Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

After a busy day, the sky gradually darkened. Li An walked out of his room and came to the lobby, finally enjoying a sumptuous dinner. He shouted loudly: "Screw the pickled vegetable porridge! I want to eat meat, I am not afraid of three highs!"

A few days later, due to the news released by the Fan Mansion, Li An's reputation as a fortune teller quickly spread throughout Danzhou City. He also came forward to explain that his business scope was not only to tell people's faces, but also to answer other questions, just like an expert professor.

The residents of the city all knew that Earl Sinan seemed to be highly appreciated by His Majesty the Emperor and had never been sent out, but stayed in the financial department of the capital, so most of them showed enough courtesy and respect to the old lady in the courtyard. Therefore, they believed the news from the Fan Mansion without a doubt. At the same time, the news about Li An also reached someone's ears.

Many cavalrymen in black armor were hiding in a dense forest. The sun shone on the dark armor, emitting a dim luster. The cavalrymen were holding the army's specially equipped crossbows and standing in two neat rows. Surrounded by the black cavalrymen was a middle-aged man sitting in a carriage. He had a cold and pale face and a sparse beard on his chin. When someone handed him a file, he took it and opened it to check.

"Li An? I don't know his exact background, but he suddenly approached the Fan residence. Send some people out to investigate thoroughly. I want to know everything about this person."

Someone clasped his hands together and left.

The people brought a wheelchair and lifted the person in the carriage to sit on it, so that people could see clearly. This person was the president of the Jingdu Supervisory Council, Chen Pingping, who was feared by the whole world, especially the Northern Qi.

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In Danzhou city, wealthy families were discussing the news about Ang Lee, and his name spread throughout the city as quickly as a spring breeze.

Inside Zhang's house, Mr. Zhang asked in confusion, "Is this true? Did the old lady really take out five hundred taels as a reward for Li An?"

The servant beside him replied respectfully: "The news is true. This man's name is Li An. According to the servants of Fan's house, he knows some kind of qi-reading technique and is very accurate in judging people."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Zhang immediately stood up and asked, "Where is this person now?" The servant replied, "Inside the city, at the Yunlai Inn."

While other wealthy people were chatting about this interesting story, many people looking for Li Ang had already arrived at the Yunlai Inn.

While Li An was enjoying a delicious meal, several groups of people dressed as servants entered the inn, looked around for a while, and then came up to ask about his identity. After receiving a positive answer, they invited Li An to their homes, saying that their masters had invited him. Some of them were polite, while others seemed unreasonable.

However, Li An is no longer the weakling he was a few days ago. He is now a weakling with a gun in his hand! As the saying goes, follow me if you have a gun in your hand. He can go wherever he wants. Li An ignored those servants who didn't know manners, but went to the families with good quality first. When he arrived at the mansion, he first made some alarmist remarks, and then said some ambiguous words, and deceived those rich people. As expected, the ancients fell for this trick, and when he left the mansion, his wallet also gained a lot.

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

In the past few days, all the local tyrants in the city who had invited or been rudely rejected and finally came to ask for money had been received by Li An. And Li An's wealth value has soared to more than 3,300 taels of silver. The system's prompt came long before. After the wealth value exceeded 1,000 taels of silver, he unlocked another chance to draw a lottery. Li An thought with anticipation, save a wave first, and when the time is right, I must draw ten times in a row!

Chapter 7 The encounter between two "modern people".

As Li An was feeling emotional, he found that most of the rich people in the city only asked some simple fortune-telling questions, and the money they paid was not generous. Only the foreign trade transport official, after asking Li An about his business problems, was overjoyed and generously gave Li An a reward of 1,000 taels of silver. In addition, the head of the escort agency also gave Li An 600 taels of silver. This made Li An feel that these people engaged in the transportation and bodyguard industries have an amazing ability to make money, especially those who work across regions, and the profits are even more considerable.

However, after Li An had fooled all the rich people in the city, he found that he had almost squeezed out all the money. So he turned his attention to the brothel owner, preparing to teach him some skills, moves and strategies in the service industry. At this time, Fan Xian suddenly came to his door.

