If this pattern is violated, such as by compromising, yielding, or bargaining, it will inevitably anger the old general and result in a severe reaction, such as punishment within his power, reprimands beyond his power, or even physical assault.
After their latest meeting and conversation, Lin Yao's opinion of General Xia changed. This seemingly reckless and hot-tempered old man actually had a lot of ideas and could be quite thoughtful at times.
Later, when Lin Yao recounted how his father, Luo Jimin, and especially his mother, Lin Hongmei, had been misled into believing that Xia Yuwen was their prospective daughter-in-law, and how General Xia personally led his granddaughter to their home to acknowledge their relationship, Lin Yao was so astonished that his mouth hung open for a long time.
Is this old man, who acts like a con artist or a pyramid scheme recruiter, showing off a bright future to his parents, really the angry lion general I remember? How could someone with a personality that's so easily provoked successfully impersonate the bride's parents to send her off to the wedding?
Finally, General Xia patted his chest and assured Lin Yao that he would take the lead if his family encountered difficulties. Lin Yao was grateful. He knew that the old man had accepted his family's almost naive ideals. This was different from those who just said "very good, very noble" but then cursed their family members as idiots behind their backs. The old man was taking responsibility and contributing his own strength to cheer for this extremely naive ideal. This was also a way of participating in it personally.
Although Luo Jimin and Lin Hongmei instinctively chose not to get involved with the powerful and influential, it did not diminish their gratitude towards General Xia. At this time, any help would be invaluable, as this act was clearly a timely act of kindness, which was truly touching.
As for Lin Yao, although his ambitions grew and he became more arrogant as his abilities increased, he developed an instinctive resistance to the idea of becoming a godparent, he was still genuinely grateful for General Xia's olive branch and direct offer of help.
Lin Yao secretly decided that, regardless of the old man's past relationships with his former subordinates, based solely on the words he had uttered today, he would decisively help the old man should he suffer from any ailments in the future, without accepting any payment. He would satisfy the old man's fragile, childlike desire for comparison and vanity, and most importantly, bring comfort to Lin Yao's own heart.
Recognizing Minhong's goals and ideals is itself a kind act, and the principle that good deeds will be rewarded is Lin Yao's greatest guiding principle.
Pink girl? Oh well, maybe she's a little sad judging from her behavior today, but Lin Yao doesn't have any particular thoughts about it.
In Lin Yao's view, Xia Yuwen was quite submissive and almost never expressed her own opinions.
My acquaintance with him was sudden and coincidental, a kind of chance encounter. But his subsequent behavior was unsatisfactory. He always insisted on bringing Lan Xiaoqing along, and Lan Xiaoqing was always the one to suggest things and make the first move. Even though he didn't like her, he always followed his family's wishes to get to know Kang Dikai. Now he's gone all the way to Beijing for blind dates and to cultivate a relationship.
These things made Lin Yao feel frustrated and upset whenever he thought about them, so his feelings for the pink girl faded, dissipated, and were eventually forgotten, although he still felt a slight pain whenever he thought about it.
Let that amazement and excitement fade away with the wind. Let it become a shining highlight in the dusty memories, only this highlight is obscured by worldly affairs, and thus it remains merely a memory.
Lin Yao believes he has become more open-minded and has higher aspirations; these romantic feelings no longer occupy his heart as much as before.
For a man, love is definitely not everything. He has many other things to do and many things to strive for.
It's already November, and the extremely abnormal weather continues to ravage this planet. What should be the crisp, clear autumn season is instead plagued by occasional cold fronts, followed by turbulence a few days later, causing the uneven temperatures to fluctuate like a young girl's mood.
The golden autumn season for tourism has lost many tourists because weather forecasts in various places are becoming more and more accurate. Unlike before, when tourists were "wise after the event but clueless beforehand," tourists now choose their travel itineraries based on accurate weather forecasts.
