"Young Master, Master wants you to go to the study."
At the gate of the Zhou Residence, Zhou Fu, who had just alighted from the carriage, was stopped by a manservant.
Master?
A plump figure appeared in his mind, a face of riches and honor, always wearing an amiable smile.
The manservant brought Zhou Fu to the study, bowed, and left.
Zhou Fu took a deep breath, pushed open the door, and entered.
"You're here?"
In the bright and spacious study, there was a large maroon desk. Behind the desk sat a figure even rounder than Zhou Fu. This was Zhou Fu's father, the current head of the Zhou Clan, Zhou Dacai.
"Mm."
He gave a simple reply.
In Zhou Fu's memories, he had not interacted much with Zhou Dacai. The relationship between father and son tended to be cold.
"Are you feeling better?"
"Mm, much better."
Bang!
Zhou Dacai threw something that looked like an account book on the desk, his plump body leaning forward slightly.
"Going to a brothel after recovering from a serious illness?
My son is truly gifted! "
That angry and resentful gaze made Zhou Fu want to dig a hole and crawl into it. It was not that he was afraid of Zhou Dacai, but he had seen this gaze before.
The air in the study seemed to have become heavier. After a while, Zhou Dacai spoke again.
"Alright, let's forget about this matter. You just stay in the residence for the time being."
Zhou Fu heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that.
"Right, did you steal something from Zhou Ji at the main gate today?"
Steal?
How could it be called stealing between brothers? Zhou Fu was very clear on this point.
"Of course not. I've always had a good relationship with Second Brother. I just recovered from a serious illness, so Second Brother gave me a gift."
"Besides, I don't lack money. Why would I steal Second Brother's things?"
"Heh ~ You two have a good relationship?"
Zhou Dacai seemed to have discovered something interesting, or perhaps Zhou Fu's shamelessness was shining. In short, the smile on Zhou Dacai's face was very strange, with a mixture of speechlessness and gratification.
"Alright, it's just a fan. Let me have a look."
"Yes, this is the one."
Zhou Fu pulled out a folding fan from his waist, took two steps forward and handed it to Zhou Dacai.
Huala!
He unfolded his fan.
"Endless Wind and Moon?"
Looking at the inscription on the fan, Zhou Dacai furrowed his brows before relaxing them.
"Hahahaha, Boundless Romance!"
"That Zhou Ji is an idiot. What the hell does he know about romance? Looks like this matter of learning is not fated with Second Brother's family."
Although he didn't know how Zhou Fu was related to romance and knowledge, Zhou Dacai was happy to see him.
Closing the folding fan, Zhou Dacai tossed it over.
"In the future, I'll give you an extra thousand taels of silver every month. If you want it, go and buy it. Don't think about other people's things. It's like I'm cheating you. Get lost."
Another thousand taels every month?
When this beautiful voice entered his ears, Zhou Fu even thought that he was hallucinating.
One had to know that the purchasing power of one tael of silver was equivalent to 100 yuan. Zhou Fu's previous monthly expenses were already 1,500 taels of silver.
Good heavens, was this the happiness of the second generation?
It wasn't until he walked out of the courtyard and looked at the azure sky that Zhou Fu recovered. This wasn't a f * cking hallucination.
"Pocket money of 250,000 yuan every month. What a rich man!
Was this the happiness of a rich man?
I seem to have felt it. "
He returned to his residence in a state of euphoria. It wasn't until he finished two large pots of tea that he came back to his senses.
"Tsk, tsk. The power of money is really too great. I'm completely dazed."
Zhou Fu, who was lying in the chair, sighed. He had only experienced this feeling of not having any worries when he was drunk. He didn't even dare to think about it in reality.
This wonderful feeling lasted for a while. Zhou Fu felt the boredom of a rich man.
Out of boredom, he took out the secret martial arts manual that he had bought from Bai Lang.
As a "cultured person" who had just been praised by his father, he still had to read books.
"The Art of Bronze Armor. It's similar to the Golden Bell Shield and Iron Shirt."
After flipping through it, Zhou Fu roughly guessed the principle of this technique. To put it bluntly, it was to continuously improve one's resistance to attacks.
At the same time, it was supplemented with medicinal wine to promote blood circulation and improve one's physique and body's toughness. Otherwise, the cultivator could easily be beaten to death.
"Damn, the core medicinal wine only has half a recipe. This Bai Lang is not a good person."
Without the full recipe of the medicinal wine, the Art of Bronze Armor was like a chicken rib. It was tasteless, but it was a pity to throw it away.
However, just as Zhou Fu put down the Art of Bronze Armor, a heavenly voice sounded.
"Dang!
Dang, dang, dang, dang ~ "
"Welcome to the assistance of the Flying Celestial."
"With the assistance of the Flying Celestial, you can break the limits of martial arts and easily dominate the entire server!"
"Respected Permanent VIP Member, I am your most loyal companion on your path to godhood!"
Before coming here, Zhou Fu was addicted to Wuxia and Cultivation type games. However, the settings of the martial arts levels in these games made him suffer. He either had to spend money or die.
As such, Zhou Fu gritted his teeth and spent a huge sum of money to customize a cheat – Flying Celestial!
With the assistance of the Flying Celestial, he could infinitely increase the level of martial arts and even break the limits of his profession. As long as it was a martial art, he could cultivate it. This made Zhou Fu, who was holding a bowl of instant noodles with red eyes, exclaim that it was worth it!
"What the heck!
Flying Celestial! I didn't expect it to be a Flying Celestial! "
Excited!
Excited!
His little heart thumped against his thick chest, and the fat on his chubby face could not stop trembling.
"Ding. Detected martial arts secret manuals, Art of Bronze Armor and Mountain Breaking Fist. Will you cultivate them?"
A familiar interface appeared in the air, and two yellow martial arts secret manuals appeared in the list.
There was a big plus sign at the end of each manual. Zhou Fu was very familiar with this.
"Level up!"
"Ding. Art of Bronze Armor leveled up by one level!"
Following the system's clear notification, Zhou Fu felt the flesh on his body tremble.
Hot!
Sore!
The two feelings intertwined, and it made Zhou Fu feel like he was having a massage in a sauna.
"Is this the feeling of cultivation?
Why does it feel like I'm in a gym? "
Continue leveling up!
Zhou Fu, who had tasted the sweetness of cultivation, gritted his teeth and leveled up Art of Bronze Armor to the tenth level.
"Eh?
Where's the plus sign? "
After leveling up to the tenth level, the plus sign disappeared and was replaced by a countdown clock. It showed 9 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds.
"What the heck?
This thing has a cooldown? "
This time, Zhou Fu was dumbfounded. When he was playing the game, there was no such restriction.
However, just as Zhou Fu was about to delve deeper into it, a wave of heat surged out of his body. In the blink of an eye, he felt as if he had fallen into a furnace. What was even worse was that he could not even move a finger.
His skin quickly turned red, and a large amount of sweat, oil, and light brown impurities flowed out of his body.
The temperature continued to rise, and the flowing sweat turned into brown marks, covering him layer by layer.
"Damn it!
I'm going to die! "
Every time he breathed, Zhou Fu felt like he was breathing fire.
After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Fu's body temperature gradually subsided, and he once again regained control of his body.
He suddenly turned around, grabbed the kettle, and gulped down the tea, letting the tea that he did not have time to swallow splash all over his body.
"Huff … Huff … That felt good. I'm alive."
His body quickly returned to normal, and a smooth feeling came from the surface of his body. There was also a pungent smell that went into his nose.
"Come, boil the water!
I want to take a bath! "