Chapter 8: Uncle Ah (Part 2)

  The two sat down, and Wang Guanlan ordered a few more dishes of wine and food. As they ate and chatted, they seemed to get along quite well.

  Before crossing over, Wang Guanlan didn't have a good impression of this idle uncle, and even felt that he was her shame, feeling ashamed for having such an uncle as her mother's brother, thinking that he made her lose face. However, since Wu Yutang is after all his elder, in front of others, he still put on a respectful facade. Now, Wang Guanlan doesn't have much good impression of this unlucky devil of an uncle either, but neither does she have any bad feelings towards him; instead, she even finds him quite interesting. This guy's bad luck is also rarely seen.

  After drinking a few cups of wine, Wu Yutang's words gradually opened up. At first, it was just some complaints, and Wang Guanlan just smiled and ignored them. Gradually, the conversation began to shift towards Fengweicao, and Wang Guanlan suddenly understood his uncle's intentions.

  "Fourteen, ah, that one fire you burned was really fierce! The price of phoenix tail grass has already tripled and is still rising. If we really wait until next year, I'm afraid it will at least rise ten or twenty times!" Wu Yutang took a sip of wine and asked seemingly casually.

  "Next year, haha, Uncle Ah, I think you're concerned about this year's Phoenix Tail Grass?!!" ??霸天武圣8

  Wu Yutang's hand shook, spilling the wine on his hand and the table. He hastily wiped it off with his sleeve, looking embarrassed. "Heh heh, that... now the 14th Master is getting more and more wise and powerful! I haven't even finished speaking, but you already know what I mean!"

  "Of course, I understand what you mean!" Wang Guanlan smiled and said, "However, you also know that this fire was deliberately set by me after I came to Yicheng. Except for the one given to the Wang Mansion, it is impossible to leave any way out for myself or give anyone a chance to take advantage of it. So, there is not even a little bit of stock left on my hands. If Ah Shu really wants some, I'll set aside more for you next year. What do you think?"

  The conversation was blocked here, and Wu Yutang had many reasons to say nothing more. He could only helplessly sigh and sit there drinking his wine in silence.

  "Uncle, look, I've just arrived in Yicheng and although I've done some things, the backlash here is also very fierce. I have to be careful every step of the way. However, since you're here in Yicheng, I won't let you struggle either. Coincidentally, I'm clearing up Yicheng's industries these days and several management positions are vacant. Take a look at that dock, both warehouse managers are gone. I'll hand over both warehouses to you to manage. I don't care about the profits or losses. If there's not enough money, just let me know, Uncle. Although I haven't done much since arriving in Yicheng, I've made quite a bit of money. What do you think?"

  "How can this be, how can this be?!" Wu Yutang's eyes lit up, but his mouth was full of repeated refusals, "That money was all earned by you through hard work, how could I possibly want it?"

  "Uncle, no need to be polite with me, I'm short of everything now, except money!" Wang Guanlan put one hand on Wu Yutang's shoulder and chuckled, "I'm now worried about how to spend this money, you're my uncle, helping me spend it is a matter of course, what do you say?!"

  "Haha, haha, haha!!" Wu Yutang's eyes were already narrowed with excitement, nodding repeatedly, and his drinking had also gotten a bit high, his tone becoming more affectionate, "Guanlan ah, I knew it, you wouldn't just ignore your uncle's life or death!!"

  "What's wrong, Uncle Ah, you owe someone money again?!" Seeing this tone and expression, Wang Guanlan couldn't help but feel a bitter smile in her heart.

  "Not much, just three thousand two hundred taels of silver!" Wu Yutang said with a smile, "Those sons are chasing too tightly, so I came to your place to hide for a while!!"

  It seems this guy is running away from his debts!

  Wang Guanlan shook his head with a mixture of laughter and tears, took out 3,000 taels of silver notes on the spot and let Wu Yutang go to repay the debt. As for whether he would return to manage this warehouse again, it was unknown.

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  Deep night, quiet people

  A bright moon shines over the vast land

  The small courtyard where Wang Guanlan lived was shrouded in a pale white glow, with a faint mist rising from it.

  The misty air is like a thin gauze, or a faint cloud, making this small courtyard mysterious beyond compare.

  In fact, this is also one of the most mysterious places in Yicheng nowadays.

  In this courtyard, there are only two people now. One is Wang Guanlan and the other is his personal maid Bihe. However, Bihe lives in the west wing and will not set foot in Wang Guanlan's room unless something happens. ??霸天武圣8

  For everyone in Yicheng, including Hua Lishi who guarded Wang Guanlan, this yard was a forbidden place.

  After being stabbed, the forbidden land was even more heavily guarded, with someone patrolling the entrance of the Five Elements Array in the small courtyard at all times, preventing assassins like the Guide Bee from breaking into the courtyard and threatening Wang Guanlan's safety.

  Under the moonlight, Wang Guanlan sat cross-legged on the bed, exhaling the old and inhaling the new.

  Under the influence of spiritual power in the realm of suspension, the internal situation of the body roughly appeared in Wang Guanlan's mind.

