Chapter 440 Cat's Eyes
[Don’t say I’m a bad kid] I rubbed my eyes hard and found that there was indeed nothing where the brown figure was just now. I was a little confused.
Is he really dazzled! ?
He scratched his head, unable to figure it out, so he put the matter behind him and began looking for rare spiritual plants and herbs that could be transplanted.
On the other side, the player who turned into Capibara was changing back to human form with a depressed look on his face. He held the milk tea and flew up with the wind, climbing back to Chang'an City from the back mountain - this place was actually very close to Chang'an City, only separated by a small hill.
An Lezhi, who is used to hiding his ID [Purple Jelly with Dotty Eyes], is just like his name, an ultimate i-person with no ambitions, who only likes to hide in a corner to bask in the sun and be in a daze. So every time he goes online, he will find a Feng Shui treasured place to lie down in various animals. This time, he specially chose a deserted place to take a spiritual spring bath, but he was actually caught by a player - would a decent person use identification skills on a Capybara! ? It's speechless!
So, at the moment when he was about to be discovered at the spiritual spring, he hid in the bushes and avoided the sight of the approaching people.
An Lezhi, who had no idea that he was even more weird, was flying low in the sky in an anxious manner, wondering where he could go to daydream.
Once you enter Chang'an City, flying without a license is no longer allowed on Chang'an Avenue.
Because An Lezhi had been giving up all the time, he had no time to apply for a flight permit and had to land early.
Then, he turned into Chang'an Avenue from a small alley and threw the milk tea cup into the trash can on the side of the road. He looked up again and saw two lazy police officers in the sand pit in front of the Sand Sculpture Hotel, and his heart immediately moved.
…
Not far from the Sand Sculpture Hotel, at the entrance of the Reiki Research Institute, Wang Qiqing, who had just come online, and Lu Wenyuan were discussing the relocation of the institute at the door.
"You mean, the whole institute has to move there?"
Lu Wenyuan frowned, somewhat reluctantly.
Wang Qiqing nodded and explained, "Yes, the facilities there are more complete, and they will be fully connected to the power system soon. By then, we will have the opportunity to produce various research instruments and equipment. The scientific research conditions are much better than here. More importantly, ordinary people will not stray into that place for the time being, so we can completely let go of some research on radioactive elements or weapons with relatively high lethality."
"What about this side? The houses here are all bought. If they are not used well, they will be left empty, right? The prices of houses in the radiation area of Chang'an Avenue are not low now!"
"It has been changed to the review department and related offices of Spiritual Qi. Now we have published two issues of Spiritual Qi, and the response has been very good. I heard that the monks of various sects in the south of Zhongzhou judge the scientific research level and ability of the institutes and laboratories they apply for based on the quality and level of the papers published in Spiritual Qi. This is a good thing, which shows that our Spiritual Qi is becoming more and more authoritative in the industry. But I can't always focus on this aspect. I have to recruit people to handle these things separately. My two students can take charge, but I must also recruit assistants to help..."
Wang Qiqing muttered to himself, and finally he suddenly sighed: "Life is long and the river flows east. We are different from you. Our lifespan is really limited. We must strive to move forward in our limited life... As the saying goes, if you hear the truth in the morning, you can die in the evening. Do you know what discovering the existence of spiritual energy means to us? This is like the birth of atoms, like the first ray of light in the universe! As long as it is matter, as long as it exists, it will definitely appear in the Blue Star Realm! It will definitely point the way for the future of mankind!"
Lu Wenyuan looked at Wang Qiqing silently and sighed.
He has already entered the Golden Elixir stage and obviously has the hope of reaching a higher level in his lifetime. His lifespan could already be counted in thousands of years. However, the Taiyin Sect disciple in front of him, who is both his teacher and friend, is said to be nearly forty years old.
Lu Wenyuan asked again: "What about the classes at Zhongzhou University?"
"Oh, yes. We should be notified of this in a few days. After the Chinese New Year, the courses and continuing education courses of Zhongzhou University will be completely separated. Our course belongs to the latter. We only need to come here once a week. The teleportation array is quite convenient. I can just catch the shuttle bus. As for the former, it is said that they will adopt the model of our Blue Star and implement a unified examination and admission method for teaching. There will be an examination once a year, and after graduation, a certificate called a 'graduation certificate' will be issued. It will become a basic threshold for future monks to apply for jobs in the market..."
Lv Wenyuan had recently learned a lot of knowledge from Blue Star, and he immediately understood the meaning behind this. He disagreed a little: "Monopoly? Isn't this bad?"
