When we left Feixing Tower, it was already completely dark. The meal lasted almost an hour, or more than two hours, before everyone left.
It was snowing heavily outside, and lanterns were hung everywhere in the market town of Dihui Valley. In the darkness, those lanterns added an inexplicable warmth to the night.
Huo Bin was in high spirits, his face was flushed, and he felt very honored. Hu Tiande and Li Kaihe also said goodbye to Yan Liqiang politely, and no longer acted like senior brothers. In just one meal, Yan Liqiang and a few others became like sworn brothers, which made Gu Zexuan and Zhao Huipeng look at him sideways.
Even Ma Liang, who was drunk and unconscious, stumbled and patted his chest with a strong smell of alcohol as he left, "Yan... Senior Brother Yan... from now on... your business is my Ma Liang's business... As long as Senior Brother Yan says a word... no matter how hard it is... I, Ma Liang... will never frown..."
"Haha, go back and have a good rest..." Yan Liqiang smiled.
"I... am fine... Don't worry, Senior Brother Yan..."
Huo Bin winked at the waiter at the restaurant next door, and the waiter came up and helped Ma Liang, who was unable to stand, onto a carriage and left.
Although Feixing Restaurant does not provide designated driver services, as long as the guests pay, the restaurant staff can still find a car to take the drunk guests to their residence.
"Junior Brother Yan, about that vinegar thing..." Huo Bin looked at Yan Liqiang with burning eyes and couldn't help rubbing his hands.
"Brother Huo, rest assured. As long as you prepare everything and the venue, I will come over and work with you. This thing is to make a quick buck. The most important thing is the time difference. Before others figure it out, we should come up with it first and grab the public attention. Once the hype is over, there won't be much profit to be made later..."
"No problem, no problem. Once it's done, I'll have someone come to Tianqiao Peak to inform Junior Brother Yan. I'll be ready in two days at most..."
"Well, then Senior Brother Huo, Senior Brother Hu, Senior Brother Li, I will take my leave..."
"Junior Brother Yan, Junior Brother Gu, Junior Brother Zhao, take care, we'll meet again some other day..."
Under the gaze of Huo Bin and others, Yan Liqiang took Gu Zexuan and Zhao Huipeng and slowly walked away towards Tianqiao Peak.
Huo Bin waited until the figures of Yan Liqiang and the other two disappeared in the snow at the end of the market town before he looked at Hu Tiande and Li Kaihe. Even though he didn't say it out loud, Hu Tiande and Li Kaihe understood the meaning in his eyes.
Li Kaihe squinted his eyes, and did not retract his gaze from Yan Liqiang until the backs of Yan Liqiang and the other two were completely out of sight. He turned his head when he felt Huo Bin's gaze on him. "This Junior Brother Yan is so shrewd and experienced that it's scary. People like him should not be offended if possible, and should be friends with instead of enemies. That Ma Liang is also blind, thinking that anyone can be stepped on. Some people are like mud, and it's okay to step on them. Some people are like stones, and you will stumble if you step on them. But this kind of person is like a caltrop buried in the soil, and if you step on them, you will get your palms pierced and your legs broken. It would be the best if it could be like today..."
"Yeah, I think so too. This Junior Brother Yan is really hard to figure out!" Huo Bin exhaled quietly and shook his head. "I originally came here to apologize to him today, but I didn't expect that he would drag me into the vinegar business. Just now, after listening to his analysis in the room, I felt that it would be impossible not to make money. Ma Liang, that bastard, almost dragged me down this time. I never thought that an ordinary outer disciple cleaning toilets could make a name for himself in the Sword God Sect..."
"This is the strength of Junior Brother Yan. Junior Brother Yan's future in the Sword God Sect will definitely not stop here. We must maintain this relationship..."
"kindness!"
"Do you think that this Junior Brother Yan has just passed the horse stance test?" Hu Tiande, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said something, causing Huo Bin and Li Kaihe to be slightly stunned...
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"Senior Brother Yan... Well, why do you want to make vinegar with Huo Bin and the others?" When walking out of the Huigu Market, Gu Zexuan, who had been holding it in for a long time, finally couldn't help but ask this question.
Although Gu Zexuan is considered to have seen the world, when it comes to business acumen and skills, he is only at the kindergarten level compared to Yan Liqiang. The experience and vision that Yan Liqiang had in the business world in his previous life are simply beyond Gu Zexuan's imagination.
"In fact, no matter what business you do, if you want to expand it, you can't eat alone. You must learn to share and cooperate with others. We can't hold the local vinegar in our hands for long, and we can't make much money. It will lose its value. At this time, we can cooperate with Huo Bin and others, use their resources, relationships and connections, and maximize the value of local vinegar. It's like making steamed buns. The three of us work hard, but we can only make one steamed bun at most. Even if the steamed bun is all ours, we can't get much and can't eat enough. But if we cooperate with Huo Bin and others, we can make a basket of steamed buns. Even if we only need half of that basket of steamed buns, it is many times better than our one steamed bun. They benefit, and we also benefit. Through this cooperation, the knot between us can be completely untied..."
"I just feel a little uncomfortable for the moment..."
Yan Liqiang smiled. He could understand Gu Zexuan's "uncomfortableness", because for Gu Zexuan, the previous little grudge with Huo Bin really occupied too much of his emotions. Huo Bin almost became his only "enemy" in the Sword God Sect. But this little conflict and little grudge were nothing in Yan Liqiang's eyes. They were just a ripple in the cup. Compared with the hatred for his father's murder and the destruction of his family, they were nothing.
One of Taizu's magic weapons to seize the world was the "united front". Although he had no ambition to seize the world and dominate the world, he still knew the ideological essence of the united front. If he wanted to take revenge, he had to unite all the forces around him that could be united. Otherwise, what could he use to fight a county governor
"Hahaha, slowly you'll get used to it. If you want to live a comfortable life in the Sword God Sect, sometimes you have to fight with others, but you can't just fight. You also have to unite. We must be able to both fight and unite. Fighting is a means of unity, and unity is the purpose of fighting. Unity survives when it is sought through fighting, and it dies when it is sought through compromise..."
Yan Liqiang was walking and talking casually. After walking for a while, he found that the two people beside him were not keeping up with him. He turned around and found that Gu Zexuan and Zhao Huipeng had stopped and were looking at him in amazement. Looking at the expressions on their faces, Yan Liqiang was suddenly shocked to realize that the casual words he had just said were too advanced and shocking to the two people. Those were the most classic words of wisdom summarized by Taizu using dialectics from China's 5,000 years of experience in internal and external struggles. Who could surpass them
"Boss, from now on Huipeng and I will follow you..."
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Before the three people returned to the small valley below Tianqiao Peak, Yan Liqiang said goodbye to them and returned to his own small building.
After washing, taking off his shoes and getting on the bed, Yan Liqiang did not lie down to rest. Instead, he sat cross-legged on the bed. After calming down, he closed his eyes and concentrated his consciousness in the sea of consciousness in his brain.
In just a blink of an eye, the mysterious boulder with ever-changing forms appeared in Yan Liqiang's perception.
Yan Liqiang did nothing. He just stared at the boulder intently, just like he did on the hill with Qingliang Temple.
One hour passed... Two hours passed... Three hours passed...
Suddenly... Yan Liqiang felt a bang in his head. The mysterious boulder suddenly produced a strong attraction like a black hole. In just a moment, Yan Liqiang's entire consciousness was sucked into the magic stone...
(End of this chapter)