Urban Immortality: I Raised a Female Prime Minister in Tokyo

Chapter 147: Cultivation Genius
"Come in." A deep voice came from inside the door.

Fang Zuo pushed open the door and walked in.

In a large office, a middle-aged man was sitting at his desk writing something.

"It's you, little monk." Fang Zuo laughed loudly.

The middle-aged man inside looked up, stunned at Fang Zuo, and stood up: "Fang Fang."

"Why, you can't even remember his name?" Fang Zuo said with a smile, "Zhou Yuanyan."

Zhou Yuanyan walked over excitedly, looked Fang Zuo up and down, and punched Fang Zuo's chest with his hand.

Then he opened his big hands and gave me a tight hug.

"Why are you here? I heard you've ascended to heaven."

"Failed," Fang Zuo said with a wry smile.

"What? Even you failed?" Zhou Yuanyan was stunned for a long moment before he sighed, "Alas, it seems my choice was correct."

"Come on, sit down and talk."

Zhou Yuanyan pushed Fang Zuo to sit on the sofa and said, "I'll get you a pot of good tea. I can't even bear to drink it myself. It's the best Yunwujianjian tea. You can't even buy it anywhere else."

"Okay, stop bragging." Fang Zuo put his feet up and casually lay down on the sofa, looking around his office. "It's not like I didn't drink this during my time at Donglin Temple. I used it to rinse my mouth every day."

Various achievement medals are hung in this office, and a large cabinet is also filled with various achievements and honors.

"It seems you're doing well in research." Fang Zuo nodded. "It's just that your cultivation level is low."

"It's useless. It has been abandoned for a long time." Zhou Yuanyan walked over with tea.

He sighed and shook his head.

"After losing to you several times in a row, I knew I wasn't cut out for cultivation. Later, studying and doing research completely ruined my foundation."

"You can't say that. Not many people are as smart as you." Fang Zuo took a sip of the tea and pointed at Rong Yao in the cabinet. "You became a monk at a young age, and within a few years you mastered Buddhism. Then you switched from Buddhism to Taoism, recording Taoist discs at the foot of Longhu Mountain. Later, you returned to the secular world to study, learning by analogy. Now you're so good at research."

"No, that's just in your eyes." Zhou Yuanyan sat aside and said with a wry smile: "In their eyes, I am a traitor and a despiser."

"However, they were not wrong. They placed such high expectations on me, and I failed them."

"I could have taken both paths, but I gave up on both. Now I'm like this, which is considered some achievement."

"What surprised me is that you actually failed. Which disaster have you not overcome?"

"It's hard to put it into words." Fang Zuo shook his head. "I was defeated by the last thunder tribulation. It was endless and boundless, with almost no end in sight. In the end, my magic power was exhausted."

"That shouldn't be the case." Zhou Yuanyan shook his head in surprise. "Didn't our ancestors record it in detail in the classics?"

"Yes, so I have been thinking that maybe something went wrong, or maybe my cultivation is just not good enough." Fang Zuo said.

"If your cultivation wasn't sufficient, then no one else would be able to ascend, and this path would have been abandoned long ago." Zhou Yuanyan said, "I shouldn't have thought this way, but seeing that you couldn't ascend, I've become even more determined in the path I've chosen."

"You're such a smart person, choosing this path is not wrong." Fang Zuo stood up and walked to the cabinet, looking at the research results one by one: "However, the reason why I'm lagging you further and further behind in your cultivation is because you're too smart."

"People who are too smart tend to overthink and become distracted. On the path of cultivation, countless paths have already been paved by others. There's no need to be too clever."

"I understand this, so I withdrew early." Zhou Yuanyan stood up and walked to Fang Zuo, pointing at his achievements. "It's not so bad now. It's only these things that allow me to stand in front of you and talk to you for a few words."

"Why are you here?" Fang Zuo said with a serious expression, "Did you do something to offend them?"

"Look at what you said." Zhou Yuanyan punched Fang Zuo's chest: "Is it possible for me to do such a thing? I won't hide it from you."

"I have no choice but to come here. The path I'm taking involves studying the human body, which is not allowed by law there, although the United States and Japan also have laws regarding this kind of genetic modification."

"But, in these two countries, I can move more freely. At least I don't feel any burden in my heart."

"So that's how it is." Fang Zuo nodded.

The two talked about some old things and sighed for a while.

Fang Zuo suddenly remembered something and asked, "Oh, you are well-versed in Buddhist scriptures. I have something I want to ask you."

Fang Zuo recounted the story of how the Taoist and Buddhist sects in the island country could not receive incense from the gods.

"What do you think?"

"Is there such a thing?" Zhou Yuanyan was stunned. "You are more familiar with Taoism than I am, but I have only briefly studied most Buddhist scriptures. In ancient times, such a thing did happen."

"This kind of incense can't enter the golden body, most likely because Buddhism has abandoned this place."

"Give up?" Fang Zuo frowned.

"Yes, logically speaking, we shouldn't give up. I've been here for so many years, and I'm very familiar with this island nation. There are quite a few devout Buddhists, second only to Shintoism." At this point, Zhou Yuanyan sneered:
"You also know that the so-called religious incense is the food tribute given to them. In the ancient four continents, there were many countries that did not worship Buddha. The Buddhist sect would send down various disasters to force them to believe in Buddhism."

"How could he give up now? There must be some other reason."

