Cultivation System: Stronger with Age Chapter 1392 - 606: Absolute Spirit World (2)

Seeing Lin Xuankong open his eyes and wake up, the middle‑aged man dressed like a butler finally let out a breath, smoothed his goatee, and said, "Little brother, you almost scared me just now. This restaurant is something our Master spent a fortune on, it’s only just been renovated and we were planning to open for business in the next few days. If before we even open, someone dies at the door, Master Miao will probably skin me alive himself!

It’s good you’re fine, good you’re fine!"

Speaking up to this point, the butler‑like man turned his head and shouted behind him, "Damn it, what are you all standing around for? Hurry to the back kitchen and bring a bowl of today’s leftovers and two cornbread buns for this little brother!"

Behind the butler‑like man, a few servants dressed as waiters shuddered and immediately ran toward the back kitchen.

Seeing this butler do all this, Lin Xuankong couldn’t help but secretly nod. In his heart he thought: The way this Little World looks right now, it’s practically like the Zhonghua Family’s Blue Star in the early twentieth century—a chaotic era, foreign powers invading from outside, and inside seems to be a complete mess as well. There are actually people who, while fleeing war, end up running into bandits, then into black markets, and finally just starve to death! Still, this butler‑like man in front of me isn’t bad. Whether he’s afraid the former body, Lin Qiang, dying at the door would be bad for the restaurant’s reputation, or he really does have a bit of kindness, at least he genuinely intends to give me some food and drink!

Thinking of this, Lin Xuankong couldn’t help mustering his last bit of strength, cupping his hands to the butler‑like man before him. Panting, he said, "I... I thank... thank you, sir, for saving my life. If you hadn’t shaken me for all you were worth just now, I’m afraid I would already be on my way to reincarnate again! Also, I would like to ask sir something. The Master Miao you just mentioned—could he possibly be named Miao Yun Lake?"

Hearing Lin Xuankong ask this, the butler‑like man’s expression changed slightly at once. He hurriedly waved his hands at Lin Xuankong and said:

"Little brother, how can you be so bold, to actually dare call Master Miao by his name! Fortunately I just ordered those lazy good‑for‑nothings to go do some work, so there’s no one else here right now. But next time you absolutely must not do that. In Qingyuan City, there are very few who dare call our Master Miao by name. Probably only that County Magistrate or a few of the Lords of the Training would dare address him so!

It’s said... I mean it’s said, last year there was some brat who didn’t know how high the sky is, and in public he shouted our Master’s name outright. The result was that the crowd around him swarmed him and beat him black and blue! In our Qingyuan City, Master Miao is not just the Director of the Inspection Bureau, he’s a true power holder. In just three years he’s captured several hundred great bandits, and because of that he’s greatly supported by the local common folk!"

Hearing this, Lin Xuankong’s heart couldn’t help but stir.

So this Miao Yunhai’s influence in Qingyuan City is indeed considerable. The original host, Lin Qiang, randomly collapsed in front of a restaurant, and it actually turned out to be an establishment under Miao Yunhai’s influence!

Still, that should count as a good thing. Since Lin Qiang’s father was so certain that he and this Miao Yunhai were very close classmates and friends, and that they hadn’t broken off contact all these years, then the stronger Miao Yunhai’s power is, the better it should be for me! The only thing is, I don’t know whether Miao Yunhai will distance himself from this relationship now that Lin Qiang’s family has fallen apart.

Thinking this, Lin Xuankong no longer hesitated. He forced his dizzy head to stay up and said, "Sir, it’s not that I don’t understand proper etiquette. It’s just that I rushed two to three hundred li to get here, precisely to look for Uncle Miao. My late father and Uncle Miao Yunhai were extremely close back in the day, classmates and friends for many years. Our Lin Family and the Miao Family have kept up quite a bit of contact over these years.

Unfortunately, a month ago the Hidden Cloud City where our Lin Family lived was besieged by the Great Yan Kingdom’s overseas Ai Race army. After the city was breached, they even carried out a massacre. I had no choice but to flee Hidden Cloud City and come to Qingyuan City to seek refuge with Uncle Miao!"

