Recently, Chen Xu has been trading daily with the sage of the Micro Dust Country.

The traded items are not limited to meat pies, but also include Spirit Rice Porridge, Lotus Leaf Wrapped Duck, Mixed Stewed Fish, or Osmanthus Cake, Lotus Pastry, and so on.

What Chen Xu received, however, were specialties of the Micro Dust Country, such as Floating Rice Seeds and Sticky Taro Seeds.

Meanwhile, in the daily creation of gourmet food, Chen Xu adjusted his True Qi, stabilized his cultivation, calmed his mind, and gradually attained a more harmonious control over his cultivation.

Of course, the subtle control of cultivation is not an achievement of a day or two. Although Chen Xu has made obvious progress, the path ahead is still long and winding.

He wasn't anxious, just found it very interesting.

Moreover, there is another intriguing aspect to trading with the Micro Dust Country.

That is, Chen Xu has acquired a completely new source of likes.

The little people in the Micro Dust Country can consistently provide Chen Xu with at least [1080] likes every day, which, over time, proves to be quite valuable.

Chen Xu also experimented by offering Spiritual Food to see if the number of likes would increase after the little people consumed it.

The test result was that, even after consuming Spiritual Food, the daily limit of likes from ordinary little people remained at 10.

Only the sage had the potential to increase his daily likes limit to 200.

The ratio is too low, so continuous trade with Spiritual Food is unnecessary.

Chen Xu speculated that it might be due to the small bodies and weak foundations of these little people, which made breaking through the limit difficult.

In this world, usually, the larger the physique, the higher the life's upper limit.

The fact that the little people from the Micro Dust Country can individually provide 10 likes per day is already exceptional, even surpassing most ordinary humans.

It is worth mentioning that Chen Xu received a vital piece of information through feedback from the Food Cauldron Celestial Book:

For an average human, an individual can provide a daily like limit of 5, with a total limit of 200 points.

In contrast, the little people from the Micro Dust Country can provide a daily like limit of 10, with a remarkably high total limit—

According to the celestial book's feedback, the total limit for ordinary little people is five thousand points, while the sage's total limit is fifty thousand points.

It is evident that the essence of life of the little people is extraordinary.

However, now that Chen Xu has broken through to the Golden Core Stage, the exchange rate of likes to Free Attribute Points has once again increased.

Before the breakthrough, [40] likes could be exchanged for one Free Attribute Point, but now [60] likes are required for one Attribute Point.

In theory, Chen Xu should have hoarded more Attribute Points before making the breakthrough.

But the inspiration for the breakthrough was fleeting, and with the prophesied calamity of the flood dragon impending, Chen Xu could not give up this opportunity for a so-called "maximized benefit".

After the breakthrough, the Food Cauldron Celestial Book presented new prompts:

[Prompt One: When your total number of likes reaches five hundred thousand, you will be able to unlock the third volume of the Food God Cultivation Technique Scroll.]

[Prompt Two: When your total number of likes reaches one hundred thousand, the Fire and Smoke Kitchen will undergo a second upgrade, obtaining the title of Spiritual Market Kitchen Residence.]

Spiritual Market Kitchen Residence!

Just by the name, it seems much more mystical compared to the Fire and Smoke Kitchen.

Chen Xu is eagerly anticipating it.

His current data is as follows:

[Accumulated Likes: 75330]

The total of one hundred thousand likes is not far off.

Chen Xu collected a total of three hundred jin of Floating Rice and Sticky Taro seeds. Subsequently, he entered the Fire and Smoke Kitchen several times each day, using the Talisman of Universal Creation to catalyze the Floating Rice and Sticky Taro to obtain more seeds.

Chen Xu now has a very adept command of the Talisman of Universal Creation, and he deliberately controls its direction, preventing Floating Rice and Sticky Taro from developing into Spiritual Materials.

Instead, each catalysis strives to produce more seeds.

This is also a form of cultivation.

Day after day, Chen Xu hardly paid any attention to matters beyond his window.

Time flew by, and it was already the end of June. In two days, the official start of the village examination would commence!

Five days earlier, Chen Xu had brought his Seal and other items to the Imperial Examination Hall to register for the examination.

The village and courtyard examinations of the Great Li Dynasty differ in certain respects.

At the village examination stage, since Scholars are already endowed with various powers, the verification for registration does not require the guarantee of five people.

Each person is responsible for himself, and as long as he has the Scholar's Seal and a recommendation letter from a Scholar in his place of residence, he can directly participate in the village examination.

As for identity verification, that would happen on the day of the examination.

The Imperial Examination Hall has Literary Dao Magical Treasures to ensure that the examinees are who they claim to be.

Anyone daring to impersonate would be struck down by thunder on the spot, with no escape from death!

With such strict punishment, those daring to cheat on the village examination are nearly impossible to find.

Nevertheless, the examiners for this village examination entered the Imperial Examination Hall several days in advance, and once inside, the hall was sealed.

From that moment until the end of the village examination, entry was permitted but exit was not.

Unbeknownst to Chen Xu, during these days, his volume of "Strange Encounters of Heavenly Crafts" had truly stirred up a storm throughout Pingyang City.

First, there was a young man from a humble family, whose family fell into decline and whose family estate dwindled from a thousand acres to a mere hundred.

Even of these hundred acres, most were middle fields with difficult water access, and there wasn't a single acre of superior land left.

The young man named Yu Zhi was truly distressed beyond words.

Recently, due to the scorching weather, the Yu family's fields were suffering from severe drought.

Merely relying on tenant farmers to carry water for irrigation couldn't fully nourish the land.

The tenants suffered, and Yu Zhi's heart was also heavy.

He feared a poor harvest this year could force the sale of the family land.

In such despair, he gritted his teeth and spent his secretly saved three hundred cash to buy a newly released "Strange Encounters of Heavenly Crafts" from the Stone Channel Bookstore.

Yu Zhi was not someone born for books, having only once passed the child scholar exam, finding it incredibly challenging to become a Scholar.

His family hoped he could rise through study, but he knew his limitations, so he didn't hope for career advancement through exams.

Whenever pressured by the family to study hard, he secretly visited various bookstores to find tales to alleviate his boredom.

The title "Strange Encounters of Heavenly Crafts" had a somewhat legendary allure, so Yu Zhi thought it might be interesting and quietly bought a copy.

Then he started reading, and once he started, he couldn't stop.

Thus, Yu Zhi was engrossed while studying at school.

During classes, his mind was foggy, constantly recalling the story.

When the protagonist was cast out by his father, he was indignant.

When the protagonist received cold stares from villagers at a farm estate, he felt even more aggrieved.

Thus, Yu Zhi was engrossed while studying at school.

During classes, his mind was foggy, constantly recalling the story.

When the protagonist was cast out by his father, he was indignant.

When the protagonist received cold stares from villagers at a farm estate, he felt even more aggrieved. Thus, Yu Zhi was engrossed while studying at school.

During classes, his mind was foggy, constantly recalling the story.

When the protagonist was cast out by his father, he was indignant.

When the protagonist received cold stares from villagers at a farm estate, he felt even more aggrieved.

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