Under One Person: I, Jiaqian Jushi, work from nine to five

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"It's easy for you to say that when you're not in the situation... those are the Eight Extraordinary Skills." Zhuge Qing sighed when he saw Zhou Fengliu's magnanimity.

"I'm not afraid to admit it, but that battle with Old Wang during the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony really shattered my already unsettled state of mind..."

"So what if it breaks down? You'd break down too if you ran into me..."

Zhou Fengliu listened to Zhuge Qing's words and spoke frankly.

"It's different... He defeated me by standing on the foundation of my Wuhou Qiju. To be honest, after the Luotian Grand Ceremony, I became more and more covetous of Old Wang's skills. I even went so far as to contact Old Wang multiple times, just to see his seemingly divine Qimen formation a few more times."

"I know that Lao Wang wouldn't teach me such skills to help me break through my bottleneck. I can also tell that Lao Wang thinks his skills are dangerous and that teaching me might be harming me. But I just... can't forget them, you know?"

"Later I came to Biyou Village... I only helped Ma Xianhong forge the Body Refining Furnace, and he passed on the Eight Extraordinary Techniques, such as the Divine Refinement Hundred Techniques, to me."

"I didn't know whether I should learn it..."

Zhuge Qing muttered to himself, and in a slightly more relaxed tone, poured out all the confusion he had been feeling over the past few days to Zhou Fengliu.

After helping Ma Xianhong that night, he never slept with Old Ma again.

He simply asked Lao Ma to arrange a new place for him to stay, in an attempt to break through his inner bottleneck.

But contrary to his wishes, the more he tried to break through, the bigger the bottleneck became, which in turn led to the emergence of inner demons.

...

"Learn if you want to, don't learn if you don't want to. Why be so pretentious?" Zhou Fengliu summarized Zhuge Qing's words in two words.

being pretentious...

There's a feeling that he says one thing but does another.

"If only it were as simple as you say, Lao Zhou," Zhuge Qing said, scratching his messy hair.

"Learning the Divine Strategist Hundred Refinements means that I have completely given up the first twenty years of my life and abandoned the Wuhou Qimen. In this way, although there is no bottleneck to break through, I have only escaped to a new bottle. I will encounter new bottlenecks."

"I can't give up the first twenty-odd years of my life, and I can't learn the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements. So the only way I can break through is to overcome the temptation of the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements... which is equivalent to the temptation of the methods used by Old Wang."

"Old Zhou, what should I do?"

"How to do?"

Faced with Zhuge Qing's question, Zhou Fengliu raised an eyebrow slightly:

"Didn't you say you wanted to overcome temptation? Go ahead and do it."

"Isn't it that... we can't break through now?"

Zhuge Qing's dilemma lies in this: his inner world is completely in chaos, and he cannot restore its former peace.

His inner demons tormented his heart, forcing him to accept the power of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques.

"What breakthroughs are there? You have to be strong yourself to succeed. As long as you are strong enough, the Eight Extraordinary Skills are just a bonus for you."

Seeing that Zhuge Qing was in such a predicament, Zhou Fengliu spoke up and said a few more words.

He never felt the need to acquire the Eight Extraordinary Techniques. As he had said before, while the Eight Extraordinary Techniques were indeed powerful, his current abilities were not weak either, so there was no need to rely on them to improve himself.

Similarly, as a descendant of Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Qing certainly had many tricks up his sleeve; it was just a matter of whether he had mastered them to a high degree.

...

"Old Zhou, have you learned the Tongtian Talisman?" Zhuge Qing asked directly after hearing Zhou Fengliu's words.

"I've seen it," Zhou Fengliu replied.

"Whether you see it or not is not important, whether you learn it or not is not important. What's important is your own ability. Have you ever seen me use the Tongtian Talisman since I obtained it?"

Zhou Fengliu would never tell Zhuge Qing that he had spent so much time studying it but hadn't learned it. Seeing that Zhuge Qing's expression was somewhat moved, he added:

"Old Qing, losing to others is not scary. Losing to yourself is the scariest thing. If you can't accept your failure, then you have to be prepared to let failure follow you for the rest of your life."

"If there were more petty people like you in the world, how many people would be unable to think straight every day?"

Listening to Zhou Fengliu's words, Zhuge Qing knew that they made sense, but for him to truly accept his failure and maintain a calm mind... that required a broad-minded perspective.

