Starting Cultivation During a Trip

Li Cunsi, Li Yishan’s father.

This was the first time Zhang Fan heard the name of Li Yishan’s father from his mouth.

Talking about the past and old stories, Li Yishan’s tragic background seemed to be no less than Zhang Fan’s.

When he was a child, his mother ran away with someone. Later, she brought back a wild man and drove his biological father to death. If it weren’t for his stepmother being reliable, who knows what would have become of Li Yishan today.

For this reason, Zhang Fan, who had been friends with Li Yishan for many years, seldom heard him talk about his family affairs or mention his father who had been deceased for many years.

”Zhang Fan, you know what? My dad didn’t die...”

At this moment, Li Yishan’s voice came through the phone again, deep and mysterious, completely different from the usual Li Yishan.

”Didn’t die? Wasn’t your dad driven to death by your mom?”

Zhang Fan was stunned for a moment, his expression becoming gradually strange.

”Yeah... maybe he did die.” Li Yishan’s voice became a little hazy.

”Hmm!?”

Zhang Fan looked puzzled and hadn’t recovered when the busy tone came from the other side of the phone.

”Hung up? Did this guy hang up?”

Zhang Fan frowned and dialed again, but there was no response.

”What’s going on?”

Li Yishan was acting unusually strange today.

”Papa’s papa is a monster, papa’s mama is a monster...”

At this moment, a melodious ringtone sounded, and Zhang Fan instinctively picked up his phone to see Li Yishan calling back.

”Hello...”

Zhang Fan answered the call, and before he could speak, Li Yishan’s voice came from the other end.

”In broad daylight... why are you looking for me?”

”Hmm? What’s going on with you?” Zhang Fan asked.

”I just woke up, didn’t I? Lately, I don’t know why I’m always groggy. I’ve been to the hospital... cranial pressure is too high, and they gave me some medicine.” Li Yishan said lightly.

”Are you okay?” Zhang Fan got nervous.

”I won’t die. In the city, ’only act like cattle and horses, not like a tiger, life and death aren’t up to you’. I’m not cattle or horse, how could there be something wrong, but you should take care.” Li Yishan was very good at comforting people.

”...”

”You’re still having some problems, aren’t you?” Zhang Fan rolled his eyes.

”Tell me, why are you looking for me?”

”Are you free tonight? Let’s go out and have a meal.”

Zhang Fan had just received sixty thousand yuan, feeling wealthy and ready to splurge a bit.

”Not tonight, I have an appointment.” Li Yishan sounded like a deflated balloon, seeming a bit helpless.

”A girl?”

”Yun Ma arranged a blind date for me.”

Li Yishan’s tone was filled with impatience.

”A blind date? Are you also starting on the path of blind dates? Whose girl is it?” Zhang Fan said with some schadenfreude.

”The family... also surnamed Li... I don’t really know, Yun Ma said she wanted to find me a capable wife... such a headache...” Li Yishan complained endlessly.

If it weren’t for this stepmother treating him like a real mother, he would have refused such a blind date.

”Good luck.” Zhang Fan grinned.

”Get lost!”

The impatient voice of Li Yishan came from the other end, followed by the phone hanging up.

Beep beep beep...

Just then, a message notification sounded, and Zhang Fan opened the Super Chat app to see a notice from the boss popping up in the Night is not bright work group.

”Three-day holiday!?” Zhang Fan’s eyes lit up.

Bai Buran had a change of heart; suddenly giving a three-day holiday was unbelievable, like Great Night seeing Celestial Light.

”It’s not about to go bankrupt, is it?” Zhang Fan muttered in his heart.

In the group, Jiang Hu, Wen He, and Old Yu had already replied with ”Received”... In the city, Niu Buyin, Ma Bujiao, group messages, received received.

Wen He was the most considerate, even sending a gratitude emoji.

Soon after, Jiang Lai also replied, just with a ”1”, and continued lurking.

”Good.”

Zhang Fan grinned slightly; with a three-day break, he could prepare a bit and start exploring the Three Corpses Primordial Pill for the second time. To unlock the secrets of the Golden Radiance Treasure Box and comprehend the mystery of Divine Fusion, the key lies in the memory of the Three Corpses Daoist.

”Let’s sell off this Tiger Bone first.”

Zhang Fan, carrying the Tiger Bone Wine, privately messaged Jiang Hu on Super Chat and arranged to meet him separately.

...

Evening, 1912 District.

The renowned bar street of Yujing City, adjacent to the President’s Mansion, surrounded by Republic-era architectural complexes, quite popular.

Nine Lives Bar!

This was the bar Jiang Hu frequently visited.

The bar wasn’t large, the dim lights creating an ambiguous atmosphere. Men and women sat in the corners, their interactions over drinks gradually closing the distance between them.

The restroom at the back was perpetually full, with occasional thumping noises coming from the stalls, but soon someone else would come out, truly echoing the old saying...

Do dry for three seconds, wet five seconds, in between five or six seconds.

”What are you looking at?”

When Zhang Fan arrived, he saw Jiang Hu’s eyes gleaming like lightning, as if searching for something in the dim bar.

”I’m looking for a person of destiny.”

”Huh?” Zhang Fan was taken aback, then asked, ”What is a person of destiny?”

”A person with grand ambitions is a person of destiny.”

”...”

”It’s good they expelled you from Maoshan.” Zhang Fan rolled his eyes and sat down on his own.

”What’s your temperature to say something so cold?”

Jiang Hu slowly retracted his gaze, pushing a glass of wine in front of Zhang Fan.

”Where’s the stuff!?”

Zhang Fan took out the faint yellow Tiger Bone from his pocket and placed it in front of Jiang Hu.

The dim lighting at the bar couldn’t hide its luster, and with just a glance, Jiang Hu couldn’t tear his eyes away. He picked it up, examined it thoroughly, and even sniffed it.