"Mr. Baili."
At this moment, the middle-aged man stood up and handed over his business card. "Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Mo Qi, chairman of Tianlai Film and Music. This is my business card. Tianlai Film and Music is willing to purchase these two pieces from you at thirty thousand each. I wonder if you'd be willing to part with them."
Thirty thousand!
That was enough to buy a small commercial apartment in Wuhe City. Sixty thousand could buy two.
That price...
Was very sincere.
Only...
Baili Qingfeng shook his head. "These two pieces have special meaning to me. I can't sell them. Thank you."
After hearing this, Mo Qi looked at Baili Qingfeng and seemed to see the resolve in his eyes. He could not help feeling regretful. "If you ever change your mind, Mr. Baili, you can contact me."
Baili Qingfeng gave a slight nod.
At this moment, Gao Qiao also stepped forward. "Mr. Baili, you possess excellent talent. I wonder if you'd be interested in taking a position at Lan Hai Academy?"
"I'm a student at Xia'er University, and I like reading. I love studying. I'm sorry, but I can't take a position at Lan Hai Academy."
Gao Qiao was not disappointed. Instead, she smiled and offered him some encouragement. "Then I look forward to hearing you compose even better pieces. I wonder if I'll still have the honor of listening from the side next time."
Baili Qingfeng did not answer. Instead, he glanced at Gu Lingying.
Gu Lingying looked at him as well. The meaning in her bright eyes was clear: he could decide everything.
"Of course."
"Then I look forward to meeting you again, Mr. Baili."
As Gao Qiao spoke, she left together with the middle-aged man and the other person. Yun Shengyan rose to see them off.
Only after the three of them had left did Qin Lanshan ask hesitantly, "Little Brother Qingfeng, you don't plan to sell these two pieces? Then... can I use them?"
"As long as you don't use them commercially, feel free."
Baili Qingfeng nodded slightly.
"That's wonderful! It would be such a shame not to let everyone hear such beautiful pieces. I'll share them with my friends right away."
Qin Lanshan was delighted.
"It's still early before lunch, Senior Qingfeng. I think there were a few places I didn't play well just now. Could you give me some pointers?"
"I wouldn't dare call it guidance. We can exchange pointers."
Baili Qingfeng agreed.
The morning passed quickly.
At Yun Shengyan's insistence, Baili Qingfeng, Gu Lingying, and Qin Lanshan ate at Shuiyun Yayun.
After the meal, neither Baili Qingfeng nor Gu Lingying mentioned leaving. Qin Lanshan and Yun Shengyan were naturally happy to stay and keep them company.
Baili Qingfeng and Gu Lingying did more than chat idly about instruments. They also exchanged thoughts on music, with classical and popular styles each having their own differences.
In this harmonious atmosphere, night gradually descended.
"It's getting dark. Shall we go have dinner and watch a movie? A new movie came out recently, Paradise of Love. I heard it's very good."
Qin Lanshan gazed at the clouds glowing on the horizon, seemingly reluctant to part just yet.
Paradise of Love?
Baili Qingfeng had the least liking for this kind of melodramatic movie.
Especially since...
He had already wasted an entire day today.
"No need. I didn't study properly today, so I plan to go back and review."
Baili Qingfeng spoke.
"St... study?"
"Mhm."
Baili Qingfeng nodded. "I've been considering changing majors recently, so I need to read properly and study hard..."
"If Senior Qingfeng has something to do, then let's head back first."
Gu Lingying smiled as she spoke, a trace of fatigue on her face.
Qin Lanshan had initially been somewhat astonished, seemingly feeling that Little Brother Qingfeng was a little insensitive. But after glancing at Gu Lingying, she understood. The two of them had performed all day. Baili Qingfeng, being a man, was still somewhat better off, but Gu Lingying was already a little tired.
"Hehe, all right, then. Senior Qingfeng, you can't refuse next time."
"I won't."
Baili Qingfeng nodded slightly.
The group exchanged farewells and turned to leave.
Baili Qingfeng did not go eat dinner first.
When he was out, he really disliked carrying things on him.
Even when traveling far, a backpack with a change of clothes stuffed inside was enough. In his eyes, dragging around a suitcase was simply an Anti-Humanity practice.
The guqin was valuable and fairly bulky, so he chose to return home first and put it away. Only then did he come back to deal with dinner.
He had planned to eat at the cafeteria, where the food was cheap and practical. However, he had received a coupon when he went out yesterday, and the discount was substantial, so Baili Qingfeng took a detour toward the shop listed on the coupon.
