Chapter 80: Virtuous Pilgrim
After that, Jia Hao spent some time with the Cai Family at the dinner. And as he suspected, Cai Yunhai used this chance to rob the bottle of Maotai from him.
” Damn it! Xiao Hao, How do you keep so many things in your sleeve?” Cai Yunhai smacked his lips as he finished two glasses at once.
” Now you said it, Don’t tell me you have something like Endless Sleeve or Meru Pouch?” Li Rou looked at Jia Hao with interest.
” Hehe, What does Mother in Law think?”
” I don’t need to think about it.” With a light smile, Li Rou dismissed her question.
” Well, Since the problem of this has settled, we can work on expanding our business, no?” Jia Hao proposed.
” What do you mean, Xiao Hao?” Li Rou became amused. ” Ah, are you talking about the food stores? You want to renew them with your new recipes and sauces?”
” Mother in law is wise.”
” Well, I just heard that the punishment box I created after Zhu Wuya’s death already collected more than 150,000 taels of gold.” Cai Yunhai sighed.
” Those bastards, I never thought they sapped so much money.”
” But I guess Cai Family has enough for the business expenditure.” Jia Hao smiled. ” Don’t worry about the sauces, I will see that. However, I hope the Cai Family would tighten the scrutiny around the chefs.”
” After all, Once our shops gain popularity, the other forces would try their best to get their hands on our recipe. Therefore…”
” Don’t worry about that.” Li Rou waved her hands. ” Under the gaze of our Cai Family, no one can do anything suspicious.”
Jia Hao chatted and expressed some of the plans for the new business, making Cai Yixue and Li Rou surprised. Meanwhile, Cai Yunhai was only nodding as his face already become red due to the maotai.
” Unngh, Rourou…Let’s go to the bedroom.”
” This person…”
Li Rou sighed as she held Cai Yunhai and got up. ” Alright, Both of you should now go and sleep.”
” Yes, Mother.”
As Jia Hao and Cia Yixue retired back to the room, Jia Hao looked at him.
” Since everything is done here…I should go back now. Besides, I have to collect materials to get various materials.” Jia Hao spoke in a low voice.
Cai Yixue remained silent for a moment as she nodded. ” I understand. Although I don’t know where you go…I believe you don’t have any ulterior motive.”
” So, Rest well.”
” You are not coming to sleep?” Jia Hao asked.
” No, I still have some reports to see.” Cai Yixue smiled faintly.
For some reason, Jia Hao felt that smile dimly lit in lamp light extremely enchanting.
‘ Wow, My wife is so…beautiful.’
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Waking up, Jia Hao found himself in the bedroom of Su Family Manor. As he got up, he suddenly felt an illusory shattering inside his body.
It was like a faint barrier inside his body broke, arrowing him to reach a new stage.
At that moment, three strings of white light appeared before Jia Hao and shone above him, giving him warmth like morning sunlight.
As the light drilled inside his body, they seamlessly merged inside the foundation of his dantian, making its illusory self even more corporeal.
‘ I… I have completed the Complete Transformation stage and finished the Body Tempering Chapter of Golden Arhat Vajra Body Art?’
‘ Now, The second chapter is called Virtuous Pilgrim chapter.’ Jia Hao became mused in his thoughts.
‘ When I read the technique before, there were many parts I didn’t understand. However, now I am cultivating it, they opened to me like mist fading before the truth.’
The Virtuous Pilgrim chapter, It’s not a stage where I can strengthen my body just by devouring medicinal pills or treasures.’
‘ Although it does rely on the natural energy of heaven and earth, it’s the secondary energy. The primary energy is called…Virtue.’
Yes, it’s called virtue. And what Jia Hao received was the karmic energy of virtue.
As its name implies, heaven always rewards virtuous work. However, not many people can harness it. This Virtuos Pilgrim chapter allows the practitioner to condense their foundation by using the energy of virtuous karma.
The more impact your virtuous deeds have on the world, the more karmic energy one will accumulate.
‘ But it’s not that easy. One need do it spontaneously, out of their own heart.’
For example, Jia Hao can use all his money to feed all the homeless people in the city. Although it would yield some good karma, it won’t be much.
Meanwhile, if Jia Hao walked on the road and genuinely gave food to a truly poor man, he would get a much better quality of virtuous karma.
As the chapter states, it’s not about one’s wishes. It’s about one’s heart and the arrangement of heaven itself.
‘ The energy I got probably accumulated by saving the Su Family from villains and saving Jiang Ruoyu. Although it’s not much, but it is what it is.’
‘ Hmm, Perhaps traveling through the world gave me a little push, making me complete the first chapter? But, I wonder if the virtuous karma for killing Moonlight Rapist would follow me here, or I need to go back to Yunlan Continent to check it.’
Closing his eyes, Jia Hao sensed his own foundation inside his dantian. It appeared to be illusory and had a gray color, filled with numerous cracks. However, the virtuous karma filled a bit of those cracks, giving him a bit more strength.
‘ At the Virtuous Pilgrim stage, I can tap into the extreme Yang energy cultivated by the Buddhist practitioners. Pure and blazing like the sun, righteous like a judge’s sword, that’s the Yang energy.’
‘ Too bad I am not a virgin. Else it would be a few times more powerful.’
But of course, Jia Hao had no regret about this. He was cultivating the technique solely for power. He had no intention of living like a monk in some monastery, without wine, meat, and women.
As it was already late, Jia Hao walked down the stairs and saw Su Lan walking out of her room.
” Good Morning, Big Sister Lan.” Jia Hao smiled. Su Lan rubbed her eyes as she also smiled back.
” Good morning, Hao’er. You didn’t go with Xing’er to jog?”
” I was feeling a bit tired yesterday. So, I didn’t go.” Jia Hao shrugged.
Suddenly, Su Lan walked to Jia Hao as her finger gently traced his abs.
” Strange, Why do I think your body is growing more explosively? I feel you became more…robust and manly.” Su Lan frowned.
” Hehe, Sister Lan, I guess you are still in sleep.” Jia Hao gave a cheeky laugh. ” Or…Perhaps you are only thinking about me?”
” Bahh! Hao’er, How can you say that?”
Su Lan blushed as she looked away. But for some strange reason, her heart was jumping wildly.
‘ En…He does look more handsome.’
