The next day.
In the cultivation room.
Zhou Fu, who had just finished his inner strength cultivation, shook his head and sighed.
"Why isn't there a technique that can speed up the cultivation of inner strength!"
Through assistance, he could increase the level of a technique and comprehend its essence.
Moreover, for passive techniques like Bronze Armor Technique, it could directly reflect the effects of the technique and was especially useful.
However, when it came to mental cultivation methods, it would lose its powerful effect.
For these types of techniques, after leveling up, inner strength would increase, but the amount would be less and the comprehension would be more.
If he used assistance to increase the level of a technique to increase his inner strength, the effect would be very poor.
"Even if it can't directly increase inner strength, it would be good to have a special effect that speeds up cultivation."
Ideas were always beautiful, but reality was still cold and harsh.
Walking out of the room, the sun shone down.
Zhou Fu closed his eyes and took a deep breath. His entire body relaxed.
"Young Master!
Didn't the doctor say to let you recuperate?
Why did you go to cultivate again?! "
Yuzhu walked over with a face full of worry.
"It's fine." Zhou Fu opened his eyes. "That doctor isn't a martial artist, he doesn't know shit."
He reached out to take the brewed medicinal tea, tilted his head, and poured the medicine bag into his mouth along with the soup.
Ever since he leveled up the Essence Wheel, Zhou Fu became more arrogant when it came to food.
"Young Master … that's a medicine bag!"
As the sun rotated, the cooling medicinal properties quickly evaporated.
"It's fine, you'll get used to it …"
Just as he put down the teacup, Jin Peng rushed in.
When he saw Zhou Fu's condition, his face lit up. "Sir, congratulations!"
Zhou Fu smiled. "It's all because of the Sect Leader's good medicine.
Oh right, why are you in such a hurry? "
Jin Peng's face instantly fell. He was in a difficult position. He said, "Sir … it's like this, it's time to pay the rent for the Elysium."
"What?!" Zhou Fu's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Rent?
The Elysium still needs to pay rent?! "
In a society where brute force reigned supreme and where people would fight if they were unhappy, a gang like the Giant Whale actually had to pay rent?!
In response to Zhou Fu's question, Jin Peng explained with a wry smile, "Yes, Sir. This land doesn't belong to us. It was rented by one of the elders of the sect. Later on, this Elysium was built."
Zhou Fu rubbed his head and felt a headache coming on. Could it be that the Giant Whale back then was a Five Good Organization?
Don't f * cking talk nonsense, there must be something wrong here.
"Before I came, did the Elysium pay the rent?"
"This …" Jin Peng hesitated for a moment, then shook his head, "No."
A cold light flashed in Zhou Fu's eyes as he asked, "My predecessor's surname is Lu, right?"
"Yes, everyone calls him Boss Lu."
"In other words, this Boss Lu didn't pay rent. Now that I'm here, he has to pay rent?
This Boss Lu, is he one of Shi Long's men? "
Jin Peng couldn't help but tremble. He hurriedly lowered his head, "Sir … Sir, I don't know …"
"Don't know …" Zhou Fu smiled and didn't make things difficult for him, "Does the headquarters know about the matter of collecting rent?"
"I came to find you as soon as I could."
These words were very well-spoken. Not only did he answer the question, but he also put the focus on Zhou Fu. He pointed out that Zhou Fu was his superior and that he wouldn't report beyond his superior's authority.
"Report it and see what the headquarters says."
"Yes, I'll go do my work first." After speaking, Jin Peng ran away like a wisp of smoke.
As the saying goes, when immortals fight, mortals suffer. He was young and had just become the head shopkeeper. He didn't want to die without knowing why.
"Collecting rent … Hmph …"
Zhou Fu sneered again. He then began to practice the 《Dragon Embracing Stance》. The pale golden inner strength began to cover his bones.
Four hours later, Jin Peng ran into Zhou Fu's courtyard with an anxious look on his face with an envelope in his hand.
"Sir, there are two things.
First, there's a reply from headquarters. Here it is. "Then he handed over the envelope.
