I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

Li Qi smiled and waved his hand: "It's not as good as you think."

“At Bo Shang’s level, the requests he makes are all extremely difficult. Sometimes a single request can keep him busy for more than a month. In reality, it’s not easy to earn money.”

"And now you should understand just how ridiculously energy-consuming it is for us who practice the old martial arts, right?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Jing nodded.

Previously, when he was practicing his internal organs, he needed to take Dragon Thunder Powder, which cost more than 300,000 Zhuxia coins a day. Twenty million coins could only last for two months.

Although he later activated the Dragon Horn and no longer needed Dragon Thunder Powder, his savings started burning again after he began practicing the Yellow Granny's Skill.

This time the burning was even more intense, because in order to build the Five Internal Organs Temple for the Five Internal Organs God to nourish the Holy Embryo, a wide variety of medicines were needed, and each stage required different ones.

Right now, it's still manageable with a few hundred thousand yuan a day. But as time goes on, the required medications will become increasingly scarce, and the costs will become more and more outrageous...

If it weren't for the fact that Xu Ren transferred the money from selling the pirate leader's corpse to him a few days ago, Xue Jing would probably be struggling to find ways to make money right now.

Currently, his slush fund, plus the money from Xu Ren, totals a little over 30 million.

"This is one of the main reasons why our old martial arts have declined," Li Qi sighed.

"The stronger old martial arts masters basically earned their power through sheer wealth, which is too low in cost-effectiveness... The same amount of money spent on alien bodies or new martial arts can increase their combat power by at least twenty or thirty times."

"People like your senior brother, despite earning a lot, actually spend more than they earn; they can't save any money at all..."

……

After returning to the Hidden Dragon Dojo, Xue Jing went into the cultivation room alone and practiced the Yellow Woman's Kung Fu for several more hours.

[You have completed one session of Huang Po Gong practice, gaining 688 health cultivation experience points.]

[You have completed one session of Huang Po Gong training, True Martial Experience Points +671]

【Health Preservation Lv10 (6778/?)】

【True Martial Lv1 (3368/10000)】

After glancing at the panel, Xue Jing slowly exhaled.

"I've almost reached the maximum experience points for health preservation, but I still haven't triggered the skill ascension condition prompt."

"This skill can't possibly remain unupgraded..."

Xue Jing scratched his head, stood up, changed out of his training clothes, left the training room, and prepared to go home.

It was already past five in the afternoon, and it was getting late.

He walked out of the dojo and onto the street, intending to hail a taxi.

But after glancing at the panel, I found that my running experience points had reached (7911/8000), just a little bit short.

After thinking for a moment, Xue Jing took a step and began to nimbly leap across the rooftops, quickly ascending to a building in just a few bounds.

Then he ran and jumped between the rooftops, speeding towards his home at a pace far exceeding that of a bicycle on the road.

About twenty minutes later, Xue Jing returned to his home community in Xicheng District from Dongcheng District.

[Running skill upgraded to Lv10 (117/?)]

"Done, another Lv10 skill." Xue Jing nodded, feeling a sense of satisfaction, like collecting stamps.

Before he could fully appreciate the changes brought about by running at Lv10, his phone suddenly rang and vibrated in his pocket.

Xue Jing picked it up and saw that the caller ID showed it was Xu Ren.

He pressed the answer button immediately.

"Hey, Captain Xu Ren?" Xue Jing said with a smile.

"Don't call me that anymore, Commander Xue. You're a much higher-ranking officer now," Xu Ren's calm voice came through the receiver as always.

Xue Jing sighed and said, "I've already told you not to be so formal. Only call me 'commander' when there are outsiders around. In private, just act like before."

"...Alright, stop joking around. I have good news and bad news for you. Which do you want to hear first?" Xu Ren said.

"Oh?" Xue Jing thought for a moment and said, "Then let's hear the good news first."

"The reward the organization has decided on for you."

Xue Jing's spirits lifted: "A relic of the gods?"

“Yes…and a lot,” said the Void Blade.

"[GOD-652 Five Emperor Coins] [GOD-662 Obsessive-Compulsive Cleanser] [GOD-1399 The Cauldron for Boiling Happiness] [GOD-1474 Eraser]..."

Xu Ren recited the serial numbers and names of eight divine relics in a row.

Xue Jing became more and more excited as he listened.

Eight divine relics... four thousand divine essences!

"Since your request was merely to conduct research for a period of time, and the contributions you made were significant, the organization did its best to provide you with all the divine relics it could mobilize in a short period of time."

Suppressing his slightly agitated emotions, Xue Jing asked, "So, what's the bad news?"

Xu Ren's tone was somewhat strange: "During the final approval process, someone in the logistics department refused to stamp the document, citing 'no notification of a large-scale transfer of divine relics'... As a result, that batch of divine relics was stuck there."

Xue Jing remained calm.

"Even if he doesn't stamp it, as long as it's reviewed again, the reward will still eventually be given to you... but that takes time."

