Generally, minors are all ranked as lower-class servants and cannot be promoted in rank, unless they are special cases, such as personal study attendants or personal maids.

Hmm, Evan is still underage right now; he has another year or two before reaching the age of adulthood.

“So boring, I’ll go find a book to read, and cultivate a bit while I’m at it. I’ll become the overlord of Qingyun City as soon as possible!!” The bored Miss Miller said, yawning with her small hand.

“……”

Becoming the overlord of Qingyun City—this is currently Miss Miller’s greatest ambition!!

Watching Miss Miller leave, everyone felt a sense of relief, because they were all afraid that Miss Miller would suddenly get an idea and find something for them to do. The scariest part is, these things are usually very troublesome.

They don’t think that Miss Miller seeking out Evan is some kind of benefit for Evan, or that it will elevate Evan’s status in the Mo family, or that Evan is hitching a ride on Miss Miller’s ship.

First of all, Miss Miller only thinks of Evan when she’s bored. Secondly, the things Miss Miller asks Evan to do never seem important, as if she doesn’t really value Evan.

No one knows if it’s the personalities of these two that make things seem unimportant, or if it’s just that these things really aren’t important!!

For Evan, being sought out by Miss Miller is a troublesome matter, because it means he’ll have to do double the work. This makes him want to avoid Miss Miller, but as a lower-class servant, he’s generally unable to refuse or avoid her.

Wherever Miss Miller wants to go, everyone basically knows, because there’s only one kind of book Miss Miller likes to read, and there’s only one place in the Mo family that has those books—the Mo family’s library.

Although the Mo family is a clan of smiths, their library doesn’t just contain books on smithing; it covers almost every field imaginable in this world. After all, their family has been around for so many generations, so collecting these books was not difficult.

Of course, these books generally don’t cover the very top fields, except for a small portion, but overall, they’re still of a high level—the family has that much capability.

Because of this, some people have benefited greatly!!

Another thing is, the restrictions on the library aren’t very strict, but ordinary people still can’t enter. At the very least, servants (all of them) are not allowed in.

“Eh, Third Brother, you’re reading here today? You should study hard and work diligently!!”

As soon as Miss Miller entered the library, she saw her third brother, whom she hadn’t seen in a long time—the one who had been struck by lightning, the formerly dull-witted Mr. Miller.

“Big Sister, I’ll do my best.” Mr. Miller nodded seriously in response, glanced at Miss Miller to greet her, and then focused all his attention back on the book in his hands.

“Very good. I’ll just find a book to read and then leave. You don’t need to mind me! Third Brother, don’t push yourself too hard with some things, or you’ll only get the opposite result.” Miss Miller said directly, looking at Mr. Miller.

From Miss Miller’s words, it seems that Mr. Miller is forcing himself to do something. What could it be?

Actually, here’s what happened—

After being struck by lightning and surviving, Mr. Miller did become smarter, but only relatively so. His talent isn’t exactly genius-level, not even outstanding, and since he’s fallen so far behind everyone else, it’s even harder for him to catch up.

Don’t think that just because he was struck by lightning, he’s become some kind of prodigy. Some people stay the same. Mr. Miller is already very lucky—at least he’s no longer dull-witted.

However, this bit of luck didn’t satisfy Mr. Miller’s parents. They started to have high expectations for their son, setting lofty goals for him, which put a lot of pressure on Mr. Miller. All he could do was work hard, harder, and even harder!!

During this period, the reason Mr. Miller has been so quiet—so quiet that people have already forgotten the stir he once caused—is because he’s been training desperately, pushing himself to the limit so as not to let his parents down.

In someone’s words, if this kind of overtraining continues, Mr. Miller might revert to how he was before, or even become worse.

“Thank you for your concern, Big Sister. I know my limits!!” Mr. Miller replied, continuing to read the secret manual in his hands—a book on cultivation methods and martial skills.

“Know your limits, my ass! Don’t think I don’t know what’s going on with you! Listen to your sister—don’t push yourself too hard!! Second Uncle and Second Aunt are crazy. They know what you’re like, yet they still want you to participate in the Longmen Tournament, and this year, no less! With your situation, even next year would be tough, let alone now!” Miss Miller said bluntly, not feeling the need to soften her words, especially when it came to her opinion of her second uncle and aunt.

Chapter 007: Gathering Sand to Build a Tower (1)

“Don’t you dare speak ill of my parents, or I won’t be polite!” Mr. Miller was a bit angry. Say whatever you want about him, but when it comes to his parents, he can’t keep his cool.

“Oh? What do you want to do, fight me? Come on, I’m bored anyway. I don’t mind showing you just how high the sky is and how deep the earth goes!!” Miss Miller lifted her little face, looking a bit excited—probably because she’d found something to pass the time.