The immortality that once seemed out of reach seemed to become a reality at this moment.
It became visible and tangible.
It was almost impossible for these old guys to reverse their situation by practicing again. The only thing they could do was to use the power in their hands to make profits for themselves. The extravagant hope of immortality was already slim.
But if they could prolong their lives, enjoy more life or hold more power, they would be able to promote martial arts.
And what Du Ruo said now was like a bomb, giving them hope.
Old Wang knew that once this news was brought back, it would definitely drive many people crazy.
Conferring the Gods upon the gods is a method that Du Ruo has come up with recently.
Originally, Du Ruo thought that the benefits brought by spiritual energy would definitely make these old men take the initiative to promote martial arts.
But he still underestimated human nature. In addition to these old people, there are some other people who have their own pursuits of power, interests, and desires.
Du Ruo felt that chaos would be inevitable in promoting martial arts in such an environment. Everyone wanted to pursue their own interests, and it would be impossible to achieve concerted efforts from top to bottom under such circumstances.
So after thinking about it, Du Ruo made a decision directly. Since deification was inevitable anyway, he might as well say it out loud so that the interests could be aligned.
In this environment where spiritual energy has just begun to recover, except for Du Ruo who rejects becoming a god, no one else can refuse a simpler way of becoming a god than practicing.
This is also the main reason why Du Ruo directly brought up the Conferred Gods, because it is inevitable to open another portal behind the portal.
Since Du Ruo himself can live forever, he naturally hopes that his family can live forever as well. Since they cannot achieve immortality through cultivation, then becoming gods is inevitable.
Therefore, it was inevitable that Du Ruo would open the other closed portal at that time.
Of course, this also requires him to make some preparations and practice to a certain level. After all, there are still some gods who stayed behind the door. Du Ruo still needs time to consider how to deal with those gods.
But this did not stop Du Ruo from making promises to his superiors, and he was indeed prepared to do so.
"That's all for today. You guys decide what to do next. You should consider internally, externally, and how to deal with changes in the environment. Unless it's something big that's beyond your control, I won't intervene casually. This also includes things like the regime."
Du Ruo picked up the tea and drank it in small sips.
This was a reassurance to these people, and at the same time it also prevented them from disturbing him endlessly. After all, everyone knew that the spiritual energy was actually in his hands.
Even the future deification is in his hands.
Then he should not be too utilitarian, or interfere too much. What he should do now is to be detached from the world and watch the changes in the situation.
"Okay, I understand. We'll leave first. We need to have a meeting to discuss this matter right away."
When Mr. Wang saw that Du Ruo had not put down the tea after serving it, he immediately knew Du Ruo's attitude.
The amount of information in the brief exchange just now was too much. We must go back and discuss it quickly.
As for concealing the Conferred God or something like that, he had never thought about it, and there was no need to do so. Du Ruo was still there, and the fox represented the military. These things could not be concealed at all, and there was no point in concealing them.
What he urgently needs to do now is to hold a meeting to discuss this matter first. Everything Du Ruo said needs to be doubled, and the specific promotion also needs to start immediately.
And they also need to make some plans for what may happen after the promotion. It is conceivable that they will face various things in the days to come.
And... he also needs to find time to plan carefully for the future.
"Well, don't you want to have a drink before you go?"
As soon as Du Ruo heard the other party say that he was leaving, he put down the tea in his hand, and before the three of them stood up, he stood up first.
"Haha, no, no, we have to go back quickly."
Mr. Wang took the manuscript in his hand, forced a smile on his face, and then stood up.
In the end, Du Ruo sent the people downstairs, watched them get on the car, then went back upstairs and returned to his seat.
"..."
Brother Quan held a cup of tea in his hand and just sat there looking at Du Ruo. For a moment he didn't know how to start talking.
"When you go back, take some time to practice martial arts. The big trend is coming, and this is a good opportunity."
Du Ruo had no intention of seeing him off, otherwise he would not have kept him here to listen.
“But I don’t understand this at all?”
Just when Du Ruo went downstairs, Brother Quan arrived and helped him calm down a little. At least he suppressed his worries a lot and was able to think about the problem normally.
