Bu Tian Gang

While talking, Gu Meiren had arrived at her place.
Dong Zhi and Cheng Yuan sent her back and after chatting for a while they made an appointment to meet Hui Yiguang tomorrow before parting ways.

Back at the Special Administration Bureau, the old man that was the security guard at the back door had already become acquainted with Dong Zhi.
He had eaten beef jerky that Dong Zhi brought for him several time.
As he sat there napping with his arms folded, he gave Dong Zhi a glance and nodded slightly to greet him.

Dong Zhi found it curious that this uncle seems to be there 24/7.
No matter what time of day or night, he would always see him whenever he goes in and out.

When climbed up the stairs to the floor where his dorm was, he saw Long Shen standing in the corridor, opening the door to his room.

“Boss Long?”

Long Shen turned to look at him, also a little surprised: “You haven’t slept yet?”

Dong Zhi said: “I just came back from the outside and encountered something.
Are you planning to rest?”

Long Shen said: “Not yet.”

Dong Zhi: “I happen to have something I want to ask you.
Is now convenient?”

Long Shen: “Come in.”

Accomplishing the achievement of entering the male god’s room for a second time, Dong Zhi was ecstatic.
He saw the yulu placed on the cabinet by the entrance at first glance when he entered.
The plant was still there and hasn’t been thrown away and it looked to be well raised.

His mood entered into a state of bliss.
He could never raise succulents.
It didn’t take long after he bought them that they would they wilt.
He didn’t know what he was thinking when he gave Long Shen the succulent.
He thought it was a mistake and he should have bought something that would be able to store and keep for a longer time period.

He walked over to examine the plant as he hadn’t seen it for a few days.
The yulu had become more energetic, looking crystal clear, as if it was glowing green under the light.
It was more vibrant than when he first bought it.

“This flowerpot seems to be different from the original?” He chuckled.

Long Shen said: “I took it to a flower shop and asked them to change the pots.”

Truthfully, changing the pots would not have save the original yulu.
The store said the roots were rotted and it couldn’t be saved so they suggested he buy another plant.
Long Shen refused and insisted that they change pots and when he came back, he used a small technique to revive the plant.

Dong Zhi, unaware of this, praised him: “You’re much better at raising plants than I am! I can’t raise succulents at all.
The best I can do is aloe vera or cactuses.”

Long Shen frowned deeply: “Don’t gift me stuff like this next time.”

Dong Zhi responded coolly: “Then should I gift something else?”

Long Shen: “…Don’t give anything.”

Dong Zhi laughed: “Alright.”

Long Shen paused for a moment, thinking that he should still make things clear, lest Dong Zhi thinks he was just saying it to be humble: “I don’t know how to raise plants.
I just used a technique and lent it some vitality.”

Dong Zhi was surprised: “How?”

Long Shen said: “I took some vitality from a towering tree with deep foundation and vigorous vitality.”

Dong Zhi thought for a while: “So, in this sense, can you also lend someone life force?”

Long Shen nodded: “Theoretically, yes, but it goes against the virtue of nature.”

Dong Zhi couldn’t help worry: “Won’t this affect the plant then?”

Long Shen said: “It doesn’t apply to plants.”

He didn’t know what to say.
Dong Zhi felt apologetic: “I really didn’t expect this small gift to bother you so much.
You’re very busy and you had to spend what little free time you had on trivial things like this.”

Long Shen shook his head, thought for a while, and then said: “Every life is precious and cannot be easily given up.”

The male god’s heart turns out to be warm.
The more he learns about him, the more Dong Zhi felt he wasn’t wrong to like such a person.

Long Shen led him to the living room and went to pour two glasses of water.
Dong Zhi organized his thoughts and recount Hui Yiguang’s affairs to him.

“What do you think?”

Long Shen said: “I haven’t seen her so I can’t make an accurate judgment.
There are many of you so it’s okay to take this for experience.
The training exam will be more difficult than this.”

Dong Zhi blinked: “Does this mean that I passed the interview?”

Long Shen: “I am only responsible for one of the scores.
The final results have not come out yet.”

Dong Zhi still persisted: “Then what score did you give me? Can you tell me?”

Long Shen stared at him without speaking.

Dong Zhi zipped his mouth with his hands and said consciously: “I understand.
I won’t ask!”

A smile flashed across Long Shen’s eyes.
Suddenly Dong Zhi’s phone rang interrupting him as he lowered his head to look at it, missing this precious moment.

“Hello, how are you?”

“Dong Zhi, something happened! Hui Yiguang and Chi Banxia are gone!” Gu Meiren hurriedly said on the other end of the line.

“What’s going on?!” Dong Zhi felt chills.

Gu Meiren: “I’ll come over to find you and we’ll talk on the way!”

Dong Zhi agreed and hung up the phone quickly.

Long Shen had heard their conversation, so he asked: “Do you need me to go?”

“No need.” Dong Zhi said.
He naturally knew that if Long Shen was there, the situation would be worry-free, but he couldn’t always count on him for everything, otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to grow: “There are many people here this time, so it shouldn’t be a problem.
I really can’t trouble you longer.
Rest quickly!”

