Chapter 103 Chapter 103 Double Update in One
Lin Qiyun had been mulling over this plan for a long time. He had initially put considerable effort into leaving the factory—or rather, Jin Kun had indeed been paving the way for his eldest son, Lin Qiyun, to become a true "official." However, he had later been blessed with this prime health, which was a blessing in disguise.
But times have changed. Jin Kun, who occupied his son's body, could not have expected that the ten-year sports meeting would end so quickly. Even though he finally jumped to the dry shore and was not liquidated, the "sanctified" personality cult he longed for disappeared too quickly with the passing of the great man. This meant that his plan to have close contact in order to absorb the "yellow energy" was completely shattered.
The change in people's concepts caught him off guard, especially after "practice is the sole criterion for testing truth" replaced "two whatevers". The impact on "Lin Qiyun" was even greater than the collapse of his ancestral tomb and the shattering of his coffin: it was a real premonition of the end of the road for him, a Dragon Qi cultivator!
Lin Qiyun never imagined that one day, people's reverence and worship for officials' authority would no longer be an inherent "attribute" of the leaders, but would instead require justification and action. For nearly a hundred years, whether it was the slaves of the Jin family or the factory workers in the old society, they were inherently obedient. Once someone was promoted to a position, regardless of whether they were human or pig, ordinary people would first fear them, then believe them. Previously, climbing to a higher position was easy for Lin Qiyun; it simply came down to swaying with the wind and controlling the public opinion.
Just over a year ago, Lin Qiyun had been basking in the glory of his exceptional theoretical abilities. Not only had he avoided retribution, he had even achieved a promotion and significantly improved his cultivation, nearly completely suppressing the consciousness of this body. Back then, Lin Qiyun had nearly "given away" his aging, empty shell, believing it was useless. However, he hadn't anticipated the sudden onset of his so-called "liberation of thought," which caused the Dragon Scroll Silk Book, a treasure passed down for centuries among Qi cultivators, to become compromised.
Jin Kun used the dragon axle to seize the body of his eldest son. The soul of the real Lin Qiyun that he sealed in his left hand took the opportunity to counterattack, but he sensed something was wrong and forced a part of the old man's residual soul out of his own soul like peeling off layers of silk... If he hadn't hated the old man for being incompetent and selfish, hiding his secrets until his death, and refusing to tell him where the real Jin family ancestral tomb was, and if he hadn't immediately imitated the winning method he had used before the old man took his last breath, and suppressed the dead old man's ashes to boost the fortune of future generations, Jin Kun might have really fallen without knowing it.
Who could have guessed the old man had tampered with both the dragon axle and the ginseng thread passed down to his descendants? In an era of imperial collapse, he lived to over a hundred years old, relying not only on the legendary coffin for victory, but also on the "energy" and "longevity" he constantly stole from his descendants. Not content with this, the old man unexpectedly took a liking to the body of his eldest grandson.
As expected, they were grandfather and grandson, descended from the same lineage. The old man had intended to seize his body, but he had taken over his eldest son's body instead. Jin Kun was only thankful that he had struck first. He had suppressed the old man before his soul left, causing his three souls to shatter. Fortunately, he hadn't been infected and devoured his soul for so many years, and even sealed it in his right eye when the incident occurred...
It was also at this time that he suddenly discovered that his luck had turned for the worse - although he became the leader of the department, there were only a few people in the department, and the yellow energy provided by these subordinates was not enough for him to practice. After the resumption of the college entrance examination, the status of major universities was completely different from before. It was no longer a purely direct superior-subordinate relationship. It was completely different from the "disadvantaged", "struggled", and "yes-man" appearance of the past ten years. It seemed that they became independent and autonomous overnight.
Despite the expansion and the significant increase in student numbers, Lin Qiyun saw no benefit. The students only knew their own principal and showed no interest in higher-ups. Officials these days were completely different from those of the past. Official status meant nothing. Those within the school, relying on the school's reputation, dared to confront their superiors directly in meetings. Their positions were strengthened. Meanwhile, Lin Qiyun, a man of few words, was increasingly unpopular with his numerous meetings to strengthen his leadership, and his status earned him less and less favor.