Li An greeted enthusiastically: "Brother, bring us a table of signature dishes and two pots of good wine!"

The waiter was a little surprised when he heard this and asked, "Sir, is there any good news?"

Li An smiled and replied, "It's a good thing that good business has come to us! If nothing unexpected happens, this table of food should be someone's treat." After saying that, he turned to look at Fan Xian with a meaningful smile on his face: "Master Fan Xian, do you think I'm right?"

Fan Xian rolled his eyes at Li An, but a smile appeared on his face: "Of course."

Everyone around was surprised when they heard the conversation between the two. They knew that another victim had come to Li An. It was no wonder they thought so. Every time someone came to Li An to ask a question, the lowest price was ten taels of silver, and the highest was even hundreds of taels. Now that the young master of the Fan Mansion came to ask in person, it was estimated that the reward would definitely be considerable.

Fan Xian asked confidently, "Mr. Li, I think you know what I want to ask!"

Li An pretended to be mysterious and answered: "I know a little bit."

Fan Xian continued, "In that case, I will wait for you at the grocery store in the evening. I'm sure you know which grocery store it is, right?"

Li An nodded and agreed: "I will definitely be there when the time comes!"

Fan Xian said with satisfaction, "In that case, I will be waiting. Waiter, this table will be put on the Fan Mansion's account. I will settle Mr. Li's expenses before the end of the month."

Fan Xian came and left in a hurry. Knowing that this was not the place to discuss those secrets, he invited Li An to meet at Uncle Wu Zhu's grocery store in the evening. In Fan Xian's opinion, that place was the safest place in the world. Not only that, before leaving, he also paid for Li An's meals until the end of the month. Although Li An didn't care about these small amounts of money now, he still found it interesting. So, he had to go face to face with the fifth grandmaster in the evening.

Although I have read the original novel and know what kind of people Fan Xian and Wu Zhu are, as long as I don't harm Fan Xian, there is a high probability that my life will not be in danger. But nothing is absolute in this world, and Li Ang still has to keep a back-up plan. He just said he wanted to do ten consecutive combos, and then he was slapped in the face.

Genshin Impact? Oh, whatever, start it!

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining Lu Xiaofeng's character identity card (30 minutes of experience time)! ]

That's great! Whatever you think comes true, system, I wronged you!

Of course, it would be best not to use these character cards. These are temporary, disposable items with a time limit. Once used, they are gone. Everything must be done prudently.

At night, Li An felt that the time was almost up, so he left the inn and strode towards the grocery store where Wu Zhu was. This grocery store was not far from Fan's house. It can be inferred that Wu Zhu chose this place to protect Fan Xian nearby. Since Wu Zhu was a blind man, the grocery store's business was not good, and people often stole things. However, Wu Zhu did not care about these, because he did not open this grocery store to make money. In fact, Wu Zhu was not really blind. He used infrared scanning, which was better than eyes and could achieve 360-degree observation without blind spots. So I asked you how to break it!

Li An came to the door of the grocery store and knocked. In this era, similar to ancient China, people did not have many entertainment activities. In addition, there was no electricity, so ordinary people went to bed early to save lamp oil. Although the city was slightly better, it was still a rural area compared to those prosperous big cities. Therefore, there were few pedestrians on the streets at this time, and most shops were closed.

However, the door suddenly opened at this moment, as if someone was controlling it from behind, and no one knew how it was done.

Li An said loudly: "Li An is here to visit."

"Come in. It's in the backyard."

After getting the response, Li An walked into the courtyard and found that the furnishings were very simple. There were two pots of wine and a few side dishes on the stone table in the courtyard.

And Fan Xian had already been waiting here.

"Mr. Fan, I've been waiting for a long time."

"No, I just got here not long ago."

The two of them greeted each other briefly. Wu Zhu did not hide his figure, but just sat quietly aside without saying a word.

Fan Xian showed curiosity: "Mr. Li doesn't seem to be curious about the identity of the grocery store owner?"

Li An smiled but said nothing.

Fan Xian was not a cunning man after all, and he asked directly without beating around the bush: "I'll be frank with you, Mr. Li, are you from...where?" Although he did not specify where "there" was, Li An understood what he meant.

