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Chapter 50 Tacit understanding
After the ceremony concluded, Lin Yue inquired about the amount of space each of the ten soldiers had received. The five soldiers who reached level three each received 600 cubic meters, the level two received 400 cubic meters, and the level one received only 300 cubic meters. In other words, five received 600 cubic meters, one received 400 cubic meters, and four received 300 cubic meters – that's the exact amount of space they each received. Afterward, they returned to their respective units to report to their superiors, and then went home after completing their mission.
On the surface, things seemed peaceful for Lin Yue. From the video, the leaders of various countries learned that the small courtyard was indeed the residence of this cultivator. The reason they were unwilling to publicly acknowledge it was because they didn't want too many people to know; after all, the knowledge of the top figures among them was far more reliable than that of the entire nation.
Subsequently, the state promised that Lin Yue would be appointed as a member of the national special forces, with the rank of general. She would be contacted when the country needed help, and would provide assistance to the best of her ability. This was the promise the state made to Lin Yue. At the same time, all information about Lin Yue and her family of five was classified as SSS-level confidentiality, even the properties under Lin Yue's name were kept secret.
As the ten soldiers returned, Lin Yue prepared a document for them to deliver to the highest leadership. This document explained that she now possessed the ability to treat illnesses specifically targeted at spiritual practitioners, differing somewhat from traditional Chinese medicine but sharing similar principles. She currently lacked the necessary legal documentation and needed approval from relevant national leaders to obtain legal and compliant permits. Any spiritual practitioners in the country who required her treatment could come to her for free. If special materials were needed and the cost was prohibitively high, a small fee would be charged.
After this incident, Lin Yue's life seemed to return to normal, but she knew that more challenges and responsibilities might await her in the future.
When the higher-ups received Lin Yue's relevant information, the information Lin Yue had the soldiers deliver to them was also handed over to the relevant leaders. They held a large meeting at the central level, and most of the key attendees were cultivators. Previously, the cultivator community lacked dedicated personnel and institutions specializing in this type of treatment; however, it was confirmed that Lin Yue possessed this ability.
Therefore, although the state acknowledged Lin Yue's ability, it stipulated that her healing skills could only serve the state. Several central leaders, thinking of the two nationally trained talents currently cultivating—a young girl and a young boy, both only twelve or thirteen years old—considered their promising progress and considered appointing them as future healers for cultivators. They called Old Xiao to discuss this, hoping the boy and girl could study under Lin Yue and become her disciples.
Lin Yue's response was yes, no problem. However, she wouldn't provide accommodation. Upon receiving this information, the government immediately began making arrangements. In a row of villas not far from Lin Yue's, there was a corner villa that hadn't been sold yet. Through various means, the government converted it into state property and sold it to the government.
To protect Lin Yue's family and to facilitate the two children's study of magic under Lin Yue's care, government officials renovated the villa into multiple rooms, resembling a university dormitory, with beds above and wardrobes and desks below. This was intended to accommodate soldiers or cultivators who might use the villa for rest or important activities. Therefore, only the living room and kitchen were retained; the other rooms were set up in this manner. Smaller rooms might accommodate two or three people, while larger ones might house four or five, with all seven or eight rooms in the villa designed this way. However, one or two rooms were reserved for the use of powerful figures, just in case such individuals were to stay there.
Everything is ready, just waiting for the two children to arrive and begin their new journey of spiritual practice and learning.
Because the house Lin Yue renovated was too far from the school, it was only used as her workplace after the renovation was completed. When the entire villa was finished, the two children were brought over by plainclothes military personnel. After arriving, they met in the tea room, which was a combination of three rooms in the east wing.
After the meeting, the two children, being cultivators, were quite familiar with traditional Chinese medicine, as learning about it is an important part of cultivation. Lin Yue told them that the medicines used here were spiritual flowers and herbs, not ordinary Chinese medicine. Lin Yue picked some of the spiritual flowers and herbs she had previously stored in her spatial storage, processed them, and labeled the medicine drawers according to the names of the herbs in ancient books. She then taught the two children to identify the spiritual flowers and herbs, how to store them in the drawers while preserving their spiritual energy, and basic methods of crushing and processing them.
