Chapter 80
Sure enough, the female Daoist took his pulse for more than a full minute, and her furrowed brows never relaxed.
How was this possible?
Huge waves surged through her heart.
Shen Jinfeng had not even opened his acupoints, let alone possessed the slightest trace of internal force.
With this kind of physical condition, how could he possibly use such superb lightness skill?
She slowly released his hand and looked at Shen Jinfeng with eyes full of shock and a complicated expression. “Fellow Daoist Shen is even more impressive than I imagined.”
Hearing her conclusion, the others were confused. They thought she had discovered some earth-shattering secret about Boss Shen again.
“What do you mean? Fellow Daoist, did you discover something else?” another successor from Mount Wudang hurriedly asked.
Shen Jinfeng also had a face full of question marks. “…Is there something wrong with my pulse?”
Only then did the female Daoist realize that her words were ambiguous, and she quickly shook her head. “Nothing wrong, nothing wrong.”
She picked up the cup of water on the table in front of her and took a sip before answering the Wudang successor. “Fellow Daoist Shen has not practiced any cultivation method. He has not even opened his acupoints.”
“What?” The Wudang successor immediately revealed an expression as if his pupils had been struck by an earthquake, and he looked at the female Daoist again for confirmation.
The female Daoist nodded.
The Wudang successor sucked in a cold breath and looked at Shen Jinfeng, his expression almost doubting life itself. “How is that possible?”
“Fellow Daoist, you’re too amazing!”
Everyone present did not understand what was going on, but seeing the representatives and successors of the most famous contemporary sects all looking as if they had witnessed a celestial being, they all felt awed despite not understanding.
The smile at the corner of Shen Jinfeng’s mouth stiffened slightly.
No, had these people really seen too little of the world?
Hadn’t his performance on the deserted island been very average?
The level of these successors was truly too ordinary!
It was clearly a very ordinary level, yet they were praising him as if he existed only in heaven and not on earth.
“I have focused only on practicing lightness skill for many years, so I have achieved a little success. Perhaps it’s because when I watched martial arts dramas as a child, they always loved saying that the skill of running away was the most important.” He made a humorous joke, then sincerely praised them back.
“I only studied and practiced this one skill diligently. All of you fellow Daoists practice many different things, cultivating both internally and externally. Your cultivation methods are much better than mine.”
However, his words did not comfort the other successors in the slightest.
After all, it was not like only the few of them were present.
Focused only on practicing lightness skill for many years? Who would believe that?
Among everyone present, there was this CEO, that coach, one academician on the left, another intangible cultural heritage inheritor on the right… Weren’t they all here because he had shown off and stunned them?
The female Daoist’s mouth twitched, but she quickly concealed it.
She did not know what else to say. “Fellow Daoist Shen, if there is any cultivation method you wish to learn, you can tell me. I can make the decision to exchange it with you for your lightness skill movement technique and health-preserving mental method.”
The Wudang successor beside her also hurriedly said, “Fellow Daoist Shen, Mount Wudang is the same. We are willing to exchange sect cultivation methods with you.”
Moreover, Mount Emei mostly recruited female Daoists, so they could not easily say certain things, but Mount Wudang was different.
“In addition, on behalf of Mount Wudang, I formally invite Fellow Daoist Shen to become a guest elder of our sect. You can still continue developing in the entertainment industry normally, but you can also enjoy the treatment of a guest elder. All the cultivation methods of our sect, excluding the core techniques, can be opened to Fellow Daoist Shen.”
This was quite a tempting offer.
One had to know that becoming a guest elder of Mount Wudang was not easy, and it came with many benefits.
He was taking a gamble, betting that Shen Jinfeng’s future prospects were limitless.
Shen Jinfeng only felt that the word “awkward” was written all over his face.
No, why were these sects joining in the excitement?
Just because he knew a lightness skill, they were giving him such generous treatment?
He firmly shook his head. “I apologize. Although my master did not teach me other cultivation methods, it would still be inconvenient for me to switch allegiances.”
He pushed everything onto that non-existent master.
The Wudang successor continued persuading him for a few more sentences, but when it was useless, he had no choice but to temporarily give up in dissatisfaction.
But judging by his expression, he clearly had not given up completely.
Shen Jinfeng glanced at the many people present. There were people from the General Administration of Sport, Yun Xueshan as a representative of a secret department, and even figures from the military.
After thinking for a moment, he asked the Wudang successor, “I have long heard that your sect’s ‘Disease-Free Skill’ has astonishing effects. May I exchange my lightness skill method and health-preserving technique for it?”
Of course, he also knew Wudang’s Disease-Free Skill.
But Mount Wudang already existed in this world, and the Disease-Free Skill also existed. It just had not been passed down outside the sect.
If he brought it out directly, it would probably cause quite a lot of trouble.
