Chapter 391: Chapter 391

Now this boy was personally brought over by Miss Lingxiao, which showed this relationship was quite significant. He needed to handle this carefully.

However, according to regulations, even if he was Miss Lingxiao's person, they still had to follow the rules. This was an important area of the Xuanwu Family—no one could enter through connections unless it was arranged by the family head.

"Well, Miss Lingxiao, our personnel requirements here are quite strict," the steward said weakly.

"I understand. I'm not asking you to definitely accept him. Test him—if he's qualified, use him; if not, don't." Xuanwu Lingxiao said lightly, as if this matter had nothing to do with her.

"Understood. This subordinate knows what to do." The steward replied. After observing Xuanwu Lingxiao for a while and confirming this wasn't just what she was saying on the surface, he began talking with Xiaoyao.

"Le Xiaoyao!" Xiaoyao answered.

"Where are you currently working, and how long have you been at our Xuanwu Family?" The steward continued inquiring.

"I work at the monster beast pens, and sometimes help in other places. I've been at the Xuanwu Family for almost a year." Xiaoyao answered.

Almost a year? That meant it was still less than a year—his qualifications were quite shallow. But if he had ability, plus the factor of Xuanwu Lingxiao, it was acceptable.

"Come with me. I happen to have some work that needs doing. Let's see if you're suitable." The steward said, taking Xiaoyao to do work. Of course, this was relatively simple work that matched the position Xiaoyao was seeking.

He didn't give Xiaoyao tasks beyond his level. He originally just wanted to find an assistant—anyone who met the conditions would do. At the same time, Xiaoyao was brought by Xuanwu Lingxiao after all, so he didn't dare make things difficult.

This kind of simple work was completely easy for Xiaoyao. Even doing the most difficult work here, Xiaoyao could handle it, let alone this.

Thus, Xiaoyao qualified!

"Miss Lingxiao... sorry to keep you waiting."

Xuanwu Lingxiao hadn't gone inside but had found a book nearby to read while waiting for news. After the steward confirmed Xiaoyao's abilities, he immediately came out to report.

He was somewhat puzzled why Miss Lingxiao would wait here. Did she really value the boy inside that much?

He didn't know that Xuanwu Lingxiao was waiting here because she felt that if Xiaoyao failed, she would instruct this steward to let Xiaoyao read books here for a month. That was all—she wasn't concerned about Xiaoyao's results.

"How was it?" Xuanwu Lingxiao asked.

"He qualified and can stay!" The steward replied. Not only had he qualified, but he was quite good—he must have done this kind of work before.

The steward didn't voice this last thought. He just felt Miss Lingxiao should know about this, which was why she brought someone here to fill the vacancy. The reason she didn't mention this might be because she didn't want others to know.

Why she didn't want people to know was her business. As a subordinate, one must never guess at such things—just do your own job well.

"That's best. You take him to handle the procedures and have him work under you from now on. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first!" After speaking, Xuanwu Lingxiao left without asking why Xiaoyao didn't come out or saying she was leaving.

In the steward's eyes, this seemed like another deliberate attempt to draw clear boundaries, but in fact, there really was nothing between them.

"This boy doesn't seem simple. Give him some appropriate conveniences in the future." The steward increasingly felt Xiaoyao had some relationship with Xuanwu Lingxiao. His attitude toward Xiaoyao became much better, and he paid more attention to him.

With Xiaoyao's abilities, he easily earned the steward's praise, who entrusted him with increasingly important work. Along with this, of course, came increasingly greater authority—he could enter many important places.

Soon, Xiaoyao could basically see those relatively elementary martial arts manuals. If Xiaoyao had to collect these himself, it would take at least several years and might not be as comprehensive as what was here. Only influential and historical families like the Xuanwu Family could have such comprehensive collections.

Slightly higher-level ones could probably be seen before long. The most top-level ones generally weren't in this library but in the family head's secret study. This was the same for any great family or sect—the highest level was always in the hands of a few core figures.

However, what was here was enough for Xiaoyao to study. Through accumulating these martial arts manuals, he could deduce higher-level ones. These martial arts manuals were, simply put, a kind of experience and knowledge.

Because of this, even those top-level ones wouldn't be much more valuable than these. Those realms had probably already appeared in relatively low-level martial arts.

