I, Yan Jiefang, will live to 2025 in this courtyard house.

Noticing the subtle expressions on the three people's faces, Yan Jiefang immediately knew that their mentality had been affected.

However, he did not try to persuade them, since all three sons were talented geniuses and were not young, so they would definitely be able to adjust on their own.

He only briefly mentioned the information about the subsequent innate realm:

"You are probably all in the late stage of the Acquired Realm right now. As long as you persevere in your cultivation, you will definitely be able to advance to the early stage of the Innate Realm within ten years!"

Once one reaches the Innate Realm, their lifespan will be greatly extended, and living to 120 years old will be no problem.

The innate state is divided into four stages: early stage, middle stage, late stage, and final stage.

Once you reach the Great Perfection of the Innate Realm, you'll be at the Grandmaster level and can live to be 150 years old!

After breaking through the Innate Realm, one enters the Realm of Unity of Heaven and Man, at which point one is almost like a terrestrial immortal.

Not only can they live to be over 200 years old, but their spirit can also be greatly enhanced, and they can even travel in spirit.

As for how to cultivate the state of harmony between heaven and man, you will naturally be able to comprehend the cultivation method from the stone carvings when you reach that level.

Everyone is different, so I won't elaborate further.

Hearing their father's explanation, the three of them had a clearer direction for their cultivation, and their hearts naturally felt much more at ease. They all made up their minds that they could no longer be as inconsistent as before.

"Dad, what level have you reached now?"

Yan Xueheng asked with some curiosity.

Yan Jiefang compared the differences between cultivating immortality and high-level martial arts, and casually uttered two words:

"innate."

Upon hearing these two words, all three of them suddenly realized: No wonder their father was so powerful, he was actually a master of innate cultivation!

Yan Jiefang, however, had a different thought in mind.

He is currently close to completing his cultivation of "The Record of the God of War" (2). Although his Ren and Du meridians are not yet fully opened, they are not far off.

I will definitely be able to complete my cultivation and advance to the Innate Realm next month.

He admitted that his martial arts aptitude might not be outstanding, but what could he do when he had a personal character panel?

As long as he persists in his cultivation, he can keep progressing. Unless he encounters a genius who finds enlightenment as easy as eating and drinking, most people simply cannot cultivate as fast as he can.

This is especially true in the degenerate age, as exemplified by courtyard houses.

Without spirit stones, even with the genius-level talents of his three sons, if they had continued their cultivation step by step, they might never have been able to advance to the Innate Realm in this lifetime.

The energy required for cultivation is relatively large, and relying solely on the body's stored fat is simply a drop in the ocean.

Even a fat person weighing three or four hundred pounds can't withstand a few rounds of training and will soon become as thin as a bamboo pole.

...

After resting at home for a few days, Yan Jiefang took his three sons and Xiao Youyi to Hong Kong.

The training ground over there has been completed for several months, and usually only the company's security guards train there.

This is a good opportunity to take them to experience live-fire shooting.

The training ground was built at the foot of a mountain, some distance from populated areas.

Therefore, there is no need to worry about disturbing others.

The group drove directly into the training ground and then went into the shooting range.

The venue isn't very large, and it's only for private use.

因此只建造了一排10个25米的弹道区，没有像标準场馆那样有10米、25米、50米等不同规格的靶馆。

Yan Jiefang casually fired a few bullseyes before putting down his pistol.

His shooting skills were already at the maximum level, so there was no need for him to practice anymore.

Only the three Yan brothers and Xiao Youyi had little or no experience with firearms before. Now, each of them has an instructor standing next to them, giving them detailed instructions on how to use firearms.

The four listened attentively and conducted experiments using the firearms that had been prepared beforehand.

The three brothers possessed physical abilities far exceeding those of ordinary people, and coupled with their mastery of internal martial arts, their control over firearms was far superior to that of the average person.

After only a short period of practice, he became quite skilled and could easily shoot bullets through wooden targets.

Although Xiao Youyi's body had been nourished by the pregnancy-preserving pills, he was still an ordinary person after all, so his practice would be much slower.

The loud noise when the bullet was fired made her feel like her head was about to spin.

It took a long time for me to gradually adapt.

...

On the way back in the car, Yan Jiefang said to the group:

"If you have time in the future, you can come here to practice on your own."

Of course, it's best to avoid coming to Hong Kong in the next year or two, as it's not very safe.

If they do come over, it's best to have a few security guards with you. You all know how to contact a security company, so I won't go into details.

They all nodded:

"OK."

Apart from Yan Xueqian, who was stationed there for a long time, the other four members of the father and sons did not stay in the special zone for long and left after a few days.

After returning to Jiangcheng, Yan Jiefang took the time to visit various factories, including the Luoyang factory.

After resolving some of the problems that arose in the production process at the factories, he returned to his previous lifestyle.

Practicing martial arts, fishing, strolling around...

Currently, the only factories under construction in Jiangcheng are the new wafer fab and the automobile factory's production workshop.

At the current pace, construction on both sites will not be completed until next year.

By then, his business empire will continue to expand.

The company's competitiveness will also be greatly enhanced.

I've heard that ASML has already started shipping KrF-248nm DUV lithography machines in small batches.

This lithography machine can achieve the world's most advanced process technology of 0.25μm, or 250 nanometers.

However, after pilot testing at several wafer fabs, this process is still not stable.

Yan Jiefang decided to wait and see, otherwise it wouldn't be good to go through all that trouble only to end up as a guinea pig.

He still prefers to directly adopt mature products.

In September, the Beijing-Kowloon Railway officially opened to traffic.

This is good news for the Yan family, as they can now finally travel directly between Beijing, Wuhan, the Special Administrative Region, and Hong Kong by train.

Moreover, logistics between his various companies has become much more convenient.

This route will definitely be of great help to him in the future.

Starting this month, the government began implementing a policy of "focusing on large enterprises and letting go of small ones" for state-owned enterprises.

Across the country, numerous state-owned enterprises at the city and county levels underwent restructuring, mergers, and bankruptcies, leading to a gradual emergence of layoffs.

A large number of workers were laid off, losing their jobs and sources of income.

They had to find other ways to generate income.

Many laid-off workers from Jiangcheng also came here looking for work.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Yan Jiefang recruited a group of workers with certain knowledge and distributed them to various factories for training, in preparation for expanding production and building new factories next year.