The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

Upon hearing this, Ling Silang laughed first, "If I've only passed the preliminary examination and am just a minor scholar, and haven't even taken the provincial examination yet, how can you be so confident that I can pass the imperial examination?"

"With your brains, passing the imperial examination is a piece of cake." Du Mingxian thought to herself, "A person who has been brought back to life by absorbing the spiritual water must have an even sharper mind." She suddenly stared at him with some curiosity and asked, "Do you have a photographic memory now?"

Ling Silang shook his head.

Du Mingxian was disappointed, "I don't have a photographic memory."

"I haven't tried it, so I don't know. Go out and find a book, and you'll know once you try it."

Du Mingxian: "..."

The two chatted idly until dawn broke outside. Du Mingxian put on a pair of rain boots, left the space, and quietly walked out of the village.

Although the rain had stopped, and there had been a day without rain, the road was still extremely difficult to walk on—muddy, slippery, and difficult to traverse.

Fortunately, she was wearing shorts when she came out, which made it easier for her to move around.

Just walking out of the village, Du Mingxian felt that it would normally take her half an hour to reach the village entrance, but today... it took her an hour, and by the time she walked out of the village, it was already broad daylight.

To avoid people, she quickened her pace and walked forward.

After walking for about two miles, and finding no one around, she entered the space.

Ling Silang had already poured a glass of water, and when he saw her come in, he quickly handed it to her, saying, "Hurry up and drink some."

"Okay." Du Mingxian took a sip of water and felt a little better. "I've already left the village and walked about two miles. Do you want to come out too? Or do you want to stay in the space and we can talk about it when we get to town?"

"No need, I'll go out and walk with you."

"Although this road is a main road, it is not easy to walk on."

"It's nothing. You have to get some mud on you, otherwise people will suspect something."

"Ok."

Before the two went out again, Du Mingxian changed back into her dress, but didn't change her shoes, because she only had women's shoes in her space, so Ling Silang was still wearing his own.

After the two left the space, Ling Silang stared blankly at the real scene, which was completely different from the space scenery, for a long time before he came back to his senses and murmured, "It's good to be alive."

Du Mingxian recalled how Ling Silang had been sick all along, and she felt sorry for him, let alone Ling Silang himself.

After he finished expressing his feelings, the two of them continued walking forward.

The main road is a little better than the village roads. There's still a lot of mud, but at least there are some solid patches to step on, so you can walk relatively faster.

As they approached the town entrance, Ling Silang said, "We can't stay in town. We might run into acquaintances, and it will be difficult to explain."

"Buy two steamed buns and rent a horse-drawn carriage to go to the county."

Ling Silang said, "I see you have a horse in your space... riding a horse is fine too."

Riding on the same horse, Du Mingxian felt a little embarrassed when she thought about the legs and hands she had pressed against him when they got up. "That horse is too small for the two of us. A carriage is much more comfortable."

At Du Mingxian's insistence, the two rented a horse-drawn carriage and headed to the county.

Inside the carriage, Du Mingxian asked, "Are we still going to the master's house?"

"I will go, but... if I don't go back, I will have to go directly to the prefectural city, otherwise I won't make it in time for the exam."

“Okay, let’s go to the county. You go to your teacher’s house, and I’ll find a place and prepare food for you in my space. We’ll buy the other necessities for you after we get to the county.”

Ling Silang was very touched. "Thank you."

Du Mingxian was about to say, "We are husband and wife," but she swallowed the words and only said lightly, "We'll have to pay it back in the future."

Ling Silang smiled and said, "Okay."

We took the official road, which had small stones on it, and the road conditions were much better. The carriage was very wobbly, but luckily the wheels didn't rot into the mud.

On their way to the county, Du Mingxian and Ling Silang first went to a clothing shop and bought Ling Silang four sets of clothes and four pairs of shoes. After changing into them in a secluded place, Ling Silang went to his teacher's house, while Du Mingxian prepared food for him to use during the exam in her spatial storage.

The exam was several days away, but with the experience from last time, it was much easier to prepare this time.

Ling Silang went to his teacher's house to inform him, listened to some of his teacher's advice, and took a lot of books from his teacher's house. By the time he came out, it was already noon the next day.

He walked back to the place where he had exited the space, but there was no one there.

"Mingxian," he called out.

Upon hearing this, Du Mingxian came out and led the man inside. Seeing the book in his hand, she couldn't wait any longer, "Try it quickly, see if you can memorize everything you see."

"it is good."

There was no rush. Reading was just reading, so... Ling Silang simply sat down on the ground and started reading, while Du Mingxian went into the mountains to find the bowl she had taken.

There was already a bottom in the bowl. She frowned as she looked at the water, then picked it up to drink... What if it was the last remaining spiritual spring water? It would be a pity. She thought it over and over.

She took a dagger and made a small cut on her finger, then... she dipped a small spoon in water and put it on her small wound.

When the wound came into contact with water, a miraculous thing happened.

The wound healed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It's truly a concentrated essence of the sacred spring water.

This realization made her happy.

Ling Silang flipped through the book several times faster than before, as if he were just casually scanning it. When he finished scanning and didn't see Du Mingxian, he simply moved on to the second book.

By the time Du Mingxian reappeared, he had already finished reading the third book.

He stood up, somewhat excited, "Mingxian..."

"What's wrong with him? Can he have a photographic memory?"

Ling Silang stepped forward and hugged Du Mingxian tightly. He was extremely excited and his heart was pounding. After releasing Du Mingxian, his eyes shone brightly. "I... I seem to have a photographic memory."

"Any other functions?"

"My reading speed has improved. In just this short time, I flipped through three books, even though I deliberately slowed down. And now, I can remember what I just read as soon as I close my eyes, and I remember exactly which page it was on."

"Wow!" Du Mingxian was pleasantly surprised; this level of skill seemed to be on par with the overpowered abilities of a female protagonist in a novel.

"It must be because you suffered too much in the first ten years of your life, and God is giving you a second chance as compensation."

Ling Silang stared intently at Du Mingxian, "Mingxian, it's all because of you. You brought all of this to me."

Du Mingxian saw her own face reflected in his pupils, as if his world was so small that it could only hold her alone. Her heart pounded. "This is a blessing from God. You have such a great opportunity. Since you are going to pursue an official career, you should do more good for the people."

Ling Silang nodded emphatically.

With the exams approaching and neither of them planning to go back, they decided to head straight to the prefectural city.

After arriving in the prefectural city, Ling Silang first went to an inn and booked a room. He then went to various bookstores to browse through books. Every day, he would go through all the books in the bookstores, but in the end, it seemed that he could not find the book he wanted. Instead, he would buy some paper, pens, inkstones, or ink.

In short, he was going to buy these things anyway, and he kept doing this until three days before the exam, having visited every bookstore, big and small, in the prefectural city.

"Not going out today?"