Chapter 13

After tidying up his emotions, Li Feng checked the time; it was exactly 6:30 in the morning.

"Rumble..." At that moment, a sound of a rumbling stomach echoed, and Li Feng couldn't help but laugh bitterly, "The aftereffects of the foundation-building are really here!"

Foundation-building, in essence, means laying the foundation. Just as a skyscraper rises from the ground, the key lies in laying the foundation. Only with a solid foundation can a building be constructed. If the foundation is not firm, even a well-constructed building can collapse at any moment.

It's the same for cultivators; they must go through the foundation-building process to lay a good foundation for their future cultivation.

Ordinary foundation-building requires finding a foundation-building technique, and under the guidance of a master, using the technique to draw in the elemental energy of heaven and earth, then using this energy to remove the impurities in the body and unblock the Ren and Du meridians.

Depending on the level of the technique and the cultivator's aptitude, this process can take anywhere from three to five months, or even several decades.

As for Li Feng? With the help of the old Taoist's last thread of divine consciousness, he directly cleansed his body and unblocked the eight extraordinary meridians, achieving foundation-building without cultivation!

The benefit of this is that Li Feng can skip this step and directly practice the various secret techniques passed down by the old Taoist. However, the downside is that due to the old Taoist's almost forceful method, Li Feng must consume a large amount of food to replenish the energy consumed during foundation-building. Otherwise, Li Feng might become the first cultivator in history to die of hunger!

Li Feng pondered, if he really did die of hunger, would the old Taoist roar and come back from the legendary immortal realm to desecrate his body?

"Never mind, don't think about it! Fill the stomach first!" Li Feng shook his head; filling his stomach was the most important thing right now!

However, before leaving the room, Li Feng wrapped his head with gauze again. After all, if someone discovered that his injuries from yesterday had healed by today, who knows what consequences might follow!

Li Feng didn't want to be tied to an operating table and dissected like a lab mouse!

Leaving the room, Li Feng found that the door to Chen Yushu's house was tightly closed. Chen Yushu, who usually got up early, was rarely not up, so he knew that the events of last night must have scared her.

Shaking his head, Li Feng went downstairs and quickly arrived at a breakfast shop at the edge of the neighborhood. Under the surprised gazes of the crowd, he bought twenty-five steamed buns and five bags of soy milk, then almost fled back into the neighborhood.

"Damn! Big appetite means no human rights? I'm at least contributing to the country's GDP!" Li Feng bit into a steamed bun with a bitter expression and went upstairs, returning to his room.

After packing five steamed buns and two bags of soy milk into an insulated bag, Li Feng left the room again, placed it at Chen Yushu's doorstep, and rang the doorbell.

Hearing the sound of footsteps inside, Li Feng didn't stay and went back to his room to eat the steamed buns.

"Who could be so mean to come knocking at the door so early in the morning?" The second Li Feng closed his door, Lin Feier, rubbing her sleepy eyes and with disheveled hair, opened the door and poked her head out. She found no one at the door, but there was a large insulated bag on the ground!

"Huh, isn't this our insulated bag? Why is it here?" Lin Feier, puzzled, bent down and picked up the mysterious insulated bag, which was quite heavy!

Lin Feier, puzzled, opened the insulated bag and immediately saw five steaming hot steamed buns, like five cute and tender children, huddled together, emitting an enticing aroma. Next to them were two bags of warm soy milk.

Lin Feier was pleasantly surprised, "Wow! Who is so nice to deliver breakfast so early in the morning?"

"Wait!" Suddenly, a hint of caution appeared on Lin Feier's face. She glanced at Li Feng's door across the hall and then looked at the insulated bag in her hand.

Lin Feier started her internship at the hospital this semester. Due to the three-shift work of nurses, she sometimes returned home late at night. To ensure that Lin Feier could eat hot meals late at night, Chen Yushu specially bought this insulated bag.

However, a few weeks ago, Lin Feier was confined to the house for beating up a perverted director at her internship hospital, so she hadn't used the insulated bag since.

But now, the insulated bag suddenly appeared at the door, and it was filled with hot breakfast. This couldn't help but make Lin Feier think of a possibility!

"No way! Could it be that my cousin really has a good feeling for that pervert?!" A thought flashed through Lin Feier's mind, and her eyes showed a determined look, "No! I must act quickly and drive that pervert out of here!"

Li Feng had no idea that his act of buying breakfast for the two of them would make Lin Feier resolve to drive him out as soon as possible. After returning to his room, he started eating voraciously.

Apart from the five buns he ate on the way upstairs, the remaining fifteen buns and three more bags of soy milk were devoured by Li Feng in just three minutes.

Wiping his mouth, Li Feng patted his stomach, which was only six-tenths full, and couldn't help but laugh bitterly.

Judging from this situation, he would likely face a severe financial crisis in the coming days!

Li Feng calculated the money he had. This morning, he spent 17.5 yuan on twenty-five buns and five bags of soy milk. After deducting the 500 yuan monthly rent he paid last month, he had about 300 yuan left, which was his living expenses for the next month.

Li Feng laughed bitterly. Fortunately, he had found an internship job in time. With a monthly salary of 800 yuan during the internship, after deducting the 500 yuan rent, he would have 300 yuan left. Adding the 800 yuan he earned from tutoring four times a week, that would be 1100 yuan. After deducting the 300 yuan he sent to his sister for living expenses, he would have 800 yuan left for the next month.

But that's for next month. The situation Li Feng faced now was how to survive the next twenty-three days with just 300 yuan!

"Never mind! I'll just take it one step at a time!" Li Feng shook his head helplessly. Suddenly, he remembered what Officer Chen said last night and felt hopeful, "I wonder how much the police will reward me? If it's a few thousand yuan, that would be great!"

However, given the efficiency of the administrative staff, it would be more practical to honestly work at a construction site for a couple of days and earn money on a daily basis than to wait for that money to come in.

After eating, Li Feng checked the time; it was about 7:00. He tidied up and got ready to leave.

Although Boss Xu Yingying said he could rest for two days before returning to work, Li Feng thought that since his injuries were already healed and he wanted to leave a good impression on his boss, he decided to go to work.

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