The middle‑aged butler‑like man’s face changed at these words. He carefully looked Lin Xuankong over a few times, then finally let out a low exclamation. "So you’re Young Master Lin Qiang—y‑you... with all that dust on your face, and having become so skinny, I almost couldn’t recognize you!

Ai, I’ve heard about what happened in Hidden Cloud City too. They say the Mountain River Third Division over there fought down to their last artillery shell to hold Hidden Cloud City, annihilating more than twenty thousand Ai Race soldiers. But because the Dust River’s waterway had been cut off by the Ai Race, they were completely isolated, and in the end the Ai Race still broke through the defenses!"

At this point, the butler‑like middle‑aged man turned around and shouted loudly behind him, "Why haven’t you brought the food yet? You slackers! And listen, don’t bring any leftovers. This little brother who fled here from the war is a descendant of one of Master Miao’s old friends, so of course he must be treated well! First make a bowl of lotus seed, longan, and red date congee—easy to digest and good for replenishing Qi Blood—then hurry and prepare several tasty dishes!"

Hearing the butler shout like that, the few waiters who had been about to come running out froze instantly, put away the leftovers they’d been about to carry out, and ran back to the kitchen again.

The butler, meanwhile, slowly helped Lin Xuankong up and let him lean back on a Grandmaster’s Chair, then said, "Since Young Master Lin has come here to seek refuge, as the Little Shopkeeper of Five Lakes Tower I definitely can’t make any big decisions on my own. Once I’ve supervised them in serving a proper meal, I’ll personally return to the Miao Mansion and report this to Master Miao! In your current condition, Young Master Lin, you must eat only a little at first and then get lots of rest."

Seeing how the butler’s attitude completely reversed after he revealed his identity, the slight tension in Lin Xuankong’s heart relaxed a bit.

According to the information in Lin Qiang’s mind, the Great Yan Kingdom he was in was currently at war with several neighboring countries. Among them, the ones who had the upper hand over Great Yan were several corps of that overseas Ai Race. It was said that those corps possessed extremely formidable equipment. Whether firearms, rifles, or artillery, all were quite a bit better than the Great Yan Kingdom’s defending forces. On top of that, the Ai Race navy was also very strong; otherwise they wouldn’t be able to blockade the enormously wide Dust River!

As for the development of the various clans in this Little World, Lin Xuankong still couldn’t be sure. But the Great Yan Kingdom and the surrounding countries it was fighting were roughly at the level of Blue Star’s early twentieth century, all at the initial stage of the Industrial Revolution. At the very least, firearms, rifles, machine guns, grenades, large‑caliber artillery, cruisers, submarines, aircraft carriers, airplanes, and the like had already been around for some time!

The Great Yan Kingdom had originally been quite prosperous, but over the past century corrupt officials had become ever more rampant, and the Royal Family of Great Yan had long since grown decadent... Under such circumstances, with the people unable to make a living, the Great Yan Kingdom—originally the strongest state among its many neighbors—had now become a target for invasion and partition by the surrounding clans and nations! Among them, the Ai Race occupied the most territory and was the most ruthless, often resorting to city‑wide massacres! In short, most of the border cities of the Great Yan Kingdom had already been temporarily occupied by the surrounding countries!

In such a turbulent, chaotic era—and with powerful firearms already present—things were really not looking good for Lin Xuankong, who had only just sent a strand of his Divine Soul over here!

What depressed Lin Xuankong the most was that

when he used his Divine Soul to barely maintain his Sensing Ability and carefully probed the surroundings, he found that there wasn’t the slightest trace of Spiritual Qi in this restaurant room or nearby—not even a bit of mixed, impure Spiritual Qi of any attribute!

In other words, the Little World Lin Xuankong currently found himself in was indeed still in its early stage of derivation; it was an "Absolute Spirit Mini World" that hadn’t even generated Spiritual Qi yet!

Under such circumstances, if Lin Xuankong wanted to cultivate within this Little World, it would be unimaginably difficult. Normally, all Immortal Techniques, Demon Techniques, Demon Techniques, and Buddhist Techniques require Spiritual Qi to circulate and transform within the body!

Without even the tiniest bit of Spiritual Qi, how is one supposed to Cultivate?