"Hehe." Lin Yao chuckled, thinking to himself, "Aren't you the most amazing thing yourself? Why would you be surprised by other amazing things?"
"I'm not a thing! Oh... wrong, I am a thing! ... wrong again, your language is so troublesome, not fun at all."
Xiaocao clearly heard Lin Yao's thoughts and immediately denied them, but ended up getting herself into a mess, feeling conflicted for a moment.
"Go take a shower, you stink. That cleansing treatment was really effective. I never thought someone with such a healthy body could produce so much filth."
"Oh." Lin Yao looked down and saw a thin layer of secretions on the back of his hand, like a layer of spoiled milkshake evenly spread on his skin, but he didn't feel any discomfort.
Perhaps because Yi Guoguo broke through the shackles in her heart and opened a door to cultivation, her already superb cooking skills improved by leaps and bounds, as if she had suddenly realized something and reached a new level.
Yi Guoguo knew that Lin Yao liked to eat meat. What she didn't know was that Lin Yao had been a vegetarian for over twenty years, and he was only allowed to eat meat occasionally. If he regained his health, of course he would eat to his heart's content.
Therefore, the refrigerator in "Urban Forest" is mostly filled with meat dishes. For this purpose, a special refrigeration device was purchased to store the fresh meat and seafood that Yi Guoguo specially bought from the market that morning.
The few green vegetables that were available were mostly eaten by Yi An and Yi Guoguo themselves. Because of the brutality of the Yi family's martial arts, they tried to choose vegetarian dishes as much as possible when eating, and meat was only used to supplement the nutrients needed by their bodies, and was not their main choice.
"Guoguo, not bad, the dishes taste great today, keep it up." Lin Yao picked up a piece of beef the size of half a palm and stuffed it into his mouth.
The beef was sliced very thinly to allow it to absorb the flavors, but Lin Yao preferred to chew large pieces of meat, so it was cut into an unprecedentedly large quantity and piled on a large plate, like a carpet of meat.
"Thank you for the compliment, sir."
Yi Guoguo replied, picking up a piece of cauliflower and putting it in her mouth, but in her heart she was thinking that this meat was clearly frozen in the refrigerator and was not fresh at all, so why was the gentleman praising it so much? Did he prefer stale ingredients?
"Guoguo, not bad, you've improved." Yi'an, who rarely spoke kindly to her juniors, also praised her, and was in a very good mood.
"Really good?" Yi Guoguo believed it.
"What's so good? Why did you forget about me when there's something delicious? Does Guoguo usually keep things to herself?" A voice rang out, and everyone stopped eating and looked over.
It was Yi Fei. Lin Yao already knew Yi Fei had come, and he also knew that Yi Fei had climbed over the wall to get in, because he hadn't rang the doorbell.
"Brother Fei, have you eaten yet? I'll prepare some bowls and chopsticks for you." Yi Guoguo immediately got up and walked towards the kitchen with a smile. Brother Fei, who had taken special care of her since childhood, had come, and she had to treat him well. Elder An had said that the food was good, so she had to let Brother Fei have a good taste.
“No, I’m here to pick you up to go to Baoding. This fog is really strange and has made us late.” Yi Fei waved his hand to refuse, which made Yi Guoguo’s face darken. “You’re going to skip work again tomorrow. I came very early this morning. I left Baoding at four o’clock and arrived in Beijing at six o’clock, but the car drove into a foggy area and I waited in the car all day.”
Yi An picked up her chopsticks again to eat, glanced at Lin Yao, and didn't say anything. She thought that since the master didn't want to talk, she shouldn't say anything, lest she upset him and be kicked out of the bodyguard position.
"Brother Fei, have you eaten?" Lin Yao called out along with Yi Guoguo, surprising Yi An and Yi Guoguo.
Yi Fei had already experienced this kind of thing before. As long as Lin Yao didn't mind, he was happy to be called Brother Fei. "I've already eaten. I found a small shop next door and bought instant noodles and cooked food."
"You don't know, after we ate, the orderlies all got lost. Luckily, I'm an expert, so I managed to get back to my car." Yi Fei had noticed Yi An's little actions, so he took the initiative to steer the conversation toward the fog incident.
Shocked that the thick fog was related to the Master, Yi Fei felt the same way he did at the Hidden Forest Residence, that feeling of spiritual energy from heaven and earth. But at that time, he was a full 700 meters away from the Urban Forest! How could there be such a large area of spiritual energy gathered?
Yi Fei arrived early, when the area of fog caused by Lin Yao's cultivation was not very wide. It wasn't until later, when he became more and more skilled, that he was able to create a terrifyingly large area of dense fog.