Long Shen nodded, got up and sent him out.

Seemingly thinking of something, Dong Zhi said: “I got a small commission this time, so I’ll invite you to dinner some other time!”

Long Shen said: “Okay.”

With just a few words, he managed to score another appointment.
He praised himself secretly: ‘You’re so awesome Dong Zhi!’

Just as he was about to leave, Long Shen stopped him and said: “Take the Qingzhu Sword with you.”

Hearing his words, Dong Zhi hurriedly returned to his room, put down his backpack, grabbed his phone and put the Qingzhu Swords on his back and hurried downstairs.

After he left, Long Shen closed the door and found that his room was deserted again.
The glass of warm water that he had just poured was still steaming on the table, as Dong Zhi didn’t have time to drink it.
He turned around and walked towards the bathroom.
When he passed by the entrance, as if his heart wills it, he suddenly stretched out his fingers and touched a leaf of the yulu.

The fat and tender leaves felt soft and full of life, like the vibrant smile of the man just now.
In the past, Long Shen would never do such a meaningless act.
In that moment, as he just touched the plant, he immediately retracted his finger.

Dong Zhi waited downstairs for a while before a car stopped in front of him.

“Get in the car!” Gu Meiren shouted as she poked out her head from the backseat.
Dong Zhi found that the driver was Liu Qingbo who turned his head around.
When he saw the Qingzhu Sword on Dong Zhi’s back, he was surprised as he didn’t expect his rival could use a sword.

When Dong Zhi got into the car, it immediately sped forward at such a fast speed that it made him lean back as he hit the seat.
Not caring much about Liu Qingbo, he asked: “What happened? Where’s Cheng Yuan?”

Gu Mei said: “Cheng Yuan’s place is too far from here, so he can only go on his own.”

After that, she detailed what happened to Hui Yiguang.
After they had left, according to the group agreement, Li Ying and Chi Banxia would be the first to stay with her for the next two days.
The presidential suite was large enough and there were three rooms there so it could accommodate them all.
Li Ying stayed in one room, while the assistant stayed in the other.
Because Hui Yiguang was scared, she asked Chi Banxia to stay with her.
They were originally friends so naturally Chi Banxia had no objections.

Li Ying was born on Mount Maoshan and his father is both a consultant for the Special Administration Bureau and an elder of the Maoshan Sect, so he has deep qualifications.
His own pedigree and his basic skills are naturally solid.
At that time, he gave Hui Yiguang a Maoshan exorcism talisman and set up a small talisman array in her room.
Whenever anything evil approaches, they will touch the array and be discovered immediately.

Everything was going well.
Before going to bed, Hui Yiguang found that she had forgotten to bring her usual facial mask, so she asked Little Han to go downstairs and buy a box for her.
Unfortunately, Little Han bought the wrong brand making her unhappy, so she wanted to out and buy it herself.
She couldn’t be dissuaded so Chi Banxia offered to accompany her.

The two had been gone for over an hour after they went downstairs.
Little Han felt that it was taking too long and felt uneasy, so Li Ying pinched his fingers and suddenly changed color.
He found that the Maoshan exorcism talisman he gave to Hui Yiguang wasn’t on her and at this time they couldn’t contact either Hui Yiguang or Chi Banxia.
Li Ying used his technique to calculate their approximate location and rush there.

Halfway there, he called Liu Qingbo and asked him to call everyone to come over to help, and thus led to Gu Meiren calling Dong Zhi.

It stood to reason that Liu Qingbo would have rushed over immediately when he received the call, but he didn’t know what he was dealing with.
Whether it was a human or ghost, demon or monster, or even some kind of curse or witchcraft, Liu Qingbo doubted that he could handle it by himself, so he had to call other to assist.
As for whether he had the mentality to compete or observe Dong Zhi, this was not known.

The car drove north, getting further away from the city center.
The road was unimpeded as it was late at night and they finally reached their destination half an hour later.
The area was in a nonresidential area and the entrance was to a park.
Not long after they arrived, Li Ying also came.

“I can’t find Hui Yiguang, so I could only calculate the approximate location of Chi Banxia.
It should be around here!” Li Ying hurriedly said as he got out of the car.

Gu Meiren said: “Hasn’t anyone else arrived yet?”

Li Ying: “We can’t wait any longer.
Let’s go first!”

Despite so many people looking after Hui Yiguang, this kind of thing still occurred.
In addition to their anxiety at such an unbelivable event, for the first time in his life, Li Ying felt as if all the Taoism he had learned in the past 20 years were absolutely false!

Dong Zhi said: “Something has happened to Chi Banxia, so it’s better for us not to separate.”

Gu Meiren nodded: “That’s good idea.”

Liu Qingbo wanted to taunt him for his timidity but when he heard that others agreed with this sentiment, he held back his tongue.

Kinky Thoughts:

Loving these cute small interactions between Dong Zhi and Long Shen.