The Wudang successor looked somewhat hesitant.
The Disease-Free Skill was one of Mount Wudang’s core cultivation methods.
Shen Jinfeng then asked the female Daoist of Mount Emei, “Your sect’s ‘Longevity Scripture’ is similarly extraordinary in effect. I am willing to exchange for this cultivation method.”
His attitude was very clear. Either take out the most core cultivation methods to exchange, or there would be no exchange.
The female Daoist did not hesitate much and agreed first. “All right, I agree.”
The Wudang successor hesitated for a moment, then also agreed.
Shen Jinfeng smiled. “As repayment, if the people of your sects have any problems in cultivation, you may ask me. I guarantee I can teach until you understand.”
The eyes of the two successors lit up.
After all, although it was said that the master led one through the door and cultivation depended on the individual,
if having a cultivation method alone guaranteed success, that would simply be a fool’s dream.
Their sects had plenty of inherited cultivation methods, but a considerable portion had been passed down to their generation without anyone being able to understand or learn them anymore.
Shen Jinfeng stated his final point. “I want to teach the Disease-Free Skill and the Longevity Scripture to others, and hand them over to the General Administration of Sport to carry forward.”
He looked at the two successors. “Is that all right?”
The female Daoist and the Wudang successor both froze for a moment.
Their instinct was to say no.
But they had just completed a transaction. Generally speaking, once such cultivation methods were given out, the other party could naturally handle them as they wished.
It was just that in modern society, there were already few people practicing martial arts, and those who obtained rare cultivation methods would always have the mentality of not passing them down to outsiders.
They had not expected Shen Jinfeng to be so generous.
The two successors’ expressions stiffened, but in the end, they could only say, “It’s fine.”
“Fellow Daoist Shen may decide for yourself.”
Hearing this, the deputy director of the General Administration of Sport shot up from his seat in excitement.
In fact, many of the fitness movements, martial arts methods they promoted, and the courses included in middle school and university physical education were provided by various sects.
But most sects guarded their treasures and were unwilling to pass down the things at the bottom of their boxes, claiming that they were not suitable for ordinary people to learn.
But anyone with a brain knew: could anything left behind by the ancestors be bad?
Having obtained the answer he wanted, the cold, elegant lines of Shen Jinfeng’s brows and eyes slowly rippled into a smile.
Warm—uh, anyway, the deputy director only felt incredibly warm inside when he saw it.
Today’s harvest was simply too abundant!
“Jinfeng, don’t worry. I will definitely strive for the highest honor and bonus for you.”
Shen Jinfeng: “…”
He said solemnly, “If you fight for that for me, then if I have good things in the future, I won’t introduce them to you anymore.”
The deputy director: “Huh?”
Shen Jinfeng said seriously, “I’m serious.”
“Don’t apply for anything for me.”
The deputy director: “…Oh.”
He sighed inwardly.
This child was truly too sensible, too humble, and too noble in character.
He would not take it seriously.
Such a good comrade absolutely had to receive the return he deserved!
But he did not continue arguing with Shen Jinfeng. Instead, he said to the two successors, “Please rest assured, the General Administration of Sport will definitely provide corresponding bonuses and rewards as well. We will not take advantage of you for free.”
The two successors nodded.
Then they sat back down.
Yun Xueshan, sitting in the corner, had a flicker in his eyes.
From Shen Jinfeng’s series of actions just now, he seemed to have gained a deeper understanding of Shen Jinfeng’s character.
He truly was a patriotic, kind, responsible, excellent young man.
“Uncle, you’d better not let your imagination run wild.” Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his arm, and Qin Ye’s voice sounded by his ear.
He was done.
Next to speak was a pair, an old man and a young girl. One was a white-haired elderly man, and the other was a girl who looked about twelve or thirteen.
Seeing that it was their turn to speak, the young girl hurriedly opened her mouth. “Brother, my grandpa and I are—”
The old man interrupted her.
“Suisui, let me speak first.”
Letting him speak first was to show respect.
The young girl understood and obediently said, “Oh,” then stopped.
The old man smiled kindly and introduced himself to Shen Jinfeng. “Master Shen, I am merely a craftsman who makes baskets. I came to find you because…”
Shen Jinfeng was startled. “Grandpa, just call me Xiao Shen. Please don’t call me that!”
But the old man disagreed. “As the saying goes, there is an order in hearing the Dao, and the accomplished are teachers. It is only right for me to respectfully call you…”
“No, no.”
Shen Jinfeng waved his hands repeatedly and threatened, “You’re shortening my lifespan by calling me that. If you don’t call me Xiao Shen, then I won’t chat with you.”
The old man froze for a moment, then laughed.
“All right, all right. I’ll listen to Xiao Shen.”
Everyone laughed loudly.
