Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 23 First Income (Please read further with monthly votes and recommendations)

[You are absorbing spiritual energy. Spiritual affinity +1, spiritual energy +3]

Back inside, Zhou Ling meditated to continue restoring his spiritual energy.

Another cycle has passed, and the spiritual energy within my body has recovered to about 70%.

Zhou Ling continued repairing the sky lanterns, and before going to sleep that night, he repaired two more.

Zhou Ling wanted to continue, but unfortunately, his spiritual energy had reached its limit.

Before falling asleep, Zhou Ling pondered his insights from repairing the sky lanterns that day.

This was the first time he had drawn inscriptions on a real object, which could be considered as gaining practical experience.

However, most of these sky lanterns are carved from ordinary jade, and they are not difficult to draw.

Zhou Ling carefully summarized the errors in these inscriptions.

There are various problems, such as incorrect spirit ink mixing, incorrect attributes, incorrect inscription drawing, and improper inscription matching.

Fortunately, with the help of [Basic Analysis], he was able to quickly identify problems and think of solutions.

This was also a significant improvement for him.

Early the next morning, Zhou Ling began meditating and cultivating, and then continued repairing the sky lanterns.

After all, today is the Lantern Festival, and we need to repair and sell all the lanterns by today.

After the Lantern Festival, nobody wanted them anymore.

Before breakfast, I repaired two lamps.

However, his spiritual energy was greatly depleted. After breakfast, Zhou Ling practiced the Zhou Tian Ling Yan Technique twice.

They continued repairing the last sky lantern.

Looking at the somewhat messy, oddly shaped sky lanterns laid out on the ground, Zhou Ling looked satisfied.

With the help of the [Basic Insight] and [Basic Analysis] talents, all ten sky lanterns were successfully repaired.

Although it was my first time in a real-world situation, I still lacked some experience.

The repair was somewhat rough and there's still a lot of room for improvement, but Zhou Ling was still very satisfied.

These sky lanterns are enough to be sold as finished products!
Looking outside, the sun was gradually rising; it was already past 9 AM.

Zhou Ling walked out of the room, went to the small courtyard in front, took a medicine basket, and emptied some sand from it.

Then he took a clean piece of linen and placed it on the mat.

Back in the room, I carefully placed the sky lantern into the medicine basket.

The medicine basket could only hold seven lamps, so Zhou Ling held the remaining three in his hand.

He then carried the medicine basket on his back.

Now he is about 1.2 meters tall, and with years of practicing the Dayang Fist, his physique has long surpassed that of ordinary people.

"Tiger is so late today?"

"Everything is ready," Zhou Ling murmured.

Early in the morning, after her parents finished eating, Li Ru knew they were going out for a stroll today, so she gave Zhou Ling more than ten pieces of spirit shards, telling him to buy anything he liked if he saw it, and also reminding him not to go to crowded places.

The couple then went out to do their respective tasks.

"Brother Ling, I'm sorry I'm late!"

"I was helping my family clean and sell fish this morning, which made me late!"

As soon as I stepped out the door, I saw Yuan Hu running towards me, panting heavily.

"It's okay, I just finished my work too!"

Zhou Lingdao.

Where did these sky lanterns come from?

"let me help you!"

Yuan Hu was young, but he was very perceptive, noticing Zhou Ling carrying the medicine basket.

He reached out, took the medicine basket, slung it over his back, and asked curiously.

"Let's not go shopping today, let's sell sky lanterns. If we sell them all, I'll treat you to spirit cakes!"

Zhou Ling smiled.

"Alright, selling things is my forte. I help sell fish every day when I go home!"

"I guarantee these sky lanterns will fetch a good price!"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Hu beamed with delight and patted his chest with an air of importance.

"Let's go, Wang Xin might be getting impatient!"

Zhou Ling smiled.

No wonder this kid, despite his young age, sometimes acts like a seasoned veteran; it turns out he's been working in the fish and meat market since he was a child.

No wonder!

Fifteen minutes later, they met up with Wang Xin at the entrance of the Taoist temple.

Wang Xin looked amused and delighted when she heard that she was going to sell sky lanterns today.

"Wang Xin, this lotus lantern is for you!"

Zhou Ling handed the lotus lantern in her hand to Wang Xin.

