Fist of Imagination

"Do you think everyone is as careless and unlearned as you?"

Shen Shiyu picked up a string of boneless duck feet for him, pulled them off with chopsticks and put them on Liang De's plate, saying:

"Going to work in Thunder Bluff without reading the history of Thunder Bluff, working under Master Tai Fengxian to make Fist of Imagination without buying his novels, doing literary work without reading the principles of aesthetics..."

"Okay, okay, you are all right."

Liang De interrupted Shen Shiyu, who was a bit nagging, and said:

"If you are ugly, you should read more. I will change, and I will definitely change in the future."

He swallowed the boneless duck feet in his mouth and said to Ji Ma:

"My friend, which department are you in Yingxuetang Bookstore?"

"The Literature and Art Department, mainly responsible for urging several new writers to submit their manuscripts."

Jima used his innate energy to cut Qianye tofu and Zuohai fish into hundreds of paper-thin square slices, stacked them in the order of a layer of tofu and a layer of fish, and dipped them in a little mustard and soy sauce and put them into his mouth.

"Did Teacher Du introduce you?"

"Yes, he said I'm a tough guy who doesn't talk much, so I'm suitable for this line of work."

Teacher Du really has a keen eye for talent... Those new writers are lucky.

The three of them chatted while eating the nine-square hot pot.

The few months since they graduated from Sheng Wuxu Private High School have been enough for them to feel the vastness and huge horror of the two sides of the Jieyuan Konghai, but not enough for them to make new friends or get familiar with their new life.

Liang De is good, he knows what he wants.

Although he doesn't know when the goal of returning to his hometown on Blue Star will be realized, he always has a clear goal to strive for.

Shen Shiyu and Ji Ma are alone, and neither of them chose to return to the world they were born in. As Jieyuan travelers, they are in the infinitely vast two sides of the world, just doing what they can do, and there is a hint of confusion in their words.

Liang De thinks that the two of them have not found what they particularly want to do, and don't understand what kind of life they want to live.

Not every Jieyuan practitioner will do everything to improve themselves. Jieyuan practitioners who stay in the lower level of Baijie for their entire lives account for the vast majority of this group, and among them, Baijie practitioners who have not condensed into true nature account for the vast majority.

After all, the life span of Baijie practitioners is long enough, and the magical skills they master are sufficient most of the time. When they live to a certain age, they have mostly found a habitual lifestyle and generally have enough resources to spend.

There is always someone stronger among the strong, and longevity may not necessarily bring happiness.

Only Jieyuan practitioners who have luck, talent, and hard work can reach the top. Among these three elements, I am afraid that luck and talent account for a little more than hard work.

Therefore, Jieyuan practitioners who have found their comfort zone rarely continue to work hard. For example, many middle and low-level managers working in the top 500 companies in the sky and sea, as the middle class among Jieyuan practitioners, may only travel to a new world when they are on vacation, and they are too lazy to run around and take risks at other times.

The "young people" among Jieyuan practitioners are not very comfortable.

The goal is not clear, the acquaintances are not friends, and the crystal clusters are not enough.

It is easy to let them find a low-magic world to be alone and become a Buddha, but doing so seems to waste the capital of the Jieyuan practitioners.

Unwilling to be unknown, want to stand out in the infinite and vast Jieyuan sea?

It seems a bit too ambitious.

This is not a question that can be answered by words, only time can give the answer.

So most of Liang De’s newly graduated classmates live a very empty life, even strong people like Shen Shiyu and Ji Ma will be a little confused.

Liang De raised the glass of honey sea buckthorn juice:

"Well, let me say an old saying.

Just do good things and don’t ask about the future.

Who cares, just do it."

The three cups clinked together, making a sound that was still a little confused.

...

Two o'clock in the night.

Thimble took out dozens of common tools in the ice-blue storage bracelet and checked them. Chainsaw sword, soul-locking nails, net gun, partial immobilization talisman, thunder chair, regret whip, truth hammer, thought-drawing blade... After confirming that the tools were in good condition, she put them back one by one.

"I'll go to urge the manuscript."

Thimble stood up and walked to the door. Suddenly, as if she remembered something, she said without looking back:

"By the way, thank you for the graduation trip."

She drew her fingers in the air, and a hexagonal door opened in front of her. She stepped into the door with a pair of long legs like spears and halberds and disappeared.

"She said thank you, what are you thinking about for a long time without saying anything?"

Shen Shiyu peeled the white-legged shrimp in his hand, lowered his head and couldn't see his expression.

Liang De adjusted his non-existent glasses with a serious expression:

"I was wondering... did she pay the bill."

Shen Shiyu rolled his eyes: "That's all you can do!"

"Go out for a cigarette?"

"Yeah."

In the back alley of the hot pot restaurant, Liang De and Shen Shiyu leaned against the wall casually.

He lit a cigarette, and a spark lit up between his fingers, like a firefly on a summer night.

The two of them lowered their heads to the fire as usual, and the dark blue hair was blown to his cheek by the night wind.

The minty light blue smoke rose into the night sky of the back alley, and the two sparks kept a basically unchanged distance.

"Don't ask about the future... What if I really can't go back?"

"I can only say that I really can't go back when I'm dead. If I'm not dead, I'll continue to run around. If I'm dead, there's no need to think about this problem."

"If uncle, aunt, and Xiao Shaoer knew your current situation, they would definitely not want you to take risks all the time."

"Whatever, I've been disobedient since I was a child, and no one can control me."

"Yes, you have been in need of sex since you were a child, and no one can control you."

"You come back with me."

"Ahem..."

Shen Shiyu choked on the menthol cigarette. She did not take away the cigarette. Instead, she took a deep breath and then turned her head to look into the eyes of the person next to her.

Liang De clasped his fingers and said:

"Teacher Fengxian said that I will be reimbursed for the travel expenses back. If you use my world-crossing gate to return to world No. 415 on this side first, you can also reimburse me for returning to the headquarters of Mo Heavy Industry from No. 415. You can at least save money on this trip by taking the high-speed waterway. Two or three thousand crystal clusters are quite a bargain.”

Shen Shiyu put out his cigarette butt on the moss-mottled wall and walked out of the alley without saying a word.

"Hey, your salary is only that much, so why are you so proud?

Don’t underestimate these travel expenses. If you can usually get a car, you can take a car. If it accumulates over time, you can save a lot of money. "

"you shut up!"

"Why are you still angry? Then do you want to go together tomorrow?"

Liang De threw the cigarette butt into his mouth to decompose it and chattered behind the judge.

"You have to change your lavish habit. Let's talk about Wei Yue Seiko's inner portal. Why don't you just buy a second-hand one?

My mother said, as long as the things you use are solid, it doesn’t matter if they are new or not. I read on the Internet that you can save thousands by using second-hand ones.

If you have spare money, you can set up a fund for fixed investment, or you can save it. Crystal Clusters is a good store of value, and you can beat inflation by relying on current interest. You can also trade in stocks. I have been following the financial version of "The Lesson of the World" for a long time, and I will recommend it to you when I have time. How many..."

"Shut up!"