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  Saturday afternoon.

  Xiao Yu carried a large plastic bag and stood at the entrance of a residential area, looking around.

  Today is the day I promised Grandpa Wang to go to his house for dinner, from the moment I got up in the morning, Wang Siyu kept calling me every half an hour.

  Xiao Yu had no choice but to hastily select over a dozen kinds of old Shanghai snacks made by Zhang the master chef from the kitchen, pack them into a large plastic bag, and then leave.

  Grandpa Wang lives in Tianlin 16th Village, but Xiaoyu has been searching high and low and can't find where the 16th village is. The buildings here are all from the 70s and 80s, they look almost the same, from the first to the sixteenth village, it can be said that there is no obvious sign, even Xiaoyu's exceptional memory is a bit dizzy.

  After seeing the sign of Tianlin 10 Village in front of the gate, Xiao Yu had no choice but to call Wang Siyu. After Wang Siyu asked about his current location, he told him to wait there and she would come to pick him up.

  After waiting for about ten minutes, Wang Siyu's lovely figure appeared in Xiao Yu's line of sight.

  She wore a light blue cotton hoodie on top and a pair of casual jeans on the bottom, with a pair of Nike sneakers on her feet, exuding a youthful girl's aura.

  "Xiao Yu, you're really stupid! I gave you the address and you still can't find it!" Wang Siyu said with a scolding tone as she walked up to Xiao Yu.

  "Goodness, I'm on the same route between school and the store every day, rarely going out. Besides, all the houses here look the same to me, I'm really at a loss."

  "Alright, alright, come on and follow me quickly, Grandpa and Grandma are waiting anxiously."

  Wang Siyu led the way in front, passing through the community from left to right, and brought Xiao Yu to the gate of Tianlin 16 Village in less than five minutes.

  "Oh~~~ So it's here! I passed by earlier, ah, I was so stupid." Xiaoyu saw that the residential area in front of him looked familiar and couldn't help but exclaim.

  Wang Siyu let out a snort and burst out laughing, "You're still saying I'm stupid but you don't believe it."

  Entering the neighborhood, they came to a building and Wang Siyu led Xiao Yu up to the third floor, stopping in front of room 303.

  "Remember, this is my grandfather's house and where I live now, don't get lost next time!" Wang Siyu pointed to the door number and said to Xiao Yu.

  Xiao Yu was taken aback, and then? Did I have to come here often?

  Wang Siyu rang the doorbell, and soon a voice came from inside, "Coming, coming, it must be Little Rain who has come back, oh no, it should be two Little Rains who have come, haha."

  Xiao Yu's heart secretly sweated, his own name and Wang Siyu's nickname, when read together indeed sounded a bit silly and indistinguishable.

  The door opened from inside, and Grandpa Wang's familiar figure appeared at the entrance, beckoning to Xiaoyu, "Come on! Xiaoyu, hurry up and come in, we've been waiting for half a day!"

  Xiao Yu bowed to Grandpa Wang and handed over the plastic bag, "Here are two pieces of each kind of Old Shanghai dim sum that Master Zhang made this morning. I brought them for you."

  "Oh dear, great! Great! Thank you so much, I just love eating the dim sum made by Master Zhang."

  Grandpa Wang's home is a three-bedroom one-living room apartment, with one bedroom being the old couple's bedroom, one being Wang Siyu's bedroom, and another room serving as a study.

  Wang Siyu grew up in her grandfather's house since she was a child. Her parents were too busy with work to take care of the children, so they always left her at her grandparents' house and only picked her up on weekends. Although the room in her grandfather's house was not even half as big as their own home, for Wang Siyu, this was truly her home.

  Wang Siyu's grandmother was a very kind and amiable old lady, and when she saw Little Yu, she was overjoyed. She went to the vegetable market early in the morning to buy vegetables and returned home, busily stir-frying and cooking in the kitchen until it was hot and smoky. Little Yu wanted to stay in the kitchen to help, but she chased him out, saying that guests shouldn't help with household chores.

