Late at night.
Yang Shi was diligently studying the Jade Scroll of "Spring Wood Longevity Skill" with Jiang Xiaobai.
"How do you think this thing is made? You can only explore the Cultivation Technique when spiritual power is infused. Holding it, I can't see anything."
Jiang Xiaobai pursed her lips and smiled, "This Jade Scroll of Cultivation Technique isn't just text; it also includes the trajectory of spiritual power. Without using spiritual power, you can't perceive it; just looking at the text is like looking at a few pages of scrap paper."
"Oh... that really is different from us Martial Cultivators."
The "Mingxin Technique" he was learning was just a book which he could slowly master by following the breathing exercises.
Knock knock knock~
There was a rush of knocking at the door.
"Who is it!?"
Yang Shi was startled, pointed at Jiang Xiaobai's chest, and she immediately grabbed the Moonlight Mirror in her hand.
At the same time, Yang Shi looked up; there were no instructions from the ancient ancestors, which slightly calmed his heart.
Grabbing the Flowing Water Sword, Yang Shi carefully opened the door.
Whimper whimper!
Howl~
A tightly bound person and a similarly bound wolf were curled up at the door, wailing pitifully.
"Brother, look, there are words on the floor..."
"The old beggar has taken a disaster for you, boy, I took all the coffee from the shop."
Yang Shi immediately understood what had happened and bowed towards the distance.
"Thank master for your timely rescue!"
Ge Tan and the Iron-spined Grey Wolf had their entire spiritual power sealed by the old beggar and now were no different from ordinary humans; Yang Shi could easily deal with them.
"Hu Zi! Bring the whip!"
From the room next door, Hu Zi excitedly ran out with a whip in his hand.
"Brother Shi, which dark ghost do we whip today!"
"No whipping of dark ghosts today, whip these two on the ground! Let's see if they are still defiant."
Crack!
"Aah!"
From Hu Zi's initial movement, it was apparent that he was professional. He directly struck Ge Tan, leaving a blood mark on his face.
"Will you speak?"
Crack!
"Aah! Whimper whimper~~"
"Will you speak?"
Crack!
"Aah! Whimper!!"
Crack crack crack crack!
After delivering a full round of Lightning Hundred Whips, Hu Zi couldn't help but remark, "He's tough, whipped like this and still not speaking."
"Whimper!!!"
The bloodied Ge Tan on the ground twisted desperately, full of resentment.
Jiang Xiaobai timidly said, "Brother Hu Zi, his mouth seems to have been sealed the whole time..."
Ge Tan: "!!!"
After pulling the old beggar's sock from his mouth, Ge Tan, with a distorted face, shouted:
"I'll speak! What is it! You ask already! Let me open my mouth! Damn it!"
Crack!
Another whip struck Ge Tan's mouth.
Hu Zi: "Too much talk."
With Hu Zi's 100 lashes as a base, Ge Tan, the tender-skinned young master who had been indulging in spiritual food and Immortal Cultivation at home, confessed everything and even offered to lead a few people to Emerald Bamboo Forest himself.
At this moment, Yang Genshuo also came to understand.
"So they wanted the compressed biscuit formula for... spiritual food recipes?"
"To make a low-grade version of the Fasting Pill?"
"A single Fasting Pill could sell for two Low Grade Spirit Stones? A low-grade one can also sell for one?"
Yang Genshuo was shocked by this revelation. If that was the case… then he could do it!
All he needed to do was replace the flour used in compressed biscuits with Spiritual Wheat Flour.
"Great, I've finished setting things up over here, and doesn't the Yang Family just print Spirit Stones like a money printer?"
The next matter was left for Yang Shi to handle.
After frantically working for a long time, Yang Genshuo could finally relax and lie down for a while.
Time acceleration.
[3 years 305 days, all the loose cultivators of Qingshi Fang City had left. Before leaving, Murong Ziyuan, leading her disciples and three Demon Cultivators, was given a box of chocolates and a bag of candies by Yang Shi, who mentioned that new products would be available next year. Murong Ziyuan calmly accepted them without much comment. After arriving home, Yang Shi found that he had three Defense Talismans on him.]
[Qingshi County regained its calm... but the cries of wolves were often heard from the Yang Family's Manor.]