Lin Qiyun had also heard that policies would further open up, that he needed to continue to liberate his mind and vigorously reform and develop the economy. Lin Qiyun could already grasp the half of his brain behind his left eye. This wave would bring with it a comprehensive economic shift, and those who could lead people to prosperity would be in high demand. Although Lin Qiyun himself came from a wealthy capitalist family, he had never been involved in business. His small share of the Jin family's wealth had kept him from ever thinking about money. The once-proud Jin Gaixue, that vast family business, was nothing like legitimate business... Lin Qiyun's attempts to stir up trouble were futile.
He had to find another way out.
Just like Huangpizi once roared to Lin Xinghuo, "When Huangpizi first came out of the mountains, there were only a few thousand people in a county, but now a factory can have tens of thousands." Lin Qiyun jumped out of the factory and it was difficult for him to go back, but he was able to transfer to a university.
At his current level, he must be one of the top two leaders. Since ancient times, inexperienced students have always been the easiest group to incite. Lin Qiyun had made extensive preparations, waiting to seize a piece of the pie. However, he had no idea that a minor incident involving a college student being beaten and robbed would cause such a huge uproar in Beijing, implicating him as well.
"Teacher, how is Xinghuo's injury?"
"I just heard... I wanted to go see my junior sister, but I didn't want to disturb her rest... I was afraid that once the teacher saw me, he would remember the time he urged me to submit my manuscript... Thank you for not chasing me out with your cane and giving me some face in front of my junior sister!"
"Luckily, those lawless people were caught. Otherwise, something bad would have happened to the couple on their way home from my wedding banquet. As their senior...Okay, I'll go see Xinghuo when she's better. Teacher, you should also take care of yourself and don't get too tired."
Lin Qiyun hung up the phone, his expression uncertain. His left hand toyed with a red ribbon tied around his right wrist, undecided whether to kill them immediately or spare their lives for now… This was different from the time when he had indirectly used Qu's mother to control the lives of the Qu and Fei families. Back then, the Qu and Fei families had indeed confessed something. The lives of the people of Xiaojuzi Village were directly in his hands. If they showed any sign of confessing, he could kill them swiftly with a thought.
Xiao Lanqin came in with a bowl of pear soup with a slightly bulging pregnant belly. She looked a little haggard and said as she came in: "Have you found someone from my hometown? When can they come? My mother said that my belly doesn't look like it's just one, it's only been a few months. I have back pain every day now. I can't even take care of myself, so how can I have the energy to clean the house. If no one comes, I will go back to live with my mother for a while!" She couldn't let her mother come to take care of her anymore. After all, Lao Lin was not much younger than her mother. Lao Lin's children didn't live in the small western-style house yet, and her mother coming in and out would cause gossip.
Xiao Lanqin only now realized that living in the small Western-style house wasn't that comfortable. Cleaning was too much trouble! Originally, Lao Lin had brought in two wives in their twenties to help, but she was worried they were too young and might have bad intentions. But since the two sisters-in-law stopped coming a few days ago, Xiao Lanqin's bedroom had become a mess, unsightly.
Lin Qiyun raised his eyes and glanced at her. This woman has become much tougher since her belly became bulging. She is so stupid: there is indeed only one baby in her belly, but didn’t he find a way to plant a blood ginseng, so it means multiple births.
Stroking the red silk ribbon on his wrist, Lin Qiyun lowered his bloodshot right eye, too lazy to waste words, and nodded casually: "Okay, it would be better for you to go back to your mother's house and live for a while." In order to save the life of the blood ginseng by relying on one person alone, the entire Xiao family would be almost finished.
Originally, Xiao Lanqin wanted to mention his job transfer to Lao Lin, but when she saw the bright red silk ribbon on his wrist, she felt suffocated and wanted to vomit. Xiao Lanqin covered her mouth, went straight back to her room, picked up her bag, got in the car and returned to the Xiao family's half-constructed courtyard.
