Zhou Taotao once said that China was a novice in spiritual energy revival, so they had time to experiment and make mistakes in the initial stages. This statement presupposed that the country was willing to experiment.
Yan Jue knew how determined China was to gain a foothold in the New World, and he also knew that his country never lacked the courage to test challenges. However, he did not expect that the higher-ups would be so quick to send people to some sparsely populated areas to set up equipment in just three days.
It wasn't his suggestion that worked at all.
Those uninhabited places are often full of desolation and danger. Setting up equipment and building a temporary base in such a place requires mobilizing manpower and material resources, which cannot be completed in a few days. It is very likely that the authorities have already prepared multiple plans from the beginning. When the time comes, we just need to select according to needs and eliminate the wrong options one by one.
After listening to Pan Wencheng's words, Yan Jue naturally felt a sense of pride in his heart, and his whole body was wrapped in the huge sense of security brought by the country's hegemony, which made him want to lie down immediately and be a peaceful salted fish.
That wasn't the end of it. Pan Wencheng continued, "You should also pack your things and prepare to move to a new place. We're leaving tomorrow, so take everything you're used to. But don't go overboard. The new place has all the amenities you need, so don't really carry everything with you."
"Ah? My business?" Yan Jue was confused: "Where to?"
"How could it be that you weren't involved?" Pan Wencheng laughed at him. "Taotao's words make sense. Even someone like you with a built-in cheat couldn't draw the Qi into your body. It seems it really has something to do with the location. If it doesn't work in the city, why don't we try somewhere else? What if it works?"
"You are now a walking humanoid special case. It is up to you to verify whether the city or the deep mountains and forests are more suitable for cultivation."
Even Yan Jue, who has a spiritual energy-friendly temperament, has not succeeded, so the possibility of success for other ordinary people will be even smaller.
"As for the location, I won't really send you to the primeval forest, don't worry."
Pan Wencheng wanted to keep him in suspense, so Yan Jue didn't ask any more questions. After all, it was impossible for him to be sold out, so there was no need for him to worry.
After quickly accepting the fact that he had to change dormitories, he casually asked, "Will Brother Zhou go? He has such good spiritual roots, so he needs to cultivate them, right?"
He still remembered their previous conversation in the cafeteria. For such an experiment to be conducted in a different location, Zhou Taotao would definitely apply to be his bodyguard and go with him.
Pan Wencheng shook his head. "The Special Management Bureau will be setting up branches in various places. The original staff will be sent to various places to take on important tasks. Taotao stayed in Beijing. I plan to promote him to be the deputy director to handle future external affairs. He has a lot to learn these days and will be very busy. We will discuss it after this period of time is over."
"Brother Zhou got a promotion?" Yan Jue automatically ignored the fact that he still had to study. "Then I have to say congratulations to him."
The Special Management Bureau originally didn't have a deputy director position. Now that branches are being established across the country, it's easy to imagine that the burden on Director Pan Wencheng's shoulders will become quite heavy. He won't be able to personally handle all the miscellaneous matters that will arise in Beijing, so choosing a deputy director is reasonable.
Pan Wencheng smiled mischievously: "I think he might not want to hear these two words right now."
He was the one who assigned Zhou Taotao to study, and he knew very well how challenging it was. He also knew that the other party had a sad face and was memorizing knowledge points in his dreams every day.
But there is no need to tell Yan Jue this. He has to give his subordinates who have followed him for many years a little face.
"I brought Zhang Zizhen here for you. He'll stay in Beijing for a long time. He hasn't drawn in his Qi yet, and he still has his Taoist skills, so he can protect you. And Old Wen, Wen Xuyang, you still remember him, right? He'll go with you personally this time."
"Brother Wen?" Yan Jue was surprised, but then he understood: "Could it be that Brother Wen has a top-grade spiritual root?"
Otherwise, there is no way to explain why a colonel-level officer was assigned to protect him, unless that person had the same goal as him and protection was just a side job.
"You guessed right." Pan Wencheng didn't hide it from him: "He has a top-grade fire spiritual root. It's not just him. Many people with top-grade spiritual roots have been sent out to the deep mountains and old forests to carry out construction and practice at the same time. Lao Wen is familiar with you, so the higher-ups assigned him to your side."
