Chapter 77

Su Xiaofan felt that only after unblocking the major meridians could one truly experience the joy of cultivation.

Previously, when unblocking the minor meridians, one had to focus entirely, not allowing the slightest slack, as taking the wrong path could easily lead to chaotic qi flow and damage to the meridians.

After cultivating for a few hours, Su Xiaofan would feel mentally exhausted and would have to sleep to rest.

However, after unblocking the major meridians, the cultivation technique formed a closed loop within his body.

Su Xiaofan only needed to allocate a small amount of consciousness to guide the true qi, and he could run the technique, experiencing the process of the true qi impacting and strengthening the meridians.

Each time he ran the major meridian technique, Su Xiaofan could feel his meridians expanding and his true qi growing stronger.

His mental awareness seemed to be honed in this process, not only without being depleted but also becoming more vigorous.

Throughout the night, Su Xiaofan spent his time in meditation, and he felt more energetic than ever.

"The ancients said that a day in the mountains is a thousand years in the world, which is a bit exaggerated, but it has its truth."

Su Xiaofan found cultivation to be addictive, the feeling of continuous growth was like leveling up in a game, making one addicted.

Playing games always has its limits; one must eat and sleep. Even the most hardcore gamers in internet cafes can only go without food and sleep for four days and nights at most.

But Su Xiaofan felt that he could meditate continuously for ten days without any problems.

With the true qi forming a closed loop, the body's consumption was reduced to the minimum, and even water was retained within the body, not being lost, somewhat like the fasting described in books.

"Unblocking the major meridians is already so powerful, what will happen with further progress?"

Su Xiaofan did not have the next level of cultivation techniques; the techniques and meridian maps he had memorized only went up to the major meridians.

After getting up and moving his body, Su Xiaofan could feel the explosive power within him.

Walking to the balcony, Su Xiaofan tried a barbell bench press.

To his surprise, when he increased the weight to one thousand kilograms, he still felt he had more strength, but his muscles could not bear the weight.

Su Xiaofan had a feeling that if he forced himself to add more weight, his muscles might tear.

"It seems that training cannot be stopped. True qi changes the body from the inside out, first the meridians, then the bones and skin.

And this change is gradual, not instantaneous. Strengthening training while cultivating can help the bones and muscles keep up with the expansion of the meridians."

Su Xiaofan reduced the weight to eight hundred kilograms and did twenty sets of bench presses and twenty sets of squats, stopping only when his muscles felt sore.

After resting for over half an hour, Su Xiaofan noticed that after unblocking the major meridians, his muscle recovery was much faster.

Originally, with such intense training, Su Xiaofan could only train once a day, and it would take a full day for the muscle soreness to completely disappear.

But after this increased training, Su Xiaofan clearly felt that the true qi circulating in his meridians was also nourishing his bones and muscles.

By the afternoon, Su Xiaofan felt he would be fully recovered and could train twice a day.

High-intensity training still made Su Xiaofan feel hungry. Seeing that it was almost noon, he had to drive out to find food.

He visited three熟食店 (cooked food shops) in succession, buying dozens of pounds of cooked food to take home, which was basically enough for one meal.

His digestive function seemed to have become even stronger.

A piece of meat the size of a baby's fist was chewed and swallowed in a few bites, and Su Xiaofan felt his intestines move a few times, and the meat was immediately broken down into energy to replenish his body's consumption.

"Once the muscle strength catches up with the expansion of the meridians, the consumption should not be so great."

Su Xiaofan now understood why the ancients said that the poor were literary and the rich were martial. If he hadn't earned some money recently, he might have gone bankrupt after a few such meals.

"In the future, I can try some high-energy foods and medicinal herbs to replenish the body's energy consumption."

Currently, Su Xiaofan ate the most beef, but the more he ate, the more he felt that the energy contained in the beef was insufficient. After eating dozens of pounds, Su Xiaofan felt he was almost turning into a food bucket.

"I'll ask my master later."

Su Xiaofan picked up his phone, thought for a moment, and put it down. It would be best to wait a few days to avoid upsetting the old man again.

After eating and drinking, Su Xiaofan went to the swimming pool and swam for an hour. When he returned, the muscle soreness was already very slight.

Originally, he wanted to continue cultivating, but a call from Gang made Su Xiaofan have to go out.

Gang had been in Yanjing for three days and had talked to two auction houses.

Both auction houses were only in the initial stages of contact, and Gang planned to have them present their auction plans before further detailed discussions.

The Guquan Mingzhen special auction was very attractive, and both auction houses were working hard on the auction and preliminary publicity plans.

Gang said that from the second day he arrived in Yanjing, he had been partying every night.

The plans could be made first, but for Zheng Dagang, who could bring high profits to the auction houses, the two companies showed great enthusiasm.

Gang didn't want to corrupt Su Xiaofan and didn't go into details, but the all-inclusive services still made Su Xiaofan look down on him.

