this also served as a warm-up for next year’s Arrow Tower competitions. She believed that starting next year, the competition for the monthly leaderboard spots would be fierce.

"Manager Hu, the Blacksmith’s Shop just called. They said Boss Lin’s nephew, Lin Lei, doesn’t want to be a Carpenter’s apprentice. He wants to be a blacksmith. They’re asking what to do."

Hu Xia hadn’t expected Lin Feng’s nephew to turn down the relatively easy job of a Carpenter for the most exhausting job of a blacksmith.

Apprentices for the three workshops had already been assigned, and Lin Lei’s grandfather had just dropped him off.

At that moment, Lin Lei was standing inside the Blacksmith’s Shop, his eyes blazing with passion as he stared at the Forging Technique Lin Feng had posted on the wall.

He was at that impressionable age where he dreamed of becoming a great martial arts hero.

Although he had been assigned to the Carpenter’s workshop, he’d heard that the Blacksmith’s Shop had a training method that could grant a person immense strength.

His interest was immediately piqued when he learned that no one had yet been able to master this Cultivation Technique.

In fact, other apprentices had also heard this rumor and were interested in the Cultivation Technique at the Blacksmith’s Shop.

However, unlike Lin Lei, they didn’t have the luxury of not worrying about being sent away if they failed to learn. They had to stick to their initial assignments.

"Kid, you really want to learn this?"

"Let me warn you, these movements are very difficult. The training is grueling, and there’s no guarantee you’ll even succeed."

The workers at the Blacksmith’s Shop would try the exercises on the wall in their free time. Even if they couldn’t complete the whole set, they still felt some effects.

It was especially good for building arm strength, but unfortunately, the technique was simply too difficult to perform completely.

"I’ll learn! I’m not afraid of hard work."

In Lin Lei’s mind, hard work was nothing. ’This is a Body Refining Technique straight out of a novel! Ordinary people would never get a chance to learn something like this.’

He had done a lot of research online about Lin Xian Village before he arrived.

He had even joined a "Lin Xian Village Veteran Cultivators Discussion Group," where many of the senior members claimed that Lin Xian Village had real Cultivation Techniques.

’In my opinion,’ he thought, ’this blacksmith’s training method must be the Cultivation Technique those veterans were talking about.’

’Once I master it, I’ll definitely blow everyone away.’

After the foreman received the notice from Hu Xia approving Lin Lei’s transfer to the Blacksmith’s Shop, he assigned the boy a simple task.

Holding a hammer that had been specially forged for him, Lin Lei began to imitate the diagrams on the wall.

He quickly discovered that, just as the older men had said, the movements were incredibly difficult to perform.

In his heroic mindset, however, this only made sense. ’A legendary training method is supposed to be difficult. It would be strange if it wasn’t.’

A few of the blacksmiths who were watching him were surprised to see him keep at it without giving up.

"How long do you think the kid will last?"

"Three days. If he doesn’t see any results after three days, he’ll give up."

"I bet he’ll give up on being a blacksmith by this time tomorrow."

Work at the Blacksmith’s Shop was far more tiring than the jobs at the other two workshops.

It was heavy physical labor every single day. Fortunately, they ate well in Lin Xian Village, so their bodies recovered quickly.

The Medicinal Cuisine, in particular, was an essential part of their daily diet.

As for selling it, no one in Lin Xian Village was foolish enough to do that anymore.

Unless a family was truly desperate for money, they would consume the Medicinal Cuisine themselves or share it with their family.

They had all heard a rumor that once the number of employees grew, this benefit would be reduced to one jar per week.

Lin Feng, who was busy directing the installation of equipment at the fishery, heard that Lin Lei wanted to practice the Forging Technique at the Blacksmith’s Shop, but he paid it no mind.

’As long as he doesn’t cause trouble, he can learn whatever he wants. It’s easy enough to find him a job in Lin Xian Village anyway.’

Zhou Jun got out of his car, saw Lin Feng by the lake, and walked straight over.

"Lin Feng."

"Brother Zhou, you’re back so soon?"

"It wasn’t a very complicated matter. I took care of it quickly after I went back, so I came right back."

"The Imperial Capital is a bit boring. Lin Xian Village is much more interesting."

When he went back this time, all his old friends were envious of him.

They could visit Lin Xian Village, but living there long-term wasn’t so easy.

"Lin Feng, what’s the deal with that online event?"

"Brother Zhou, did someone ask you about it? It’s a system we developed based on the Earth God."

"There are people online who want treatment slots, right? Well, as long as they meet the Earth God’s criteria, they can get one."

Zhou Jun thought for a moment and said, "That’s actually a great idea. This way, the people who want slots will have to find these good people themselves."

"And those good people can truly be rewarded for their deeds through your event. Some might even become financially independent because of it."

He had heard that there was no shortage of people desperate for one of Lin Xian Village’s treatment slots.

In this world, there are some illnesses that money can’t protect you from.

"Becoming financially independent is what these people deserve."

"The good deeds performed by every single person who qualifies for a slot are anything but simple."

Once the identities of those who received the slots are made public, everyone will understand that they aren’t easy to obtain.

The minimum requirement is risking one’s own life to save another.

There are quite a few people like that in the country, but they aren’t the type to come running to Lin Xian Village just for a slot.

However, once the criteria are made public, plenty of wealthy people will surely seek them out.

"People like that will, one way or another, gain some benefit from this event of mine."

Lin Feng believed that if this event continued, then whenever people who do good deeds were wrongly accused, someone would always be there to help them.

After getting things settled at the fishery, Lin Feng prepared to check on the Farmland, which he had forgotten to do yesterday.

Crop growth had been affected by the weather recently, and no new mutated plants had been discovered.

Halfway there, Lin Feng discovered that the task at the Medicine House had been completed. He glanced at the reward.

[Hemostatic Powder: Quickly stops bleeding and accelerates wound healing.]

’This is great stuff!’

Lin Feng felt this formula reward was far more useful than the previous two.

The ability to quickly stop bleeding was obviously useful in many situations, especially when providing first aid to patients with severe hemorrhaging.

The mortality rate for such patients was very high; sometimes they would bleed to death before a doctor could even arrive.

And as for accelerating wound healing, it went without saying that for any patient, the faster a wound closed, the lower the risk of complications.

’This formula is incredibly useful, but production at the Medicine House is going to be a problem!’

The demand for Clearing Heat and Stopping Cough Pills was already high, and patients needed Qi Replenishing Soup daily. Now they had this new medicine to produce as well.

The small staff at the Medicine House would be completely overwhelmed.

’I need to Level up faster. Only at a higher Level can I appoint more Pharmacists.’

Moreover, Lin Xian Village currently only had 100 villagers, which was already proving to be insufficient.

People without official villager status couldn’t receive the buffs from the various functional buildings.