With an excited heart, Li Luo did not sleep all night.

  Early in the morning, on the attic of the room, Li Luo rubbed his heavy eyelids, and his eyes looked at the sandalwood box in front of him with some regret.

  There is still nearly half of the Ling Shui Qi Guang left unused.

  Li Luo discovered that he had still overlooked something. Although his own Void Phase was not worried about the erosion of impurities in the Spiritual Waters strange light, however... absorbing a strand of Spiritual Waters strange light required time, and he also couldnt possibly mix dozens of strands of Spiritual Waters strange light together for direct use, as that would cause mutual interference, which would instead render the Spiritual Waters strange light ineffective.

  So in one night, he had absorbed twenty-seven Spiritual Essence Lights.

  Of course, if this were only known to outsiders, they would probably think Li Luo had gone mad... because they had never heard of anyone daring to play like this before.

  One nights absorption of twenty-seven spiritual lights would accumulate a large amount of impurities, which would likely cause his dantian to become clogged in no time.

  Generally speaking, only those who are desperate and have no other choice would resort to such a reckless and crazy move.

  Its really a case of either succeed or die trying.

  However, the effect is quite good...

  Li Luos eyes lingered with regret for a moment before dispersing, and his gaze became brighter because in his perception, the first layer of his Xiang Gong was more pure and clear than yesterday, which even made the Xiang Li flowing within it more majestic and refined.

  At this rate, Li Luo roughly estimated that if he wanted to raise his "Water Light" to fifth-grade, he might need nearly a hundred more fourth-grade Spirit Water Luminous Beads.

  In this case, Li Luos promotion from fourth rank to fifth rank would likely consume nearly 200,000 Tianliang Jin.

  This amount, Li Luo actually could accept, but... when he again used this kind of promotion later on, his whole person was somewhat not good.

  After the five-product alignment, the prices of those five-product spiritual water and strange light will increase exponentially, and the promotion of the products quality level will also become more difficult.

  Isnt it true that from fifth rank to sixth rank, you would have to spend nearly a million taels of gold?

  Sixth rank to seventh rank... is just tens of millions?

  Whats next?

  For a moment, Li Luo suddenly felt a little suffocated. Although he didnt care about things much, he also knew that the total income of various business associations and industries in Luolan Prefecture for a year was only around tens of millions of Tianliang gold coins.

  He has already squeezed Luolan Prefecture dry, and its likely that they wont be able to provide the enormous amount of gold needed for him to advance to eighth rank.

  This so-called acquired nature is simply a bottomless pit!

  Li Luo rubbed his brow, the Luolan Manor left to him by his parents would probably not be able to support this prodigal son in the future...

  "But if I can refine the Spiritual Water and Mystic Light by myself in the future, it would save a lot."

  Li Luo remembered his Water Light Phase, in a sense, this was his unique advantage. If he could make good use of it, the Spiritual Water and Strange Light he would refine in the future might be one-of-a-kind on the market. In that case, learning Quenching Phase Technique should also be put on the agenda.

  "It seems that Father and Mother have also thought of this point... so they let me become a mentor, to avoid the situation where the Luolan Mansion is directly destroyed by me." Li Luo sighed again, once more feeling the deep wisdom and foresight of his parents.

  Li Luo didnt dare to continue thinking about this issue, anyway at least before the sixth grade, he should still be able to barely hold on, as for what happens later, well see when the time comes.

  He shook his head and went back to the bedroom, lying down to rest.

  In the next two days, Li Luo activated his explosive mode, practicing "Canglan Mingxiangtu" during the day until he reached the extreme, then practiced Xiangshu for two hours before starting to take Lingshui Qiguang to upgrade his Xingzhi grade.

  And this all-out cultivation had a good effect, his Xiangli level quickly rose to the fourth imprint, and his own four-product water light Xiang was also becoming more and more pure.

  At this time, Li Luo felt that nothing could stop his progress.

  Until the exhaustion of spiritual water and strange light.

  ...

  An old house, in an account room.

  Cai Wei sat in front of the desk, wearing a long dress, with a slender figure and a chest that was somewhat turbulent. At this time, her beautiful oval face had slightly furrowed eyebrows as she looked at some account books in front of her.

