Ye Ziyan was speechless for a moment. She could tell that the crystal was of average quality and not worth much money, but overall it was still worth a few hundred yuan, which was a decent gift.
After all, it was the manager's good intention, and they were the ones who started this whole thing. The manager has already done more than enough.
"Li Yang, shouldn't you show some skill too?" Ye Ziyan reminded Li Yang.
"Me? Oh, okay, since you've brought it up, I'll definitely support you. Boss, bring out all those crystals you just took out, I want them all!" Li Yang waved his hand magnanimously and said with great pride.
"Really? Great! Quick...no, I'll do it myself!" The manager was immediately excited, her face flushed, her chest trembling as if it would burst out of her chest. She personally took charge of packaging Li Yang's crystals. These were top-quality crystals, with a total price of several hundred thousand yuan—that was several months' worth of printing revenue for this small shop! How could she not be excited? At the end-of-month business summary meeting, she was sure to shine, be praised by the general manager, and catch his eye. She was so excited she felt a little dizzy.
Li Yang smiled and took out his card for the manager to swipe, his generosity and lavishness driving people crazy. At this moment, the female waitresses in the restaurant were looking at Li Yang with eyes almost like hungry wolves, their eyes gleaming with lust, wishing they could devour him whole. If Li Yang were to wave his hand and say, "Let's go, I'll treat you to dinner. Who wants to come with me? We can also go to a hotel tonight to chat about life and ideals," he knew without a doubt that none of the waitresses would refuse, and they would be vying to have dinner with him and then go to a hotel.
"Nouveau riche!" Ye Ziyan teased Li Yang.
"Hehe... So Sister Ye isn't a fairy or a goddess after all, she's just a normal person. Thank you for your praise. I will definitely remember it!" Li Yang stared at Ye Ziyan and chuckled, his respectful distance having lessened and his intimacy growing.
"Come on, am I not human? Is it wrong for me to have normal human reactions?" Ye Ziyan also found it funny. It was as if the sky was falling and the earth was collapsing whenever she spoke or made a slight movement. These people were really speechless.
Li Yang chuckled and said, "Sister Ye, you're so beautiful. You look like a fairy, so everyone treats you like one and pays so much attention to your every move!"
"Yes, yes, Miss Ye truly has the beauty of a chivalrous woman; none of us dare to compare!" the OL manager immediately said, leading several waiters.
"And what about you?" Ye Ziyan ignored their answers and just looked at Li Yang quietly.
"Me? Of course I only see you as a woman. Aren't you a woman?" Li Yang chuckled. Yes, Ye Ziyan was still a woman at heart. Although her father was powerful, even the most powerful person was still just a human. Could he become a god or an immortal?
However, the thought of immortals and deities made Li Yang's mind wander. If someone else claimed that immortals existed, the whole world would probably think that person was crazy. But Li Yang would definitely befriend them, calling them brothers and exclaiming, "You're my soulmate!" Because Li Yang's success today was entirely due to a sealed immortal. Without this immortal, Li Yang would still be just an ordinary high school student, perhaps even getting beaten up at some lousy university!
He couldn't help but look down at the black ring on his finger. In fact, the black ring was quite peculiar. Ever since that immortal disappeared that day, the ring had undergone a strange change. It was no longer in the shape of a ring, but just a black line wrapped around his finger. If you didn't look closely, you wouldn't notice it.
"What's with the black lines on your hand?" Ye Ziyan asked softly. She paused, taken aback by Li Yang's answer. Yes, no matter what, she was just an ordinary woman. A strange feeling flashed through her mind. Such an ordinary answer, and for so many years, no one had ever told her. Yet this guy in front of her had said it. Was it just fate playing tricks?
But when she looked at Li Yang, she found him studying his fingers with his head down, and she didn't understand what he was doing!
"Oh, I was reckless when I was young, and the rope tightened around my neck!" Li Yang lied casually.
"May I take a look?" Ye Ziyan asked softly.
Chapter 693: I can sometimes predict the future
"No problem!" Li Yang's heart skipped a beat. Looking at my fingers, does that mean you want to touch my hand? That must feel amazing, right? Looking at Ye Ziyan's hand, it was smooth and slender like a scallion root, white with a hint of pink, a true gem.
Ye Ziyan's small hand merely touched Li Yang's fingertip. The moment her fingertip touched the black line, the ring, which was originally just a black line, suddenly emitted a dark light, and an exquisite ring radiating a deep brilliance suddenly appeared, which was extremely strange and fantastical.
Ye Ziyan was immediately taken aback, her mouth agape as she stared at Li Yang in disbelief.
The office lady manager and several service staff on the side also looked on in disbelief, staring at Li Yang's finger. This was too amazing! What kind of ring was this? Was it smart? Was it a real-life version of Transformers?
Their shock was nothing compared to Li Yang's utter shock, but after his initial shock came an overwhelming joy, an almost ecstatic elation.
The moment the ring appeared in his mind, a loud voice rang out. Li Yang heard it very clearly and remembered it very clearly. It was the voice of that immortal. He said that he had left a set of cultivation techniques in the ring, but it was a rather heaven-defying technique that would make people jealous. Ordinary people who practiced it would not have a good ending. It was called the Yin-Yang Harmony Technique. It was also a technique for strengthening the body and had a very good effect. However, the technique was divided into ten levels. When practicing it, it would stimulate a person's desire. After the third level, it would be almost impossible to endure, and one would have to find a woman to solve the problem.
