Chapter 3

It was evening when Lin Ming returned to his rented room, but he was not staying to rest; he simply wanted to cancel and vacate the room.

The landlady, a woman in her fifties with a somewhat obese body, was perplexed to learn this.

After all, at this time of year, it was very complex to get a room that was not occupied.

An expected outcome, considering that the young martial artists were preparing for the entrance test to the Seven Profound Martial House.

They wanted to be as close as possible to the place where the test would take place, since, in case they could not attend, they would lose valuable and unrecoverable time.

Still, all in all, the landlady was happy with the decision Lin Ming had made.

With the few rooms left in the capital of the Kingdom of Heaven's Fortune, she could raise the price, which would mean higher profits.

From that brief interlude, Lin Ming headed for the capital's most luxurious restaurant, Great Clarity Pavilion: A place where her consumer base was of the highest class.

Of course, Great Clarity Pavilion was no slouch either, possessing a strong background themselves.

The original Lin Ming went there to get work as well as a space where he could sleep. Not because he wanted to, but because he was forced to.

A subordinate of Wang Yigao, the young man who was next to Zhu Yan earlier, on the latter's orders, left Lin Ming without a residence.

Wang Yigao ordered all this to win Zhu Yan's goodwill, however, that had already become a mere possibility.

He on the other hand, unlike the original Lin Ming, went to the Great Clarity Pavilion for a different reason, which was to obtain a golden finger!

Now, the excitement he felt was not huge. Lin Ming already had a system, he wouldn't mind failing to obtain the artifact located in the belly of the Goldback Pangolin.

Although, better too much than 'little'.

Whereupon, a hopeful Lin Ming accelerated with great strides.

...

The Great Clarity Pavilion remained illuminated even when Lin Ming arrived.

Lin Ming's clothes were too ordinary, causing everyone who saw him enter the establishment to look at him with a strange expression.

A person in that kind of clothing would normally not be able to eat inside the Great Clarity Pavilion. In addition, there was also the fact that Lin Ming is only a fifteen-year-old teenager.

However, despite the way he looked the waiter of the establishment treated him with due courtesy.

"Younger brother, are you here with your parents?"

The waiter's attitude denoted the quality of the Great Clarity Pavilion.

Lin Ming shook his head and replied, "I'm here for a job."

Hearing this, the waiter frowned; he was most likely judging Lin Ming by his appearance.

As expected, the waiter said, "Go away, don't cause a disturbance here."

His hand waved impatiently.

Lin Ming predicting the waiter's willingness to his words, added, "I can really work, just let me go into the kitchen to give it a try."

"What can you do?"

Noticing that Lin Ming would not give up easily the waiter asked with a frown.

Lin Ming calmly replied, "Boned."

Boning was the first time Lin Ming came into contact with the martial path.

At his parents' restaurant, he trained in the boning process every day for the past ten years.

"What?" The waiter was dumbfounded.

Normally, people who apply to the restaurant are those with great pride and excellent culinary skills, this dissonance caused, upon hearing Lin Ming's reply, the waiter momentarily lost his composure.

"We are not looking for staff now, you can go!" The waiter blurted out a quick excuse to get Lin Ming out of the restaurant.

"..."

Lin Ming didn't comment on anything and stood erect in the same place.

The waiter was already feeling slight headaches. He could call the guards, but it would be making a bigger scene than necessary.

Which is why...

"You're still very young, in a few years you can try."

The waiter tried to be more gentle in his methods.

"..."

But his words fell on deaf ears; Lin Ming remained silent.

The situation kept repeating itself with the waiter giving pretexts or trying to move Lin Ming.

All in all, Lin Ming maintained the same demeanor, until the waiter, exasperated, said, "All right. Follow me..."

"Thank you, sir," Lin Ming smiled brightly.

Who said that silence bestows?

He hadn't said more than a few words and managed to convince the waiter to let him into the kitchen.

...

"Sister Lan, this little brother wants to apply for a job as a boning worker."

"Boning worker?"

Inside the kitchen of the Grand Clarity Pavilion, a beautiful woman in her twenties wearing a gorgeous dress appraised Lin Ming.

Noting the plainclothes on his body and the backpack he carried that made him look like a refugee, she frowned.

Then she spoke in a dissatisfied manner towards the waiter who brought Lin Ming, "What are you doing bringing anyone into the kitchen? Dong Zi, give him some silver and let him go."

As for the reprimanded waiter, his face was bitter. The truth was that he had tried to push Lin Ming out, but he had discovered that Lin Ming's legs seemed to have taken root and were immovable.

A young man with a boning knife who heard the woman's words approached Lin Ming and tried to shoo him away, although, when approaching, he felt his hands become lighter.

Lin Ming, understanding that, if he did not act, he would not get the divine artifact in the end, easily grabbed the boning knife in the young man's hands.

"I am not here to ask for money. Sister, it won't be too late for you to throw me out after seeing my craftsmanship," Lin Ming posed.

Sister Lan was slightly surprised. It seemed that this little boy had some experience in the craft. One only had to see the naturalness with which he gripped the boning knife.

'Well, his words have sense...' She thought.

She looked at Dong Zi and said, "How useless, you can't even handle a little boy. Go to the storehouse and get a pig."

An embarrassed Dong Zi headed for the storehouse.

After that, she turned to Lin Ming, "If you can bone it in 1 hour, then I will allow you to stay in the Great Clarity Pavilion."

Turning his attention away from the boning knife, Lin Ming smiled, "We already have a deal. But, no need for the pig, I'll do it with that."

Lin Ming pointed to a scaled draconic beast.