Chapter 587: This Village Is Blessed with Outstanding People

Night!

Lin Fan pondered by the oil lamp, then looked at the sleeping little girl, a gratified smile spreading across his face. This was the first time he had adopted a child, and there were so many things to consider.

Diet, clothing, shelter, education... all these needed his guidance.

He thought about the future, when he and Mu Qing had children of their own. Mu Qing would be shocked to see him so skilled at childcare, exclaiming, "You're so good at this!"

Thinking of this, he chuckled.

At this moment, he held a pen, hovering over a piece of paper. He needed to give the little girl a name. This was a delicate task. Even though he was quite talented at naming things, he still took this very seriously. He didn't dare choose a name carelessly, as it would stay with her for life.

Several names were already written on the paper:

Xiang Lian!

Shu Yuan!

Xin Yao!

He had carefully considered each of these.

Shu: Beautiful, wonderful.

Yuan: Jasper.

Xin: Pleased, joyful!

Yao: Fine jade!

Lin Fan continued to rack his brains. The names he came up with felt somewhat different from the naming conventions of this dream world. Just like his own name, they felt a bit out of place.

Gradually, dawn broke.

The morning sunlight spilled into the room.

Lin Fan pushed open the door, stood at the entrance, and took a deep breath of fresh air. His gaze swept towards the distant mountains, shrouded in a layer of mist, mysterious and pristine.

Suddenly, inspiration struck.

He returned to the room and picked up his pen.

In one fluid motion, he wrote:

Ke Lan!

Lin Fan looked at the name he had just thought of. It seemed ordinary, but it held his own special understanding.

Ke: Can, also meaning lovely.

Lan: The morning mist in the mountains, ethereal, mysterious, yet representing the arrival of dawn, the start of a beautiful day.

"Very good."

Regardless of what others might think, he felt this name was truly excellent. He crossed out all the other names and then, in the blank space, wrote in large characters:

'Lin Ke Lan!'

This was the first time he had named someone else, using his own surname. It was deeply meaningful, representing his intention to raise this little girl as his own child.

"Time to make breakfast." Lin Fan wanted the child to see fragrant food when she woke up, not to wake up hungry.

There was a lot of lizard meat left. Even after sharing some with the villagers, he still had enough for two more meals, but not more than that, in case the meat spoiled.

Lin Fan decided to make meat porridge. Roasted meat wasn't suitable for breakfast. He thought about the hen. If the hen were here, she could lay eggs, and an egg every morning would be very nutritious.

At this moment, Lin Fan went to the house of a villager who raised cows, hoping to get a cup of fresh milk. However, the villager's cow seemed to be ill and couldn't produce milk.

There was nothing he could do.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Fan flew out of the village. However, he realized that searching aimlessly wouldn't help him find milk. He tried to communicate with the world's will, but to his disappointment, this world's will seemed a bit... simple, almost foolish.

Finally, the simple-minded world will pointed him in a direction, and he followed it.

Deep in the forest lived a nine-star magical beast, a female who had just given birth and had plenty of milk. When Lin Fan landed in front of the beast, who was playing with her young, she instantly became alert, glaring at him.

Lin Fan smiled, noticing the beast's ample milk supply.

"Hello, I mean you no harm. I just want to borrow something."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Fan charged forward, took out the cup he had prepared, grabbed the nine-star beast, and began frantically milking her. The beast, having recently given birth, was so startled that her soul nearly left her body. Then, she became enraged, launching a series of attacks on Lin Fan.

Biting, scratching, anything she could do.

A moment later, Lin Fan looked at the full cup of fresh milk, a smile on his face. He waved to the beast, "I'm leaving. I'll come bother you again tomorrow. Goodbye."

Life can be so terrifying. Strange things often happen, and if you can't resist, you just have to enjoy it.

Don't think about it, it's useless.

A domineering roar erupted.

Another nine-star beast, the male, returned from hunting, ready to prepare a hearty breakfast for his mate. But when he saw his wife collapsed on the ground, the prey in his mouth dropped with a thud.

He rushed over.

"Wife, what's wrong?" he asked in the beast language.

He found his wife lying there listlessly, as if she had experienced something terrible.

The female beast whimpered, as if saying, "A terrifying human appeared and grabbed my... squeezed and squeezed..."

Hearing this, the male beast roared in fury.

He felt as if his head had turned green.

He couldn't believe that while he was out hunting, his wife had suffered such an indignity. It was unbearable. Who was it? Just show yourself! He would tear them to shreds.

