Chapter 297: Lin Jianyue Awakens! Zhang Fan and Li Miaoyin

Hearing the Dao in the mundane market, listening to the wondrous sound within three feet of the mysterious gate.

When the words "first time meeting" echoed in his ears, that white-clad figure gradually overlapped in Zhang Fan's eyes with the figure from last night.

Li Miaoyin's mouth curled slightly, and the faint smile on her beautiful face seemed to hide three parts teasing and seven parts playfulness.

"What's wrong with Mr. Zhang?" Li Miaoyin stared at Zhang Fan, saying softly.

"Zhang Fan..." Li Yishan coughed, looking at Zhang Fan with a strange expression.

"Oh, hello."

Zhang Fan recovered, raising his hand to shake Li Miaoyin's.

"Hmm!?"

The moment they touched, Zhang Fan felt the other party exert a slight force, merely clamping onto his palm; at the same time, a flash of unscrupulous brilliance flickered in her bright pupils.

"Sit."

Zhang Fan's expression tightened, and he took the opportunity to pull his hand back.

"Miaoyin, my friend just happened to be passing by, so we bumped into each other; isn't that a coincidence," Li Yishan said hurriedly.

"You don't mind if we have a meal together, do you?"

"I don't mind."

Li Miaoyin shook her head, revealing a generous smile.

"I'm always happy to make another friend."

As she spoke, Li Miaoyin looked at Zhang Fan, saying with interest: "I wonder what Mr. Zhang does for a living?"

"He is..."

"I'm currently unemployed!" Zhang Fan said lightly.

Now that Ye Buliang was temporarily closed and even the boss was inside, he didn't have a proper job.

"Yishan, your family has a large business, why don't you help your friend? I think Mr. Zhang is very reliable; following your family to work wouldn't be bad," Li Miaoyin changed the subject, saying suddenly.

"This..." Li Yishan raised an eyebrow.

"Old Li and I are friends who grew up together, we don't talk about that," Zhang Fan said casually.

"What did Mr. Zhang study? I have some friends in Yujing City, perhaps I can give a recommendation," Li Miaoyin appeared extremely enthusiastic.

"I'm a person who didn't study well; back in college, I failed subjects every year, and from graduation until today, I haven't achieved anything," Zhang Fan said casually.

"I've heard from elders that doing things is the same as being a person; you don't necessarily have to achieve great success..."

"Small achievements happen every year, and small steps are taken every year; as long as you are steady enough, you can also reach the peak."

"I think Mr. Zhang is a steady person."

"Miss Li can also read faces?"

"Reading faces is actually just reading people."

Zhang Fan and Li Miaoyin chatted back and forth without stopping; Li Yishan sat to the side, his expression becoming strange, looking like an outsider.

"Rat, rat, squeak, squeak, squeak, old ox, old ox, moo, moo, moo, tiger, tiger..."

Just then, a pleasant ringtone, like a nursery rhyme, rang out.

Li Yishan took out his phone and glanced down.

"You guys keep chatting, I'm going to take a call."

As he spoke, he took his phone, stood up from his seat, and walked outside the coffee house.

"Who exactly are you?"

Zhang Fan changed the subject, his gaze sharp as a knife as he looked at Li Miaoyin.

"As the saying goes, out of ten Zhangs, nine are Daoists; you certainly haven't failed your surname... Tsk tsk, to think there's an expert like you in Yujing City. Among all the Daoist sects under heaven, I've heard of every promising sprout of your age, yet I've never heard of someone like you."

Li Miaoyin smiled, looking Zhang Fan up and down.

"We didn't finish last night, what? You want to offer some pointers?" Zhang Fan said lightly.

"Fang Changle's Daoist methods are loose, but he made a good friend and saved his own life," Li Miaoyin said softly.

"I know about your grudge with him; it's not a life-or-death enmity, but last night you almost broke his cultivation."

Just for the sake of a spiritual talisman, it wasn't a life-or-death enmity.

"Haven't you heard a saying?" Li Miaoyin changed the subject, saying lightly.

"What?"

"When one possesses a sharp weapon, the desire to kill arises."

"My Daoist methods are smooth; if I can't be uninhibited, how can my thoughts be clear?" Li Miaoyin chuckled.

With just this one sentence, Zhang Fan's gaze narrowed slightly, seeing this woman's heroic bearing, like a sword hidden in its sheath.

"Do you think I'm fierce and vicious, a great villain?"

Li Miaoyin suddenly leaned close to Zhang Fan, her watery eyes staring straight at him, a faint fragrance wafting over.

Zhang Fan was momentarily flustered, subconsciously leaning back.

"Pretty much."

"Thanks for the compliment," Li Miaoyin's smile on her beautiful face became even brighter.

"Who complimented you?"

"Haven't you heard that great villains must be people of great wisdom and courage? Mediocre people can't do evil."

"..."

"Your way of thinking is truly unique."