"Yes." Li An answered simply.

Hearing this answer, Fan Xian laughed happily, very cheerfully.

He has been living alone in this world. Although he was a myasthenia gravis patient in his previous life and had been lying in bed for many years, he was just a person with physical defects. He was still a healthy and satisfied person mentally. After coming to this world, his adult soul was trapped in the body of a child, which was a completely different experience both physically and mentally. Although it was definitely much better than the miserable situation in his previous life, he had lived alone for so many years, carrying secrets and emotions that could not be vented. This was a great loneliness.

Now that he had finally confirmed that someone came from the same place as him, he was extremely happy. The two began to communicate with each other in poetry as if they had found a common language.

"A friend coming from afar?" Fan Xian chanted.

"It's quite fun." Li An said.

"The water of the Yellow River comes up from the sky."

"Run to the sea and never return."

"The moonlight shines in front of the bed."

"Suspected to be frost on the ground."

These words confirmed that they were each other. He laughed and said, "Where are you from, fellow countryman?"

Li An replied: "I am from a mountain city, but I work and live in Shanghai." The two smiled at each other as if they had found each other's support in this strange world.

In the question-and-answer session between the two, Fan Xian had already untied the knot in his heart for many years. The two chatted about interesting things in their hometown, drank wine facing the moon, and time passed unnoticed. Ang Lee did not reveal the truth that he and Fan Xian were not from the same real world. He traveled to the world of books. Who would be willing to admit that he was a person in the book?

Moreover, strictly speaking, he had come here physically, and the time was not very long, so he did not feel as deep a sense of loneliness as Fan Xian. Fan Xian had lived here for fifteen years, and had experienced assassinations, dissected corpses, and even jumped off a cliff with Wu Zhu in front of him. This exciting life was too shocking for his immobile body in his previous life, so it took a long time for Fan Xian to gradually adapt.

"Brother Li, you are older than me, so I will call you Brother Li! Are you really good at fortune-telling?" Fan Xian asked curiously.

Li An decided to continue making up lies: "Yes, and they are all accurate."

Fan Xian continued excitedly, "So this skill really exists in this world. Can I ask you something?"

"Of course. But it depends on what you're asking." Li An replied, feeling a little uneasy.

Chapter 8 Fan Xian’s true life experience.

Fan Xian took out all the banknotes he had and placed them neatly on the table, totaling more than one hundred taels. He smiled shyly and said, "Brother Li, although I am the young master of the Fan family, I am only an illegitimate child, and my monthly pocket money is actually not much. It may be because I am still young and don't have much need for money, so over the years, I have saved this much money."

Fan Xian felt embarrassed because he knew the questions he would ask later and that the money was far from enough.

After hearing this, Li An said earnestly: "As your fellow villager, I will naturally give you some discounts. But you have to understand that everyone has their own principles. I can answer some ordinary questions for you free of charge, but when it comes to some 'secrets', there will naturally be a corresponding price."

This is not because Ang Lee is stingy, but because he knows that Fan Xian has his own path to growth. If his fate is changed rashly, it may not be better than in the original novel, but may be a case of forcing things to grow. Of course, if Fan Xian is very persistent in wanting to know the answer to something, Ang Lee will respect his choice and tell him the answer, but he will also charge a high fee to let him understand the weight of this information.

Wu Zhu, who had been silent, suddenly said, "I still have some banknotes here." He seemed to be worried that he had not expressed himself clearly, and then added, "These are left by the young lady." Obviously, he saw that Fan Xian needed more funds, so he decided to help. After all, in Wu Zhu's view, all of the young lady's belongings belonged to Fan Xian, and what he had also belonged to Fan Xian.

As he spoke, Wu Zhu took out a wooden box with banknotes from the room, walked to the table, sat down, and placed the box in front of Li An. Li An opened it and saw that there were quite a lot of banknotes inside, more than four thousand taels in total. He frowned slightly, realizing that Fan Xian was going to get to the bottom of it this time.