"Slowly, the news of practicing martial arts will spread on the Internet. You... forget it. I have the most basic martial arts training methods here. You can take a copy and practice it when the time comes."
Du Ruo originally wanted to let the other party learn it online, but after thinking about it, he realized that he didn’t know when the information would be circulated online, and he didn’t know how it would be arranged.
Since you are planning to let the other party learn martial arts, just go straight to the end.
Since Du Ruo sent him several martial arts books like this, he asked Fox to copy a lot of them for him, so he didn't have to make new copies himself.
"thanks, thanks!!"
Brother Quan immediately stood up and thanked him repeatedly.
"Come on~ These are not big things, they will spread quickly."
Du Ruo waved his hand and didn't take it seriously.
"Who was that just now?"
In fact, Brother Quan still didn’t quite believe it.
This kind of thing is just like a myth. Even though Du Ruo has shown extraordinary abilities in the past, he would not believe it blindly.
"You can find out if you search. There is information about him online. His last name is Wang."
Du Ruo knew what he was thinking, so she just told him.
After listening to this, Brother Quan immediately started searching, thinking about the information he had just heard and what kind of status the other party should have.
It was a pity that there was too little information, so he gritted his teeth and started searching from the highest level and then checked one by one downwards.
Du Ruo was not in a hurry and continued to make tea.
At this moment, a figure quickly approached the house from the back mountain.
He had a slender figure and moved very quickly. When he approached Du Ruo's house, he used the wall to gain leverage and rode on top of it.
It was only as I reached the wall that I managed to stand firm. I had originally planned to move quickly on the wall and then land on the second-floor balcony as I did before.
But the figure suddenly smelled a peculiar smell, and then his body stiffened, as if his tail was stepped on, and he suddenly became furious.
Even the snake it was holding in its mouth was released and hung on the wall.
"Meow!!!!"
Du Ruo took a quick look and saw a clouded leopard on the wall, with its body hunched and its tail erect, staring at the balcony and making shrill cries. It felt as if the sky had fallen. It had not been home for more than ten days, and its home had been stolen by other animals.
If it were just kittens and puppies, it would be fine and it could continue to be the king, but looking at the huge creature beside Du Ruo, it was in a dilemma for a moment.
"Roar~~"
The tiger pioneer, who was originally baring his belly and preparing to play with Du Ruo, raised his head slightly and looked in the direction of the clouded leopard. After a casual glance, he retracted his gaze and roared in the direction of Du Ruo, wagging his tail, asking Du Ruo to play with him.
He didn't take the clouded leopard seriously at all.
"What happened?"
Xiang Yuanyuan came out upon hearing the sound, stood at the gate of the yard, and looked around.
"Meow~~"
As soon as the clouded leopard on the balcony saw Xiang Yuanyuan, it jumped down from the wall like a wronged little pet seeing its owner, and wanted to jump directly into Xiang Yuanyuan's arms.
But his body failed to fall into Xiang Yuanyuan's arms, but instead strangely stayed in mid-air.
"You don't even consider how heavy you are before you throw yourself at someone. Yuanyuan, ignore it."
Du Ruo's voice came from the second floor, and then Xiang Yuanyuan saw the clouded leopard's body being controlled by an invisible force, floating and flying to the second floor.
"Meow!!!"
The clouded leopard in mid-air looked at Xiang Yuanyuan for help, making shrill cries full of resistance.
"Hubby, don't scare it."
Xiang Yuanyuan was a little worried and shouted in the yard. She knew what the clouded leopard was resisting. There was no comparison between clouded leopards and tigers, so it was not surprising that they were afraid.
"Okay, got it."
Du Ruo responded, and at this time the clouded leopard had already flown in front of him.
However, the Clouded Leopard's eyes were still fixed on the Tiger Vanguard lying behind Du Ruo, his back hunched, full of vigilance.
"Okay, it won't eat you, and you two can get to know each other."
Du Ruo held the clouded leopard in his arms and calmed down the somewhat ruffled clouded leopard. Although the clouded leopard was nearly one meter long, it weighed less than 40 kilograms. Compared with the tiger vanguard that was more than two meters long and nearly 600 kilograms... there was no comparison at all, just like a pet cat.
