Bizarre Cultivation: Starting from Being Beaten Up by Reality

Chapter 144 Holy Mother

"Out of money? Brother Fan, you've spent all your money..."

Before Niu Dadan could finish his sentence, Sun Ruolan covered his mouth.

Sun Ruolan pulled Niu Dadan's fat ear and started biting it, "Dadan, say less. Brother Lin is our benefactor, how can you expose his shortcomings to his face? Maybe Brother Lin was in a moment of pleasure last night and gave all his money to some young lady in the wetlands."

Niu Dadan immediately understood and shut up.

Lin Fan couldn't hear what they were saying, but he felt that their smiles were a bit off.

Sun Ruolan took out a hairpin from her bosom. "Brother Lin is alright. If we sell this, at least we won't starve to death."

Lin Fan was their benefactor, and so was Doctor Lei. Originally, after thanking Lin Fan, the two were going to thank Doctor Lei, but they were interrupted.

Lin Fan glanced at the hairpin; in reality, only the small plum blossom on it was gold, and it wouldn't fetch much even if sold. "Miss Sun, please keep it for now. You can sell it if there's really no other way."

After saying that, the four of them seemed to have thought of something at the same time, and they all looked at Er Gou, who was driving the carriage.

Lin Fan walked up to him first, "Er Gou, do you think Brother Fan is loyal to you?"

Er Gou hummed a song, looking very happy, "Brother Fan, you're so loyal, no doubt about it!"

Er Gou gave Lin Fan a thumbs up, praising him.

Lin Fan then said, "Can you lend me some money?"

Er Gou's thumb gradually turned, from upward to downward.

A short while later, Lin Fan returned looking disheveled.

Dr. Lei also went, and returned to sit down with a dark expression.

Sun Ruolan gritted her teeth and moved closer to him, starting to massage his shoulders. She then blew into Chen Ergou's ear, saying, "Ergou, you work hard driving every day. Let your sister-in-law massage your shoulders."

The soft body touched Er Gou's back intentionally or unintentionally.

Er Gou looked pleased, his face flushed, but he still didn't agree.

As for Niu Dadan, it was only because Lin Fan and Doctor Lei held him back that he didn't go up and beat up Chen Ergou, let alone borrow money.

The four of them shrank back with long faces. The couple huddled in a corner, while Lin Fan sat on the outside enjoying the breeze.

Dr. Lei sat down next to him. "Brother, where did all your money go? Well, it's good to relax. Money is just an external thing. We can figure out a way later."

Lin Fan shook his head. "I gave all the money I had to Su Changyi before I left."

"what?"

"Although I don't feel like I owe them anything, I still feel uncomfortable if I don't do something in that situation. Doctor, do you think I'm being too saintly?"

Dr. Lei hadn't heard this term in a long time, and paused for a moment. "Yes, it's like having an excessive amount of 'saintly heart.' But I hate hypocrites who pretend to be saints, not saints themselves."

Lin Fan looked at the doctor, puzzled. "What's the difference between these two?"

"Hey, who's the person from the present world, you or me? You don't even know that?"

Lin Fan shook his head. As a senior high school student, he couldn't possibly compete with Dr. Lei in terms of internet usage intensity. Although it took Dr. Lei several years to learn how to use the internet, once he did, he was completely addicted.

Dr. Lei recalled for a moment, then boasted, "A 'saintly' is someone who can't stand seeing pitiful people and has an overflowing sense of compassion. A 'saintly bitch' is someone who forces others to act like a saint. That's about it."

Lin Fan understood and nodded.

Dr. Lei chuckled, "Brother, actually I wasn't telling the whole truth. I didn't actually spend all the money I used to buy things for you; I kept the rest."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Lin Fan sighed and said, "Doctor, what are you thinking? Even if you're a good person, you can't leave yourself no way out, can you?"

Dr. Lei: "I was just thinking of borrowing some money from you. Once I get back to the real world, I'll be able to earn back these few taels of silver very quickly."

Lin Fan: "Actually, that's what I think too."