As a result, travel agencies and tourist attractions are extremely busy during good weather, but deserted during bad weather. Even travel agencies and tourism companies that love seasonal promotions, as well as airlines, are at a loss. The daily changing prices have left even the powerful and wealthy bewildered. Airline ticket cancellations have also increased by more than ten times compared to the same period last year, simply because after paying the cancellation fee, it is more cost-effective to choose a ticket with a lower discount.
These days, nobody's stupid. Following the rules to save money is the key. Frequent flyers are enthusiastically engaged in the business of cancelling and booking tickets, keeping airlines busy and causing flight bookings and discounts to constantly change. All of this is due to this annoying weather; global climate change has reached an appalling level, completely unpredictable.
Climate change has led to a surge in applications for Minhong memberships, and adult cold capsules, which were once ignored, are now selling like hotcakes.
Although there are cold medicines on the market priced around five yuan, and even "Ganmaoqing" is as cheap as a few cents per strip, the remarkable efficacy of Minhong's cold capsules, which do not rely on Western medicine ingredients to suppress cold symptoms, has made them a natural and refreshing experience that has quickly gained popularity.
Minhong's branches across the country immediately faced a shortage of membership service staff. The good benefits, especially the health insurance for full-time employees, made this reception service position, which did not have a high base salary, highly sought after. Even college undergraduates joined the competition, providing new evidence for the media's view that the value of college students had plummeted.
In the drizzling autumn season, Lin Yao finally decided to start refining pills.
Apart from the raw materials for "Sui Sui Dan" stored in the titanium alloy safe at Minhong Pharmaceutical Factory, all the pills have been exhausted. Even the pills treasured by the Grand Elder Yi Potian have all been contributed to Lin Yao to earn foreign exchange. In total, nearly 400 million US dollars have been earned. When Long Yihun saw such a huge sum of money, his eyes widened like copper bells. He once clamored that he would simply stop running the company and become an international donor.
Of course, Long Yihun was just joking. The early affairs of Longcheng Group were too numerous and he was too busy, which made his already muscular physique even more athletic, because almost all the fat had been burned off. What was left was pure muscle covered with a layer of skin, which was indescribably attractive.
Life is indeed priceless, and health is indeed priceless, because you can set any price you want. These wealthy people who are grasping at the last straw, no matter how stingy they were before, will never hesitate to pay the exorbitant consultation fee that Lin Yao asks for.
Because money can't be taken to the grave, they were all vying to let Lin Yaozai do it. The direct result was that even the Grand Elder Yi Potian was moved, because he always received pills from Lin Yaozai, but there was never any replenishment.
The composed elder never complained. Since he was personally protecting Lin Yao, the pills would eventually replenish their strength. Even without replenishment, just seeing the Yi family disciples collectively surge in strength like rockets was enough to satisfy the elder.
The pseudo-elixir fire, nurtured for many days, had become so rich that it was almost tangible. This was a major reason why Lin Yao decided to use some of it for alchemy. More funds would allow Min Hong to further enhance her strength and lay the foundation for achieving that ideal goal.
These days, everything depends on money. Although money isn't everything, you can't do anything without it.
Lin Yao decided to refine three batches of pills: the Life-Giving Pill, the Heaven-Mending Pill, and the Bigu Pill.
"Life-Giving Pill" and "Heaven-Mending Pill" are used to support international money-making business. The former is indispensable as the most critical treatment drug, while the latter is used to keep clients alive. Since Lin Yao is unwilling to go abroad and is too busy, the higher the consultation fee, the more necessary it is to ensure safety when traveling across the ocean. Therefore, "Heaven-Mending Pill" is also indispensable for some critically ill patients.
As for the "Bigu Pill," it was a safeguard for Lin Yao. After the kidnapping incident, it was obvious that he needed to prepare this kind of pill that could save his life in harsh environments. All the pills he had used up were consumed when he helped Xiaocao fight against Mingjin. Naturally, he also needed to start making this kind of pill, which was easy to make and had readily available ingredients.
Meditation, fire generation, medicine delivery, mental techniques and hand gestures.
