Chapter 19: Thirty People In Position (Part 3)

Chen Yi nodded. He did not hide anything from him either, and told him the objectives and rewards of the next mission.

Tang Qirui thought for a moment. “This really does need proper planning. Team members need to undergo further training here, and the appearance of the spirit field will also bring agricultural research projects. Including your family’s Da Huang, Sect Master, I’m afraid it’s also an extraordinary existence. This place may involve even more research in the future. How to arrange each research group as well as possible within the limited space is no easy matter. I’ll go outside and make a call. This still has to be handed to professionals.”

Chen Yi was perfectly happy to save himself the trouble, so naturally he nodded in agreement.

After Tang Qirui left, Chen Yi left the sect.

It was Technique Transmission time again. He had to go find his worrisome mother, who was avoiding cultivation.

When he went over, he saw that the house was full of people!

There were seven or eight people, all sisters his mother Xiang Lan usually had close dealings with.

With so many people arriving in the village and the back mountain sealed off, how could they not come ask?

Xiang Lan did not dare say too much. After reminding them that this matter was very major and related to the state, she changed the topic.

When Chen Yi entered the room, he heard the aunties saying, “How are your two grandchildren so pretty? Those chubby little faces and big eyes, they’re just like dolls on TV. They’re three, right? They should be going to kindergarten this year, right…”

As soon as Chen Yi showed his face, everyone in the room closed their mouths of their own accord.

Although the Chen family had not revealed the truth to anyone, the villagers all had eyes. The changes in the village had come from Chen Yi’s return home.

They just did not know what role Chen Yi played in this matter.

Actually, even if he were only a receptionist, or just a clerk, that would already be incredible, right? After all, it had something to do with the state!

At last, an auntie could not hold back and asked, “Little Yi, what work are you doing now?”

Chen Yi smiled and picked up his son and daughter, who had already slept in. Feeling their little hands wrapping around his neck and even rubbing his earlobe with small movements, Chen Yi said, “I passed an exam for a staffed position. I work for the state.”

“Oh my! A civil servant?”

“A staffed position is impressive.”

“That girl of mine stayed in the city and insists on taking the staffed-position exam. This is already her third year.”

“Is the staffed-position exam hard?”

Chen Yi had not expected that opening his mouth would poke right at the aunties’ deepest itch.

For rural people, getting a staffed position meant finally making it. It was an iron rice bowl, guaranteed through droughts and floods. A top-notch good job!

When Chen Yi left while holding his son and daughter, he was rather flustered. With his mother protecting him, he finally managed to escape from their encirclement.

When he went out, Da Huang wagged its tail and followed.

This time, when Da Huang went out, it had even called Big White Goose along. Chen Yi looked at Big White Goose a little longer and did not discover that it had grown a brain, so sooner or later, the family still had to buy an iron pot.

After bringing his son, daughter, and mother into the sect, his father also came back with them.

As soon as they entered the Mountain Gate, they saw rows upon rows of young people sitting in meditation. The scene was rather magnificent.

Even Chen Yiqian was no longer sleepy. His little eyes widened until they were round, and he pointed at the group of people sitting in the square, his little mouth open. He said nothing, yet seemed to have said everything.

Chen Yi thought for a moment and said, “Daddy opened a school. These uncles came here to study.”

Chen Yiqian looked carefully at Chen Yi. “Daddy is a teacher?”

Chen Yi nodded and did not say anything more.

Avoiding the group of people training, Chen Yi went to the Scripture Pavilion.

There were three more meditation mats in the Scripture Pavilion, but there were only ten in total, and no more.

However, the space inside the Scripture Pavilion had clearly become larger. This seemed to have something to do with Chen Yi’s cultivation.

At ten o’clock this morning, Chen Yi had already reached Qi Refining fifth stage, and Aura Concealing Art and Gale Legs had also both reached proficient.

On top of that, with Divine Ability: Delusion-Piercing Eye Technique, tonight’s trip would become much more favorable.

After handing the system over to the state, one advantage was that Chen Yi no longer needed to do many things himself. Perhaps for someone with a desire for power, dividing out their own Goldfinger, including their own sect, to others would be very painful.

Chen Yi would not feel that way. Although he did not absolutely have to slack off, if he could live well and let the people he cared about be happy, he was not very concerned about power.

