Chapter 034 Temporary return to daily life
Liu Jimeng didn't know Duan Shi's considerations and just thought he was trying to keep it a secret. She closed her eyes and prepared to do her best to complete the barrier.
She carefully searched her memory for methods of setting up barriers, patiently selecting one by one those that she could do at the current stage. After searching for a while, I finally found a barrier specifically used to prevent peeping and leakage. The hand gestures are not very complicated and the spiritual power required is not too much, so it is just right to use it here.
She opened her eyes and silently practiced the hand gestures that would be used to set up the barrier later.
No one disturbed her and just watched her work quietly.
In less than two minutes, Liu Jimeng had memorized the hand gestures. She took a deep breath, mobilized the demonic power in her body, and quickly performed the hand gestures. As the hand gestures were completed one by one, a transparent barrier with a faint green light unfolded inside the car, rapidly expanding from between her fingers and instantly surrounding the bus.
Liu Jimeng breathed a sigh of relief: "The barrier is complete!"
The others then breathed a sigh of relief and began to discuss the matter lively again.
"Is this the barrier?" Xu Wenwei looked at Liu Jimeng's hands, then at the place where the barrier just disappeared, and was extremely curious.
This was the first time he saw a monk display his abilities.
"So that our conversation in the car won't get out?"
Xie Yimin was also particularly interested. The magical powers of the cultivators were indeed amazing. No wonder his students had been clamoring to practice since they learned about the revival of spiritual energy.
Even he wanted to try practicing after seeing Liu Jimeng use his tricks. However, for people like them whose half bodies are buried in the ground, it is estimated that they will not be able to achieve any results.
After all, I'm not destined to have that kind of luck and won't encounter good opportunities.
Both experts were a little emotional for a moment, but they were both broad-minded people and did not dwell on it too much.
"Wow, you're awesome, Miss Liu. Brother Liang gives you a thumbs up." Liang Hang gave Liu Jimeng a thumbs up and clapped his hands a few times.
Liu Jimeng looked at his funny and exaggerated expression and couldn't help laughing.
Duan Shi felt a little uncomfortable watching Liang Hang trying to amuse others with his smooth talk, but he didn't say anything. He just coughed and signaled everyone to focus their attention.
"The content on that stone tablet is actually very simple. It tells future generations that if the human race encounters difficulties, they can use a method to summon the Dragon King to help the human race overcome the disaster."
"Yes, that's right, this is what the stone tablet says." Xu Wenwei nodded beside him, indicating that it was indeed the case.
"Then how do we summon it specifically?" Liu Jimeng asked.
Duan Shi did not answer this question. He looked at the two experts sitting next to him and wanted to ask professionals to explain it to everyone.
Xu Wenwei received Duan Shi's gaze and did not refuse. He spoke directly: "According to the description on the stone tablet, in ancient times, in order to show sincerity and increase the success rate, the human race would hold a grand sacrifice and let everyone come to participate and make a joint request."
"Isn't this similar to a petition by 10,000 people?" Liu Jimeng said, "I remember there was such an event two years ago. It seemed that everyone was petitioning to amend a child protection law?"
"Yes, I remember there were nearly 100,000 people participating."
That petition by the people was a huge success and everyone present still remembers it. The petition was ultimately successful, and the country urgently amended and passed a new child protection law to calm everyone’s anger.
"Wow, how big is the fun this time?" Liang Hang exclaimed. There aren't many other things in modern times, but there are plenty of people.
In addition, flower planting now attracts global attention. If the country really launches a petition among the people, I am afraid that tens or even hundreds of billions of people will pay attention to it.
Xu Wenwei said with a smile: "I don't know about that, but it should be a very grand event."
"I'm a little looking forward to it." Liu Jimeng began to imagine how lively it would be to have such a grand event with all human beings participating.
Meng Zhengqi interrupted curiously: "I wonder what positions we will be assigned to?"
"It shouldn't be too far to the front, the best positions are for the leaders." Liang Hang scratched his cheek, "But we have seniors and little sister Liu, so we should have a good position too. After all, our Dragon Group is the only special organization in the flower planting area."
"Perhaps Senior Qiao Ji doesn't want to stay in the front?" Yu Gaoyuan suddenly thought of Qiao Ji's reaction at Mount Tai, and reminded her, "Senior is uncomfortable staying near the dragon vein. This time when we are going to summon the Dragon King, she probably won't get too close."
"Indeed." After Yu Gaoyuan said this, Liu Jimeng also remembered this question, "Senior is a ghost cultivator, and he is not comfortable staying near the dragon vein. If the Dragon King really responds to our call and comes down, his soul will be hurt if he is too close, right?"
Duan Shi seemed to be thinking about something. He had not thought of this. It seemed that he would have to report to Ye Caiying after returning and try to make reasonable arrangements.
However, when talking about Qiao Ji, Duan Shi thought of the girl next to him.
"What about you, Xiao Liu? Are there any adverse effects from being near the dragon vein?" he asked with concern.
Liu Jimeng is a half-demon. Although she has half human blood, she is not human after all. These problems may have an impact on her.
Liu Jimeng frowned and thought for a while, "There will still be an impact, but it's not as strong as the reaction of the senior. When I was in Mount Tai, the closer I was to the dragon vein, the stronger the discomfort I felt."
Seeing the worried expressions on everyone's faces, she quickly explained, "It's not serious. It's just like the feeling of returning to an ordinary human being before awakening. It's like being tired and heavy after working for a long time. It may be a little difficult to cast spells, but it's okay."
After listening to her explanation, Duan Shi was not completely relieved. One cannot just look at the surface of things. Some hidden injuries may not even be noticed by oneself.
