This is what an immortal should be like

Chapter 34 The Anxious Director Team

On the outskirts of Shennongjia Nature Reserve in Jingzhou is the former site of Muling Primary School where Zhuang Lin used to teach.

This primary school, originally shared by residents of the nearby mountainous areas, was not razed as the local residents had expected before the demolition, but was expanded to a certain extent.

In addition to retaining the original teaching buildings and other structures, the primary school also added sheds and built a sterile room. There are also some thick tents on the playground, and it is equipped with many of the most advanced instruments.

A total of dozens of people are stationed at the former site of Muling Primary School, which is also the headquarters of the Delusion-Breaking Project and the base of the director team.

As a world-renowned director, Zhou Xianglin certainly couldn't be in charge of Muling Primary School all day and night, but he was there at the moment, with a scruffy beard and a haggard face.
In the tent's telecommunications room, Zhou Xianglin sat on a chair smoking a cigarette, watching the staff in front of him working. The dripping sound made him upset.

I still remember the phone call I received that day saying, "There's a major problem with the plan. The economic forest area in the reserve is covered in thick fog, and the Hidden Immortal Valley is nowhere to be found."

Zhou Xianglin, who had just received the call, felt it was ridiculous. No matter how big the economic forest was, there was a limit, and the Hidden Immortal Valley was not small, right?
It's just fog. Even if it's not convenient to go there actively, just wait for the fog to dissipate.

Under normal circumstances, after the plan is on track, the outside world will not take the initiative to contact Yinxian Valley, and the valley is not allowed to take the initiative to contact the outside world except in special circumstances.

But after all, the plan has just begun to unfold, and Young Master Liu has just "traveled through time", so people inside and outside the valley need to exchange information from time to time.

As a result, the two sides lost contact, which shocked the planning team members outside. They were completely unable to find him for several days, which scared everyone even more.

After confirming the information, Zhou Xianglin did not even attend the international award ceremony. He flew directly back to China from abroad and went straight to the Jingzhou nature reserve.

To this day, more than half a month has passed since the loss of contact was discovered, and the Hidden Immortal Valley still cannot be found.

Yes, confirmed it can’t be found!

The external planning group directly sent people to change into ancient costumes, and then divided them into several groups to enter the economic forest area to search for the Hidden Immortal Valley.

As a result, everyone easily lost their sense of direction once they entered the fog. One group even got lost in the area for three days before they got out. When they came out, they were so scared that they almost thought they were trapped to death in the primitive mountain forest.

The people behind took the risk and entered again with walkie-talkies and other radio equipment, but the communication inside was always poor and seemed to be interfered with.

Liu Shihao still doesn't know about this matter. It's all thanks to his most trusted subordinates who helped keep it secret, but everyone is under a lot of pressure.

Suddenly, a staff member wearing headphones was slightly stunned, and subconsciously held the headphones with both hands, and then his pupils dilated slightly.

"Are you sure? Are you sure?"

The staff member asked the person on the other end of the radio in a slightly excited tone, and after getting a confirmed answer, he stood up suddenly.

"There's news from Planning Valley—Monitoring Station 16 reported back that the fog has thinned, and we've spotted a team gathering herbs outside the valley—"

The staff member's voice was clear and loud. The entire telecommunications tent suddenly became quiet and everyone looked at him.

Zhou Xianglin stood up from his chair and rushed to the staff member.

"Are you still online?"

"here I am!"

The staff member responded by quickly taking off the headset and handing it to Zhou Xianglin, who picked it up, put it to his ear and started speaking.

"I'm Zhou Xianglin, repeat the message!"

The person on the other end of the radio quickly responded.

"Hello, Director. This is Observation Station No. 16 at the summit of Sunke Peak. We just saw a group of herbalists in ancient costumes clearly through the telescope. They even made subtle gestures towards us, confirming that they are from the Project Valley!"

"How many people have done trajectory observation?"

"There were five of them in total. They seemed to be just gathering herbs as usual, with no other movements. I saw them returning through the telescope. The general outline of Hidden Immortal Valley was visible in the mist in the distance. Visibility was not high, but the coordinates could confirm their location!"

Zhou Xianglin breathed a sigh of relief, and at this moment, the staff on the other side suddenly spoke up.

"Observation Station No. 9 reported that they spotted a hunting party in the valley. They captured a wild boar and released a protected species, the goral, trapped in a trap. Their movements are normal—"

Zhou Xianglin finally smiled and looked at the people in the room.

"I was wondering what could possibly happen in such a large place? Could it possibly fly? It's cold in the mountains and it hasn't cleared up in days, so heavy fog is normal. It's okay, everyone, go back to work as usual!"

Some staff members cheered quietly, while others high-fived each other. The atmosphere was completely different from that of the previous few days, and the good news quickly reached everyone's ears.

When Zhou Xianglin came out of the telecommunications tent with a cigarette in his mouth, he felt a lot lighter.

When he took out the lighter to light the cigarette, he saw his current horrible appearance in the reflection of the metal surface of the lighter. Zhou Xianglin hurried to wash up.

