Chapter 31

One hour later.

In the courtyard of Lu Qian's villa, Feng Lina looked at Li Xingjun with a puzzled expression and asked, "Big Brother Li, what did you call me out for?"

"There's nothing too important. I just want to ask you about Mr. Xu's face. Did something happen on the boat?" Li Xingjun asked solemnly. This was also part of his duty and a responsibility to his employer.

"Nothing happened. It's just that President Lu and the others didn't want to play anymore, and Mr. Xu's face got accidentally bumped."

Feng Lina said calmly. Although she and Li Xingjun had a good relationship, it was only a good relationship between colleagues. Her main responsibility was to Lu Qian. Since Lu Qian had told her to keep it confidential before they returned, she naturally wouldn't say more. According to the rules, she couldn't reveal secrets her employer didn't want others to know.

Li Xingjun didn't fully believe Feng Lina's words, but he didn't press the issue further. Since Feng Lina wasn't going to say more, it wasn't his place to ask. So he changed the topic and said, "Lina, what do you think of Mr. Xu? Do you think he has ulterior motives for getting close to President Lu?"

"Ulterior motives?" Feng Lina was taken aback by this question. Joking, based on her observations, it seemed more like President Lu had ulterior motives for Mr. Xu.

As for financial motives, she was a thousand times unwilling to believe it. After all, she had seen and heard with her own eyes and ears that Mr. Xu had casually given 3 million in benefits to President Lu. If he really wanted money, that initial investment was too large.

Moreover, based on Xu Jianxing's speed and his fight with the shark in the sea, Feng Lina firmly believed that he wasn't some so-called pretty boy. If anything, she was more willing to believe he was a hidden expert among the common people.

With this thought, Feng Lina said firmly, "Mr. Xu is a good person. In my opinion, he has no ulterior motives for President Lu. Big Brother Li, you can rest assured."

"Uh." Li Xingjun was stunned by her words, never expecting her to speak so positively.

"Could that pretty boy really be so good at seducing women that he even charmed Lina?" Li Xingjun couldn't help but think. He also knew that based on Feng Lina's attitude, this conversation couldn't continue.

"Ah!" Li Xingjun sighed and then said, "Alright, Lina. Since Mr. Xu has no ill intentions towards President Lu, I can rest easy. You go ahead and get busy."

"I understand, Big Brother Li." Feng Lina replied, about to leave, but couldn't help adding, "Big Brother Li, try not to provoke Mr. Xu. I think he's not an ordinary person."

After saying this, she truly left. She understood Li Xingjun's thoughts very clearly. As for Lu Qian, she was the least aware, as she had hardly ever looked at Li Xingjun properly and thus hadn't noticed his subtle intentions.

Hearing Feng Lina's final warning, a strange anger rose in Li Xingjun's heart. According to his understanding, Feng Lina was saying that Xu Jianxing had a complex background and that he shouldn't do anything rash. Li Xingjun was most annoyed by these second-generation rich kids because his sister had once been bullied by one of them. Although he had severely disciplined that rich kid, he had to leave his beloved military as a result.

The next morning at four o'clock.

Xu Jianxing woke up from a deep sleep. Yesterday, apart from cooking and eating, the only thing he did was make sacrifices. Although it was very tiring, the gains were substantial. After more than 60 sacrifices, he not only obtained another experience pill but also a treasure map.

Xu Jianxing already knew the location of this treasure map, and it was indeed on Earth. He was also very clear that the items inside were definitely valuable, as treasure maps in the game usually contained money, jade, and antiques. However, in the game, those jade and antiques could only be exchanged for money, whereas in reality, the most valuable things were likely jade and antiques. Gold and silver were relatively less important.

However, even so, his interest wasn't too great. In his view, having enough money to spend was enough. Besides, even if he obtained jade and antiques, he had no way to sell them and didn't want to bother looking for a way. The most critical thing now was to "level up."

By now, Xu Jianxing had figured out that obtaining a white-level experience pill wasn't too difficult. He just needed to use some valuable items for continuous sacrifices. Based on his experience in the game, reaching level 21 wouldn't take too long.

