After everything settled, the operation of Taoyuan Farm returned to normal. Many workers only knew that the boss's temperament had suddenly undergone some big changes, but no one knew what happened.
"The past three months, thinking about it now, have been a nightmare."
On the simple pier built by the seaside of the farm, two people were fishing. Gao Dewei let out a long sigh, with a complicated expression and lingering fear in his eyes.
"The matter has passed. This kind of thing should not happen again. After all, organizations like the Yehe God Society are still rare." Xue Chen comforted.
Gao Dewei stared blankly at the calm sea: "Thanks to you. Although I can't remember many things clearly, I still remember some things. At that time, it seemed like something was pressing on me, and it became heavier and heavier.
, the pressure was so heavy that I couldn’t breathe, but my subconscious told me that I couldn’t lie down, otherwise I would be doomed, so I persisted and persisted, and when I saw that I couldn’t hold on any longer, here you come.”
Wow! The water surface broke. Xue Chen picked up a 20-pound Atlantic cod and threw it into a bucket nearby.
"Brother Xue, can you tell me about practitioners? I have lived for half my life, and I think I have seen the world, but I have never heard of it. It is incredible that such people exist in the world. What's more,
I didn't expect you to be too." Gao Dewei turned his head, his eyes full of novelty.
"Practitioners, well, I've only been practicing for half a year..." Xue Chen simply said some simple things about cultivation. Even so, Gao Dewei was entranced when he listened, like a primary school student who was listening carefully, with eyes filled with tears.
It also has a brilliance of pilgrimage and surprise.
For old friends, except for some special things, Xue Chen had nothing to hide. He briefly talked about what he knew, encountered, and some events that happened in the world of practice, and painted a picture of what the world of practice is like.
a being.
"Cultivation is really unbelievable. Can you really move mountains and cut off rivers? This is simply magical." Gao Dewei's breath froze, and his whole body trembled slightly due to excitement.
Immortals? Xue Chen never thinks that practitioners are gods, they just have abilities that ordinary people don't have. But in the eyes of ordinary people, they can travel thousands of miles a day, shake mountains, and perform practices that are comparable to rockets.
He is completely like a fairy.
Of course, there are not a few "higher people" in the spiritual world who think that they are above ordinary people. There are many, many, many practitioners who never interact with ordinary people. It can be said that they "have no interactions with ordinary people."
They are all practicing people. They have broken away from the world and are not willing to be tainted with worldly things. They are devoted to the Tao, just for a higher realm. A higher realm means a much longer life span than ordinary people, and a higher status.
and glory.
Generally speaking, a lineage will have its own industry and open a company to make money. After all, practitioners also need to eat, and even eat much better than ordinary people. There is also a place for money, and it is often those with poor qualifications who are not good at practicing.
Only those who are destined to have no future will go back to manage the company.
In the eyes of many ordinary people, those managers are successful people, elites in the business world, and pillars of the country. However, in the eyes of more people who have inherited their family, they are completely useless talents and can only do some trivial things.
"Listening to what you said, it really makes me feel a little... uncomfortable. The level gap in the eyes of those people is not the attitude of the rich towards the poor, but the attitude of one person towards another lower species."
After all, the rich and the poor are still human beings, but a large number of practitioners believe that they are no longer the same type as ordinary people, just like humans and beasts, there are essential differences.
Xue Chen did not deny that this was indeed the case, and it was not an isolated case, but the mainstream in the practice world.
"If you ask me, those people have just forgotten their roots! Just like some people who look down on country people and old farmers after having enough food for several years. Whose ancestors didn't come from scratching in the soil? They were practitioners since they were born.
, aren’t they also cultivated from ordinary people?” Gao Dewei said with some annoyance.
Gao Dewei stretched out his hand and scratched his head again, looking a little hesitant. After hesitating for a moment, he asked: "Brother Xue, do you think it is impossible for me... to become a practitioner? I don't want to be a god or anything, it's just... this
What happened this time was a huge blow to me, and those people are not ordinary bodyguards who can be solved. I just want to have some ability to protect myself, so that if I encounter such a thing again, I can resist to some extent."
"This..." Xue Chen turned his head and looked at Gao Dewei, "Theoretically, it's possible, but generally speaking, the older you get, the less 'pure' a person's body is, and their qualifications will become dull.
The harder it is to follow the path of spiritual practice. I heard people say that the golden period is before the age of ten, the period from ten to twenty is acceptable, the age from twenty to thirty has declined significantly, and above the age of thirty...
