Chapter 17: One Person Attains The Dao, Chickens And Dogs Ascend To Heaven!
After leaving the Disinfection Bureau, Li Ye returned home and waited for his parents to come back in the evening before activating his Qi and Blood for them to see.
He pointed at his arm, which was emitting faint wisps of smoke under the incandescent light, and said:
“Look, this tiny halo of smoke, when it rises, it leaps with frequency—each time represents one leap of Qi and Blood.”
Li Haihua, full of smiles, praised him several times, “Little Ye, Martial Arts University is a sure thing now. With your General Knowledge scores, you can easily find a good job!”
“Yes, yes, just like your aunt’s son. He graduated from Martial Arts University too and is now working as a Security Consultant over in Yunhai. I hear he makes tens of thousands a month.” Liu Qingxia said excitedly.
But as soon as she finished, her expression stiffened a bit, and Li Haihua’s face also darkened somewhat.
Liu Qingxia had six siblings in total—three brothers and three sisters—and she was the fifth. The aunt was naturally her older sister, but among relatives, some were good and some were bad. The aunt had married a rich man when she was young and then looked down on everyone.
During family gatherings at the end of the year, encounters were always met with sarcasm, especially after her son broke through Dragon Gate and got into Martial Arts University, which made it even worse.
Last year, Li Ye had run into him. At that time, he had just transferred to Preparatory, and the guy had mocked him for daydreaming, saying he had no Martial Arts Training talent, didn’t even need to take the university exam, and might as well go work in a factory screwing bolts.
After all, graduates from ordinary universities didn’t necessarily earn as much as factory wages.
They had previously believed in High Technology Martial Arts Training, scraped together and borrowed three hundred thousand, asking every relative except the aunt’s family.
No matter how tough things were, they still had that much pride.
Now they could finally hold their heads high.
Their son’s aspirations certainly weighed heavily, but they also wanted to live with straight backs.
Which normal parents didn’t want their children to do well?
When the children did well, they could do well too.
Li Ye understood this completely—not only understood, but strongly supported it.
When one person attains the Way, even chickens and dogs ascend to heaven, let alone parents.
Although it was only One Dragon Gate, he could at least lighten his parents’ burden now.
“No need to buy me supplements anymore.”
Li Ye said, “I’ve broken through Dragon Gate. Those supplements aren’t as effective now.”
“Don’t you need more supplements after breaking through Dragon Gate? How else will you progress?” Liu Qingxia didn’t believe it.
Li Ye said, “Mom, really no need. Once I enter the Martial Arts Track during summer vacation, the school will provide Resources, better than what’s on the market.”
His parents wanted to persuade him further, but Li Ye had no choice but to say helplessly, “Do you know about the Disinfection Bureau?”
His mother shook her head, while his father paused, “Seems like I’ve heard of it somewhere.”
Li Ye understood in his heart. He hadn’t heard much about this department before encountering it either—after all, it had five Staffing positions and operated behind the scenes in coordination.
“It’s a department dedicated to researching Demonic Creatures. The Huang Qingyi I told you about is in this department too. He saw that I know a lot about Demonic Creatures, and since I’d just broken through Dragon Gate, he had me do some part-time work there as an Information Officer.”
“It doesn’t pay much, but the Benefits and Treatment are good, and there are plenty of supplements. My Qi and Blood improvement is basically covered by them.”
Pretty much. The money they gave, Li Ye used to buy Rice to boost his Qi and Blood, which was equivalent to the Disinfection Bureau providing high-end Ingredients.
“Doesn’t that mean you’re eating official food?!”
Li Haihua’s eyes lit up. “I knew it—my son has the makings of a scholar-warrior! Look, on the first day of becoming a Martial Artist, he’s already been invited in.”
If they had doubted it was just a delaying tactic before, now it was clearly a Qi and Blood breakthrough. Even if they couldn’t fully understand the leaping Qi and Blood phenomenon, his spirit and vigor were obviously much better than before.
They had seen other Martial Artists before, with a similar spirit and vigor to their son’s.
After all, he had broken through Dragon Gate. No matter what job he got in the future, it wouldn’t be bad. There was no need to brush them off with something like this.
Besides, their expectations were just for Li Ye to break through Dragon Gate and have a good future.
“It’s not really official food—just a simple part-time job. I might come home a bit later sometimes.” Li Ye smiled.
As for the possibility of someone personally teaching him later, there was no need to mention it. It was all up in the air, so just say something simple for his parents to understand.
This excuse worked perfectly—he could spend more time cultivating without needing to come home on time.
“We don’t understand Martial Artist matters. If the officials have tasks for you, just do them. Don’t think about slacking off.”
Liu Qingxia was still not quite convinced. “Really no need to prepare supplements?”
Li Ye smiled. “Really no need. I’ve already broken through Dragon Gate—just stop worrying.”
Seeing Li Ye’s relaxed expression, his parents were happy but also greatly relieved.
Martial Arts Training expenses were enormous, especially for ordinary families like theirs who sent Li Ye to a Martial Arts School.
From Li Ye’s first year of junior high to his second year of high school—five years—they had spent all their earnings on it, but now they didn’t need to.
The three hundred thousand they borrowed could be paid back, and as for the two hundred thousand in external Debt, with frugality, they could pay it off in two or three years.
“Wife, make some small dishes. We’ll drink tonight!”
Li Haihua laughed loudly. “Little Ye, keep Dad company for a couple drinks!”
“Go!”
Liu Qingxia rolled her eyes. “What wine for a kid? He’s still growing—drink by yourself!”
