Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 206 The New Schedule Written in the Little Notebook
The following evening, Gu Zhao picked up his parents at the airport and they went home together.

"how is it going?"

The first thing Li Man did upon returning home was to hand her and Gu Qi's golden bracelets to Gu Zhao, asking curiously, "How much have you used? Do they need to be recharged?"

Gu Zhao took the bracelet, sensed it, casually channeled his magic power into it, and then handed it back to them, saying, "All done."

"All done?" Li Man asked in surprise, "What do you mean?"

"What I mean by 'I've recharged you' is that I'm ready," Gu Zhao said with a smile. "The explosion was less powerful than I expected. It didn't actually consume too much energy. We could easily do it seven or eight more times."

"Wow, that's amazing!" Li Man exclaimed.

Gu Zhao nodded. "That's right, it's that amazing."

To be honest, although Li Man was amazed, Gu Zhao was speechless. If the Golden Gang Bracelet hadn't had an overflow effect every time it worked, protecting the target tightly, its defense count wouldn't have been seven or eight times at all; it would have been more than ten times.

Just kidding, this is a protective magic artifact personally crafted by a high-ranking Taoist priest with hundreds of years of magical power. If its energy were depleted by a few ordinary explosions, then the power of a deity would be worthless.

"How was your time?" Gu Zhao asked.

“If it weren’t for this accident, we would have had a pretty good time.” Li Man took the bracelet and put it back on her and Gu Qi’s wrists. “As long as you are careful of pickpockets and don’t care about the cost, there are still advantages to it.”

Gu Qi said, "After all, they are a developed country, and their cathedrals and castles are quite beautiful."

Gu Zhao laughed and said, "That's not what you said yesterday."

Li Man changed into her pajamas and came out. "Yesterday was a special case, wasn't it?"

Gu Qi added, "It's just that the things in the museum are annoying."

The three chatted while watching the news broadcast on TV, as usual.

They had just been talking about cultural relics when the news came on TV about the United States returning two Warring States period silk manuscripts from the Xia Dynasty.

"The Five Elements Manual and the Divination Manual of Offense and Defense Return to the Motherland!"

Then, the background of the two cultural relics was introduced, as well as the country's efforts to recover the relics and the historical significance of this incident.

"The only Warring States period silk manuscript, this is a national treasure!" Gu Qi exclaimed with a mix of admiration and sorrow. "I had never heard of it before, I had only heard of things like the 'Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies' and the Water Moon Guanyin."

“Those are national treasures, and world-renowned ones at that.” Gu Zhao shook his head. He didn’t know anything about these two artifacts, and he hadn’t even heard of the foreign museum that returned them.

"How come every little museum has our national treasures?" Li Man asked curiously. "So it's our national treasures that are supporting museums all over the world?"

Gu Qi nodded and sighed, "Pretty much. I remember seeing a news report a while ago that said the Yongle Emperor's sword was in some kind of military ordnance museum in Miqi."

The evening news was still playing, talking about agreements, recycling rights, and international cooperation...

After listening for a while, Gu Zhao roughly understood that in order to recover the lost cultural relics, in addition to his own efforts, he also needed the cooperation of the other party.

The return of these two national treasures was made possible by the small museum's release of a document stating its willingness to return artifacts acquired through "unethical" means.

Gu Zhao: ╮(￣▽￣)╭

In other words, if the other party is shameless, there's nothing we can do. That's why countless cultural relics, even unknown national treasures, are scattered in obscure second- or third-rate museums around the world.

Gu Qi sighed, "They're shameless, there's nothing we can do about it."

Li Man comforted them, "Just wait. When we become strong enough to stand out from the crowd, and the return of the national treasures becomes the will of the people, see if they will take the initiative to send the national treasures back."

Gu Qi scoffed, "You wish! As long as we have any shame, they can play dead."

Li Man shrugged. "Well, there's nothing we can do about it. We'll just leave it there. It can still spur us on and remind all Chinese people that if we fall behind, we will be bullied. It serves as a memorial hall."

Gu Qi was speechless. "You're quite good at comforting people."

Li Man laughed and said, "What can we do? We can't turn a tragedy into a celebration and say that those barbarians collecting our cultural relics means that the beauty of our cultural relics has conquered those barbarians, which means that we have conquered them, so we have won, right?"

Gu Qi and Gu Zhao were both amused by Li Man.

"You've truly mastered the art of winning!" Gu Qi gave a thumbs up.

Li Man also laughed and said, "When they were in the lead, we couldn't see it and thought that the laggards should reflect on themselves. Now I realize that we are the odd ones out."

Gu Qi proudly said, "So we have survived for thousands of years, with one opponent after another coming and going, disappearing into the long river of history, while we have always been sitting at the table, never leaving."

"Alright, alright, here we go again." Li Man greeted the two of them. "Aunt Zhang has already prepared the food, let's eat first."

……

After the conversation about cultural relics came to an end, Gu Qi and Li Man started talking about the interesting things that happened during their trip. However, Gu Zhao's thoughts were still on the good things left by their ancestors.

When faced with such a historical problem, the other party is shameless, and Tianxia really doesn't have much of a solution.

After all, Tianxia values ​​its reputation, and its goal is the stars and the sea; its gaze is always forward.

But Gu Zhao is different; he now has the ability to take these things back.

"Moreover, all my skills are inherited from my ancestors. How can I let the good things passed down by my ancestors continue to be lost?"

Gu Zhao stroked his chin. "Cultivating the Tao is about cultivating the mind. It's about cultivating a smooth Tao mind. There may be all sorts of concerns, but what do I have to worry about?"
Those who want to let those barbarians experience the beauty of China and remind their people that backwardness invites aggression can simply leave some ordinary cultural relics abroad; the most exquisite national treasures, of course, must be brought back.

Gu Zhao took out a small notebook and listed the national treasures that rightfully belonged to him on his agenda.

He then spent the night at home with his parents. Li Man, as usual, asked about his life and whether he wanted her to introduce him to potential partners, which made him flee in panic.

What is Gu Zhao supposed to say about this?
He said he slept with two people?
They were all top students from Yandu Conservatory of Music, with excellent looks and figures. Not only did two women serve one husband, but they also slept together.

It's not that Gu Zhao is afraid to say it, but it might be too much of a shock to her parents.

It wasn't a provocation for Li Man, but a provocation for Gu Qi.

Gu Zhao: ()
He dealt with it casually, stayed at home for one night, and returned to Yangcheng the next day, passing through the Daluo Palace.

(End of this chapter)