Chapter 69: Breakthrough

  The artificial lake sparkles under the moonlight, exceptionally beautiful with gentle breeze and dense tree leaves swaying. It used to be a perfect place for romantic dates, but now not even a single figure can be seen.

  A thin, weak and short figure came running from afar along the small path, looking around everywhere, and after finding no one, he quickly climbed up a big tree, waiting with a rather tense expression.

  Tiezi is now very excited, and even he himself feels like he can't hold back his excitement.

  When I watched TV or movies before, seeing those martial arts masters flying over the eaves and walking on walls, being chivalrous and just, made me feel passionate and eager to have a good kung fu myself, punishing evil and promoting goodness, with an aura of grandeur.

  However, dreams are beautiful, and reality is cruel. He lived for over a decade without ever hearing of anyone being a martial arts master or witnessing the kind of fierce fighting scenes depicted in movies.

  However, when he had given up all hope, Wang Ke's skill in dealing with eight or nine thugs happened to be seen by him, and from that moment on, the idea of becoming a master of martial arts floated back into his mind.

  "Master! You're here!"

  Sitting on the high branch, Tiezi found that Wang Ke had arrived and suddenly became excited, sliding down from the tree with a "plop" and kneeling down in front of Wang Ke.

  Wang Ke stretched out his hand to help Tiezi up, and smiled: "You little guy, don't kneel down at every turn. Besides, I haven't agreed to be your master yet, I'm just teaching you some basic moves. If you can satisfy me, I'll formally take you on as my apprentice."

  Tiezi's face showed a determined look, and he nodded heavily: "I will definitely work hard, no matter how bitter or tired I am, I will make Master satisfied."

  Wang Ke smiled and said, "Alright, no more nonsense. Today you'll start with the Horse Stance."

  Time slowly passed, and after Wang Ke saw Tiezi, he had him squat in a horse stance, but didn't teach him any martial arts moves.

  Wang Ke needs to practice basic skills well, if the lower plate is not stable, it's like a foundation that's not solid, just like building a house, a high-rise building starts from the ground, if the foundation is not laid well, even with good materials, it can't be turned into a tall building.

  The next day in the afternoon, Wang Ke arrived at Zixingju as usual.

  Zhao Menfeng saw Wang Que arrive, and a strange expression flashed across his face. He beckoned to Wang Que, then smiled slyly and asked, "I heard that yesterday you picked up another treasure? Or was it just a chair?"

  Wang Ke nodded and said frankly, "Yesterday I heard that a mid-grade artifact had appeared, so I went around to take a look. Although I didn't find the mid-grade artifact, I found a pretty good-looking chair instead. At the time, I didn't even know it was an artifact, I just thought it was an antique, which was already quite impressive."

  Zhao Menfeng laughed and said, "This shows that your good fortune is very deep! On the other hand, that kid named Xu Jingkai can be said to have lost face all the way back home. An antique was recognized as a mid-grade magic artifact, and even when someone offered him one million, he still couldn't sell it off. In the end, it was discovered that it wasn't actually a mid-grade magic artifact at all, resulting in a huge loss of wealth."

  Wang Ke's heart moved slightly, and he suddenly burst out laughing. Others might not know what the reason was, but he knew it clearly!

  It turned out that the item was actually a mid-grade artifact, but the spiritual energy inside had been secretly absorbed by him.

  Zhao Menhong just casually mentioned it and began to teach Wang Ke about antiques and legal instruments.

  Time flies quickly, and before you know it, it's already noon.

  After Zhao Menfeng finished his explanation, Wang Ke hesitated for a moment before asking in a low voice: "Mr. Zhao, can you explain to me about Feng Shui knowledge? Yesterday, after I sold that chair, the other party told me about Feng Shui array knowledge. Now, although I can rely on luck to pick up some good things, I don't understand Feng Shui arrays, and many times there are treasures in front of me that I can't recognize."

  Zhao Men Feng's expression slightly froze, and then a hint of anger appeared on his face. He said in a deep voice: "At your current level, can you learn about Feng Shui? You are seriously lacking in knowledge of antiques and artifacts, yet you want to learn about Feng Shui? Let me tell you, don't even think about running when you can't even walk properly. I'm letting you start from the basics now. If you really have a talent for antiques and artifacts, then I'll teach you about Feng Shui. Otherwise, forget it."

  "By the way, I asked you to recite 'The Geography Classic' two days ago. How's your recitation going? There's knowledge about Feng Shui in there. Have you figured it out from that?"

  Wang Ke hastily said: "Zhao Lao, I have recited the 'Classic of Geography' from memory, but I didn't think there was any content related to Feng Shui knowledge?"

  Zhao Men Feng was taken aback, his face revealing an incredulous expression, as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight. He exclaimed in surprise: "You said you've memorized everything? It's only been two days, even if I know your memory is good, how can you possibly memorize so quickly?"

  Wang Ke nodded and said: "Old Zhao, I really memorized it. If you don't believe me, then I'll recite it to you."

  Zhao Menfeng nodded and said: "Alright, you recite it back to me."

  After more than a dozen minutes, Zhao Menfeng's face showed a bitter smile, and he sighed: "You're really the most formidable demon I've ever met. In terms of memory, I don't know who else can be mentioned in the same breath as you. It's only been two days, and the 'Classic of Geography' has tens of thousands of words, covering all aspects of the world. You actually managed to memorize it all - this is simply unbelievable! Alright, since you can recite the 'Classic of Geography', I'll start teaching you some knowledge about Feng Shui from now on. However, I'll give you three days first. Use these three days to organize and absorb all the knowledge about antiques and magical instruments that I've taught you during this period."