Of course, if there was a chance to see them, Xiaoyao still wouldn't refuse!!

Because Xiaoyao worked at the library, he no longer appeared in other places. However, he continued his work at the monster beast pens. Because of this, Steward Li at the monster beast pens still didn't know Xiaoyao had actually been transferred, since there was still enough manpower.

Under normal circumstances, stewards would know about servants' job transfers, but that required notification from above or the servant not showing up. Now Xiaoyao still came to work, and there was no notification from above, so Steward Li didn't notice this.

The reason Xiaoyao continued working at the monster beast pens, besides conveniently caring for his messenger eagles, was to continue chatting with Miss Wang.

Miss Wang appeared on the wall every dawn. After chatting with her, it was just about daybreak, and since the location was at the monster beast pens, he conveniently did the monster beast pen work.

"Stepping stone, I've noticed you've been arriving later and later recently, and you even bring books to read when you come. Do you find me annoying?" Miss Wang looked at Xiaoyao and asked.

Originally, she had some complaints about Xiaoyao bringing books, but since he seemed able to chat while reading, she couldn't find a reason to explode. But recently, Xiaoyao had been late every night, which made her somewhat displeased.

"I've been a bit busy recently, organizing books!" Xiaoyao answered.

Actually, Xiaoyao wasn't really late because of organizing books, nor was it because he was tired of Miss Wang. Rather, he had recently begun using some special methods to take books from the library—to put it bluntly, stealing them.

Xiaoyao was now in a prime position. With a little maneuvering, he could steal some books at night and return them before anyone arrived in the morning, so no one would discover it.

The books he now needed to steal were already very high-level. Currently, Xiaoyao still didn't have the authority to access them, but he had already finished reading all the books he could access, so he could only look at these high-level books.

But gaining authority to access high-level books would probably take several more months, which Xiaoyao couldn't wait for. Now that he was already working in the inner courtyard library, there was no reason not to use this advantage.

Although this was against the rules, it was better than waiting. He'd deal with being discovered when it happened. Anyway, the possibility of being discovered was very small. A great man doesn't worry about minor details.

"What books are you organizing? Aren't you working at the monster beast pens?" Wang Yanyu looked at Xiaoyao somewhat strangely. She still didn't know Xiaoyao had changed jobs, though this didn't seem like something she needed to know.

"I'm now working at the Xuanwu Family's inner courtyard library. The monster beast pens are just on the side." Xiaoyao replied.

"Why go work there? Is the pay higher?" Wang Yanyu asked.

"The pay is about the same. My servant rank is still the same—lower-rank servant." Xiaoyao replied. Even entering the inner courtyard, servant ranks weren't raised just like that. This required participating in the Xuanwu Family's annual evaluation. If you passed, you could advance in rank, which would come with a pay raise.

Xiaoyao had been here for over a year. The annual evaluation had been held once, but he didn't participate. It wasn't that he didn't know about it, but that he was too lazy to participate.

That would only raise his pay—nothing else would change. He didn't lack that little bit of wages!

Although he was short of money and had to support several women and pay their tuition, this wasn't something that small pay raise could make up for. He had already skimmed quite a bit of money from various channels.

The most profitable was still pills. He had taken quite a few pills out to sell, anonymously of course—otherwise everyone would know he had skimmed the Xuanwu Family's medicinal materials.

After accumulating for over a year, besides the tuition and living expenses for the women, he still had a small surplus. He could even support another woman without problems. Ahem, this was just a metaphor.

"Then since the pay is the same, why do that work and delay my time?" Wang Yanyu was very displeased. She didn't mind Xiaoyao working, but she minded having less chat time.

"I want to study and become a pillar of the nation." Xiaoyao answered.

"Become a pillar of the nation? Your aspirations are quite grand. How do you plan to do it?" Wang Yanyu looked at Xiaoyao with a somewhat mocking look in her eyes.

"I plan to take imperial examinations and become a student of the emperor." Xiaoyao replied.

"..." Wang Yanyu might have already considered this possibility, but hearing Xiaoyao say it, she felt somewhat stunned.

"Why would a little servant like you have such thoughts? This isn't something you should be thinking about. You should honestly do your servant work. At most, this Queen will let you follow me." Wang Yanyu said very directly. Follow current novels on n0velfire.net