"How is that Maoshan successor of yours?" Li Miaoyin asked, watching Zhang Fan's reaction.

"No danger, successfully promoted... but you've really angered him, and in his rage..."

"He got angry again?" Li Miaoyin took over Zhang Fan's words.

"..."

"In his rage, he intends to search all of Yujing City to find you," Zhang Fan said solemnly.

In his view, the grudge between Li Miaoyin and Fang Changle was not irreconcilable.

Fang Changle had taken advantage of her, cut off her path, and snatched the spiritual talisman.

Li Miaoyin had attacked while Fang Changle was in seclusion breaking through, but in the end, there was no danger.

Counting it up, Fang Changle had taken a slight advantage, and it wasn't some unsolvable life-or-death enmity, so Zhang Fan couldn't be bothered to care.

"Is that so."

As she spoke, Li Miaoyin took out her phone, opened her Super Message QR code, placed it on the table, rested her chin on her hand, and stared straight at Zhang Fan.

"What are you doing?"

"Add me on Super Message, and later you can have him come kill me."

"..."

"Are you okay?"

"You wouldn't be cherishing the fair and pitying the jade, would you?" Li Miaoyin looked at Zhang Fan without avoiding his gaze, the two staring at each other.

"What are you talking about? You need someone to cherish the fair and pity the jade?"

Zhang Fan rolled his eyes, immediately took out his phone, scanned the QR code, and added Li Miaoyin on Super Message.

"Good!"

Seeing this, Li Miaoyin revealed a satisfied smile on her beautiful face.

"..."

"What are you guys chatting about?"

Just then, Li Yishan walked in, interrupting their conversation.

"We were..."

"Mr. Zhang was telling me about hitting on female classmates when he was in school."

"Huh? You hit on female classmates? How come I don't know about that?" Li Yishan asked curiously.

He was Zhang Fan's best friend who grew up with him.

There's a joke on the internet that if a man gets into a car accident, the first thing he does before dying is smash his phone, because it hides too many unspeakable secrets.

But Zhang Fan didn't need to; he needed to slaughter Li Yishan.

"Mr. Zhang said that when he was in school, he took the periodic table of elements to ask a female classmate, saying..."

"Why is this periodic table missing three? Oh, magnesium and aluminum are here, and there's my zinc."

As she spoke, Li Miaoyin laughed to herself.

"..."

"..."

"You wouldn't be that boring, would you?" Li Yishan looked at Zhang Fan.

"Shut up," Zhang Fan said in a low voice.

"Yishan, sorry, I have something urgent, I'm leaving first, I'll treat you next time."

As she spoke, Li Miaoyin stood up, picked up her bag, and turned to look at Zhang Fan.

"Mr. Zhang can come along too."

"Bye-bye."

"I'll see you out."

Li Yishan stepped forward to see her off.

Zhang Fan watched them walk to the door of the coffee house to say goodbye, and immediately after, Li Yishan turned back.

"Finally sent her off."

"Where did your family find such a girl? Did you check her background clearly? Don't get sold by her later," Zhang Fan muttered.

"Introduced by Aunt Yun, do you think I like blind dates? Whatever her background is, I'm being forced to do this anyway, could I really marry her?"

"What's wrong? Did you find out anything?" Li Yishan looked at Zhang Fan's reaction and couldn't help but ask.

"This woman doesn't look like a good person."

"Whether she's a good person or not, let's go, let's go, let's find another place to eat," Li Yishan stood up, pulling Zhang Fan.

"I'm still waiting for you to tell me about that little brother you know..."

"What was his name again?"

"Qin Ergou."

"Right, Ergou!"

The two walked shoulder to shoulder out of the Bujian Shan Coffee House.

Evening, Hongfu Huayuan.

Zhang Fan returned home, and just as he reached the middle of the stairs, he looked up and saw someone at his door, seemingly waiting for a long time.

"Director Sui, why didn't you give me a heads-up when you came?"

"We're all old acquaintances, don't tease me, and don't use my title outside of work," Sui Chunsheng said with a bitter smile.

"I've come to deliver a treasure to you."

Sui Chunsheng patted the box in his hand.

His efficiency was truly fast; Zhang Fan placed the order in the morning, and he delivered it in the evening.

One must know, that was Mount Kongdong's 【Blessed Field Rice】, worth 2.2 million; approval, payment, shipping, delivery... for anyone else, the process would take at least a week.

"Old Sui, you're truly reliable," Zhang Fan said with a smile.

Back then, he had met Sui Chunsheng and his junior sister Zhan Xinyue not long after joining 【Ye Buliang】.

At that time, he was only at the Art Apprentice realm; in just a year, the two had supported each other, and their status and standing were now vastly different.

Zhang Fan was now a Great Being fifth-layer expert, and as for Sui Chunsheng, he had become the Director of the Jiangnan Province Daoist Alliance headquarters, considered the most promising among young officials.