Fan Xian said seriously, "Of course I know that some things have a price, and I also know something about your business. Isn't that what is written in those books? You will also pay a corresponding price for prying into the secrets of heaven. And now that I want to know the answer, I naturally cannot sit back and enjoy the fruits of my labor."

Li An nodded to show his understanding and said, "Ask."

Fan Xian took a deep breath and looked at Li An firmly and said, "I want to know my life experience, all the information related to me, or what kind of information there is in the future. I would like you to tell me everything you know." Li An nodded again to show his agreement. Seeing Li An's agreement, Fan Xian seemed very happy and expectant.

"Okay, the cost of these problems is already all the money here. Then I will start from the beginning. Your mother's name is Ye Qingmei, you know this, and your father, I mean your biological father, not Fan Jian!"

Fan Xian exclaimed: "What? Who is that?" He seemed very surprised, but soon realized his mistake, so he quickly shut his mouth and stopped interrupting Li An.

Li An went on to say: "You are indeed an illegitimate child, but you are the illegitimate child of the current emperor of Qing, Emperor Qing, and Ye Qingmei!"

Fan Xian could no longer remain seated, so he stood up with an expression of disbelief on his face. Wu Zhu also tilted his head mechanically, as if he was trying to think about something.

Li An continued, "This is the truth. You are the prince of Qing. However, very few people know this secret, including the old lady of the Fan Mansion. Of course, you are not a stupid person. If you ask her directly, she will naturally not tell you anything. You need to experience and figure out these things yourself in the future. Observe the attitude of those who are really at the top towards you, and then you can truly believe what I say."

Li An glanced at Wu Zhu and continued, "In fact, the Master Wu Zhu next to you should also know this secret, but he has forgotten a lot of things."

Fan Xian stared at Wu Zhu with wide eyes, as if trying to find some clues from his expression.

Li An continued, "If my prediction is correct, next year a red-armored knight will come to Danzhou City to take you to the capital. I calculated your fate and found that it conflicts with the ox. When you arrive in the capital, you must be careful of people, things, or places related to the ox, because you will encounter a disaster in this regard."

Li An revealed this information to Fan Xian in advance because he knew that in the near future, Fan Xian would learn about his true life experience during his trip to Northern Qi. Fan Xian is a smart man. Even if he knew these things, he would keep everything in his heart. Moreover, if Wu Zhu recalled the relationship between his young lady Ye Qingmei and Emperor Qing in advance, he would also tell Fan Xian.

Fan Xian asked: "Then do you know how to help my uncle Wu Zhu recover his memory?" Wu Zhu also turned to look at Li An.

Li An replied, "I know some methods, but memory recovery cannot rely on external forces, it mainly depends on himself. What I can tell you is that the reason why Lord Wuzhu lost his memory is because he used to go to a place called the Temple to fight. If you want to fully recover your memory, in addition to a long period of self-repair, you have to go back to the Temple. These are my answers for free. As for what the Temple is and where it is located, I can't answer you if the price is not enough."

Fan Xian asked, "How much will it cost to be enough?"

Li An looked at Fan Xian and fell into silence. After a long while, he said, "A lot! So much that you can't afford it!"

The temple contains vast resources not found in this world and a large number of advanced technologies. Its location is so important that it is even more dangerous than knowing its secrets.

Fan Xian's mood suddenly became heavy. It seemed that Uncle Wu Zhu's amnesia could only be solved by other methods, or by waiting for time to slowly recover. He watched Li An put away the banknotes on the stone table, and realized that he had lost the bargaining chip to continue asking questions. However, he still couldn't suppress the doubts in his heart and asked:

"What kind of person is Uncle Wuzhu? You should know why he... has no desires and won't age? He looked like this when I was a child. Now, after so many years, he hasn't changed at all and still looks like he's in his early twenties!"

Li An stared at Wu Zhu and said slowly, "To talk about this Lord Wu Zhu, we must mention your mother, Ye Qingmei. Wu Zhu is your mother's servant, and they both come from the same place - the temple!" Seeing Fan Xian once again stunned by shock, he continued, "As for more detailed information, the price is not enough."

Fan Xian gritted his teeth and said, "How much silver do you need? I can give it to you when I have it."

