destiny eternal calamity

half a month later.

While supervising Long Xiaoxiao's piano practice, Li Wei looked at the system panel in front of him, summarizing his recent gains.

[Host: Li Wei]

Age: 19

[Qualifications: Excellent]

[Techniques: Myriad Laws Return to Nothingness Force (Perfect), Five-Step Plum Blossom Stakes (Second Tier/Perfect), Pulse-Grabbing Technique (Second Tier/Perfect), Six Harmonies Saber Technique (Second Tier/Perfect), Carefree Sword Technique+ (Second Tier/Perfect), Ethereal Qin Melody (Third Tier/Perfect), Eight Steps to Gaze at the Sunset (Third Tier/Perfect), Nine Refinements of the Cloud Bed (Third Tier/Perfect), Mind's Eye Sword (Fourth Tier/Perfect), Everlasting Spring Finger (False Qi Technique)+ (Fourth Tier/Perfect), Nine Cauldrons Technique+ (Fourth Tier/Perfect)...] (Other internal skills omitted here)

[Learnable techniques: Blood and Flesh Contract+, Essence Absorption Technique+, Thunder God's Bone Forging+ (Tier 5), Luo Tian True Technique+ (Tier 5)]

[Martial Arts Cultivation: Mid-stage Spirit Bridge Realm]

[Recharge Points: 501760 (One tael of silver can be used to recharge 1 recharge point.)] (Total recharge points consumed: 890940)

[Note: Recharge points can be used to learn cultivation techniques, upgrade technique levels, and advance technique stages...]

These days, Li Wei exchanged all the silver notes he had for silver.

As for the income from the properties under his name, Wenhaige, Juweixuan, and Madam Xu contributed 5,100 taels, 25,000 taels, and 71,000 taels of silver respectively.

Wenhaige gained a lot of income from selling the right to use its newsstands, but that should be the end of its business.

Its real function is to control public opinion. For example, this time it published the story of Princess Yuzhen destroying the stronghold of the Changsheng Sect, which greatly increased Long Bilin's popularity among the people.

Juweixuan is already so popular that you have to queue to eat there, and they're planning to open a branch.

The cost isn't too high; buying an existing restaurant and renovating it will only cost five thousand taels. We're currently recruiting and training staff, and it should be open in about two months.

Madam Xu, however, remained unchanged.

However, the high heels designed by Li Wei are about to be launched, which should generate a large amount of new revenue.

In addition, the Drunken Immortal Winery, which split profits 50/50 with the princess's wife, also reaped a quarter's profit, totaling 60,000 taels of silver.

There was also a reward of 10,000 taels of silver from the emperor.

All these miscellaneous incomes added up to more than 500,000 yuan in recharge points for Li Wei.

The Viscount's household expenses were not too tight. In the past two months, Li Wei had given Xu Shu and the other servants several hundred taels of silver as rewards, and the three thousand taels of silver he had set aside were more than enough.

The purchasing power of silver in this world is still quite strong; it only becomes worthless when one encounters martial arts manuals or brothels.

Even after acquiring the fifth-order body-forging technique and the fifth-order pure yang internal energy technique that he had taken from the Changsheng sect, his spending limit was still less than 900,000 taels.

Knowing that he was about to reach a million-dollar spending threshold and advance to VIP3, Li Wei decided to learn another round of cultivation techniques.

There's no need to learn any more body-refining techniques for now. Ever since he learned the 'Golden Bell Cover' last time, he felt that his physical body had reached its limit at the Spirit Bridge realm, so learning more would be a waste.

The same applies to internal skills. There are a total of ten Five Elements Internal Skills and two Mixed Yuan Internal Skills, which provide near-maximum Qi recovery speed and attribute bonuses.

If one were to learn five more fourth-level internal skills in order to maintain the balance of the five elements, the marginal effect would be extremely serious.

