A $30 stool leg from IKEA

  Guo Yi hadn't even had time to get excited when a figure flashed before his eyes, and Xun Lei Ji suddenly appeared in front of him. He said impatiently:

  "This thousand-year-old spiritual liquid is extremely difficult to obtain, and I only have one or two drops. You must be careful to cultivate it in your body, and only after taking root can you thrive endlessly. Before that, you absolutely cannot waste it, do you understand? With this thousand-year-old spiritual liquid, your cultivation speed will greatly increase. Two years later, I'll come back to check on your progress. If you can't bring 'Bu Tian' to its peak, humph, I'll abolish all of your abilities. You'd best take care of yourself!"

  Having said that, Xun Lei Ji disappeared again.

  Kuo Yeh-ju was struck by lightning and sweated like rain.

  Because he found that the highly active fine stream had disappeared, his body returned to its state before drinking the thousand-year-old spiritual liquid. That is, Guo Yi exchanged a treasure worth a city for a stool leg!

  Xun Leiji, why didn't you TM say it earlier?

  Kwok Yat fell backwards onto the bed, wanting to cry but unable to shed tears!

  Two years, is it possible to practice? Guo Yi doesn't know, he only knows that this guy lectured all night and didn't teach him the method of practice. He vaguely reached the first layer's first level, but didn't say how to practice the next one before leaving. If I had known this guy would leave after saying so, I wouldn't have taken this cursed external skill, but rather the method of practice! Now it's too late, two years later, not to mention the third layer 'Bu Tian', even the second level of the first layer 'Jie Tian' is enough to choke. This hard-earned alien ability was ruined in vain? This is really infuriating!

  Two years, two years!

  Guo Ye thought viciously: I'll take advantage of these two years to make a lot of money, by the time he comes, I'll already be a rich man, and I won't need this ability anymore, it's also less trouble completing whatever ghost task!

  In the following days, Guo Yi bought a large number of books on traditional Chinese medicine, including finely bound books from Xinhua Bookstore and street vendor goods, as well as works by contemporary experts and those by Sun Simiao and Li Shizhen; as for antique restoration, he didn't need to buy any, Hei Baozi left him an entire bookshelf full of them, which hadn't even been touched, enough for him to read for a while.

  Guo Ye also understood, putting aside the business for now. He went online to check and found that just handling the procedures and qualifications required for licenses was already giving him a headache, let alone having to run around to various government departments to do so. It's not worth his time, he'd rather recharge instead!

  Now his basic life has started to become regular, in the morning, he gets up at 8 o'clock, half an hour for eating, then studies traditional Chinese medicine theory in the morning, and studies ancient artifacts and calligraphy in the afternoon. When he's tired, he inputs some energy into his brain, and his drowsy brain immediately becomes extremely clear-headed. I really didn't expect that 'Bu Tian Lie' had such an effect.

  Then Guo Yi started his life of reading day and night, when he was bored, he would play games for a while, bully some noobs on CF, after getting it out of his system, he would go back to reading crazily, every day at 5 am, he would take a nap, with an alarm set for 8 pm.

  Of course, doing so is not without side effects. The energy needed by this tired brain is also very large, and soon the little reserve he has will be used up. After that, he will constantly absorb the heat in the room. However, since the central air conditioner is turned on during the day, the temperature itself is not high. If it weren't for the fact that the central air conditioner would be turned off after work hours, Guo Yao's office would have been turned into an icehouse by now. As a result, Guo Yao spends most of his time wrapped in a blanket as if he were spending the winter.

  Kuo Yeh lived a life without a sense of time, deep in the mountains like a monk. Every day was just reading books, playing games, and sleeping, repeating this cycle. Because he had some influence from his previous two times stirring up trouble in the cultural market, occasionally someone would come to ask him to fix something for them, but it was always small things, nothing too valuable. Kuo Yeh would tell them to come back in three hours, and as for the payment, he'd let them decide, no big deal, just a small favor. With his current level of knowledge, he didn't dare to charge too much! First, accumulate some popularity, don't worry about not having money to earn later.

