destiny eternal calamity

Chapter 148 Doubt

Two days after the Lantern Festival, Li Wei collected the profit distribution from his shops.

The combined profits from Wenhai Pavilion, Juweixuan, and Madam Xu amounted to 200,000 taels of silver, an increase of 40,000 taels compared to the previous month.

The main driver of this month's profit growth is Juweixuan.

During the holidays, Juweixuan, as a high-end restaurant, hosted one banquet after another, and the two branches together earned 30,000 taels more in profit than the previous month.

On Madam Xu's side, growth had almost stagnated, with only a few thousand taels of silver more than last month.

Wenhaige, on the other hand, saw a slight increase in profits because its newsstands were mostly completed.

In addition, he also received 100,000 taels of silver as a share in the Zuixian Winery.

The main reason is the increased demand at Juweixuan, and the wine has gradually gained a reputation, with a significant amount being distributed to other high-end restaurants.

Overall, the profit growth this month was mainly due to the holiday bonuses in the catering industry.

Li Wei silently gave himself a thumbs up for his wise decision to open a branch of Juweixuan before the new year.

However, Juweixuan has already made its mark in the high-end catering business in Beijing. Opening more stores would lead to fierce competition.

As for expanding business elsewhere? There's no need for that.

The gap between rich and poor in this world is too severe. Almost all the silver in the entire Li Kingdom has been concentrated in the capital. Even the relatively wealthy Jiangnan region is dirt poor compared to the capital.

In addition, Levi worried that mismanagement would damage the brand value, so he gave up the idea of ​​continuing to expand the business.

His main focus is still on martial arts training; he only needs enough recharge points.

If all else fails, there are less-than-honorable methods —

Moreover, once he masters martial arts and becomes invincible, he can have as many recharge points as he wants.

There's no need to take business too seriously.

Then the rewards that Long Yin had previously given were also distributed.

He was awarded 50,000 taels of silver and 1,000 taels of gold, and his title was elevated to Earl of Mingyue.

Li Wei deposited all 350,000 taels of silver he had acquired into the system, keeping only a few hundred taels for personal use.

The system's recharge point balance immediately increased to 498360 points, which made him feel happy.

He stored the thousand taels of gold in his spatial ring.

He hasn't even used half of the thousand taels of gold he gave to Madam Xu.

This thing is so malleable that it's used in too small a quantity for decoration.

"We're still missing two sixth-tier internal skills —"

Li Wei gazed at the brand-new plaque reading "Earl of Bright Moon Mansion" on his own estate, his mind racing with thoughts and reflections.

Previously, he had obtained the Zixia attribute Zuowang Xuan Gong and the Xuanyin attribute Jia Yi Quan Pian from Xiao Shuying and Yaoyue respectively, both of which were sixth-level internal skills.

With the addition of the Nine Cauldrons Technique with its Returning to Origin attribute, the Five Elements Internal Skills are only missing Vajra and Pure Yang.

As for the vacancy in the fifth-order Returning to Origin technique after the Nine Cauldrons Technique is upgraded, the Kongsang Sect should be able to fill it by inviting him to become the Holy Son.

"You can also ask your adoptive mother for a suitable cultivation technique after your next time travel."

The idea popped into Li Wei's mind.

In the previous two transmigrations, the martial arts of the human race were extremely fragmented and disorganized, and the cultivation methods that Zhong Kui Yaohua created for the human race were also unsystematic.

But if the next era he travels to is eight thousand years ago or even later, the development of martial arts should already be on the right track.

As Zhong Kui Yao Hua's adopted son, it shouldn't be difficult for him to ask her for a few cultivation manuals.

The techniques used back then must have had various flaws, such as the Yin-Yang Reverse Sword being too difficult to learn and the Great Mi Luo Step consuming too much true energy, but with the system's assistance, it shouldn't be a big problem.

The night before, after he and Aunt Yaoyue had practiced their dual cultivation, they had already discussed their plans.

We'll be leaving at the end of the month.

Yan Xueshang had also been informed by Yue.