While giving his parents Technique Transmission, Chen Yi did not cultivate much himself. For idling, all he needed to do was sit here. When bored, he could do other things.

He could also familiarize himself with the divine ability.

The divine ability was a system reward and was not in the Scripture Pavilion’s collection. Chen Yi could only teach this technique to others through ordinary methods.

In that case, he had to understand the principles and structure of this eye technique.

It was just… impossible to understand, really.

But none of that was important. Once he hung the divine ability up for idling, he would understand.

Just like now, with his understanding of Sword Manipulation already at the major achievement level, it was as if he had already studied this technique for fifty or sixty years. How to train, how to exert force, how to breathe while using it, and even what medicinal herbs and foods paired better with this technique during cultivation.

In the end, the idling process was like downloading data from the internet. The further in, the more there was, and the finer it became. While he obtained this data, the idling system transformed his body according to the correct method, and countless memories of using Sword Manipulation appeared in his mind.

So Chen Yi only needed to practice a little and could immediately reach the corresponding standard.

Understanding the principles of the divine ability was only a matter of time.

Unfortunately, he could only idle five things at once.

Sword Manipulation was already at major achievement, forty-five percent. As his primary technique, Chen Yi had already made up his mind to cultivate Sword Manipulation to the highest level.

Dust-Removal Art and Light Art had already been paused.

Barring anything unexpected, Spirit Nurturing Art definitely had to be idled until Foundation Establishment.

Gale Legs and Aura Concealing Art were both now at proficient, twenty percent. As the techniques most in line with the sect’s core purpose, they had to be idled all the way to max level.

Looking around, Chen Yi could only grit his teeth and take down the spirit stone from Spirit-Charge Fist.

After more than three consecutive days of idling, the spirit stone had already shrunk by a large circle, and its color had dimmed quite a lot.

Chen Yi now had eighteen low-grade spirit stones. With his own idling, plus Technique Transmission for his parents and children, they actually would not last long.

It seemed he still needed to do more missions.

Just like that, while he organized his things, the Technique Transmission time passed in the blink of an eye, and one spirit stone was consumed as well.

Seeing that no one moved and that they were all still quietly cultivating, Chen Yi did not disturb them. He quietly stepped out the door.

As soon as he went out, he heard the system’s mission reminder.

Ding!

Train disciples to Qi Refining first stage: 2/5.

Who was it?

So fast?

Then, among the people cultivating, Chen Yi saw Captain Ye, who had just broken through to Qi Refining first stage and was currently having spiritual energy pour frantically into him.

Chen Yi had always thought the first to advance would be Pang Xiaolei, who had entered earlier. But it seemed going out to handle matters for a day had delayed his cultivation, and cultivation really did depend on aptitude.

Captain Ye’s aptitude was “as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.” In only around thirty hours, he had reached Qi Refining first stage. His improvement was far too fast.

But when he looked at Pang Xiaolei again, his aura was fluctuating, and he was also faintly in a state of about to advance.

Chen Yi had always thought that in the next mission, the thing that would restrict him would be training disciples.

Now, it seemed perhaps the requirement of Qi Refining seventh stage would be what slowed the mission down more.

Should he go back and cultivate?

He did not want to.

Was he not already idling anyway?

Chen Yi scratched his head. Sensing the flourishing scene of everyone in the sect eagerly learning, he smiled, lightened his footsteps, and left the sect.

It was noon, and the sunlight was fierce. At this hour, the villagers were all still taking their midday naps and had not yet gotten up. Even the old street loafers prying into secrets had gone back inside for a nap.

Chen Yi had not stayed outside for long before he saw Tang Qirui coming this way.

He walked very quickly, climbing slopes and ridges the whole way. By the time he arrived in front of Chen Yi, he still was not sweating and was full of energy.

Once he reached him, he went straight to the point. “It’s perfect that Sect Master Chen is here. Two things. The person in charge of planning and design has already been settled. Two agricultural experts are coming together with him. They’re coming by helicopter and will be here soon.

“The other matter is that an aberration incident has occurred over in Modu. Four of our team members are already dead, but they still haven’t even figured out the rules. The higher-ups would like to ask you to take action.”

Chen Yi: “…”

He was ten million times unwilling to go, but before this new batch of strength could be cultivated, he had this ability, so he definitely had to do it.

