Zhu Tian: A journey of spiritual practice starting from Joy of Life

Chapter 273 The Past is Like Smoke and the Inner Demons Dissipate
"I can't drink it!"

The man waved his hand and said, "I just took cephalosporin, I can't drink alcohol!"

Leng Xue was about to say something when Leng Feibai tugged at her sleeve, signaling her to stop talking.

Upon seeing this, Leng Yuhui's expression softened, and he quickly asked, "Feiling, how long has it been since you took your medicine? Two hours?"

"almost!"

Leng Feiling coughed twice more, then followed his wife as they put down their thick coats and sat down in their seats.

"Then let's have a glass of hot milk!"

After Leng Yuhui finished speaking, he gestured to the maid to replace Leng Feiling's wine with hot milk.

The maid quickly replaced Leng Feiling's wine with hot milk, while Leng Yuhui picked up a glass of wine and said, "Everyone's here, so let's raise our glasses and celebrate the New Year with everyone's best wishes."

Everyone raised their glasses and drank the beverages or wine inside.

A group of people were watching the Spring Festival Gala and eating their New Year's Eve dinner when someone inadvertently ignited the fuse of conflict.

Leng Xue picked up a piece of braised beef with her chopsticks, put it in her mouth, and said, "Brother, how come you're sick? You were perfectly fine when I saw you a few days ago!"

"Cough cough!"

Leng Feiling coughed twice and said, "I've been busy finishing up the last few tasks these past few days, and I've been staying up late for a while. When I got home, I was exposed to a cold wind, and I just couldn't take it anymore."

"Then why do you work so hard?"

Leng Xue pouted and said, "If you can't do it, ask your second brother for help. You're just going to make yourself sick."

As soon as those words were spoken, it was as if a cold wind had blown through the room, and everyone fell silent.

A moment later, a richly dressed lady next to Leng Yuhui placed a piece of sweet and sour fish into Leng Feiling's bowl and continued, "Eat, eat, boss. You're still sick. When the dumplings are cooked, eat more to sweat it out, and then get a good night's sleep."

Leng Feiling smiled and said nothing more.

“Fei Bai!”

Leng Yuhui then asked, "There are only five months left until the college entrance examination. How are your preparations going? The Antai College of Economics and Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University is now ranked second among business schools in the country. It's much more difficult to get into than the Fudan University School of Management and Peking University Guanghua School of Management that your brother and his classmates applied to back then."

After hearing this, Leng Feibai calmly shoveled rice into his mouth and then said, "Dad, don't worry. I'm currently in the top five of my grade. The teacher said that as long as my grades stay stable, getting into Jiaotong University is almost guaranteed, if not a sure thing!"

Upon hearing this, Leng Feili couldn't help but say, "Shouldn't it be a sure thing?"

"But we're still short two 'sure' points!"

Leng Feibai's witty remarks immediately amused the group, making them all laugh.

"Third brother, you are truly blessed!"

The woman beside Leng Feiling, Zhao Xin, who was also Leng Feibai's sister-in-law, spoke in a sour tone.

"It's good that you're doing well in your studies, and getting into university won't be difficult. After you graduate, you can go straight into the company, and you won't have to worry about finding a job. You can also help your older brother 'share the workload,' so your sister-in-law really needs to thank you!"

When she said the last few words, Zhao Xin's tone became noticeably stronger.

Leng Feibai was about to smooth things over when Leng Xue said smugly, "Third Brother is the best student among us. He'll naturally be able to help Eldest Brother and Second Brother when he gets into the company. Then Eldest Brother and Second Brother won't have to work so hard. They'll even have time to go out and play with me!"

"hehe!"

The woman beside Leng Feili said disdainfully, "Although my husband's achievements aren't as good as my third brother's, he's been with the company for so long and has accomplished a lot. He doesn't need anyone to worry about him. And don't forget the saying, 'A child prodigy is a child prodigy...'"

"Li Yue!"

Leng Xue stood up abruptly, pointing at her second sister-in-law, with whom she had never gotten along, and said, "What nonsense are you spouting here, with your barbed words? Eldest brother, second brother, and third brother are all family. What's wrong with helping each other? Who are you to try and sow discord!"

"husband!"

Upon seeing this, Li Yue's eyes immediately reddened, and she turned to look at Leng Feili.

"OK OK!"

Leng Feili quickly said, "It's New Year's Day today, stop arguing!"

"I'm making a scene, and it's all for your sake!"

Li Yue was straightforward and couldn't keep things to herself. She couldn't help but say, "Just a few days ago you were complaining to me that the boss stole a business deal you had secured. And the third brother will be working for you after he joins the company..."

Before Li Yue could finish speaking, Zhao Xin also stood up. "Sister-in-law, what do you mean by this? Fei Ling has explained it several times. The person you contacted is his college classmate, so naturally you'd want to find Fei Ling, an acquaintance."

