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Chapter 69 [No illness or disaster, no more nobles]

Chapter 68 [Achieving the Noble Position without Illness or Disaster]

"You said that the secret manual that the Venerable Master left you didn't mention the realms of cultivation?"

Sitting in the courtyard of his villa, Gu Qingyi leaned back on a recliner, chewing a bun in one hand, and said slowly, "I think the Venerable Master naturally has his own ideas... It's hard for me to guess. But since you have entered the [Return to Origin Realm], it is natural for you to start cultivating your Yuan Shen."

Chen Yan sat across from Gu Qingyi seriously, his attitude as serious as a primary school student in class, and asked solemnly: "What does it mean to cultivate the Yuan Shen?"

Gu Qingyi frowned, his tone filled with doubt: "Before we reach the Guiyuan realm, we cultivators transport vital energy into our bodies, use it to nourish our flesh, and refine our flesh, bones, and internal organs, making our bodies stronger so that they can become better containers for vital energy.

But Yuan Qi is just Yuan Qi after all, and its function of nourishing the body will end at a certain level.

Unless you are like me, who chooses to practice combat techniques, you will continue to temper your body and use fighting as your main method of cultivation.

However, most practitioners do not follow my path. When they reach the Guiyuan realm, the nourishment and tempering of the physical body by the Yuan Qi is no longer effective, so they have to start cultivating the Yuan Shen.

Above the Guiyuan Realm is the Dengtai Realm.

The Dengtai Realm is the last big step before breaking through to the Tianren Realm.

To break through the realm of heaven and man, one must pass a big threshold, and two aspects are considered.

The first aspect is the cultivation of vital energy—which is actually a disguised form of a requirement for the physical body. If the physical body isn't strong enough, then the vessel isn't strong enough, and your vital energy naturally isn't strong enough either. This is what I said before: vital energy nourishes the physical body and must be cultivated to its full potential.

On the other hand, it is a test of the primordial spirit. If the primordial spirit does not reach a certain strength, it will not be able to break through to the celestial realm.

By the time one reaches the Guiyuan Realm, the physical body has already reached its limit. For many practitioners in the Guiyuan Realm, cultivating the Yuanshen is the primary task."

Chen Yan couldn't help but frown after hearing this. "But the booklet that the old lady left me only contains a set of Qi transporting techniques. Other than that, there's no other techniques for cultivating the Yuan Shen."

"what?"

Gu Qingyi was a little stunned. After a moment's pause, she asked doubtfully, "This... is very unusual. Since you're not pursuing the path of combat, why didn't the Venerable Lady leave you the techniques for cultivating your primordial spirit? She even taught you the method of transporting primordial energy."

"How should I know..." Chen Yan lowered his head and thought, then asked: "Then can you teach me the method of cultivating the soul?"

Gu Qingyi slowly shook her head: "It's not that I don't want to teach you, but... I don't have it."

She sighed, her tone very calm: "I practice combat methods. Combat methods do not practice any soul training techniques after returning to the origin realm. We cultivate the soul through fighting and temper the soul by killing and gathering killing intent.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t have had to spend five years in the Prison Control Platform.”

Glancing at Chen Yan, Gu Qingyi continued softly, "My path isn't suitable for you. We must begin practicing combat techniques at a young age. I started at the age of five, and you're already twenty-two. Your bones and body are already formed. Even if you switch to combat techniques now, you won't achieve anything in your lifetime."

Chen Yan was also confused and asked, "Then...will I be limited to staying in the Guiyuan Realm now?"

"No, after reaching the Guiyuan Realm, you can still cultivate to the Dengtai Realm. However, in the Dengtai Realm, you lack the method to cultivate the Yuanshen. Therefore, your highest achievement can only reach the Dengtai Realm. And because you don't cultivate the Yuanshen, you are also a weak chicken among your peers in the Dengtai Realm.

If you encounter a senior person in the Stage Realm, they can suppress you with just one thought."

Chen Yan was silent for a moment, then whispered, "Perhaps... the old lady doesn't want me to continue cultivating and break through to the Celestial Realm? She wants me to stop at the Stage Realm and remain at the Ordinary Cultivation stage?"

Gu Qingyi stopped talking and looked at Chen Yan quietly.

Chen Yan frowned, pondered and said slowly: "My father Chen Jue is notorious in your domain. I don't know what heavenly rules he violated, but I think... he must have been burdened with a lot of karma.

Maybe the old lady just doesn't want me to break through to the realm of heaven or enter the domain realm.

So he only taught me a set of methods for transporting vital energy and a booklet. The information in it was enough for me to practice to the last stage of ordinary cultivation, the stage stage.

At this level, it is naturally useless to go to the domain.

But if I stay in this world, the skills in this booklet are enough for me to live a life of luxury and comfort."

Gu Qingyi's eyes revealed a complicated expression as she murmured softly, "So, Your Excellency hopes that you...will be able to reach the highest position without any illness or disaster?"

To be promoted to an official without any illness or disaster... Chen Yan felt a pang of sadness in his heart.

Oh... I suddenly miss the old lady.

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If this was really what the old lady meant, Chen Yan had no complaints - after all, everything he had was given by the old lady, and he could only be grateful for the old lady's actions for him.

——From the few words that Gu Qingyi said, Chen Yan had already glimpsed that the so-called [realm] was probably not a good place!
Chen Yan asked again, "Then the evil spirit we collected last night after killing Shan Kui is useless, right? You said before that it would be useful for my spiritual cultivation."

Gu Qingyi smiled bitterly: "I didn't know before that the Venerable Master didn't leave you any exercises to cultivate your Yuan Shen."

Seeing Chen Yan was a little disappointed, Gu Qingyi's heart moved, and he slowly said: "Practicing the soul is like forging a divine weapon.

