Close to four in the afternoon, Lu Yibai finally woke up from bed.
An inverted life of day and night began just like that.
Starting now, he was the owner of a bar.
The bar originally didn't have a name. According to Lin Xiaoqi, Ji Dekeng never intended to run a bar at all, but simply used it as a stronghold and a hidden identity in urban life.
This was also the point Lin Xiaoqi was most dissatisfied with.
The interior of the Night Watchmen organization was already quite generous, arranging an industry for the person in charge of each area. He heard there was even social insurance and housing fund, plus a small monthly allowance.
However, relying solely on the allowance made it impossible to live comfortably.
Quite a few Night Watchmen were also quite capable, and there were many who managed the industries arranged by the organization very well.
The interior of the organization also strongly advocated this point. Self-reliance brings plenty of food and clothing, after all, and great hermits hide in the city, to boot.
Lu Yibai was different. He and Lin Xiaoqi could be said to share identical views.
Since it was a proper bar, why not run it to make money?
In the twenty-first century, what restricted outstanding young people like them?
It was poverty!
It was just that he didn't have any concrete ideas for running the bar yet, but first of all, they had to give the bar a name, right?
After discussions between the two, they finally named the bar: Answer Bar.
There were two reasons for choosing this name.
First, this was a hidden bar. Once you found the mechanism, it was equivalent to finding the answer.
Second, this name also carried the metaphor, "You bring your worries and entanglement to buy drinks, and my wine gives you answers."
Today's society had a large number of young people with low educational levels who didn't read many books, yet were passionately fond of literature.
I wonder if you caught a stray bullet?
Anyway, Lin Xiaoqi was this kind of person, so she liked this bar name very much.
Of course, they couldn't pour all their energy into running the bar either, since they were both people with missions on their backs.
They needed to maintain the prosperity and stability of this area.
Last night, Lin Xiaoqi even taught Lu Yibai lines.
She took out her phone, switched it to selfie mode, and used the phone as a mirror.
Then, she squeezed out a noble and cold expression and said:
"This area is covered by me, you get it?"
After finishing, she looked at herself in the phone screen and smiled with satisfaction.
Hn, super fierce!
Lu Yibai watched from the side with a blank face—how boring must this chick's life be! Anyway, he couldn't say lines like that.
Today, he was going to move all his luggage out of his rented apartment and into the bar.
The old house belonging to him and his old man had already been demolished, and his rented apartment's lease was just about up.
The second floor of the bar had four rooms, which was completely enough.
In the massive second floor, only Lu Yibai and Lin Xiaoqi lived there.
Originally, there seemed to be a cat as well.
The reason Lin Xiaoqi's code name was Night Cat was because she raised a little black cat.
While touring the second floor, Lu Yibai even saw the cat bed.
"Lin Xiaoqi, where's your cat?" Lu Yibai asked curiously.
Lin Xiaoqi casually waved her hand and said, "It went out for experiential training."
Lu Yibai didn't understand what experiential training a cat could have, nor did he understand why Lin Xiaoqi could remain so untroubled when her pet got lost.
Regarding living under the same roof with a beauty like Lin Xiaoqi, Lu Yibai didn't have any redundant thoughts.
Even if ten of him stood together, they wouldn't be able to withstand a few hits from Lin Xiaoqi.
After beating him up, this chick might even toss out: "Not a single one of you can fight!"
When Lu Yibai dragged his suitcase to the entrance of Answer Bar, a pile of rain gear was still at the entrance. The difference was that the four black umbrellas on the table were now only three.
The one with a dragon and snake carved on the handle had already been taken away by Ji Dekeng.
When Ji Dekeng left, he didn't take any extra luggage, only taking that umbrella along with his small folding stool.
The umbrella handles of all four umbrellas were switches for mechanisms. With just a gentle touch, the secret door would open. He didn't know how it was made; it was very profound and marvelous.
He gently touched the cat head carved on the umbrella handle, and the wall pushed open.
He dragged his suitcase and walked inside.
Boss Lu's new life began just like that.
For the past few days, the bar was temporarily suspended from business because Lu Yibai was cramming the relevant knowledge of the Night Watchmen.
Actually, the so-called Night Watchmen were quite similar to cultivators or espers, possessing all kinds of abilities as they cultivated.
However, as a member of the Trash Protagonist School, Lu Yibai could only walk the simplest path of Body Refining.
"Boss, look." As Lin Xiaoqi spoke, she rolled up her sleeve, exposing a small section of her lotus-root-like arm.
"Boss, what do you see out of this?" she asked.
"Skin is good, very fair," Lu Yibai said with a straight face.
"You know your stuff, Boss!"
Lu Yibai: "..."
Say the main point, sis. You definitely have to explain something else to me!
Lin Xiaoqi pulled out a small knife, pointed at her fair arm, and said to Lu Yibai, "Boss, do you want to slash this?"
"Wouldn't that be a bit perverted?" Lu Yibai said.
"That's right. Then I'll do it myself."
What the hell!
The moment her voice fell, after a slightly harsh sound, the knife snapped in response.
Of course, if it was her arm that snapped, then this would be a divine work whose genre changed on a dime.
"The path of Body Refining is actually this simple. Our skin is still just like a normal person's skin—smooth, soft, tender, supple, and delicate enough that it breaks at a blow..."
After using a bunch of very alluring adjectives, Lin Xiaoqi added, "Except it's impervious to swords and spears."
What the hell kind of impervious to swords and spears! I thought you were going to ask me if I wanted to touch it?
"Is every part of your body like this?" Lu Yibai asked curiously.
"After reaching a certain degree, that is indeed the case. Any part of the body is like this, including eyeballs and the like."
Saying this, Lin Xiaoqi stretched her proud figure.
This was a bit terrifying.
That was completely a human-shaped weapon!
And... are you sure about any part?
Tsk tsk tsk.
"However... the process shouldn't be that easy, right?" Lu Yibai said.
"Clever!"
As the lowest-level spiritual body, the path of Body Refining wasn't that easy either.
According to what Lin Xiaoqi said, the cultivation method of Ji Dekeng's lineage was entirely tailored to this physique. It should have been pioneered by some senior bearing a "protagonist destiny," but the process would be quite bitter.
Every single time he cultivated, it would hurt.
"How much does it hurt?" Lu Yibai asked.
Lin Xiaoqi supported her chin with one hand, seemingly unable to find a suitable adjective for a moment.
She thought for a while before saying, "Boss, you're a male, so I don't know how to describe it to you. The pain level during initial cultivation is the lowest, roughly about the same as menstrual cramps, and it's pain all over the body."
Menstrual... cramps...???
As a male, he genuinely couldn't understand just how much it hurt for the time being.
Until he tried cultivating for a bit.
After entering meditation according to the method Lin Xiaoqi taught him, in less than two minutes, his body trembled slightly, and fine beads of sweat began to appear on the tip of his nose.
His brows were tightly furrowed, and sweat also started breaking out on his forehead.
Although tiny dots of light were gathering inside his body, the process of gathering was truly somewhat painful.
As one of the few males who had experienced "menstrual cramps," he really wanted to tell the vast masses of straight-steel men:
It damn well hurts!
(ps: Second update. Big shots with book lists, please add this book. New books need nurturing~)
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