Chapter 7 - 6: Copper Skin Realm Great Success, Lou Yuchen!

Chapter 7: Chapter 6: Copper Skin Realm Great Success, Lou Yuchen!

Suppressing the surging Qi Blood within his body, Liu Zimo found a random excuse to send Liu Meimei away before returning to his hospital bed and sitting cross-legged.

Closing his eyes and concentrating, he breathed rhythmically, rapidly and steadily absorbing and refining the eight hundred units of Qi Blood Energy that had suddenly welled up inside him.

Thanks to the slight improvement in his Martial Arts Talent, coupled with the Extreme Breathing Technique that perfectly suited his physique, Liu Zimo refined the Qi Blood at an incredibly fast pace. It took him less than ten minutes to fully convert and absorb the eight hundred units of Qi Blood Energy.

"Not bad. I only lost about fifty units of Qi Blood Energy," he thought. "The remaining seven hundred and fifty units have all been absorbed and refined, becoming my own Qi and Blood Power!"

Taking a deep breath, Liu Zimo slowly opened his eyes from his Meditation, his heart filled with joy and awe.

The seven hundred and fifty units of Qi and Blood Power gathered in his Dantian and transformed into Inner Breath, adding nearly ten years of Martial Arts Cultivation to Liu Zimo out of thin air. Coupled with the one-year increase in cultivation he had previously obtained from Jiang Tianxiong, he now possessed around eleven years of Martial Arts Cultivation!

WHOOSH!

With a single Thought, Liu Zimo circulated his Qi throughout his body. Under the stimulation of his Qi and Blood Power, the skin on his body slowly turned a pale gold! His body was brimming with Qi, radiating a restrained golden light that rendered him impervious to swords, spears, and sharp blades.

This was the hallmark of Great Success in the Copper Skin Realm!

In his previous life, Liu Zimo had fought desperately in the chaotic world for nearly ten years before successfully breaking through during a life-or-death crisis, advancing from the Body Refining Realm to the Copper Skin Realm. It took him almost another ten years to barely cultivate the Copper Skin Realm to Great Success.

Only he knew exactly how much hardship he had endured and how much danger he had faced during that time. When one’s talent and resources were inferior to others, the only way to achieve success in cultivation and become stronger was to put one’s life on the line!

Yet now, even before the Demon Calamity descended, he already possessed the strength of Great Success in the Copper Skin Realm. It made Liu Zimo feel as if he were dreaming, almost as though he was still trapped in an illusion.

"Binding just Jiang Tianxiong allowed me to achieve Great Success in the Copper Skin Realm twenty years early. If I have the chance to turn the future Martial Saint into one of my ’Good Brothers’, wouldn’t that mean..."

Liu Zimo licked his lips lightly, a glimmer of hope and anticipation flashing in his eyes. He thought he knew exactly who he should use his last binding slot on.

Lou Yuchen, the number one Martial Saint of the Federation thirty years in the future! At the same time, he was the only young Martial Saint in the Apocalypse Federation who was under the age of sixty.

Before the cataclysm struck, Lou Yuchen hadn’t even come into contact with the Martial Dao. He was just an ordinary office worker, working a nine-to-five job with nothing special about him. His rise to power only happened after the Demon Calamity descended and the Martial Dao became widespread.

The very first time he came into contact with a Martial Arts Technique, Lou Yuchen displayed a Martial Arts Talent akin to that of a celestial being. One day for Body Refining, three days for Copper Skin, and then he reached Great Success in the Copper Skin Realm in just one month!

After that, Lou Yuchen was like someone using a cheat code, his cultivation progressing at an impossible speed. In less than ten years, he surpassed the Iron Bone and Golden Body realms, directly advancing to the Fetal Breath Realm and becoming the youngest and fastest-advancing Martial Arts Grandmaster in history.

Lou Yuchen’s deeds, deliberately promoted by the Federation Government, had long been a household name. Many young people looked up to him as a role model. Liu Zimo was the same back then. With his extremely ordinary Martial Arts Talent, he was intensely envious of an unparalleled genius like Lou Yuchen.

