Lin Feng, observing Xu Xiaoman’s every move with a secretive gaze, saw her begin cleaning and thought he had successfully deceived her. His tense heart finally settled. His mind drifted back to the moment he used his mental power to control the flowerpot’s movement. He sighed silently to himself. Ah! The “God’s Sting” was powerful, but it seemed to have its flaws. Just moving a flowerpot required such a significant amount of mental energy! He recalled the day he clashed with the female assassin, exhausting his mental power severely. If not for that, how could he not control that butler? Otherwise, he wouldn’t have ended up in such dire straits. Mental power, mental power, how could he increase it faster? It had been a while since he practiced the “Tao Te Ching” taught by the old master. Perhaps now was a good time to delve back into it and try to break through to the realm of “Nurturing Qi to Revive Yang.” The old master once said that once one’s mental cultivation reaches the stage of “Condensing Spirit to Strengthen Body,” the mundane world would reveal itself anew. What kind of world would that be? Would superhumans be everywhere? Would practitioners like him be able to fly and enter the earth at will? Alas, understanding the method yet unable to enter the door, he was considered a prodigy in cultivation by the old master! Now, with Niu Niu’s assistance, cultivation was still so hard! That female assassin was only in her twenties or thirties, yet she could launch a “God’s Sting” while swiftly attacking. He, on the other hand, struggled just to move an inanimate object like a flowerpot, feeling as if his soul was about to leave his body. Sigh! He was supposed to be a cheater with superpowers! Why was there such a vast difference between people?
Unsure what memories or thoughts triggered Lin Feng’s sigh, Niu Niu suddenly reappeared before him, earnestly explaining, “Master, it’s because your cultivation is insufficient. There’s nothing to sigh about. Now you’ve only completed the initial learning course related to mental power within the virtual fantasy realm. With your learning pace, you’re already fast. Once you’ve gone through all the courses, your control over mental power will naturally improve. So, stay positive, Master!” “Hmph! Don’t try to trick me into that abusive learning mode again. I understand controlling mental power; you don’t need to tell me! If you really want to help, just answer my questions honestly, stop messing with me with that so-called system’s personality evaluation!” Niu Niu pondered with blinking eyes, “What does Master want to know?” Lin Feng scoffed, “Even if I ask, it’s pointless. Forget it!” Niu Niu spun around a few times, seemingly stumped by his response, and after a long calculation, sighed in Lin Feng’s tone, “Master, accumulating character is important. Although I can’t overstep my bounds to tell you more now, as long as you accumulate enough character points, all problems will be solved easily. So, please strive to accumulate character points!” This time, hearing about accumulating character, Lin Feng held back from exploding, watching Niu Niu disappear back into his consciousness with a bitter smile. He knew that the bizarre requirement of accumulating character was something he’d have to do.
The Lan family of Yushan was well-known, so any news related to them was a major event with explosive effects. Just as the citizens of Yushan were nervously discussing a recent suspected violent incident involving the Lan family and a kidnapped unfortunate male student, another even more shocking event burst forth. The head of the Lan family, the eccentric old man Lanslo, suddenly fell gravely ill! This was the same old man who wanted to transfer a fortune of ten billion dollars to Lin Feng in exchange for three months of his time, just to let Lin Feng spend the rest of his life with his daughter Lan Yu. Not long after Xu Xiaoman and her group left with the injured and unconscious Lin Feng, Lanslo suddenly took ill. Now, the old man was bedridden, unable to speak or see, practically a living corpse. When this news spread, it did not include the sensational gossip about him giving away his fortune for his daughter’s happiness. The news was brief, just stating Lanslo’s sudden illness, which was already enough to cause a sensation! Now, the leadership of the Lan family naturally fell to Lanslo’s eldest son, Lan Jianren. The reason the public knew about Lanslo’s illness was because Lan Jianren, now in power, immediately issued a high-profile global call for medical experts, stating he was willing to give away a tenth of the family’s wealth to anyone who could cure his father’s illness.
