With Cultivation Simulator in a Chaotic World-Chapter 43: Departure

The life of tenant farmers is even more restricted than Jiang Ming imagined.

The social hierarchy of this mortal dynasty named Daqi is extremely strict; Zhu Ergou is a tenant farmer, and his status is even lower than that of the contracted servants of wealthy families from certain perspectives.

In this lifetime, Jiang Ming couldn’t even go into the mountains to hunt for blood meals.

Because the Daqi Dynasty has established that all mountain forest natural resources have owners.

The mountain forests near Zhu Ergou naturally belong to the landlord, of course.

Inner Strength is obtained from Acquired five grains and blood meals, thus Jiang Ming completely abandoned the cultivation of Inner Strength.

The Celestial Demon Heart Devouring Technique and Nameless Calming Heart Method, these two Divine Skills cooperate, and four years have passed, Jiang Ming has turned into a tall and strong young man.

Standing out among a crowd of lean and adolescent farmers.

"I can’t waste time in the mortal world anymore..."

However, the class system of the Daqi Dynasty is even stricter than Jiang Ming imagined.

Going out requires a travel pass, and even starting a business is impossible.

The officialdom is a recommendation system, and even when Jiang Ming wants to join the army, he has nowhere to go.

Everyone’s lifetime seems to be predestined from the beginning.

"Since it is so..." Jiang Ming’s eyes narrowed slightly.

In his mind, an idea stirred.

Handwriting begins to change.

[You start arranging things, your family begins to complain that your farm work has reduced compared to before, you use physical discomfort as an excuse to evade.]

[Daqi Calendar 1696, Young Master Qian out for a stroll, suddenly attacked by mountain wolves, the guards fiercely protect, Young Master Qian’s personal guard carries him back to the manor.]

[On the way, again there is a howl from the forest, the fierce tiger roars, the personal guard battles to the death, Young Master Qian is in mortal danger.]

[You hide in a dark place, watching everything, at the critical moment you grab hold of the tiger’s tail.]

At the edge of the forest, far away, large fields of rice paddies can be seen.

The sun is shining brightly, and in the rice paddies there are many farmers working.

At this moment, the roar of a tiger rings out, two or three farmers in the fields near the forest look towards its depths in fear.

Zhu Ergou now hides in a tree, his gaze coldly watching the colorful fierce tiger biting a strong guard to death.

The sound of bones being broken, the sound of flesh being torn, and the extremely intense smell of blood, all seem to turn into countless demons breaking Young Master Qian’s psychological defenses.

Young Master Qian collapses to the ground, staring in terror at everything in front of him.

"How... how..."

Young Master Qian’s complexion is pale, his eyes nearly hollow, his limbs limp, and though reason tells him he should run quickly, running to a crowded place would save him.

But his hands and feet refuse to obey his commands.

The fierce tiger playfully smashes the guard’s head, its gaze darkly turning to Young Master Qian.

The fierce tiger advances slowly, yet each step seems to stamp on Young Master Qian’s heart.

"Ang."

The tiger roars through the forest.

Young Master Qian despairingly shuts his eyes.

"Vile beast, dare you!"

A thunderous shout rings out.

A strong and sturdy young man grabs hold of the fierce tiger’s tail.

The tiger angrily and swiftly turns around, but the young man leaps up.

When Young Master Qian comes to his senses, the fierce tiger has already disappeared.

Blood drips from the young man’s fists.

"Young Master, are you alright? I’ll send you back now."

A worried voice sounds, and Young Master Qian feels himself being carried.

Finally, blood seems to return to his body.

.........

"Mother!" Qian Li cries out, rushing into his mother’s embrace.

Qian’s Mother soothingly comforts him while cursing at the wolves, fierce tigers, and even the guards who protected Qian Li.

"Landlord Qian, your son is just overly frightened, after a few days of rest he’ll be fine."

The physician’s words bring relief to Father Qian.

"It’s good, very good," he says.

Father Qian looks at the sturdy young man behind him.

"What’s your name, which family are you from?"

"Ah? Sir, my name is Zhu Ergou, my father is Zhu Dazhuang."

Landlord Qian doesn’t truly care what tenant farmers are called, it’s just that his steward confirmed that Zhu Ergou is indeed a tenant farmer from the manor.

"You’ve done well, your family doesn’t need to pay grain this year!"

"Thank you, sir!"

Zhu Ergou immediately offers thanks.

Landlord Qian accidentally meets Zhu Ergou’s gaze, Landlord Qian is slightly surprised, a peculiar glint flashes in his eyes.

He stroked his chin and mused for a moment before saying, "Being able to fight off a tiger, not bad, Ada, take him to Instructor Li, from today onwards he counts as a guard."

The servants inside the room cast envious glances at Zhu Ergou.

A guard is considered a good job in the manor.

Guards won’t be randomly beaten or have their life and death decided, moreover, they are eligible for martial arts training, the daily grain is the highest in the manor aside from the Qian Family, they even often have meat to eat.

But these servants didn’t anticipate how many guards died the day Qian Li went out.

Zhu Ergou immediately offers thanks.

[You’ve been chosen by Landlord Qian as a guard, from then on you are no longer a tenant farmer.]

[However, no one else knows, the fierce tiger wasn’t repelled by you but beaten to death.]

[With the status of a guard, you don’t have to be troubled by mundane affairs, starting to concentrate on cultivating Martial Dao, you devour the essence of tiger blood and flesh, paired with daily cultivation and blood meals, cultivation speed greatly increases.]

[Daqi Calendar 1700, Qian Li participates in the provincial examination, you accompany him as a guard, it’s your first time leaving the Money Manor, you choose...]

[A·Continue guarding Qian Li B·Leave in the middle C·Adapt to the situation]

Twenty years old.

But Zhu Ergou does not deserve to take an appellation, only because of Qian Li’s gratitude for saving his life four years ago, his relationship with Zhu Ergou has become very good.

At the provincial examination, Qian Li even specifically named Zhu Ergou to accompany him.

Jiang Ming took a deep breath.

Twenty years have passed, family background truly determines many things, these twenty years Jiang Ming hasn’t had much room to maneuver.

Zhu Ergou is twenty now, yet his cultivation is not as good as Li Jin’s cultivation at fourteen, Martial Arts Cultivation is second-rate because resources are too scarce, even though Jiang Ming often goes hunting far away in the forest, the blood meals of ordinary beasts can’t compare to the myriad refined Martial Dao resources Li Jin had back then.

But Zhu Ergou’s cultivation is good enough to be a guard for the manor’s wealthy family.

Next steps...

Jiang Ming has had enough of being constrained, naturally, he didn’t plan to continue playing along with the Qian Family.

If it weren’t for his family still being in the manor this lifetime, Jiang Ming would have left long ago.

But now...

Jiang Ming can completely repeat the old trick, just like he did four years ago.

The Celestial Demon Heart Devouring Technique is a comprehensive Cultivation Technique, not only involving Inner and Outer Skills, but also contains various bizarre abilities.

Such as psychological suggestion, or controlling mortal beasts.