After getting to know each other, they began discussing many topics freely.
Although Cai Enkang was more than thirty years older than Shui Miao, his outgoing personality, extensive knowledge, and lack of pretension made him very approachable. Together with someone as open-hearted as Shui Miao, they felt they had met too late.
Through conversations, Shui Miao learned that Cai Enkang had an extensive and influential network and was also extremely wealthy. In Zhonghai City, there were hardly any businessmen or officials he didn’t know. He had founded an association with over a hundred members. Anyone with real talent would gain his attention, and he would spare no expense to befriend them. Because of this, his association had more than fifty vice-presidents.
Cai Enkang had a good personality, was easy to talk to, lacked pretension, and was always willing to help others solve their problems. Naturally, everyone who met him liked him.
Shui Miao also learned that Cai Enkang had come here at the request of Director Zhang, and hadn’t charged a penny.
Director Zhang had urged him several times to go home and rest, but Cai insisted on staying to contribute his efforts.
After chatting for a while, Cai Enkang mentioned his idea of helping Director Zhang locate the thousand-year-old bronze coffin.
Knowing about the thousand-year-old female ghost, Shui Miao immediately tried to stop him.
Cai Enkang was very curious why Shui Miao would try to stop him.
Seeing that Cai Enkang had high moral character, Shui Miao decided to briefly recount his previous dreams to him.
After listening, Cai Enkang exclaimed, “Brother Shui, I happen to know a bone-reading expert. As long as he touches you, he can definitely determine your past three lives. Why don’t I take you to meet him first thing tomorrow morning?”
“That sounds good. Then I’ll trouble you, elder brother!”
Shui Miao had already started calling Cai Enkang “elder brother.” As he spoke, he took out the bronze mirror from his body and handed it to Cai Enkang to examine.
Cai Enkang examined the mirror but couldn’t find anything unusual.
After returning the mirror to Shui Miao, he said, “Brother, after hearing about your dream, I have a lot of thoughts. There are two points I can clarify for you. Let me share them with you.”
“It’s getting cold here. Why don’t we continue our conversation in the car?”
Feeling the chill in the air and worried that Cai Enkang might catch a chill, Shui Miao quickly invited him into the car.
Cai Enkang nodded, got up, and started walking while speaking, “The first point is about energy cultivation. You said that your energy cultivation has produced immortal power and that you can control natural clouds. Actually, this is an exaggerated portrayal from your dream. In reality, such power is absolutely impossible. If you really want to cultivate energy, I advise you not to practice blindly. Instead, you might want to try some traditional Taoist energy cultivation techniques. These methods have been tested and improved by many predecessors. Although they may not be incredibly mystical, they can at least ensure your safety and steady progress, step by step, until you achieve true success.”
Cai Enkang’s intention was good—he didn’t want to see Shui Miao suffer from improper energy cultivation that might ruin his promising future.
“Alright! I’ll definitely study these energy cultivation techniques when I have the chance.”
Shui Miao nodded, feeling a wave of warmth in his heart. There were still good people in this world; he just hadn’t met them before.
“Don’t worry, I have three of the most orthodox cultivation techniques right here. I’ll explain them to you slowly later,” Cai Enkang said while holding Shui Miao’s hand, like a father holding his son’s, offering careful guidance. “Now, let me talk about the recurring appearance of purple energy and good fortune in your dreams. In real life, such fortune cultivation does exist, but it’s not as simple as you imagined in your dream. Purple energy isn’t about absorbing good fortune from others, nor is it some kind of natural energy flow—I at least don’t see it that way. According to orthodox cultivation methods, all blessings and good fortune come from divine gifts. In both the celestial and human realms, there are three types: one type of deity grants blessings to gain more followers; another grants blessings in response to people’s sincere prayers; and the third type grants special cultivation methods to help disciples change their fortune, allowing them to attain wealth and prosperity so they can focus solely on their cultivation without any worries.”
They arrived at the car, got into the back seat, and continued their quiet conversation without waking Zhang Hanya.
Shui Miao was particularly interested in the third method.
Cai Enkang explained it in detail. It was essentially a rapid method of absorbing purple energy from heaven and earth with divine assistance to change one’s fortune.
As Shui Miao listened carefully, he realized that except for the divine assistance, the third method of absorbing purple energy was quite similar to the method in his dreams, and even not as effective as his own.
Gradually, Shui Miao couldn’t help but recall the Soul Devouring Power.
Cai Enkang, tirelessly continuing, moved on from energy cultivation to wealth-attracting Feng Shui techniques.
When it came to attracting wealth, the simplest and most effective method was still the Five Ghosts Wealth Attraction Technique.
However, the Five Ghosts Wealth Attraction Technique had many variations.
Some were purely magical spells, others were traditional Feng Shui layouts, and some involved incantations or even dark sorcery.
The purely Feng Shui methods were relatively simple. One only needed to locate the wealth storage area of a house, write a Five Ghosts talisman on yellow paper, and set up an altar for worship.
The magical methods required specific cultivation techniques to summon deities such as the Yellow Wealth God, Green Wealth God, White Wealth God, Black Wealth God, and Red Wealth God. Other deities included the Wealthy King of Treasures, the Heavenly Mother of Wealth, the Money Tree Technique, and the Dragon King’s Treasure Bottle Technique. Among the heavenly beings, the richest was the Wealth God Vaisravana (Yellow Wealth God), while in the oceanic realm, the richest was the Dragon King of the Sea. However, those who gained great wealth through these methods should repay their blessings by donating most of their wealth to charitable causes, thus creating a cycle of cause and effect and continuously planting seeds of fortune.
Incantation-based methods simply involved special chants to summon the Five Ghosts for wealth attraction. However, afterward, one must repay the Five Ghosts’ kindness. If their service was even slightly inadequate, the ghosts might retaliate, bringing misfortune. If one summoned the Five Ghosts who were difficult to serve, one might suffer the bitter consequences of being unable to get rid of them after inviting them in.
As for the dark sorcery methods, there were many variations. In short, they involved raising ghosts, demons, or spirits and then using and manipulating them. These methods were extremely dark and dangerous. If one wasn’t careful, the evil spirits might turn against their summoner, even threatening one’s life.
After listening to Cai Enkang’s explanation, Shui Miao organized his thoughts and summarized what he had heard.
In essence, the Five Ghosts Wealth Attraction Technique was simply using various methods to stir up ghosts and spirits, then using their power to gain wealth.
Shui Miao felt this method was far inferior to the Purple Fortune Energy he had learned about in his dreams. If one wanted money, one could simply go to a casino and win, more convenient than going to a bank, without needing divine assistance. With good fortune on one’s side, everything would go smoothly, making one far more independent than those who relied on gods and spirits.
Better to rely on oneself than to depend on others.
As these thoughts crossed Shui Miao’s mind, he began to ponder, “If I don’t cultivate spiritual energy and only cultivate the Purple Fortune Energy, there shouldn’t be a problem, right? Actually, if all of this was just a dream, then the idea of my soul splitting into incarnations wouldn’t exist either. Since there won’t be any soul fragments coming to bother me, maybe it’s not so bad if I start cultivating again… isn’t that okay?”
Shui Miao’s eyes sparkled with excitement as a strange thrill surged through his heart.
In truth, the desire to cultivate had never truly died within him.
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