Don't talk nonsense, this is the Emperor's Banner

Chapter 75 Improvement in Cultivation
"How's it going with you two?"

Jiang Taozhi asked while eating the crispy corners.

"Progress, what progress?" Ruan Hongzhuang asked in surprise.

Hearing this, Jiang Taozhi asked in surprise: "You two haven't contacted each other all day?"

"Yes, we chatted for a while in the morning." said Ruan Hongzhuang.

"What about in the morning? What about at noon? What about in the afternoon? What about in the evening?" Jiang Taozhi stopped eating the crispy corners and stared at Ruan Hongzhuang with wide eyes, as if he was looking at something rare.

"Everyone is busy with work in the morning, so it's hard to contact him, right? The same is true in the afternoon. As for lunch, I was afraid of disturbing his rest. But at night, I didn't contact him, which is indeed a bit inappropriate..."

Ruan Hongzhuang frowned and criticized herself.

Jiang Taozhi smacked his lips, not knowing what to say.

"Any questions?"

"What's the problem? It's a big problem. How can you date like this?" Jiang Taozhi said speechlessly.

"Dating, dating, it's called dating if there's communication and interaction. You two are busy with your own things, can this be considered dating?"

"You make sense. I'll send him a WeChat message. Forget it. I'll just give him a call. I wonder if he's had dinner yet..."

Ruan Hongzhuang said this, took out her cell phone, and prepared to call Shen Siyuan.

But Jiang Taozhi held him down and said unhappily, "Why didn't he take the initiative to fight you?"

Ruan Hongzhuang was stunned for a moment, then said, "Maybe you're afraid of disturbing my work?"

Jiang Taozhi was stunned. He didn't expect that someone who was so decisive at work could be so stupid in love.

So she said speechlessly: "Then you'd better stop calling him and don't disturb his work."

"But it should be time to get off work now."

Ruan Hongzhuang raised her hand and looked at the exquisite ladies' watch on her wrist.

"Yeah, you also know it's time to get off work? Let's go... Let's go... We'll talk later..."

Jiang Taozhi pushed Ruan Hongzhuang forward silently.

At this time they were on their way home for dinner.

Jiang Taozhi used the reason that Ruan Hongzhuang had stolen her "boyfriend" to get Ruan Hongzhuang to agree to treat her to several big meals.

The feast she mentioned was not those Internet-famous restaurants or star-rated restaurants, but a private meal where the chef is invited to her home.

Not everyone will invite these private chefs, and Ruan Hongzhuang happens to know a very good private chef.

The cooking skills are top-notch, and Jiang Taozhi can’t forget the dish after having eaten it once.

This time I got the chance, I certainly wouldn't let it go.

When the two arrived at Ruan Hongzhuang's residence in Binhai, the chef had already come with the ingredients, and the aunt in the family was helping.

As for ordering dishes, that is not possible. Except for some special taboos, what the chef cooks is what the host eats. It is so individual. But even so, many people still flock to it.

However, while the two were waiting for their meal, Ruan Hongzhuang couldn't help but call Shen Siyuan first.

"Since it was me who proposed the relationship, I naturally have to take the initiative." Ruan Hongzhuang said confidently.

Jiang Taozhi was speechless.

Unfortunately, no one answered the phone.

Of course no one answered, Shen Siyuan was crying bitterly at that time.

If it weren't for the bones supporting his whole body, he would probably have collapsed to the ground like a puddle of mud.

At this time, he looked extremely miserable, with large patches of skin cracking, lifting and then falling off.
The severe pain and sweat made his whole body feel like it was washed by water. The ground was covered with teeth and blood, making him look miserable and embarrassed.

"Sister, is Sweet Potato Pot going to die?"

Doudou whispered crickets in Yin Xingyue's ear. They didn't know when the two of them would come back. Seeing Shen Siyuan in such a miserable state, Doudou was a little scared and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Don't talk nonsense." Yin Xingyue scolded, her eyes unable to hide her worry.

"It's okay, I'll be fine in a moment."

Shen Siyuan endured the pain all over his body and whispered a word of comfort, but unfortunately all his teeth had fallen out and his speech became unclear.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the pain disappeared, but soon, a strange itch swept across his body.

This kind of itch is not the kind of itch on the surface of the skin, but an itch that goes deep into the bone marrow.

Shen Siyuan changed his whole body posture to relieve the itchiness. He changed from the third level of the second phase to the sixth level of the second phase. Then he could no longer continue. The first ray of merit allowed him to jump from the first level of the first phase to the second level of the second phase, crossing a total of eight stages.