The curator of a prefecture-level city museum who had come with the old man and the young girl spoke at the right moment. “Mr. Shen, Elder Ye is a famous inheritor of bamboo weaving, willow weaving, and shadow puppetry intangible cultural heritage in our country.”
Shen Jinfeng came to a realization. “Are you curious about the leaf basket I made on the deserted island?”
That leaf basket was the wisdom of ancient craftsmen.
It was plain-looking, but its capacity was ridiculously large.
In fact, if applied to modern craftsmanship, it could also be widely used in storage, travel, military use, and other fields.
The old man nodded. “And also the rope made from leaves.”
Aside from the leaf basket’s unusual capacity, the leaf rope Shen Jinfeng had used on the deserted island to assist his lightness skill was also very magical. Its texture was unbelievably flexible, and it also had excellent elasticity.
The young girl said softly, “Brother, please don’t think we came to bother you. You made them too quickly on the deserted island, and the camera didn’t capture everything. My grandpa and I tried many times, but we couldn’t reproduce it.”
The old man also looked at him curiously. “I have never seen the technique you used to weave the leaf basket before.”
Shen Jinfeng smiled and answered, “This is simple.”
“When this is over, you two can stay behind. I’ll teach you a few times, and you’ll know how to do it.”
The old man nodded in satisfaction.
The young girl bit her lip and cautiously said, “Brother, can we add each other’s contact information?”
“If there’s something I don’t understand, can I come ask you again? If Suisui makes new works in the future, can I also send them to you to look at?”
Shen Jinfeng had always been quite patient with innocent children.
Hearing this, he directly agreed. “Of course. Does Suisui have WeChat? Brother will add you?”
The young girl’s eyes widened in surprise. “Yes, yes!”
After the two finished adding each other’s contact information, Shen Jinfeng raised his head and saw the whole room staring at him with bright eyes.
His movements paused. He accepted his fate and opened his QR code, letting everyone scan and add him.
Only after everyone finished adding him and reminded him to approve all of them did they give up.
The old-and-young pair waited to stay behind after the meeting for a private lesson.
The CEO of a Chinese-style clothing design brand in the room cut in and spoke. “Boss Shen, can I also stay behind to learn your method of making clothes with leaves?”
Shen Jinfeng’s eyes were full of confusion. “Leaves have a very short shelf life.”
Making clothes with leaves was something he had been forced to do in a beastman world and a primitive society.
In the modern societies he had stayed in before, it had never been popular to make clothes out of leaves.
The CEO quickly shook his head. “No, no. We plan to cut various fabrics into leaf shapes and create leaf-inspired designs.”
Shen Jinfeng: “…Wouldn’t the labor cost be very high?”
The CEO’s eyes lit up, as if he had met a kindred spirit.
“Boss Shen also understands clothing manufacturing?”
Shen Jinfeng vigilantly denied it. “No. That is just my guess. Since leaf shapes are small and delicate, sewing them should be troublesome.”
The CEO said, “No, there are no two identical leaves in the world. These past few days, I had my company’s designers collect countless leaf shapes from nature. I didn’t know until we looked into it. Once we did, it was shocking—there are truly too many different shapes of leaves.”
Shen Jinfeng said, “That is indeed true.”
“But as for making clothes with leaves, even He Erwang and Qi Xiu learned a bit of it. If you slow down the video and study it a few more times, you should be able to learn it?”
He Erwang and Qi Xiu, who were suddenly called out: “?”
Why were they suddenly being used as examples?
Why did it always feel like Boss was implying they were stupid?
But when the two recalled their own performance on the deserted island,
they felt guilty and did not dare speak.
They dared even less to question him.
Ahem. As long as they did not take it personally, Boss was not talking about them.
The CEO looked at Shen Jinfeng with starry eyes. “Yes, the designers and factory technicians of our company have all learned the method of making leaf clothes.”
“But when our designers create their own patterns, it always feels not stunning enough.”
“We wanted to ask whether Boss Shen could serve as a design consultant for our company. You do not need to design personally, just give us some advice and inspiration. For one style, we can offer one million yuan as a consultant fee, and later give you twenty percent of the sales revenue. If you design personally…”
Shen Jinfeng interrupted him. “I apologize. I don’t really understand design.”
The CEO’s intentions were obvious to everyone.
It might be true that he appreciated his designs.
But hiring him as a design consultant—wasn’t that just trying to use his name as a gimmick?
He had calculated everything very cleverly.
Normally, hiring him as a currently popular celebrity for an endorsement would already require an astronomical endorsement fee.
Moreover, in this small world, he was not short of money at all!
Shen Jinfeng decisively refused. “The few clothes I made on the deserted island were not any fresh patterns or designs.”
“I believe your company’s professional designers will definitely be able to do better than me.”
The CEO wanted to struggle a little more, but with a room full of big shots from other fields watching him, he completely could not lower his face to continue.