  His internal meridians and organs were still riddled with scars, but the scattered internal energy had been fully absorbed into his dantian. At this time, the internal energy in his dantian was undergoing a transformation, every thread of internal energy contained sharp knife-like energy, and his dantian was gradually adapting to this sharp internal energy. Under the care of the doctor and the nourishment of the elixir, his internal injuries were slowly recovering, and the flow of internal energy within his body would no longer be as painful as it had been in previous days. After entering the third layer of Qi Refining, his internal energy quantity and quality had both made tremendous breakthroughs, which was what brought him the most comfort.

  "Now I just need to fully recover from my internal injury, and my cultivation will be able to steadily reach the middle stage of the third layer of Qi Refining. Breaking through the third layer of Qi Refining within a year and stepping into the Condensation Realm is not an extravagant hope!!" Wang Guanlan was extremely satisfied with his current progress in cultivation.

  In his current physical condition, he is unable to cultivate internal energy, but this does not affect his research on martial arts. After experiencing so many things, he deeply feels that he has made progress in his martial arts training and has achieved a breakthrough in techniques. However, the number of techniques he knows is really too small. Relying solely on fireball technique to conquer the world is unrealistic. The power of Scarlet Flame Arrow is great, but even if he has Scarlet Flame Crystal on him, it requires preparation time and its applicable range is not large, and it's even more limited than array techniques.

  The only commendable means of attack is Ananda's Broken Vow Knife Method, but unfortunately, his understanding of this knife method is not enough. He simply mechanically practices the moves, according to the requirements of internal energy cultivation, condensing the internal energy in the dantian, allowing the internal energy to contain a sharp and fierce knife aura, greatly increasing its power. However, that's all there is to it. All these are just superficial things, and he is far from truly understanding the essence of martial arts.

  Because his martial arts skills were all self-taught, he actually didn't have a true master to guide him. As a result, in his martial arts training, he had a feeling of not knowing where to start, which was also the most frustrating thing for him all along.

  "Ananda's Broken Blade is not bad, but why do I always fail to grasp the essence of this technique? Every time I execute it, there's a feeling of something left unsaid, as if I haven't unleashed its full power!" He was secretly troubled in his heart, "It doesn't feel right, completely wrong!!"

  At this time, he thought of the martial arts that the demon beast Yuan Hai and the ice demon beast had displayed when they were fighting in the Wumu Valley on that day, giving him a refreshing feeling.

  "Wait, it's that move——"

  In the depths of Wuyin Gorge, Wang Guanlan had just obtained the mantra "One Thought Gives Rise to Myriad Laws". Relying on the power of the mantra, he completely memorized the two ultimate techniques that Yuan Hai, the demon beast, had displayed.

  Although the mantra of "a thought gives rise to all dharmas" has now disappeared, what he has memorized in his mind cannot be lost.

  "That move seems to be like this——!"

  Imagining the move Yuan Hai used to attack, Wang Guanlan subconsciously began to mimic it, and his spirit also started to immerse itself in the memory of that move. He was completely unaware that as he focused his attention on this move, his entire aura was slowly beginning to change. Of course, he had no idea that from the moment he started practicing, someone had already appeared in his room.

  He turned back time to when he sent Wu Yutang away and returned from Wangjiang Tower, briefly told Qinghe a few words, and then started cultivating, which was also his habit all along.

  Just as he sat on the bed, closed his eyes and replaced his vision with spiritual awareness, a faint black smoke floated in from outside the door and appeared in the dark corners of the room. The black smoke grew thicker, began to churn and soon condensed into a human figure. This figure was very clear, yet it also had a transparent feel to it. If Wang Guanlan could have opened his eyes at this moment and looked carefully, he would have discovered that this shadowy figure was none other than Wu Yutang, the brother of Wu Yuyuan, who had been sent away by him from the Wangjiang Pavilion earlier.

  Wu Yutang still had that lewd and sly look on his face, but the gaze he directed at Wang Guanlan was complex.

  "This kid is quite diligent, and his luck isn't bad either!" Wu Yutang nodded secretly as he looked at Wang Guanlan who was in a state of cultivation. His hand, however, was rummaging through his body, searching for something. After half a day's search, he finally fished out a round and flat "stone".

  He held the stone in his hand, made a few gestures to Wang Guanlan, looked hesitant, but finally sighed silently, lifted the round "stone" and aimed at Wang Guanlan, then he blew a mouthful of air against the stone.

  A mouthful of greyish-yellow smoke spewed out from his mouth, spraying onto the "stone", and as soon as the smoke hit the stone, a large amount of yellow smoke burst forth, enveloping Wang Guanlan, quickly shrouding his entire body.??霸天武圣8

  It was strange that although he was completely enveloped by the smoke, Wang Guanlan didn't feel anything and continued to cultivate seriously without any discomfort. He also didn't know that under the cover of the smoke, his body emitted a wave of soft light and gradually became transparent. Soon, his body disappeared and in its place was a floating blue "flame".

  "Ah, the divine soul's fluctuations are somewhat unusual, it should have undergone a transformation to become like this, but it's not the work of a fate symbol!" Seeing that blue "flame", Wu Yutang let out a long sigh and completely relaxed, "Not a single trace of a fate symbol, it seems that the One Thought Gives Rise to Myriad Dharmas Symbol wasn't obtained by him, fortunately, fortunately!!"