He could learn the fourth-tier Hunyuan Internal Skill, as it would allow him to increase his true qi limit at the lowest cost. Unfortunately, Hunyuan Internal Skills are hard to find.

After thinking for a while, he decided that he could find five more level three Five Elements Internal Skills to learn. The price for upgrading was affordable, and they weren't as hard to get as level four skills.

Li Wei wasn't worried about the variety of true qi within his body. After all, the five elements interacted and countered each other, and all these true qi were powerfully refined within him, transforming into primordial true qi without causing any conflict.

He happened to have a copy of the Kunlun Xuanshui City third-level internal skill, "Overflowing Technique," which he obtained from "Zuo Fenghan." He might find it particularly useful after learning it.

As for the other four books, just ask your princess wife for them; they're third-tier internal skills, so they shouldn't be too hard to get.

"Brother-in-law, did you actually plead with my sister on my behalf?"

After Long Xiaoxiao had been diligently practicing the piano for over ten days under Li Wei's supervision, she finished playing a piece and complained.

Li Wei snapped out of his daze, looked at the girl's utterly dejected expression, and decided he couldn't go too far, so he said:

"Alright, that's enough for today. Your sister said you only need to be punished for half a month. From now on, you can resume your half-hour practice time every day."

"Yay, I knew I hadn't mistaken you for my brother-in-law. In the past, when I got into trouble, my sister would punish me for a whole month."

Long Xiaoxiao's words left Li Wei speechless; this child was truly pitiful.

"Brother-in-law, I want to hear a story," Long Xiaoxiao said sweetly, clinging to Li Wei's arm, seeing that it was still early.

For the past two weeks, Li Wei has spent most of his time at the princess's residence. Since he had nothing better to do, he started telling Long Xiaoxiao and the four girls, Mei, Lan, Zhu, and Ju, stories about Journey to the West.

Previously, all five of them listened together, but this time, this little girl wanted to enjoy it all by herself.

He knew Long Xiaoxiao's little scheme: she wanted him to give her special tutoring so she could show off to Mei Lan Zhu Ju and the others the next day.

Li Wei, of course, wouldn't disappoint his sister-in-law, so he started talking about the Guanyin Temple.

The little girl listened with rapt attention.

After telling the story, by the time they returned to Long Bilin's place, the moon was already high in the sky.

After exercising, Li Wei looked at his princess wife in his arms and felt that she seemed a little absent-minded today.

"Baby, is something bothering you?"

Long Bilin couldn't stand him calling her by that nickname, and her ears immediately went weak.

"It's nothing much, it's just that recently many sects' 'envoys to the capital' have sued our 'Da Li Weekly', saying that the Hidden Dragon Ranking is suspected of disturbing the martial arts world."

Li Wei understood.

Li Wei has relinquished control of this matter, and it is now mainly handled by the Princess's residence. The specific details are basically decided by Mingyue Tower.

The Hidden Dragon List was leaked to the imperial court by those martial arts sects, and naturally, political enemies took the opportunity to attack Long Bilin.

Once something is ranked, people will fight over it.

When he created the Hidden Dragon List, he specifically limited it to those under thirty years old to prevent them from being harassed by powerful figures in the martial arts world.

Unexpectedly, even the power of the princess's mansion could not intimidate these martial arts sects, who actually went to the imperial court to file a complaint for the sake of the honor and disgrace of their juniors.

"Someone is behind this," Li Wei concluded.

"That's what I think too, and it's most likely the Crown Prince's side. Prince Jin has been much more restrained lately because of the Longevity Cult."

"Crown Prince..." Li Wei narrowed his eyes.

He was now almost certain that his old master had been murdered by the Crown Prince's scheme. The thought of the Crown Prince coveting his fiancée brought a surge of both old and new grudges to his mind.

Whether it's for revenge or to help Long Bilin rise to power, he must eliminate Long Ming!

Besides, now that he has established himself, this is not entirely unfounded.