Choosing to rent a house in Mingzhu was a decision that Xiao Qiang made after a lot of consideration.
He had recently offended several major families in Mingzhu.
Not to mention the Xia Family and Su Family, whose plans he had disrupted, there was the Li Family, a golden lineage that could send out a fully-realised innate level expert.
This alone was enough to give anyone a headache.
Xiao Qiang’s previous cultivation path had started with a medical book.
The Yin and Yang Creation Method was not only a cultivation tactic but also a medical book.
The reason Xiao Qiang was able to cultivate from an ordinary human to a top-notch expert in the Great Perfection stage within a mere three hundred years was mainly because he had comprehended a divine skill from the Yin and Yang Creation Method.
This allowed him to absorb the spiritual energy of the heavens and earth through his body pores at any time and place.
While others needed to meditate in order to enhance their cultivation, Xiao Qiang was constantly meditating.
No wonder his cultivation level was growing fast.
Although the spiritual energy in this world wasn’t much, Xiao Qiang could still absorb some of it by operating the Yin and Yang Creation Method.
Although the amount that could be transformed into True Qi wasn’t much, it was better than nothing.
Xiao Qiang wasn’t the type to harbor grand ambitions.
His goal of cultivating wasn’t to save all beings or feel the worries of the world before everyone else.
He was simply trying to survive.
Cultivators challenged the heavens, striving to make use of the creation by seizing it for themselves, and Xiao Qiang was no exception.
He believed in the supremacy of strength, a belief that remains unchanged to this day.
If his strength was strong enough, he could completely ignore these families in Mingzhu.
If he reached the golden core stage and became an innate cultivator, would anyone dare to act arrogantly in front of him?
So, Xiao Qiang only had one goal at the moment, to become stronger!
Even stronger!
To become a top-level expert!
Only the strong have everything!
He took out his new phone that he had just bought and dialed a number.
Soon, someone answered, “Hello, who are you looking for?”
The voice was male.
Xiao Qiang didn’t waste time in small talk and said directly, “I’m looking to rent a house.”
After they spoke for a bit, Xiao Qiang learned this man resided overseas.
He had two suites in this apartment complex, and one just happened to be available for rent.
He wanted to rent it out.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Qiang was pleased.
The room was shared by four people and while the price was slightly high, the fact that the landlord lived overseas meant fewer hassles.
The key point was Xiao Qiang believed this type of place wouldn’t attract the attention of the major families.
After all, who would think that an expert capable of killing innate level cultivators would choose to live in a shared building like this?
“If possible, I’d like to rent for a year,” Xiao Qiang said directly after hearing the rental price.
The landlord was taken aback.
He didn’t expect this young man to be so decisive.
Without even seeing the house, he agreed to rent it for a year.
However, he was happy this person was straightforward.
He gave Xiao Qiang a phone number to contact his local relative.
Soon, the landlord’s relative arrived, a woman in her fifties.
Xiao Qiang negotiated a bit with her, showed her his ID that Feifei had helped him get, and paid a year’s rent.
Finally, he was settled.
Xiao Qiang was quite satisfied with the room.
He still had over a hundred thousand in cash, which should last awhile.
The reason for withdrawing so much money was that Xiao Qiang was worried Xiao Zhengxun might go back on his word.
After all, the card was obtained with the help of the Xiao Family.
If they decided to freeze the funds in the card, would he have to go out and earn money again?
However, Xiao Qiang had wrongly accused the Xiao Family in this matter.
Xiao Zhengxun wasn’t a fool.
Since Xiao Qiang was able to kill Mu Guofeng, a fully realised innate level expert, he couldn’t afford to offend Xiao Qiang regardless of whether he would die at the hands of the Li Family.
So he never considered taking back the ten million.
A week passed quickly.
Xiao Qiang regretted his decision.
He never imagined the other three roommates in the suite he moved into would all be women!
He hadn’t noticed this before.
Only after a casual phone call with the landlord did he learn besides himself, the other three tenants were all females.
Later, he obtained from the landlord’s relative, who came to pick up some items, that his three roommates had also just recently moved in.
Two of them seemed to be together, and had been busy with other things and had not moved in yet.
The other roommate was alone and like Xiao Qiang, had also rented for a year.
However, her life seemed strange, too.
Xiao Qiang had not seen her once in a week and only knew her last name was Zhao.
Xiao Qiang did not ask anything else.
He didn’t care who his neighbors were.
He was about to breakthrough to the innate stage and wished he could use all 24 hours in a day to cultivate, with no mind to pay attention to anything else.
Another week passed and Xiao Qiang still didn’t break through to the innate stage.
Although he had absorbed all the spiritual energy from the Six Sun Grass, Xiao Qiang had to admit in frustration that the spiritual energy density in this world and the world he was in before was too different.
Just the amount of spiritual energy contained in the Six Sun Grass alone was far worse.