Lin Yue would drop her child off at school every day, drive over at 9 a.m., arrive at the villa at 10 a.m., and leave at 4 p.m. She repeated this routine every day, occasionally visiting a hot pot restaurant.
As the days went by, under Lin Yue's guidance, the two children gradually became familiar with the characteristics and processing methods of various spiritual flowers and herbs. In the process, Lin Yue also continuously improved her treatment system.
On weekends or holidays, Lin Yue would bring her three children to the villa for a day or two. The children's laughter added warmth and vitality to the villa. They would plant flowers and grass in the front garden with the children, and dig in the back garden to plant vegetables and fruits, including some fruit trees.
To make the villa defensively secure without attracting the attention of ordinary people, Lin Yue meticulously set up an array. On the surface, it appeared unremarkable, but the moment one stepped inside, one could feel the powerful spiritual energy circulating within. This was because some spiritual flowers and herbs were planted inside, though Lin Yue had deliberately chosen inconspicuous varieties, planting them in the 300-square-meter back garden and side garden.
The side garden not only had spiritual flowers and herbs, but also some spiritual vegetables. These spiritual vegetables were seeds that had been planted in Lin Yue's space for several seasons and possessed spiritual abilities. Lin Yue took them out and planted them in the villa's courtyard, and seventeen or eighteen cages of them bloomed. Each cage was one meter long and one meter wide, and she planted one small cage of each kind.
In this haven, the children revel in the joy of being close to nature, while Lin Yue experiences the warmth and tranquility of family life. This place is not only a place of rest for them, but also a home filled with love and hope.
Half a year passed in the blink of an eye, and summer vacation arrived again. The two promising cultivators sent from different countries also wanted to go home to see their parents. They first returned to their respective masters to report back. When the two little immortals went back, they took with them some of the things they had learned from Lin Yue, such as notebooks, computer videos, and so on.
When the central leaders and relevant executives saw the data, spiritual herbs, treatment plans, and items brought back by the two children, they realized that although the children weren't experts, the videos of their instructor's explanations were still informative. Lin Yue hadn't suggested they record videos, but they knew this information couldn't be shared and was only for internal learning. So when the elders wanted to copy them, the two children refused, only agreeing to show them the videos and forbidding them from using their computers.
During this process, the elders realized that the spiritual flowers and herbs the nation had urgently rescued in the park's gardens were only a tiny fraction. Compared to the spiritual flowers and herbs in Lin Yue's medicine cabinet, they were insignificant. In other words, the nation possessed far too few of these resources, and the same applied to spiritual fruits. On the contrary, Lin Yue's collection was exceptionally rich and diverse, including many lost items and those recorded in ancient texts. Everyone felt a burning desire to possess them, their faces betraying their envy and resentment. Because these powerful figures hadn't made any progress in their cultivation over the years, everyone desperately needed these things.
The problem now is that Lin Yue is now a citizen of the country, and obtaining things from her isn't free. Illnesses can be treated, but if it's simply to improve one's cultivation, something must be exchanged with her. What to exchange? It has to be something Lin Yue can use. So everyone discussed exchanging items with Lin Yue, and called Lao Xiao to inquire if it was feasible. Lin Yue replied that it was. Right after Lin Yue's reply, some of the senior cultivators from the central government went home to gather their rare treasures and rushed to Dragon City. They stayed in a villa where the two young immortal children were resting, waiting for Lin Yue to have time to receive them and conduct the exchange. They also saw what they wanted on the two children's computer and considered what items would be suitable for exchange.
With the arrival of summer vacation, Lin Yue and her three children moved into a villa. Gong Yong, who lived far away, eventually decided to come along, but he had to leave for work an hour earlier each day and didn't get home until an hour later.