Feeling a little embarrassed, Dr. Lei changed the subject, "Brother, I think you seem much more relaxed after your trip? You said you didn't go to the Free and Unfettered Cave, so what did you go there for?"

"It's nothing. Killing a few people who annoyed me made me feel better."

Dr. Lei remained silent for a while.

"Brother, how about next time you consider finding a woman to relax?"

The carriage remained quiet for a while.

Chen Ergou suddenly broke the silence, "Hey, I said, Brother Fan."

He had no choice but to turn around and shout to the back of the carriage, "We can't be without money. I've thought of a way to make money. Let's go to the next village together."

Lin Fan frowned. He always felt that Chen Ergou wouldn't come up with any good ideas. "Do you know where to park next time?"

Chen Ergou shook his head, "I don't know, but it must be within the territory of Sanjiang Prefecture. Sanjiang Prefecture is quite interesting, as it means the confluence of three rivers."

Chen Ergou hesitated for a moment, and Doctor Lei continued, "Sanjiang Prefecture is connected to the southern border and borders the Jiangnan region to the east. To the west, beyond the pass, lies the land of the Hu people, and to the east, the Central Plains. It can be said that it is close to all places, yet not close to any place at all. Therefore, it is an exceptionally mixed place, with all sorts of people from different schools of thought in a chaotic mess."

Lin Fan nodded, "Okay, we're just passing through. We just need to earn a little money to get to our destination."

Sun Ruolan chimed in, "Brother Lin, our destination is in the counties of Sanjiang Prefecture."

As night fell, Lin Fan moved slightly away from the carriage and sat down to meditate in a patch of grass.

He didn't know the principle behind it, but he felt a slight loosening of the acupoints in his dantian. If he consciously tried to "touch" them, it felt like when he was getting new teeth and they were loose and would fall out at the slightest touch.

This should be a sign that his cultivation technique is about to break through. Isn't it a bit too simple? Lin Fan neither practiced it nor used it once, so how could he break through so quickly?

Lin Fan touched his severed finger. Doctor Lei cut off the fleshy lump that had grown on it, cleaned the wound, and then clamped his finger with a wooden board.

Lin Fan naturally asked if this would allow it to grow back.

Dr. Lei immediately shook his head in denial, saying that it would be useless for ordinary people, but Lin Fan's self-healing ability far exceeded that of ordinary people, so it might work. It was just a last resort.

Shifting his attention away from his little finger, Lin Fan began to worry about himself again. He had used weapons again recently, so this breakthrough would likely not be easy.

The instinctive fear made him tremble slightly. Who isn't afraid of pain? Who isn't afraid of death? In the heat of the moment, Lin Fan might have thought that since Huang Daozhong was there, he might as well give it a shot.

Now, in his calm state, when he recalls the excruciating pain he felt when he first swallowed the Daoist book, Lin Fan feels as if the 'teeth' in his dantian are some kind of taboo that he dares not touch.

Should he give up? Lin Fan even began to consider what would happen if the doctor couldn't save him this time, wouldn't that be a complete waste of the opportunity to use the Huangdaozhong (a Chinese astrological clock)?

Be careful? Be cautious? Play it safe? Thinking this, Lin Fan began to smile. If running away was useful, he wouldn't be in this predicament now. The more strength he had, the better his chances of leaving safely! He had to believe in himself, and he had to believe in the doctor!

"Wake up, doctor, wake up!"

Sun Ruolan shook Dr. Lei awake. They had just been chatting, but the doctor was snoring as he spoke. "Do old people sleep like this?" she wondered.

However, before Lin Fan left, he instructed Sun Ruolan to bring a doctor to see him in a short while.

Dr. Lei, his eyes still glazed over, was pulled by Sun Ruolan into the bushes beside the carriage.

The moment he saw Lin Fan, he was wide awake.

Lin Fan lay in the grass, covered in blood. His body was covered in wounds of varying depths, and blood was spurting from his face.

Lin Fan reached out a bloodied hand to Doctor Lei, grinning foolishly as if he had seen his dream lover, "Doctor, save me!"

Dr. Lei covered his eyes, unwilling to face reality. "Not even a day has passed, and you've already done this to yourself!"