As it was still early and barely the first rays of sun came out, Abel, while trying to keep up with the young man who was guiding him, noticed that, at the entrance of the village, a group of people were gathered, arguing about something.
The young man seeing his curiosity and remembering what the maid told him earlier, sighed before telling the boy without looking at him.
"That group of people you see there are the ones who go hunting, either to collect skins from the beasts of rank one onwards or to look for the odd medicinal herb, which will then be exchanged by the village chief with the sects in exchange for better equipment and even medicinal pills."
Abel hearing this was a bit surprised, but he nodded silently, while he thought to himself.
"Precisely because it is a village where everyone is a cultivator, the amount of resources they need to cultivate must be enormous, I suppose that villages like this must serve the surrounding sects as quarries, where they can find some seedlings with great talent for their sects, and If not, they also save you the work of hunting low-ranking beasts and obtaining resources in a practical way, after all, the alchemist and forge master professions are the most lucrative even in Kunlun."
Generally, the alchemists made use of the plants, fruits and treasures of heaven and earth to create pills that help with the cultivation of the person, either to help him cross a bottleneck, to explode with great force at a certain moment, or to save someone who is on the verge of death.
But this is not without any price, because becoming an alchemist was already very complicated, making pills also has its own difficulty and many times several ingredients of the same type were needed to create a pill, since the rate of Success in its creation varied depending on the effects that said pill produced.
This is why when an alchemist was asked to make a pill, they had to bring the respective ingredients to make at least five, since the success rate was low, but even if the pill could not be created, neither You could complain, you could only regret your bad luck.
The same thing happened with the master smiths, who used minerals, metals and even skins of different beasts to create various equipment such as swords or sabers, although unlike alchemists, it was very difficult for a master smith to dare to create something of which he's not sure, so his success rate was slightly higher.
This is why in Kunlun both professions were the most lucrative in Kunlun, and if possible, Abel hoped to learn one of these professions.
"As I recall, to become an alchemist or master smith, the essential thing would be to have excellent control of spiritual qi, in addition to requiring great mental strength."
While Abel was thinking about this, both he and the young man who was guiding him had already left through the main door, leaving behind the cultivators who were preparing to hunt or search for treasures heading east, in the direction in which the sun got up.
After about 10 minutes of walking, Abel managed to glimpse what would be his "house" from now on, it was a small cabin, it looked somewhat worn on the outside, giving one the feeling that it had not been used in a long time.
It was only when they reached it that the young man leading him stopped, turned and looked at Abel for a moment before saying:
"This is where you will live, the place has already been cleaned, a change of clothes has been left inside for you, as for food and water, they told me you knew how to hunt, so you solve that, in As for the water, a little deeper in the forest behind you is a small river."
After saying this, the young man thought for a moment before shaking his head and looking with some sympathy at the boy, and without saying anything else, he walked back to the village, thinking to himself:
"That child hasn't even started to farm, and they say he knows how to hunt? Nearby there are only rank one and two beasts, I even heard one of my companions who went hunting the last time this area was forbidden to them because a few months ago a rank 3 beast was sighted, in short, I already fulfilled my mission, as for the child, may the heavens have mercy on him."
As Abel watched the young man walk away, he couldn't help but be speechless at the little attention they paid him, practically everyone in the village he spoke to treated him like a plague.
"Hell, even if I look a little older, I'm still only five years old, is that how they treat a five-year-old in this world? *Sigh*, I guess I shouldn't complain, at least I have a roof to sleep on."
Shaking his head helplessly, Abel was about to enter the cabin when the last expression his guide gave him returned to his mind.
"That last look that young man gave me gives me a bad feeling, it was as if he already saw me dead..., forget it, I'd better go in and see how my new home is."
Thus, Abel entered the cabin, which was not very big, the first thing he saw was what would be called the room, which was completely empty, although what I did notice was that it was quite clean, also, unlike from the worn exterior, inside it was still in good condition and with a little furnished, it would not be much different from its previous world.
Almost at the back, Abel noticed that there were stairs that took him upstairs, as he did not find anything interesting in the room, he decided to go up and see what was there.
The first thing he saw when he went upstairs was a bed, which was next to the window, he also noticed that on the bed there were about three changes of clothes for him, which made him happy.
"Well, I suppose they are considerate in their own way, although the place is practically empty, I have everything I need at the moment, so it's not too bad either."
Thus, Abel went to the bed and sat down, while he looked out the window to the outside, which faced the forest of which the young man spoke.
"Now is the time to think about my next course of action."
Due to the lack of a place to settle, Abel had put aside all thoughts about his future, while concentrating for the moment on surviving, now that he finally settled down and even had his own home, it was time to decide what he would have. to do.
"In the first place, recovering my culture is vital, although I have already found one or another place to start with the manual that the librarian gave me, I think it would be better to look for one inside this forest, so if any problem arises, I could blame to some beast, I doubt they suspect a mortal like me."
Due to the seal built with celestial qi, Abel highly doubted that the process of cultivating with the ancient rank manual would go smoothly, not to mention that his dantian was still damaged, so being cautious was the best for him.
"Well, that would be in regards to my cultivation, as for food, a rank one beast is no problem, so that aspect is manageable, plus maybe I can exchange the skins for some medicine in the village, ummm, I'll have to ask about that later."
Because of that earlier little encounter, Abel assumed that there should be some place in the village where they do some exchange, so it would be a good way to earn some recognition in the village and money as well.
"Now, before doing all this, should I go to the library and ask for the cultivation manual along with the martial techniques or not? having asked for a manual at the library, but there is also the fact that, if I ask for a cultivation manual, at some point, they will notice that I did not cultivate with it, but with another manual."
As he reflected on it, Abel took some time to make a decision.
"Basically now I am under the cover of old Ben, who apparently has a great influence in the village, so even if they notice that I use a different cultivation manual, I doubt they harbor any ill intentions, at least openly besides, even if They do it in the dark, my current strength allows me to be able to oppose even late martial disciples, so I shouldn't worry about it."
"So what I will do is go to the library and request the cultivation manual, with which they will not suspect anything for a while, also even if they do I can say that a cultivation manual appeared in my memory when I tried to cultivate with which I chose, so, even if they want to, they won't be able to say anything."
Having decided on his next course of action, Abel got out of bed and left the hut in the direction of the village, specifically the library.
"For the moment I will just go to find the cultivation manual, anything else can wait a little longer, once I have the manual in my hands, I must find a suitable place in the forest to be able to start cultivating with the old range manual. , only with enough strength can I begin to confidently walk in this world."
Thus, with this thought in mind, Abel entered the village, heading straight for the library.