“Wow~…”
Being held by Du Ruo, the clouded leopard immediately relaxed, but his eyes still kept on the tiger.
Because Du Ruo is highly integrated with nature, he has a very special magical power. All small animals like to stick to Du Ruo, and the more spiritual they are, the more they like to stick to him.
Du Ruo was trying to comfort the clouded leopard, but Tiger Vanguard was unhappy. It was lying there with its belly exposed so much, and Du Ruo didn't even touch it. But now the clouded leopard came over and was directly taken advantage of.
"Roar~~"
Tiger Vanguard rolled over and climbed up from the ground, then put his big head close to Du Ruo, his eyes still looking at the little guy in Du Ruo's arms, and then let out a low roar.
“Blat!”
The clouded leopard in Du Ruo's arms was still hunched over. Brother Quan didn't know whether he was frightened by Tiger Pioneer's roar or by the information he found on his phone. His phone fell onto the tea table with a click.
"Just now...just now...yes...yes, yes..."
Brother Quan didn't bother to pick up his phone, nor did he care about the tiger beside him. Instead, he pointed at the empty seat opposite him and asked Du Ruo stutteringly.
"Yes, that's right, it's the one you found."
Du Ruo nodded, confirming Brother Quan's guess, then held the clouded leopard in one hand and reached out with the other hand to scratch Tiger Vanguard's neck.
"…What did you just say???"
Brother Quan swallowed his saliva and continued to ask questions. If Mr. Wang’s identity was true, then what Du Ruo said just now would also be true. Then... he didn’t even dare to think about what would happen next.
"Yes, that's true. The details will be revealed soon."
Du Ruo calmed the two animals while answering Brother Quan's questions.
"Brother, I bought the cigarettes!"
Just then, Quan's cousin came up the stairs with a pack of cigarettes in his hand, and walked to the balcony while talking.
"Come here... come~"
Brother Quan sat on a stool and waved at his cousin, motioning him to come closer.
The cousin took a look at the squinting tiger and dared not make any more noise. He moved closer to Brother Quan.
“Ah… wuwu~”
As soon as the cousin came to Brother Quan and was about to hand him the cigarette, he saw Brother Quan reach out and pinch his arm.
This time, my cousin almost cried out, but when he saw the tiger and the animal that looked like a leopard in Du Ruo's arms opened their eyes and looked at him, he immediately covered his mouth with his hands, and only tears almost flowed from the corners of his eyes.
"Does it hurt? Is this not a dream?"
Brother Quan asked his cousin.
"??? How about I pinch you?"
The cousin looked at his arm which was almost bloodless from being pinched, and looked at his brother in disbelief.
"No need, as long as it's not a dream."
Brother Quan waved his hand and stopped looking at his cousin. Instead, he looked at Du Ruo:
"Mr. Du, let's go back first. I need to digest what happened today."
"Well, that's fine. If you have any questions, you can ask Yuanyuan."
Du Ruo nodded and didn't want to keep the other party anymore. He now needed to calm the clouded leopard and the tiger, and also teach these two little guys some rules.
"I won't see you off, wife~"
"What's the matter, husband?"
Xiang Yuanyuan heard Du Ruo calling her and started asking questions while standing on the stairs.
"Your introductory book, and prepare some medicinal wine and pills for Xiaoquan to take away."
“Okay~~”
"I won't send you off. Come and play again some other day."
Du Ruo heard Xiang Yuanyuan's answer and then looked at Brother Quan.
"No need to send me off, no need to send me off, cousin! Help me up~"
Brother Quan smiled at Du Ruo, then winked at his cousin, saying that what had just happened was too shocking.
Even though he had a strong mind, he was frightened to the point that his legs felt weak.
In the end, Brother Quan was helped into the car by his cousin and left. Of course, they also took away some medicinal wine suitable for martial arts practice and some pills that beginners could use.
Xiang Yuanyuan knew Du Ruo very well, and she knew what was going on as soon as Du Ruo said it.
