Chapter 466: Absorbing Jade
"What are you doing?" Lu Weiyi asked vigilantly.
"He... is not right." Wen Jing saw this and realized that he was reckless. He hurriedly explained to Zhuang Mingxu, "Are you sure this is your son? He is absorbing the spiritual energy of the jade."
Following Wen Jing's line of sight, they saw that the jade cicada that Zhuang Aiyi had stuffed into Taotao's hand had lost its original luster in just a few breaths and looked like an inconspicuous stone.
This thing looked very familiar to Lu Weiyi. His space also stored countless jade stones that were left over after the space was repaired. They were all in the same state of being sucked dry and turned into dregs.
Lu Weiyi didn't say anything, but Zhuang Mingxu seemed to remember something, "You just mentioned your master? I remember what you practiced before?"
When Wen Jing heard his question, he immediately understood that he knew that this child was unusual. "They are just some simple Taoist methods. What happened to you?"
"My son..." Zhuang Mingxu emphasized, and then said, "I met a Taoist priest yesterday. After he came back, he had some health problems. He has been in a coma and seems to have no energy..."
He didn't know whether he should mention Taotao's change in body shape, so he could only try to express it in other ways.
Wen Jing looked strange for a moment, then turned his gaze to Lu Weiyi, "Can I see him?"
Seeing Zhuang Mingxu nod, Lu Weiyi pulled away the thin blanket covering Taotao, revealing the child's delicate and pretty face.
Wen Jing took a deep breath and said, "Last night, my master told me that he saw a strange child. I guess it must be Taotao."
"Master Tianning?" Lu Weiyi asked.
"Yes." Wen Jing glanced at the person who left the door and looked away. "He needs to be nurtured for a long time, otherwise his body will gradually shrink until it disappears."
The living room was quiet for a while. Zhuang Mingxu held Lu Weiyi's sweaty hand and looked at Wen Jing calmly, "What do you mean?"
"This should not be a human, but it doesn't look like a ghost, nor does it look like a spirit. It looks like an existence in between the two. I need to go back and ask Master for the details." Wen Jing fiddled with the beads on his wrist with two fingers.
"But I can be sure that there are differences in the growth of this creature and humans, and it doesn't look very healthy. If it continues for a long time, there will be problems."
Seeing that the two were silent, Wen Jing took off the bracelet he had worn for many years and put it on Taotao's wrist. "He should not grow very fast, and even more so, he rarely changes, right?"
Before anyone could answer, the originally emerald green bracelet had visibly lost its luster and its quality was clearly declining, until at last some cracks could be seen on it, and Taotao——.
His body grew visibly and returned to its appearance of about two years old.
Her long eyelashes trembled, she opened her eyes, blinked twice, and called out crisply, "Father."
Lu Weiyi's heart, which had been weighing on his mind all morning, finally settled down.
"Are you awake? Are you feeling unwell?"
Taotao shook her head and saw Zhuang Aiyi next to her. She reached out and held his hand, calling him brother in a baby voice and asking if they still had the small cakes they brought back yesterday.
"Yes, brother will keep them all for you." Zhuang Aiyi glanced at Lu Weiyi.
Lu Weiyi put Taotao on the ground, gave them a few instructions and told them to go play.
Seeing the person walking away, the three adults withdrew their gaze.
"Sorry, your beads are ruined. We have many advanced instruments and equipment in our base. You can use them at will." The beads on Wen Jing's wrist were worn by him more than ten years ago. Now they are in such a state. Zhuang Mingxu feels sorry for them.
"Then how about giving the Prideful Sun Team a 50% discount on their compensation?"
"Sure," Zhuang Mingxu said proudly, "But are you sure they can afford the remaining 500,000?"
"Isn't there still the ruthless team?" Wen Jing smiled.
When Lu Weiyi saw the two people's gazes meet, he understood for the first time what the other party had not said. The Henren Team was going to take over the Jiaoyang Team.
"Then I'll wait to collect the crystal core."
After a few words, the matter of the Jiaoyang team was settled. Zhuang Mingxu turned to ask about Taoist Tianning. "I remember that Xiaoyi was always in trouble a few years ago. You said you asked your master for a talisman. Was it Taoist Tianning?"
"Yes, it was given to me by my master. He was also the one who told you to buy a protective item to wear as soon as possible." Wen Jing did not hide it.
Zhuang Mingxu glanced at Lu Weiyi's abdomen, where there was a mark on the skin left by the broken Tai Chi Yin-Yang Jade Pendant. He had bought the jade pendant out of sheer desperation, hoping to try his luck, but no accidents happened afterwards, so he couldn't help but believe it.
"However, I really can't tell what your child is. Do you need to ask my master to come and take a look?" Wen Jing asked.
"Then thank you for your help."
The two of them agreed on a time, and after seeing Wen Jing off, Zhuang Mingxu and Lu Weiyi took the two children to Lu Xiao's villa.
With the end of the Superpower Conference, the Kyoto base has re-entered a busy phase, especially since many bases have paid for potions that inhibit the growth of mutant animals. The Kyoto base has divided all areas into several parts and assigned them to several forces, letting each of them carry out the task of spraying the potion independently.