"Thank you, Zhou Ling!" Wang Xin happily accepted the sky lantern.

Looking at the exquisite and beautiful lotus flower design, Kaxilan's big eyes were full of joy.

Afterwards, the three of them walked along the bustling bluestone road toward the market.

"Highly crafted sky lanterns are on sale at a low price!"

Along the way, Yuan Hu walked ahead, shouting at the top of his lungs.

Although the voice was somewhat immature, it was quite strong and resonant.

And to be honest, the effect is really good.

Before even reaching the market, three sky lanterns had already been sold.

I earned forty-six Soul Shards.

Zhou Ling was originally worried about how to sell these sky lanterns.

After all, renting a stall in the market, even in the most remote place, costs a lot of spirit fragments every day.

With Yuanhu hawking his wares all the way, things are much better now; there's no need to rent a stall anymore.

Zhou Ling decisively handed over the task of selling sky lanterns to Yuan Hu.

Along the way, Wang Xin found it interesting and occasionally tried to imitate the vendor's call, "Selling lanterns!"

The voice was even more childish, accompanied by waving the lotus lantern in the hand.

Wang Xin wore a pink dress with exquisite decorations, and her face was as delicate as jade, making her cute and beautiful.

Soon, it also attracted the attention of many children who were shopping.

People would occasionally come over to inquire about the sky lanterns.

The three of them walked on the main street of the market, and before they had even walked halfway, all nine sky lanterns had been sold out.

Zhou Ling earned 205 spirit fragments, which is more than two low-grade spirit stones.

Excluding the cost of thirteen Soul Shards.

This profit is absolutely enough to make you rich overnight.

Unfortunately, the Lantern Festival only happens once a year.

Seeing that the medicine basket was empty, Yuan Hu asked, "Where do we go next?"

Zhou Ling covered the spirit stone pouch in his arms with his right hand and said with a smile, "Let's go, let's eat spirit cakes first, and then we'll eat beast meat dumplings."

"Wow, all done!"

Yuanhu immediately started gesturing excitedly and led the way to the pastry shop not far from the street.

There are many spiritual food shops in the market, as well as a variety of exquisite pastries and snacks.

A short while later, the three of them came out of the shop.

The best dish at this pastry shop is the glutinous rice osmanthus cake, which is made by steaming a mixture of glutinous rice and glutinous rice in a certain proportion, and then adding osmanthus and glutinous herbs.

Sweet and soft, delicious and tasty, three pieces of glutinous rice osmanthus cake and a broken spirit stone.

Zhou Ling spent five pieces of broken spirit to buy fifteen pieces of glutinous rice osmanthus cake.

The three of them each received three pieces, and they took the remaining six pieces back for their parents to try.

At the same time, a new idea began to sprout in his mind.

Once I've saved up enough spirit stones, I'll open a pastry shop for my mother.

This would also save my mother from suffering from the heat and fumes of cooking all day in the kitchen.

Next, the three of them strolled around the street while enjoying hot and delicious pastries.

After walking only a few steps, Yuan Hu had already finished the three pieces of glutinous rice cake with osmanthus in his hand, licking his lips with a look of unsatisfaction.

Wang Xin gave him the remaining two pieces.

Yuan Hu looked at Wang Xin, feeling a little embarrassed, but still shamelessly accepted the pastries.

"We're going to eat something else later, why are you eating so much? Be careful you won't be able to eat anything later!"

Zhou Ling finished the spirit cake. Although it wasn't as delicious as the one her mother made, it was still very tasty.

After a busy morning, all the fatigue in my body was swept away.

"Brother Ling, I can eat all three large bowls of meat dumplings later!"

Yuan Hu, with his mouth full of pastries, said this in a hurried manner.

"Three bowls, and large portions at that!"

"Give me back the medicine basket right now."

"If you keep eating like this, you'll go broke!"

Zhou Ling glared at him and said.

The three of them continued strolling around the street, and Zhou Ling got a taste of the sweetness.

No matter which stall you go to, check if there are any substandard religious artifacts.

But after walking around, I didn't find anything.

At noon, they ate meat dumplings. Zhou Ling also ordered a large bowl for Yuan Hu, but as for three bowls, forget about it.

After finishing the dumplings, the three of them went home.

(End of this chapter)