Never forgetting an opportunity to make money, Cheng Xiaofan dug up a bottle of earthworms early in the morning and had Po Tianying deliver them to Long Xingyun, asking them to help sell them.
He himself was content with collecting money on his phone.
Over a hundred million a day was an irresistible temptation to anyone. Where else could one find such a thing!
When he sent Po Tianying to deliver the earthworms to Long Xingyun, Cheng Xiaofan had it bring them a pair of bracelets.
One was for men and one for women. Upon receiving the bracelets, they naturally understood that Cheng Xiaofan was gifting them to the couple.
*Ding-a-ling!*
As Cheng Xiaofan was having breakfast at home, he received a call from Long Xingyun.
"Long Xingyun, what do you want?" Cheng Xiaofan couldn't help but frown, thinking that some uninvited guest had come to cause trouble at Nanshan Lake again.
However, Long Xingyun said with a laugh on the other end of the phone, "Master, more than ten cultivators just arrived, young and old, kneeling on the island in the lake. They asked me to help mediate for them, wanting to become your disciples!"
"..." So many people wanted to become disciples all at once?
These people had likely seen Long Xingyun and Jiang Xueyan achieve two consecutive breakthroughs yesterday afternoon, and even Tao Qibao had broken through. They were probably green with envy.
Heh heh!
Could he make another fortune from these people?
Cheng Xiaofan smiled faintly and said to Long Xingyun, "Tell them that I am very strict when accepting disciples. Not just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can be my disciple!"
"First, anyone who becomes my disciple must have a clear conscience and excellent character, and must not have done anything harmful or immoral when they embarked on the path of ancient martial arts cultivation."
"Second, becoming my disciple requires a tuition fee. Without a gift of one hundred billion to enter, don't even think about crossing my threshold!"
One hundred billion?
Long Xingyun's phone was on speaker, and those who had come to beg for discipleship were all stunned into silence, mouths agape, upon hearing Cheng Xiaofan's conditions.
Some could indeed afford one hundred billion, but when they thought about their past actions on the path of cultivation, it was impossible to say they had done nothing wrong.
To claim that any ancient martial arts cultivator was completely innocent would be like searching for a needle in a haystack.
As a result, more than half of the more than ten people left.
A few remained, reluctant to go, hoping that Long Xingyun and Jiang Xueyan could intercede for them and ask for leniency.
"Master, I understand what you mean," Long Xingyun said, "I want to post on the martial arts forum to state the conditions for becoming your disciple, so that some people don't pester us endlessly!"
Cheng Xiaofan nodded slightly upon hearing this and said with a smile, "Hmm, that method seems good too. You handle it!"
The news of Long Xingyun, Jiang Xueyan, and his own Tao Qibao achieving breakthroughs yesterday had already caused a stir on the martial arts forum.
The people who wanted to find Cheng Xiaofan to become disciples were like fish in a school, a continuous stream.
Cheng Xiaofan would undoubtedly be overwhelmed by them.
If Long Xingyun posted such a message on the martial arts forum, it would surely scare away many people.
After all, these ancient martial arts cultivators were not like those in the United Kingdom who conducted life science research with royal sponsorship and could easily throw around a trillion.
After hanging up the phone, Cheng Fugui, who was eating breakfast nearby, said, "Xiaofan, your tone is too grand. You want a hundred billion to accept a disciple? Aren't you afraid of scaring them to death?"
Cheng Xiaofan smiled and said, "Dad, haven't you heard the saying, 'A good teacher makes a good student, but a good student can starve the teacher'? If I pass on all my skills to others, how will I make a living in the future? I'm saying this to scare them away."
Miao Xiuhua smiled from the side and said, "Xiaofan, if someone actually came up with a hundred billion, would you accept them or not?"
Cheng Xiaofan chuckled, "That's easy. With that much money, would I still worry about being starved by my disciple in the future? Of course, I'd accept them!"
"As for whether I can teach them true skills, that depends on their foundation. After all, in this world, it's hard to find someone with a foundation as good as mine, even in a thousand years! Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to set the entry fee for discipleship at a hundred billion. Who else in this world would dare to ask for such a sum? Only I can, because I am too outstanding!"
"..." He was getting arrogant! This kid was so arrogant he probably didn't even consider himself human anymore.
On the table, except for Bai Yiling who pursed her lips, trying to suppress a smile, Cheng Fugui and Miao Xiuhua both couldn't help but give their son a big, scornful look.
One hundred billion, what a colossal sum of money! Did he really think anyone would dare to offer it? Little did the old couple realize that in their son's bank account, someone had already deposited a hundred billion in order to obtain the recipe for the Happy Wine.
After breakfast, Bai Yiling went to the village office to find Shen Ruobing.
Cheng Xiaofan went to the back mountain and saw Luo Yang and Feng Xigua working in the fields. He took out four bracelets from his spatial dimension and walked over, saying, "Brother Luo, Brother Feng, I made some bracelets. I'll give each of you two. Take one back for your wives and one for your future wives."
"Ah, these bracelets are too beautiful!"
"Xiangzi will definitely love these bracelets!"
The two men received the bracelets and exclaimed with joy.
Cheng Xiaofan smiled and said, "The ones I'm giving you are couple's bracelets. You must wear them yourselves, don't be reluctant to use them!"
"These bracelets have the effect of nourishing health and protecting the body. Since they are couple's bracelets, wearing them together will also bring about affection between the two. Don't give them away casually!"
Luo Yang quickly replied, "Don't worry, we wouldn't dare to give away such good bracelets!"
"Yes, yes, thank you, Xiaofan!" Feng Xigua said, holding the bracelets in his hands with great affection.
They chatted about other topics for a while. Cheng Xiaofan told them to pay attention to resting while working and not to overexert themselves.
"Xiaofan, you've spoiled me and Xigua too much. We only work half a day normally. If we don't rest, we'll turn into paper cutouts!" Luo Yang joked.
Feng Xigua added, "Compared to the farming we used to do, this is like heaven!"
Thinking of the past, the two couldn't help but sigh about their former lives. Spring plowing, summer weeding, sweat dripping from their backs; early to rise, late to bed, yet still tired. Farming was truly not easy, and they really didn't want to farm on such a large scale. Farmers were suffering, farmers were tired...
"Such scenes will never return to Zhuxi Village!"
Hearing their laments, Cheng Xiaofan smiled and said, "With me here, life in Zhuxi Village will only get better and better. 'Farmers suffer, farmers tire' – no one will sing such sad songs anymore!"
"You guys busy yourselves, I'm going up to the attic!"
As he spoke, Cheng Xiaofan couldn't help but think that if the villagers of Zhuxi were to return to their past lives, what would be the point of him being a descendant of Shennong?
*Boom!*
As soon as he sat down in the rocking chair, a loud explosion came from afar.
Hearing that all too familiar sound, Cheng Xiaofan sprang up from the rocking chair as if he had been electrocuted and rushed to the balcony.
The sound was coming from within Zhuxi Village.
Looking at the fluctuation of true qi in the air, Cheng Xiaofan's gaze immediately locked onto the exact location – a patch of woods not far from the village office.
Now, who was breaking through again?