Fortunately, there aren't many experts living in the capital. Only Heaven-level experts can sense this kind of spiritual energy. Either it's someone like Yi Fei who has experienced it before and has an extremely strong perception, or it's someone like Yi An and Yi Guoguo who are directly in the highest concentration position. Otherwise, no one would associate the thick fog with the gathering of spiritual energy.
Unable to contain Yi Guoguo's enthusiasm, Yi Fei picked up two pieces of food with his chopsticks, tasted them, and praised them. Then, with an anxious expression, he urged Lin Yao to set off. He dared not bring it up directly, for who knew if this young man might change his mind?
However, Yi Fei already had a good grasp of how to deal with Lin Yao, which was to win with gentleness. As long as he acted pitiful, it would definitely have a good effect.
"Audi cars are indeed much better than their younger siblings, the Alto."
As they sped along the highway, Lin Yao sighed, causing the soldier driving to jerk the steering wheel, nearly swerving off course on the straight road.
"Then buy one yourself." Yi Fei hesitated. He wasn't used to talking without addressing people by name, and even his own words felt awkward.
The longer Yi Fei spent with Lin Yao, the more he understood the amazing abilities this young elder possessed. Even Yi Fei, who used to have a strong immunity, was constantly surprised by his own judgment and understanding.
The dense fog today was truly shocking to Yi Fei. He heard on the radio that it covered more than a third of the entire First Ring Road area. What does that mean? It's like killing a Grand Elder is as easy as swatting a fly!
"I'm sorry, Elder, I have overstepped my bounds." Yi Fei immediately reflected on his mistake, but in his heart he thought that if he didn't use the most powerful Elder he had ever met as a comparison, it would be really hard to find other references to evaluate Lin Yao's abilities.
It was already evening when they returned to the Baoding military camp. Dinner time had passed. Lin Yao was glad that he wouldn't have to eat those unpalatable meals. He guessed that he would be given special treatment and could experience the special treatment that officers receive.
Although he was determined never to join the army, Lin Yao still couldn't help but yearn for the allure of a crisp uniform.
What boy in the world doesn't fantasize about being a soldier?
"Soldiers are so pitiful. They have to train right after eating. It's like they're just trying to aid their digestion." Lin Yao looked at the soldiers sweating profusely on the parade ground and felt sorry for them. "You don't even give them a midnight snack. All that food they just ate is being burned off. No wonder I haven't seen a single fat soldier."
"It's a tradition, there's no late-night snack." Yi Fei had developed the habit of not addressing Lin Yao by his name, worried that he might be in a passive position if he wasn't careful one day. "There are fat ones too, but they're not in our 38th Army."
“I know, it’s those officers. I used to see those incredibly fat officers on the street all the time, and I always wondered how they could run.” Lin Yao smiled and retorted to Yi Fei, “I reckon you’ll get fat too in a while. It’s not convenient to train in the army, so you’re bound to get fat sooner or later, especially since you’re already middle-aged. Middle-aged weight gain is a normal occurrence.”
"No way." Yi Fei was both amused and exasperated, thinking that this gentleman was simply too complicated; he had become so talkative in just a few months.
Lin Yao was about to speak again when he suddenly stopped, sensing a sense of danger, and his expression instantly turned serious.
What's wrong? Something's up?
Yi Fei noticed Lin Yao's expression. He had never seen him so serious before. His reaction to extreme danger was even more abnormal.
Ke Yifei himself felt nothing, and even with careful perception, he could not detect anything unusual.
Staring intently in the direction of Yi Fei's office, Lin Yao's voice was cold and clear, "Who else is waiting for me to come today?"
"No," Yi Fei said, even more confused. "I only told the political commissar that I would arrange for a few people to be tested today, just to design the intensity of the large-scale training exercise. I didn't tell anyone else. No one will be waiting."
"Does the political commissar have connections with other powerful families? Last time, Pei Yuan and Sun Miao met with you when the political commissar asked you to." Lin Yao frowned, still staring in that direction. "There's a master there, at least a Grand Elder level. He just locked onto me."
Although he didn't know the principle and meaning of locking, Lin Yao was certain that he had just been locked on by an expert. It was an extremely dangerous feeling, as if he would be attacked at any moment by the one who locked him on.
"Let's go home and come back another day." Before Yi Fei could finish thinking, Lin Yao turned around and walked back. He was too lazy to pay attention to these people. They were all waiting for him to come to their door. Pei Yuan and Sun Miao did the same last time. They obviously knew that he was coming to the Baoding military camp.