Once again, Zhang Kai made a deposit. The deposit was successful, and the balance was 21,750.42 RMB. Zhang Kai withdrew his bank card with satisfaction. Personal savings had reached a new high. However, this was just the beginning; there was still a room full of money waiting to be deposited.
But the ATM couldn't handle too much, so he had to go to the bank counter. However, depositing several billion RMB all at once would surely make him a nationwide sensation. You see, such a large sum of money would definitely attract people's attention. Once it was exposed, how would I explain the source of this money? Zhang Kai was troubled once again.
It turns out that rich people do have their worries. He felt unusually strong now. No, I think I'm making a big deal out of this money. With the "golden finger" I have, money is just a number, meaningless. What really matters are the magical things from movies and TV shows, like super technology, magical abilities, martial arts secrets, cultivation paths, and so on. There are so many of them. Anything brought into reality would be a sensational artifact! His heart began to beat rapidly, and Zhang Kai felt like he had found the direction of his life.
I want to... practice martial arts and cultivate immortality, to live longer. As they say, wealth is in your hands, and you want to live longer. With my "golden finger," not striving for a long and prosperous life would be a waste of it.
Returning to his apartment, Zhang Kai took out his phone and started watching movies and TV shows. As he watched, Zhang Kai became worried again. Although his dreams were beautiful, he realized that many things he desired couldn't be obtained at the moment. For example, a spaceship, he hadn't even learned how to drive a car, how could he pilot a spaceship, especially such a massive one? And martial arts secrets, he only remembered some fragments from the ancient poems he learned, the specialized terminology in martial arts manuals was like reading a foreign language. Plus, it wasn't certain if one could actually practice them in reality; this required careful consideration.
Lying on a pile of RMB, Zhang Kai thought about many things, and he didn't even know when he fell asleep. When he woke up again, it was already noon the next day. At this point, looking at the room full of RMB, his mindset had become calm. Compared to the infinite resources in movies and TV shows, this money was too mundane, too insignificant. It was just like manure, and only fools would like it.
Afterward, Zhang Kai began to get busy. He bought ten large bags from the supermarket and started packing the money for deposit. After all, he had already taken it out, and he had to deal with it somehow. And for his future plans that he had pondered over all night, money also played a significant role.
He first rented a Jinbei van and, when he became familiar with it, started hauling bags of RMB to different banks for deposit. He didn't deposit everything in one place, but split it up, a few million in each bank. As a tycoon who deposited such a large amount of cash, he became a big customer for the banks. He used the VIP channel, easily processed his transactions, and even had bank managers serving him tea and water. However, Zhang Kai had no interest in showing off; he just left after making the deposits.
It took him a day and a half to deposit all the money, totaling 688,580,000 RMB. Close to seven billion RMB. Not even a heist would be this fast. However, Zhang Kai's mind was now focused on his cultivation, and he didn't care about these meaningless numbers.
After handling the large amount of undisclosed cash, Zhang Kai requested a refund from his landlord, returned the van, and then, carrying only a few belongings, took a bullet train out of the city where he had once hoped to settle down.
Wudang Mountain, also known as Taihe Mountain, Xieluo Mountain, Canshang Mountain, and Xianshi Mountain, had ancient names such as Taiyue, Xuan Yue, and Da Yue. As a holy land of Daoism in China, it had nurtured many Daoist celebrities. The most famous one was Zhang Sanfeng, the founder of the Wudang school, who was often depicted as splitting a watermelon in half in martial arts novels.
In the early morning, Zhang Kai, who had rested well in a hotel for a night, arrived at the foot of Wudang Mountain and smiled as he watched the continuous stream of tourists. He was here not for tourism but to acquire knowledge of Daoism. After careful consideration, he decided that the first martial art he would practice was the Purple Cloud Divine Art. This was the flagship martial art of the Huashan Sect in the novel "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer," and it was derived from the Quanzhen Sect's innate skill in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes." Zhang Kai's goal was not to become a martial artist but to cultivate immortality. Practicing martial arts wouldn't lead to longevity. However, cultivating immortality was difficult, and for safety reasons, he needed a foundation. Practicing martial arts was the best transitional step. Among all the options, the Purple Cloud Divine Art was the most suitable. Moreover, it was a Daoist martial art, and gaining Daoist knowledge would assist him in his cultivation and help avoid detours. The best place for cultivation was Wudang Mountain, hence Zhang Kai's arrival.
