"Damn it!"
"I'm done playing, this thing is too uncooperative!"
"It's from a Flying Ascension Realm expert, so what? You think you're so great?"
"I don't have to serve you anymore!"
After toiling for a long time and seeing that the ring still showed no reaction, Zhou Xuan, angered, threw it back into the box and decided to ignore it!
Treasures were good, but if their mysteries couldn't be unlocked, they were merely decorative!
"Forget it, Old Master Lu said that he hadn't figured anything out in the many years he'd had the ring.
"It's a bit greedy for me to want to figure it out in such a short time!"
"Since the ring's secret can't be unlocked now, I should focus on my own affairs!"
"Wang Tianlong was lucky to escape last time. Now that I've subdued Black Tiger and his gang, I need to change my strategy!"
"Before, I just wanted to find an opportunity to kill them all, but now it seems that idea is a bit inappropriate!"
"After all, this is a society governed by law. If I were to slaughter an entire clan, I'd probably become an international fugitive!"
"Moreover, based on the current clues, the Wang family is clearly just a dog pushed to the forefront!"
"It's not worth trading lives with such a minor character!"
"Since that's the case, I might as well support Black Tiger and the others to rise up and let them contend with the Wang family!"
"This way, I can both get revenge and, after defeating the Wang family, I can use their resources to rebuild the Zhou family!"
"That's right, that's it!"
Having understood the whole situation, Zhou Xuan's mood greatly improved, and he no longer dwelled on failing to unlock the ring's secret.
He casually tossed the wooden box containing the ring onto the table and lay down on the bed, falling asleep.
Although with his cultivation, he could actually use cultivation to offset the need for sleep.
But Zhou Xuan still preferred to be a normal person.
Furthermore, his master had told him that the path of cultivation was best achieved with a balance of work and rest, and that impulsive training was strictly forbidden. He had even given him an example.
He said that in his former sect, there was a thorough cultivation fanatic who was misled by some circulating fantasy novels.
He locked himself in a room and cultivated desperately, not eating or drinking for months!
As a result, when some of the sect elders, worried, went to check on him, they discovered that the person had already gone mad!
Since then, his master's sect strictly prohibited disciples from over-cultivating. If discovered, in severe cases, they would be expelled from the sect directly.
And Zhou Xuan's master had always adhered to this theory in teaching him.
Even knowing that Zhou Xuan possessed the Innate Dao Body, making him most suited for cultivation, his master had still set a rule for him, stipulating that his daily cultivation time could not exceed six shichen.
Therefore, Zhou Xuan had developed a habit. He would cultivate as usual, but when it was time to rest, he would never mistreat himself.
Lying on the bed, Zhou Xuan soon fell into a deep sleep.
However, at this moment, no one noticed that the wooden box, which he had carelessly placed on the table, had somehow returned to his bed.
And at this very moment, the wooden box opened on its own, without anyone controlling it.
The ring inside the wooden box floated up from nowhere and then slipped onto Zhou Xuan's left thumb.
But Zhou Xuan, who was already in a dream fighting with the Duke of Zhou, was completely unaware of everything happening to him!
Of course, even if he had known, he probably wouldn't have been able to explain the bizarre phenomenon before him, as it already belonged to the realm of the supernatural!
A night passed in a flash. When Zhou Xuan woke up the next day, he didn't notice any changes in himself.
He got up as usual, washed up, and then prepared to go to the front hall of the Lu family to have breakfast with Lu Linger.
After all, at this time of day, Lu Linger would usually have prepared breakfast early and quietly waited in the front hall for Zhou Xuan to eat together.
"I apologize for the intrusion."
"It's just that yesterday, that divine doctor said that if we wanted to cure my grandfather's illness, we should come to the Lu family."
"That's why we had no choice but to disturb you so early in the morning. Please forgive us!"
At this moment, in the front hall of the Lu family, Lu Linger was not as Zhou Xuan had imagined, having prepared breakfast and waiting for him.
Because she was currently boiling water in the kitchen, preparing to make tea!
And the reason for making tea so early was because the Lu family had honored guests!
In the main hall of the Lu family, two neat rows of imposing soldiers stood, holding real firearms.
These soldiers had resolute faces, and their right index fingers were always on their rifles, as if any object they perceived as a threat would draw fire from their sharp weapons at any moment!
Of course, these soldiers were not there to cause trouble for the Lu family!
They were there to escort someone!
And this person was none other than the elderly man with heart disease whom Zhou Xuan had rescued on the road yesterday, Fang Wan Hai!
"Elder Fang, you are too kind!"
"Your presence at our Lu family brings us immense honor!"
"There is no question of disturbing us!"
"But who is this divine doctor you speak of?"
"I was not aware that anyone in our Lu family could cure Elder Fang's illness."
Hearing Fang Wan Hai's words, Lu Mingyuan quickly replied politely.
He was very familiar with the person before him!
If their Lu family was one of the top families in Salt City, then the elder before him, from the Fang family, was an even more terrifying existence than the Lu family.
Because they not only hailed from Shangjing City but were also an out-and-out military family!
Their family's prestige and influence were far beyond what the Lu family could contend with!
However, such an important figure had come to their humble abode so early in the morning seeking a divine doctor.
This left Lu Mingyuan somewhat bewildered.
When had their Lu family ever had a divine doctor?
"No, could it be..."
"Oh, you all arrived so early?"
"But what's with this grand display?"
"Are you here to raid my house instead of seeking medical treatment?"
Just as Lu Mingyuan seemed to have thought of something, a familiar voice slowly echoed in the hall.
Seeing Zhou Xuan appear in the scene, all of Lu Mingyuan's doubts vanished!
Indeed, the divine doctor they spoke of was Zhou Xuan!