Returning to the dorm, Du Tianyu found his three roommates absent. He rummaged through his belongings but couldn't find any money or food.
Du Tianyu felt a headache coming on, and his mouth involuntarily opened, saying, "Waste, where's your money? Your dad scrimps and saves every month to give you living expenses, and you squandered it all away!"
"Where could I have squandered it? It's not like..."
"Alright, waste, I already know. You're quite remarkable, actually getting rejected seventeen times during confessions." Du Tianyu suddenly laughed.
"Stop laughing. Is it that funny to laugh at yourself?"
"I couldn't help it. I'm saying, waste, get a grip! Look at those people you confessed to – tall, short, fat, thin, even kids! Are you that starved for love? Or did heaven send you down to do good deeds? And you still got rejected! I'm dying of laughter!"
"Well, you lived eight lifetimes and ended up in a good-for-nothing body. If I'm a waste, what are you? Haha!"
"I, I shouldn't have merged with you!"
"Now I'm the boss! If I'm good, you're good. Stop calling me 'waste' all the time. Is it that satisfying to insult yourself?"...
Du Tianyu was talking to himself in the room, quite happily scolding himself. But it worried the fatty outside the door.
Room 303 had four people: Wang Jingui, nicknamed Fatty Wang; Liu Jiang, who wore glasses and was nicknamed Glasses;
Wu Fei, who was as thin as a stick and nicknamed Skinny Monkey. These were all nicknames Fatty Wang randomly came up with. For some reason, only Du Tianyu didn't have one.
The brothers had a good relationship. They even arranged their seating order according to their birth month: Glasses was the eldest, Fatty Wang the second, Du Tianyu the third, and Skinny Monkey the fourth.
Du Tianyu was arguing fiercely with himself in the room, completely unaware that Fatty Wang had arrived outside the door.
Fatty Wang ambled back to the dorm and immediately heard Du Tianyu's voice. Upon hearing what he was saying, Fatty Wang was shocked. "Crap! Has Tianyu gone crazy? He's calling himself useless! This can't be good!"
Just then, Du Tianyu's phone rang. He took it out and saw an unfamiliar number. He thought, "Could this be my fifty thousand?"
He quickly answered, "Hello! Who is this?"
"Grandmaster Du, this is Little Qi!"
"Little Qi?... Qi Kai?"
"Yes, yes, it's me!"
"I have to say, your Qi family is really inefficient. Such a small matter of fifty thousand, dragging it from morning till night."
"Grandmaster Du, please calm down. I felt that directly giving you fifty thousand would be too disrespectful..."
"What do you mean? Are you trying to welch on the deal?"
"No, no, please hear me out. I've sent a car to wait for you at the school gate. Our Qi family has prepared a banquet at the hotel, partly to give you the money in person, and partly because we sincerely want to befriend you!"
"Oh! That's more like it. If there's money and food, I'll definitely go!"
"Great, Grandmaster Du, we await your arrival respectfully."
Hanging up the phone, Du Tianyu's excitement was beyond words. He thought to himself, "I'm walking fifty thousand now."
He opened the door and was about to walk out when he bumped into Fatty Wang.
"Fatty, what are you doing? So quiet."
"Tianyu, are you alright?" Saying this, he even reached out to touch Du Tianyu's forehead.
"I don't have a fever! Hurry up and get out of the way, I'm going to get my fifty thousand."
"See, you're still saying nonsense! You definitely have a fever!"
"No time, Fatty! I'll treat you guys to a meal later." Not having time to explain, Du Tianyu bypassed Fatty Wang and dashed off.
Fatty Wang stood愣愣ly in place, watching Du Tianyu run away. He reached out and touched his own forehead, looking utterly bewildered.
Du Tianyu exited the school gate and immediately saw a very conspicuous black Cadillac.
The car door opened, and a beautiful girl about his age got out of the car and asked Du Tianyu, "Are you Du Tianyu?"
"Yes, I am!" Du Tianyu replied.
The girl sized him up and down, looking rather disappointed.
"Get in the car. My name is Qi Youxi." Then she muttered softly, "I really don't understand why Grandpa asked me to pick up such an unremarkable student."
Du Tianyu ignored Qi Youxi's subtle sarcasm. For him, nothing was more insulting than the word "waste."