  "Last years revenue in Tian Shu County under the jurisdiction of Luo Lan Prefecture seems to have been reduced quite severely." Cai Wei looked up from the account book, gazing at several managers in front of her.

  The middle-aged man known as Guan Shi smiled wryly and nodded, saying: "What the big Guan Shi said is true. In Tianxu County, Luolan Prefecture has nine merchant associations and eighteen mines and medicinal herb production areas... However, due to internal changes in the prefecture, this year three families have been encroaching on us, with the Song family being the most aggressive. Among the nine merchant associations, two were disbanded by the Song family using various means and then swallowed up."

  Cai Wei Meis eyes were somewhat cold, the Luo Lan Fu rose from Tianxu County Nanfeng City, and then rose at an astonishing speed to become one of the four major fu of Dashan.

  However, in the Tianxu County, apart from the Luolan Mansion, there are also three other families. Although they cannot be compared to the complete Luolan Mansion in terms of overall scale, within the Tianxu County, they can also be considered as old-brand forces, with deep roots and a rich foundation.

  At that time, when the two masters were still there, the Luo Lan Mansion was like a sunny day. These three families were very obedient and listened to them very well. But unexpectedly, now that the two masters have lost their way, they are taking advantage of the internal and external troubles of the Luo Lan Mansion, starting to jump up and down.

  Cai Wei had heard Jiang Qinge mention before that behind these three families, there were instructions from other top-notch forces, constantly probing the strengths and weaknesses of the current Luolan government.

  The Tian Shu County has three major families: the Song family, the Bei family, and the Di Fa family. Among them, the Song family is the most powerful, and in recent years, they have been using various means to infiltrate, suppress, and annex the Luo Lan Fus business associations and industries in Tian Shu County.

  But it was known that the master of the Song family would bring New Years gifts and pay a visit every year in previous years.

  The change before and after is really like a play.

  However, Cai Wei has experienced a lot and is not naive. The existence of the Luolan Mansion has squeezed the interests of the three major families. Now that they see the internal and external troubles of the Luolan Mansion, wanting to take advantage of the situation to trample on them a few times is not impossible to say that they have no integrity, its just that their stance is different, so naturally they will regard each other as sworn enemies.

  However, the current Luolan Prefecture cant spare much power to put out the fire in this Tianxu County. After all, other places need support everywhere, and with that Pei Huans existence, its even more like adding insult to injury for Luolan Prefecture.

  Cai Wei fell silent for a moment, then said resolutely: "Some businesses that cannot be turned around will be closed temporarily. There is no need to get entangled with the other party."

  Temporary tolerance is necessary, as long as we wait for the Luolan government to stabilize, at that time these three families will have to spit out whatever they have eaten.

  When she made the decision, several officials below also responded accordingly, because they also understood that Luolan Prefecture was indeed somewhat inferior in Tienshu County at present.

  Dada.

  At this moment, someone suddenly knocked on the door. Cai Wei said "come in", and the door was pushed open to reveal Li Luo walking in.

  Those officials saw this and hastily paid their respects.

  Li Luo waved his hand, while Cai Wei let them retreat first. Her beautiful eyes turned to the former and said: "Is there something wrong with the young master of the Ministry of Works?"

  Li Luo coughed lightly and smiled: "Indeed, there is a small matter that needs to trouble Cai Wei sister."

  Cai Weis slender and slightly flirtatious beautiful eyes blinked, vaguely feeling some unease, but still said: "What is it?"

  Li Luo revealed a gentle smile and said, "Its not anything else, its just that four-product spiritual water, the previous fifty portions were consumed, so I wanted to trouble Cai Wei sister to help me purchase another hundred portions."

  Cai Weis egg-like face, which was as white and smooth as jade, gradually froze in expression at this moment. Her beautiful eyes stared widely at Li Luo, her full chest rising and falling slightly.

  "Buy another hundred sets? Four Treasures Lingzhi Qi Guang?"

  Cai Weis hands clenched into fists, she had only managed the finances of Luo Lan Fu in Tianxu County for a few days. Was it going to go bankrupt directly?

  She endured and endured, but finally couldnt bear it anymore, slapping her hand on the table, her eyebrows inverted.

  "Li Luo, dont you want mom to work anymore?"