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Luo Yang stayed in the landscape painting until dawn before coming out.
Standing by the pool, he suddenly saw some exotic fish leisurely swimming, which were quite ornamental. He didn't know what species they were, but thought that catching one as a birthday gift for Zhu Li wouldn't be a bad idea at all.
Although this was just a small plot of land, it contained great treasures.
Not to mention what goodies were in the forest, just the pond and the stream alone were filled with countless treasures.
Some of these precious fish were particularly valuable.
Giving Zhu Li a fine fish could symbolize "abundance year after year," a very auspicious sign indeed.
Some ornamental fish could also be sold later on.
Now Luo Yang didn't have the time, but when he was free, he would slowly make plans.
However, he would need to find someone to go into business with, as Luo Yang didn't have that much time.
Firstly, he had to take care of Hong Jiaxin.
Secondly, he needed to study.
Besides, not being very familiar with the market for ornamental fish, he would need an expert to guide him and save him from taking many wrong turns.
Among his friends, none specialized in the ornamental fish business.
But some were involved in similar businesses, and maybe it would work out if they sat down and talked it over.
He had initially thought of partnering with Zhu Li, but she wasn't particularly interested in this kind of business.
Zhu Li and Chen Jie were the kind of girls who liked to stay active, unable to sit still.
Selling ornamental fish and opening a shop usually didn't attract good business at first. It was better not to hire too many employees, otherwise it would be hard to make a profit.
Once the business took off, that would be a different story.
Thinking that he would surely become a wealthy man in the future, Luo Yang felt a secret joy.
After considering this, he jumped into the pool and caught a fish. Its body was snow-white and smooth to the touch, but its eyes were red, giving it an elegant appearance.
Not knowing its name, he placed it in a stone bowl for now. When the sun rose and he returned home, he would find a fish tank for it and give it to Zhu Li as a birthday gift in the evening.
The true size of the space inside the landscape painting was unknown to Luo Yang. He wanted to enter the dense forest to see what lay beyond. However, the faint growls and owls' hoots coming from the forest suggested the presence of large beasts, and recklessly entering might mean never returning. Moreover, dawn was approaching, so he decided against it.
Inside the stone cave, he observed and attempted to practice the leg techniques and swordplay without grasping the essence. The leg techniques required a high level of light body kung fu. The engravings on the stone wall depicted one as if their feet never touched the ground, kicking repeatedly in mid-air in a continuous chain of attacks – truly indescribable in words.
The sword technique, on the other hand, involved the sword leaving the hand yet remaining within a few feet around the body, apparently controlled by Qi or thought, even harder to understand, like reading an arcane tome.
Recently, he had been too busy to explore the landscape painting in detail.
He stayed in the stone cave until nearly dawn, then went out, and his Yin Spirit returned to its body.
Sometimes, Luo Yang wanted to stay inside the Shennong Scripture landscape painting a little longer.
But beauties like An Yuying and Hong Jiaxin would surely disturb him, rousing him from his slumber.
If Luo Yang lay stiffly in bed without moving, it would surely scare the beauties.
After all, mystical events like Soul Out of Body were genuinely rare for most to experience.
He didn't yet understand how to pass it onto the beauties, and even if he told them, it might not be clear.
The problem was, even if the beauties listened, they might not understand.
If the word got out, many people would come to Luo Yang, either wanting to learn from him and call him master, or wanting to seize his Shennong Scripture, and neither was desirable.
Therefore, to reduce trouble, Luo Yang decided it was best not to reveal his secrets to the beauties just yet.
In the future, if a good opportunity arose, he would let them broaden their horizons, which would certainly be the right move.
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Qin Piao's house didn't have enough rooms, so everyone had to squeeze in together.
Honestly, Luo Yang didn't mind, after all, he was a boy.
An Yuying and Hong Jiaxin both harbored feelings for Luo Yang, and they could accept living together with him.
After daylight broke, Luo Yang and the beauties got up, and listening to their laughter and chatter, he felt like he had entered a Female Kingdom.
But there was one exception, which was Hong Jiaxin.
Ever since her parents went missing, Hong Jiaxin had been downcast.
Luo Yang wanted to cheer her up, but didn't know how to go about it.
Sometimes when he tried to make her laugh, she would get angry instead.
The mind of a tomboy was hard to figure out, so Luo Yang could only keep observing.
After going home to wash up and eat breakfast, they rode the motorcycle to school. The previous night, Luo Yang had promised each of the beauty-loving girls a bottle of beauty stream water, so he had found numerous small bottles and filled them with the beauty stream water.
On the way there, Luo Yang wanted to return the remaining twenty-five thousand yuan to Hong Jiaxin, but she refused to take it. Since getting up in the morning, Hong Jiaxin had been making calls and sending texts; Luo Yang knew she was worried about the safety of her parents.
"Class leader, calm down, your parents will be fine," Luo Yang consoled.
"I can't get through to my parents' phones," Hong Jiaxin said anxiously.
"Maybe your parents had to meet someone very special, so they turned off their phones. Don't think too much," Luo Yang advised.
General Hong Zhong had several reasons for entrusting his daughter to Luo Yang, but there were only two main ones: first, he wanted Hong Jiaxin to learn advanced martial arts from Luo Yang, and second, he wanted Luo Yang to protect her.
Last night, Hong Jiaxin had wanted to ask Luo Yang to teach her martial arts, but since she had suddenly become his disciple, she was unable to switch roles and let go of her pride to speak about training in martial arts.
Remembering that her father had been beaten by the Bearded Man, Hong Jiaxin wanted to avenge him, but realized her bravery was greater than her ability. In a moment of determination, she mustered the courage to ask about learning martial arts.
"Luo Yang, when will you teach me Fist Technique?" she asked nonchalantly.
"At noon or in the evening, what do you think?" He referred to the times outside of classes.
"Then starting today at noon, you teach me," she said eagerly.
"Sure."
Not long ago, Luo Yang had taught Zhu Li Shadow Fist, but Zhu Li hadn't grasped the essence of it. He didn't know how skilled Hong Jiaxin was in martial arts.
Arriving at school, Luo Yang was quickly surrounded by a large group of girls. They all came to ask him for beauty stream water. He had become the most popular boy at Dongfeng Middle School.
This afternoon, he still needed to modify his age in the household registration book, and thus he had to ask Teacher Su for leave.
Now with the ability to accomplish great things, Luo Yang was restless.
He wanted to do something big and carve out a fascinating life for himself.
Of course, he wasn't a millionaire yet.
However, given time, he believed he could become the richest man in the world.
He entered the teacher's office and saw that Teacher Su happened to be in the staff lounge.
Luo Yang handed two leave-of-absence slips to Teacher Su, one for himself and the other for Hong Jiaxin.
Teacher Su, after reading the reason for the leave, which only stated they had to do something vague, and seeing that Hong Jiaxin also requested leave, ultimately suspected that Luo Hong were trying to skip class together.
Once the other teachers left the office, Teacher Su got straight to the point, "Are you and Hong Jiaxin dating?"
Teacher Su was somewhat aware of what had happened to Hong Jiaxin, but she was not informed that General Hong Zhong had entrusted his daughter to Luo Yang for protection.
Luo Yang succinctly conveyed the situation he encountered at the Hong Family and concluded by saying, "Teacher Su, Hong Jiaxin's father asked me to protect her, so when I go out to do things, I have to take her with me."
After hearing this, Teacher Su felt sympathetic toward Hong Jiaxin and curiously asked, "Why not call the police?"