Along the way, neither of them spoke. Du Tianyu sat in the back seat, seemingly closing his eyes to rest, but in reality, he was familiarizing himself with the many things in his mind: cultivation methods, Taoist arts, pill refining techniques... each one familiar yet strange.
Looking in the rearview mirror, Qi Youxi thought to herself, "This guy really knows how to put on a deep act. I, the young mistress of the Qi family, am peerlessly beautiful. I refuse to believe you can keep your eyes closed the whole time."
She was disappointed. All the way to their destination, this guy didn't even glance at her.
Qi Jiuzhou, Elder Qi himself, along with his son Qi Zheng and Qi Kai, greeted them at the hotel entrance. The luxurious private room was extraordinarily extravagant.
After the guests and hosts were seated, looking at the table full of delicious food, Du Tianyu didn't stand on ceremony. "Well then, Elder Qi, let's skip the formalities and start eating!"
Qi Jiuzhou had originally prepared a day's worth of speech, wanting to say a few flattering words, but who knew this person wouldn't play by the rules? He could only smile awkwardly and say, "Since Grandmaster has spoken, let's eat!"
Du Tianyu didn't care about all that and lowered his head to devour the food. Everyone at the table watched in astonishment as this glutton ravaged all sorts of delicacies.
He was starving, having had nothing in his stomach all day. A few people wanted to offer toasts, but Du Tianyu didn't bother with them, just eating until he was completely full.
Du Tianyu let out a satisfied burp, a pleased expression on his face.
Qi Youxi muttered softly, "He's really like a starving ghost reincarnated. Who eats like that? No manners at all!"
Seeing Du Tianyu stop eating, Qi Jiuzhou quickly signaled Qi Kai, who immediately stood up and took out a check. "Grandmaster Du, the money has been prepared long ago. Please accept it!"
Du Tianyu took the check and counted the zeros with his finger. "Ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand, million, ten million? Ten million? Wasn't it fifty thousand?"
"Grandmaster Du, my son and I offended you this morning. On one hand, we thank you for your mercy, and on the other hand, you cured Qi Kai's ailment! So, we hope Grandmaster will accept this small token of our appreciation."
"Oh! This is a bit undeserved!" Du Tianyu thought for a moment and then said, "Well, taking someone's gift puts one at a disadvantage. I have a set of fist techniques here that can complement your Qi family's palm techniques. Consider it as payment for that."
"Oh dear! That won't do at all. My Qi family was in the wrong first, we dare not accept such a gift."
"I don't like taking advantage of others. Fifty thousand was the agreement, so fifty thousand it is. Take this check back and exchange it for fifty thousand. Then we'll be even." Saying this, he placed the check on the table.
Qi Jiuzhou hurriedly picked up the check and respectfully handed it back to Du Tianyu, saying, "Alright! We will follow Grandmaster Du's instructions. The Qi family respectfully obeys your command and thanks you for your guidance, Grandmaster."
These were actually just polite words. Befriending Du Tianyu was all for the sake of benefits. Qi Jiuzhou was already secretly overjoyed.
"What kind of fist technique is worth ten million? This little kid really dares to say anything. I really don't know what went wrong with Grandpa and Dad's brains." The more Qi Youxi looked at Du Tianyu, the angrier she became.
The room was large. Du Tianyu stood up and walked to an open space. "Watch carefully, I'll only do it once. Five moves in total."
Saying this, he adopted a stance, but it wasn't fluid, somewhat clumsy.
"Sorry about that, um, not very practiced!"
Everyone was speechless! Especially Qi Youxi, who wished she could just walk up and slap him across the face. He himself wasn't proficient, yet he was teaching others. He was just a big liar.
"I'll do it again, watch carefully."
This time, it was smooth and flowing, each fist carrying the wind. After finishing, he returned to his starting position.
"This set of fist techniques makes up for the flaws in the Qi family's Mountain-Splitting Palm. In fact, palm and fist can be converted according to the situation, don't be restricted by specific moves."
"Qi Kai, come over here." Du Tianyu pointed at the bewildered Qi Kai.
Qi Kai walked closer, and Du Tianyu said, "Attack me with the Mountain-Splitting Palm."
"He-here?"
"Come on, I'll demonstrate and you'll understand!"