In the game, level 21 was equivalent to the innate realm in novels. With this in mind, Xu Jianxing had no time to think about anything else. Money and antiques were all trivial. Moreover, according to the phone message, the 20 million from Lu Qian had already arrived, which was enough to cover his expenses for a hundred years.

At this moment, Xu Jianxing got up, sat cross-legged on the ground. He wasn't planning to make a sacrifice but intended to use the experience pill to break through to the martial artist realm, also known as the postnatal stage.

If asked what Xu Jianxing most aspired to now, it would be lightness kung fu. To achieve this, the basic condition was to have internal energy. Although he didn't have any internal energy cultivation techniques, he believed that when he broke through, he would naturally develop a cultivation method, as this was the case in the game.

At level 10 in the game, there were two shared skills: basic internal energy and basic lightness kung fu. Additionally, there was an optional skill, which included six categories: basic fist techniques, basic finger techniques, basic sword techniques, basic knife techniques, basic staff techniques, and basic bow techniques.

The so-called basic finger techniques were the skills involving the fingers, like the One Yang Finger, Six Pulse Sword, and Finger Power in novels. Even throwing weapons were categorized under basic finger techniques. In the game, this was essentially a ranged attack class.

The basic finger techniques were what Xu Jianxing most wanted to learn. The main reason was that the Wing Chun he had learned included the inch force, a skill that relied on finger strength. However, he didn't know how to obtain this basic finger technique.

"Phew..."

Xu Jianxing took a deep breath, flipped his hand to take out the only experience pill, and threw it into his mouth.

As the pill entered his mouth, it instantly dissolved in his saliva, and a surge of heat flowed through his limbs and meridians. The intense heat raised his body temperature slightly.

These heat currents didn't need Xu Jianxing's control and automatically circulated through his meridians. With each cycle, his strength increased, his meridians expanded, and his mind became clearer, calm, and peaceful.

The feeling was as if he had taken an immortal pill from the Jade Emperor, making him feel extremely comfortable, as if the next step would lead him to the fairyland everyone dreamed of.

As the heat currents continuously flushed through his major meridians, the medicinal power gradually became milder, making the clear-minded Xu Jianxing a bit uneasy.

"Could it be that one experience pill isn't enough to advance two levels?"

Xu Jianxing couldn't help but think. As soon as this thought arose, the mild medicinal power suddenly changed dramatically, as if the meridians could no longer absorb the warm currents. The medicinal power slowly gathered toward the dantian.

Time passed slowly.

The medicinal power in the dantian turned into a misty cloud, white and hazy. These clouds began to merge and condense, forming a small cycle in the dantian, one circle after another.

With each cycle, the clouds became more condensed, as if they were about to turn into a liquid.

By now, Xu Jianxing clearly knew that the critical moment was approaching. He took a deep breath, cleared his mind, and used his indiscernible mental power to push the misty clouds in the dantian toward the center.

Although the mental power was intangible and indiscernible, under his will, the magical mist began to change. The speed of the mist increased significantly.

This brought a bit of surprise and satisfaction to Xu Jianxing, but he quickly dispelled these negative emotions and focused on the mist.

One circle, two circles, three circles...

The mist, like an tireless horse, cycled continuously. However, this horse became increasingly ethereal, like the morning fog facing the rising sun, gradually becoming lighter and eventually turning into dew.

"Ding!"

A mysterious and pleasant sound echoed in Xu Jianxing's mind. The sound was like the bell of an ancient temple or the sound of raindrops falling from the sky, evoking a sense of awakening.

With this sound, Xu Jianxing realized that his senses had undergone a dramatic change. He could even hear the faint breathing of Su Wan'er nearby, which was quite miraculous.

At this moment, Xu Jianxing also sensed the changes within his body. The previously vague and illusory energy flow had completely disappeared, replaced by a liquid-like substance flowing through his body. This liquid was thick and heavy, as if his legs were filled with lead.

It was incredibly mysterious and profound.

Moreover, the speed of the liquid flow was increasing. If at the beginning it was like a one-year-old child learning to walk, now it was like a two-year-old child learning to run.

As the liquid continued to flow, Xu Jianxing was deeply immersed in it, one circle after another, after another.