The number of flying mutant animals is no longer small, and it is not easy to spray pesticides by plane. Lu Xiao discussed with his subordinates for a whole morning, trying to come up with a plan with the least consumption of manpower and material resources.
I've been waiting for Zhuang Mingxu and Lu Weiyi to arrive, but they still haven't explained anything.
"You guys go down and discuss it again. The crystal core has been collected. Tell me the solution as soon as possible." Lu Xiao waved his hand and ended the meeting.
"Boss..." Cong Qing stared at Lu Weiyi with burning eyes, raised his eyes and said with obvious hints, "If there is a high-level psychic..."
Even though Lu Weiyi didn't know what they were discussing, he could understand the meaning of these words. He didn't say anything and looked at Lu Xiao.
"The bases assigned to us are biased towards the south. The area covered by the Panshui base at the edge was a paradise for flying creatures in the country before the end of the world, accounting for more than 65% of the country's bird population. I have inquired about the situation over there with the people at the Panshui base. Due to the invasion of mutated birds, their base has begun to move underground, and there are only a handful of people living on land." Cong Qing saw Lu Xiao frowning and immediately explained.
"I don't want Young Master Lu to do anything for us. I just hope he can provide some protection measures within his ability to fight for a chance of survival for our members." Cong Qing's expression was not at all partial. "We can't manufacture more helicopters under our current conditions. We can't afford to consume every single one."
This is also the reason why even though the Kyoto base proposed high-altitude spraying of drugs, it was not implemented uniformly. Each team did not want their personnel and machines to be damaged.
Lu Weiyi weighed the location of the Panshui base and the time required to get there in his mind and did not let Lu Xiao ask for it. "Okay, I'll go with them for a round trip within a week."
Lu Xiao made a "tsk" sound, his face darkened, and he yelled at the members in the meeting to get out.
Cong Qing ran out of the yard first, and said, "Then I will let my subordinates get ready and wait for you, Young Master Lu, to set off at any time."
Lu Weiyi waved with his back to them, asked Zhuang Aiyi to take Taotao out to play, and told Lu Xiao about Taotao's situation.
On the way here, he had discussed it with Zhuang Mingxu and briefly told him about Taotao's origins.
Taotao's appearance at the beginning was at a good time. The whole base was in a state of tension. Lu Weiyi only introduced that this was the child he brought back, and no one cared to pay attention to or ask about it. Gradually, people got used to having Lu Weiyi around, and no one said anything more.
If nothing had happened now, Lu Weiyi would have planned to keep it secret for the rest of his life. After all, this kind of thing is even more incredible than supernatural powers.
Lu Xiao was originally unhappy about his nephew going out with his teammates. After hearing this unbelievable thing, he was silent for a long time. Looking at Taotao who was giggling, his eyes showed no emotion. "No wonder I said you haven't grown any growth in the past few years. We're not the same species after all this talk."
He sighed deeply and rubbed Lu Weiyi's hair with his big hands, "My nephew really encounters all kinds of adventures. It can be seen that he has a safe and smooth life."
"Uncle" Facing his only elder, Lu Weiyi rarely showed any sign of asking for help.
"It's okay, I know Taoist Tianning. He had some connection with your grandfather. He is a very upright Taoist. I will go and meet him."
"Even if we have a friendship, don't we have to find a few more people who know the business?" Zhuang Mingxu said in a respectful tone.
"We have to look for it. We don't understand this thing. We can't put our hope on one person. If they get confused, we won't know what's going on." Lu Xiao affirmed his words, "When you called me this morning, I asked my men to look for it. Kyoto is a big base, so we're sure we'll find one or two."
Lu Xiao had been staring at Tao Tao not far away, with a curious look, "You just said he shrunk completely? How did he shrink?"
"She looks about one year old. She doesn't look like she can walk. She has no energy and has been sleeping all the time," Zhuang Mingxu described Taotao's condition in the morning. "She absorbed a tourmaline bracelet and two jade cicadas of excellent quality from Wen Jing, and she has recovered visibly with the naked eye."
"Does that mean I need to be supported by jade in the future?" After all, at his age, he is obviously very accepting of some things. Lu Xiao has begun to continue thinking about what happened.
"Wen Jing doesn't know the details, so let's bring his master over to take a look tomorrow."
"Then I will go to Taoist Master Tianning in advance today."
"I'll go with you, so that the Taoist priest won't think we are impolite." Ever since what happened to Lu Weiyi, Zhuang Mingxu didn't pay too much attention to matters in this regard, but he was also a little taboo. He couldn't make good connections, and he didn't want to offend the other party over some details.
"No need, I'll just make the trip for you," Lu Xiao refused decisively. Seeing that Zhuang Mingxu wanted to speak again, he waved his hand to refuse him from continuing.
Lu Xiao kept his word and the next day he took Taoist Tian Ning to the villa. Wen Jing, who was with them, also brought 500,000 crystal cores as compensation for the Jiaoyang Team.
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