Yan Jue really wanted to say that they were not that familiar with each other and had barely exchanged a few words, but the superiors had specially chosen someone he knew to come over, which was a thoughtful gesture. He was grateful and had no intention of having any objections.
After a few more brief chats, the two of them went their separate ways.
Balishan Sanatorium in Beijing.
Summer afternoons are always hot. Although located in the mountains, the sanatorium is not very cool. Add to that the incessant chirping of cicadas in the woods, and you'll feel irritated if you stay outside for a while.
However, even in this not-so-good environment, two elderly men in Tai Chi training suits were playing chess on a stone table under a ginkgo tree in the central courtyard of the sanatorium.
"What's the background of the new resident? Do you have any information?"
Yesterday, their nursing home, which had not had any new visitors for a long time, suddenly cleaned out several rooms with great fanfare. He thought that many people were coming, but when he asked, he found out that there was only one person coming, and the remaining two rooms were for that person's caregivers.
Okay, I'll have you accompany me. As long as you're willing to pay and the boss doesn't object, it doesn't matter if there are several people accompanying you.
"I don't know, there's no news at all. Didn't a young man with a Taoist bun come here yesterday? Do you recognize his family? Why haven't I heard of any young people from other families who believe in Taoism?"
"I don't know them. I can't even recognize all the children in my own family. How can you expect me to know others?" The voice said confidently, "Why are you guessing when you have no information? You'll have to move in sooner or later. You'll know when you come in and take a look."
"Hey, old man, weren't you the one who brought it up first?"
The two men, whose combined age was over 160, were engaged in a verbal argument while playing chess. After the argument subsided, not long after, the sounds of a car and a door opening could be heard outside.
They both looked outside, then turned to each other in bewilderment when they saw the license plate. Military? They hadn't heard of any old man coming over here, and even driving around in a car with special license plates.
The car stopped, and still to our surprise, two young men got out.
Yan Jue and Wen Xuyang went to the trunk to get their luggage, said goodbye to the driver, and walked to their room together. As they walked, he looked around curiously, and his eyes fell on the conspicuous ginkgo tree. Looking down, he met two equally curious faces.
Yan Jue smiled awkwardly at the two old men, stopped looking around, and quickly followed Wen Xuyang upstairs.
“Brother Yan, Brother Wen!”
Zhang Zizhen met the two at the elevator entrance on the second floor and enthusiastically led them to their rooms, introducing them. "Our room is at the end. There are three rooms next to each other. Brother Yan, you'll be in the middle. I slept here last night. It's super quiet, just a little more noise from the animals at night, but otherwise, there's nothing wrong."
After saying that, he glanced over Yan Jue's shoulder and asked quietly, "Brother Yan, where are the two monsters beside you? Are they invisible?"
Yan Jue wordlessly pushed Zhang Zizhen, who was about to search his pockets, away: "They are away because of something, they are not invisible."
Playing a game of hide and seek in the kindergarten swimming pool.
"Well, I thought I'd get to meet the two big guys."
Wen Xuyang, who had been very quiet until then, reminded them, "Be careful and don't talk too much outside of the room. Although this place has been checked, our personnel are not here to follow up in real time. Don't be complacent and talk without restraint."
Zhang Zizhen was a little intimidated by Wen Xuyang, but when he heard him speak, his face instantly turned serious, and his back straightened a little: "Sorry, I'll make a note of it."
Yan Jue smoothed things over: "It's okay, just be careful not to say anything obvious. Zhang Zizhen, come to my room to play games after I finish cleaning up? Brother Wen, you can come over if you're free."
Wen Xuyang shook his head: "Just have fun, I still have some things to take care of."
When he arrived at the place, he waited until he saw Yan Jue and Zhang Zizheng return to their respective rooms before he pushed the door open and entered his own room.
Yan Jue, who didn't notice Wen Xuyang's thoughtful gesture, lay down on the bed as soon as he entered the room.
He turned his head to look at the call bell on the bedside and the comfortable home decoration without obvious sharp corners in the room. He sighed and the word "admiration" emerged in his mind.
He really didn't expect that his superiors would arrange him to live in a sanatorium on the outskirts of Beijing.