Fang Zuo recounted the gradual increase in spiritual energy in Japan and his understanding of the plane core, then said:

"Could it be that the Buddhist and Taoist sects discovered that the many things that happened here, including that plane core, were too dangerous and the consequences were too great, so they gave up the incense here?"

"Absolutely impossible." Zhou Yuanyan frowned and shook his head: "With the strength of Buddhism and Taoism, how could they be afraid of such a thing?"

"You came here, and I believe you have a general understanding of the realm and strength here. Although they are both gods and practitioners, the difference is huge."

"In my early years, I did some research and study on the ancient books currently recorded. After going abroad, I also looked through the historical records and religious texts of these countries. Unfortunately, most of them were fabricated by later generations of these countries, and most of them were fake."

"The reason for such a huge difference in strength is not only related to the time when the religion was established, but also has something to do with the four ancient continents."

"Of course, I've been away from the path of cultivation for too long, so my judgment may be a little biased. This is just my opinion, so you can only take it as a reference. There's no need to listen to it."

Fang Zuo nodded and was about to speak when someone knocked on the door.

"Come in." Zhou Yuanyan said.

A young man in a white coat walked in and was startled when he saw Fang Zuo. Then he said, "Dr. Zhou, the seminar is about to begin. Everyone is waiting for you."

Zhou Yuanyan nodded and said apologetically to Fang Zuo, "Sorry, I have a very important meeting to attend. I have to leave now. We will meet again next time."

As he spoke, he took out the can of cloud tea and a business card from the freezer, stuffed them into Fang Zuo's hand, and said with a smile, "Here, it's a bargain for you. Remember to add my contact information. If you have any questions, just come here and find me."

Fang Zuo took it in his hand and patted Zhou Yuanyan on the shoulder: "Go, I'll come find you when I have time."

"You said it's so difficult to see you." Zhou Yuanyan smiled and bumped Fang Zuo's shoulder, then hurried out the door.

Fang Zuo also followed him out the door and felt quite emotional when he saw Zhou Yuanyan's departing back.

A former genius in cultivation, now a top scientific researcher.

Unfortunately, his faith in Taoism was weak, so he gave up practicing.

But it's better this way. With his intelligence and talent, perhaps this path is more suitable for him.

Zhou Yuanyan walked quickly into the elevator, put away the smile on his face, and closed his eyes to rest.

The young man next to "Dr. Zhou" was about to speak in a low voice.

Zhou Yuanyan opened his eyes and glared at him.

The young man immediately swallowed his words in panic.

After the two of them went down to the second floor below ground, they pressed the elevator buttons a few times.

The elevator began to sink again and stopped at the third floor below ground level, where there were no buttons or prompts.

Zhou Yuanyan walked out of the elevator and saw a huge alloy door in front of him.

After scanning my iris and pressing my fingerprints.

The huge alloy door opened and the two walked in. Inside was a large laboratory base.

Hundreds of researchers in white coats were busy walking back and forth, and their tables were piled high with experimental equipment.

The huge alloy door closed again behind him.

"Did you get them all?" Zhou Yuanyan asked.

"Yes, I got them all." The young man nodded.

"Be smarter next time and don't talk where you shouldn't."

“I thought it was far away.”

"Idiot, even here I'm a little worried. You don't know how powerful that person is."

"I think he's a friend of Dr. Zhou, so I..."

"Friend." Zhou Yuanyan's face darkened as he said in a deep voice, "He is my friend, but... so many years have passed."

"I've changed. What about him? How would I know if he's changed?"

Fang Zuo got off the elevator from the other side and walked out the door.

There was a surge of people on the roads of the campus.

Students left the hall one after another. It seemed that the lectures and forums were about to end.

"Mr. Fang Zuo!" A clear voice called out to him.

Fang Zuo turned around and saw a car parked beside him. Minamikawa Keiko was sitting in the car, frowning and covering her arm.

"What happened to your arm?"

"Nothing. There were so many people signing autographs just now that I felt like something pricked me." Minamikawa Jingzi took her hand away, revealing a small red spot on her arm. "I'm a little worried. Let's go to the hospital for a checkup. Can you have dinner with me sometime? I'll let me thank you properly."

"Let's talk about it later." Fang Zuo smiled.

"Why are you talking about that again?" Minamikawa Keiko shook her head and wanted to say something else.

A large group of students were walking towards us from a distance, and it looked like they were going to surround the car again, so the driver quickly drove away.

Keiko Minamikawa could only wave goodbye.

Sitting in the car, there was a look of frustration on the little face.

I picked up the phone and hesitated for a moment.

A blush appeared on her face as she output the information.

[Mr. Fang Zuo, it's me, Nanchuan Jingzi. Can I add you on line? ]

After sending the message, he threw the phone aside and covered his face with his little hands.

This is the first time I have been so proactive in all these years.

Fang Zuo arrived at the underground garage of the University of Tokyo, and Shiraishi Nagimitsu was already waiting for him in the Lexus.

By the time Fang Zuo sat down, Shiraishi Nagimitsu couldn't wait to put his arms around Fang Zuo's neck and snuggle into his arms.

"Today's speech and forum were very successful. I didn't expect that I would be so popular among young people."

"Why aren't you talking?" Shiraishi Nagimitsu looked up at Fang Zuo in surprise.

Fang Zuo frowned and saw a small red dot on Shiraishi Nagimitsu's arm.

Exactly the same as Minamikawa Keiko's.

(End of this chapter)