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Chapter 291 It’s holiday, but it ends quickly.
Zhang Mu's letter did not reach the hands of the freshmen and outer disciples quickly - they were on holiday.
Christmas in China is approaching, and the New Year in China is also approaching, and the "students" on both sides have to go home to be with their families.
Apart from Wino, he has no family.
And Zhang Mu, he has no family either.
In a sense, the two of them are magically in agreement in some ways.
Of course the details are different.
When Wino, Lake and their group returned to London by train, they immediately took Clessie to their apartment and worked out the detailed steps for establishing the "organization" and predicted the difficulties that might be encountered.
The other three returned to their homes.
The Queen treated the five people with courtesy as always during their vacation.
He led his own special motorcade to King's Cross Station to greet him. Journalists belonging to the royal family filled the station and the flashes of their cameras were continuous.
But the response from the public was rather cold.
Actually, I can’t understand it.
Magic, long considered a product of illusion, is indeed eye-catching enough, but if it can only release fireballs and throw lightning, people will eventually find it boring and lose interest.
Ordinary people who lead a peaceful life do not care about the profound impact that new things will have on the world, or whether they contain some truth.
What they expect is "freshness" or "fun".
You have to have one of the two.
It's the same old things all day long. It's boring. Hurry up and do something big.
This is probably a microcosm of the attitude of the entire public.
On the contrary, in China, the journey home of Luo Xiling and others caused quite a stir.
The matter is closely related to the magic show held by the Queen.
Compared to the United States, most people in China were first exposed to "supernormal", but on the Internet.
They heard about the "immortal's transcendence of tribulation" and watched the upward-angle video, and from the same angle, they were shocked to see a giant fish soaring over the city.
Everyone was immersed in the joy of watching extraordinary deeds, until they learned that Ying Country had held a magic show, then they were shocked. Damn, they had never seen the "immortals and fairies" with their own eyes?
This resentment is not only felt among the people, but also among the functional departments.
After a period of preparation, the top brass of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau were all at the mountain gate and were unable to spare the time to respond. Some people even spread rumors - China had a bad relationship with the supernatural world, so it could not get any support and help, and naturally could not put on any show.
After receiving the report, the director, who was busy at the base in the mountains by the sea, became furious.
Bad relationship with Asahi?
Did you know that I have known Xuxianren for almost a year? !
Do you understand Xuxianren or do I understand Xuxianren? ! !
Of course, he couldn't express the indignation in his heart out loud, but the director felt helpless if he had to keep it to himself.
He moved a folding chair and sat in the corner of the laboratory, thinking hard for a while, and then he decided to do something big.
According to the Chinese tradition - too advanced to be displayed, unless it is outdated technology that has been upgraded and eliminated, it will not be made public.
On the other hand, the things that can be displayed are those that people are tired of playing with.
The director thought that he should do the opposite this time.
Don’t you all think that all the things the country shows us are old stuff?
I just want to show you the latest progress of my contact with Shanmen.
Hehe, by then, both at home and outside, people will definitely speculate that we are hiding something more powerful.
To use the words I saw on the Internet, war suddenly turned into war of terror.
I'm such a clever little guy.
The director boasted, slapped his thigh, stood up, walked out of the base and came to the beach, ready to call on Xuxianren to help him open the door.
But just as he put his hands to his mouth like a trumpet, the light gate suddenly opened in the air by itself.
"Wow, you are worthy of being the Asahi-sensei. You know what I am going to do without even saying anything."
Five figures passed through the light gate one after another, as if they were supported by an invisible force, and floated down from the sky in front of the director.
It was not until the five people stood in a row that he reacted a little bit and realized that they were not here to help me open the door.
"What happened to you? Were you kicked out?"
"Do you think I was kicked out?"
Luo Xiling was wearing a simple ancient long dress, with the Yueming Sword slanted on her back, and the hilt extended diagonally from one shoulder. When she said this, she puffed out her small chest proudly.
The three men and one woman behind her were dressed the same as her, except that they were still wearing modern clothes for entering the mountain gate.
The director looked left and right: "Why are the clothes different?"
The only girl among the four said, "Senior Sister Luo is Immortal Xu's direct disciple, so she dresses differently."
A young man added: "And calling her 'senior sister' is wrong. We should call her 'master uncle', but Senior Sister Luo won't let us call her that, saying that 'master uncle' sounds like a man."