Seeing his parents so happy, Li Ye chuckled too.
Time was still long—take it step by step. This was only One Dragon Gate. Later, he would let his parents enjoy life.
With Authority in hand, if he didn’t even have this much confidence, he might as well not live.
The next day, Li Ye got up early, took a taxi to the Rental Room in the suburban township—there were still four bags of Rice left uneaten.
Yesterday, while doing part-time Information Officer work, he had reviewed a lot of surveillance Videos and photos, which made him realize something. Luckily, he had rented in the suburban township.
Remote areas naturally had few cameras, and his location was even farther from them—no one would know what he was doing.
Otherwise, being seen eating so much Rice could easily lead to suspicions of Demonic Creatures Pollution. If investigated, it would be hard to explain and just cause trouble.
Especially since he knew there seemed to be a cult organization and five hundred thousand involved—he needed to be even more cautious.
As for buying Rice…
That wasn’t an issue. The goods had already passed security checks during transport, so naturally no one would care.
The Disinfection Bureau mainly dealt with Demonic Creatures. If they handled everything, there wouldn’t be enough people.
Plus, with this part-time job, he could pay more attention to things. Used well, this identity would avoid a lot of trouble.
After arriving at the Rental Room, Li Ye did the same as before. Without Martial Arts cultivation, eating was currently the only way to increase Qi and Blood.
Four hundred pounds of Rice took over four hours to cook. With the three times boost from Five Flavors Chopsticks, it raised Li Ye’s Qi and Blood by a total of 6 points.
Still a long way from the 300 shown after his data visualization.
“Cultivation is really tough.”
Li Ye sighed aloud. From childhood, with Training Method, he had only reached 80 points. After getting Authority, his Speed had improved, but calculating it out still gave him a headache.
He needed to eat ten tons of Rice to reach Two Dragon Gate.
The thirty thousand from Pan Zhengyang was just enough to buy ten tons of Rice.
Ten tons of Rice—twenty thousand pounds. At his current efficiency, even working twenty-four hours nonstop without sleep, it would take about ten days. If he only spent half the day on it, half a month.
And this was just breaking through from One Dragon Gate…
He had thought about increasing efficiency, but for this Bungalow, twenty Rice Cookers was the limit. As for more efficient steamers, they couldn’t be used in this environment.
“Never thought even eating would be this hard… Whatever, figure it out later.”
Li Ye opened his Mobile Phone, found the Mi family that sold him Rice before, placed an order for ten tons, then left for the Disinfection Bureau.
This wasn’t like his previous life’s world where buying ten tons personally would raise flags. With Martial Artists around, the alert level for grain purchases was low—as long as Li Ye didn’t buy too frequently.
They couldn’t stop poor people from practicing Martial Arts, right?
While waiting for the Rice, he could go to the Disinfection Bureau, check some Information, discover Demonic Creatures Traces—best if he could find a god and claim more Authority.
An hour later, he arrived at the First Floor of the Disinfection Bureau. Just as he entered, he saw Huang Qingyi and two others heading out, faces full of exhaustion.
Huang Qingyi saw Li Ye and asked in surprise, “What are you doing here?”
“Director Pan had me part-time as an Information Officer.” Li Ye smiled.
“Information Officer? Isn’t that for One Dragon Gate…”
Huang Qingyi paused. “You’ve broken through Dragon Gate?”
Li Ye activated his Qi and Blood. The leaping aura rising made Huang Qingyi stunned. Just a few days ago, he was an ordinary person practicing Martial Arts who had been scammed—now he had broken through Dragon Gate?
But soon, he smiled. “Nice, congrats. Part-time is good too—get more experience, it’ll be useful later.”
Breaking through Dragon Gate wasn’t rare—just Qi and Blood condensing to a certain level. When he broke through Dragon Gate back then, he only felt it right at the end.
Li Ye smiled and asked, “What about you?”
“Just finished one task, now heading out for a new one.”
“Alright, do your thing.”
Li Ye nodded and headed to the Second Floor, but halfway there, he stopped, turned, and left a baffling sentence for Huang Qingyi:
“I’ll grab you two packs of Zhonghua later.”
“Zhonghua? What Zhonghua? I don’t smoke.”
Huang Qingyi muttered, shook his head, and didn’t think much of it.
A middle-aged man with a small mustache nearby watched Li Ye go upstairs and asked, “Big Huang, who’s that?”
“Li Ye. Last time the Information Officer got the intel wrong, mistook Five Plagues Ghost for Filth Worm—he helped me fix it. Very capable guy. Director Pan thinks highly of him too.”
Huang Qingyi recalled their first meeting, how he had followed Li Ye’s commands to take down Five Plagues Ghost, and shook his head with a smile.
A Six Dragon Gate elite graduate from a Key Martial Arts University, actually listening to a student—and in hindsight, without any discomfort.
“Let’s head out on the mission.”
The other person didn’t care and just urged them to leave quickly.
The mustached one who had asked gave a meaningful glance toward the Second Floor before following them out.
“Li Ye, here for part-time today too?”
“Morning, Li Ye.”
As soon as he entered Information Room One, the Information Officers inside greeted him warmly.
His performance yesterday had shocked them for a good while.
A high school student whose General Knowledge could match theirs—these battle-hardened folks with tons of Experience—was already impressive.
Of course, the most impressive part was Director Pan naming him for the ‘part-time’ role.
Being enthusiastic wouldn’t hurt, but who knew what not being would bring.
Li Ye greeted them one by one, showing no trace of arrogance.
They were giving face—he couldn’t take it as reason to act superior. No grudges, so of course get along well.
