Gao Wu: Starting with playing the Flying Bat Ke Zhen'e

The term "one entrance" simply means one courtyard and one entrance/exit. Two entrances mean two courtyards and two entrances/exits. In the past, the phrase "three entrances and three exits" was often used to describe a mansion, implying its vastness and luxury.

In fact, even a single courtyard would be four or five hundred square meters with a dozen or so guest rooms, which would be big enough for the three of them. Any bigger would be inconvenient.

Tang Luo followed Qiao Yun into a secluded room. Inside, there were already prepared fruits and vegetables. They weren't the best quality, but they were fresh. Then, she brewed a pot of tea for Tang Luo and Qiao Yun, and then smiled gently: "Please have some fruits and vegetables first. I'll go to the store and get the information on the current courtyard house on North Street."

Before leaving, Qiaoyun gave the two of them a sweet smile, her manners impeccable.

Tang Luo looked down at his long beard and, thinking about his current appearance as someone in his seventies or eighties, felt even more emotional.

Making money isn't easy!

After a moment of thought, the broker came out of the shop with a large stack of blueprints and handed them to Tang Luo: "Sir, this is the currently vacant courtyard on North Street. Please take a look."

Tang Luo took the blueprints and glanced at them, somewhat surprised.

The drawings clearly show the three-view diagrams of these courtyards, which are drawn in a style similar to 'sketching'. Although they are not as good as direct photos or videos, they are clear enough.

Tang Luo turned his head and discussed it with Zhang He.

Although it was called a discussion, Zhang He didn't really offer any opinions, mainly because he wasn't the one paying for it and felt embarrassed to voice his concerns.

After visiting the courtyard itself and confirming their satisfaction, and with Zhang He's helpful mind-reading assistance, the price was quickly finalized.

"One tael and eight mace per month, payable annually, at a rate of twenty-one taels and six mace!"

"The original owner earned two hundred copper coins a month, which is equivalent to two qian of silver, and two taels and four qian a year. This time, my single act amounted to almost ten years of the original owner's salary."

Thinking of this, Tang Luo walked back to the inn, his face showing a hint of heartache.

Tang Luo turned his head and glanced at Zhang He, who was still devouring the fruits and vegetables on the table. The porcelain plate, about the size of two palms, contained roughly two or three pounds of fruits and vegetables, which were almost all gone into his stomach.

But thanks to his mind-reading ability, Tang Luo discovered the other party's true intentions: the brokerage initially quoted five taels of silver a month! Why not just rob them!

At this moment, Tang Luo was also secretly grateful to Wang Yuande and the two guards.

With Wang Yuande's financial assistance, plus the ten or so taels of silver he found while looting the corpse that day, he might not have been able to afford the rental.

He walked back to his room as if he knew the way well. Inside, He Lian was still holding the "Mountain Climbing Skill" and seemed to be reciting it silently.

Take two more steps closer to the window, and you'll see a piece of scrap paper next to her covered with tiny, densely written characters. They're not pretty, but they're neat. They're mostly questions she doesn't understand, and some words that are unclear or ambiguous.

Seeing this, Tang Luo nodded slightly.

As the former King of Scrolls, he always believed that a bad pen is worse than a good memory, and that writing more is the right thing to do.

He Lian seemed to only then realize that there were two more people in the room. She stood up, bowed, and said, "Master~"

Tang Luo did not refuse. Given the strict management of cultivation in this world, it was not unreasonable for him to call He Lian "Master" if he was willing to guide her.

Looking up at the sky, Tang Luo realized there was still some time before noon. He said, "If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask now. After the banquet, we don't know when we'll be back."

And we'll be moving to a different location later, so be prepared.

"Yes, Master."

After saying this, He Lian stood up and knelt down in the center of the room to practice a stance. As she did so, she asked, "Master, there's a saying in stance training: 'Relaxed but not slack, tense but not stiff.'"

But I don't understand its meaning at all. How can it be both relaxed and tense, neither slack nor rigid?

"Good question!"

As Tang Luo spoke, he pressed He Lian's body down a little, saying, "These two sentences in the book are actually intertextual, meaning the same thing. 'Relaxation' refers to being just right, not too tense, which would cause the flow of qi and blood to be obstructed. The same principle applies to 'not being lax,' meaning not to lose strength due to excessive relaxation, which would negate the effects of cultivation..."

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While adjusting He Lian's movements, Tang Luo answered his questions, trying to keep her questions consistent with her posture. Then, Tang Luo realized that this He Lian seemed unusual as well.

She's just too talented!

Talent can be categorized in many ways, including innate talent, comprehension, and even diligence and focus, which can also be considered talents.

Needless to say, the latter two, at least in terms of their performance on the first day, were both extremely diligent and focused.

The saying goes, "Heroes have always emerged from hell," and Tang Luo has no doubt about her perseverance after experiencing life and death.

Of the first two, Tang Luo had not learned bone reading and could not measure He Lian's physical constitution. The talent he mentioned was comprehension.

He Lian's comprehension is exaggeratedly high.

Tang Luo looked at He Lian, who was already standing in the mountain-shaped pillar in front of him, and pondered for a while.

In fact, Tang Luo could tell that He Lian's comprehension was not low. In Tang Luo's view, the so-called "comprehension" is simply the combination of learning and understanding ability and physical coordination ability, at least at this stage.

He Lian is quick-witted and can recognize his own abilities, so his learning and comprehension skills are bound to be quite good. However, Tang Luo doesn't really think highly of the latter, after all, his performance in front of Benma during their first meeting was really poor.

But in fact, He Lian not only exceeded Tang Luo's expectations, but also, almost immediately after Tang Luo corrected her posture, she was able to sense the mistake and correct it.

Being able to sense her shortcomings proves that she has excellent comprehension, and being able to change those shortcomings with her own body proves that she has extremely strong physical coordination.

With the two combined, in terms of comprehension, although she cannot compare with Tang Luo, her level is by no means low, roughly half of his own.

Although Tang Luo didn't know exactly how high his comprehension was, his extensive learning experience from his previous life, along with some information revealed in the annotations of "Mountain Climbing Technique," was enough for him to confirm that his comprehension should be extremely high.

Although He Lian only possessed half of his abilities, she had not received a systematic education!

In this situation, being able to achieve 50% of one's own is already a remarkable talent.

She said that she learned to read by auditing classes at a private school, which shows that she was exceptionally gifted.

"Master, Master?" He Lian looked at the silent Tang Luo and nudged him a few times in the waist with her elbow. Tang Luo then came to his senses and looked at He Lian: "Do you have any other questions?"

"It's nothing, I just wanted my master to take a look at my stance."

Tang Luo opened his eyes wide again and examined it carefully. Indeed, as he had thought, it was standing very well.

"With more practice, if you grasp a bit of the essence of 'mountains,' you'll basically be able to reach mastery."

Turning his head, Tang Luo saw Zhang He standing on a mountain-mountain stake, a meat bun dangling from his mouth, looking quite dignified.