At home, Xiao's parents were nagging about Lin Qiyun's work: "I don't know what's got them both obsessed with going to school! The second son is fine; his rank wasn't high to begin with. But what's with Qiyun? He's doing well in the department, so why is he being transferred to a lower-level unit? Others strive for higher positions, but he's doing the opposite! No, you have to persuade him again while you're still pregnant with the Lin family's golden egg!"
Xiao Lanqin, who had originally shared her parents' feelings, suddenly grew annoyed after hearing this. "Who wants to rise to the top? Isn't there a saying, 'It's better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix?' At Old Lin's age, it's unlikely he'll make further progress. He'd waste a few years like this, so he might as well be transferred to a university and become the head of a department."
"If he becomes the principal of our school, my second brother's future depends on him!"
Stupid, isn't he? He's in the ministry. Would your school not give him face and take care of the superior's brother-in-law? Besides, why did he have to transfer to your school? This school is a trap. Everyone in the family has jumped into it... Before Xiao's father and mother could say anything, Xiao Lanqin held her stomach in anger and said, "I'm going to bed. I'm exhausted."
"Okay, okay, go back to your room and get some sleep. I'll ask your dad to make you some fish soup later. The fish ponds outside the city have started catching fish, and the butcher shops on the street have been selling fish carcasses these days. Your sister-in-law ate them for two days, and her pain is gone..."
Xiao Lanqin was impatient to listen to these nagging words, and she slammed the curtain and went back to her room. Angered, Xiao's mother clutched her chest and said, "Why has this child become so irritable after getting married? She gets annoyed if I say anything more than once... If she really gets annoyed, she shouldn't come back and let me serve her. Her brother and sister-in-law are all giving in to her, but she's becoming more and more like a landlord's wife!"
Father Xiao scolded him with a dark face: "What nonsense are you talking about! How can you say such things? Your daughter is pregnant with twins, so it's natural for her to be a little bad-tempered."
"Well, you guys are all angry again. It's not the time when you called your son-in-law a few days ago and he didn't agree to your request..."
Father Xiao walked out, thinking to himself, isn't it just right that his daughter is back? It would be great if she could stay here until she's pregnant and about to give birth. Could Lin Qiyun really be so shameless as to let his wife give birth at Yue's house? As long as he came to pick her up, his plan to move up a level as a father-in-law would be secure.
Besides, Qinqin's mother had given birth to several children, and Xiao's father knew that the first few months and the last two months were dangerous. The rest of the time, they could still have sex. Although it was a bit shabby, Xiao's father didn't think Lin Qiyun, an old bull who had eaten young grass, could endure it. He was afraid that Qinqin would return to her parents' home this time because Lin Qiyun was afraid of hurting her belly. After all, Qinqin was pregnant with twins, so he had to be more careful. Xiao's father had never expected that since the first day of their marriage, Xiao Lanqin and Lin Qiyun had each had a bedroom and never shared a room. His daughter actually liked this Western feeling of "master and master rooms" that you only see in foreign movies.
Xiao's mother called out to him, "Aren't you going to make fish soup for the child?"
Father Xiao waved his hand. "What we bought at the meat shop is just fish fillet. Everything is already prepared. Isn't it easy to stew it? I'm going to go out and find out something. I'll be back soon!"
There had been several major events in the city recently. It was said that a criminal gang had been apprehended, and the crimes they had committed were extremely serious. This hadn't been reported in the newspapers yet, but Xiao's father had a keen sense of smell and wanted to get some news to help him get promoted.
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At the same time, Fang Tongjian was practicing Ba Duan Jin with his fat granddaughter in the East Garden to calm down his feeling of disgust at Lin Qiyun.
The old man heard Lin Qiyun calling him "Teacher" again on the other end of the line, and his hand almost trembled and he almost hung up the phone. The old man admitted that he had misjudged him. This was the most terrifying "villain" in the middle wave he had talked about when teaching his apprentices.