…”
Gao Dewei is already in his thirties, and he belongs to the kind of person who has long passed the age where he can start spiritual practice and can't even catch his tail.
"I also understand that just like learning knowledge, of course the earlier the better, young people are more malleable." Gao Dewei smacked his lips with a haha smile on his face, "However, I don't expect to be very powerful.
I just hope that I can have some means of self-protection, I think this should be okay."
"If that's all, then it's no problem. As long as you condense the cyclone in your body and have the Qi Gathering Realm, you can practice some low-level spells, but even the simplest spells are very powerful for ordinary people."
In the next three days, Xue Chen handed over some basic knowledge of practice to Gao Dewei, including some earth-level spells, simple spirit gathering formations, and some experience in practice.
Gao Dewei was really frightened by the Yehe Shenhui incident. He really wanted to have the ability to protect himself. He was also very serious about his studies. He picked up paper and pen to take notes and asked questions if he didn't understand. He looked like a good student.
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Xue Chen originally planned to leave on the fourth day, but the sudden arrival of a strange visitor forced him to postpone the time.
When he saw a polite middle-aged white man in a suit getting out of a Lincoln car, Xue Chen raised his eyebrows and clearly felt that the person who came was not an ordinary person.
"Who is this person?" Gao Dewei muttered in a low voice and stepped forward first.
"I'm Gust, I'm from the Nature Society. I'm glad to see you two. Sorry to bother you." The visitor said hello in standard Chinese with a friendly smile, very much like a gentleman.
"Of course?" Gao Dewei's face froze, and he subconsciously took a half step back, obviously a little frightened by the names of these strange-sounding gang churches with unknown origins.
Xue Chen looked very interested: "Of course? Is it the same as Yehe God?"
Gust shook his head: "We are completely different from the Yehe God Society. At least, we will not harm ordinary people. We preach that all things in nature have spirits and will never harm innocent people."
"Please come in." Xue Chen didn't know what the visitor meant, but he didn't look like he was looking for trouble, so he invited him to sit in the living room.
When the three of them sat down in the living room, without waiting for Xue Chen to ask, the visitor, Gust, explained it himself.
"Naturally, we are located in the Newfoundland area like the Yehe God Society. We are neighbors to each other. Due to our doctrine and development, we have had some friction. Recently, we accidentally learned about the changes in the Yehe God Society and investigated it.
I came here specifically to meet you two."
Gust looked at Xue Chen with a sense of scrutiny and observation.
"First of all, on behalf of the Natural Society, I am very grateful to you for solving the Yehe Shen Shen Guild. Its existence is also a big obstacle to the development of our Natural Society."
"Oh, so you're here to thank me?" Xue Chen touched his chin and smiled playfully, "In our country, it's rare for people to come to the door to express their thanks with nothing, and they always bring some gifts. You said this in Chinese
Hey, you should also know some etiquette in this area."
"Gift... gift." Gust was stunned for a moment. He really didn't think about the gift aspect, let alone that Xue Chen would take the initiative to ask for it. "This... I ignored it. I will definitely make it up next time I visit.
"
"Haha, just joking, don't mind." Xue Chen saw that Gust didn't look angry at all, and he felt confident, "Mr. Gust, please continue."
After Gust relaxed for a moment, he started to talk about the main topic and stated his purpose of coming. He just wanted to get to know each other and express his friendship by the way. Because the Yehe God Society has collapsed, it will naturally take the opportunity to occupy these areas.
Expanding your influence will naturally occur.
"So, I am saying hello to you two on behalf of the Natural Society. Naturally, we will be different from the Yehe Shenhui and will not pose a threat or influence to the two of you, so as to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings and frictions."
Seeing that the person's words were sincere and not lying, Xue Chen nodded. As long as he is a normal person, who doesn't want to have a good neighbor.
Gao Dewei also breathed a sigh of relief and said repeatedly: "That's great, welcome. If you need fresh vegetables in the future, come to me and I will give you a 10% discount. They are definitely of high quality and delicious."
Gust gave a friendly smile and naturally refused: "We will naturally respect nature and get magical power from it..." After saying that, he glanced around and his eyes fell on the pot arranged by Gao Dewei at the entrance of the stairs.
On the fortune bamboo, I held my hand with a serious expression. Suddenly, a little green light floated over and landed on it.
Under the gaze of Xue Chen and Gao Dewei, the pot of fortune bamboo began to change rapidly. It began to grow taller and taller, and the leaves began to grow wildly. A faint fragrance spread out, purifying the air and smelling very comfortable. (Unfinished)