"Little girl, uncle is a seniority thing, what does it have to do with gender?"
"Never mind. Master didn't say anything anyway."
After hearing her say this, the director let it go. Since the master agreed, what else could he say?
After solving this puzzle, the director asked again: "Why did you come out?"
"Master said that we are quite diligent in our practice, so we will be given a holiday to go home for the New Year."
"Oh, did Immortal Xu escort you out of the mountain gate?"
"Well, he also reminded us not to slack off at home, as we have important tasks to accomplish at the beginning of the new year."
The director keenly caught the word "mission" and immediately perked up: "What mission? Can you tell me?"
The five people looked at each other, with hesitation between their brows: "Xu Xianren didn't say that either."
"There's nothing that can't be said." The director was about to give up asking questions when Ye Ming's voice came from above.
When I looked up, I saw that the people from the Special Investigation Bureau were being sent out of the light gate and falling to the ground.
As soon as they stood firm, the director asked hurriedly: "What is the mission? Please tell me in detail."
Ye Ming smiled and said, “It’s not a secret.
Immortal Xu said that the five of them were doing well in their training and they could go down the mountain to gain experience after returning from vacation.
Hmm... I don't know why, but Immortal Xu asked me to accompany you. If the rest of you want to stay at Yuzhang Mountain, you can do as you please."
"I see..." The director crossed his arms over his chest, thinking for a while, but felt that he hadn't figured it out. "Xuxianren has his own intentions. Anyway, he won't harm us. Just do as he says."
After saying that, he thought of his plan again: "You two both said that your practice was okay, but how good were your results?"
"I can sense Qi and control the sword with Qi."
Sword?
The director's eyes lit up. This is good, this is good!
"How long can you defend?"
Luo Xiling raised her hand to grasp the hilt of the sword that was sticking out of her shoulder, frowned and estimated: "Master said that mortals have no qi, we can only use what is stored in our bodies.
According to my current cultivation level, plus the Moonlight Sword... it will take about ten hours."
The facts were indeed as she said, but there was a detail that she concealed - out of the ten hours, nine hours and fifty-five minutes were the "spiritual energy" of the Yueming Sword.
The director became even more excited after hearing this: “Great!
This time you will fly directly back to Su City, and then take the special plane of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau back home."
"Uh..." The girl looked at Luo Xiling, "Sister Luo, is ten hours enough to fly back to Su City?"
"It's not like you haven't tried it before. Flying a sword is really fast. That's enough."
After making the promise, Luo Xiling was about to make a sword gesture, but the director stopped her: "Don't worry, I'll contact the headquarters to build momentum first and apply for a flight route. You can leave after noon."
"But we only have three days off, and it's over tomorrow..."
The director, who was already in ecstasy, ignored her complaints, took out his cell phone and walked away.
Ye Ming and his friends didn't need to participate, so after saying goodbye to Luo Xiling and the others, they went to the base together to catch a plane home.
The remaining five people had no choice but to sit down on the spot and look at the waves hitting the shore from afar.
After watching for a while, the girl felt that the waves were just so-so, so she asked, "Senior Sister Luo, does Yu Jian still need to apply for a route?"
A young man nearby explained on her behalf: "It's just a report, to prevent us from being identified as a UFO by radar along the way and being shot down by a missile."
"Ah?" The girl was shocked and opened her mouth wide, "Is flying a sword so dangerous?
Immortal Kunpeng flew several times and nothing happened."
As she spoke, she raised her finger and pointed to the sky.
Everyone looked up together.
A huge fish with a body as vast as a floating island was suspended in the air, gently swaying its tail from time to time, as if looking down on the world.
"Master, how can you be the same?" Luo Xiling squatted with her arms around her legs, "He and Master can both hide their bodies, and modern technology can't detect them at all.
Even if they reveal themselves and fly in the sky in a swaggering manner, missiles will be useless against them.”
"That's right."
Feeling that this topic has come to an end, the girl cleverly opened up a new topic: "Why does the director want us to fly back home on the sword?"
"I guess it's to show off." One of the three young men speculated.
Luo Xiling felt bored and did not join in the conversation. She just slightly separated her legs, then pushed them together hard, over and over again, trying to pass the time.
Everyone was busy with their own things and finally got through this boring morning.