Chapter 19 Investors

"It seems like my eyes can see at night again."

Li Yi returned to the room and practiced for another day after dinner. However, at night he suddenly found that although he did not turn on the lights, he could see everything clearly. Moreover, this vision was very strange and not the normal vision he had before.

The colors became somewhat special, as if night vision goggles were turned on.

"It seems that my body has evolved to a new stage. This feeling is amazing." Li Yi's eyes were shining in the darkness at this moment, like a beast in the jungle at night.

Many top hunters in nature have better vision at night than during the day. This is the result of countless years of evolution, in order to increase the success rate of hunting at night, so as to better survive and reproduce.

After evolution, the eyes of cultivators also have night vision capabilities, which means that cultivators are also constantly improving their position in the food chain.

Li Yi did not continue to practice. He was constantly adapting to his night vision.

After a while, he in the room suddenly noticed something and looked towards the door.

"Who?"

He whispered.

This time the physical changes were not only in his eyes. His hearing also became sharper. He heard the slight footsteps in the corridor and also judged that the footsteps stopped at his door.

Moreover, Li Yi didn’t feel there was anything wrong with the emergence of this ability. Instead, it seemed more like an instinct.

"Li Yi, it's me. Can you open the door?" A woman's voice came from the door.

Zhao Xiaoxiao?
Li Yi frowned immediately. He didn't have a very good impression of Zhao Xiaoxiao. Just as Zhang Gao said, Zhao Xiaoxiao was not the kind of person who only thought about practicing. She was a kind of speculator among the practitioners, always thinking about stepping on the powerful and praising the weak, trying to please everyone, and building her network.

Of course, this kind of behavior is not a very bad thing. After all, you are really poor, and it is normal to be looked down upon.

However, Wu Zhen’s incident yesterday made Li Yi very uncomfortable. After all, Zhao Xiaoxiao was also one of the participants.

"I'm going to bed. Let's talk about it tomorrow." Li Yi didn't open the door but just refused coldly.

But Zhao Xiaoxiao did not leave, and continued: "I have something very important to tell you. Please open the door. Don't worry, I have no ill intentions this time, and I am the only one at the door."

"Something particularly important?" Li Yi's expression changed, and he continued to ask, "Does it have anything to do with me?"

"It's your business." Zhao Xiaoxiao said at the door.

Li Yi thought about it for a while, and finally opened the door with some caution.

There was indeed only Zhao Xiaoxiao at the door.

"What's the matter? Tell me." Li Yi said.

"Let's talk in your room. It's not convenient to talk outside." Zhao Xiaoxiao said.

Li Yi frowned: "What are you trying to do?"

Zhao Xiaoxiao said seriously: "I think there are some misunderstandings between us, and I really have no ill intentions in coming to you this time. Please trust me this time. If I do anything that is not good for you, you can attack me immediately. I will never resist."

"Well, then I'd like to see what exactly you want from me this time. If you can't explain it clearly, don't blame me for throwing you out." Li Yi acted very indifferent.

Zhao Xiaoxiao walked into the room and closed the door directly. She sat down on the sofa next to it as if she was familiar with the place.

Li Yi had no idea what this woman was up to, he just stood by and looked at her with a little caution.

Zhao Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "As a girl, I am not afraid to come to you at night, so what are you afraid of?"

"When you go out, boys should also learn to protect themselves. There are many female hooligans these days." Li Yi said seriously: "Tell me why you came to see me."

At the same time, he turned on the recording function on his mobile phone to leave evidence.

Zhao Xiaoxiao's smile faded, and then she said seriously: "First of all, I want to apologize to you for what happened to Wu Zhen yesterday. I hope you can be magnanimous and not bear a grudge against me."

Li Yi said: "I am not angry about Wu Zhen's behavior, and I will not really hate you people, because such things have happened before, and I believe it will happen again in the future, but as long as it happens to me, no matter how many times, I will resist."

"When pushed to the limit, it's nothing more than exchanging my life for another's. Although I know this is reckless and even impulsive, this is the way for a poor boy to survive. After all, my life is worthless, but your lives may not be."

“I didn’t understand it before, but now I can.”

Zhao Xiaoxiao stood up from the sofa again at this moment, and then walked over and said, "But Li Yi, have you ever thought about it? A cultivation talent like yours shouldn't be wallowing in the mire. You should have a better future."

"Whether it's me, Wu Zhen, Lu Jue, Zhang Gao, etc., we will never be on the same page as you. You are a genius, and the reason you are in this state is because you are bound by your family and life. If someone can help you solve these problems, I believe that your potential will be huge."

Li Yi glanced at her and said, "What do you want to say?"

"Today's guidance work has opened my eyes. I have seen the real gap between practitioners. It turns out that rich people can afford to buy practice cabins and hire four groups of guides. My practice value is only 75%, which is neither high nor low. My family background is also relatively ordinary. These things combined have destined me to be mediocre."

Zhao Xiaoxiao took a deep breath and said, "But I also have my own way of survival, so I want to invest in you."

"Invest in me? Why?" Li Yi frowned.

It was the first time in his life that he heard someone say that they wanted to invest in him, and it came from the mouth of Zhao Xiaoxiao.

Zhao Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "What I said just now has been very clear. You have great potential and are worth investing in."

"Great potential?" Li Yi said, "Just because my cultivation value is higher than yours?"