On the way, Wen Xuyang told him that this sanatorium in Balishan was funded and built by a young man who came from a military family but was engaged in business. His original intention was to find a quiet place for his elders to retire, rather than spending the last part of their lives in a cold hospital where many people were critically ill and died every day.
However, during the construction, the elder was so happy that he couldn't help showing off to others, and the original plan was finally changed from a private villa to a sanatorium. Naturally, the extra money was paid by those who insisted on getting involved.
But it’s good this way. There are many old friends to accompany him, which is much better than having a nanny or a caregiver. The most important thing is that his elders are happy about it too.
Because of this connection, this nursing home has become the preferred place for many retired wealthy people to retire. Even if they have many people at home vying for care, they still come here for peace and quiet. In other words, everyone here was once very powerful, and ordinary wealthy people could not enter.
That's why the people above were confident in arranging Yan Jue here.
At the foot of Bali Mountain lies a village. If Yan Jue wants to rack up points, he can go down the mountain and chat with the villagers and walk around, which will also earn him a lot of points. Moreover, the facilities in the sanatorium are much better than those in the deep mountains and old forests where there is no human habitation for dozens of miles. The living conditions are much better. If there is any emergency, it is also faster to go to Yan Jue to buy the "props" produced by the game.
There is only one thing, the people in the sanatorium are far away from the political center. Even if someone in the family knows about the revival of spiritual energy, they cannot disclose it to their family members due to the confidentiality agreement, so they basically know nothing about the current situation.
Arranging the three young men from Yan Jue here is already eye-catching enough. If a large number of protection personnel are sent over, it will clearly mean that something is wrong with them, which will definitely attract attention from all parties. At that time, they will not be able to have peace and quiet.
Since it was impossible to send a large number of protection personnel, the security level of this sanatorium was the highest among many similar ones. With only Wen Xuyang and Zhang Zizheng accompanying them, basically nothing serious would happen.
I've been taken care of in every aspect. Yan Jue thought, and walked to the window with a happy mood, opened it and looked out.
Balishan is not just a single mountain, but a general term for a series of low mountains. The sanatorium is located at the foot of the mountain, backed by the forest. For safety reasons, the wall is built as high as a floor. You should know that the entire sanatorium has only two floors.
In fact, the only large animals in the mountains are wild boars, but they live in the mountains, far away from here, and will not easily run down the mountain. Building such a high wall is just to be on the safe side.
“Pah.”
Yan Jue quickly swatted a mosquito that tried to fly in, then quickly closed the window and decided not to open it easily in the future. After stretching and turning around to put the things he had brought in in order, Zhang Zizhen came knocking on the door.
"I suspect you calculated when I would finish packing my things, so you came to knock on the door." The timing was too coincidental, and Yan Jue teased after welcoming the person in.
"If I were really that powerful, I would have drawn Qi into my body long ago." Zhang Zizhen said with a sullen look on his face, "Also, I'm a Taoist priest, but I can't tell fortunes."
Ever since his hair grew long enough to be tied up, he was constantly asked if he could tell fortunes wherever he went, and he was getting annoyed. But the person asking him this question was a higher official than him, so he dared not say anything.
Yan Jue: "By the way, speaking of this, what is your spiritual root?"
"I have mid-grade gold spiritual roots, the preferred attribute for sword cultivators." Zhang Zizhen looked proud, "And my spiritual roots are the best in my family. I really am a person with full luck points. Maybe my last name was Long Aotian in my previous life."
"Then why haven't you drawn the Qi into your body yet?" Yan Jue didn't mean anything else; he was just curious. "Isn't your Taoist temple in the mountains? It's higher up there, right?"
Zhang Zizhen's face suddenly fell. "Don't mention it, brother. I even went to the mountains to try it out, and the result was no different from what I experienced in the Taoist temple. I couldn't sense any spiritual energy at all."
"My grandfather said that we can't just look at the quality of our spiritual roots. The most important thing in cultivation is our understanding. If we don't have good understanding and become stupid, no matter how good our spiritual roots are, they won't help us. I suspect he's implying that I'm stupid, but I have no evidence and I don't dare to refute it."
"I'm so miserable."
Yan Jue smiled and patted his dog's head: "It's okay, no one has succeeded so far."
