Cars honking in the morning, crowded buses, office workers in a hurry, and students trotting with schoolbags on their backs are all intertwined, and a new day of tense and busy life has officially begun.
There was still enough time, so Wang Xuan found a small restaurant on the roadside, where he had a pancake, a cup of sweet soy milk, and a bowl of salty tofu. He felt that the sweet and salty dispute between the north and the south could be put to rest.
"Are you here early?" He found that he was the first one to arrive at the unit. Liu Xue, who was young and liked to dress up, arrived ten minutes later, and others appeared one after another half an hour later.
There was nothing going on in the morning. Wang Xuan sent and received a few emails, briefly processed two drawings, and then began to study Taoism in a low-key manner.
Of course, he was also paying close attention to Chen Yongjie, an old colleague who loved to call people and arrange fishing appointments whenever he had nothing to do.
Sure enough, there was a problem, and Wang Xuan's heart skipped a beat.
Throughout the morning, my old colleagues made several calls one after another to ask about fishing. It was stormy and rainy last night, but it was sunny and windy this morning.
In his view, his old colleagues were full of slander!
Not to mention fishing, he had personally experienced it in the Greater Khingan Mountains. The storm last night must have been talking about the removal of the Gray Blood Organization. As for the sunny weather starting today, it probably meant that all forces should keep a low profile.
Then... Wang Xuan thinks everyone has a problem!
For example, the guy wearing black-rimmed glasses was talking on the phone to someone all night long about killing people, and he is still sleepy now.
The two eldest ladies who love to play mahjong were also talking in a low voice, saying that they took turns to play Feng Shui, and luck would not matter for a while, and they would have a decisive battle next time.
There is also a colleague who is somewhat sentimental and loves to compose poems when he has nothing to do. He came up with a poem early in the morning: "I used the sky as a curtain, hung a string of fireworks, and with a bang, they exploded so brilliantly that it amazes the world."
Wang Xuan was terrified, who are these people?!
Did they all take part in the operation last night, driving a battleship to kill a group of hostile spaceships?
Finally, Wang Xuan felt something was wrong when he looked at the little girl Liu Xue next to him who was applying lipstick in front of the small mirror. She said that the color of the lipstick was wrong. She liked the sad red, and the blood color had a sad and sad charm.
A kind of tranquil beauty.
Listen, everyone in the room was talking slander. Wang Xuan suddenly felt a little dizzy. He sat there calmly, forcing himself to concentrate and study Taoism.
It was finally time for lunch. My colleagues were in a good mood and took Wang Xuan, a newcomer, to a newly opened restaurant outside the design institute to try something new.
Wang Xuan ate tasteless and absent-mindedly. He wanted to ask them, but was afraid of being too abrupt and direct.
After dinner, the old colleague was still more stable and took the initiative to find Wang Xuan in private. However, one sentence almost made him turn around and leave because the old colleague asked him if he was going fishing.
Having had a dangerous experience in the Greater Khingan Mountains, where he was almost targeted by a space battleship of the Gray Blood Organization, Wang Xuan never wanted to go into similar muddy waters again.
"Young man, you are still young, you still have blood, and you still have the youth to bring tears to your eyes. You must cherish it."
Wang Xuan asked him with a dull face if he wanted him to be used as fishing bait again?
"What are you thinking? I just invite you to go fishing in the machinery factory that has been abandoned for several years behind the design institute. There is a medium-sized lake there. It is now overgrown with reeds and the wild fish are getting fat."
Wang Xuan looked at him suspiciously. Did his old colleague vaguely admit that he was the old senior executive of the expedition organization?
"It's me." As if he knew what he was thinking, the old colleague admitted directly and said: "Let's go, we just had lunch, let's talk while we walk, and go fishing for a while." He was fully prepared and parked in his old car.
There are all kinds of fishing gear in the trunk of Hongri's car.
On the way, Wang Xuan couldn't help but ask, what are the identities of those colleagues in the office?