After moving in, the three children needed to cultivate every day, including meditation and various techniques. Two of the little immortals became acquainted with Lin Yue's three children, and they would cultivate together in Lin Yue's back garden every morning. When the two little immortals saw the three children perform a sword technique they had never seen before with their master, they were filled with longing and asked Lin Yue if it would be convenient for them to learn. Lin Yue said, "If you can keep up with the three children's pace, you can learn."
So the two children followed behind, diligently learning. Lin Yue's three darlings would also teach them and correct their posture whenever they had time. The two little fairies curiously asked if they could fly on swords, and the three darlings nodded. The two little fairies asked the three children to demonstrate, and the three children stepped onto flying swords and flew low over the garden. The two little fairies could hardly believe their eyes, their mouths agape in astonishment.
They never imagined that three children of such young age could fly on swords so skillfully. They were filled with admiration for them, which strengthened their resolve to master the swordsmanship and sword-flying technique.
When the two little fairies frequently entered Lin Yue's back garden, they discovered many novel things. First, there were two snow-white wolves that often appeared in the courtyard. Although they were always seen inside the courtyard, the wolves never left, and they were often seen squatting there cultivating. Secondly, there was a very large eagle. The courtyard had two things specially prepared for it, resembling clotheslines. Normally, these looked like clotheslines, but when not in use, two shorter sections held water, food, and even raw meat—prepared for the eagle. The eagle would occasionally fly out and return, but most of the time it perched on the poles Lin Yue had prepared.
Furthermore, in one of the flowerbeds in the yard, there was a particularly large empty patch of dirt where a chubby little doll would occasionally slip out and run around. When the two children first encountered the chubby doll, which was actually a ginseng doll, they were truly terrified. They covered their mouths tightly with their hands, their eyes wide open, unable to believe that a real ginseng doll could be running around everywhere. Moreover, this ginseng doll already had 8 red berries and 6 leaves on its head, and it kept running up and down in Lin Yue's small yard.
And then, they saw a rat spirit, yes, a rat spirit, a tiny rat. Sometimes it carried a bundle on its back; actually, it had a storage space, but it was full. If the two little immortal children were out of spirit stones, it would give them a few from its pouch. The two little immortal children, knowing they were out of spirit stones, would go to the little rat spirit. You probably can't guess how it transported them back—it was an eagle that helped. It sat on the eagle's back, directing the old eagle to its destination. Once there, the little rat spirit would fill its storage space through a rabbit hole, then climb back onto the eagle's back and fly back. And the two snow-white wolves were always responsible for guarding Lin Yue's door.
This mysterious courtyard, teeming with wondrous creatures, opened the eyes of the two little fairies, filling them with curiosity and awe for Lin Yue's world.
Several high-ranking officials from the central government, including cultivation masters and patriarchs, have arrived in Dragon City. They've tried to visit Lin Yue several times, but each time she's been unavailable. This time, two of the officials devised a plan: they wrote a visiting card and gave it to two young immortal boys to deliver. When the boys arrived, Lin Yue was still not there, so they handed the card to two wolves, who then carried it back home in their mouths.
Lin Yue returned through the small door between the kitchen and living room, a security door. After seeing the visiting card, she told the two young immortals that it was convenient for them to inform the ancestor to come over, as she would receive them in the main courtyard. The young male immortal hurried home to inform the ancestor, and the three ancestors quickly arrived at the main gate directly south of Lin Yue, which led to her inner courtyard.
When Lin Yue opened the gate, revealing two snow-white wolves sitting on either side, the three patriarchs were genuinely startled. They were shocked to discover that two wolf spirits were guarding the gate. Upon entering Lin Yue's courtyard, the moment they stepped through the door, they sensed a powerful array surrounding the villa, its spiritual energy incredibly dense. These patriarchs hadn't been in such a place of abundant spiritual energy in a long time.
The elders rushed in eagerly, and Lin Yue closed the large red-lacquered door, leading them to the pavilion in the side courtyard. Lin Yue brewed a cup of spiritual tea for the three of them, and then everyone sat down to chat.