Chapter 7

"Brother Jin, please help me."

Xu Jin returned to the empty dormitory to prepare for a rest, but was startled by Qian Xiaohu who popped out.

"Brother Jin, please pass your star-pointing experience to me; I will definitely repay you."

"Brother Jin, if I can't point the star, I can only go home to farm and do hard labor, and I won't have enough to eat or wear for the rest of my life."

"Brother Jin, I want to successfully point the star, I want my dad and mom to live a good life, please, help me." Qian Xiaohu said, his eyes turning red, and he was about to kneel to Xu Jin.

Xu Jin was quick-eyed and fast-handed, and hurriedly helped him up.

"Little Hu, you have taken care of me several times, and I hold gratitude in my heart. But the experience of successfully pointing the star, I told you all this morning, without a trace of reservation." Xu Jin said.

"Really?" Qian Xiaohu wouldn't give up.

Xu Jin did tell him the experience of successfully pointing the star this morning, but it was not much different from what the instructor taught, and for him at present, it didn't help much.

"Really."

Getting a positive answer, Qian Xiaohu's eyes dimmed; looking at the light in Qian Xiaohu's eyes gradually dissipating, Xu Jin was also helpless.

He had been on the verge of death several times in the two months before, and even got sick twice because of his weak body, and it was Qian Xiaohu who took care of him and helped him bring food and water.

After thinking for a while, Xu Jin hesitated, "But there is another method that can be tried."

"What method? Brother Jin, tell me." The light in Qian Xiaohu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he grabbed Xu Jin.

Xu Jin briefly talked about the situation of the Spirit-Awakening Pill, explaining that he had successfully pointed the star after taking the Spirit-Awakening Pill.

"Little Hu, however, Ning Jiaotou Ning also said that although the Spirit-Awakening Pill can refresh the mind and brain, its help for star-pointing is very small; this point has already been verified by the Dao Academy. But I think you can try it."

Hearing that it was the Spirit-Awakening Pill, the light in Qian Xiaohu's eyes dimmed again, "Brother Jin, I know about the Spirit-Awakening Pill, but the pill room sells them for five taels of silver each. I can't afford it."

Xu Jin frowned, but this was also normal; Qian Xiaohu's family situation was about the same as his, maybe a little better, so it was normal that he couldn't afford it.

"How much silver do you have?" Xu Jin suddenly asked.

Qian Xiaohu's eyes lit up again, "Brother Jin, are you going to lend me silver? I actually saved silver for a long time; I have one tael and seven qian now; Brother Jin, you lend me three taels and three qian, and that will be enough."

But as soon as he finished speaking, Qian Xiaohu smiled bitterly; they had slept in the same bed for so long, he knew what Brother Jin's situation was.

One or two taels might be possible.

Three or four taels more

His eyes dimmed again.

Xu Jin pondered carefully, and suddenly took out a Spirit-Awakening Pill, "Little Hu, I still have a Spirit-Awakening Pill here."

Qian Xiaohu was overjoyed, and the light in his eyes reignited.

"But Little Hu, you know, this Spirit-Awakening Pill of mine was also bought by my dad with his hard-earned money, so I can't give it to you for free!"

"I'll borrow it!

Brother Jin, I'll borrow it, I'll pay the interest at the market price."

"What if you still fail to point the star?" Xu Jin suddenly asked.

Qian Xiaohu was stunned, and after a long while, he suddenly grinned, "Then that's fate!

I have to accept it!

But Brother Jin, don't worry, even if I fail to point the star, I must pay back the silver I owe you!

The dock workers in our prefecture city, as long as they are willing to endure hardship, after deducting food and drink, and being a bit thrifty, they can save one tael of silver a month; in five or six months at most, I will be able to pay you back."

After speaking, Qian Xiaohu directly handed a small purse to Xu Jin's hand, "There is one tael and six qian here, Brother Jin, you take it first."

"Good, I have to take this money; this was bought for me by my dad's hard-earned money! But we are brothers, so don't mention interest."

Xu Jin solemnly handed this Spirit-Awakening Pill to Qian Xiaohu, "Little Hu, don't rush to use it today; use it tomorrow morning. After sleeping for a night, you'll be the most spirited, and the cultivation effect will be the best."

"Thank you, Brother Jin! Regardless of whether I successfully point the star or not, you are my true big brother."

"Hmm, work hard, I feel you will definitely successfully point the star tomorrow!"

Qian Xiaohu nodded vigorously, solemnly put away the pill, and went to eat happily.

After Qian Xiaohu left, Xu Jin thought about his current predicament, but was suddenly inspired by Qian Xiaohu.

He had to take the initiative.

He had to use the thinking of his past life to do things.

No silver, so he had to find a capitalist to raise investment, raise venture capital, or at least get a loan.

Just saving money, when would he be able to buy a house?

So who is the capitalist?

Relying on the knowledge he had absorbed in his past life, as long as he could endure hardship, it wouldn't be a problem to earn a little money in a few years.

Earning more could also be done, but basically he couldn't keep it.

In this world, wealth needs strength to protect.

And Xu Jin neither wanted to endure too much hardship in life, nor did he want to earn silver early to cultivate, to repay Xu Dajiang, and to buy beautiful clothes for his younger sister Xu Jiang, which required external capital.

But the difficulty of getting some investment or loans in this world was hell-level.