It seems that Qiao Ji and Liu Jimeng need to make some good arrangements. The Dragon King is not a dead dragon vein. I don’t know what he thinks of the ghost cultivators and demon cultivators. I hope it is not the worst case scenario.
After discussing the matter of summoning the Dragon King for a while, everyone moved on to other topics.
"I can't enter Mount Tai casually in the future." Liu Jimeng said with a bit of regret. During the past few days in Mount Tai, her training progress was much faster than when she was in the Dragon Group. She really wanted to stay there and practice, but Mount Tai was too important now. It might become a sacred place in the future, and ordinary people would not be able to enter.
"So many dragon veins converge there, of course no one will be able to enter casually. By then, not only Mount Tai, but the entire mountain range will be heavily guarded." Liang Hang replied. As long as the brains of the people there are not occupied by aliens, it is impossible for Mount Tai to be left like this.
Yu Gaoyuan also said: "Indeed, not to mention the dragon vein issue, the spiritual energy of Mount Tai has been growing exponentially, and the country can't just sit there and do nothing. Now some people are almost going crazy just to cultivate."
After hearing what Yu Gaoyuan said, everyone couldn't help but nod in agreement.
Not to mention the real situation, just look at the Internet, where there are more and more radical remarks. People don't care about the real-name system at all, and their speech is becoming more and more extreme. Even though the news has reported many cases of people being arrested and imprisoned for inappropriate speech, it still can't stop people's increasingly anxious mentality.
Some of them are reactionaries, some are just following the crowd, and some are truly eager to practice. Some of them are seriously ill themselves, and some have family members who are seriously ill. They all hope to change this cruel fate through cultivation.
Although everyone's physical fitness has improved a lot after the revival of spiritual energy, those terminal illnesses cannot be cured overnight. At most, they can only extend their time. Then after seeing hope, they are faced with the despair of not being able to practice for a long time. Most of these people are about to lose their minds.
All countries are really having a headache now. It is impossible to let them fend for themselves, but they really can't come up with a solution and can only keep dragging it on.
"I read the news and it said that recently a lot of people have been going to various deep mountains and forests and historical sites, trying to find ways to practice." Liu Jimeng said as he clicked on the virtual screen and searched for news reports.
She roughly counted the results of her search and was somewhat surprised, "There have been nearly a thousand cases of people dying from entering uninhabited forests."
"So many?"
Everyone was also surprised. We have seen this kind of news frequently recently, but no one has done any statistics, and we didn’t know it has become so serious.
Duan Shi knew about these situations, but he had no way to deal with them. Although he managed the only super team in Flower Planting, he couldn't find a solution and no matter how anxious he was, it was useless.
Xie Yimin sighed, his face looking a little vicissitudes, "I can understand their feelings. I once had a student who had a bright future, but was later diagnosed with a terminal illness. After a period of useless treatment, he had given up hope, but suddenly his spiritual energy revived, but the spiritual energy could only barely keep him alive and still could not completely save him. So now he, ah..."
As he spoke, Xie Yimin sighed heavily again. Just like these old people, they watch the dawn coming but can only hold on until the eve of dawn. How can they be willing to accept this?
The atmosphere was a little heavy for a moment and no one spoke.
The relaxed and happy mood was gone, and no one spoke much after that. They returned to the Dragon Group in silence.
Duan Shi asked everyone else to rest, and he went to find Ye Caiying to discuss the next arrangements.
Liu Jimeng returned to his dormitory, put his luggage away, and then took a hot bath. Staying in the forest these few days, washing is the most annoying thing. After wandering around in the jungle every day, she even feels that the mud on her body can be used to grow flowers.
Of course, this is just her own psychological effect. After all, she is a monk, so how could she be troubled by dirt? Ordinary people have lived like this for too long, and these habits cannot be changed in a short period of time.
After soaking for a while, Liu Jimeng came out feeling refreshed.
"Huh~ It feels good."
She threw herself onto the soft bed and stared at the ceiling in a daze.
When she was on a mission, time was tight and she was very busy every day, so she had no time to think about some problems. Now that she has a break, she can finally think about her own thoughts in peace.
The first is the witch. Her deal with the witch has always been like a sword of Damocles hanging over her head. She never knows when it will fall and smash her to pieces.
But she couldn't solve this problem by herself. Even if the country put all its efforts into it, there was no way to find the elusive witch.
What could Liu Jimeng do? No matter how distressed he was, he could only worry from time to time and remind himself not to be too invested in certain things.
Just like my feelings for Duan Shi.
As a girl with a sensitive mind, how could she not feel Duan Shi's intentional or unintentional care for her? It’s not that the Dragon Group is without other outstanding women, not to mention Senior Hashihime. In order to maintain the efficient operation of the Dragon Group, the country has stuffed many top talents from various industries into the Dragon Group.
Although women account for a small proportion, there are still a large number of them overall, and each one of them is very outstanding. However, Duan Shi never showed them any preferential treatment. Although he was very gentlemanly, he always handled work in a professional manner and they rarely had any contact in private.
It was this kind of person who had been secretly caring about her while she was working. She was a tree demon, not a stone demon, so how could she not feel anything at all.
Besides, Duan Shi himself is so outstanding.
But ah...
Liu Jimeng turned over in bed, buried these chaotic thoughts deep in his heart, buried himself in the quilt, closed his eyes, and prepared to have a good sleep.
At the last moment when she was completely asleep, a thought flashed through her mind: if it wasn't her life that was traded, could she...
She didn't know what to do, but she fell into a deep sleep with a frown on her face, unable to relax.
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