  "Let Xiaoyu be busy, Xiaoyu will help her. I'll take you to my study and have a look!" Grandpa Wang warmly pulled Xiaoyu's hand and took him into the study.

  Grandpa Wang's study is about fifteen square meters in size, with a desk and a chair in the middle, and a row of bookshelves against the wall, filled with books. At first glance, it seems to have entered an ocean of books.

  "Wow, Grandpa Wang, your collection is really impressive! It's enough to open a small library!"

  "Hehe, I have only two hobbies in this life, one is Peking Opera and the other is collecting ancient books. Don't underestimate these books of mine, after decades of collection, many of them are rare editions that even libraries can't find!" Old Wang looked at these bookshelves with a self-satisfied expression.

  Xiao Yu glanced at the bookshelf beside him and found that many of the books were about self-cultivation and health preservation. It seemed that Old Master Wang was very particular about nourishing his body. Some of the books, judging from their paper, were extremely old and could possibly be the rare ancient editions that Old Master Wang had mentioned.

  "Xiao Yu, just take a look around here first, I'll go get something." Grandpa Wang suddenly remembered something and told Xiao Yu to be careful before hastily leaving the study.

  Xiao Yu was bored, so he walked along the bookshelf and looked at each one. When he came across a book that interested him, he took it out and flipped through it, and unexpectedly gained a lot of knowledge.

  As he walked halfway around, Xiaoyu was suddenly attracted to an ancient book. The cover of the book was dark and yellowish, obviously a long-standing object, with three large characters written on it: Tian Di Jue.

  "What does this mean?" Looking at these three words, Xiaoyu was somewhat perplexed.

  As I turned the pages, I saw that the entire article was written in small regular script, neat and tidy.

  "In the beginning of chaos, heaven and earth were established. The light and clear gas rose to form heaven, while the heavy and turbid gas condensed to form earth..."

  The literary language of Xiaoyu is not bad, so it's not difficult to read. The first article is the preface, with hundreds of words, and like general ancient articles, there's nothing special about it.

  This is a method of gong that was born from the comprehension of heaven and earth, often practiced to strengthen the body, prevent illness, and when cultivated to its highest level, can even allow one to live as long as heaven and earth.

  Xiao Yu almost burst out laughing after reading this passage. These words might have been acceptable in ancient times, but now it's the 21st century! This is purely and utterly superstitious!

  Just as he was about to close the book, he couldn't help but turn the page again. Xiaoyu wanted to see what kind of skills were recorded in it that would make the writer talk nonsense like this.

  "At the beginning of practicing qigong, first practice breathing, one exhalation and one inhalation, two exhalations and one inhalation, three exhalations and one inhalation..."

  Xiao Yu's head buzzed, this...this Tian Di Jue's technique was clearly the breathing skill taught by Master Niu. Could it be that the name of this unknown internal skill was actually Tian Di Jue?

  Concentrating his gaze, indeed, the breathing method described in the book was generally no different from the breathing skill taught by Old Master Niu.

  Continue to look down, the book says that this breathing skill is only the foundation of Tian Di Jue, and at most can be cultivated to the third layer peak. After reaching the bottleneck of the third layer, one needs to understand the ultimate principle of heaven and earth before entering the fourth layer of cultivation.

  After entering the fourth layer, the load on the meridians in the body reached its limit, and the breathing work could not increase the internal force at all. It is necessary to separately open up the six major meridians of the body before continuing to practice.

  The meridians that need to be opened are divided into six major parts: left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg, torso, and head. Each part has a different internal force running diagram. Opening one part of the meridian can increase the upper limit of internal strength by three layers. If you want to continue practicing, you need to open another part of the meridian.

  Only by following the diagram and using internal force to open up all six major meridians, will the body reach an indestructible state, entering the final spiritual realm of cultivation.

  The cultivation of this spiritual realm is the last pass of Tian Di Jue, but it is also the most dangerous pass. If successful, one can ascend to heaven in broad daylight and become an immortal with the same lifespan as heaven and earth. If failed, one will go mad and die from self-inflicted injuries.

