Chapter 271 Seeking Advice
Ge Dongxu was not an old-fashioned person. He knew that with his skills, learning to drive would be child's play for him. Seeing Fan Hong say so, he no longer insisted and nodded, "If that's the case, to avoid making a laughingstock out of our bureau, I'll take the trouble."
Fan Hong was briefly taken aback at these words, but then he suddenly realized that this young master, who had always seemed so nonchalant, was joking with him. He couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Only, the laughter came a beat too late, and it seemed somewhat strange.
After a few laughs, Fan Hong stopped and steered the conversation towards the matter of Xiaoyuan Mountain.
"Because of the incident at Xiaoyuan Mountain, we conducted a deeper investigation into the affairs of both Cui He and Li Bisheng over the past few years. We found that Cui He had committed many wrongs in these years, and Li Bisheng was similarly guilty, even harming numerous women. Speaking of which, we really owe you our thanks. If it hadn't been for you, we wouldn't have known how many more bad deeds Cui He could have done under the name of the Special Ability Management Bureau."
"In light of the crimes Cui He has committed over the years, we've crippled his cultivation and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The same goes for Li Bisheng. However, since Li Bisheng is a public figure, he needs to undergo legal proceedings. But since all the evidence of his crimes has been collected, he will certainly not escape a life sentence. As for the damages caused to Qinglan Cosmetics products due to his use of techniques earlier this year, since it's not appropriate to publicize, we'll compensate Qinglan through other means by extracting it from his assets. Also, Li Fang Cosmetics will likely be auctioned off. If you are interested, you could..."
"I don't want to touch his stuff, to avoid idle gossip," Ge Dongxu firmly said as he waved his hand to decline.
"Old Lin is not a bad person; it's just that in recent years, his sense of self-importance has inflated a bit too much, leading to some extremities and flamboyance in his actions. For this reason, we have dismissed him from his public office. He will no longer hold any position in the Special Ability Management Bureau. The other two, who are disciples of Cui He, have been discharged from their public offices since they were only following orders. I don't know what Director Ge thinks of this kind of..." Fan Hong, seeing that Ge Dongxu was not interested in Li Fang, continued to relay the outcomes for the people involved in the case.
"I respect the bureau's decision," Ge Dongxu interrupted Fan Hong before he could finish speaking.
"Good, thank you, Director Ge," Fan Hong breathed a sigh of relief. He wasn't worried that Ge Dongxu would be dissatisfied with the handling of Cui He and Li Bisheng; he was more concerned about the decision regarding Team Leader Lin.
After all, Team Leader Lin was a veteran employee of the Special Ability Management Bureau, and Fan Hong couldn't bear the thought of him actually going to jail. Fortunately, Ge Dongxu had no intention of pursuing the matter.
"It is I who should thank you," Ge Dongxu said as he stood up, extending his hand with a smile.
Fan Hong hurriedly stood up as well and shook hands with Ge Dongxu. By this time, he should have excused himself, as all that needed saying had been said, and Ge Dongxu's gesture of standing and reaching out was clear enough.
That should be it for tonight!
But after shaking hands, Fan Hong seemed to miss the implicit message in Ge Dongxu's words. An awkward expression appeared on his face, and after a moment, he sheepishly blurted out, "Um, Director Ge, may I ask you for some advice on certain matters?"
"Regarding cultivation?" Ge Dongxu raised his eyebrows slightly and asked.
"Yes, yes, I know this request is somewhat presumptuous, but I've recently encountered some difficulties, so I must seek your advice with a thick face. Of course, if Director Ge finds it inconvenient, I won't insist," said Fan Hong, taken aback as Ge Dongxu pinpointed his thoughts, before hastily adding.
"There's no inconvenience. Is it that when your breath cycles to the Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian, it becomes sluggish and you feel a pain in your chest?" Ge Dongxu waved his hand dismissively and then sat back down.
"Yes, yes, Director Ge is truly a divine being to have discerned this," said Fan Hong, nodding eagerly, his eyes filled with admiration and expectation as he looked at Ge Dongxu.
"I'm not that skilled. However, I shook hands with you twice, and the first time I detected a subtle abnormality in your pulse. I didn't pay it much mind before, but when we shook hands again just now, I felt it again, and you mentioned having difficulties, so it must certainly be an issue with your heart. As a cultivator, if there's a problem with the heart, it undoubtedly lies in the Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian during cultivation," Ge Dongxu said.
"Director Ge's diagnosis is correct. Now when my breath cycles to the Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian, the True Qi is somewhat sluggish and I feel a faint pain in my chest, which I never had before," Fan Hong said.
"Circulate your True Qi, and then let me feel your pulse and make a judgment. Right now, I can't give you a definitive answer," Ge Dongxu said.
Fan Hong was slightly stunned at these words.
Each school, each sect, even every cultivator's family that passes down their techniques, keeps them secret from all but their own disciples or direct family members.
Fan Hong came from a cultivator family, and this technique was their unique family technique, not to be shared outside the direct family lineage. But if Fan Hong circulated his True Qi and let Ge Dongxu take his pulse, the way his True Qi circulated would likely be exposed to Ge Dongxu, who could then discern and learn the Fan Family's secret mental method with a bit of effort.
However, Fan Hong only paused momentarily before immediately extending his hand towards Ge Dongxu.
At Ge Dongxu's level, why would he covet his cultivation techniques?
Seeing Fan Hong stretch his hand out, Ge Dongxu looked him in the eye, smiled, and then placed his hand on his wrist. Enjoy more content from My Virtual Library Empire
Fan Hong, despite his age and his role as the director of the Special Ability Management Bureau, is not only a highly-placed official in government, but is also a notable figure in the world of Qimen. He attends and sits at the main table of every Qimen conference as an official representative. Yet today, with just a casual glance from the younger Ge Dongxu, he felt as if his thoughts were being read, and his face involuntarily flushed with some embarrassment before he began to circulate the True Qi within his body.
After Fan Hong circulated his breath through a Circulation Cycle, Ge Dongxu withdrew his hand and after a moment of contemplation said, "Your current condition isn't unprecedented, but because your cultivation hadn't reached that layer, the symptoms were mild, so you overlooked them. Now you're at the Fourth Layer of Qi Cultivation, and one more step would take you to the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer. At this layer, cultivating the Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian is crucial. Clearly, there is a flaw in the way your technique operates at this juncture, so this issue has begun to surface at this stage of your practice. If you were content with your cultivation halting here, the problem would remain as is without worsening. But if you wish to advance further, then you must resolve this flaw in your technique. Otherwise, if you try to force a breakthrough to the Fourth Layer, at best your cultivation power will be damaged, and at worst, your heart will be severely harmed, and you may even risk losing your life."
ps: There's one more chapter, but it will probably be in the evening.