Therefore, upon realizing that his Superpower could even share and distribute other people’s Martial Arts Cultivation, Liu Zimo immediately thought of this Martial Saint with heaven-defying talent.

The current Lou Yuchen was still just an ordinary person enduring the grueling "996" work culture. He was not as unattainable and distant as he would be thirty years later. Getting in touch with him and binding him early shouldn’t be difficult.

"Lou Yuchen is from Luozhou City, so he should be in Luozhou right now," Liu Zimo murmured to himself softly, his eyes flickering with thought. "It was precisely because of his rapid rise that Luozhou City rose in status as well, leaping to become one of the three safest sanctuary cities within the future Federation!

"Perhaps I can take my dad and little brother and settle down in Luozhou City ahead of time!"

Sanyuan City was simply too small. In the chaotic world to come, it would only be able to barely sustain itself, and living conditions there would be extremely harsh. But Luozhou City was different.

Luozhou City was the provincial capital of Dongyang Province, boasting comprehensive infrastructure. More importantly, the outskirts of the city housed a massive agricultural base managed by the provincial agricultural academy. This ensured that even in the Post-Apocalypse, Luozhou City remained a famous major grain producer within the Federation.

Combined with the rise and protection of the star Martial Saint, Lou Yuchen, Luozhou City was undoubtedly one of the top three cities in the Federation, boasting the richest survival resources and offering the greatest safety in the Post-Apocalypse!

"It’s settled then!" he thought decisively. "I must take my dad and little brother to Luozhou City before the cataclysm strikes. Once it descends, all forms of transportation will instantly become paralyzed. When that happens, we won’t be able to go even if we want to!"

Glancing at his father, who was still sleeping soundly nearby, Liu Zimo had already made up his mind. He quietly reached over and grabbed the phone his father had left by the pillow. Carefully recalling his father’s usual passcode, he tapped the screen a few times and unlocked it.

Seeing the various app icons displayed on the screen, Liu Zimo couldn’t help but feel as if a lifetime had passed. After the Demon Calamity arrived, all electronics became defunct overnight. Come to think of it, he hadn’t used a smartphone in nearly thirty years and had almost forgotten how to navigate one.

Swiping through the screen for a moment, Liu Zimo found the Alipay icon from his memory. He opened it, switched to his own login, and checked his bank account balance. Upon seeing the long string of digits in his account, Liu Zimo instantly felt at ease.

"Eight million, five hundred and thirty-six thousand, two hundred and eleven!" he thought. "Just as I suspected. All the money I shared and distributed from Liu Siqi and Jiang Tianxiong has landed right here in my only account!

"Over eight and a half million, plus the one-million-yuan check I have on hand, totals over nine and a half million!

"Moreover, Jiang Tianxiong is still continuously providing me with a steady stream of wealth. My financial issues are basically completely solved. This much money is more than enough to buy a nice detached villa in Luozhou City."

Leaning against the headboard, Liu Zimo casually scrolled through real estate listings in Luozhou City. He soon found a pretty good existing property located near the agricultural academy’s planting base. Checking the price, it was exactly eight million, and it even supported installment payments.

Liu Zimo didn’t hesitate and decisively made his move.

In just a few minutes, he signed an electronic contract remotely with a real estate agent in Luozhou City, entrusting them to handle the relevant transfer and tax procedures on his behalf. He then secured ownership of the villa with a thirty percent down payment.

One month later, when the Demon Calamity descended and order collapsed, the banking system would disintegrate alongside it. Naturally, he wouldn’t need to pay off the remaining seventy percent of the mortgage. In other words, Liu Zimo only spent 2.4 million to buy a detached villa worth eight million.

As for why he chose to buy instead of rent—since renting would seem much more cost-effective, requiring only a month’s rent and a partial deposit to still be able to occupy the property a month later—he had his reasons.

That was because, in Liu Zimo’s plan, buying the house was merely the first step. Next, he needed to carry out a massive renovation and upgrade on the villa. If he were just renting, the landlord wouldn’t necessarily agree to his renovation plans.

Of course, more importantly, having his name on the property deed gave him a legitimate claim. When the Federation’s order was re-established in the future, the ownership of that villa would still be in his hands. No one could forcefully seize it from him.