Chapter 23

After lunch ended, everyone left.

Bai Xiaofei followed Zhang Libin to a five-star hotel in Wangjing.

As the male lead of the production, Zhang Libin naturally wouldn’t let Bai Xiaofei suffer. Upon learning that Bai Xiaofei was still living in the company dormitory, he immediately booked the most luxurious suite for him.

Bai Xiaofei, for the convenience of filming, did not refuse.

Upon hearing this news, Zhao Yinxue was overjoyed, almost jumping up on the spot. Liu Manjing was speechless, thinking to herself, "Sigh! This girl, it seems she’s beyond saving!"

...

Bai Xiaofei’s room was on the top floor of the five-star hotel, reportedly the most luxurious suite in the hotel.

The room was not only high-end and luxurious, but it also had everything: a bathroom, a shower room, a kitchen, a gym, a mini cinema, massage equipment, and more. Moreover, there was a ten-meter-long infinity pool inside, where one could swim and enjoy the night view of Wangjing in the evening!

Rich people really know how to enjoy life!

Bai Xiaofei sighed slightly, then without hesitation, stripped down to his boxers and eagerly jumped into the pool!

"Ah... refreshing!"

After going out for a meal, Bai Xiaofei had been sweating profusely. Now, swimming in the cool pool was an extreme pleasure!

After swimming for a while, Bai Xiaofei lay down on a lounge chair by the pool. The small table beside him was filled with fresh fruits and cold drinks, and the entire beautiful view of Wangjing was visible, all within sight.

Bai Xiaofei, who had never experienced such high-end treatment, had to admit that this feeling was truly amazing!

He even started to become a bit addicted to this feeling.

But Bai Xiaofei also knew that this was a very realistic world, where everything needed substantial material support, or simply put, money!

As long as you had money, you could get almost anything you wanted!

He himself was just a nobody, and the only reason he could lie here and enjoy himself was because he had luckily obtained the time-traveling device!

This couldn’t help but make Bai Xiaofei a bit worried. If the time-traveling device disappeared one day, everything he now had would vanish, and he would be left with nothing. What would he do then?

It’s easy to go from frugality to luxury, but hard to go from luxury to frugality!

Bai Xiaofei, who had already tasted the finest delicacies and high-end treatment, did not want to return to his previous life as a nobody.

The source of everything was that mysterious and somewhat silly Great Dao chat group. The time-traveling device was just a red envelope he had grabbed from it, and it was only one of many different types of red envelopes! But even so, the time-traveling device had the incredible ability to traverse time and space. So... how powerful must the other types of red envelopes be?

Unfortunately...

All of that was now irrelevant to Bai Xiaofei!

He searched through the entire messaging app but could not find that mysterious and powerful chat group.

He had been kicked out of the group!

When Bai Xiaofei realized this, saying he wasn’t disappointed and frustrated would be a lie. But fortunately, Bai Xiaofei’s ability to accept things was quite good, and he soon let it go. Of course, letting it go was all nonsense; the main reason he didn’t feel depressed or regretful was that the time-traveling device was still with him. This was the true reason he didn’t feel like banging his head against the wall or going on a rampage.

Bai Xiaofei believed that as long as he didn’t die and had the time-traveling device in hand, he would eventually become stronger through countless tasks and training, and might even become a god-like existence!

At that time, he might be able to interact with those supreme beings and truly become a member of the Great Dao chat group!

Of course, talking about that now was a bit premature.

Bai Xiaofei’s current main goal was to enhance himself, make up for his shortcomings, and quickly familiarize himself with the rules of the time-traveling device to become stronger!

For this, Bai Xiaofei had seriously considered that his future path could only rely on himself!

Bai Xiaofei believed that the real world was his main stage!

Here, he had his parents, relatives, friends, and the people he liked, his past, memories, and connections, as well as his aspirations, dreams, and future!

The reason he was traversing time and space for training was, at its core, to live better in the real world!

But the time-traveling device was ultimately an external force. Once it disappeared, he would be nothing. Therefore, he must take advantage of the time he still has it to learn more and strengthen himself! Whether in the task world or the real world, only what he learns and possesses is truly his!

At that time, even without the time-traveling device, he would still be a respected existence! The only difference would be the degree of respect!

Under the immense pressure, Bai Xiaofei’s psychology underwent some subtle changes.

