After the Skyfall

Chapter 379: Cowardly

Fan Zhizhou is still talking about his experiences in Tianchang City.

In order to practice, he joined a meditation room and spent more than three million yuan, almost all the money Li Yi had given him before. In the modern city, it is difficult to move forward without money, and this was the beginning of Fan Zhizhou's real nightmare.

"Damn it, I drank three bottles of cultivation water, but I still didn't start my cultivation journey. Is my aptitude really that bad? People of my generation have already started cultivation. Although their cultivation speed is not fast, I can feel that they are transforming every day. It won't be long before their strength surpasses mine."

"After practicing, an ordinary person can quickly surpass me after twenty years of hard practice. Brother Li, you are right. The strong people in this world are really like crucian carp crossing the river."

Fan Zhizhou expressed his emotion and showed his unwillingness. He did not expect that the first step into another world would be so difficult.

Li Yi said: "You spent all your money in the meditation room. How did you survive during this period?"

"With no money left, the teacher in the meditation room suggested that I work to earn money. I didn't want to work, so I said I could hunt ferocious beasts and demonstrated my martial arts skills. The teacher immediately said that he could help me introduce teammates to the dangerous zone, but before that I had to pay a 500,000 yuan introduction fee and a 1 million yuan guarantee fee. The teacher also promised that if I couldn't find teammates within ten days, I would get a full refund."

Fan Zhizhou said: "Since I don't have enough money, I will use some of the pills to pay for it."

"The teacher quickly told me to go back and wait for notification, but I waited in the hotel for twelve days without any news. When I returned to the meditation room, I found that it was empty and closed down. The teacher had also completely lost contact."

"hateful."

Fan Zhizhou slammed the table when he said this. "He promised to refund the full amount if he couldn't find a teammate within ten days, but he lied to me. Aren't they afraid of retribution from the gods? How could they be so evil? Their words are as good as farts, and they have no credibility at all. My gold membership allowed me to attend classes for life, but it's all gone in an instant."

"Cough cough!" Li Yi couldn't help but cough twice.

The teacher in the meditation room cheated Fan Zhizhou of millions and took away a batch of expensive pills. He must be running away. He is probably no longer in Tianchang City. As for the meditation room, you can just rent a room to open it. There is no cost at all, and the most is a few tens of thousands of dollars for decoration.

"Brother Fan, there is no such thing as retribution from ghosts or gods on Earth. I have reminded you before that people on Earth are inherently evil and their words cannot be trusted." Li Yi said.

"Brother Li's advice was reasonable. I was careless and didn't know that human hearts could be so vicious." Fan Zhizhou was very angry every time he mentioned this matter.

Because he later found out how huge a fortune four million was, and it was all earned by the meditation room in one go. He felt sad just thinking about it.

Li Yi asked, "After the meditation room closed down and ran away, where did you go?"

"At that time, I thought that if I wanted to turn my life around, I definitely couldn't work as a laborer. If I could go to the dangerous area and hunt a beast, I could earn millions. So I went to the dangerous area with the determination to die, hoping to find a weaker beast to hunt and sell." Fan Zhizhou said, "I waited near the abandoned city for nearly a month, and finally got a chance to find a wounded and lonely beast."

"I fought with it and killed it without any danger. I was happily carrying the beast's body back to sell it, but when I was about to reach the city, someone suddenly jumped out and said that he was the one who hunted the beast and asked me to hand it over. Brother Li, isn't this robbery? I was so angry that I fought with the other party, but I was not as skilled as him and lost."

Fan Zhizhou said very cowardly.

Li Yi looked at him strangely. He was alone in and out of the danger zone, with a ferocious beast. Who else should he rob if not you? Both he and Zheng Gong had been robbed before.

There are no laws in the abandoned city area. In the past, there was a group of people who occupied the abandoned city area and committed crimes. Even the investigation bureau was unable to eliminate them.

"I didn't win the fight, but my prey was robbed. I accepted it, so I went to the danger zone again after I recovered from my injuries. After the last robbery, I became more cautious, so I waited near the danger zone again, ready to hunt another beast. I was lucky that time, and I found a lone beast on the third day. But when I rushed over, the beast slapped me and sent me flying."

Fan Zhizhou stood up excitedly at this moment: "The beast turned out to be an extraordinary creature, pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger, fishing there, luring people into the trap, it is so treacherous. The people here have no integrity, and the beast is also extremely cunning. In the end, I took a powerful medicine to unleash my potential and escaped. It took me a month to heal my wounds."

"During that time, I used up all my resources and became penniless. I had no choice but to work."

"I am a disciple of an aristocratic family, but I never expected that I would be reduced to working to make a living. But Brother Li, do you know? I worked very hard for 29 days, and I was never complained about the hard work. In the end, I was fired by the foreman, and he said that I would not receive any salary within the 30-day probation period. I worked for 29 days, and I was not eligible to receive any salary if I did not work for 30 days."

