The cars honking their horns in the morning, the crowded buses, the office workers in a hurry, and the students trotting with schoolbags on their backs are all intertwined, and a new day of tense and busy life has officially begun.
With still enough time, Wang Xuan found a small restaurant on the roadside. 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 to arrive at the unit. Liu Xue, who was young and liked to dress up, arrived ten minutes later, and other people 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 ask people to go fishing when he had nothing to do.
There was indeed 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 last night, but this morning it was windy and sunny.
In his opinion, his old colleagues are full of slander!
Not to mention fishing, he experienced it personally in Daxinganling. The storm last night must be talking about pulling out the Gray Blood Organization. As for the sunny weather starting today, it should be talking about the various forces. Be low-key.
Then... Wang Xuan thinks everyone has a problem!
For example, the guy wearing black-rimmed glasses was talking to someone on the phone there about killing people all night long, and he is still sleepy now.
The two eldest ladies who love to play mahjong are also talking quietly, saying that Feng Shui takes turns, luck does not matter for a while, and the decisive battle will be played 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." , stunning the world."
Wang Xuan was frightened, who are these people? !
Did they all participate 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 the small mirror. She said that the color of this lipstick was wrong. She liked the sad and bright red, and the blood color had a sad and sad charm, which gave it a peaceful and otherworldly 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 tastelessly and absent-mindedly. He wanted to ask them, but was afraid of being too abrupt and direct.
After dinner, the old colleague was more stable and took the initiative to find Wang Xuan in private. However, one sentence almost made him turn away 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 youth that can bring tears to your eyes. Cherish it."
Wang Xuan asked him with a wooden face if he wanted him to go again. As fishing bait?
"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 walking, and go fishing for a while." He was fully prepared. , in the trunk of his old red sun car, there are all kinds of fishing gear.
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 laughed and said: "Where are you thinking? You really think that our old-age office is crouching tigers, hidden dragons, this is abnormal." Humans? They are just a group of 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 looked at him in surprise and said: "Is it normal? I heard that you slapped me When he went down, he blurred the face of a beautiful woman and killed five people in a few days."
"This is rumor and slander. I have never killed anyone!" Wang Xuan quickly corrected him. He followed the rules. He abided by the law, but injured five people in self-defense.
"It's almost the same." The old colleague nodded.
Wang Xuanbuhe wanted him to explain, so he wanted to ask him what his identity was and why he worked in such an inconspicuous place.
The 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. Don’t you also like it here under the cover of having a leisurely job?”
Wang Xuan immediately understood that Aoki had been prepared and taken precautions when he just graduated. Tinkering to get to his master's side.
Even if Wang Xuan had not chosen to join the expedition organization, with such an old colleague in front of him, he would probably have been fooled 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 and showed their sincerity.
"Don't have any worries. We made careful calculations and arrangements last time. The spaceships of the Gray Blood Organization cannot threaten you at all. If they dare to show their heads, they will be destroyed. Forget it. I won't tell you. That’s it. I heard that you practice the Golden Body Technique, so I’ll give you a gift.”
An old colleague handed over a book, which seemed to be quite old, with a sense of staleness left by the years.
Wang Xuan took it and opened it. He looked at it carefully and looked at it again, showing a look of surprise. There were various plants and minerals recorded in the book., weird creatures, etc.
"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, just like the bright moonlight. Dissipate like that.
If ordinary people can drink some, it can activate their flesh and blood, and it is most effective for people who practice gold body skills and iron cloth shirts. 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. It is born in the rocks and is a rare mountain treasure. If you catch it, dry it and grind it, you can take it for one penny a day for half a month, which can extend your life for five years.
The more Wang Xuan read, the more unbelievable he became. He had looked 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 the Taoist ancestral court and the ancient Buddhist temple. This book is just a summary, and also adds the things mentioned in the pre-Qin bamboo slips. Some strange things."
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."
"Old. The soil is invisible now, but not in the deep sky." The old colleague smiled.
Wang Xuan noticed keenly 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 or so, some people have obtained some of these rare things. Although the quantity is not large, But it also caused a lot of trouble. Well, some people even discovered the fairy grass, but unfortunately they couldn't pick it." Wang Xuan quickly flipped through the book and found the page about the fairy grass. Its description is simply fascinating. Taking one plant can extend your life by two hundred years.
"So, someone over at Xinxing is going crazy. Living for another two hundred years is equivalent to two new lives for ordinary people. But the old guy in the chaebol, the head of the Life Research Institute, etc., Everyone is going crazy and taking action."
Wang Xuan was indeed in a mood, but he soon became vigilant again. This old man loved "fishing" the most, so he might have lost his mind again. Bar?
"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 young people. You, you are thinking too much." The old colleague shook his head, then suddenly pulled the fishing rod, and finally caught a... soft-shell turtle .
"Go, what are you doing? I'm fishing!" The old man took off the turtle and gave it toThrow it away. In his words, this thing looked like it had just been released into the wild. It was half dead and not a supplement.
"The number of places to go to Xinxing is 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 slightly that even if he wanted to go to Xinxing, it would be better to bypass his old colleagues.
When he returned home at night, he practiced his old skills, pondered the feather fossils, and also thought of the exotic flowers, exotic herbs, and various minerals mentioned in the book.
"Studying Taoism during the day and practicing old skills at night is not a bad life. I will consider going to Xinxing after a while. I will see if I can find feather fossils recently."
This 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. The distance is not very far, and he goes back almost once every two weeks.
"There is a mountain over there from my home. There seems to be 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. One turn.
The plan could not keep up with the changes. 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 They all touched his face, causing him to wake up.
He has been sleeping peacefully since the old training surgery and has never had nightmares, but today is a little weird.
Wang Xuan adjusted his breathing, allowed himself to meditate, and soon fell asleep again. However, he woke up again an hour later, feeling the cold wind blowing on his face, and once again dreamed of the female alchemist with two lines of blood and tears on her face.
He realized that something had happened and that he was in big trouble. He never believed this, but the reality was that he would dream about the woman once he fell asleep.
"It seems that 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.
This 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, which he still can't explain.
"Don't worry, I will 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."
My old colleague kept his promise and had it delivered to him in the afternoon.
However, late at night, the disturbing and strange phenomenon appeared again, and the so-called Taoist talisman burned directly, almost igniting Wang Xuan's bedding and his hair. There was nothing he could do about it.
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. He was covered in hair and hadA pair of terrifying eyes opened and were staring at him!