Since he knew very well he could not refuse, there was no need to say too much.

“All right.” Chen Yi nodded.

“Thank you.” Tang Qirui also breathed a sigh of relief.

They and Chen Yi had a cooperative relationship and could not directly assign him orders. Since Chen Yi nodded and agreed, he naturally felt relieved as well.

Just like that, after chatting with Tang Qirui for a while longer, they saw a helicopter flying over from beyond the mountain in the distance.

This time, the helicopter did not fly directly over the sect. Instead, it found a flat area outside the village and landed. Five people came down from the helicopter.

The helicopter’s roar disturbed the villagers’ midday rest. Every household opened their doors and came out, curious, and some were rather displeased at being awakened from sleep.

Tang Qirui took all this in and said, “This whole mountain area has been designated as part of a secret base. In another two days, infrastructure teams will enter. We are discussing how to resettle the villagers of Lishui Village. Don’t worry, it will be handled properly.”

Chen Yi nodded, his gaze landing on the arrivals.

There were two old men, along with two young people who looked like their students. All of them were deeply tanned. Their clothes were clean, but because they had been washed too many times, the color had faintly faded and turned pale.

In sharp contrast to those four was the young man walking at the very back, calmly admiring the scenery before him.

He wore a black shirt and trousers. A pair of rimless glasses rested on the bridge of his nose. His body was straight, his eyes sharp, and his presence strong. Yet the faint scholarly air he emitted balanced out that overly intense sense of aggression.

When Chen Yi observed him, he was also looking at Chen Yi.

This man was named Lou Ting, an urban planner arranged by the state.

When Tang Qirui introduced him, he also vaguely mentioned Lou Ting’s family background. Chen Yi actually did not quite understand, but he knew that Lou Ting was probably a scion from some family that could access state secrets, was trustworthy, and was also personally very capable.

While Chen Yi was sizing him up, Lou Ting was also looking at Chen Yi. Finally, he smiled with easy confidence. “Sect Master Chen, I’ll be troubling you a lot from now on. Cultivating and ascending has been my dream since childhood. As for cultivation outside of work, I’ll have to trouble Sect Master Chen for more guidance.”

Chen Yi smiled and exchanged a few polite words.

Next were the other four. The old people and the students all had dark skin. At a glance, one could tell they had taken in plenty of sunlight and were people who spent years under the blazing sun.

There were not many such young people in the village these days, but there were very many old men and women who were dried-out and dark like this.

Tang Qirui introduced them as agricultural experts responsible for studying the spirit field.

Chen Yi welcomed them and invited them into the sect.

The five of them all had “ordinary” aptitude.

Before the sect planning was completed, the agricultural experts temporarily had nothing to do. After entering the sect, they went to the Scripture Pavilion to obtain cultivation methods and cultivate.

Chen Yi, Tang Qirui, and Lou Ting carried out an on-site investigation. Combining Chen Yi’s and Tang Qirui’s ideas, Lou Ting made a preliminary plan.

However, before it was finalized, Lou Ting suddenly asked, “Sect Master Chen, will the space of this land expand in the future?”

Chen Yi looked deeply at Lou Ting.

Lou Ting smiled. “Don’t look at me as if I’m doing proper work now. When I was studying, I was also a problem child. When I was little, I watched wuxia dramas. When I grew up, I read xianxia novels. Being able to receive this special mission has indeed fulfilled my childhood dream.

“Looking at our sect’s foundation, just that Sect Main Hall alone makes me think that even if our sect were truly in the cultivation world, it would be a pretty good major sect. So judging by the territory of a major sect, this current space clearly does not match a major sect’s status.”

Tang Qirui did not understand the cultivation system very well.

“This size is already like a residential community. Even building seven or eight elevator apartment buildings here wouldn’t make it crowded. Is that still not enough?”

Lou Ting shook his head. “Not enough. In xianxia worlds, territory starts with an entire mountain at every turn. A major sect’s territory might cover several mountain ranges, with many market towns and commandery cities under its name. A conservative estimate would still put it at about the size of a province.”

Tang Qirui’s brows rose slightly. Then he looked toward Chen Yi and wanted to say that if things truly developed to that point, would Chen Yi not be the top leader of an entire province?

Thinking carefully about this matter, it was no small thing. Tang Qirui secretly pondered it and hid the thoughts in his heart.

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