Chapter 3

"Right, why does it equal zero, and what about four, five, six, seven, and eight? Is it possible to have ten thousand plus ten thousand?" Suddenly, Gao Ren thought about the one plus one issue Ren Jie mentioned earlier. Although the idea of a man plus a woman was a bit awkward, it was indeed a very intriguing concept. Especially when one drop of water plus another drop of water still equals one drop of water.

With these two answers, Gao Ren, who had always seemed like a wise man since meeting Ren Jie, began to feel puzzled. When he tried to ask more questions, he realized that Ren Jie had already left with the others.

Yuhuang Academy is one of the two top academies in the Ming Yuhuang Dynasty, a place where all royal offspring, heirs of the five major families, and children from influential and wealthy families gather. It is also known as the "Rich and Powerful Academy." The other academy, the Yujing Academy, is a gathering place for the elite of the Ming Yuhuang Dynasty, selected from various fields through countless rounds of competition. It is called the "Jade Essence Academy" because spiritual jade is the fundamental element of cultivation, and it is also known as the "Elite Academy."

Yuhuang Academy is less than 300 miles from the capital city of the Ming Yuhuang Dynasty, Yujing City, located to the south of the dynasty. Yujing Academy is to the north.

At this moment, Ren Jie was sitting in an extremely spacious and luxurious carriage. The interior of the carriage was about ten square meters, like a small bedroom, with places to lie down and sit. The carriage moved steadily and astonishingly fast. He pulled the curtain slightly to look outside, and the scenery outside quickly passed by as the carriage sped along the wide, flat stone-paved road.

There were originally two maids in the carriage, but Ren Jie had sent them away. He wanted to be alone and have a good think.

Looking at the unique ring on his hand, a symbol of the family head, Ren Jie didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Although he was just an ordinary person in his previous life, he had unexpectedly become a true rich and powerful person, or rather, the head of a major family. However, Ren Jie didn't feel particularly happy.

From the bottom of his heart, he wasn't very pleased. In the past, reading novels about main characters who traveled to different worlds made him feel excited because it allowed him to experience a whole new world and different feelings.

Now that he had really traveled, as soon as Ren Jie calmed down, he thought about not being able to play computer games, use phones, watch TV or movies, or download adult content. Although he was an orphan who relied on his parents' inheritance to go to school and had no particular attachments, he had grown up on Earth.

Leaving modern life behind, the feeling of really traveling was really uncomfortable.

But the deed was done, and he could only accept it for now.

"Who is it? Stop and accept inspection."

"Ridiculous, this is the carriage of the head of the Ren family."

Because Ren Jie remembered that Yuhuang Academy was 300 miles from Yujing City, he planned to use this time to think deeply and carefully about everything, as he had arrived in a strange world and many things had happened.

However, he didn't expect that he had only been reminiscing and reflecting for a short while. He was still thinking about the modern life on Earth, and it couldn't have been more than half an hour, but he heard voices outside.

Lifting the curtain to look outside, he saw a bustling city with a grand and unimaginable scale.

"Ah, it's the carriage of the head of the Ren family. Yes, yes... please proceed immediately."

Someone outside responded cautiously, and the carriage quickly entered the city.

"Where are we?" Ren Jie was puzzled and asked vaguely.

"Reporting to the head of the family, we have entered the outer city. It's less than 200 miles to the Ren family, and we will arrive in about two hours." The guard outside immediately answered respectfully.

Entering the outer city, it was still 200 miles to the Ren family? Two hours is about half an hour, so the speed must be around 400 miles per hour. No wonder it took only 300 miles to get here so quickly. What kind of carriage is this? It's almost as fast as a high-speed train, not much different from a maglev train. It's terrifying.

Ren Jie suddenly realized that he didn't know much about this world. What kind of world is this?

As for his predecessor, there was nothing in his mind except for women and some entertainment.

It seemed that he would have to rely on himself to truly understand this world. However, Ren Jie soon thought of something else. If the carriage was so fast, how could he see the scenery outside without a speed-reducing glass when he lifted the curtain? The things he knew and understood from his previous life seemed to be of little use here. However, one thing was certain: from his predecessor's memory, he was only at the fifth level of the Body Cultivation stage, which was quite good for an ordinary person.

But among the descendants of the five major families in the Ming Yuhuang Dynasty, except for one who couldn't cultivate, one who was severely injured, and one who was a fool, he was the fourth from the bottom in terms of cultivation among the rich and powerful in Yujing City.

Even so, his body seemed to be able to withstand the speed of 300 to 400 miles per hour without feeling dizzy or having other reactions. In his memory, there were also the Qi Realm, the Divine Power Realm, and the Yin-Yang Realm. Above the Yin-Yang Realm, there was the Taiji Realm, where one could fly and move through the earth with their own strength.

Damn, is that all?