Business matters didn't need Su Xiaofan to worry about. Gang, who had been in society for over ten years, was also at ease in Yanjing.

But the renovation of the villa he bought from Zhao Zhengshan needed Su Xiaofan to handle it.

When buying the villa, Su Xiaofan asked Gang to find a reliable renovation company for him.

Although Gang was not in Luochuan, he still found a very capable renovation company for Su Xiaofan and scheduled a visit to the villa in the afternoon.

"Brother Jun, it's really a bother for you to come. I'm really sorry."

At the sales center of the Jinghu villa complex, Su Xiaofan met Brother Jun and two other people.

Gang said on the phone that the boss of the renovation company was Brother Jun's older brother, and he specifically called Brother Jun to come along.

"Brother, you just bought a car, and now you're getting a villa too."

Brother Jun smiled and shook hands with Su Xiaofan, pointing to a middle-aged man in his forties and said, "This is my older brother, you can call him Brother Jianguo. This is Engineer Zhang, who will be responsible for designing your villa."

"Brother Jianguo, Engineer Zhang, hello, I'm Su Xiaofan, you can call me Xiaofan."

Su Xiaofan quickly greeted the two. These were favors from Gang; otherwise, renovating a house wouldn't require the boss of the renovation company to come.

"Xiaofan, I won't inspect the house."

After shaking hands with Su Xiaofan, Jianguo said, "Gang and I grew up together, and I watched him grow up. We're like brothers, so you can rest assured. For your house renovation, I'll only charge you the cost and management fee, no extra charges."

Jianguo seemed to be quite busy, and his phone rang as he was speaking. He smiled apologetically at Su Xiaofan and walked to the side to take the call.

"My brother is a very busy person, and I dragged him here today."

Brother Jun said, "Don't worry about him. Let's go in with Engineer Zhang and take a look at the house, and we'll start designing and planning the renovation."

"Brother Jun, your full name is Jianguo?"

Su Xiaofan wanted to wait for Jianguo to finish his call before going in, so he changed the subject.

"Ha, my grandfather was in the military, and he named us all patriotic names."

Brother Jun said with a bitter smile, "My brother is called Jianguo, I'm called Jiunjun, do you know what my sister is called?"

"Jiandang?" Su Xiaofan blurted out.

"Damn, you really know."

"Ah, just a guess."

Su Xiaofan couldn't help but laugh, as there were people in his village with such names, but they were three brothers.

While they were talking, Jianguo finished his call and came over, but he said he had to leave, as he was dragged here by his younger brother.

Su Xiaofan didn't understand renovation, but he had stayed in Uncle Jing's villa for a while recently, so he planned to follow his example.

Additionally, Su Xiaofan had specific requirements for the villa's functions and needs, which he needed to explain to the designer in advance.

Jinghu was far from the city, with fresh air and a good view. Su Xiaofan planned to use the two rooms on the third floor as a bedroom and a study.

The two bedrooms on the second floor would be for his father and sister.

The first floor would be the living room and dining room, and also the place where Su Xiaofan would cultivate.

According to Su Xiaofan, cultivating should be close to the ground, and since he was on the eighth floor, he would cultivate on the first floor after moving to the villa.

The basement was as large as the ground floor, and he planned to put a gym and a home theater there, and also a wine cellar.

The renovation from the basement to the third floor would be standard, and Su Xiaofan let Engineer Zhang design it.

However, Su Xiaofan had higher requirements for the second basement level.

The entire second basement level must be a fully enclosed, temperature-controlled area, divided into three spaces.

These three spaces had different temperature and humidity requirements, as the environments for storing paintings, furniture, and bronze artifacts were different.

Additionally, Su Xiaofan had another requirement.

He asked Engineer Zhang to design a secret room on the first basement level, and only from this secret room could one access the second basement level.

The door to the second basement level should be the most secure anti-theft door, with good sealing properties.

Although Engineer Zhang was somewhat surprised by Su Xiaofan's requirements, he could understand them, as people living in such standalone villas often had special requirements.

"Xiaofan, rest assured, after your house is renovated, I'll have Engineer Zhang destroy the blueprints and not keep them in the company."

Brother Jun, who had been listening the whole time, gave a guarantee after Su Xiaofan finished explaining his requirements.

"Thank you, Brother Jun. I plan to use this for collecting antiques, so I made it more secretive."

Su Xiaofan asked Zheng Dagang to introduce a reliable renovation company because of this. Due to the special nature of the collection room, he dared not hire a random renovation team.

Additionally, Su Xiaofan required speed, wanting to quickly finalize the design and start the renovation.

As his cultivation improved, Su Xiaofan felt that the eighth floor was becoming less suitable for him to live in.

With his enhanced senses, the soundproofing of the walls was almost ineffective.

If he didn't block his hearing, Su Xiaofan feared he would hear inappropriate sounds every day.

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