As for whether he could stay here, Zhang Kai believed that money was all-powerful. Two hours later, Zhang Kai had one less bank card with a deposit of ten million RMB. In a humble courtyard on a small hill behind Wudang Mountain, he gained the identity of a Daoist enthusiast who admired Wudang culture and could move around freely. The hospitality was excellent, and the Wudang Sect even assigned a young Daoist, around ten years old, to serve Zhang Kai and take care of his daily life.
With everything arranged, Zhang Kai began his reclusive life at the Wudang Sect. He already had the Purple Cloud Divine Art manual in his possession. It was as he had guessed: he couldn't understand it, not just the specialized terminology but also various meridians and acupoints; it was like reading heavenly scripts. Zhang Kai wasn't in a hurry; he first studied the basic Daoist knowledge in the Wudang Sect's scriptures, memorized the meridians and acupoints, and then consulted and learned from the senior Daoists at Wudang Mountain. He even practiced the basic martial arts passed down in the Wudang Sect.
It wasn't as mystical as in the movies. It was all about strengthening the body, improving physical fitness, and practicing lightness skills, like running on stairs. However, Zhang Kai was diligent in his learning. Cultivation was not something that could be achieved overnight, and he had already found his path to the heavens. He would not rush it and risk damaging his foundation.
He spent over three months learning and practicing. One day, early in the morning, on a small hilltop at the back of Wudang Mountain, Zhang Kai sat cross-legged, facing the hazy eastern horizon, his eyes filled with determination. After months of hard work, he had made significant progress. At the very least, he could now understand the manual, and he had a clear understanding of meridians and acupoints. However, when it came to practicing the Purple Cloud Divine Art every day, he hadn't made any progress.
After all, reality was not like the martial arts world, and the Purple Cloud Divine Art required a foundation to practice. But Zhang Kai wasn't in a hurry. He had already made preparations, and today was the moment to test if his preparations would pay off.
From his pocket, he took out an object that looked like a black lump and seemed somewhat strange; it was a dark pill from the movie "Modern Monkey King." Perhaps many young people didn't know about it, but it was one of Andy Lau's early movies. It told the story of two young men who stumbled upon the remnants of a legendary hero, Long Jianfei, while smuggling, gaining access to a miraculous pill and martial arts manuals. The pill was a "Great Return Pill" that could increase inner strength by sixty years without any side effects. Although it was a movie plot, Zhang Kai favored it the most among all the inner strength-enhancing pills he had seen in various movies. The reason was simple: in the movie, the main character gained inner strength by just taking it, with no side effects. While it was a movie setting, this made it the safest choice compared to other pills with various requirements and taboos.
Not to mention, it also came with two martial arts manuals. Among the countless martial arts in movies and TV shows, very few showed manual pages. This had always frustrated Zhang Kai because there were many martial arts he admired but could only watch and not obtain.
But for now, his main focus was on cultivation. With everything prepared so well, if he still couldn't master martial arts, it would be better to go down the mountain early and live a comfortable life as an urban tycoon. He put the dark pill, the "Great Return Pill," in his mouth. It tasted bitter and had a strange flavor. He chewed it a few times and then swallowed it.
Afterward, he closed his eyes and felt a powerful force surging within his body, the transformation caused by the pill. He didn't have to worry about it; this force naturally spread through his meridians and acupoints, gently and inexplicably.
The movie setting was truly miraculous. Perhaps in the future, he should consider investing in making movies featuring epic battles, magical elixirs, and cultivation secrets, placing them prominently in the storyline, and even creating a setting where anyone who watched or learned from them would instantly become proficient. It didn't matter if the box office did well or not; what mattered was the convenience for him to acquire them.
As the pill completely transformed into inner strength, Zhang Kai stopped his wandering thoughts. He focused, calmly reciting the Purple Cloud Divine Art's cultivation route in his mind and began to control the sixty years of inner strength.
Slowly, the gentle inner strength started to follow the cultivation route outlined in the manual, circulating one cycle, then another, and yet another. Faintly, a purple aura appeared around Zhang Kai, making him look like a celestial being when viewed from a distance.