Old colleague Chen Yongjie was in a daze at first, and then he couldn't help it, so he burst out laughing and said: "Where are you thinking? Do you really think that we, the elderly people in the office, are all abnormal human beings? They are just a bunch of people.
Normal men and women who love playing games, playing mahjong, reciting sad poems, dressing up and watching horror movies, the only ones who are abnormal are you and me."
Wang Xuan was speechless. He didn't come back to his senses for a long time, and finally said: "You are not normal, I am normal!"
Chen Yongjie glanced at him in surprise and said, "Is this normal? I heard that you wiped out a beautiful woman's face with one slap and killed five people in a row in a few days."
"This is rumor and slander. I have never killed anyone!" Wang Xuan quickly corrected him. He obeyed the law and only injured five people in legitimate defense.
"It's almost the same." The old colleague nodded.
Wang Xuan wanted to explain to him, so he wanted to ask him what his identity was and why he worked in such an inconspicuous place.
An old colleague took him to the edge of the lake in the abandoned machinery factory, put out the fishing rod, and said: "I am Master Aoki. I work in both new and old places. No matter where I am, I have to have a leisurely job to cover up."
, don’t you like it here too?”
When Wang Xuan heard this, he immediately understood that Qingmu had already prepared and taken precautions. When he just graduated, he brought him to his master's side.
Even if Wang Xuan had not chosen to join the expedition organization at the beginning, with such an old colleague in front of him, he would probably have been tricked into joining sooner or later.
"You guys did this premeditatedly!" Wang Xuan sighed, but what else could he say? His old colleagues had revealed their identities, showing their sincerity.
"Don't have any worries. We made careful calculations and arrangements last time. The Gray Blood Organization's spaceship cannot threaten you at all. If it dares to show its head, it will be destroyed. Forget it, let's not talk about this. I heard that you have practiced
Golden Body Technique, give you a gift."
An old colleague handed over a book. It looked like it was old and had a sense of staleness left by the years.
Wang Xuan took it and opened it. He looked at it carefully and looked at it with a look of surprise. There were various plants, minerals, weird creatures, etc. recorded in the book.
"Is this reliable?" He flipped through a few pages and suddenly felt like a new world had been opened.
For example, the moonlight silver recorded in the book is an extremely rare and special mineral. When the ore is cracked, a silver liquid will flow out. It needs to be taken immediately, otherwise it will evaporate quickly and dissipate like the bright moonlight.
If ordinary people can drink some, it can activate their flesh and blood, and it is most effective for those who practice the Golden Body Technique and the Iron Cloth Shirt. It is a great tonic and can accelerate the improvement of their physical fitness.
There is also a certain kind of golden mushroom, which can be ground into powder and cooked into soup, which can increase bone density, especially nourish bone marrow, and make new blood more active, thereby gradually improving the overall physical condition.
The more Wang Xuan looked at it, the more outrageous he felt. He had never heard of these things. He felt that even if he checked the encyclopedia map, he could not find the real thing.
For example, there is a certain kind of mountain snail mentioned later, which is born in the rocks and is a rare mountain treasure. If you catch it, dry it and grind it, take one penny a day for half a month, it can extend your life for five years.
The more Wang Xuan read, the more he didn't believe it. He had read through the Compendium of Materia Medica in his spare time, but he had never seen these strange things at all.
Old colleague Chen Yongjie said: "Don't believe it, these things are recorded in Taoist ancestral courts and ancient Buddhist temples. This book is just a summary, and also adds some strange objects mentioned in pre-Qin bamboo slips."
Wang Xuan was startled and said: "But, after so many years, who has seen it? It has been extinct for who knows how many years."
"The old earth can't be seen now, but it doesn't exist in deep space." The old colleague smiled.
Wang Xuan keenly noticed that he mentioned deep space, not new stars, and felt it was subtle.
The old colleague vigorously lifted the fishing rod and shook his head regretfully. The fish ran away and was not caught. He continued: "In the past ten years, some people have obtained some of these rare objects. Although the quantity is not large, it has also caused quite a stir.
