Chapter 6: Hitching a Ride

  "See, mom? I told you this is good stuff. People who know their goods are plentiful." Jiang Le said calmly.

  Jiang Hua sighed, "I really didn't expect that there were so many rich people in Qingyang City. But now they've all been sold out at once, what about the days to come? Can't just not open for business, can it?"

  "I think it's pretty good, if we don't open for business, then so be it. But if we do open for business, we can earn three months' worth of income, and it's both relaxing and profitable. Besides, the goods are scarce to begin with, and I can only get 30-50 yuan in jade symbols per week at most. In the future, after you finish your business, use the rest of your time to learn about maintenance, yoga, or some dishes you've always wanted to learn, cook for our son, how great would that be?"

  Jiang Hua glared at Jiang Le with a hint of annoyance and teased, "You little scamp, all you know is to be greedy."

  But her eyes showed some movement.

  The jade pendant business was really lucrative, earning her in one day what she couldn't earn in decades. Even if the big head let the Taoist master behind take it away, what was left would be enough to make her and her son live a carefree life.

  For Jiang Hua, everything she did was for her son.

  Now that there is no pressure on the financial side, she will naturally care for her son from other aspects.

  "Okay, I recently watched a food channel and they recommended some famous dishes from Xiangxi. They looked pretty good to me, so I'll learn how to make them over the next few days and cook for you."

  "Long live Mother!"

  After comforting her mother's emotions and seeing that she was becoming more and more relaxed about money, Jiang Le felt secretly delighted.

  The path of cultivation has changed his life and given him the opportunity to repay his mother now. This road, he will definitely walk firmly on it.

  In the afternoon, Jiang Le started his cultivation according to the specified schedule.

  After a fight with Daoist priest, Jiang Le learned some Taoist skills from his master Mao Xiaofang. That is Bagua Palm Technique.

  The so-called Bagua Palm Method is not some kind of powerful and loud martial art that can be mastered with just one palm strike. Rather, it has only eight simple postures, like the Tian Gan Step Method, which uses movements such as penetrating, inserting, splitting, sweeping, crossing, colliding, hooking, turning over, and supporting to bring out its effects, making it look simple and easy to learn.

  However, after learning the Tien Gan steps, Jiang Le realized that this so-called simplicity was only on the surface. To truly master the Bagua Palm technique, one needs to practice for a long time and make every move become second nature to the body.

  Although the training was arduous, as soon as he thought of Mao Xiaofang's magnificent moves when fighting against Guī Tóng that night, Jiang Le felt a burning fire in his heart.

  Master's awesomeness is just a reflection of his own future.

  Night falls, the bustling night market on Antique Street slowly rises, and then gradually cools down with time. Even the stall owners start to pack up their goods and head home.

  Outside the Jin Lao Tuo antique shop, under a willow tree diagonally across the street, there was a long bench where Zhou Xian and Liu Da Wei each held a cup of milk tea and sat silently.

  The two of them started sitting here at sunset, and after the hustle and bustle of Antique Street had dispersed, they still hadn't moved an inch. Their gaze was mostly fixed on Jin Lao Tou's antique shop.

  "Xiao Yan, you're not really planning on staking out here for a whole night, are you?" Liu Dawei asked with a bitter smile.

  She nodded and said, "According to the investigation materials, this Jiang Le is absolutely suspicious. He was originally an employee of this store, but just over a month or two ago, he suddenly became the owner. Although there are many evidences in the registration that show he got the will of the original owner, how could a ordinary young man get recognized by a eccentric and reclusive old man within just two months? There must be something fishy about it! Moreover, I have asked some people who live near this store, and they also said that strange noises had appeared before, which is very likely to come from his store."

  "This is just a suspicion, and there's no evidence to prove it." Liu Dawei felt helpless towards his colleague's persistence.

  "So I'm waiting for evidence here." After finishing, her eyes moved and looked in one direction, saying with a playful tone: "Hmm, it seems the evidence will appear soon."

  Liu Dawei looked back curiously and found several suspicious figures sneaking towards Old Jin's antique shop, then started prying open the door.