Fan Zhizhou clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, "How can this be justified? At that time, I really wanted to punch that foreman to death, but I was thinking that I would be able to travel across the eight states and bring honor to my family in the future. How could I sacrifice my wonderful life for a foreman for a few thousand dollars?"

"I endured it, so I stopped working and decided to make a living on my own. I know calligraphy and painting, so I could sell paintings to make money. So I spent a lot of time and effort to set up a stall, ready to show off my skills, but it was confiscated before I had even set up the stall for the whole morning." At the end, he couldn't help but shed tears again: "Brother Li, is life really so hard?"

"Life is so hard." Li Yi nodded with empathy.

Fan Zhizhou wiped his tears and said, "I couldn't practice cultivation, I couldn't hunt beasts, I couldn't work, and I couldn't even set up a stall to sell calligraphy and paintings. At that moment, I wanted to go home, but I didn't even have the ability to pass through the dangerous area. And if I went back like this, how would my parents, relatives and friends in the clan laugh at me?"

"I thought I could just live one day at a time in the city. At least my tribesmen didn't know how miserable I was, so I did some daily jobs to barely fill my stomach. When I was tired, I would go to the abandoned city to find a place to stay. When I was hungry, I would buy some noodles and boil them in water. As for martial arts and cultivation, they had nothing to do with me anymore."

"It's so difficult to even stay alive, how can I have the time and energy to practice? My Qi and blood are seriously declining now, and I can't even practice Qigong steadily. If I hadn't been desperate, how could I have the audacity to come to Brother Li to seek help?"

Li Yi said: "You should have come to see me earlier."

"I came early, but several robots in your house, Brother Li, kept pointing guns at me. If I had rushed in rashly, I would have been shot dead." Fan Zhizhou said and shed tears of shame again.

Li Yi thought of the several armed robots he had deployed in the building. They were holding high-energy sniper rifles, and even a soul realm cultivator would be doomed if they were hit. Not to mention the three high-energy beam cannons on the roof, which were used to deal with spiritual power realm cultivators. Under such security, people who had not been identified by the intelligent system would not dare to approach.

"Hearing what you said, I feel that I am somewhat responsible. I originally wanted to let you come out on your own and grow and improve, but I didn't expect the situation would be like this." He shook his head helplessly.

"Don't blame Brother Li, it's my fault that I'm cowardly and incompetent, and I feel ashamed of the Fan family." Fan Zhizhou lowered his head slightly and said with a decadent look on his face.

Li Yi asked: "What are your plans next? If it doesn't work out, I will send you back to the four seas and eight continents. At least when you go back, you can still be a young master of a noble family, and you won't end up becoming a beggar."

"No, I'm not going back."

Fan Zhizhou refused immediately. "It would be more painful than death if I go back like this. Moreover, I have recently discovered that I can gradually practice and sense the energy of the universe. However, I am short of money and cannot afford to eat. It is easy to get hungry when practicing, which has prevented me from making any progress. So I would like to borrow some money from Brother Li to help me. After I get through this difficult time, I will repay you a hundredfold."

A penny stumps the hero.

Fan Zhizhou's body has now been baptized by the earth's cosmic energy, and has gradually begun to adapt to and accept the cosmic energy. He is now able to practice, but he is penniless and relies on odd jobs to make a living. He can't even get enough to eat, and has no way to practice. The lack of the first step of starting capital has led to the current embarrassing situation.

This is the same as Li Yi back then.

How can I have the time to practice cultivation if I work every day to maintain my parents' nutrient supply?

In the end, he risked his life and obtained a broken rare object. With the help of Sister Lin, he got the hang of it in a short time. Then he became a guide and earned his first money. Then things started to go smoothly.

Without this first start-up capital, even if you are a genius, reality will break your spine and you will lie on the ground obediently.

"Brother Fan, your situation is not something that can be solved with money. The path of cultivation requires a lot of resources. Even if you practice martial arts, it will be difficult to achieve anything in a short period of time. Moreover, the situation in this world is not good. There is not enough time for you to grow slowly."

Li Yi said: "In that case, I will just help you to the end. When you come to me to practice, I will provide you with a practice cabin and nutrient solution for free. After you open your spiritual medium, I will give you a gene potion to turn you into a gene warrior. As for what you can achieve in the future, it depends on your own ability."

He now gives genetic potions to everyone he meets. He has hundreds of genetic potions in a storage device. If he doesn't use them up quickly, one day the Golden Academy will carry out a national genetic evolution, and then his genetic potions will be worthless.

"Brother Li is so kind and righteous." Fan Zhizhou was so excited that he almost cried. He grabbed Li Yi and said, "I have no way to repay you. When I have the ability to return to the four seas and eight continents, I will introduce my beautiful cousin to Brother Li. No, I will also introduce my mature cousin to Brother Li as well."

"What a joke! Who do you think I am? I am practicing the contemplation of white bones." Li Yi broke free from his hand and said seriously.

　I have something to do today, so I will update one chapter first and another one in the evening. I'm very sorry.

　　
　
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