  Kuo Yi took the opportunity to return the repaired Wuya bloodstone carving of Pixiu to Tang Yunzhong. He looked at the perfect and flawless large jade pendant, speechless for a moment, before finally smiling slightly after playing another game of Red Alert with him. The cheongsam beauty still had an elegant and calm smile. As for Tang's sister, Kuo Yi didn't see her, nor did he ask about her. The Kuo Yi she knew was a strange and talented genius, not some unlucky guy who bumped into things everywhere. Even two years later, what kind of person would he become? Kuo Yi himself had no idea, so it was better to keep an appropriate distance!

  That day, Guo Yi was holding a new interpretation of Qianjin Fang looking at the cloud-shrouded mountains. Before long, he let out one yawn after another, his energy reserves depleted early on. The room was chilly, and he didn't dare absorb heat in this room anymore, but he also didn't want to go out. After hesitating for a moment, he simply decided to take a nap first.

  In this regard, Guo Yi has always been one who thinks and acts, he threw the book away, turned over and fell on the bed, before he even covered himself with a quilt, the phone rang!

  Guo Yi said with his eyes closed and a bad tone:

  "Who is it? Can't you let people sleep?"

  A soft and gentle voice said:

  "What time is it and you're still sleeping, are you a pig?"

  The words were very impolite, but the tone was very intimate. Guo Yao was puzzled - who are you, am I familiar with you?

  Kuo Yi said with annoyance:

  "When there's something to say, speak; when there's nothing to say, sleep!"

  The other party was clearly stunned and snorted after a while:

  "What nonsense are you talking about? Who slept with you?"

  What's wrong with this guy? Who said I slept with you, can't I sleep by myself?! Guo Yi continued to say with his eyes closed and in a daze:

  "Don't worry, whoever I sleep with won't be you, you're busy, I'm going to bed first."

  "Hey, wait, hey, hey."

  Kuo Yi's phone slipped out of his hand and he picked it up from the bed with his eyes closed, saying:

  "Who are you, anyway? What's going on?"

  "I'm Zhang Hongyan, you won't forget me so soon, will you? Your medical bill has been paid, don't think about welching on it!"

  "Zhang Hongyan, who is Zhang Hongyan? Oh, I remember, huh, consultation fee? What consultation fee, what? You said the consultation fee has been paid? You paid for that time's consultation fee, but not the subsequent one!"

  When it comes to money, Guo Yi finally sobered up a bit.

  "Wow, I've never seen anyone dare to play dumb with the police like that. You've got some serious guts, impressive!"

  "Flattering me won't work, I won't reduce the price! By the way, let me tell you that my medical fees have gone up, and it now costs 200 yuan to get a stitch."

  Kuo's words were cut off by the other party before he could finish speaking!

  "Guo Ye, you little brat, don't be so arrogant! Do you believe me? I'll get Ma Shan to catch you and make you experience the thrill of hide-and-seek before Zhuo Wenqing that girl finds out!"

  "Come on, don't scare me like that, I really fell for it. Sister, tell me where it is, I'll go right now!"

  It's not that I'm afraid, but when the people and the government are at odds, the final say is theirs! The other day, I heard that some provincial material hall was sentenced to eight years in prison, and it took ten years for the unjust case to be redressed. If a small citizen like me goes in, I estimate that even dregs can't be found!

  No big deal, just touch a few more times and then come back! Guo Ye thought viciously.

  On the other end of the phone, a burst of laughter was heard, and a smiling voice said:

  "Is this obedient? I'm at home, come quickly!"

  This sounds like a sneaky thief. Hmm, beautiful young woman, should be very tasty, you're not benevolent so don't blame me for being unrighteous, mature woman, I'm coming!

  Following the address she provided, Guo Yi took a taxi to go there. When he left, he glanced at his watch, it was just past one o'clock in the afternoon, what could someone be doing hiding at home at this time?

  Dividing line

  Is the protagonist unhappy? Not unhappy! Suffering is a blessing, and besides, isn't it always the principle to turn disaster into good fortune? Is the thousand-year-old spiritual liquid going to be wasted like this?

  The passion seems to be starting!