"You talk a good game but you sing a good game!"

Li Yue turned to Zhao Xin and started copying, "Fei Li finally managed to contact a big client for a 20 million deal, but as soon as he arrived at the company, he turned out to be the boss's classmate. Since the boss already had such a classmate, why didn't he contact him sooner! Why did he have to wait until Fei Li invited him to the company for negotiations..."

"All right!"

Seeing the commotion, Leng Yuhui angrily slammed his hand on the table.

But before he could speak, a dizzying sensation suddenly swept through his mind, and he fell straight to the ground.

"dad!"

Leng Feibai was startled and instinctively ran to Leng Yuhui's side, but before he could get close, the noblewoman next to him pushed him to the ground.

"mom!"

Leng Xue, who was about to call 120, froze and couldn't help but say, "It's my sister-in-law and second sister-in-law arguing, what does it have to do with my third brother? Why are you hitting him!"

The wealthy woman finally came to her senses, but still stubbornly insisted, "You were raised by the third son, and you have no respect for your elders. It's all his fault for not raising you properly! I..."

"What kind of logic is that!"

Although Leng Xue got along well with everyone at home, her closest friend was Leng Feibai, who had grown up with her since childhood.

Just as Leng Xue was about to argue, Leng Feibai got up from the ground.

"Xiaoxue, contact your family doctor first, then call 120!"

As soon as Leng Feibai finished speaking, he turned to the wealthy woman beside him and said coldly, "I'll go back to school when it's light. I won't be back until the college entrance exam is over!"

As soon as she said those words, the noblewoman felt a pang of regret.

However, Leng Yuhui is currently unwell, and the stability of the company depends entirely on Leng Feiling and Leng Feili. Therefore, Leng Feibai can only suffer some injustice for now.

Thinking of this, the wealthy woman gritted her teeth and said, "What else can you do besides hide? Let me tell you, if anything happens to your father, the responsibility will be entirely yours..."

Before he could finish speaking, Leng Feibai turned around, picked up a fruit knife from the fruit basket next to him, and slammed it onto the table.

"Snapped"

The fruit knife was stuck straight into the table, causing everyone around to shiver.

"You can kill me right now with this knife!"

As soon as Leng Feibai finished speaking, his emotionless words caused the noblewoman to slump into her chair, a look of panic flashing in her eyes.

Seeing this, Leng Feibai turned and glanced at Leng Feiling and Leng Feili.

Seeing their third brother's gaze, the two looked away. "Don't worry, I won't try to take the company from you anymore!"

Leng Feibai closed his eyes and uttered the words beneath him in his heart, "Because I never want to see you again!"

After saying that, Leng Feibai turned around and sat back down in his chair.

Before long, the family doctor arrived and, after examining Leng Yuhui, determined that he had simply fainted from anger. He then called others to carry him to the sofa.

The ambulance arrived at the villa and took Leng Yuhui to the hospital.

After a night, Leng Yuhui slowly woke up. After learning what had happened, he just sighed and called Leng Feibai to comfort him.

But Leng Feibai seemed to be acting out of spite. The next day, he bought a bunch of bread, sausages, and bottled water from the convenience store downstairs and took his luggage to the apartment he rented near the school.

I didn't go back to that home until the end of the college entrance examination.

During this time, Leng Yuhui, Leng Feiling, and Leng Feili all made phone calls to try to ease tensions.

As a result, Leng Feibai's words, "You want to affect my college entrance examination results," shut him down completely.

But what they didn't expect was that their actions that night would directly force Leng Feibai to do that thing.

Time flies, and it's already late June. College entrance exam results are coming out across the country.

Leng Feibai ultimately achieved a high score of 635, which made the entire Leng family extremely happy. They proposed to hold a grand celebration for Leng Feibai's academic advancement.

But Leng Feibai refused, saying that he would just have a meal at home.

Therefore, Leng Yuhui had no choice but to decide to have a family dinner at home first.

We'll hold a celebration banquet once the acceptance letter arrives.

But to the Leng family's surprise, Leng Feibai gave them a big surprise that day.

I remember it very clearly; it was mid-July, shortly after I received my university acceptance letter.

"Snapped"

Leng Yuhui accidentally dropped the cup in his hand and looked at Leng Feibai in disbelief, saying, "What did you say? Say it again!"

"I told them I didn't apply to Jiaotong University, but to another university!"

Leng Feibai put down his wine glass, took a light breath, and said, "The forensic medicine department of Zhonghua Medical University in Fengtian is the major I applied for. And I've already received the admission notice! You can't stop me!"

"Why!"

Leng Yuhui stood up, his face flushed red, clearly angered.

He stammered, "Why... even if you didn't want to go to business school, you could have gone to medical school. Why did you have to choose forensic medicine, and from such a far-off place as the three northeastern provinces?"

