The Courtyard Villa District over in West Mountain was one of the best feng shui locations in the entire city.
Not only was its population density low, but it also backed onto the Yanshan Mountains.
With the feng shui knowledge he had brought from his previous life, Li Zhi could tell that the area's feng shui was excellent enough to rank among the top three in the entire city.
Practicing there should be even more effective than practicing in Da Li Village.
Zhou Mei naturally had no objections to anything Li Zhi decided.
Although those courtyards were worth more than ten million yuan,
with Li Zhi's current net worth, he could still buy one in mere minutes.
Of course, his considerable wealth ultimately had to be credited to the bold and enterprising Li Daqiang. It had little to do with Li Zhi.
Compared with Li Daqiang, everything Li Zhi had done over the years seemed insignificant. He had merely used the memories he brought from his previous life to triple the rate at which his family's assets appreciated.
His net worth had long since surpassed nine figures and was now surging toward the ten-figure level.
Even if he did nothing at all, relying solely on the rate at which his assets appreciated, he could become a multibillion-yuan tycoon within ten years.
Of course, there was nothing worth bragging about in that.
As long as a person had no bad habits and was reasonably normal, becoming poor after possessing a family fortune like his would be difficult.
That was why most people had never lacked ability. What they lacked was startup capital.
That was the rule governing wealth in the mortal world.
But once one entered the cultivation world, that rule no longer applied.
The strong were revered. Only true powerhouses deserved the world's rarest treasures and the right to enjoy the resources of the Great Universe.
Take the Immortality Elixir, for example. Only those at the Great Emperor Level were worthy of possessing one.
With ample cash flow, Li Zhi did not hesitate at all.
After deciding to move into a courtyard in the West Mountain Villa District, he immediately took Zhou Mei to view properties.
That very afternoon, he bought a small courtyard covering five hundred square meters in full.
Zhou Mei was responsible for the subsequent furnishing and decoration.
Li Zhi gave her a bank card containing three million yuan to serve as their living expenses for the time being.
It had to be said that a life of wealth really did erode one's willpower.
During the week he lived with Zhou Mei, Li Zhi felt both his body and mind beginning to slacken.
He immediately signed up at a Martial Arts School that taught Xingyi Quan.
In the Sacred Ruins Era, Xingyi Quan possessed extremely formidable combat power.
Li Zhi also wanted to test whether this martial art had the same astonishing power in the Shrouding the Heavens era.
More than a month passed like this.
It was once again the third month of spring, when the weather grew warm and flowers bloomed.
Li Zhi finally had time to arrange a meeting with Ye Fan.
He did not choose a special location, meeting Ye Fan at his Antique Style Jewelry Shop instead.
Ye Fan, who had less than three months left before graduating from university, had already found the direction he wanted to take in life.
Working for someone else was impossible.
Starting a company?
What a joke. He did not have any powerful relatives to look after him.
So he had set his sights on the antique and collectible industry, where money came quickly.
Ye Fan had loved reading books about rare and unusual things since childhood, and his understanding of history was also quite profound.
His knowledge of antiques and cultural artifacts was far beyond that of a novice.
Moreover, ever since he had practiced that Breathing Method, his powers of observation and intuition for lucky opportunities had become even sharper.
He could often discover details that others failed to notice.
Before even graduating, he had already successfully found three undervalued treasures at the Antique Ghost Market.
After reselling them, he had made a small profit.
At the very least, it was enough to guarantee him several years of worry-free food and clothing.
Thus, while his classmates were still worrying about finding work after graduation, Ye Fan was already able to face life with ease.
Ye Fan had been looking forward to Li Zhi inviting him to the shop.
He had wandered through all the major antique markets, yet had never encountered an object carved with an Inscription.
Even when visiting major museums, he had never seen an artifact whose Inscription described cultivation.
Ye Fan felt that this was abnormal.
There had to be channels he did not know about.
Recently, he had set his sights on a group suspected of being tomb raiders.
They were peddling jade artifacts at the Ghost Market that had clearly been unearthed only recently.
Ye Fan wanted to talk to them.
However, those people were extremely wary, and he had never found an opportunity.
When Ye Fan arrived at the shop, he said warmly, "Boss Li, long time no see."
Li Zhi studied Ye Fan's face and said, "Brother Ye, you have great fortune hanging over your head. Looks like you've been making money recently. What are your plans after graduation? How about opening a shop next to mine?"
Ye Fan shook his head. "I'm not suited to running a shop."
Li Zhi laughed. "Brother Ye is someone who does big business. It's only natural that you look down on small-time ventures like ours."
Ye Fan smiled helplessly. "Boss Li, don't make fun of me. Sister Zhou said you went to Mount Tai recently. I wonder if you made any new discoveries?"
Li Zhi naturally understood what Ye Fan was concerned about.
Ye Fan was far more interested in exploring the lost ancient cultivation civilization than in making money.
As far as he was concerned, money could be earned casually and had never been a problem.
But when it came to understanding the ancient cultivation civilization, he had no way to begin.
Aside from obtaining a Breathing Technique suspected to have been left behind by an Ancient Qi Practitioner from Li Zhi, he had never encountered anything else related to the ancient cultivation civilization.
This time, he had come to find Li Zhi for two reasons. On one hand, he wanted to obtain some guidance from him. On the other, he wanted to invite Li Zhi to investigate the background of those tomb raiders with him.
If they had truly excavated the tomb of an ancient cultivator, perhaps it could resolve some of the doubts in his heart.
Li Zhi readily agreed to Ye Fan's invitation.
The two agreed that once Ye Fan officially graduated, they would join forces to investigate those tomb raiders and uncover their origins.
After seeing Ye Fan off, Li Zhi finally understood how Ye Fan had made his fortune later on.
It certainly had not been through legitimate business channels.
Perhaps the capital he used to get started had something to do with the tomb raiders he had been watching.
Li Zhi grew increasingly excited about what was to come.
Perhaps it really was a grand tomb left behind by an ancient cultivator.
If he could not obtain a Cultivation Method from those cultivation sects, obtaining one from those tombs might not be a bad thing.
He had never expected that the archaeological tools he had brought back from home would be put to use so soon.
In the blink of an eye, three months passed like the wind.
Li Zhi and Zhou Mei had already moved into the West Mountain Villa.
Ye Fan had also officially graduated from Ke University and decided to stay in the city to pursue his ambitions.
Li Zhi's leisurely life finally came to an end with Ye Fan's visit.
During this period, after Li Zhi's tireless and sustained efforts, Zhou Mei successfully became pregnant, just as she had hoped.
Zhou Mei becoming pregnant so quickly was actually quite normal.
After practicing the Heaven-Guiding Breathing Technique, not only had all of Li Zhi's physical attributes reached their peak, even the quality of his "little tadpoles" was far healthier and more vigorous than an ordinary person's.
If Li Zhi continued cultivating and reached the stage of Refining Essence into Qi, it would actually become less easy for Zhou Mei to become pregnant.
He had also practiced his newly learned Xingyi Twelve Forms Fist until it looked quite impressive.
According to the master who taught him the techniques, he had already completely mastered the Twelve Forms Fist. The remaining skill could not be acquired in a short time and required years of accumulation.
He wielded the Twelve Forms Fist with tremendous force and momentum.
Whenever he practiced his fists, Zhou Mei applauded enthusiastically.
For a time, Li Zhi even developed the illusion that he was already Unrivaled Under Heaven.
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