Chapter 2 Family Origin
Send Ye Fan and Pang Bo away,
Standing at the door of the store, Li Zhi watched them disappear around the corner.

There were still people walking on the street, but he could no longer calmly appreciate the worldly atmosphere.

He returned to the store and lay directly on his lazy chair.

But less than three seconds after lying down, he stood up.

He put down the peach wood rosary in his hand that he had subconsciously twirled, picked up a large thermos cup that he usually used to make tea from the coffee table next to him, and walked to the storage room in the store.

As soon as I picked up the kettle, I found it was empty.

Then he took out a bottle of Wahaha purified water from under the table, poured it into the kettle, turned on the power, and started boiling water.

Looking at the temperature display on the kettle, it gradually rises from 23℃.

Li Zhi, who was supposed to wait until the water boiled before leaving, seemed a little impatient today.

As soon as the water temperature rose to 40℃, he picked up the kettle and poured the water into the thermos. Then he held the thermos and walked towards the store door while drinking water.

He glanced up and down the street, but didn't see Ye Fan and Pang Bo. They might have bought the gifts and returned to school.

Turning back to the store, Li Zhi discovered that in just a few tens of seconds, the thermos that had just been filled with warm water was empty again.

He drank the tea, which no longer had any tea flavor, in one breath.

That’s 596ml of bitter tea.

If it were any other time, he would definitely pour out the bitter tea in the cup, and then carefully select the tea and brew it.

But now he couldn't care less about that.

Go back to the utility room and boil another pot of water.

Li Zhi hurriedly walked out of the store and ran directly to the public toilet eighty meters away.

Two minutes later, he walked out of the public toilet, shaking his wet hands.

When passing by Zhou Mei's clothing store, Zhou Mei suddenly walked out of the store, grabbed his arm and said, "What happened to you just now?"

"I didn't pee on my hands. I just forgot to bring a tissue, so I came out without drying my hands after washing them." Li Zhi seemed to be preoccupied and did not hear clearly what Zhou Mei was asking, so he subconsciously started to explain.

"Hey! Who asked you if you peed on your hand? You have no shame." Zhou Mei rolled her eyes at Li Zhi, and then continued, "I'm asking you why you seem distracted. You've been in and out three times just now. This is not like your usual behavior."

On weekdays, Li Zhi would rather lie down than stand, and he would just go with the flow even if customers came to him.

They don't take the initiative to introduce the products in the store to customers, and their attitude is completely casual whether to buy or not.

And no bargaining.

But just now, Li Zhi walked out of the shop and came to the door.

And not just once.

Zhou Mei was very curious about this. Who on earth were those two college students who could turn Li Zhi, who was like an old turtle, into a vigilant cat?

"Old bastard" is how Zhou Mei describes Li Zhi.

"Sister Mei, the water is still boiling in my store, so I'll go back first." Li Zhi seemed to remember that the kettle in the store was still boiling, and immediately broke free from Zhou Mei's hand and walked quickly into the store.

Zhou Mei followed in her high heels.

After entering the store, Zhou Mei saw that the peach wood bracelet that Li Zhi never let go of had fallen to the ground. She asked with concern, "Xiao Li, are you in any trouble?"

"No." Li Zhi held the boiling kettle in one hand and the thermos cup in the other, pouring water while talking.

Zhou Mei saw that the hot water in Li Zhi's hand fell into the thermos cup, but it did not stimulate the rich tea fragrance, so she asked curiously: "Why didn't you put tea leaves in it today?"

Li Zhi then realized that he had not poured out the tea leaves in the thermos that had already brewed to the point of becoming bitter.

"I plan to drink bitter tea today." Li Zhi said to Zhou Mei with a smile.

"Strange." Zhou Mei whispered to herself, and then said: "Don't order takeout tonight. I have made some soup at home and it will be delivered to you soon. You can drink it with me."

"Sister Mei, I have something else to do, so I'm going to close the store early." Li Zhi said apologetically.

He wants to go back and have some quiet time alone.

Ye Fan and Pang Bo, who suddenly appeared in his life, were more than just two college students.

Their appearance means that the gears of fate have begun to turn.

The world will soon be anything but ordinary.

