Urban Soldier Young Master

Chapter 1058 - 1057: Not Buying Into This Nonsense

In Chu Ge's view, even if he hadn't met Su Yuanke, and hadn't heard about the matters between Tiancheng Pharmaceutical Group and Chu Zheng, even based on Chu Chengrui's previous words, this matter felt quite peculiar.Chu Chengrui could be concerned about Chu Shiyao's health and care for her in every possible way, to the extent of fearing she might dissolve in his mouth or shatter in his hands, but at least one medical checkup a day seemed a bit excessive, didn't it?

Could it be... Chu Chengrui wanted to perform some kind of human experiment on Chu Shiyao?

Holy crap! No way, right? She's his biological granddaughter!

Even if Su Yuanke's hypothesis were true, with the conflict between Chu Chengrui and Chu Zheng having reached an irreconcilable point, and in pursuit of that terrifying research, Chu Chengrui didn't even hesitate to eliminate his own son, but Chu Shiyao is innocent. Any grudge is between Chu Chengrui and Chu Zheng, the father and son. Chu Chengrui couldn't possibly be that insane, could he?

"Brother Chu? Are you still there?"

While Chu Ge was pondering, Chu Shiyao's voice came through the receiver again.

"Oh, I'm here, just saw a beautiful woman jogging and got a bit distracted."

"Geez... I can't believe you, talking on the phone with a beauty like me and getting distracted by another one? Besides, aren't you afraid I'll tell your wife? Let Sister Qin have a good talk with you?"

"Ha, sorry, sorry, I'll make it up to you another day."

"When's that?"

"How about this, after I finish my honeymoon, I'll come see you. It should only be a matter of ten days or so. Also, let your grandfather know that I'll treat both of you to a meal. When the incident with Tianqing Company happened, I knew he helped out, and I haven't properly thanked him yet."

"Geez, why would you bring him when you're treating me? Is it because you're afraid your sister-in-law won't be happy now that you're married?"

"Hehe, whatever you say. Just remember to tell your grandfather, okay?"

"Alright, alright, I'll wait for you to contact me, I'll catch some more sleep for now."

After hanging up, Chu Ge thought to himself that what he just said shouldn't have any loopholes. Even if Chu Shiyao's phone was being monitored, it shouldn't be an issue. Since he mentioned treating both Chu Shiyao and Chu Chengrui to a meal, presumably even if Chu Chengrui really wanted to do something to Chu Shiyao, he'd have some reservations. Over ten days or so, he probably wouldn't do anything rash.

Even though Chu Ge wasn't too confident about this matter, he obviously couldn't be by Chu Shiyao's side to protect her at all times. Besides, many things were just suspicions and conjectures; everything was still a mystery. All he could do now was this.

As for the rest, they'd discuss it when they met.

He could use these ten days or so to further cultivate the Su Family's hypnosis technique and improve his spiritual power's strength.

Not successfully hypnotizing those three killers yesterday really weighed on Chu Ge's mind. This served as a reminder that the few characters he had mastered were far from sufficient.

But... the hypnosis on Watanabe Shinji went so smoothly, yet it didn't work at all on those three. Chu Ge found it a bit hard to accept.

Well, they'll talk about everything when they meet Chu Chengrui.

Having made this plan, Chu Ge returned to the hotel.

In the following days, Chu Ge and the Qin sisters didn't run into any more trouble, finally getting a bit of the honeymoon vibe... Well, a third-wheel honeymoon vibe, visiting attractions, enjoying delicious food, taking photos, and doing things that can't be described. Such days couldn't be more pleasant, who would trade that even for being an Immortal?

Of course, aside from enjoying themselves, Chu Ge didn't neglect his serious work, dedicating any free time to cultivating the cultivation technique. Unfortunately, he found the results imperfect.

Ten days passed, and Chu Ge still hadn't completely broken through the final character of the first level of the cultivation technique. The character, seemingly not much different from the previous eleven characters, became his bottleneck.

This character had stalled him for a whole four days. Despite his efforts, progress was as slow as a snail's pace.

Actually, Chu Ge's perception of "imperfect" and "slow progress", if known to the Su Family, would make them exclaim "What a monster!". If his speed was considered slow, then what would they consider their own cultivation speed?