, Well, some people even discovered the earth fairy grass, but unfortunately they couldn’t pick it.”
Wang Xuan quickly flipped through the book and found the page about the Earthly Immortal Grass. The description of it was simply fascinating. Taking one plant can extend your life by two hundred years.
"So, some people over at Xinxing are going crazy. A life extension of two hundred years is equivalent to two new lives for ordinary people. But the old guys in the chaebol, the head of the Life Research Institute, etc. are all going crazy. They are all here
action."
Wang Xuan was indeed in a state of ups and downs, but he soon became vigilant again. This old man loved "fishing" the most. Could it be that he had run out of ideas now?
"It sounds like it's very lively over there. You gave me such a book and then told me these things to whet my appetite. What do you want to do? Tell me!"
"Today's young people have so many ideas, unlike in our time, when they were all simple and good-looking young people. You, you are thinking too much." The old colleague shook his head, then yanked the fishing rod suddenly, and finally caught a... soft-shell turtle
.
"Go, what are you doing? I'm fishing!" The old man took off the turtle and threw it away. In his words, it looked like it had just been released into the wild, it was half dead and not a supplement.
"The places to go to Xinxing are very tight. Young people, you have to work hard." Before going back, an old colleague said this.
However, since he heard these things from him, Wang Xuan became a little wary of him and muttered a little, even if he wanted to go to Xinxing, it would be better to bypass his old colleagues.
When he returned home in the evening, he practiced his old skills, pondered the feather fossils, and also thought of the exotic flowers and plants and various minerals mentioned in the book.
"Studying Taoism during the day and practicing old skills at night is not bad. This kind of life is not bad. I will consider going to Xinxing after a while. I will see if I can find feather fossils recently."
There is a thousand-year-old temple outside this city, and Wang Xuan will go there to take a look in the near future.
Tomorrow, Saturday, he plans to go home early in the morning to see his parents. They are not very far apart and he goes back almost once every two weeks.
"There is a mountain near my home. It seems that there are some legends about it, and it seems to be related to some fairy girl." Wang Xuan's heart moved. Although he couldn't go to the thousand-year-old temple for the time being, he could go to the mountain when he returned home.
The plan couldn't keep up with the change. On this night, Wang Xuan had a nightmare. He dreamed of a woman in white clothes and red shoes, with long hair, and two lines of blood on her beautiful face. She kept approaching him, almost touching his face.
, which woke him up.
He has been sleeping peacefully since the old training surgery and has never had nightmares, but today there is something strange.
Wang Xuan adjusted his breathing, allowed himself to meditate, and soon fell asleep again. However, he woke up again an hour later, feeling a cold wind blowing on his face, and once again dreamed of a female alchemist with two lines of blood and tears on her face.
He realized that something was wrong and he was in big trouble. He never believed this, but the reality was that he would dream about that woman once he fell asleep.
"Looks like I won't be able to go home tomorrow." He couldn't figure out what was going on. He didn't want to go back rashly. He seemed to be contaminated with something bad.
That night, Wang Xuan fell asleep again and again and woke up again and again until dawn. He immediately contacted his old colleague Chen Yongjie. He felt that even Aoki could not help.
"Is there such a thing?" The old colleague was very serious, but he didn't believe it, because as a senior explorer, he had personally experienced some abnormal events, and he still can't explain them.
"Don't worry, I will have someone send you a piece of talisman paper later. It was drawn by an old Taoist priest who has lived for more than a hundred years. It is very useful."
The old colleague kept his promise and had it delivered to him in the afternoon.
However, late at night, that disturbing and strange phenomenon appeared again, and the so-called Taoist talisman paper burned directly, almost igniting Wang Xuan's bedding and his hair, leaving him staring and helpless.
The situation got worse in the second half of the night. After finally falling asleep, he was awakened by an icy chill and felt something in his arms. It was covered in hair and a pair of terrifying eyes opened and stared at him!