When the store opened for business, it was just a few minutes before 7 am
At that moment, Lin Yuan stood beside the flower rack and felt even more tired than usual. This was due to his weak spiritual energy.
Lin Yuan was already rather familiar with the tiredness he felt when opening the store every day.
However, there was a sense of dizziness in the depths of his head today, and it seemed to be getting stronger.
"Meow, Lin Yuan, go sit on the stool for a while."
It then crawled along Lin Yuan's pants and clothes until it reached his neck.
It trembled as it stood up and gently massaged Lin Yuan's head with its little paws, which were covered with soft and thick meat pads.
The Sound Bird was also flying around anxiously as though it was wondering why Lin Yuan looked so much weaker than usual.
Lin Yuan forced himself to be alert and hugged the Hundred Questions Beast, Genius, in his embrace.
His fair and bony fingers brushed across the Hundred Questions Beast's gray and black fur, making it very glaring.
"Genius, Chimey, the two of you don't have to worry about me. Perhaps I didn't sleep well last night!"
As Lin Yuan spoke, he started to ponder carefully. Could I have really contracted an illness again?
The money I was earning from maintaining this store was limited, and it was only enough to support my younger sister's school fees.
The money I had to save up for my meals was always saved up.
The poor were most afraid of illnesses.
After the Spirit Qi Awakening, any incurable illness before the Spirit Qi Awakening could be easily resolved. One just had to find a spirit qi professional with a high-grade healing-type fey to treat it once.
However, for a single treatment from a spirit qi professional with a high-grade fey, Lin Yuan's store wouldn't be able to afford it even with two or three months of sales.
Lin Yuan might be speaking like this, but Genius and Chimey's anxiety didn't decrease at all.
It was as though they were afraid of losing their most precious things.
To Genius and Chimey, they were just two inferior housekeeping pets that were rejected and despised, while Lin Yuan was their entire world.
At 7 am sharp, a straightforward and shrewd voice echoed punctually at the door.
"Little Yuan, I have told you many times. Next time, don't open the store so early. Just open it after 8 am. You can also have a good rest."
As the middle-aged woman spoke, she placed a wooden box on Lin Yuan's counter.
Then, he looked at Lin Yuan with a gentle gaze and said, "Don't worry.
"Same as always, give me ten Usnea vines."
When Lin Yuan heard this passionate and shrewd voice, a bright smile appeared on his face.
This sunny smile on Lin Yuan's face made him look very amiable, like a spring breeze.
"Auntie Zhang, I've told you many times not to bring me breakfast when you're shopping!"
While speaking, Lin Yuan had already swiftly cut off the Usnea vines.
A pot of Usnea could grow thirteen to fourteen 1.5 meter long Usnea vines in about a day.
A Usnea vine was exactly one meter long.
Lin Yuan's scissors cut off 10 Usnea vines that were exactly 1.5 meters long.
Then, he used a piece of cloth to tie up the ten Usnea vines that were 1.5 meters long.
A bunch of crisp and delightful Usnea Vines were collected by Lin Yuan.
When Auntie Zhang saw Lin Yuan squatting down and skillfully tidying up the Usnea vines, her eyes flashed with kindness and heartache.
As an old neighbor, Auntie Zhang had witnessed how Lin Yuan had to support this store and support himself and his younger sister since he was 12 years old.
He had to support his younger sister's schooling, and Auntie Zhang couldn't remember if it had been six or seven years.
When Lin Yuan brought the Usnea vines to the counter, he happened to see Auntie Zhang looking at him.
"Auntie Zhang, if I open the store at 8 am, you won't be able to buy such fresh Usnea vines, right?"
Auntie Zhang quickly withdrew the emotions in her eyes and smiled.
"That's true. Why don't you learn from the stores outside? You also put energy ores in the Usneas. How much can you earn from one Usnea vine?"
When Lin Yuan heard Auntie Zhang's words, he shook his head with a smile and didn't say anything.
At that moment, Lin Yuan was completely supporting his body. The dizziness in his head was so intense that Lin Yuan felt that he could collapse at any moment.
Auntie Zhang understood that this youth in front of her had his own persistence.
Whether it was opening the store at 7 am every day or stubbornly adding energy ores in the Usnea soil, Auntie Zhang felt heartache.
As a child that she had watched grow up, Auntie Zhang had a faint admiration in her heart. It was just like how a senior would look at a promising junior.
Auntie Zhang left 75 yuan and turned to walk towards the door. She said as she left.
When she was leaving, she said, "Little Yuan, this is the sesame seed cake and soy milk that your Uncle Li specially baked for you for breakfast. If you want to make your Uncle Li sad, then don't eat it."
Lin Yuan saw that the 75 yuan on the table had an additional 25 yuan. Just as Lin Yuan was about to call out to Auntie Zhang, the dizziness in his head intensified, and his vision blurred before he fainted.
Suddenly, the dizziness in his head intensified, and his vision blurred before he fainted.
When Auntie Zhang left, she was feeling rather pleased.
Every time she gave Little Yuan money, he wouldn't accept it. This time, she was going to leave first, and she believed that Little Yuan would accept the money.
But just as she reached the store's entrance, she heard a thud, and it was the sound of something falling on the ground.
When the sound of something falling echoed, she heard the anxious cries of the Sound Bird and the Hundred Questions Beast.
Auntie Zhang quickly turned around and noticed that Lin Yuan was holding the 25 yuan and falling on the ground.
He was quietly closing his eyes, and there was a faint expression on his face as though he was asleep.
Auntie Zhang quickly ran over and helped Lin Yuan up.
The instant before Lin Yuan fainted and closed his eyes, he could vaguely hear Genius, Chimey, and Auntie Zhang's anxious cries.
Then, his consciousness sank into a state of dizziness.
This dizziness was like a swamp that made it hard for one to wade through. It was chaotic and sticky, and it was dead silent.
After fainting, Lin Yuan felt as though he was gradually awakening in this dizziness. His younger sister's face, Genius, and Chimey's face flashed in his mind.
The three of them were his kin and his fetters. If he were to die, he didn't know how sad his younger sister would be. He also didn't know who would take care of Chimey and Genius.
Fortunately, he had saved up for his younger sister's tuition fees for next year.
Lin Yuan's consciousness wandered in this chaotic consciousness for an unknown period of time.
All of a sudden, at the end of the depths of his consciousness, Lin Yuan saw something that couldn't be more familiar.
It was a simple and unadorned copper ring.
This ring had always been Lin Yuan's secret, and this life was actually Lin Yuan's second life.
In his previous life, he had been high-spirited and at the prime of his life, but he had died at an untimely age of 30.
When he opened his eyes again, he was already an infant that had just been born 100 years after the Spirit Qi Awakening. Accompanying his birth was this simple and unadorned copper ring.
This ring had been on his wrist ever since he was young.
However, when he was eight years old, it had strangely vanished after he had accidentally stained it with his blood.
He didn't expect to discover this simple and unadorned copper ring in the depths of his consciousness.
The copper ring was currently flickering with a faint light, causing the depths of his consciousness to be filled with a faint, rippling tawny color.
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