"It is a monopoly, but it is not a monopoly. Perhaps we can call it 'official control'. This can effectively maintain social fairness, just like the admission quota of Zhongzhou University. It has nothing to do with the level of cultivation or background. It all depends on the test scores."
Lu Wenyuan retorted: "But there are still many people who can't even read. How can we talk about fairness?"
"It will be solved. Literacy schools are being popularized. At least in the Taiyin Sect's jurisdiction, they are being laid out town by town. We have to eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time. We are all working hard to do something meaningful."
Lu Wenyuan was quite moved when he saw Wang Qiqing's expressionless face.
However, the next second, Wang Qiqing sternly warned: "So you have to work overtime these two days to complete these experiments. I have a hunch that the key to the core of anti-gravity lies in these experiments!"
Lu Wenyuan rolled his eyes: "Overtime? Is there overtime pay?"
"Don't be so materialistic!" Wang Qiqing said confidently: "I just used the money on the financial account to order equipment. The sect subsidy and patent dividends will not come until next month..."
Lu Wenyuan interrupted Wang Qiqing's chatter: "So there is no overtime pay?"
"Oh, at worst, I can just owe you the money first and then I can pay you back, okay?"
Hearing this, Lu Wenyuan deliberately sneered, said "I have made an appointment for hotpot with my junior sister", and strode away, leaving Wang Qiqing behind sighing. However, he was too embarrassed to catch up with him and stamped his feet in anger.
"Oh! I still have to find a way to make some money..."
Having said that, he returned to the research institute.
People were coming and going on Chang'an Street in a hurry. There were not many players inside. Most of them were monks from outside, and a small number were small vendors walking around the streets.
Some of these vendors only carried baskets on their backs to peddle their wares, some carried loads on their shoulders, and some drove ox carts or donkey carts. Most of them sold snacks, and there were also peddlers selling sundries, who placed blank talisman paper and cinnabar in the most conspicuous place. This was for the monks who came and went to draw talismans temporarily but did not bring any materials. The price was a bit higher than that of specialized shops, but since they could sell them in retail and they could provide free pens and ink, many people did not care about this.
An Lezhi huddled together with the orange cat Jin Xiaohu beside him, looked lazily at everything on the street, and yawned.
This was not the first time that Jin Xiaohu was with An Lezhi's group. He yawned due to An Lezhi's yawn, then stood up and stretched, then curled up again and asked casually, "Why do you like to become our cat?"
An Lezhi narrowed his eyes and replied: "I don't like being with others..."
Jin Xiaohu was a little confused: "It's good to have more people! You can open your fingers to grab things, and you're smart!"
“But people are troublesome and noisy.”
Although Jin Xiaohu had learned some of the flower languages, he still didn't understand the specific meanings of many words, so he humbly asked, "What does 'noisy' mean?"
“It just means it’s noisy.”
Jin Xiaohu shook his ears and agreed: "That person is really noisy!"
"There are still many things to do."
“That’s right!”
Jin Xiaohu agreed more and more. As a member of the Chang'an City Guard, he had endless troubles to deal with every day at work!
An Lezhi also stretched like a cat, then curled up, closed his eyes, and said, "The sun is so bright, I should take a nap."
"Yeah! It's time to get some sleep!"
Jin Xiaohu nodded vigorously and closed his eyes. Just as he was about to fall asleep, he was suddenly hit on the head by a claw.
"Jin Xiaohu! Don't you see what time it is? Aren't you going to change shifts yet? Do you still want your performance bonus for this week?!"
His amber-like eyes were filled with anger, and his claws had retracted their nails, but he was hitting Jin Xiaohu with great force, and he kept hitting him on the head, making a loud bang.
“Meow——”
Jin Xiaohu was so frightened that he shuddered and screamed, and hid behind An Lezhi again and again, begging for mercy: "I won't dare to do it again, Boss! Be gentle, meow meow--"
Amber didn't buy into Jin Xiaohu's pleas for mercy. She angrily shouted, "I've heard this many times! Go and switch shifts with the general!"
"I'll go right away!"
Jin Xiaohu's ears were pulled down to his head, and he was so scared that his ears became airplane ears. His tail was also blown to pieces. He rolled out of the sand pit and ran towards the police station.
An Lezhi squinted his eyes and watched the whole process. After Jin Xiaohu ran away, he yawned again and asked Amber casually, "Do you want to sleep together?"
Amber turned her head and stared at An Lezhi seriously, which made him wag his tail unnaturally before she said, "Are you harassing the police?"
"Don't get me wrong," An Lezhi quickly denied, "I am a cat now, don't cats like to sleep together?"