Such a friend was truly worth deep friendship.

"Let's go inside."

Zhang Fan opened the door and welcomed Sui Chunsheng in.

"Want something to drink?" Zhang Fan asked casually.

"There's nothing at home, so let's not drink anything," he changed the subject and shook his head.

"..."

"This box contains the Blessed Field Rice, and this card has 5 million in it."

Sui Chunsheng put down the box and simultaneously took out a card, handing it to Zhang Fan.

The Dragon Toad Oil sold for 7.2 million, the Blessed Field Rice cost 2.2 million, and now 5 million remained, all deposited in this bank card.

"5 million... truly a huge sum!" Zhang Fan felt the thin bank card was heavy.

He had never seen so much money in his life.

Originally, Zhang Fan had over 500,000 left in savings, and now, after a trip to Chang'an City, he had 5 million deposited.

According to Fang Changle's estimate, repairing the 【Weiling Demon-Suppressing Golden Seal】 would not exceed 1.5 million, meaning after those expenses, he would still have 4 million in assets.

If he only earned a fixed salary at Ye Buliang, how many years would he have to work for Bai Buran to earn 4 million?

A blissful smile couldn't help but appear on Zhang Fan's face; he glanced sideways and saw Sui Chunsheng looking straight at him.

"Why aren't you leaving yet?"

"..."

"Verify it, if there's no problem, we're square," Sui Chunsheng said lightly.

"No problem, with our relationship, how could I not trust you? No need to verify."

Zhang Fan looked at Sui Chunsheng with a smile.

"Then I'm leaving, contact me if you need anything."

"How about... staying for a meal?"

"No, I have a dinner appointment."

Sui Chunsheng checked the time on his watch, pulled down his sleeve, and covered it.

"Take care."

Zhang Fan saw Sui Chunsheng out the door and couldn't wait to open the box.

A refreshing herbal scent wafted over, instantly filling the entire living room; the withered green dill on the windowsill actually regained its vitality at this moment.

Zhang Fan looked closely and froze.

The so-called 【Blessed Field Rice】 was somewhat different from what he had imagined; there was only one grain of rice in the box, at least fifteen centimeters long, just enough to hold in one hand, with a faint warm and soft feeling, as if it had human body temperature; the top was slightly rounded and protruding, and inside the crystal-clear interior, one could see traces like tendons.

The box also included an instruction manual.

Using the Blessed Field Rice was quite simple; one only needed to refine it with Daoist True Fire, turn it into rice paste, and then feed it to the primordial spirit.

Whoosh...

Zhang Fan waved his hand, releasing Lin Jianyue's weak primordial spirit; at this moment, her primordial spirit had become incredibly transparent, tottering, difficult to gather or disperse.

"This treasure is worth over 2 million; just for the sake of seven figures, you should wake up."

Zhang Fan gritted his teeth, a wisp of True Fire rising from his fingertips, illuminating the dim room.

"Revive, my rabbit!"

A point of True Fire melted, wrapping around the crystal-clear 【Blessed Field Rice】, which slowly fused, like jade liquid and nectar, pouring into Lin Jianyue's primordial spirit.

It was late at night.

Halfway up Purple Gold Mountain, a Chinese-style courtyard was brightly lit.

Li Yishan drove his car slowly into the mansion.

By comparison, the residential complex where Zhang Fan lived was practically a slum.

"Young Master, Sister Yun has been waiting for you for a long time."

Just as he got out of the car, a middle-aged man in a crisp suit approached, a hint of a smile hidden in his eyes.

"Here we go again."

Li Yishan curled his lips and walked straight toward the mansion; pushing the door open, he saw Jiang Yunxian sitting on the sofa, looking at her phone.

"How was the blind date?"

Jiang Yunxian looked at Li Yishan, revealing a motherly smile; as a stepmother, she had fulfilled the duties of a biological mother.

"Aunt Yun, can we skip this kind of thing in the future? I'm already so old, I have the ability to find a partner myself."

Li Yishan leaned over, almost begging.

"Do you know I almost died laughing because of Zhang Fan?"

"Did you use him as a shield today?" Jiang Yunxian said lightly.

"It was just a coincidence," Li Yishan's expression tightened slightly, and he laughed dryly.

"So, you three were together today?"

"Aunt Yun, it really was a coincidence," Li Yishan immediately became anxious.

"I see."

Jiang Yunxian replied lightly and lowered her head to continue looking at her phone.

"Fine, I promise, one more meeting, you tell me the time and place," Li Yishan gritted his teeth, having no choice but to bite the bullet.

"Meet what? Who are you meeting?"

Jiang Yunxian glanced sideways and then slowly stood up.

"If you want a partner, find one yourself."

As she spoke, she went upstairs on her own.

"No, what does that mean? Wasn't it a blind date for me?"

Li Yishan stood frozen in place, his face full of confusion and bewilderment.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 298 =====