"It could take ten or twenty days, or even several months... The movement of these divine relics is time-limited. They must be returned when the time is up. If it really takes several months, I don't even know if you'll still have two left when they reach you."

Xue Jing's tone was completely flat: "Who is that person?"

Xu Ren paused for a moment, then said, "His surname is Zhu, and his name is Zhu Xuanli."

"...Born into one of the thirteen great families, a direct descendant of the Zhu family."

Xue Jing slowly closed his eyes.

Divinity is the foundation of his self-improvement—an essential element of the panel.

Preventing him from taking divinity is to uproot him.

This is the enmity of those who obstruct the way.

……

Chapter 195 Comparing Backgrounds? Quickly go to the Western Paradise to invite the Buddha Youqing! (4K)

After a moment of silence, Xue Jing spoke calmly:

"How did I offend him?"

"Or is there some misunderstanding?"

Although Xue Jing's voice was calm, Xu Ren on the other end of the phone inexplicably sensed a dangerous aura.

Her tone became more cautious involuntarily: "...I don't know."

"The logistics department is a hotbed of nepotism. Many powerful forces send people in, and these people who get in through nepotism rarely work seriously. They are basically just drawing salaries without working, and the work is left to people without connections."

"Although Zhu Xuanli is the deputy director of the Special Materials Management Office of the Logistics Department, he usually doesn't go to work... but a few days ago, when the application to transfer the divine relic that rewarded you was submitted to the Special Materials Management Office, he suddenly came to work."

“Originally, this kind of application was just a formality. No one in the ‘Special Materials Department’ would be so bored as to seriously approve the transfer of supplies by higher-ups. Like this time, for the sake of efficiency, the higher-ups had even prepared the divine relics before submitting the application, but Zhu Xuanli… just rejected it.”

“Given his family’s background, the only person in the Special Materials Department with a higher rank than him, who could theoretically bypass him and directly approve the application, didn’t dare to say anything, and the matter reached a stalemate.”

Xue Jing walked calmly into the community garden, sat down on a bench, tapped his knee with his fingers, and said:

"So, there's no possibility of a misunderstanding; he's deliberately targeting me?"

According to Xu Ren, the "Special Materials Management Office" of the Logistics Department of the Sixth Agency is basically a decorative department, a mere formality to comply with management regulations.

In addition, Zhu Xuanli doesn't usually work in this department, but this time he not only came to work, but he actually did some 'work'.

They came here 100% because of him.

Xu Ren thought for a moment and said, "If it's just his personal behavior, that's fine, but I'm afraid it's his family's idea."

"The reason he can block your application now is essentially because of his status as a direct descendant of the Zhu family. Otherwise, he would have been 'resigned' the moment he dared to reject the application."

"If the Zhu family really has malicious intentions towards you... then I'm afraid it will be really difficult to handle."

The image of his senior sister, Zhu Shanying, flashed through Xue Jing's mind.

"As one of the thirteen great families, the Zhu family has a vast and prosperous lineage with hundreds of thousands of descendants and hundreds or thousands of branches... but only the 'Fifth Branch' can be considered the direct line."

"Among them, there are two houses in the inner ring city of the first metropolitan area—Beijing. To distinguish them, they are called 'big' and 'small'."

“Zhu Xuanli belongs to the ‘small branch of the capital’… Although not the core ‘large branch of the capital’ of the Zhu family, it is still the second largest direct descendant of the large branch, and its power is extremely formidable.”

Upon hearing this, Xue Jing thought for a moment and said:

"Let's put aside his power for now. There's only one problem to solve right now... How can I get the divine relic that's been blocked?"

After a moment of silence, Xu Ren said, "There's nothing we can do about White Raven for now, and the Commander is having a real headache."

She paused, then continued, "However, while we can't do anything about it, you should have a way... to be precise, the people behind you have a way."

"Although the Zhu family is powerful, there are others who are even more powerful than them..."

"I can't say much, you should understand..."

Xu Ren's tone was tactful and full of profound meaning.

Xue Jing nodded and said, "I understand."

After chatting with Xu Ren for a few more minutes, he hung up the phone.

Sitting on a bench in the garden, Xue Jing looked thoughtful.

He had no idea why the Zhu family was causing him trouble.

The only reason he could think of being connected to the Zhu family was his senior sister, Zhu Shanying.

However, it cannot be completely certain at the moment... Although Takeyama Hideaki's family is prominent, it is still uncertain whether they belong to the Take clan, one of the thirteen great families.

Xue Jing thought the probability was about 98%.

"Senior Sister Zhu is from the First Metropolitan Area. If so, is she a direct descendant of the Zhu family? If so, is she from one of the two branches in the capital? Which branch? The elder or the younger?"

Xue Jing had too many questions to ask, but Zhu Shanying was currently unreachable.

If the cause really lies with Takeyama Hide, then what are the specific reasons?