Seeing half a month go by, Xiao Qiang finally realized in despair that other than healing his injuries, the spiritual energy of the Six Sun Grass had no other effect.
Xiao Qiang understood under the current circumstances, if there was no external aid, it was impossible for him to breakthrough to the innate level.
He urgently needed heavenly treasures.
Although he had gone out to look a few times, he found the so-called thousand-year-old ginseng type items sold in pharmacies were likely shoddy goods meant to dupe laymen.
Where could he find treasures?
Xiao Qiang racked his brains for a long time, but still found no solution.
One morning, he suddenly heard some noise outside and walked out of his room, only to be stunned by the sight of a girl watching TV in the living room.
The girl also seemed surprised by his appearance, and they simultaneously asked each other: “Who are you?”
“My name is Xiao Qiang.”
“My name is Zhao Wenqi, and I work at a nearby hospital.”
After exchanging greetings, the two roommates became more familiar with each other.
Xiao Qiang then learned that Zhao Wenqi had just started working at a nearby hospital and had been working night shifts for a while, hence her nocturnal lifestyle.
“By the way, Xiao Qiang, don’t you have to go to work?” After some small talks, Zhao Wenqi asked Xiao Qiang with a smile.
Xiao Qiang smiled faintly, “I’m a freelancer.” It was a term he found in the newspaper, referring to people who do not hold any jobs.
Indeed, Zhao Wenqi was a quite pleasant girl.
She was different from any other girls Xiao Qiang had known.
Zhao Wenqi appeared insightful, always had a sweet smile on her face, with flowing shoulder-length hair and large eyes, making people feel comfortable.
Upon hearing Xiao Qiang’s words, Zhao Wenqi smiled enchantingly.
To her, this neighbor was rather interesting.
She had known earlier that a man had moved into the neighbor room, but since she had just started working, she didn’t have time to pay attention to him.
However, as time passed, Zhao Wenqi found that this guy was intriguing, as he rarely went out.
Honestly speaking, she was considered a well-born lady.
Although she ran away from home after quarrelling with her father and came here, Zhao Wenqi believed she had a good judge of character.
At least, she felt Xiao Qiang didn’t strike her as a homebody, irrespective of how he looked.
The so-called freelancer was perhaps just his excuse.
However, Xiao Qiang was oblivious to Zhao Wenqi’s myriad thoughts.
He merely greeted her politely and then walked out of the room.
Today, he was going to visit the antique market to hunt for treasure, hoping to find antiques imbued with spiritual energy.
The antique market was not close to where Xiao Qiang lived.
He took a half-hour bus journey and finally arrived at the market in Drum Tower area.
After having some food at a random place, he headed for the market.
“Big brother, do you want to buy cherries?”
While walking, a childish voice sounded from beside Xiao Qiang.
Upon lowering his head, Xiao Qiang found that the one who stopped him was a ten-year-old little girl.
The weather was not warm in February.
The little girl was wearing lightweight clothes and seemed to be shivering slightly.
Most notably, she was carrying a big basket of red cherries.
Judging from this, her family conditions must not have been good, otherwise, who would let such a small child peddle goods outside.
“Little girl, where are your parents?” Xiao Qiang looked around and asked the little girl.
The little girl shook her head, “Grandma is ill, I’m helping her sell the cherries, otherwise, they will spoil.”
Xiao Qiang looked at the cherries, which were no longer fresh, and asked, “I see, how much are these cherries?”
“Ten yuan per pound, grandma said these cherries are small, so they should not be too expensive.” The child’s voice was crisp, sounding very adorable.
Xiao Qiang nodded his head, picked up a cherry and tasted it, “It’s sweet.”
Having said that, he took out his wallet, counted out several one-hundred-yuan notes and handed them to the little girl, “Little sister, I’ll take all these cherries.”
“Big brother, this is too much.” The little girl, despite her young age, was aware that the cherries she was holding only weighed about six to seven pounds and couldn’t be sold for so much.
That was something her grandma had told her before she left home.
“No need for change.
I like cherries, and I’m going to give them to my girlfriend.” Xiao Qiang walked away without looking back.
To him, several hundred yuan was a trifle, but Xiao Qiang believed that this money could at least spare the little girl some hardship.
Showing sympathy wasn’t Xiao Qiang’s habit, he was merely doing something that his heart told him to.
As for the cherries, he could simply bring them back for his roommate.
“Haha, that guy is pretty interesting.
It’s the first time I’ve heard of people giving cherries to their girlfriends on ** Festival.
Mingyue, I suddenly feel a bit sorry for his girlfriend.” A girl said curiously to her companion next to her.
“Not necessarily, I don’t think he bought these for his girlfriend, but for that child.” Her companion furrowed her brows and looked at Xiao Qiang’s retreating figure with deep meaning.