Chapter 23 (1/2)

“Brother Zhang, your son hasn’t been awakened yet? Why don’t you send him to the Ding family with the wooden statue in the backstreets of Nanyuan? He helps people to enter a meditative state, and the possibility of being awakened is great!”

“Brother, do you mean the genius, Ding Hao?”

“That’s right. He is not only a genius with a superior level one celestial gene, he is also a tutor!”

“I know about him. But my son is able to enter a middle-stage meditative state, don’t need him…”

“Brother Zhang, there is so much that you don’t know! Do you know that he has become a level one tutor? He is able to help others to enter the higher-stage meditative state! If your son is able to enter the higher-stage meditative state, he would probably be able to awaken his celestial gene!”

“What? He can help people to achieve the higher-stage meditative state! That’s great, there’s hope for my son!”

“Not just your son, you have remained stagnant at Innate Stage level three, right? He can give you some guidance, it is one thousand taels of silver every visit!”

“I’ll go home and get some money!”

There were more people who remained stagnant in Innate Stage level three than teenagers who hadn’t been awakened!

When Ding Hao began opening his business to initiate higher-stage meditative states, his business blossomed! People began to visit him every day. They were there from morning to evening. They almost flattened the doorstep.

Din Hao turned all the empty rooms in the house into meditation rooms. He never rejected any potential clients. The rooms were always full. Once he collected the money, he would put them into a meditative state and move into the next room.

People watched his actions.

In the City Lord’s Residence.

Ling Yunxiao frowned.

He wasn’t sure whether to be happy or not when he heard the young military office report.

First, Ding Hao had helped many of the Innate stage people to achieve Moderate Innate Stage from Initial Innate Stage. This increased the level of Wuzhou entirely. This was a wonderful thing and it made Ling Yunxiao happy!

As Ding Hao had been busy earning money, he had neglected his own cultivation. He helped others, but he did not practice. It had been months since he had awakened, and he still remained at the Innate Stage level one!

“Hasn’t been practicing?! What is this kid thinking?” Lin Yunxiao couldn’t understand.

He knew that Ding Hao was smart and detail-oriented. But why was he so focused on earning money? How much money does a cultivator need anyway?

Ling Yunxiao had sent the young military officer to remind him a couple of times, but the kid continued to do things his own way.

Finally, Ling Yunxiao gave up, “That does it! Maybe he has his ideas. We won’t care anymore. Let him be.”

Someone else was paying attention to what Ding Hao was doing. On the other side of City Lord’s Residence, in the small courtyard.

“Ding Juncai was able to refine the yuandan’s first level and entered Innate Stage level two! This is such good news!” The young prince laughed while strolling in the courtyard.

Ding Juncai’s family had been killed. He was staying with the young prince. The young prince allowed him to stay in the small courtyard. He didn’t have to worry about his daily meal and medicinal pills. He only needed to focus on practicing.

When Ding Juncai saw the young prince enter, there was hatred in his eyes. “Every time I thought of the murder of my parents and my brother my hatred grows. It is my motivation to practice!”

“You did well.” The young prince nodded and said, “Let me tell you some good news. Ding Hao has remained at Innate Stage level one! It has been a month since he was awakened and there has been no improvement since!”

“What? Isn’t he a superior level one genius?” Ding Juncai was in disbelief.

The young prince said, “Not sure what was wrong with the kid. He seemed to have gone mad. He helped many people meditate and earn lots of money. But he never spends time practicing himself. I wonder if he has given up.”

“Given up?” Ding Juncai was happy, but he shook his head slowly. “Young prince, we mustn’t be complacent. This kid is very sneaky! Before this, he bought a large number of medicinal pills from Heaven’s Will Array. I’m not sure what he did there!”

“I wondered if he was using the medical pills submersion method? Let me find out if he is buying medicinal pills again…” The young prince saw Ding Hao as his nemesis. He turned and left. “Oh, Juncai, don’t just focus on achieving higher realms. You must practice martial arts too! Weh you are done with the moderate level martial arts manual that you got from the city lord. I will give you an Innate Stage supreme martial arts manual. And your battle strength will be frightening!”

“Thank you so much, young prince!”

…

Although all parties paid attention to him, Lord Ling repeatedly reminded him. Once even a young military officer brought him the summons of the city lord so that the lord might have a word with him. However, Ding Hao went back to his old ways upon returning home.

Ding Hao didn’t spend any time practicing martial arts. He was focused on earning money. He earned 20,000,000 in two months!

There was a reason he tried to earn so much money.

Look back two months.

In the meditation room.

Under the silver candlelight and muslin cover, the shadows flickered red. Boss Shang sat on the Bodhi mat across him. He said with a smile, “Gentleman Ding, our family is grateful to you! Not only did you help me awaken, but you also helped me break through the bottleneck and entered Moderate Innate Stage!”

Ding Hao nodded. “Boss Shang, not at all. You paid me for that. It was a business transaction.”

“I still need to thank you. My son and my life have changed because of you, thank you.” Boss Shang stood up, bowed in salutation, and then sat cross-legged. “I’m here to say goodbye.”