  "There's a thief." Liu Dawei suddenly stood up, his eyes piercing.

  Zhou Rou grabbed Liu Dawei's arm and smiled: "Dawei brother, the thief can't escape this time. However, they are not bad pathfinders, don't act rashly."

  Liu Dawei was taken aback, then smiled wryly and fell silent.

  This girl is really too much, well, just because our elders have some private dealings, I don't want to say anything about her.

  "Waaah! Waaah!"

  In the backyard house of an antique shop, a white light flashed, and a baby as white as jade suddenly appeared on the table, cute and twisting its limbs, with its small mouth making "wah wah" sounds. This caused Jiang Le, who was seriously practicing drawing talismans, to pause in his actions.

  "Little one, why aren't you resting well in your precious ring? Why did you run out?" Jiang Le put down the brush pen and lovingly picked up the baby, giving her a big kiss on the face.

  The baby was just like a little ghost, and when Jiang Le kissed her, she smiled with an open mouth. Her small hands patted Jiang Le's face and pinched his nose.

  "Mischievous." Jiang Le scolded with a smile, then saw Yin Yin's still smooth and hairless body, patted her forehead and suddenly said: "I forgot to buy clothes for my little treasure, oh, it's my fault. Tomorrow I'll go buy you lots and lots of pretty little clothes."

  Yin Yin didn't respond to Jiang Le, but instead suddenly turned her head and looked outside the door, a look of longing on her face.

  "Huh?" Jiang Le noticed Yin Yin's expression and also looked towards the door, then saw the dark magic bug flashing green light on the stone table in the courtyard.

  As the blue light flashed, strands of moonlight were swallowed by it.

  "Little guy, I was wondering why you suddenly came out on your own. It turns out that you were attracted by the gathering moonlight, truly worthy of being a spiritual child, so sensitive to yin attribute energy." Jiang Le couldn't help but praise, with a hint of envy in his eyes.

  The moonlight is indeed a good thing.

  At first, when I was condensing my magical powers, I activated the Golden Money Falling Treasure and absorbed a lunar essence, giving my body a marrow-washing and bone-forging treatment, with incredibly good results.

  However, after the Fa power has condensed, it is no longer possible to absorb it again. According to Mao Xiaofang's words, one must enter the Tongmai realm after building the foundation for a hundred days, and only then can the heavenly gate be reopened to absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth for cultivation.

  A hundred days is just three months, which is enough time to wait.

  Watching Youming Magic Bug's cultivation, Jiang Le suddenly lit up his eyes.

  It seems that this little guy is a spiritual child and can instinctively absorb yin attribute powers.

  Why don't we put Yin Yin next to Mochou and get some benefits?

  The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed; Jiang Le quickly walked over to the stone table.

  The ghostly moth sensed someone approaching and saw that it was Jiang Le. It calmly ignored him and continued to cultivate.

  Jiang Le put Yin Yin on the stone table as well.

  The little guy suddenly stopped making trouble, lying quietly on the stone table, closing his eyes, and a layer of white light appeared on his body. The moonlight that had been scattered around her slowly approached her and merged into her body.

  It really works!

  Jiang Le was overjoyed.

  The Youming Demon Bug was also stunned by Yin's actions for a moment, but soon it adjusted its cultivation and added more of the moonlight that permeated Yin.

  Little thing, quite lovely.

  "It's actually a great idea to let Ling Tong use the demonic insect's cultivation to improve his own, what a wonderful stroke of luck." Mao Xiao Fang appeared behind Jiang Le at some point, with an expression of admiration.

  "Ha ha, this way, I shouldn't have to worry about her spiritual energy replenishment every week, right?"

  Mao Xiaofang nodded and said, "It's true that a little accumulation can make a big difference. It doesn't need to be replenished with spiritual energy every week, but the more spiritual energy it has, the faster it grows. Can't relax, huh? Someone's coming?"

  Jiang Lezheng was about to nod when he suddenly felt something was off.

  Someone has come?

  At this time, a sound of a porcelain bottle shattering came from inside the shop in front.

  My god, the store has been robbed!!