The second strand of merit was halved, allowing him to only cross four stages.

But even so, he has completely mastered the first and second phases.

This may seem simple, but anyone who has studied mathematics knows that if one follows this method of halving the gains each time, in order to practice the "Eighteen Phases of a Great Arhat" to the last level of the Eighteen Phases, which is a total of 108 levels, the merits required are so huge that they are unimaginable.

Unless the later stages do not follow this exponentially decreasing method, it is impossible to use merit to practice the Eighteen Phases of a Great Arhat to the final stage.

Therefore, we still have to consider repairing the [Ten Thousand Souls Banner], opening the storage space inside, and taking out some of the spiritual objects of heaven and earth that the Nine Nether Demon Lord has accumulated over thousands of years. With the help of these spiritual objects, we will be able to practice the "Eighteen Phases of the Great Arhat" with courage and diligence.

"Brother, are you...are you okay?"

Seeing that Shen Siyuan's expression had relaxed and the pain on his face had disappeared, Yin Xingyue walked forward and asked tentatively.

Her little face was full of worry, and Doudou, who was hiding behind her and pulling her clothes, had tears in her eyes. Shen Siyuan's appearance scared her a little.

"It's okay, I'm fine now, especially fine." Shen Siyuan came back to his senses and immediately spoke to comfort her.

He really feels good now. Not only does he feel extremely strong and energetic, but the teeth that had just fallen out have all grown back. His mouth of white teeth is much better than before. He feels like he can chew iron and chew gold.

"But...but you were a little scary just now." Yin Xingyue said in a low voice.

Doudou nodded his head frantically, indicating that Shen Siyuan had really scared the baby just now.

"Practice is never easy. Building muscle and strengthening bones, cleansing tendons and weakening marrow is never a happy thing."

Yin Xingyue seemed to understand what he said, but Doudou didn't understand at all.

"Okay, go and have your fun, I'm going to take a shower." Shen Siyuan said.

But before that, the ground needs to be cleaned. It looks a bit creepy, no wonder it scared Doudou.

After Shen Siyuan finished cleaning up, he went to the bathroom to take a shower, and felt refreshed all over.

Seeing Yin Xingyue was teaching Doudou the [Holding Wind Sleeping], he then remembered that the two of them had disappeared in the afternoon.

So he asked, "Where did you go this afternoon?"

"Go find the dog, go find the dog..."

It turned out that Doudou found a dog and wanted to catch it and raise it, but the dog ran away when it saw Doudou and hid from her from a distance. Doudou knew the reason, but there was nothing she could do.

Seeing Yin Xingyue coming back, she couldn't help but beg her sister to take her to catch the dog.

"What about the dog? Did it run away?"

"That puppy has an owner." Yin Xingyue said.

"Wait, are you talking about a living dog, or a dead ghost dog?"

"It's a ghost dog."

"Then it has an owner?" Shen Siyuan asked in surprise.

Yin Xingyue nodded, "It was a dog raised by a little sister. Even after it died, it still followed the little sister around every day."

"I see."

Shen Siyuan was not surprised. After animals died, if there was reincarnation, they would return directly to the underworld.

If there were no reincarnation, most of them would disappear between heaven and earth. After all, they are not like humans, who have such deep obsessions and reluctance.

Of course, there are also some that will still exist in the human world in the form of animals, with dogs being the largest among them, and most of them are waiting to meet their owners again.

"Once I calm down the anger on my head, I will go talk to the little sister and ask her to lend me the dog to play with." Doudou said from the side.

Yin Xingyue glanced at her and said, "The little sister is older than you, you should call her little sister."

"Then keep working hard."

Shen Siyuan said casually, picked up the phone beside him, and then he remembered that he seemed to have missed a call just now.

When he opened it, he saw that it was Ruan Hongzhuang calling. Only then did he realize that he had almost forgotten that he had a "girlfriend" now. Perhaps it was because he hadn't had a girlfriend for too long, so he was a little uncomfortable for a while.

During the whole day, apart from saying hello in the morning, the two of them had no contact. This was not normal.

In addition to this, I gained a ray of merit in the morning, so today at work I did nothing but work.

All my thoughts are focused on how to make use of this bit of merit, which is really inappropriate.

Thinking of this, Shen Siyuan quickly edited a message and sent it.

(End of this chapter)