[3 years 318 days, Yang Shi's Inner Breath became moderately developed, successfully advancing to the seventh layer of Body Refining - Marrow Sea Blossoms. He took a 'Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill,' and with the medicine's burst, he directly trained to Great Perfection, breaking through to the eighth layer of Body Refining - True Essence Gathering.]
[The Yang Family's martial morality significantly improved, Incense Fire Value +150.]
[3 years 320 days, Jiang Xiaobai learned the "Spring Wood Longevity Skill" and cast the spell "All Things Grow," making the plants in the Spirit Field grow more vigorously.]
[Jiang Xiaobai's Cultivation Technique matched her innate talent, triggering the Talent 'Wood Element Affinity (Earth Level),' and her cultivation speed significantly increased.]
[3 years 333 days, after the 10th cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the Iron-spined Gray Wolf, which had a mouth full of Fire Dragon Fruit, the wolf bowed its head, willing to become the Guardian Spirit Beast of the Yang Family.]
[3 years 355 days, the Low Grade Spirit Stone in Jiang Xiaobai's hand turned into powder, absorbing pure Spiritual Energy and elevating her to the third layer of the Fetal Breathing Stage, leaving her in high spirits.]
[3 years 365 days, the Family began ancestral worship...]
Yang Genshuo groggily woke up from the sofa, realizing it was time for the annual ancestral worship.
[Your descendant Yang Shi has successfully completed this year's ancestral worship ceremony.]
[Incense Fire Value +10]
[You have received offerings from the Yang Family members: 40 catties of Spiritual Grain, a box of Earth, 100 Solid Essence Rejuvenation Pills.]
[Would you like to bestow a blessing upon the descendants of the Yang Family?]
In the game, Yang Genshuo's alternating between slowing down and speeding up resulted in the latter half-year taking only two days.
By now, his orders from JD.com had already been delivered.
Coffee powder, milk tea powder, candies, chocolates, and a box of exquisite Three Kingdoms Kill cards.
He had purchased a total of 30,000 yuan worth of supplies, throwing them all in at once.
Yang Shi joyfully accepted them on the other side.
The milk tea was fine, as he had already mastered his recipe for making simple milk tea.
But the coffee powder... they really didn't have that over there, and the old beggar ghost had taken it all when he left!
Yang's Tabletop Game Tea House almost lost one of its signature beverages.
No longer dealing with Yang Shi's matters, Yang Genshuo rose from the sofa, checked the offerings—these were all things he had previously agreed upon with Yang Shi, and they were of great use.
Stepping out of his study, he casually snapped off a branch, and after practicing a set of moves from the Traceless Sword Technique, he felt his blood and energy flow smoothly.
Happiness Value +1+1+1.
After stretching his limbs, Yang Genshuo took a bath, and looking in the mirror... his body was slimming down at an exaggerated rate, and his skin was very tight and smooth.
He weighed himself, 186 pounds.
"In less than a week, I've actually lost 14 pounds, incredible!"
Standing 1.8 meters tall, he had previously weighed 200 pounds, noticeably sporting a beer belly and a round face, with that greasy feel so typical of someone in their thirties. But now... the youthful vibe was back!
Admiring his reflection, Yang Genshuo couldn't help but think,
"I'm really damn handsome!"
In the courtyard, the thermal box contained the meal Lin Yue had cooked for lunch today, and the Spirit Rice emitted an enticing aroma.
After wolfing down the meal...
Yang Genshuo packed a large box of earth dug from the Spirit Field into the trunk of his Bentley, grabbing a handful of Spiritual Grain and throwing it in.
He drove off from his home.
Rolling down the car window, he couldn't help but smile at the looks from passersby turning to stare at his car.
"Awesome!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
In the roar of the 4.0T engine, he drove towards Shimen Agricultural University.
After placing a large box of Earth into Cheng Bo's laboratory, he instructed him to work quickly on producing hybrid Spirit Rice.
He then drove to the nearest compressed biscuit factory—Red Maple Food Factory.
This place used to be a popular employment choice for students from the neighboring Food Science and Engineering department, a substantial state-owned company.
He remembered that a few classmates had come here after graduating.
...
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PS: Vehicle: Bentley Bentayga, source: Chapters 11~12, gifted by the Kidney-Deficient Young Master Zhao Tiansi.
(This part was revised before; regular readers who have been following might not have noticed, you could check these chapters again.)