Speaking of which, Senior Sister Yan said that she came to the capital of Li Kingdom to help Master rescue her Uncle.

Since she called the other party "Shishu" (a term of respect for a senior martial arts master), then the other party must be the junior brother of her cheap master, Shang Xueyan.

Li Wei remembered that Senior Sister Yan had said that her senior uncle had participated in the struggle for the throne forty years ago, and after losing, he was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison of Li Kingdom.

To be able to participate in the struggle for the throne, one must at least be a cultivator with the destiny of heaven, right?

Even if he's a genius, at forty years old, he'd still be eighty.

However, her cheap master, Shang Xueyan, as the head of the Kongsang Sect and a big star in the martial arts world, has an age that is publicly known.

Li Wei didn't know that Senior Sister Yan was a disciple of the Kongsang Sect before, so he didn't notice the logical error. But ever since he learned that his master was the third most beautiful woman in the world, he has done a lot of research on related information.

This sect leader has a very mysterious appearance. She was able to be listed on the Hundred Flowers Ranking mainly because of Bai Zaizai's evaluation. Of course, according to a few Kongsang disciples who have seen her appearance, she is indeed an unparalleled fairy.

Shang Xueyan is an unparalleled genius of the Kongsang School.

For a normal person practicing martial arts, the progress slows down as they advance to higher levels, but she showed no signs of decline.

Twenty-nine Dharma forms, thirty-four Heavenly Mandates, and thirty-nine Void Realms.

She should be forty-one years old now.

If she weren't stuck at the cultivation level, Shang Xueyan might even have a chance to transcend the tribulation before the age of forty-five.

He should be the fastest-growing genius in human history.

Of course, this excludes Li Wei, who's a total cheater.

Shang Xueyan is 41 years old, while the "junior brother" whom Senior Sister Yan rescued before, who is also her junior brother, is 80 years old.

This is clearly unreasonable.

"Could it be?"

Li Wei began to suspect that Senior Sister Yan might actually be his cheap master, Shang Xueyan.

After all, Senior Sister Yan is too beautiful; she completely deserves the title of the third most beautiful woman in the world.

And most importantly, isn't Yan Xueshang just Shang Xueyan's name reversed?

"When Senior Sister Yan told me the reason for my predicament, she probably hadn't thought about taking me back to the Kongsang Sect to exorcise demons. Therefore, she didn't need to worry about me knowing her background, so there was no need for her to hide her senior uncle's age—" Li Wei quickly reviewed and deduced in his mind.

"If she really is Shang Xueyan, then the age matches up—"

Li Wei's mind raced, and he gradually pieced together the truth of the matter:

For a martial arts technique that was very important to the Kongsang Sect, Shang Xueyan took a risk and came to the capital of Li Kingdom to break into prison. After the operation failed, her meridians were destroyed, but she was rescued by him.

She then changed her name to Yan Xueshang and stayed at the Li residence, where she healed her injuries while also assessing Li Wei's martial arts aptitude and character.

Because she was quite satisfied with Li Wei's martial arts aptitude, she wanted Li Wei to try the "Nine Cauldrons Skill," and thus carried out the so-called "acceptance of a disciple on behalf of the master."

After discovering that Li Wei had truly mastered the "Nine Cauldrons Skill," she couldn't bring herself to become his Daoist partner, so she notified Elder "Yaoyue" to come and fulfill the responsibility of dual cultivation in her stead.

"Aunt Yaoyue always calls her Yan Yatou, so she must know about this. Is she covering for her sect leader?"

Li Wei fell into deep thought.

If Senior Sister Yan really is Shang Xueyan, she's such a drama queen!

Playing his own disciple and even taking on disciples on his behalf?

"It's also possible that Senior Sister Yan is simply concealing the true identity of the person in the Heavenly Prison. Perhaps he is Senior Sister Yan's grandmaster-grandmaster instead of her uncle-master."

Li Wei simply couldn't imagine that Senior Sister Yan, this ethereal beauty like an iceberg and snow lotus, would be such a drama queen.