Lin Yao began refining pills, using a special method of true pill refining, meaning that this time he was refining a super "Life-Giving Pill" containing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
In terms of effectiveness and efficiency, the super "Life-Giving Pill" that consumes more pseudo-dan fire is more cost-effective. Lin Yao did not intend to provide this batch of super pills to others, but only planned to use them to treat patients abroad. In terms of usage and effectiveness, the pseudo-dan fire resources consumed in refining and using the super "Life-Giving Pill" are more economical than those of the ordinary "Life-Giving Pill". Therefore, Lin Yao chose this method.
As the hand seals were continuously cast, the alchemy room gathered a tremendous amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, and spiritual energy from all directions continued to fill the small room, leaving the Grand Elder Yi Potian, who was personally guarding outside the door, looking utterly astonished.
Yi Potian sensed the surging spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The speed and concentration were dozens or even hundreds of times greater than usual. The closer one got to the door, the higher the concentration became. It was unimaginable what the concentration of spiritual energy of heaven and earth around Lin Yao was. But Yi Potian finally confirmed one thing: Lin Yao was indeed capable of killing a Heaven-level expert.
Even though he had already advanced to the Heavenly level, Yi Potian had never sensed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth so clearly. In the past, he couldn't figure out the dreamlike spiritual energy and could only barely control it through many methods, thereby triggering the energy of heaven and earth to attack and defend. This was the special method of a Heavenly Realm master.
For a Celestial-level expert, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is merely an existence, an omnipresent presence that can be faintly sensed but is not clearly perceived. What they can do is utilize this not-so-clear sensation, influencing and drawing upon their mutated true energy through their own bodies, to unleash the immense power contained within the celestial spiritual energy—that is, the energy of heaven and earth—for control.
Now with a clearer sense of it, Yi Potian even believes that the total amount and efficiency of the energy he can draw upon in heaven and earth has reached an unprecedented level. He is even confident that he can fight the Pei family's Grand Elder in this state. In essence, the battle between Heaven-level experts is a battle of utilizing and controlling the total amount of energy in heaven and earth. The difference in individual ability levels is reflected in the ability to sense, draw upon, and control it.
In terms of sensing and control, Yi Potian was inferior, after all, the elder of the Pei family had advanced to the Heavenly level decades earlier than him. However, he was confident in his ability to control the energy, because "if I can't control it well, I'll use the energy of heaven and earth to blast you to death." Of course, the premise was that Mr. Lin Yao had to gather spiritual energy to help him.
Finally experiencing the insights and experiences that Yi Fei had previously reported, Elder Yi Potian struggled to control his urge to immediately meditate and sense the sensations. He sent a message to all the elders stationed at the garment factory to come over immediately to sense and comprehend the sensations together. Whether it would be effective or not depended on each person's aptitude and understanding, but such an excellent opportunity could not be missed.
At this moment, Lin Yao was unaware that outside the door, on the other three walls of the room, and even in the room above his head, elders of the Yi family were meditating and comprehending. His entire focus was on controlling the pseudo-dan fire and manipulating the medical true qi to form hand seals.
Super pills are difficult to refine. The complex mental techniques and hand seals require a great deal of mental energy and consume a lot of true qi. This is why Lin Yao rarely refines super pills, because he should always maintain a good condition. Once he refines such a pill, the weakness he experiences afterward may threaten him.
Learning from past mistakes isn't something that can be effectively learned just by talking about it; we need to summarize these lessons and apply them to our daily behavior.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered more and more, and Lin Yao continuously used hand seals to inject it into the bright liquid in the alchemy furnace. The tense and mechanical operation caused large beads of sweat to appear on Lin Yao's forehead, which quickly slid down his cheeks and dripped onto his clothes and the cuffs where he was rapidly making hand seals.
Huh! Why do I suddenly sense a very faint black aura mixed in with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth?
Lin Yao suddenly sensed the abnormal situation in the spiritual energy around him. He barely suppressed his doubts and continued to use hand seals to control the pseudo-fire in the pill furnace, but he secretly diverted his attention to investigate the faint, wisps of black energy.