Tomorrow, they'll leave Gui City, ending this honeymoon trip. As night deepened, the room echoed with the tired yet satisfied breathing of the sister duo, and Chu Ge quietly got out of bed, sat on the sofa, picked up his phone, and pulled up the photo that he remembered vividly in every detail, even if he only recalled it in his mind.

Focus... focus... focus again.

Chu Ge concentrated all his mind on that character, and everything around him gradually became blurred from clarity, then transformed into a chaotic void.

In this chaos, eleven characters floated like eleven shining stars, suspended in the void in irregular order, radiating brilliant light, surrounding Chu Ge.

Here, there were a total of twelve characters; the only one that had not lit up was the one Chu Ge had yet to conquer from the first level of the Cultivation Technique.

From the moment Chu Ge conquered the first eleven characters, whenever he practiced this Cultivation Technique, this scene would suddenly appear in his Spiritual World.

"You little thing, your first eleven brothers have already been taken down by me; I don't believe I can't take you down too."

Chu Ge's gaze was firmly fixed on that character in the void; he twisted his neck, clenched his fists, and let out a deep breath.

Although he spoke, he was not worried about waking up the already asleep Qin Ruojing and Qin Ruoying. After these days of exploration, he discovered this chaotic void was his own Spiritual World. When he immersed his entire mind and body into this Spiritual World, whatever he said or did happened within this world.

As for his physical body in the real world, it remained in its original posture, sitting boldly on the sofa, lips unmoving.

Even though Chu Ge had experienced this feeling many times, he still felt it was incredibly mysterious. One side was the real world, and the other side the Spiritual World; he could feel them both. It was as if a magical force had torn a rift between these two worlds, allowing him to wander freely between them.

In his Spiritual World, Chu Ge stared at the only character devoid of flowing light, striving to establish a mental connection with it.

Unfortunately, no matter how he tried based on past experiences, eager to penetrate that character, this time was still no different from before. The only dim character, the last one in the first level of the Cultivation Technique, still didn't give him any feedback.

Dammit...

In the Spiritual World, Chu Ge raised his hand to rub his forehead, helplessly sitting in the void, unable to figure out what was wrong and why this guy had no reaction.

In the past few days, Chu Ge had thought more than once about calling Su Yuanzhou or visiting the old man Su Luo to ask if they had encountered such a bottleneck, and if so, how they broke through it and conquered the character.

But every time Chu Ge abandoned this idea.

Firstly, based on Su Yuanzhou's previous reactions, he knew he practiced much faster than Su Yuanzhou. Practicing the same Cultivation Technique, he was even faster than this outsider Su Yuanzhou; it's a bit discouraging, isn't it? As for asking Mr. Su Luo, what if... the old man inexplicably coughs up blood or falls seriously ill? He couldn't bear the blame for that.

Secondly, Chu Ge didn't want his thinking to be confined by others' experiences; maybe his free-wheeling exploration could find him a path more suitable for his practice?

Moreover, and most importantly, influenced by the legend Su Luo told, Chu Ge believes if the madman in the legend could comprehend this Cultivation Technique on his own, why couldn't he, Chu Ge, do the same?

Ridiculous! He really doesn't believe in this nonsense! Everyone has two shoulders and one head; is he, Chu Ge, inferior?

As time ticked by, Chu Ge decided to take an unorthodox approach and try a method he'd been contemplating for the past couple of days. Although he wasn't sure if it would work or if any unexpected situations might arise, he was itching to try it out anyway.

The method was to treat this character as a hypnosis target, using the eleven characters he already mastered to layer them one by one.

Though there was not much substantial basis for doing this, or it was largely due to Chu Ge's sudden whim, he felt it was still worth a try. What if it worked?

After staring at the character for a few more seconds, Chu Ge felt increasingly that its lack of response was scornful and mocking, making him increasingly annoyed.

"Damn it, as a Cultivation Technique, you should be used for practice; what's this broken character being so arrogant for?"

Chu Ge muttered, finally, no longer hesitating. Despite the lack of any mental connection with the last character, he breathed out and began to put his not-so-rational idea into practice.

The first character passed through, no response; the second character passed through, still no response; the third, fourth... the eighth, ninth!

At that moment, the always dim and unresponsive character suddenly showed a subtle change that was almost imperceptible.