You don't have the forging method, and neither do I. However, the Yin Sha Qi is still of some use.

There is no method for forging... but the method for sharpening a knife does not require anyone to teach you, and it is not that complicated.

Although these evil spirits cannot help you forge a divine weapon-like Yuan Shen, they can serve as a whetstone to temper and condense your Yuan Shen.

Chen Yan had a lot of complicated thoughts in his mind. He waved his hand and said, "Then keep it. It won't be a waste if you can use it."

He knew in his heart that he didn't have much time left to practice - he was now in the Guiyuan Realm, and there was only one Dengtai Realm he could advance to, and then that would be the end.

Thinking of this, Chen Yan couldn't help but feel a little unmotivated.

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Hu Shangke was at the peak of his life at this time.

Sitting in the reception room of the agency, Hu Shangke held the folder in front of him with trembling hands. Inside were pages of real estate information and a copy of the property ownership certificate. Assistant Yan sat opposite him, observing Hu Shangke's expression calmly, and said slowly: "You were the one who rented out our boss's villa last time.

You were very efficient that time. I went back and told my boss about it, and he was very satisfied with your ability, so he let me rent out some of the properties and let you handle them."

Hu Shangke stared at the folder in his hand with wide eyes: "H-all of this?"

"There are a total of 17 apartments here, four of which have leases expiring this month, two of which have leases expiring next month, and the others are vacant and have not been rented out.

These houses are properties that my boss has invested in over the years. His intention is to let you rent them out in the future."

Hu Shangke swallowed hard and said, "Will all these businesses be handed over to our company from now on?"

“Not to your company.”

Assistant Yan shook his head.

Hu Shangke was stunned for a moment, then he saw Assistant Yan looking at him with a smile: "I'll leave it to you."

"……I?"

"Yes, my boss means that these houses are your exclusive resources. We only rent them out to you and no one else."

What the hell!

Hu Shangke's heart began to pound wildly.

I roughly looked through the information of these seventeen properties.

They are all private houses of about 100 square meters, fully decorated and equipped with facilities, ready for you to move in with just your luggage.

And they are all mid-range or high-end communities.

This type of house has a high rental rate, and as long as the price is in line with the market, it will rarely remain in your hands.

And...seventeen suites!
If I were to take a commission from the agency fee, if I rented out all seventeen apartments...

For seventeen apartments, you can get nearly one hundred thousand in agency fees!
"You can rent out these properties on your company's platform, or on other platforms, or you can operate it privately... We don't care. We only recognize you."

After Assistant Yan finished speaking, Hu Shangke's eyes lit up immediately, but he became more and more nervous. He looked at Assistant Yan hesitantly, and his eyes reluctantly moved away from the folder.

"Um... Mr. Yan..."

"No, I'm not a boss. Just call me Assistant Yan." Assistant Yan said with a pleasant smile.

"Well, that, Assistant Yan, I, I..." Hu Shangke gritted his teeth and said, "Although I am young, I also know that there is no unprovoked favor in the world. You and your boss think so highly of me, I know my own worth.

Although I was the one who rented out the villa, my contribution is not that great. I..."

Hu Shangke said this, and then he made up his mind: "What are you trying to achieve by praising me so much? Let me make it clear first, I'm young and timid, and I dare not touch anything illegal."

Assistant Yan smiled, moved his chair closer to Hu Shangke, patted his shoulder, and said in a friendly manner, "Xiao Hu, you're overthinking it. There's absolutely no illegal activity. It doesn't exist."

Besides, the favor isn't as big as you say. I'm just renting it out to you, not giving you the house.

Besides, it doesn't matter who rents it to. It doesn't matter to us who handles it. We'll collect the rent anyway, so there's no loss for us.

So, the favor you think you received is not as great as you thought."

"For me, this is a windfall. And... and, it might be more than one.

If you continue to let me handle this house, when the lease expires, you can rent it out again, which will be another agency fee. I..."

I'm like getting an extra long-term meal ticket?! — Hu Shangke was too embarrassed to say this in his mind.

If it weren't for the acne-covered face and the impressive amount of hair, the lickspittle would almost have thought that the man was attracted to him.

Haven’t I heard that gay men all like round faces, crew cuts and beards?

I'm not that type either.

I shouldn't be the one to be asked to do anything about Lingwei's mission, right?
"Don't be nervous. Our boss always likes to cultivate and promote capable young people. You are very efficient, and he is very satisfied. So he is handing over some of the real estate to you to manage. If you work hard and do well in the future, he will give you more opportunities."

After Assistant Yan finished speaking, he looked at the time and said, "It's almost noon. Let's have lunch together?"

"Okay! Okay!" Hu Licking Dog is, after all, a man of good manners and has good emotional intelligence: "I'll treat you!!"

"...Okay, I'll follow your instructions." Assistant Yan knew that he couldn't show overly enthusiastic at this time, so he smiled and nodded.

At noon, the two of them found a decent restaurant near the agency store - Hu Licking Dog originally wanted to find a better one farther away, but Assistant Yan declined on the grounds that he had something to do in the afternoon.

Hu Licking Dog enthusiastically ordered a table full of dishes, and even went out to find a tobacco shop to buy a bottle of good wine.

After drinking half a bottle of wine, the atmosphere became harmonious and people's spirits relaxed.

Although Hu Licking Dog is a businessman, he has only graduated for half a year. How can he be a match for an old hand like Assistant Yan?

Assistant Yan calmly mentioned Chen Yan with feigned curiosity - it was not surprising that others were a little curious about someone who was willing to rent a haunted house.

Hu Licking Dog was not on guard, and after drinking half a catty of wine, he opened up his chatterbox...

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(End of this chapter)