Ren Jie was very interested in these things and wanted to understand them, but from the cultivation knowledge in his predecessor's memory, he only learned that after the Body Cultivation stage, there were the Qi Realm, the Divine Power Realm, and the Yin-Yang Realm, and above the Yin-Yang Realm, there was the Taiji Realm, a powerful existence that transcended the mundane. There was nothing else.

"Please get out of the carriage, the elders have been waiting in the meeting hall for a long time. Please go in quickly after you return." After thinking for a long time and only getting this much information, they had already arrived at the Ren family.

Getting out of the carriage, the grand ancient architecture was even more vivid and magnificent than what he had seen on Earth. There were many pavilions and buildings that exceeded normal imagination. Some buildings were as tall as skyscrapers from his previous life, and many buildings were beautifully and extravagantly decorated, far beyond ordinary understanding and imagination.

Wow, if there were some dry ice and smoke, it would feel like being in a fairyland.

The meeting hall of the Ren family was even more grand and magnificent than the place where the emperor held meetings in the Forbidden City that Ren Jie had visited in his previous life. As he entered, he saw three elders and a young man sitting below. The three elders had stern faces, and the young man, upon seeing Ren Jie, let out a slight sneer and then looked down, as if to say, "Here we go again." It had been almost a year, and this scene played out every month. Thinking about what was about to happen, he found it somewhat amusing.

The sixth uncle, Lord Ren Tianzong, didn't want to come and see Ren Jie's subservient and flattering attitude towards the elders, so he sent Ren Jie to represent him. In fact, he also hated the monthly elder meetings and despised Ren Jie, who disgraced his father, Ren Tianxing, and himself.

On the left, the elder with a long beard was the second elder, Ren Junyang. Below him sat a short, slightly bald elder, the third elder, Ren Hanlin. On the other side, the elder with a long, horse-like face was the fourth elder, Ren Wenxu. Below him sat a young man named Wan Hong, sent by Ren Jie's sixth uncle, Ren Tianzong.

As soon as he entered the meeting hall, Ren Jie remembered the information about these people.

Ren Tianzong was one of the elders entrusted by Ren Jie's father to help Ren Jie when he became the head of the family. However, he never interfered in the affairs of the elder council and rarely participated in any activities. He only sent a representative, Wan Hong, to attend the monthly elder meetings.

As Ren Jie walked in, he thought it was fortunate that he hadn't become so ignorant that he didn't recognize the elders in his own family, or he would have been embarrassed.

However, the atmosphere felt somewhat oppressive. Ren Jie thought it was best to remain calm and directly walked to the grand seat of the head of the family and sat down. The platform was clearly much higher than the seats below, and the chair was even larger than the dragon throne he had seen in the Forbidden City. Ren Jie felt somewhat uncomfortable.

"Hmm?" Wan Hong slightly raised his eyebrows. This boy didn't explain anything today and sat down without even greeting the three elders. That was strange.

Could it be that he knew he had overstepped and didn't know how to explain himself? Did he think he could escape by staying silent?

"Bang..." Just as Ren Jie sat down, the fourth elder, Ren Wenxu, slammed his teacup onto the table: "This is unacceptable. You even forgot the elder meeting day and made us wait here for six hours. Moreover, you were fighting over a woman, look at what you've become..."

The third elder, Ren Hanlin, frowned and looked up at Ren Jie, who was sitting in the head of the family's seat: "As the head of the family, you should set an example. Not only did you arrive late for the elder meeting, but we also received reports that you fought over a woman at Yuhuang Academy and were knocked unconscious. Is this true?"

This was a pointless question. From the bump on Ren Jie's forehead that hadn't gone down, anyone could see what had happened. If he had done it himself, he would have a problem with his head.

"Head of the family, this is the account of your expenses last month. The family has a supply of medicinal herbs, yet you purchased so many useless herbs. Moreover, there are many other expenses, especially this one..." At this point, the second elder took out an account book and opened it. He planned to get straight to the point and use this as a breakthrough to discuss other matters with Ren Jie.

"Spending 3,000 gold coins on top-quality spring water from Yongquan County for a bath... Spending 10,000 gold coins on 10,000 fire cloud sparrows just to eat their tongues. Last month, your expenses exceeded the budget by 30%. And you spent all this money on such wasteful things. It seems that the 50,000 gold coins per month and the 100,000 gold coins advance allowance for the head of the family are too much. Today, we need to discuss reducing the advance allowance and cutting the head of the family's regular expenses."

"Slam!" Ren Junyang finished speaking and slammed the account book shut, his face dark. He had never seen such a wasteful person. If the first elder wasn't in seclusion and two other elders weren't in Yujing City, and if Ren Tianzong hadn't just sent a representative to the monthly elder meeting, they would have already held an emergency meeting.

Now, after a month, it was finally the elder meeting day, and Ren Junyang went straight to the point.

"That's right, the head of the family is becoming more and more reckless and more and more wasteful."

"How can this be? The head of the Ren family, being knocked on the head over a woman, is a laughingstock."

"The Ren family, though large and powerful, cannot afford such wastefulness. We must cut back."

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