The Dragon King's Son-in-law
Failure is an opportunity
Zhao Guang dropped Hao Ren at the gate of the dormitory and left.
Zhao Yanzi was still asleep and Hao Ren was unwilling to wake her up. He bid farewell to Mr and Mrs Zhao and thanked them for the weekend.
Zhao Hongyu was increasingly satisfied with their future son-in-law. He felt Hao Ren was attentive, clever, and even more pleasant than Zhao Yanzi. He secretly treated her like his son.
Hao Ren returned to his dorm room and saw no one there; he guessed they were likely going to an internet cafe. This is because school regulations stipulate that first and second-level students should not bring their computers to the dormitories, and schools will not connect the internet to lower-level student dormitories. Therefore, internet cafes are the places most frequented by lower level students.
While they were out, Hao Ren completed the tasks that had been piling up for a week. He did not bother to do difficult tasks because he planned to borrow and copy the tasks of his friend.
As dinner approached, the three friends did not return. In fact, Zhao Jiayi and the others were sure Hao Ren had already returned home and would only return to the dormitory on a Saturday between seven or eight nights. They would never have expected Hao Ren to go spend time with his "fiancee" this weekend.
Hao Ren recalls the weekend he spent at GreenStone Mountain. It was probably for a while the most important and meaningful weekend he had ever had.
Hao Ren took out his mobile phone and found an image of Zhao Yanzi frowning in anger.
He downloaded the image from a computer at the hotel to his mobile phone.
Her eyes were shining like black pearls, her nose was pointed, her mouth was as small as a cherry, and her eyelashes were naturally pliable. Against the backdrop of green forests and gray stone stairs, this girl seems to have the potential to become a model .
If Zhao Jiayi and the others had not seen Zhao Yanzi themselves, they would have thought that Hao Ren had downloaded a picture of a beautiful girl from somewhere on the internet and installed it as his cellular phone wallpaper.
Hao Ren thought about it and still did not dare to use the image as wallpaper on his mobile phone.
"Even though she is only a little girl, after three years she will become a super beautiful woman. After all, fifteen-year-old Zhao Yanzi might already be a super pretty little girl with such an appearance. He might be very popular at his school as well."
"Uh, what am I thinking? Am I jealous.." Hao Ren suddenly realized.
Zhao Jiayi and the others finally returned noisily around seven p.m. They were extremely shocked when they saw Hao Ren inside the room.
"Why did you come back so soon today?" Zhao Jiayi asked.
They really thought Hao Ren was coming home, and Hao Ren certainly did not mention him traveling with Zhao Yanzi's family. If they found out Hao Ren left with the little girl's family, they would definitely doubt his relationship with the little girl.
"Tomorrow Athletic Games. Ren, you should try hard and try not to be the last one," Zhou Liren patted Hao Ren on the shoulder and cheered.
"Your hopes for me are too 'high'!" A drop of cold sweat appeared on Hao Ren's forehead as he thought.
"Good, tomorrow we don't have all day!" Speaking of Athletic Matches, Cao Ronghua who usually had a calm personality also looked excited.
They chatted about which class of flowers would be there and searched for telescopes everywhere. They had no hope in Hao Ren's 1500-meter game. If he wasn't their roommate, they probably wouldn't care.
From their point of view, Hao Ren was "the kind of person chosen last time". He would be considered successful if he did not obtain the last place. After all there were no great athletes in their majors.Most people were ordinary college students. Sometimes, there are some people who are talented, but those talents are mostly in academic terms
They are excited to talk about the Athletics Match tomorrow. Hao Ren ignored them and headed to the balcony to get some fresh air.
The rain is gone, and the moon is bright in the sky.
Hao Ren silently recited the Soul Concentration Scroll twice. He felt refreshed, all the negative energy around him seemed to have disappeared.
He tried to recall the ancient trees from the Taoist temple on GreenStone Mountain and the stone monuments with great care. He always felt there was some unachievable inspiration after all.
"Water element…"
Hao Ren suddenly recalled what Su Han said as he grabbed his hand.
"Could it be that the Soul Concentration Scroll made use of the water element that came from heaven and earth?" An idea came to Hao Ren's mind.
"If desire will hide its true self, its true self will be more revealed. If desire weakens the true self, the true self strengthens itself. If desire will ignore its true self, its true self will get richer. If desire will rob him of his true self, his true self will give more. This is what is called a vague but profound natural enlightenment. Softness overcomes strength, and the soft overpowers the strong…"
The script on the stone monument reappeared before Hao Ren's eyes again.
Hao Ren felt his heart flutter and the obstruction that stopped him from advancing to the second level of the Soul Concentration Scroll was almost broken.
"Actually, Zhao Guang asked me to come to that Taoist temple not only to accompany Zhao Yanzi but also to test how much I could understand and understand."
Hao Ren frowned and tried his best to look for the sensation of "water".
Even so, the harder he tried, the harder it was for him to understand it.
He took a deep breath and slowly recited the Soul Concentration Scroll to calm his mind.
"Water is Yin and wood is Yang; pull pulling and push pushing can complement each other; combine toughness with softness so they can have the same control and support … Hao Ren thought about the ancient tree and suddenly got a deep inspiration.
The seed that the ancient tree left behind in Hao Ren's body that contained the pure essence of wood suddenly sprouted. Meanwhile, the water element in the air formed several very small streams of water and flowed into Hao Ren's body.
Hao Ren felt his entire body was unusually comfortable, and his original "transparent" body became a crystal clear container and incorporated all the natural energy from heaven and earth.
He knew he had almost passed the first level of the Soul Concentration Scroll and reached the second level! The inspiration of the ancient tree that brought him. In terms of that stone monument, he spoke of how to regulate and control water, and it matched the essence of the third level of the Soul Concentration Scroll.
The fog that originally spread in the air slowly gradually formed nine streams of faint water that swirled and entered the nine important acupoints around his body.
After entering Hao Ren's body, the thick streams of water tried to find their own position and began to calm down.
"What are you doing out there, Ren?" Zhao Jiayi shouted from inside the room.
Hao Ren was suddenly startled and the nine streams of water that filled Hao Ren's body suddenly disappeared.
Zhao Jiayi walked to the balcony and patted Hao Ren on the shoulder, "What are you thinking out here? You have a game to follow tomorrow! Go to bed early!"
He pulled Hao Ren back inside.
At the same time, the primordial tree that carried its inspirational seeds disappeared completely and Hao Ren was unable to find any trace of wood essence nor control the abundant energy within his body. His container-like body was leaking from below, and all the accumulated "water" was gone.
The natural energy around Hao Ren's body once again returned to chaos as it was no longer divided into five elements.
Hao Ren realized this failure was wasting a great opportunity to advance to the second level of the Soul Concentration Scroll. Plus, he had no idea when the next breakthrough would be
Although he was disappointed, he did not want to blame him on Zhao Jiayi. After all, Zhao Jiayi saw him standing outside for too long and asked him to rest for his good.
"Hhhhh I better find a quiet place without any distractions to cultivate," Hao Ren climbed onto his upper bed and thought with annoyance.