Courtyard House: Passing through the Silly Pillar, Activating the Blessed Cave Heaven

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After finalizing the deal and confirming the subsequent procurement channels, He Yuzhu left the market and returned to Shang Zhirong's residence to continue studying Xingyi Quan.

After practicing boxing for an hour at Shang Zhirong's house, He Yuzhu returned to Wu Baotian's house.

After finishing dinner and washing up, he made an excuse to go for a walk, found a secluded corner in the alley, and quietly entered the blessed land.

As the vegetation coverage within the cave continues to increase, the area of ​​the originally barren land and mountains is shrinking.

He Yuzhu keenly noticed the changes in the environment: the temperature dropped from about 32 degrees to about 30 degrees, the air became fresher, and the humidity increased.

During his continued exploration of the blessed land, He Yuzhu unexpectedly discovered a cave entrance buried in mud at the foot of an earthen hill.

This significant discovery stemmed from an accident during the making of adobe bricks—the soil layer sealing the entrance was accidentally unearthed during the digging process.

As He Yuzhu stepped into the cave, a cool breeze swept over him.

He looked around; the cave was flanked by stone walls.

He returned to the Wuji Hall, retrieved a lantern, and lit the wick with a match.

Carrying the lantern, they walked in, and the terrain gradually sloped downwards.

After walking about twenty meters, the view suddenly opened up before us—the cave was shaped like a wine bottle, with a narrow entrance but a wide interior extending outwards, covering an area of ​​over a thousand square meters.

The cave was refreshingly cool, and He Yuzhu thought to himself: This natural ice cellar is perfect for air-drying sausages.

He calmed his mind and focused his energy on the Enlightenment Stone, and then began to practice Xingyi Quan.

His diligent practice day after day made his boxing skills more and more profound.

Shang Zhirong once praised him for his outstanding talent, saying that if he could continue to persevere, he would surely achieve great success within five years.

After putting down his fist, He Yuzhu looked at the barren mountain and pondered his planting plan.

Once the bamboo roots arrive, we'll clear a bamboo mountain so that we can both cut down bamboo to make tools and solve the firewood problem.

Today, when he took Yushui to Shichahai Lake, he saw that the cypress trees by the lake had already borne seeds. He then planned to pick some cypress seeds every afternoon when Fengzeyuan was closed and sow them on the barren mountain. In two or three years, the mountain would become lush and green.

Finally, he made the decision: all the remaining barren mountains would be planted with rosewood.

I am only twelve years old now. By the time of the reform and opening up, these trees will be over thirty years old. At that time, each one will be a priceless treasure, comparable to mountains of gold and silver.

If planted until they are seventy or eighty years old, a single rosewood tree might be worth over a million, and two or three hundred thousand trees would be assets worth hundreds of billions.

With such wealth, he could be considered the richest man in China, and it would be more than enough to cover the losses left by Xu Pi.

Master Nie's so-called "loss of hundreds of billions" mentality, if applied to himself, wouldn't the profit reach tens of trillions? In his fantasy, he seemed to hear exciting background music, and unconsciously clapped and even twisted his body a few times, until a cold wind swept by, and he suddenly came back to his senses, and said to himself with a self-deprecating smile: "Nie Xiao, this grandmaster of entertainment, can bewitch people's hearts even across time and space. I'm afraid even the primordial saints would find it difficult to resist his 'power'."

He slipped into the vegetable garden, picked two cucumbers, and savored their fresh aroma.

These all-natural organic vegetables are far more delicious than those grown in greenhouses in later generations.

After washing his hands, he left the blessed land and went straight back to his master Wu Baotian's home.