CHAPTER 533: CHAPTER 533 MORNING

Shen Siyuan got up very early in the morning, although the two rounds last night still didn’t bring him any fatigue.

There’s a reason it was two rounds.

Because Ruan Hongzhuang got her home stolen last night, she was angry and wanted to take her revenge on Shen Siyuan angrily.

But after a few moments, she couldn’t take it anymore, feeling like she was going to die, she begged Shen Siyuan to spare her, and didn’t hesitate to put Taozi on the spot, letting him go bother Taozi instead.

So Shen Siyuan came out of Taozi’s room in the morning, as for Taozi, today who knows if she has to take leave again.

Shen Siyuan first brewed himself a pot of tea, naturally, the tea leaves were taken by Taozi from her father, Shen Siyuan, although not a tea connoisseur, could sense the lingering fragrance left in his mouth.

During this time, Mao Sanmei also came out from her room, she was not surprised to see Shen Siyuan, just smiled and nodded at him, then started hustling to make breakfast.

Because lately, Shen Siyuan has been exercising every morning and his appetite has increased significantly, adding quite a burden to Mao Sanmei, she has to boil dozens of eggs, along with various meats, so she wakes up particularly early.

Fortunately, Shen Siyuan isn’t picky about food, doesn’t demand a fancy breakfast, as long as there’s enough to eat, otherwise Mao Sanmei might not be able to handle it alone.

Shen Siyuan brought a pot of tea to the balcony, which he uses to rehydrate after exercising.

And Guan Beihai was actually sitting on the balcony, truly watching the sky.

At this moment, the first light of dawn was appearing on the horizon, the morning light was faint, and the sky still held a bright moon.

He was just staring blankly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Until Shen Siyuan walked to the balcony and placed the teapot on the table, did he alertly stand up and call out, "Lord Governor."

"Have you fulfilled your wish already?" Shen Siyuan asked.

Guan Beihai nodded indifferently and once again expressed his gratitude to Shen Siyuan.

"Since that’s the case, you should return to the banner first."

Guan Beihai nodded, but he had a question.

"Lord Governor, do you think everything in this world has a set destiny?"

The reason he asked this was because he felt discontent with fate, discontent with the relationship between him and Lin Shuhan.

Shen Siyuan was taken aback by the question, then shook his head and said, "I can’t answer that question for you. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t, perhaps meeting Dou Dou and then seeing me is fate."

Guan Beihai was a bit disappointed.

If everything has a predetermined destiny, who determines it? If there’s no set destiny, could he and Lin Shuhan reunite?

He really loved Lin Shuhan. People fear death because they fear losing; if there were no loss, they wouldn’t fear death.

So for Guan Beihai, losing Lin Shuhan was more painful than death.

Humans are born with troubles, as Buddhists say people come to the world to face tribulations, it’s not without reason.

Humans have emotions, have desires, and therefore have troubles, these cannot be entirely avoided.

Perhaps because of these, humans are humans.

Shen Siyuan gestured with his fingers and directly sent Guan Beihai into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

Some things can only be understood by oneself, others can’t help.

With Guan Beihai’s wish fulfilled, two strands of merit descended from the sky and fell into Shen Siyuan’s Sea of Consciousness.

At this time, there were seventeen strands of merit in Shen Siyuan’s Sea of Consciousness, the quantity has already surpassed any previous time, but Shen Siyuan currently hasn’t used them, keeping them for important use in the future.

Putting the matter aside for now, Shen Siyuan positioned himself and began cultivating the "Great Arhat Eighteen Forms." As he consistently practiced during this period, plus the replenishment from various meats.

The second layer of the third phase was finally completed, entering the third layer of the third phase.

However, the further into cultivation, the more difficult it became, the more time it required. Daxia is not the Great Wilderness; there’s no trace of spiritual energy here.

Though the "Great Arhat Eighteen Forms" is a body refinement technique and doesn’t require spiritual energy, living in the Great Wilderness, every breath taken imbues spiritual energy into the body, hence they are inherently stronger in physique than Daxia people, and find cultivating the "Great Arhat Eighteen Forms" easier than Shen Siyuan.

But currently, Shen Siyuan hasn’t reached his limit in self-cultivation, he wants to personally try, and wait until he can advance no further before using merit to forcibly push forward.

Because the cultivation process for the "Great Arhat Eighteen Forms" is not just a process of tempering the body, but also the spirit and will.

As Shen Siyuan moved, all his muscles seemed to come alive, pulsating and writhing, veins like hidden dragons appearing and disappearing, looking frightening yet aesthetically pleasing, bones crackling like popping beans, constantly making sounds that could make one’s heart skip.

If an ordinary person tried this, they would directly exhaust themselves.

But Shen Siyuan enjoyed the pain, like cramps, painful beyond words during the cramps, and fully relaxed afterwards, just this process amplified tenfold, even tens of times.

Sweat drenched his hair tips, rolled down the sideburns, eyebrows, and behind his ears, beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his chest and back, heat steaming from his body, skin flushed, like boiling water.

Ruan Hongzhuang got up and came out of her room, first heading to the balcony, stood silently watching Shen Siyuan exercise for a while, then returned indoors, took out a large cup of cool boiled water from the fridge which she had prepared as mild saltwater the night before, along with a large box of milk.

She didn’t think that just drinking tea could replenish Shen Siyuan given such strenuous exercise.

She always felt Shen Siyuan’s exercise amount might be excessive, making one anxious to watch, but thinking he was the professional, more knowledgeable than her, she didn’t say anything further, instead, quietly supported him.

The family’s meat, milk, and high-nutrition meals were specially instructed by Ruan Hongzhuang for Mao Sanmei to prepare, or else she wouldn’t know about these things.

Ruan Hongzhuang quietly placed them on the balcony table, then turned around and saw Taozi standing in the living room in her pajamas.

"You’re up so early today? Not worn out after last night?" Ruan Hongzhuang looked at her up and down, full of surprise.

Taozi blushed at these words, but still explained shyly.

"Because... because the night before last was the first time, got a bit hurt, so last night... last night..."

"Haha~"

Before Taozi could finish, Ruan Hongzhuang laughed loudly.

Then walked over, put her hand on Taozi’s face full of collagen, also slightly baby-fatted, feeling her palm heat up.

"You’re so cute."

Taozi grumpily brushed her hand away.

Ruan Hongzhuang not annoyed, instead wrapped her arm around her shoulder and headed to the washroom.

"You just know how to bully me."

"Don’t you like me bullying you? I know, you like Siyuan bullying you right?"

Taozi’s face turned even redder, especially since her skin tone was cold fair, the whole person looked flushed.

Just then, the nearby room’s door opened, Tang Tang rushed out in her pajamas, followed by Dou Dou, Duoduo, and Xiao Yue one after another.

Tang Tang glanced at the two, then dashed toward the balcony, while Dou Dou passed by Taozi and said with a look of surprise, "Auntie, why are you so red? Did someone cook you?"

"Haha..."

Ruan Hongzhuang couldn’t hold back and laughed heartily.