If Xu Jin really found a rich merchant or a bank and talked a lot, he would probably be beaten out.

After thinking for a long while, Xu Jin found that the only target he could try was Ning Jiaotou Ning Yuchan.

There were three reasons: First, the treatment of the Dao Academy instructor was not bad; it was said that she had dozens of taels of silver a month, so Ning Ning Jiaotou should have some capital.

Second, Xu Jin could talk to Ning Yuchan; they were familiar with each other, and she had helped him buy the Spirit-Awakening Pill before, and she was the one who told him about using the Spirit-Awakening Pill to assist in star-pointing.

People who can help you will generally continue to help you, but people you have helped might not necessarily help you.

Third, Xu Jin took eighty-three days to point the star, which didn't seem to have much development potential in the eyes of others, but if he showed it, Ning Ning Jiaotou should be able to discover Xu Jin's potential, thereby attracting investment (help).

Target (capitalist), credit (value), payback period, return rate—these four key points, Xu Jin thought about them repeatedly before making a decision.

First, he had to show value, but he couldn't say it directly himself.

That was Wang Po selling melons.

It was best to be discovered by the other party.

Under this consideration, Xu Jin knocked on Ning Jiaotou Ning Yuchan's small courtyard again at noon.

"Xu Jin?

What's the matter?"

After Ning Ning Jiaotou opened the door, she was very surprised.

Why did this kid run so diligently these past two days?

Although puzzled, she still let Xu Jin into the small courtyard; the instructors of the Dao Academy were considered temporary teachers for these youths, and Ning Yuchan was still quite responsible.

"What's the matter, any doubts about cultivation?" Sitting back on the stone stool, with the silver iron crutch on the side, Ning Yuchan opened her mouth.

"Ning Jiaotou, I have a question about cultivation that I want to ask." Xu Jin said hurriedly.

"Question about cultivation?" Ning Yuchan frowned, "So urgent, can't ask during morning and evening classes?"

"It appeared after morning class cultivation, and I was afraid it would appear again during evening class, so I came to disturb the instructor's rest." Xu Jin said.

Ning Yuchan looked at Xu Jin, pointed her iron crutch, and flashed to the stone stool in the courtyard to sit down, "Come in and talk."

Xu Jin hurriedly entered the courtyard, "Ning Jiaotou, it's like this; on the way back from morning class cultivation, I suddenly became incomparably hungry, ran all the way to the dining hall, usually I'm full after eating one bowl of rice, but today I ate four large bowls in a row before I felt a little better."

"You had a giant hunger reaction?" Before Xu Jin finished speaking, Ning Yuchan stood up and looked at Xu Jin with strange eyes.

This shouldn't be.

According to the experience of the Dao Academy's star-pointing season, usually only genius youths who successfully pointed the star within ten days would have a giant hunger reaction.

Xu Jin took eighty-three days to point the star, so it was impossible to have a giant hunger reaction, which was why she hadn't mentioned it.

However, if combined with the fact that Xu Jin successfully pointed the star on the first day, it was normal.

Because Xu Jin's successful star-pointing on the first day was already comparable to the first in this term's star-pointing, Yue Daqi.

"How many Spirit-Awakening Pills did you take this morning?"

"One."

"Hmm, if you have a giant hunger reaction, you not only need to eat more, but also need to use pills to nourish. The Blood-Nourishing Pill and Root-Solidifying Pill in the pill room can be taken for a few pills."

"However, if you have a giant hunger reaction for a long time without nourishing pills, it will damage the foundation."

"In this way, for the morning and evening classes these few days, you temporarily don't use the remaining few Spirit-Awakening Pills to cultivate, so as not to let the giant hunger reaction be too heavy and affect the foundation." Ning Yuchan said.

"Hmm, thank you, Ning Jiaotou, for your guidance; I've disturbed you."

After bowing, Xu Jin didn't say anything more and turned to leave; Ning Yuchan, who was left in place, fell into deep thought.

Ning Yuchan knew about the economic situation of Xu Jin's family, but she only pointed out the solution and didn't help or subsidize Xu Jin, and the reason was very simple.

Cultivation resources, who doesn't lack them?

Everyone lacks them.

She had so many students, which one didn't have difficulties?

Just say that among the remaining three hundred or so youths who hadn't successfully pointed the star, if she gave two or three Spirit-Awakening Pills to each, at least two-tenths would be able to successfully point the star and change their destiny.

But could she afford to help?

She couldn't afford it.

As for the Dao Academy, what it urgently needs are geniuses and good talents; for those at the tail-end who even need Spirit-Awakening Pills to assist in star-pointing, they can only follow fate.

But this Xu Jin, who took eighty-three days to point the star, had a giant hunger reaction.

Not quite normal.

Ning Yuchan carefully recalled the process of Xu Jin's star-pointing, but this process was not beautiful.

Because on the first day of evening class, Xu Jin fainted and was in a state of being on the verge of death.

Although the death of a youth student didn't have much impact on her, it was ultimately not good, and he was the son of an acquaintance.

Later, he had attacks many times until he successfully pointed the star.

Suddenly, Ning Yuchan's eyebrows moved.

Could it be that this Xu Jin actually had good talent, but was delayed by his congenital heart disease before, so he took eighty-three days to point the star?

Now that he successfully pointed the star and cured his congenital heart disease, his cultivation talent was revealed?