Xu Damao's Thirty-Six Stratagems in Siheyuan

"Baby, you are a little too bold, aren't you afraid that your senior brother will be suspicious, or that Meifang will be upset."

"Come on, you are so ungrateful. Now you are enjoying the life of a rich landlord with one wife and everything else, and you are still criticizing me. I am just thanking you for finding a job for my senior brother today, and I am so excited that I can't help thinking about it a little bit."

Xu Damao and Fang Xiaoru finished a round of games, but they were still talking as they were still not satisfied.

In fact, Zheng Yongjun had gone to bed early today because he had drunk too much and had no idea that Xu Damao was in the west wing.

"Da Mao, to be honest, sometimes when I think about being with you, I feel like I'm addicted to opium. You're getting better and better. Sister Meifang said she's a little scared of you. Judging from your performance today, it really is. I feel so comfortable. I haven't been this happy for a long time."

In the middle of the night, Fang Xiaoru fell for him again, and she realized that what Gu Meifang said was right. Indeed, this guy was a bit different and quite scary.

Xu Damao got up early in the morning, practiced three sets of eight-palm exercises in the yard, and stood in the standing meditation for half an hour before going to the kitchen to make breakfast.

If you can't sleep, work. If you owe others spiritually, you must give them full satisfaction materially.

Three days later, on Saturday, Li Weihong and Chen Zhiyong moved to Yandaixie Street. Xu Damao made some adjustments. Fang Xiaoru moved into the right bedroom of the main house, and the couple moved into the west wing. This was specially arranged by Gu Meifang. After all, the man had to live a normal life in the next few months. He couldn't stop living like this just because his son and daughter-in-law came over.

The next day, Sunday, Xu Damao took Zheng Yongjun to meet with Fan Changlong and settled the matter of Zheng Yongjun going to the joint transport department. Zheng Yongjun actually worshipped Fan Changlong as his master, although the age difference between the two was only about ten years. The status was set, and the relationship became more solid. This is the effect we want.

"Yongjun, work hard. I'm telling you, I've found a wife for you. Although she's divorced and has a child, and isn't very pretty, she comes from a good family and is the child of a high-ranking official. If Director Fan can get you a job in half a year, I'll have the courage to take you on a blind date. Otherwise, you're really not worthy of her."

"There's this? Are you kidding me?"

"You can't joke about this. She divorced him because the man made a mistake. She is very capable and she is also a cadre. Think about it carefully. After half a year, you and Xiaoru have settled the matter, then you can meet her legitimately. Right? Work hard, brother."

Zheng Yongjun went to work a few days later. The transport office also gave him a dormitory to live in temporarily. He usually guarded the gate of the transport office at night, which was also a salary for his acting role. A few days later, he was arranged to follow the car to Qinhuangdao.

Everything went well, and Xu Damao was quite satisfied with his current life. He visited He Lihua twice a week, and there was normal homework at home every day to satisfy his growing energy.

However, he was still quite confused and asked his senior brother Zhang Tengyun about the question.

Zhang Tengyun was surprised to find that Xu Damao had broken through the Ming Jin stage and reached the An Jin stage. He was not sure, so he went back and asked Zhang Taihe about Xu Damao's situation and got an accurate answer.

Zhang Taihe was a little surprised. "Tengyun, is it possible? Damao has only practiced from head to toe for more than ten years. You two brothers have been practicing since childhood, and you have barely reached the threshold of Ming Jin, and haven't even entered the door. How come he has reached An Jin? Is he the kind of person with extremely high talent that the ancestors said?"

Zhang Taihe was very satisfied with Xu Damao as his apprentice. Since Xu Damao, his family's life has changed dramatically and is getting better and better. Now he heard that this cheap apprentice might have broken through to the dark power, which really made him dumbfounded. His master had only reached the dark power stage, and he didn't break through until he was almost fifty. Zhang Taihe had only heard of the term Huajin, but had never seen it.

"Tengyun, please ask Damao to come home later. It seems that our branch will produce a dragon. I want to pass on my family's unique skills to him and see if he can master them. This way, Zhigang, Zhiqiang and the others will have a stronger backer in the future. Do you have any objection?"

"Dad, this is what I meant. Instead of putting it in a box, why not let Damao have a try? Besides, Damao has been very kind to our family. Then I'll let him come over. By the way, Dad, when can you let my younger sister come over as well? See if Damao has any chance for my younger sister. It seems that my younger sister and her husband are in a period of transition in the Sports Committee, and it's not going well for them."

"There's no rush for this. Yanyun, you brothers should take care of her first. Eat your meal one bite at a time and don't think too much. There are only so many favors you can give. Use them one by one and save them for a long time. You're so old, but you don't understand this."

A few days later, Xu Damao brought some wine and cooked food and went to Courtyard 88 with his senior brother Teng Yun to visit his master and his mistress.

It's true. I haven't stepped into Courtyard 88 for a long time. Zhang Taihe moved back to Courtyard 88 from the courtyard they bought for their two sons after Zhang Zhigang got married. The old couple now lives in such a spacious house that the neighbors are jealous. But the Zhang family has so many people. Even though they have moved away, the number has increased. It's useless to be jealous.

They drank and chatted together. After three rounds of drinks, Zhang Taihe stopped talking and asked the old woman to get a box from the inner room and hand it to Xu Damao.

"Da Mao, Master will not hide it from you. The things in this box belong to your master, that is, my father. In his early years, he traveled around the world and encountered robbers halfway. There was a conflict. As a result, your master was seriously injured, and my brother, my younger brother, and one of my sisters died. I was also slightly injured. Tengyun was still young at that time, but he still remembered this. This box was obtained from the robber. After our research, it must be a martial arts secret book. Both men and women practiced it, but in the end, no one succeeded. A few days ago, Tengyun told me about your situation. Master thinks that you have entered the level of dark energy. It seems that your talent for martial arts is higher than ours. So today Master will give you this secret book. You try to practice it, maybe you can succeed. There is an original book in it, and another one is a simplified copy that has been re-copied over the years. We don’t recognize the words on the original, so we still found several literate people to translate it."

Xu Damao took the box and knew at a glance that it was made of Huanghuali wood. Judging from the patina, it seemed to date back to the Ming Dynasty. It was an old item from hundreds of years ago.

"Master, Master's Wife, thank you for your trust. I won't tell you the secret book inside, but this box alone can be exchanged for a bag of flour. It's an old item made of huanghuali wood, and the edging is copper, which is rare. I'll keep it for you first, and you can exchange it for money to honor Master later."

"Da Mao, we are family, and a disciple is half a disciple. Master and his wife have seen how much you have helped Ling Yun and Teng Yun over the years. There is no need to be so formal. Come and see Master when you have time. If you don't have time, just do your own things. We are both in good health."

After Xu Damao had his meal, he returned to Yandaixie Street, which was not too far from Yard 88. It took him less than ten minutes to get home by bike.

I did nothing but opened the box. There were indeed two books inside. One was filled with dense words. The other was actually connected together. You could flip through it from right to left. When you opened it, it was a long strip with pictures and text.

No wonder Zhang Taihe couldn’t recognize the characters, it turned out that it was originally written in small seal script.

Although Xu Damao could not recognize all the small seal characters, he could still recognize the general idea. It started with: Five Elements Qi Refining Secret.

The last part of the album: The Five Elements Spirit Refining Technique.