When Lin Xinghuo finished his work and came to eat with him, the old man was still saying, "I just pulled up this phone line, and he made a call and it dirty the whole line!"
Lin Xinghuo quickly picked up a piece of fish maw for the old man. If it weren't for them, the old man wouldn't have to rush to answer the phone.
However, her pine soot, Beiyuan bamboo charcoal, bamboo charcoal fertilizer, and Wunian's protective armor and insulation boards were all tied up in various places. The public phone at the entrance of the alley had become privately owned by Shuangyuan, and the old woman manning it had to make several trips daily. Furthermore, some things were difficult to say in front of outsiders, but a face-to-face meeting was impractical, and telegrams and letters weren't suitable either... Uncle Ning's friend, nicknamed Ding Datou, was impatient and pushed for increased pine soot production. At this critical juncture, Lin Xinghuo couldn't afford to take any major steps. Uncle Ding, finding the public phone too cumbersome, used his connections to secure a phone line.
The guy who pulled the phone line was incredibly arrogant these days, and he absolutely refused to allow the phone to be installed in the West Garden gatehouse. However, there were too many restrictions in the West Garden, and running the phone line to the Second Courtyard would conflict with the soundproofing array. Furthermore, the restrictions in the West Garden were similar to those in the Nanshan Residence in Buxiantun, and a single move would affect the entire complex. So, they had to install the phone in Master Fang's place in the East Garden.
"how's it going?"
Lin Xinghuo knew the old man was asking about Xiao Lanqin's family's poison. The ginseng thread Lin Qiyun used, which could hide in blood, was, in a sense, also a poison. The ginseng thread was like the silk spit out by the black widow. It was liquid in the spider's belly, but once it left the body, it turned into silk thread. Just like the black widow's silk could hunt, Lin Qiyun's ginseng thread could not only control people but also steal their essence.
"It can be said that this man has a good appetite. Not only relatives and children, but also people he knows and doesn't know, as long as they have a direct connection, have been planted with ginseng threads by him." No wonder he is fearless. There are obviously many capable people in the Laoyin Sect of the top immortals in Beijing, but this man still dares to act so arrogantly. It turns out that he has snatched so many innocent lives together - although the ginseng threads on other people are not as many as those on the vicious dogs he raised and his relatives and friends, and the essence that can be stolen is extremely limited, but this ginseng thread is so vicious that the moment it loses control, once Lin Qiyun dies, the ginseng thread will completely melt in people's blood, and the poison will circulate throughout the body with the blood circulation. After completely soaking into the human body, the person will be gone.
And according to Lin Xinghuo's guess, this process would be extremely painful.
High-level detoxification pills could cure this poison, but even if Lin Xinghuo worked day and night, the number of pills he could produce was limited due to limited materials. Furthermore, getting people to consume the pills was a major challenge. Even with ten or twenty people, they could still use the help of spirits, but with more people, the risk of exposure was too great if they made a mistake. This required a special mention of the yellow-robed figure Qingji; his pearl-shaped fish were a tremendous help.
The ancient pearl-shaped turtle fish possessed the ability to ward off plague, meaning that eating its flesh could protect against the plague. While Qingji's pearl-shaped turtle fish only had two legs and couldn't match the six-legged, monstrous creatures of ancient times, they did have the advantage of adapting to changing water quality. For example, if an area were polluted by industry, while all living things would suffer, the first casualties would be the fish that inhabited the water. This is because direct sewage discharge and indirect rainwater influx can quickly pollute water bodies. While humans, birds, and animals might avoid drinking polluted water, fish within it could not. Consequently, pollution in many areas was first discovered through the mass die-offs of fish in rivers, ditches, and ponds.