The remaining people who had yet to speak also felt their hearts tighten.
Shen Jinfeng’s earlier easygoing manner had almost misled them.
Or rather, Shen Jinfeng only carried a compassionate heart toward matters concerning society, the country, culture, and ordinary people—things related to greater righteousness.
But he was very clearly not a fool. He also might not be very interested in commercial cooperation.
Sure enough, Shen Jinfeng almost did not agree to any of the companies seeking commercial cooperation.
Only later, when a construction company came to ask Shen Jinfeng about the architectural principles and nearly perfect mortise-and-tenon structure of the wooden cabin he had built on the deserted island,
uh, that company happened to be a real estate company under Qin Group.
Shen Jinfeng agreed to cooperate.
Because he also did not want the ancient architectural skills, condensed from the essence of ancient wisdom, to be lost in modern times.
In addition, he wanted to build himself a Jiangnan-style ancient courtyard like something out of poetry and painting, combining the old and the modern, merging antique elegance with modern comfort.
Now that someone had come forward to cooperate, it was just right.
But in the eyes of those who did not understand the reason,
although they knew Shen Jinfeng was generous in sharing what he knew with others,
this was the only commercial cooperation he had agreed to.
Everyone still muttered inwardly.
A group of people secretly looked at Qin Ye, their gazes moving back and forth between Qin Ye and Shen Jinfeng.
Tsk. Sure enough, those close to the water were first to get the moon. The status of a partner was just different.
But wait, that was not right.
Qin Ye and Boss Shen had not completely become a couple yet.
If they dared to poach from him, how high was the possibility of being retaliated against to death by Qin Group?
It took about an entire afternoon for Shen Jinfeng to chat with everyone in the room one by one, almost rejecting or resolving everyone’s requests.
He kept everyone’s contact information and let them disperse.
They could contact him later if something came up.
Professor Gu, He Yingcai, and Feng Chenfeng’s two groups had not left yet.
They were truly somewhat unwilling.
But they would not continue forcing their wishes on him.
Feng Chenfeng thought for a moment and asked Shen Jinfeng, “Jinfeng, earlier, you said your plan for the next period of time is to improve your acting?”
Shen Jinfeng nodded.
Feng Chenfeng said, “Do you want me to arrange auditing procedures for you at a drama academy? Which school do you want to go to? How about arranging them all?”
He thought that if Shen Jinfeng’s acting became better, maybe it would become like his other skills: ordinary and uninteresting to him, and then he would no longer be interested.
Shen Jinfeng looked completely confused. “Huh?”
Professor Gu understood and asked the student beside him, “Xiao Lü, who are the most famous and best actors in the entertainment industry?”
Without waiting for Xiao Lü to answer, he directly offered Shen Jinfeng credit. “Xiao Shen, I have a way to get all the best actors to come and teach you.”
“With top famous teachers guiding you, you will definitely improve quickly.”
Shen Jinfeng was thoroughly dumbfounded.
No?
Were you two speaking human words?
Why could he not understand?
Had he painstakingly brought out this reason just so he could attend classes?
But the two professors looked at him with expectant faces, and their banner of “doing this for his own good” was simply flawless.
Out of the corner of his eye, Shen Jinfeng caught sight of Qin Ye and the others sitting in the corner.
His heart rejoiced. He directly pulled Qin Ye and Mo Fan over. “I’ll ask Qin Ye and Brother Mo to teach me. I’ll have the two of them be my teachers.”
Professor Gu froze and asked Xiao Lü, “Are these two good at acting?”
The student was already grieving over losing the chance to become fellow disciples with Boss Shen.
Now, hearing Shen Jinfeng say this, he only felt his heart sour terribly.
For a moment, his face became a brilliant mix of blue and yellow.
“Are these two bad at acting?” Professor Gu asked him.
Xiao Lü gritted his teeth and did not dare lie.
“No. Their acting is very good. Brother Mo has won Best Supporting Actor many times and won Best Actor in his early years. Ye God is a Triple Gold Best Actor and publicly recognized in the entertainment industry for good acting.”
He used to be Qin Ye’s fan, but now when he looked at Qin Ye, he only felt fire rising in his heart.
Just looking at him made him uncomfortable.
Qin Ye and Mo Fan, suddenly pushed into the role without warning, were still a little dazed.
Mo Fan reacted and immediately stated, “Boss, I will definitely do my utmost to teach you everything I have learned in my life! You will absolutely improve rapidly!”
Shen Jinfeng nodded perfunctorily, then nudged Qin Ye beside him with his elbow. “What about you? Are you too busy to be my teacher?”
Qin Ye: “…”
He slowly revealed a smile, his gaze gentle, and agreed readily. “Of course.”
Yun Xueshan laughed from the sofa.