This realm is similar to that of Wang Ye, and also to that of Zhou Fengliu before my eyes.

It's difficult in some ways, but not difficult in others... it's not difficult at all, it all comes down to a single moment of enlightenment.

"Old Zhou... take that thing and keep it safe for me. I want to try again. Come back to me in a couple of days. If I fail, please slap me awake again."

Zhuge Qing pointed to the Divine Calculation Hundred Refinements Manual not far away on the ground and then spoke to Zhou Fengliu.

"you sure?"

"Confirmed." Zhuge Qing nodded.

"Alright then." Zhou Fengliu picked up the small notebook of Divine Craftsmanship and then prepared to leave under Zhuge Qing's watchful gaze.

"Am I really leaving? Old Qing."

"Let's go."

The door closed, and Zhuge Qing took a deep breath to calm his mind. Then he slowly closed his eyes and entered the inner realm once again, trying to find the opportunity to break through the bottleneck.

outside the house.

Zhou Fengliu looked at the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements in his hand and stroked his chin.

This old man... he really trusts me a lot, huh?

So you just let me keep the Divine Craftsmanship?

Aren't you afraid I'll just run away?

Forget it.

Let's keep it like this for now.

Zhou Fengliu thought for a moment and then put the Divine Craftsmanship Manual into his Devouring Pouch as well.

His small Devouring Pouch now contains two of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques, which shows how valuable the Devouring Pouch is.

Chapter 169 Brother Liu, are you really not here to settle scores with Biyou Village? (Second Update)

Why do I feel like a life coach these past two days?

After Zhou Fengliu put the food pouch away, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

First, Chen Duo came to him in the middle of the night to talk about life and her needs, and now she's giving Zhuge Qing some advice...

Those who knew him thought he was a tourist, while those who didn't might have thought he was a "psychologist" at Biyou Village.

Everyone who comes has to say, "Shut up! Dr. Zhou, you have a miracle cure!"

It's outrageous!

Zhou Fengliu shook his head.

...

Just as Zhou Feng was sighing, the temporary workers in various parts of Biyou Village received precise orders from their respective regional leaders to take action.

At this moment, Zhang Chulan is directing Feng Baobao to contact Chen Duo to learn about the events surrounding the killing of Liao Zhong.

Strangely enough, Lao Meng had already inquired with Chen Duo once and told the temporary workers, but after listening to Lao Meng's description, he felt that the logic was flawed. So he asked Feng Baobao to contact Chen Duo again to hear if there was anything missing.

"Sister Bao'er, can you hear me?"

"Yes, I can hear you."

Zhang Chulan took a walkie-talkie and tested its receiving function with Feng Baobao.

Shortly after Feng Baobao set off, a phone call interrupted Zhang Chulan's thoughts.

Zhang Chulan answered the phone and found it was Xu Si calling.

He could easily guess that this was a call to order the operation to begin.

After a brief chat, the order to begin the operation was indeed given. However, in addition to the order, there was also some unexpected news.

"What? Brother Liu has become the commander?"

Hearing Xu Si's voice on the phone, Zhang Chulan was somewhat surprised by the board's decision.

"Yeah...yes, all of you temporary workers in the village have to cooperate with Xiao Zhou's instructions," Xu Si said on the other end of the phone.

Good guy.

They originally wanted Zhou Fengliu to help them, but somehow Zhou Fengliu has suddenly become their boss.

"Don't worry, Fourth Brother..."

Xu Si gave a few more instructions to take good care of Feng Baobao before hanging up the phone.

The surroundings were silent. Zhang Chulan did not try to decipher the meaning of the board's order; his attention was focused on the walkie-talkie.

As Chen Duo recounted the events of the night Liao Zhong was killed, bit by bit, through the walkie-talkie, Zhang Chulan's expression gradually grew serious.

A moment later, he lit a traditional cigarette and took a deep drag.

...

No abnormalities...nothing was amiss. Chen Duo's entry into Biyou Village proceeded without any problems...

She has described the events in enough detail... and Lao Meng has not lied.

There's only one thing that's truly worth noting...

The simplest point.

...

If that's really the case... Liao Zhong, you could have avoided dying.

Zhang Chulan's expression changed slightly, and then he used the walkie-talkie to instruct Feng Baobao to continue questioning Chen Duo.

After this conversation, he now knew what Chen Duo wanted.

...

Night falls.