"Higher? Li Yi, you really don't know much about cultivation. You are not just a little higher than us, but three times higher. What does three times mean? This is a gap that ordinary practitioners like us can never cross. And I think you definitely held back when you first guided the cosmic energy. Lu Jue estimated that your cultivation value is 180%, but I don't think so." "Your cultivation value has definitely exceeded 200%. I have never met someone with such a high cultivation value in my life except for hearing about it from others, so I want to take a gamble."

Zhao Xiaoxiao took out a bank card from her pocket and handed it to Li Yi with both hands: "This contains all my assets, a total of 1.37 million. Although it is not a lot, it can also prove my sincerity. As long as you agree to my investment, I will do my best to provide you with funds for cultivation from today on, act as your guide, and let you cultivate peacefully."

investor?
Li Yi now remembered that this kind of thing would indeed happen to practitioners.

Some talented people will be sponsored, and even some talented practitioners will be invested in by big bosses and wealthy people.

Because the world has become different, the top practitioners are already able to influence changes in the situation, and this has only been ten years since the fall of the sky. If another twenty or thirty years pass, the future is destined to be an era where practitioners will be in power.

Under the trend of the times, an investment boom will naturally emerge.

Zhao Xiaoxiao was also very nervous at this moment, but she felt that her behavior today was not wrong. Li Yi must be a protagonist in a novel and he would soar to great heights in the future. By then, as long as she could get some help from him, it would definitely be better than practicing hard on her own.

The room fell into silence at this moment.

Li Yi said nothing, and Zhao Xiaoxiao was waiting for Li Yi's reply.

Faced with this scene, it would be a lie for Li Yi, who was only 20 years old, to say that he was not moved. He had never encountered such a good thing in his life. Not only could he get more than one million for free, but he could also earn a free laborer. What Zhao Xiaoxiao said was so good. In the future, he could continue to make money and invest in himself, so that he would have no worries and could concentrate on practicing.

In the face of such sincerity, the previous contradictions and conflicts seem to be negligible.

As for whether Zhao Xiaoxiao will regret it in the future, that doesn't seem to matter.

Investing is something that has gains and losses.

But Li Yi quickly resisted the temptation. First, he was not a genius, and his cultivation value was not 200%. Second, the secret of the strange object could not be exposed, otherwise Lao Ya and his gang would definitely not let him go, and might even bring him death. At present, he did not have the ability to deal with these.

Of course, there is a third point: he really dislikes Zhao Xiaoxiao.

She will invest in herself today, and when she meets a practitioner with greater potential in the future, she might turn around and sell herself out.

It is not worth incurring so many hidden dangers for the sake of temporary benefits.

Moreover, Li Yi can now earn more than 200,000 yuan a day, so Zhao Xiaoxiao's money is not urgently needed for him.

Thinking of this, he made a choice in his heart.

"Zhao Xiaoxiao, I reject your investment." Li Yi said bluntly.
"Why?" Zhao Xiaoxiao trembled and looked at Li Yi in disbelief.

She didn't understand why Li Yi refused her investment.

There is absolutely no reason for this.

"Li Yi, don't act on impulse. You are in urgent need of investment now. Don't refuse just because of some unpleasant things that happened before. There is no hatred in the adult world, only interests. You shouldn't act on impulse." Zhao Xiaoxiao tried to persuade him again. She thought Li Yi was young and was just being angry.

But Li Yi interrupted her: "No, you are wrong, I am not acting on impulse."

"What's your reason for refusing the investment?" Zhao Xiaoxiao was eager to know the reason why she was rejected.

Because most practitioners are happy to accept investment from others, after all, it is a free benefit.

Li Yi said: "There is no reason. If you have nothing else to do, you can leave."

He didn't explain.

"I understand."

Zhao Xiaoxiao took a deep breath and said, "But I still hope that Li Yi can think about it carefully. During the time we are working together, if you change your mind, tell me immediately. I will still stick to the choice I made tonight."

Li Yi didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Zhao Xiaoxiao couldn't help but sigh: "In that case, I won't bother you anymore. I'll go back."

She didn't continue to pester him, but turned and left Li Yi's room.

"boom!"

As soon as Zhao Xiaoxiao left, the door was closed behind her, with no intention of trying to keep her.

"It looks like your actions today were not very smooth."

When Zhao Xiaoxiao returned to her room, the door of Lu Jue's room next door opened. He stood at the door and said with a smile.

"I want to invest in Li Yi." Zhao Xiaoxiao said.

Lu Jue shook his head and said, "Invest? Then it's too late for you. Li Yi made 220,000 today. As long as he works for a while, it won't be a problem for him to save several million. Your little capital is not enough to invest in him. This guide job is the beginning of Li Yi's change."

"Unless you invested in him when you first met him, but unfortunately, at that time you saw that he was so poor that he didn't even have money for a taxi and didn't even want to pay attention to him, which led to a missed opportunity."

Zhao Xiaoxiao said: "Yes, if I had invested at that time, Li Yi would definitely have agreed, but unfortunately, I was wrong."

"It's not just a simple mistake. You also offended someone. He ignored you before and now you are out of your reach." Lu Jue said with a smile.

"Shut up." Zhao Xiaoxiao was so angry that she walked into the room and slammed the door.

(End of this chapter)