  The book's description of the spiritual realm's cultivation is vague and unclear, possibly because the creator of this method had not reached the realm of ascension to immortality, and was simply speculating based on imagination.

  Xiao Yu flipped through it and found that this book only recorded the cultivation diagrams of the left hand, right hand, and right leg meridians, but the cultivation diagrams of the left leg, torso, head, and finally the spiritual power were not in the records of this book.

  It turns out that this book is the first part of Tian Di Jue.

  Xiao Yu's heart was anxious, and he threw several detective techniques at the bookshelves around him, wanting to find the next chapter of Tian Di Jue, but he gained nothing. It seemed that Old Man Wang had only collected half of Tian Di Jue.

  Facing the Tian Di Jue Shang Pian in front of him, Xiao Yu naturally wouldn't miss it. With his super strong memory, in no time at all, the contents of this book had already been deeply imprinted into his mind.

  Although the last pass described in Tiandi Jing is not credible, this breathing technique is indeed a real internal skill. It seems that the diagram of internal force circulation should also be true. The ancient people's understanding of human meridians is indeed much more thorough than modern people. Maybe by practicing according to what is said in Tiandi Jing, one can really cultivate an indestructible body.

  Put the book back on the shelf, but found that Grandpa Wang was standing behind him, smiling at himself.

  Xiao Yu's face turned red and said, "Grandpa Wang, when did you come in? How didn't I know?"

  "Hehe, Little Yu, you're so engrossed in reading that you didn't even hear my footsteps. This book was something I picked up from an old bookstore when I was young, and I tried practicing the methods described in it - what a load of nonsense! It's impossible to succeed with this stuff. You young folks shouldn't believe in this sort of thing; nowadays we'd call it superstition. The only reason I kept it is that it's a genuine, authentic ancient text, otherwise I would have sold it off as an old book long ago."

  Xiao Yu thought to himself that although this breathing technique was difficult to practice, it wasn't something that everyone couldn't master. At least Grandpa Da Niu, himself and Xiao Qing had all succeeded in mastering it.

  "Xiao Yu, look at this, it's a gift from Grandpa Wang. Hehe, this thing was passed down to me by my grandfather, and it can be considered as our family heirloom of the Wang family!"

  Grandpa Wang happily took out a small red box from his pocket, opened the lid, and inside lay a half-moon-shaped jade pendant. The quality of the jade ring was extremely good, with a bright green color that seemed to drip with moisture, obviously a top-grade emerald.

  "This... Grandfather Wang, this gift is too valuable, I can't accept it." Although Xiao Yu didn't understand the market price, he also knew that a piece of ancient jade like this was worth at least over 100,000 yuan, or even more expensive.

  "Xiao Yu, I'm a VIP card holder, why can't you accept my jade pendant? Can you just watch an old man like me take advantage of this? Besides, my ancestors were high-ranking officials and were well-read, with great luck too. It's said that it's all thanks to the blessings of this jade pendant. With the college entrance exams coming up soon, I'll bring this pendant along to soak up some good fortune! Who knows, maybe it'll even help me get into a top university!"

  "Grandpa Wang, Xiaoyu is also taking the college entrance exam this year, why don't you give her this jade pendant?"

  "Xiao Yu also has a jade pendant, I gave it to her long ago. Xiao Yu, if you decline again, I'll be unhappy!" Grandpa Wang's face suddenly turned stern.

  Xiao Yu had no choice but to take the small red box from Grandfather Wang's hand, and took out the jade pendant, examining it carefully.

  Only this jade pendant is all emerald green, in a semi-circular shape. On the jade pendant, an animal in the shape of a bird was carved using the technique of relief carving. Due to the abstract nature of the carving technique, it cannot be discerned what kind of animal this is.

  Take a reconnaissance glance.

  "Mandarin Duck Jade Pendant, Ornament, Spirit +15, Charm Value +15, Luck Value +5, Special Attribute: ?????, Unidentified Item."

  "This... this is a Mandarin duck... a pair of Mandarin ducks?" Little Yu was stunned.

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