Li An shook his head and said, "This problem is less costly than the previous one, but it also requires a lot."

Fan Xian's face was filled with helplessness. Unexpectedly, Li An's next words made him hesitate.

"I don't need to pay you for the detailed information about your mother and Wu Zhu. However, I need you to exchange it for the martial arts you practiced, the Tyrannical Qi."

Hearing that Li An could even accurately name the technique he practiced, Fan Xian knew that Li An really understood the situation. Although he was young and had not been exposed to other techniques, he could understand the power of Tyrannical Qi.

He was only 15 years old and had already entered the eighth rank of warriors, reaching the lower eighth rank of warriors. Although he did not know any martial arts moves, after so many years of beating and education by Uncle Wu Zhu, he could barely be considered to be able to do it. Now that his true qi was bursting, according to Uncle Wu Zhu, even if he faced someone above the eighth rank, he could handle it. However, "Badao Zhenqi" was just as its name suggested, very overbearing. Not only could it not last long, but it would also be very harmful to the body if used too much.

So, with great hesitation, Fan Xian turned and looked at Wu Zhu.

Wu Zhu said, "I gave it to you, so it's yours and you can do with it as you please. That's what the young lady told me."

Start with Chapter 9, "Domineering Qi".

Fan Xian nodded and said to Li An, "Okay, but I want to tell you that although this "Bad Qi" is extremely powerful, it is also very harmful to the body. Although I have made some achievements in medical skills, I still haven't found a very good way to improve this problem. I can only use drugs to regulate the body and strengthen the physique to adapt to the strength of the Qi. I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but I often vomit blood when I use this method."

In fact, Fan Xian didn't know that what he was practicing was an extremely advanced internal martial arts technique, which was the most suitable technique for this world that was discovered by people of the previous civilization using computers after precise calculations.

However, the best is not necessarily the most suitable. It may be an excellent choice for people with special physiques, but for ordinary warriors, they must be careful and cautious when practicing, and usually ask teachers or trusted friends to protect them. As for Fan Xian, his practice method is obviously more adventurous. Some people may ask, isn't there Wuzhu? It should be mentioned here that Wuzhu does not have internal force.

Li An took over the topic and said, "I am very clear about the advantages and disadvantages of this practice, you don't have to worry. The most dangerous part of this practice is the introductory stage. When the practitioner accumulates energy into the dantian in the abdomen, there will be a huge difference in the reaction speed of the body and the soul. The final result will cause the body's functions to become like a vegetable and unable to move."

He continued, "At this stage, if a practitioner is inexperienced, it is easy for him to mistakenly think that he has gone astray and try to force the Qi into his body. If he is lucky, a strong practitioner may be able to calm down the Qi and use it for himself, but doing so will actually make the practice ineffective. But for beginners, there is no luck at all, and they will only die from the Qi riot."

"However, in your case, your meridians were not disrupted, and you succeeded in cultivation without any guidance. This should perhaps be attributed to your luck."

After listening to Li An's explanation, Fan Xian broke out in a cold sweat. It turned out that there were such huge risks in the process of cultivation. He secretly felt lucky that his experience of being paralyzed in bed in his previous life saved his life.

Fan Xian had been lying in bed for several years and had long been accustomed to not being able to sense his body's condition. Therefore, when he encountered the situation of being unable to move due to the generation of true qi and the beginning of the chaos of internal force during his first practice, he did not panic. It was this coincidence that allowed him to successfully overcome this most difficult hurdle.

Fan Xian took out the book of martial arts from his pocket and handed it to Li An. This happened by chance, because recently, his martial arts skills have grown rapidly, and he often studies this martial arts method, so he often carries it with him. Although he has memorized the contents of the book over the years, flipping through it is still more convenient and faster than recalling it.

Li An felt very happy after receiving the skills. He finally got the internal energy skills!

I thought to myself: Fan Xian, Fan Xian, you are really my lucky star! This transaction has saved me an unknown amount of wealth!

Now that he had received the payment, he began to tell Fan Xian some more secret things.

"You didn't travel through time, this is Earth!"

"What?!!"