Stealing Heavenly Secrets

The courtyard villa district near West Mountain is one of the best feng shui locations in the entire city.

Not only is the population density low, but it also backs onto the Yanshan Mountains.

Even with Li Zhi's feng shui expertise brought from his past life, he could tell that its feng shui ranked among the top three in the city.

Cultivating there should yield better results than in Da Li Village.

Zhou Mei naturally had no objections to Li Zhi's decisions.

Although those courtyard villas were worth over ten million, given Li Zhi's current wealth, he could still snap one up in no time.

Of course, having such substantial assets ultimately owed thanks to the daring and hardworking Li Daqiang, and had little to do with Li Zhi himself.

Compared to Li Daqiang, what Li Zhi had done over the years seemed trivial—he had merely tripled the growth rate of the family's assets based on memories from his past life.

His net worth had already broken into the nine-digit range and was surging toward ten digits.

Even if he did nothing, relying solely on the appreciation of his assets, he would become a ten-billionaire in ten years.

Of course, this wasn't something worth bragging about.

As long as someone was a normal person without bad habits, having such a rich foundation made it hard to become poor.

So, most people never lacked ability—they lacked starting capital.

That was the rule of wealth in the mortal world.

But in the cultivation world, this rule no longer applied.

The strong reigned supreme; only true powerhouses deserved the rarest treasures and the resources of the entire Great Universe.

Take the Immortality Elixir, for example—only Great Emperor-level powerhouses were worthy of possessing them.

With ample cash flow, Li Zhi didn't hesitate.

After deciding to move into a courtyard villa in the West Mountain Villa District, he immediately took Zhou Mei to view properties.

That same afternoon, he paid in full for a small courtyard covering five hundred square meters.

Zhou Mei took charge of the subsequent soft furnishing.

Li Zhi gave her a bank card with three million in cash as their living expenses for the time being.

There was no denying it—a life of luxury truly eroded one's will.

During the week he lived with Zhou Mei, Li Zhi felt his body and mind slacken a bit.

He promptly signed up at a martial arts school teaching Xingyi Quan.

In the Sacred Ruins Era, Xingyi Quan possessed formidable combat power.

Li Zhi wanted to test whether this boxing style held such power in the Shrouding the Sky Era.

Thus, over a month passed.

It was now the season of spring, with warm weather and blooming flowers.

Li Zhi finally had time to meet with Ye Fan.

He didn't arrange a specific place; they met at his Antique Style Jewelry Shop.

With less than three months until graduation, Ye Fan had already found his life's direction.

Working for someone else? No way.

Starting a company? Come on—he didn't have powerful relatives to back him.

So, he set his sights on the fast-money antique and collectibles trade.

Having loved books on oddities since childhood, Ye Fan had a deep understanding of history.

His knowledge of antiques and relics was far from novice-level.

And since practicing that breathing technique, his observation skills and intuition for opportunities had sharpened.

He often spotted details others missed.

Before even graduating, he had already pulled off three successful bargain finds at the Antique Ghost Market.

Flipping them netted him a tidy profit, enough to ensure a carefree life for several years.

So, while his classmates fretted over jobs after graduation, Ye Fan could already handle life with ease.

He had high hopes for Li Zhi's invitation to meet at the shop.

He had scoured major antique markets but never found any inscribed artifacts.

Even visiting museums, he had never seen an inscription that introduced cultivation techniques.

Ye Fan felt this was abnormal.

There had to be some hidden path he didn't know about.

Recently, he had his eye on a group suspected of being grave robbers.

They were hawking some jade artifacts at the Ghost Market that were clearly freshly unearthed.

Ye Fan wanted to have a word with them.

But those people were very wary, never giving him an opening.

Arriving at the shop, Ye Fan said warmly, "Boss Li, long time no see."

Li Zhi studied Ye Fan's face and said, "Brother Ye, you're radiating good fortune—looks like you've struck it rich lately. Any plans after graduation? Want to open a shop next to mine?"

Ye Fan shook his head. "I'm not cut out for shopkeeping."

Li Zhi chuckled. "Brother Ye deals in big business, so it's only natural you'd look down on our small-time trade."

Ye Fan smiled helplessly. "Boss Li, don't tease me. Sister Zhou mentioned you went to Mount Tai recently—any new finds?"

Li Zhi naturally understood what Ye Fan was really after.

His interest in exploring the lost ancient cultivation civilization far outweighed his desire to make money.

To him, wealth was something he could earn casually, never a problem.

But understanding the ancient cultivation civilization left him at a dead end.

Aside from obtaining a Breathing Technique suspected to be left by an Ancient Qi Practitioner from Li Zhi, he had never encountered anything else related to that ancient cultivation civilization.

This time, seeking out Li Zhi, he wanted both some insights from him and an invitation for Li Zhi to join him in probing the grave robbers' background.

If they had truly dug up an ancient cultivator's tomb, it might partially unravel the mysteries in his mind.

Li Zhi readily agreed to Ye Fan's invitation.

They agreed that after Ye Fan officially graduated, they would team up to investigate the grave robbers' origins.

After seeing Ye Fan off, Li Zhi finally understood how Ye Fan had gotten rich later.

It was definitely not through legitimate business channels.

Perhaps his starting capital was tied to that grave-robbing group he'd targeted.

Li Zhi grew more and more eager for what was to come.

Maybe it really was a grand tomb left by an ancient cultivator.

If he couldn't get Cultivation Methods from those sects, obtaining them from those grand tombs wouldn't be a bad stroke of luck either.

He hadn't expected the archaeological tools he'd brought from home to come in handy so soon.

In the blink of an eye, three months slipped away like the wind.

Li Zhi and Zhou Mei had moved into the West Mountain Villa.

Ye Fan had officially graduated from Ke University and decided to stay in the city to make his way.

Li Zhi's leisurely life finally came to an end with Ye Fan's visit.

During this time, thanks to Li Zhi's tireless efforts, Zhou Mei had successfully become pregnant as she'd wished.

Zhou Mei's swift pregnancy was actually quite normal.

After practicing the Heaven-Guiding Breathing Technique, Li Zhi's physical attributes had peaked, and even the quality of his "little tadpoles" was far healthier and more vigorous than that of an Ordinary person.

If Li Zhi continued cultivating and reached the level of Refining Essence into Qi, it would actually become harder for him to get Zhou Mei pregnant.

The newly learned Xingyi Twelve Forms Fist had also been practiced to a decent standard.

According to the fist-teaching master, he had fully mastered the Twelve Forms, and the remaining skill couldn't be gained in a short time—it required years of accumulation.

He performed the set of Twelve Forms with such force that the wind whipped around him.

As he practiced his Fist, Zhou Mei clapped and cheered repeatedly.

For a moment, it gave Li Zhi the illusion that he was invincible under heaven.