However, this characteristic is surprisingly useful in cultivating detoxifying pearl fish, which can be raised in water made from medicinal elixirs. The pearls formed on the legs of the pearl fish enhance the efficacy of the medicine. The pearl fish absorb the liquid medicine themselves, and there is no need for the alchemist to modify the recipe to add the pearls... Although the pearl fish is not as large as the sturgeon, which can easily weigh hundreds of pounds, each one still weighs forty or fifty pounds. After passing through the hands of Chang, the black market boss in the capital of Xue Province, it becomes "sea fish" from the northern ice-free port and is shipped to the capital city, where it is sold in pieces.
Since the Qing Dynasty, goods from the Guandong region, originating from the border regions beyond the Great Wall, have been a favorite New Year's gift for the people of Beijing. Even today, they still talk about Guandong cigarettes and Guandong candy. Furthermore, fish costs far less than meat and tastes just as good, so with the New Year approaching, few are reluctant to buy it. In fact, fish fillets are selling much better than pork; lately, even when the butcher shops close, there's still some red meat left.
"Fish meat is mild and takes a long time to take effect." For those who have no close relationship with Lin Qiyun, such as Cai Weihong and Tan Yuemei, who have indirect connections and only ate a wedding banquet, the poison will be eliminated after a few meals of fish. But for those who are deeply involved, like Xiao Lanqin, the pearl fish will only make them feel more comfortable.
"No rush, just wait for the policy to come." The women of Xiaojizi Village, who knew a lot about the situation, found this wave of pearlfish meat cheap and plentiful. The detention center, mindful of the large number of pregnant women, gave them a bucket of soup every day. The medicinal properties were accumulating in their bodies, and when the crackdown began, they could add some elixir powder to kill him in one fell swoop.
As for the other victims, Lin Xinghuo and Wu Nian secretly delivered medicines one after another, some for detoxification, some for health preservation, and some for abortion. All the women who had been humiliated chose to take them all... For several late nights, Lin Xinghuo hid in the dark and watched, and only left after making sure... it was safe.
Afterwards, Lin Xinghuo received a golden merit point tinged with blood. This was the first merit point tinged with blood. This merit point did not enter Lin Xinghuo's body, but fluttered and landed on her alchemy furnace...
In the first month of 1979, the city of Jing issued the "Decision on Severely Cracking Down on Criminal Activities" (temporarily piloting the process in Jing, Hai, and Nan). At the same time, news broke that a production team in Anhui Province had secretly distributed land to households, causing widespread concern within the province. When the news reached Jing, the Buxiantun villagers in Beijing quickly relayed the news back to their village.
A dramatic change in the village and outside is about to happen.
Lin Xinghuo and Wu Nian, who hadn't rested all winter and practically scaled the entire capital on foot, finally paused. They had made every possible preparation, waiting for things to unfold. Meanwhile, Senior Brother Rong, who had been indirectly holding back Lin Qiyun's transfer application, had mastered the art of pacing it, effectively stalling him for months. Now, Lin Qiyun's application had finally been tentatively approved.
Lin Qiyun was waiting for the banquet to begin.
Lin Xinghuo waited for the opportunity to take revenge.
Both sides had a strange feeling that the clouds had cleared and the sun was shining.
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Author's note: [Due to other commitments, this article will be updated every other day for the next week.]
Jin Kun couldn't discard his original body, partly because the ginseng thread passed down directly to him by Old Master Jin had been tampered with, having permeated his original body over the years. Keeping that body not only served as a fallback, but also allowed him to contain or even block Old Master Jin's ginseng thread. Jin Kun also envisioned sealing Old Master Jin's remaining soul within that body after his cultivation level had increased. Before he could transfer to another position and accumulate Huang Qi to heal his old injuries and increase his cultivation, Xinghuo Wunian had already taken action. Therefore, this section will not be covered in the main text.
The Pearl-shaped Fish, appearing in Chapter 65, is one of the magical fish raised by Qingji. The Classic of Mountains and Seas records that the Pearl-shaped Fish can spit pearls, is shaped like an animal's lung, has four eyes and six legs, and tastes sweet and sour. Eating it protects humans from the plague.
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