Ye Fan walked along Medicinal Herb Street, buying all kinds of medicinal herbs despite the painful expense.
Suddenly, a notification popped up. Ye Fan froze when he saw it, then rejoiced inwardly. The text actually showed a transfer of twenty million.
Not long after Ye Fan received the notification, Wu Haoqiang called. "Little Uncle, did you get the transfer notification?"
"I did."
"It took everything I had to get Dad to agree to transfer you twenty million. Remember to be more generous the next time you treat me to a meal," Wu Haoqiang said.
Ye Fan thought for a moment, then said, "All right, all right. Next time, I'll treat you to a fifty-yuan buffet. You can eat as much as you want."
"You're so mean, Little Uncle."
Ye Fan smiled at the transfer notification on his phone. Saving that little chubby kid wasn't a waste after all! But did his stubborn dad really believe I was the one who saved him?
After buying the herbs, Ye Fan received a call from Zhou Jinzhi. He considered it for a moment and decided to pay him a visit.
"Uncle Zhou, you wanted to see me?"
Zhou Jinzhi froze. "You're calling me Uncle Zhou? Not Boss Zhou anymore?" He and Ye Fan weren't that close, were they?
"Oh! I thought about it, and since Young Master Bai calls you Uncle Zhou, I might as well do the same. Don't you feel flattered?" Ye Fan said.
Back in the day, Ye Fan had been a prominent figure in the Jade Cloud Sect. Even though he couldn't cultivate, people still lined up with spirit stones to ask for his guidance. Many cultivators had considered it an honor to have a connection with him. Now he was even more impressive-he could cultivate, too. Although this world's spiritual energy was so thin that even a genius like him struggled to advance, he would find a way to overcome that difficulty.
Zhou Jinzhi stared at Ye Fan, utterly speechless. This brat really has no shame!
"I heard you single-handedly rescued Wu Haoqiang from the kidnappers?"
"That's true, but by the time I got there, all the kidnappers had passed out from food poisoning," Ye Fan said.
Zhou Jinzhi was speechless. Food poisoning that dislocated every joint in their bodies?
"Young Master Ye, you want to pursue Young Master Bai?"
Ye Fan nodded. "That's right."
"I'm not trying to discourage you, but at your current level, you wouldn't win him over in a hundred years. Still, there's a good opportunity right now," Zhou Jinzhi said mysteriously.
Ye Fan blinked, brimming with excitement. "A good opportunity? What opportunity?"
"Young Master Bai has a maternal grandfather named Xiao Chi, a scholar of ancient literature. An ancient tomb was recently discovered in Shanxi Province, and his grandfather is going there to assist with the excavation. Young Master Bai is interested in this sort of thing, too, so he'll go along and treat it as a vacation."
Ye Fan blinked. "You want me to go help with the excavation?"
"I got you a spot," Zhou Jinzhi said.
Ye Fan's eyes lit up. "Old man, you really know what you're doing!"
Zhou Jinzhi was speechless.
"The conditions where they found the tomb are terrible. You need to be prepared."
Ye Fan nodded. "Terrible conditions are just what I need to show off my heroic spirit!"
Zhou Jinzhi was speechless. He couldn't see any heroic spirit, but the idiocy was plain enough. For a moment, he wasn't sure inviting Ye Fan to take part in the excavation was the right decision.
Ye Fan looked at Zhou Jinzhi and asked, "In that case, where do I go to meet them?"
"They'll gather in Falling Wind Town in Shanxi Province in six days. Just go there then." Zhou Jinzhi handed Ye Fan a work badge. "This is for you. You'll join them as a researcher of ancient literature."
Holding the badge, Ye Fan said, "Thanks, Uncle Zhou! I won't forget you. When Young Master Bai and I get married, I'll invite you to our wedding banquet."
Zhou Jinzhi said, "...Let's talk about that when you actually marry Young Master Bai."
Ye Fan took the work badge and left happily.
Ye Fan drove to the Wu Family's home.
"Fan, what brings you here?" After what had happened with Wu Haoqiang, Wu Sihan had gained a whole new respect for Ye Fan, though he still harbored some doubts.
"I'm here to see Xiao Qiang," Ye Fan said.
"My son? He happens to have the day off school today!" Wu Sihan said.
Ye Fan nodded. "Yes, I came because I knew he had the day off."
Wu Haoqiang ran over happily. "Little Uncle, what brings you here?"
"I need your help with something," Ye Fan said.
Ye Fan took out a turtle. "See this turtle?"
"Oh! Little Uncle, are you giving me this turtle to make soup and build up my strength?" Wu Haoqiang asked, deeply touched.
Ye Fan rolled his eyes. "You're already so round. What do you need to build up your strength for? I have to go away for a few days, so I'm leaving this turtle with you for a while. Make sure you take good care of it!"
Wu Haoqiang nodded. "Okay, okay. Don't worry."
Ye Fan took out a list. "Here's its diet!"
Wu Haoqiang looked at the list. "Little Uncle, you're so extravagant! You're actually feeding a turtle ginseng!"
Ye Fan said casually, "How can you get returns without investing?" Only by keeping this Qi-Gathering Turtle well fed would it do its utmost to gather spiritual energy!
"This is for the turtle's food." Ye Fan handed Wu Haoqiang a bank card.
"How much is on it?" Wu Haoqiang asked.
"One million!"
Wu Haoqiang looked at Ye Fan, outraged. "Little Uncle, you're going too far! You won't even treat me to KFC, but you'll spend a million raising a turtle."
"What do you know? This is a divine turtle. You can't mistreat it," Ye Fan said solemnly.
Wu Haoqiang was speechless.
Listening from the side, Wu Sihan kept rolling his eyes, but said nothing.
"Little Uncle, what are you going away to do?"
"Chase after my future wife. If I'm lucky, I'll bring you back a little aunt," Ye Fan said smugly.
Wu Haoqiang beamed. "Go for it, Little Uncle!"
Ye Fan nodded. "Right. Oh, I've finished the Jade Pendant for you."
Wu Haoqiang accepted the Jade Pendant excitedly. "Thank you, Little Uncle! Little Uncle, if I'm in a car crash, will this Jade Pendant make the car fly?"
"No!" Ye Fan said.
Wu Haoqiang said with some disappointment, "I thought this one would be more powerful."
Ye Fan said unhappily, "Kid, don't get too carried away with your fantasies."
Wu Haoqiang was speechless.
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