  Wang Ke's face suddenly showed a look of surprise, and he quickly nodded and said: "Old Zhao, I will definitely digest all the knowledge you have told me within three days."

  Zhao Menfeng nodded and said: "You wait for me here."

  After he finished speaking, he went upstairs and came down a few minutes later with over a dozen books on antiques and artifacts in his hands.

  "Take these books back and study them carefully, make sure to memorize all the knowledge points on them." Zhao Menfeng handed over a dozen thick books to Wang Ke, instructing him seriously.

  Because Wang Ke's memory was really terrifying, Zhao Menfeng decided to start using the cramming method to pour a large amount of knowledge into him. Even Zhao Menfeng calculated that with Wang Ke's memory, if he used the cramming method to instill a lot of knowledge about antiques and artifacts, it wouldn't take long for Wang Ke to catch up with those young people who had been learning since childhood.

  Since coming into contact with Wang Ke, he has been able to feel that Wang Ke is very hardworking and diligent. Adding on his heaven-defying memory, if he can't become a great talent in the future, that would be a huge anomaly.

  In the afternoon, Wang Ke returned home and found Li Ruoxi still sitting in front of the computer checking information on antiques and artifacts. He casually took out a few books that Zhao Menfeng had just given him and said: "You take these books to read, I feel like my cultivation has made some progress, it seems like I'm about to break through, so I don't know how long I'll need to cultivate, if I haven't come out by dinner time, don't wait for me, eat on your own!"

  "Another breakthrough?"

  Li Ruoxi's spirit was shocked, and she exclaimed.

  Wang Ke nodded and smiled: "No way, with great talent comes fast cultivation!"

  Li Ruoxi was taken aback and lost her smile, with a charming and flirtatious smile, she gave Wang Ke a white eye before laughing and scolding: "Virtue."

  In the quiet room, Wang Ke sat cross-legged on the bed, slowly closing his eyes.

  He had originally felt the breakthrough coming yesterday, but because he was listening to Bai Ruo Chen's lecture on Feng Shui at Fu Xuan Hall, he became so enchanted that he forgot about hurrying back to cultivate.

  This morning while following Zhao Menfeng's study, that feeling reappeared in my mind. So after returning directly from Zixingju, I hastily prepared to practice.

  Inside his body, the surging true energy followed the running route of the "Dragon Elephant" gong method, and in his control, it madly revolved. Outside the open window, strands of heavenly spiritual energy converged towards his body.

  Across from Wang Ke, the artifact he had bought back was quietly placed on the table. As Wang Ke cultivated, the white spiritual energy contained within the artifact also stopped flowing and struggled to break free from its restraints, wanting to surge towards Wang Ke's body.

  In the late afternoon, Wang Ke slowly opened his eyes, and that feeling of being on the verge of a breakthrough became even stronger. However, he still hadn't broken through to the third level of the High Realm, which made him secretly sigh in dismay. Even with great talent, breaking through wasn't as easy as he thought it would be.

  However, when his gaze fell on the French instrument on the table, Wang Ke's heart moved slightly, and he suddenly had an idea.

  Quickly grasping the artifact in his hand, Wang Ke sat cross-legged and absorbed the spiritual energy contained within it, before once again falling into a state of cultivation.

  One-tenth of the white spiritual energy was absorbed and merged by the milky white gas at the brow point, transforming into Wang Ke's spiritual power. The remaining nine-tenths of the spiritual energy had three or four parts tempering his physical body, tendons, blood vessels, internal organs, and skeleton, while the rest of the spiritual energy transformed into his cultivation.

  "Hmm..."

  It was as if the cork had been pulled out, and with the sound of the voice, layer upon layer of spiritual energy that was difficult to capture with the naked eye seemed to have received a strong summons, like waves, pouring into Wang Ke's body.

  In the room next door, Li Ruoxi was quietly reading a book leaning against the headboard when she suddenly looked surprised because she keenly felt that the air in the room was much thicker than before.

  "Was it Wang Ke's breakthrough?"

  Li Ruoxi's stunning face showed a look of shock, quickly walking to the window, opening it after a moment of hesitation, then she turned around and turned off the lights in the room, kicked off her slippers, and sat down on the bed with her legs crossed.

  In Li Ruoxi's body, the fine meridians inside her were slowly moving under her control, with threads of true energy gathering together after a few minutes. According to the family's kung fu route, in this situation where the spiritual energy was thicker than usual, she also slowly entered a meditative state.

  Wang Ke in the next room was like a sweeping storm, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from all directions, only a small portion of which would be absorbed by Li Ruoxi in the adjacent room.

  At two o'clock in the middle of the night, Wang Ke suddenly changed his expression slightly as he meditated with his eyes closed, and then suddenly opened them.

  His pair of black eyes, a burst of brilliant light flashed, in front of him, the world changed its appearance again, a colorful and diverse color, forming a colorful world in front of his eyes.

  And that wandering white gas, he could see it clearly with the naked eye, like a wave of heavenly energy, because he was circulating the true energy in his body and rushing towards his body, merging into his body through the pores.

  At the same time, a faint white gas thread slowly merged into his brow, and he could clearly feel that his spiritual power was slowly increasing.

  "Hiss..."

  Feeling the comfortable taste, Wang Ke was originally like soaking in warm water, his eyes suddenly transmitted a strong stinging pain, that kind of pain made him close his eyes instantly and took a mouthful of cool air.