"I chose to study forensic medicine because I wanted some peace and quiet. After all, dead bodies won't argue with me, much less fight with me!"

Leng Feibai glanced at the Leng family members with their various expressions and said, "As for why I'm going to the Northeast, it's because it's far enough that I can't see you anymore. That's why I only filled out two applications: one is Zhonghua Medical University in Fengtian, and the other is Harbin Medical University! Also, I've already transferred my household registration to the university. In the future, I'll work directly in the Northeast and won't go back to Shanghai."

At this point, Leng Feibai glanced coldly at his two stunned brothers beside him.

"Now you two can rest assured."

Leng Feibai said sarcastically, "From now on, you two don't need to worry. When you fight like the snipe and the clam, I, the fisherman, will benefit."

As soon as he finished speaking, Leng Feibai took two cards out of his pocket and threw them on the table.

"All the money the Leng family has given me over the years is in this account. As for the money you've spent on me over the years..."

Leng Feibai pointed to the card next to him, "It's all in that card. If I hadn't won a million in the lottery a while ago to make some change, I really wouldn't have been able to pay off the debt I owe you with just the tens of thousands of yuan my grandfather left me after he passed away."

After saying that, Leng Feibai turned to leave. Leng Feili, who was standing to the side, grabbed Leng Feibai's arm and was about to explain something when he kicked her to the ground.

"elder brother"

Leng Xue stepped forward to stop Leng Feibai, saying, "Don't talk nonsense. We are family, bound by blood. We can't do this."

"family!"

Leng Feibai gave a self-deprecating laugh and gritted his teeth, saying, "I don't have a mother who keeps shifting the blame onto me every time something happens. Nor do I have a brother who secretly treats me like a thief. Little sister, be careful in the future. Be careful they don't use the same tricks they used on me on you."

After Leng Feibai finished speaking, he glanced at the others and said coldly, "Don't even think about blocking me at the school. At worst, I'll take you all down with me."

"How childish."

Leng Feibai frowned as he looked at himself back then. It seemed like he had just turned eighteen. How could he have acted so childishly?

"It's been almost two hundred years since I started this. Looking back at myself back then, I really have an urge to kill him."

Leng Feibai gave a self-deprecating laugh, and the memories around him completely faded away. "Congratulations, you've finally stopped running away."

The black-haired Leng Feibai reappeared before Leng Feibai, and said calmly, "Do you want to see what your family will be like after you die?"

"No need."

Leng Feibai waved his hand and said, "Do you expect me to burst into tears after reading this, lamenting that I was too impulsive and naive back then?"

"hehe!"

Leng Feibai, with his black hair, smiled. "I left the memory on your bedside table. If you want to see it, go and take a look yourself. Goodbye."

As soon as he finished speaking, Leng Feibai, the black hair, vanished without a trace.

When Leng Feibai opened his eyes, he found himself lying on the bed in the room.

Just as he got up, a piece of paper covered in writing fell directly off him.

“If you’re not afraid to soak in a float in the hot spring, then continue sleeping in there. — Respectfully submitted by an anonymous alter ego.”

Leng Feibai glanced at the note and lazily yawned. Then, with a slight thought, a fist-sized luminous pearl, which had been stored in a camphor wood box in the lobby on the first floor, flew out of thin air and appeared in front of him.

Suppressing Spirit Technique: Condensing the Spirit and Body
Leng Feibai raised his hand and pointed, and half of his cultivation and some of his spiritual power entered the luminous pearl.

Soon, a handsome young man appeared in front of Leng Feibai.

"Go now, your inner demons are gone. Breaking through the second level of the Reverse Rebirth Triple Realm will not be difficult."

Upon seeing this, the avatar couldn't help but say, "I understand the reasoning, but why don't you cultivate the Reverse Rebirth Triple Level yourself, instead of making me cultivate it?"

"It's easy!"

Leng Feibai yawned again and said, "The highest level of the second stage of the Reverse Life Triple Rebirth is the reshaping of the three dantians, and my middle dantian has become the Chaotic Qi Sea, which is my foundation. Once it is broken, even if I can use the Reverse Life Triple Rebirth to reshape it, I can't guarantee that there won't be any aftereffects. So this kind of thing can only be done by you!"

The avatar didn't say anything after hearing this, and left the Garden of Flowers to find its clone to practice together.

Leng Feibai shook his head and lay down on the bed.

Unfortunately, he couldn't find the cultivation methods for Divine Spirit and Qi Source Flow in either the Magic Pavilion or the Martial Arts Pavilion. Otherwise, cultivating the Reverse Life Triple Realm would have been much easier.

However, with the Tongtian Talisman as a substitute, the structure of the Reverse Life Triple can be destroyed by using the Thunder Talisman, so breaking through the triple layer in the future will not be difficult.

(End of this chapter)