"Also, the people who collected the rent have come."
"Oh?" Zhou Fu tore open the envelope and glanced at it. A burst of anger surged in his heart.
The reply in the letter was very rude. It basically said that the headquarters never knew about the rent and wouldn't pay it. They wanted Zhou Fu to solve it himself. If he couldn't solve it, they would replace him.
He suppressed the anger in his heart and asked, "How many people?
What do you mean? "
"That is … Our Elysium uses the land of two families.
One is surnamed Chen and the other is surnamed Huang.
They are both famous merchants in the eastern part of the city.
Now, in order to collect rent, the managers of the two families have come together. "
Seeing Jin Peng's flustered expression, Zhou Fu was somewhat speechless. He felt that the manager he appointed was too cowardly.
He stretched out his hand and patted Golden Roc's shoulder. "Don't worry. Business can be discussed. Now that the headquarter has handed over all of this to me, I will naturally be responsible to the end.
Go, find a quiet room. I will treat the two managers to a meal. "
Meal?
Jin Peng looked at Zhou Fu in confusion. Although he was very puzzled, he still turned around and hurriedly went to carry out the orders.
Looking at the courtyard door, Zhou Fu snorted. The qi and blood in his body rushed toward his chest and rushed toward the blood horse that he had condensed before.
According to the 《Tyrannical Whale Fist》, after condensing a blood horse, one had to continuously use qi and blood to nurture it. Then, one could condense another blood horse.
This blood horse could increase the cultivator's strength. Every additional horse would increase the cultivator's strength by five hundred kilograms.
At most, one could condense ten horses. Of course, this was only recorded in the book.
It was also recorded that after condensing ten horses, there would be an even greater change. However, no one had succeeded in cultivating it, so it was only a guess.
Zhou Fu wasn't sure if the records in the book were correct, but this blood horse could really increase his strength.
"Yuzhu, prepare a set of training clothes and a robe for me."
"Yes!"
…
In the guest room.
Zhou Fu pushed the door open and entered.
Whoosh!
More than ten pairs of eyes instantly looked over.
There were more than ten people in the room. There were three sitting at the round table, and one of them was Jin Peng.
Seeing Zhou Fu enter, Jin Peng hurriedly stood up and introduced him to the two seated men. "Gentlemen, this is the Giant Whale's external affairs representative, Mr. Zhou.
He is also the manager of the Elysium. "
Zhou Fu walked directly to the main seat and sat down, looking at the two men.
At this time, Jin Peng began to introduce them to Zhou Fu.
One of them was in his forties or fifties. His coat was white with some golden patterns on it. He looked very rich. This was the manager of the Huang Family, Huang Mingyuan.
The other man looked a little older than Huang Mingyuan. He looked cold and wore a black coat with golden edges. His name was Chen Gu Si, the manager of the Chen family.
The people of the Huang and Chen families were also sizing up Zhou Fu.
However, when they saw Zhou Fu's overly young appearance, they sneered in their hearts.
"You are External Emissary Zhou, right? You are so young. You can be considered young and promising."
Huang Mingyuan had a fake smile on his face. When these words came out of his mouth, it was covered with a layer of sarcasm.
Zhou Fu nodded and didn't get angry. He just took off his coat and revealed the clothes inside. He said, "Everyone is busy. Let's talk about the rent."
"Okay!"
Huang and Chen looked at each other and nodded. Huang Mingyuan said, "Zhou Fawai is really straightforward. Then let's talk about it.
This Elysium uses the land of our Huang and Chen families. It has been used for more than ten years. Now, it's time to calculate the rent, right? "
As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his bosom. There were many seals on it.
"This is the land deed of the Huang Family. Zhou Fawai, please take a look."
Chen Gu Si also took out a deed and placed it side by side. "This belongs to the Chen family."
"That's not a problem." Zhou Fu didn't look at the deed. Instead, he looked into Huang Mingyuan's eyes and asked, "Since it has been used for ten years, why didn't you collect rent?"