Back in the village, Lin Fan returned to find the little girl awake, looking intently at the paper with the names he had written. He brought over the porridge and milk.

"Your breakfast is here. Eat up."

The little girl looked at Lin Fan, then at the breakfast, and fell into thought.

Lin Fan smiled. "See these names? I thought of them for you last night. I think the last one sounds the best, Ke Lan. How about you call yourself Lin Ke Lan from now on?"

"I don't think it's very good," the little girl said indifferently.

"Ah?" Lin Fan's jaw dropped, as if he had suffered a major blow. "How is that possible? I thought long and hard about this name. How can it not be good?"

This was a rejection of his naming talent.

It stung a little.

The little girl said, "But it's okay. Is this the name you gave me?"

"Of course, it's the name I gave you. From now on, you're Lin Ke Lan. You might have another name, but that doesn't matter. Since you're here, you should start a new life. You can forget all the unhappy things from the past," Lin Fan said.

"Lin Ke Lan?"

"Yes, I'm Lin Fan, and you're Lin Ke Lan."

The little girl didn't respond to Lin Fan's words. Perhaps what he said had affected her.

Lin Fan came to her side and stroked her head. "Come and eat your breakfast. It's still hot. It won't taste good if it gets cold."

"Okay."

Life in the village had always been peaceful.

Nothing major ever happened.

There were minor disagreements between villagers, but they were quickly resolved. Everything was warm and harmonious. Neighbors helped each other.

However, during this time, Lin Fan felt the pressure of life increasing. He never thought about himself, but now with Ke Lan in his care, his expenses had increased. Girls needed pretty new clothes, and those cost money.

He, once a conscientious merchant, began to become less so.

When neighbors brought things to be repaired, he would charge an extra copper coin. Don't ask why the price increase, the answer was he needed to raise Ke Lan and buy her nice new clothes.

One thing that bothered Lin Fan was that fresh milk wasn't easy to find. Ever since he found that milk-giving creature, he had visited several times, only to be bitten each time. Moreover, there was another creature, one that didn't produce milk, that would bite him as if they had a deep-seated grudge.

He hadn't retaliated.

They seemed to be a family.

Perhaps his presence had caused some misunderstanding, which was why they attacked him. He could understand their behavior.

Unfortunately...

Later, when he went to find them, they were gone. They seemed to have moved overnight, far away from that dangerous place. It was a pity. He wished they could understand his intentions.

He didn't need much.

Just a little extra nutrition for the child at home.

Back in the village, Lin Fan was blacksmithing as usual, with Ke Lan squatting beside him, watching. Neither of them spoke, but it was clear that Ke Lan was very interested in blacksmithing.

"Did you learn anything new today?" Lin Fan asked.

Ke Lan said, "The teacher went to farm today. No class."

"Oh, then you should review what you learned yesterday, or you'll easily forget it." Lin Fan continued blacksmithing as he spoke. He had arranged for Ke Lan to study with the only teacher in the village who had knowledge.

He wanted her to study hard.

"I know, I'm very smart. I can do anything." Ke Lan was much more lively than she had been at first, talking more and becoming healthier.

Perhaps Ke Lan was exceptionally gifted.

She could easily lift hundreds of pounds.

This didn't cause any stir in the village.

When the village chief saw this, he just shrugged and carried the broken cart back home on his shoulder.

The only teacher in the village was over seventy years old and in poor health. The villagers had always supported him, bringing him food. But later, the teacher felt like a burden and picked up a hoe to work in the fields. With one swing of the hoe, the earth cracked open, and he was filled with strength.

His farming speed was astonishing.

Everyone wondered how this could be.

But they couldn't figure it out.

They simply attributed it to the blessed nature of their village, believing that the teacher's latent potential, suppressed during his youth, had finally erupted, allowing him to devote himself fully to farming.

They had Lin Fan to thank for this.

He would occasionally bring back meat.

The meat came from high-star magical beasts and was inherently imbued with their power. Regular consumption of it could even make a pig fly, though even Lin Fan didn't know this.

He simply thought the environment here was good.

Particularly nourishing.

If the outside world knew, their jaws would drop. Was this something humans could do?

These magical beasts were worth a fortune, some even unattainable.

Take the dragon from before...

Was that just bragging?

Dragon slayers have always existed, but it's just a title. Who could actually slay a dragon? They were usually the ones being slain.

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