...

In the following days, Bai Xiaofei began to get busy.

He didn’t need to worry about the production matters; his current identity was an actor, and he only needed to thoroughly study the script and character to vividly portray them to the audience.

Bai Xiaofei spent a bit of time each day reading the script, and the rest of the time was spent learning!

Yes!

Learning!

Furiously learning various different knowledge and skills, constantly enriching and strengthening himself!

Bai Xiaofei was very clear that whether in the perilous task world or the real world, the key to survival and living better was his own strength!

The production had not started, and there was nothing for Bai Xiaofei to do.

Therefore, from now until the start of the novice task 3, Bai Xiaofei had about five days to enrich himself!

Bai Xiaofei had to make full use of this time.

For this, Bai Xiaofei specially asked Zhang Libin to spend a large sum of money to find a group of professional teachers skilled in various fields to teach him. These teachers were experts in their respective fields, some even at the master level!

As the capital of China, Bijing was economically prosperous, and there were countless gold-seekers from all over the world. Among them were many elites and even people with special skills! As long as you could find them and offer them something they desired, you could make them work for you!

To hire these people, Bai Xiaofei spent a lot of money. The 15 million yuan reward for the male lead hadn’t even been received yet, but it was almost all spent.

Because of the trouble of finding people, Bai Xiaofei also owed Zhang Libin a lot of favors!

Who could blame him for not having the right connections!

Although the cost was high, Bai Xiaofei did not regret it. As long as he could learn all the knowledge and skills these people had, it would be worth it!

There was so much for Bai Xiaofei to learn.

Because of the limited time, he could only focus on learning some knowledge and skills that would significantly improve him and were very practical!

For the time-traveling task in the Assassin Alliance, after careful consideration, Bai Xiaofei decided to learn three types of skills: knife or sword techniques, hard qi gong or external training, and medicine or injury treatment!

Knife or sword techniques, which involved using cold weapons to kill, were currently Bai Xiaofei’s weakness.

During the duel with Old Cat in the Wolf Warrior world, Bai Xiaofei suffered a disadvantage in this area. Having learned from this experience, he would not repeat the same mistake and would focus on improving this weakness in the next five days!

In the Assassin Alliance, there was a butcher who was skilled with dual knives, wielding them with such fluidity and speed that he could even deflect bullets! Bai Xiaofei didn’t expect to become as skilled as the butcher in a short time, but he hoped to at least get a basic understanding and know his enemy.

Zhang Libin found two masters for Bai Xiaofei: one was a sword master, proficient in various sword techniques from Chinese sword schools, wielding a blue steel sword with incredible skill and unpredictability! The other was a knife master, skilled in various types of knives, even including throwing knives.

"Three years to master a knife, ten years to master a sword!" Compared to the difficulty of sword techniques, knife techniques were easier to learn. Therefore, Bai Xiaofei chose to learn knife techniques without hesitation!

Hard qi gong and external training were mainly used to enhance his physical attributes.

With his current physical condition, he had almost reached the limit of an ordinary person, and regular exercise had little effect. To break through this limit, he needed to seek ancient martial arts techniques.

Compared to hard qi gong, which had a large growth potential but was slow and required qi to be built up, external training, although arduous and even painful, was more effective and had good potential and practicality. After careful consideration, Bai Xiaofei chose the latter.

As for learning medicine, it was for self-preservation!

For dangerous tasks, getting injured was inevitable. Not learning some medical skills to save oneself in critical moments would be a disservice to oneself.

Most importantly, in the Assassin Alliance world, there was a very powerful medicinal liquid that could stimulate white blood cells. Whether it was bruising, cuts, or fractures, as long as the injury wasn’t fatal, a few hours of soaking would heal it completely without leaving scars!

Such an incredible medical treasure was essential for travel and daily life. Bai Xiaofei was determined to obtain it! Moreover, whether in the task world or the real world, the benefits of this medicinal liquid were undeniable, especially in the real world. If he could improve the formula and develop it into a medicine or ointment, it would be a huge profit!

Given that 99.9% of the experts in the Assassin Alliance were skilled with guns, Bai Xiaofei initially wanted to enhance his gun skills, hoping to find a good teacher to improve his gun skills. However, everyone knew that China had strict gun control! So... you understand.