"I know. Brother Wen has a top-grade spiritual root. I'm not in a hurry even if he hasn't achieved it yet." Zhang Zizhen waved his hand nonchalantly and asked curiously, "But why were we arranged here? Is there something special here that makes practicing here more effective?"
He remembered something, his eyes shining: "Brother Yan, could this be the location chosen by Boss Zhuofeng?"
Yan Jue: “…”
How could he explain that it was because of him?
Unable to reveal the existence of the game, Yan Jue had to resort to confidentiality again.
He noticed that Zhang Zizhen didn't show any other emotions when he mentioned Wen Xuyang just now. It seemed that he didn't take the other party's scolding to heart. He originally wanted to say a few words to help Wen Xuyang, but now seeing this situation, he didn't mention it again.
Seeing Zhang Zizhen clench his fists as if he had made up his mind, and even whispered the word "promotion", he twitched his mouth and casually changed the subject: "Just now when I came here, I met two old men under the ginkgo tree. They were still playing chess in such a hot weather. They must be too addicted to chess."
"I met them when I came here and asked them why they didn't go back inside. Guess what they said?"
"how?"
Zhang Zizhen looked at a loss for words. "They say they've been playing chess there rain or shine for the past three years to hone their minds and strengthen their willpower. Honestly, I suspect they're kidding me."
"Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning under a tree on a rainy day? How could the staff here let them go?"
Yan Jue: "...Your angle is quite cruel."
Don’t you even doubt the second half of the sentence?
"Let's not talk about that anymore. Come on, let's play games." Yan Jue took out his phone. "There's a level in Defend the Pineapple that I can't get past. Didn't you say you got it all in Gold Pineapples? Help me out."
Zhang Zizhen really wanted to say goodbye.
When Yan Jue first tried to get him to play games in Xitu Village, he excitedly opened Honor of Kings to join the team. Instead, Yan Jue opened Pineapple Defense and told him that if he didn't like it, he could just play puzzle games. Was it a question of whether he liked it or not? It was a question of whether they could play online!
Looking at the game interface in front of him, he felt extremely regretful and wanted to take back what he had said casually. He had played this game before, but that was two years ago, so how could he remember it now?
Seeing Zhang Zizhen's speechless face, Yan Jue said lightly, "Do you want to know what the newly added contribution points in the Science App are used for?"
Zhang Zizhen snatched the phone away and said, "I'm the best at protecting pineapples. Brother, go on and tell me more."
God knows how the new employee of the Special Management Bureau felt when he saw the mirror for testing spiritual roots and got the copy, and how he felt when he learned that his family could also enjoy employee benefits and have the same things as him.
Think about it, the official authorities already have methods for drawing Qi into the body and magic tools for measuring spiritual roots, so how could there not be any methods for cultivating Taoism?
He believed that as long as this news was released to the metaphysical community, those people would definitely scramble to hand over the detailed information of their eight generations of ancestors and beg for a license to work.
It's a pity that the Zhang family is the only one who gets this honor because they are the first to see the moon.
However, he didn't know how to obtain the technique specifically. Now that the Special Management Bureau consultant had asked him personally, how could he miss it? Defending a pineapple was nothing. He could also roll up his sleeves and defend all the fruits.
However--
Yan Jue only knew that it could be used to exchange for skills and knew nothing else. After his plan succeeded, he waited and waited until Zhang Zizhen failed repeatedly and was planning to recharge to buy unlimited stamina to clear the level he was stuck on. Then he quickly covered the screen and said guiltily, "Contribution points can be used to exchange for complete skills, including beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. Other details are confidential and cannot be disclosed."
"Really?" Zhang Zizhen's eyes lit up. "A complete cultivation technique?"
It’s the same as what he guessed, but guesses are guesses and facts are facts, which is different.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Zizhen would react like this. Yan Jue nodded silently.
Zhang Zizhen became even more excited: "Brother, you are my real brother. Wait, I will definitely help you pass the level. Spending a little money is nothing. Money can't buy me happiness."
Yan Jue: “…”
Forget it, I won’t persuade him anymore. I’ll send him a red envelope to make up for it.
After the tense and exciting game was finally completed, Yan Jue found an excuse to persuade Zhang Zizheng, who wanted to dig out more inside information from him, to leave.
Where is the inside information? Apart from the game, which he cannot talk about, he really knows nothing.
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