"Cats are solitary animals,"
Amber's furry face showed no expression. She had learned the language of flowers very well, with standard pronunciation and clear articulation: "In most cases, living together can only be because the resources in the territory are rich enough, or the living environment is too harsh.
"As for sleeping together, it's because we're afraid of the cold."
She licked her paws and squinted her eyes in the glaring sunlight. "It's very cold in the winter. If we don't have a suitable nest, we will die if we don't sleep together."
An Lezhi turned his head away in embarrassment. Fortunately, after transforming into a cat, the changes in his expression were relatively less obvious, and the color of his skin could not be seen through the cat's fur.
He apologized quietly, "Sorry."
"It's okay," Amber shook her head, "You're not a cat, you're a human, of course you don't know cats, no need to apologize."
An Lezhi explained: "I just think being a human is troublesome."
“Follow me!”
As Amber spoke, she jumped up along the wall around the sand pit and landed on the top of the wall next to the eaves.
"Aren't players not allowed to go up to the roof?"
Although Anlezhi said this, he still followed Amber and jumped onto the wall imitating her movements.
But he was not a real cat after all, and he couldn't control his limbs and balance well. After falling several times, he finally remembered to use the wind control technique and flew to the top of the wall.
He glanced at the ground from the top of the wall. It was so frighteningly high that he suddenly felt a little nervous.
However, Amber urged him a few more times, so An Lezhi had to grit his teeth and force himself not to look down. He followed Amber and walked eastward along the wall.
After jumping over two alleys and walking through several courtyards, Amber and Anlezhi arrived in front of a huge ginkgo tree.
“Meow meow—”
Amber meowed twice, and the leaves of the ginkgo tree rustled, as if responding to something. Then, a branch bent at an incredible angle stretched out towards them, like a road.
Amber took the lead and jumped onto the branch. She turned back and urged An Lezhi, "Come up quickly!"
An Lezhi was surprised and curious, and then carefully climbed up the branch.
Then, the branches swayed and began to rise slowly.
Amber squatted motionless, licking his paws leisurely. An Lezhi was not so lucky, with his poor balance, he was almost shaken off the branch, and he fell to the ground with his four paws tightly holding the branch, afraid of falling.
In a few seconds, like taking an elevator, the two people... no, two cats were lifted to the fork at the top of the ginkgo tree's trunk. Amber jumped over lightly and chose a relatively wide place to continue squatting. An Lezhi wanted to jump over like Amber, but he didn't calculate the distance well and almost fell down. Fortunately, he was quick-witted and hooked his claws on the bark on the ginkgo tree's trunk, then climbed up with his front and back claws, and then found a place where the branches forked into a triangle and lay down - after all, in theory, the triangle is the most stable.
Amber waited patiently for An Lezhi to finish his work before introducing: "The view here is very good, and you can see most of the buildings in Chang'an City."
An Lezhi followed Amber's gaze and looked outside.
"Wow……"
Most of the leaves of ginkgo trees have fallen in winter, and only a few remain at the top, which are golden and look like a crown.
Without the obstruction of leaves, from this height, one can overlook the entire city of Chang'an.
Amber slowly lay down, put his claws in his pocket, and said to An Lezhi: "This ginkgo tree is almost finished, so try not to scratch it next time."
"It, it, it's going to become a spirit!?"
An Lezhi was startled, but then he felt it was quite reasonable. After all, if it wasn't a spirit, why would it use tree branches to catch them?
"'Becoming a spirit'? You could say that!" Amber thought for a moment and said, "It should be more than 1,200 years old. That's the age your Taiyin Sect's disciples measured. It doesn't even know itself! But that's why it was kept in the city... But in terms of its cultivation, it should have only been practicing for a few decades, and it has only recently awakened its wisdom and spiritual power.
"I don't know why you Taiyin Sect disciples always like to water it with spiritual spring water. You even water it with low-level water to avoid killing it... There are literacy classes here every night. It can even read! And it can understand the language of flowers!"
As if hearing Amber's story, the leaves of the ginkgo tree began to rustle again, and one of them fell right on An Lezhi's head, shining golden.
An Lezhi didn't move. He didn't like to move unless it was necessary or he had no interest in doing so.
He listened to Amber's story with his eyes squinted. The sunlight falling on him was cut into small sparkling spots by the shadows of the branches.
"Look, another Taiyin Sect disciple has come to water it with spiritual spring water!"
After hearing what Amber said, Anlezhi looked down.
A female player with the ID Shiba Inu Caicai was carrying a small bucket and carefully watering the ginkgo tree while mumbling to herself:
"Ginkgo, ginkgo, grow quickly and turn into a fairy and come to my house..."
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