Du Ruo was on the balcony, starting to worry about how to make these animals live in peace.
In fact, it is mainly to appease the clouded leopard.
But the good thing is that the clouded leopard mostly rests during the day and is more active at night. Today it wanted to come back home to take a look, so it came back during the day. After all, there were two times when it brought a snake home at night and was beaten.
The tiger vanguard is active during the day and rests at night. With Du Ruo around, the clouded leopard won't be so scared.
But every time Du Ruo touched the tiger, the clouded leopard would come to Xiang Yuanyuan and ask for touch, and when Xiang Yuanyuan touched the tiger, the clouded leopard would let Du Ruo hug him, which made Xiang Yuanyuan very happy.
The only ones injured were Li Qiyao's two cats. Now they never go out and stay under Li Qiyao's bed, shivering every day.
As time passed, Xiang Yuanyuan's belly began to grow rapidly.
The day after Old Wang and Brother Quan left, Du Ruo asked Xiang Yuanyuan to arrange to send the introductory training materials and medicinal wine to the Taoist temple on Qingcheng Mountain.
Du Ruo had learned alchemy there and gained a lot, so Du Ruo did not forget the other party this time.
But a few days later, Du Ruo received a call from the other party.
From them, Du Ruo learned that their master had gone to Kyoto and could not be contacted afterwards. In addition, the secret manual and medicinal wine that Du Ruo sent over made them have some associations.
Du Ruo also explained it to them, which made them feel relieved.
In addition to the Taoist priests in Qingcheng Mountain, Du Ruo also specifically asked Xiang Yuanyuan to contact Uncle Mo.
That was the Hainan warlord Uncle Mo. The reason why he didn't send the things directly was because the other party was not from the circle after all. Moreover, when someone came to expose Du Ruo's counterfeiting, Uncle Mo was also very concerned, and Du Ruo always remembered this.
Uncle Mo was very happy and did not feel estranged from him because they had not been in touch for a long time. When Du Ruo called him, he came to Du Ruo's house the next day.
Also brought along are some local specialties.
Du Ruo chatted with the other party for a long time, but this time he was not trying to persuade him to practice martial arts.
After all, Uncle Mo is not a young man anymore. It's okay for him to practice martial arts to keep fit, but it's a bit unreliable to expect to become famous through practice.
So Du Ruo mainly told the other party about the future situation, and then let the other party use his influence on the Internet to promote martial arts and the like.
This is what Du Ruo could think of the other party doing.
In the end, Uncle Mo frowned and hurriedly left Du Ruo's house with a worried look on his face.
Du Ruo ignored the subsequent events. Everyone has his own destiny. Du Ruo has done what he can. As for how far the other party can go and what his future will be like, it all depends on his own luck.
……
As time goes by, the outside world has become turbulent, but behind the small mountain village, there have not been many changes. Everyone is busy with their own lives.
As for Grandpa Xiang Yuanzhang, he has been nourished by Du Ruo's occasional spiritual energy recently, and he feels like he is getting younger and younger. He occasionally goes out to play around and has made many elderly friends.
Fishing, playing cards, and even hiking, I had no intention of going back at all.
Even when his parents called and asked him when he would go back, he directly said that he would not go and would wait here until the baby was born.
The Xiang family's medicinal wine business has seen a surge in direct orders recently.
With the full promotion of martial arts in the outside world, their medicinal liquor became in short supply. This was because they were persuaded by Xiang Yuanyuan in advance to focus on preparing medicinal liquor such as those for treating bruises and promoting blood circulation.
Now, the entire Xiang family has taken action, stopping the production of other medicinal liquors and focusing on supplying medicinal liquors for trauma and martial arts training.
Of course, these can be left to other branches, and they will begin to focus on the preparation of tiger bone wine.
Yes, tiger bone wine. The people above collected tiger bones and other things from all over the world, and then handed them all over to the Xiang family, asking them to use them to make tiger bone wine.
Of course, Du Ruo's circle was actually the least affected, while ordinary people outside suffered a huge impact in a short period of time and felt quite dazzled.
(End of this chapter)