After walking two kilometers, he passed a high-end hotel. Baili Qingfeng's gaze shifted and landed on one of the greeters at the entrance.
The greeter wore a qipao that outlined her graceful figure. Along with her light makeup, it added a touch of maturity to her originally fresh and lovely face.
But that was not the important part. The important part was...
Baili Die?
When Baili Qingfeng saw Baili Die, Baili Die saw him as well. "Qingfeng?"
"Sis, you came to work in Xia?"
"Right. The wages are a little higher in Xia. Our family owes so much money now, and Dad's factory needs a lot of money to keep operating. I quit my previous job, but I can't just stay at home every day. As it happens, one of my classmates works here, and they were hiring greeters, so I came to apply."
Baili Qingfeng nodded. Their family indeed still needed quite a bit of money to keep things running.
Even if he managed to persuade Baili Hong to sell the factory again, they would lose at least two or three hundred thousand.
Besides...
Whether they could sell it at all was another serious problem.
"All right, I have to work, so I won't chat with you. I've only been here two days, so I have to perform well. Jiangxin Yue is a famous large-scale restaurant chain in our Xia. After becoming a regular employee, I'll get around four hundred a month. With bonuses, perfect-attendance pay, and things like that, it can reach over five hundred. That's even higher than my previous workplace."
Baili Die smiled as she spoke.
Baili Qingfeng nodded. "Then I won't disturb you."
Hundreds of thousands in debt.
That was no small figure for the Baili Family.
A commercial apartment in Wuhe City currently cost only thirty or forty thousand. Hundreds of thousands were equivalent to ten apartments. Converted to the place where he had lived in his previous life, ten apartments would represent tens of millions in capital.
He currently had one hundred thousand on him, but that money was meant to purchase the God-Devil Suppressing Prison Body. He had already promised it to someone else, so he could not go back on his word.
Then...
"I'll stop the Nourishing Essence Soup for now."
Baili Qingfeng spoke.
Without the Nourishing Essence Soup, he could save forty thousand a month. At that rate, he could nearly pay off his family's debt in a year.
Afterward, Baili Qingfeng ate, returned home, and read for a while before once again studying the last seventy-two forms of the Rushing Thunder Thirty-Six Forms.
His Thunder Sovereign Visualization Method had already broken through to the sixth stage, allowing him to precisely control every cell in his body. Although this precise control placed no small burden on his brain, his recovery ability was astonishing. Even if he occasionally suffered an accidental electric shock, he had no need to worry. He would recover soon enough regardless.
However...
His main purpose this time was still to deduce the Primordial Thunder God 108 Forms so that everyone could cultivate it. He had already gained some clues when his Spirit Refining realm broke through last night.
And now...
It was just the right time to test it carefully.
"Creating a top-tier Body Refining Method isn't easy. In ancient times, which method didn't embody the crystallized wisdom of countless predecessors?"
Baili Qingfeng wore a solemn expression, already mentally prepared for an all-night battle.
He precisely controlled the bioelectromagnetic field emanating from his body, constantly adjusting the potential difference between himself and the outside world. Amid flickering arcs of electricity, his Primordial Thunder God 108 Forms Body Refining Method advanced in an orderly fashion.
Four hours later.
Baili Qingfeng stopped and let out a faint breath. "It finally succeeded."
He checked the time. It was already one in the morning. By the time he took a shower, dried his hair, and got into bed, wouldn't it be two?
Staying up late harmed the body.
Indeed, creating a Body Refining Method was not easy. The time, energy, and physical toll he had paid for it were impossible to measure.
"Although this Body Refining Method is a level weaker than cultivating with my own method... its advantage lies in its stability. Ordinary people can practice it. Although the process is somewhat painful, its cultivation efficiency has increased by more than threefold."
Threefold!
That was equivalent to compressing the breakthrough time of someone who needed one to three years to become a Level 1 Warrior into four months to a year, and compressing the breakthrough time of a warrior who needed three to ten years to refine qi and exchange blood into one to three years.
As long as they had the willpower and could persevere, the time needed to become a Level 3 Warrior and obtain the title of Martial Arts Grandmaster would be shortened to a dozen or so years.
Judging solely by tempering efficiency, the Primordial Thunder God 108 Forms was absolutely worthy of being called a top-tier method!
Once he adjusted and modified the Nourishing Essence Soup formula, this efficiency would surely rise again.
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