The idea of ​​wanting to live a peaceful and happy life is almost impossible to achieve.

Although the cultivation world on Earth is not as prosperous as that in Beidou.

But it does not mean that there are no cultivators on Earth. It is just because of the Dharma Ending Age that they all hide within the formation barriers and rarely travel to the mortal world.

But thirty years later, when Ye Fan returns from Beidou and takes the broken Immortal Cauldron from Kunlun Immortal Pool, the Dharma Ending Age on Earth will end, and the golden age of cultivation will come again. At that time, he will be less than sixty years old, and he still has thirty or forty years left in his life.

Moreover, he was already old and frail, so even if he wanted to embark on the journey of cultivation, it would probably be unlikely.

Li Zhi is currently twenty-five years old, which is the same age as Ye Fan when he embarks on the path of cultivation in the future.

This is the last chance.

Li Zhi, whose mood was fluctuating frequently, suddenly remembered what his father Li Daqiang in this life said to him the day before he died.

Make his eyes light up.

Moreover, his father in this life, Li Daqiang, died in a very strange way. It was not due to an acute illness or an accident. He was obviously in his prime, but he called Li Zhi back for no reason, saying that his time was approaching. Then, he passed away peacefully in his sleep a few days later.

"Sister Mei, I'll treat you to a drink some other day." Thinking of this, Li Zhi quickly placed the thermos cup and kettle on the glass counter, not afraid of the hot water spilling onto the counter.

After saying that, he took out a backpack from the cabinet under the counter.

Then he put away his cell phone and keys on the lazy chair and hurried out of the store.

As soon as he left the store, he started to lock the door, not even giving Zhou Mei time to react, and almost locked Zhou Mei in the store.

After pulling down the shutter door, Zhou Mei grabbed Li Zhi's arm and asked with concern, "Xiao Li, are you really okay?"

Li Zhi smiled and said, "I'm fine. I just suddenly remembered an important matter that is waiting for me to do."

Then he took Zhou Mei's hand away and said, "Sister Mei, I'll explain it to you later. I'm leaving now."

Walk quickly out of the pedestrian street and come to the parking lot.

Then Li Zhi drove away in his Grand Cherokee.

After the vehicle drove out of the parking lot, it did not drive towards the community where he lived.

Instead, he drove towards his hometown outside the city.

By the evening, Li Zhi finally drove back to Dali Village, 200 kilometers away.

I'm away from home all year round, so the house is full of dust.

But Li Zhi had no intention of cleaning. He went straight back to Li Daqiang's bedroom and took out a strangely shaped copper key from the cabinet.

The key was half a foot long.

Holding the key, Li Zhi went to the backyard.

After finding a location under the pomegranate tree in the backyard, he picked up a shovel and began digging.

Fortunately, the soil under the pomegranate tree was relatively loose, and in just two hours, he dug a large pit one meter deep.

And it hit a hard object at the bottom of the pit.

Li Zhi’s experience from his previous life told him that he might have dug up a stone slab.

Sure enough, after cleaning the soil at the bottom of the pit, a stone slab covered with plastic cloth appeared in front of Li Zhi.

Experience told him that this was a specially designed tunnel entrance.

Moreover, there were three small holes filled with engine oil on the stone slab at the bottom of the pit, which seemed to be keyholes.

Seeing these things, Li Zhi seemed to understand something.

No wonder Li Daqiang, an honest farmer, has accumulated such a huge fortune.

It turns out that he also made money from the dead when he was alive.

Although Li Zhi did not inherit Li Daqiang's mantle, the memories he brought from his previous life indirectly allowed him to inherit Li Daqiang's skills.

"It's true that this cellar cannot be opened unless one is left with no other choice." Li Zhi sighed in his heart.

Making money from the dead will harm the fortune of the living.

No wonder Li Daqiang died so early.

He must have dug up something extraordinary during his lifetime.

Li Zhi was very much looking forward to what a huge surprise opening the stone slab would bring him.

However, after looking at the sky, he did not lift the stone slab on the spot.

Instead, he returned to the front yard.

Prepare to have a good rest for a night and open the "treasure chest" tomorrow.

That day, his mind was like a roller coaster, and he really needed to adjust himself through sleep.

(End of this chapter)