It is a practice method created based on the principles of Yin and Yang in the universe. It relies on the primordial Yin and Yang energies generated by the sexual intercourse between men and women to absorb the spiritual energy of the universe, thereby strengthening the body and improving one's physical energy.
However, this cultivation method is too evil. Once it is revealed, it will be besieged by the righteous sects. The people of the spirit world will not let such a guy go and will come out one after another to eliminate him.
He obtained it from the previous cultivator, whom he met when he was dying. Moved by compassion and sympathizing with the cultivator's continued efforts, he promised to help him find a successor. So he left the cultivation technique in the ring. Only when encountering a woman with a pure Yin constitution would the ring's mechanism be triggered, thus obtaining the technique. With the technique and diagrams, Li Yang, with his photographic memory, memorized it completely in an instant.
This technique can only be practiced if one encounters a woman with a pure Yin constitution, as most women have too little Yin energy, which is not very helpful for cultivation. The fact that Li Yang was able to encounter a woman with a pure Yin constitution and open the mechanism on the ring fully demonstrates that he is destined to practice this technique.
After hearing all this, Li Yang immediately froze on the ground. His mind was filled with a jumble of thoughts: the cultivation method, the diagrams, and the miraculous aspects of this technique. According to the description, at level eight and above, one would possess incredibly powerful strength. His current martial arts skills were at most a little over level three.
Holy crap, what would it be like to cultivate to level ten?
Li Yang was still in a daze, but he terrified Ye Ziyan, the OL manager, and several waiters. Li Yang had suddenly become stunned and speechless. How could they not be pregnant? If something went wrong, their company wouldn't be afraid; it wouldn't be a major blow. But she, the lowly manager, would be finished. What if the error was reported before the performance report was even submitted? How could she bear that?
So they were all terrified, except for Ye Ziyan, who remained in shock. She had the most contact with Li Yang and had witnessed the most bizarre things happening to him. She was still somewhat shocked by Li Yang's sudden problem, repeatedly calling out, "Li Yang, what's wrong? Wake up..."
It might seem like a long time, but it's really just a blink of an eye, maybe only a few dozen seconds. However, for Ye Ziyan and the OL manager, it felt like an eternity. After absorbing those things, Li Yang was quite surprised by the sudden appearance of a spirit realm in this world. Could it be that his master and Ye Gucheng weren't the top beings in this world, and there were even more mysterious and powerful beings than them?
However, these are all unknown mysteries that Li Yang will need to study slowly in the future.
"Oh, what's wrong with me? Why do you all look like that?" Li Yang finally snapped out of his daze and was quite surprised to see Ye Ziyan's worried face and the OL manager's red eyes. He'd only been spacing out for a moment, and they were all reacting like this?
"Are you alright?" Ye Ziyan breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Li Yang with surprise. She was very puzzled. What exactly happened to Li Yang? Was it related to that black line? She looked down at the black line on Li Yang's finger and found that the ring had returned to its previous state with a black line, as if the black light and the appearance of the ring were just a fleeting moment and had never existed at all.
"I'm fine, I'm alright. We've already bought the crystal, let's go!" Li Yang suggested. He wanted to leave, after all, this wasn't a place to stay for long, and he wanted to go back and think carefully about the Yin-Yang Harmony Technique. Was that so-called immortal playing a joke on him? Damn it, if that was the case, there was nothing Li Yang could do about it.
"Goodbye, sir and madam..." The OL manager saw the two off with tears streaming down her face, as if she were sending away a plague god.
"Manager, what exactly happened just now? I saw his fingers seemed to be glowing!" a waitress asked timidly.
"Your eyes are failing you. Let me tell you, if you want to work well and thrive in society, you have to act like you're blind, stupid, and mute most of the time, understand?" The OL manager rarely gave them a few words of advice, teaching them some wise sayings about how to conduct oneself in society.
"Yes. Understood, thank you, manager!" Several waiters nodded in thanks immediately.
After the two left the store, Ye Ziyan didn't pursue the matter further, but asked curiously, "Who are you planning to give these crystals to? Why did you buy so many at once?"
"Oh, my friend. By the way, here's a piece for you. This time it's a purple crystal, elegant and refined, just right for you!" Li Yang said, handing Ye Ziyan a box adorned with purple crystals.
"You're really good with words. Are you sure this box contains the crystal of the beautiful woman?" She remembered that when the OL manager was packaging the crystal, Li Yang didn't even notice it, and the packaging of these boxes was basically the same, making it impossible to tell them apart.
Li Yang smiled mysteriously and said, "Of course I know! I can tell you with a simple calculation that this box contains a purple crystal!"
Chapter 694: Prelude to Subduing Ye Ziyan
"Hehe, really? You're a charlatan?" Ye Ziyan chuckled as she opened the box and saw that it indeed contained a purple crystal. She was slightly surprised; could Li Yang really be a fortune teller? Little did she know that Li Yang had only used his X-ray vision to glance at it and already knew what color the crystal was.
"Am I right?" Li Yang smiled, his eyes narrowed.