Later that day, in Zhonghai City, on the top floor of a river view apartment building.

Liu Lei had just hung up the phone, and then faced the beautiful river view in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and let out a long sigh.

Even from the very beginning of this incident, reason told Liu Lei that nothing could have happened in Yinxian Valley. There was no earthquake, no flood, and no wildfire. For such a large place, it must be there!
But even though he knew it, lying to Liu Shihao put enormous pressure on Liu Lei.

Although they both have the surname Liu, and Liu Lei and Liu Shihao are theoretically distant relatives, in reality, apart from their abilities, this distant relationship would actually be a negative factor for Liu Shihao.

Fortunately, Liu Lei withstood the pressure and made two reports as usual during the period when he could not be found in Yinxian Valley.

Liu Lei also lit a cigarette and took a deep puff.

"Hiss."

It turns out that Mr. Liu is also a human being and can be deceived.——
Nothing in the outside world affects life in Yinxian Valley.

Zhuang Lin wasn't sure what the situation was like inside the protected area during the ancient times. Was there still an empty shell of the valley, or was there nothing left? But he was certain that no one from the outside, including the director team and the planning team, could contact Hidden Immortal Valley.

Liu Hongyu had just arrived in the valley less than a month ago, and it was the early stage when information needed to be exchanged at a higher frequency. If people outside could not contact Yinxian Valley, they would definitely be extremely anxious.

In this case, Duan Yonghua, the Li brothers and others had already clearly found the observation station and had proactively exposed themselves to a suitable visual distance. How could people outside not immediately contact the valley?

This shows that the director team has maintained a great degree of restraint, and it is enough to show that the phrase "not interfering easily" is not just a casual remark.

Of course, in the following day, information was exchanged with the outside world through Duan Yonghua and others. To sum it up in one sentence, although there were waves, everything was fine in the valley.

For others, the Delusion-Breaking Plan was finally able to proceed smoothly.

The days in Hidden Immortal Valley passed one by one.

People work from sunrise to sunset, relying on the excellent environment in the valley, and they don't have to worry about taking care of the crops.

Although it seems that we cannot enjoy any modern conveniences, the so-called conveniences do not seem to be indispensable. On the contrary, we are less anxious.

Therefore, life in the valley can be described as comfortable, stable, and full of hope.

In everyone's eyes, Liu Hongyu's condition is getting better and better, and his emotions are becoming more and more stable, or it can be said that you can hardly see any unstable moments in him.

At the turn of spring and summer, the peach blossom forest outside the gorge of Yinxian Valley has turned green. The peach blossoms are no longer there, but have turned into young fruits.

After helping to clean up after dinner that day, Liu Hongyu went back to the house as usual, lit the oil lamp, and spread out books on the table.

Mr. Mu wiped his hands and pulled his grandson over.

"Xiao Wen, look at Young Master Liu. He's eager to learn and studies hard. Look at you. You used to always compare yourself with him. Why don't you do that now?"

Mu Hongwen pouted and looked away. He used to like to laugh at Liu Hongyu for being worse than a child.

But now, after only nearly three months of study, Liu Hongyu has basically become the best student in the school. Even the teacher often praises him and asks others to follow his example.

"I don't know what's wrong with this guy's brain. He used to ask me for advice after class, but now he can remember many articles after reading them once, and understand them after reading them several times."

"Hey, kid, I won't force you, but people should know shame before they become brave!"

"Oh"

Mu Hongwen responded weakly.

After Mr. Mu went to the clinic in front, Mu Hongwen glanced at Liu Hongyu's room, tiptoed over, and stood on tiptoe at a broken corner of the window paper to look inside.

At this moment, Liu Hongyu looked serious and was looking at an unfolded brocade book.

After looking for a while, Mu Hongwen pushed the door open with a "creak" and walked in. Liu Hongyu glanced at him, put down the brocade book, and asked with a smile.

"Xiao Wen, is there anything you don't understand about your studies?"

Mu Hongwen's face suddenly became very confused, as this older kid had always asked him this question before.

"No! I just want to see why you learn so quickly!"

Liu Hongyu was amused. A child of such a young age was so competitive. He thought for a moment before speaking.

“Actually, you and I are different.”

As soon as he saw Mu Hongwen's dissatisfaction, Liu Hongyu hurriedly said.

"It's not that I'm smarter than you, but I'm many years older than you, and my body and mind are better than a child's. Not to mention anything else, I even have more strength than you in holding a pen, so my hand is naturally steadier.
Simply put, your body and mind haven't fully developed yet. When you grow up, you'll learn much faster!"

Mu Hongwen opened his eyes wide and looked at Liu Hongyu.

"Really?"

"Uh, really!"

Liu Hongyu responded with a little bit of guilt. In fact, he already knew that learning quickly was related to his spiritual manifestation. Unless ordinary people were gifted, it would be difficult for them to compare with those who practiced Taoism.

"By the way, I was just curious, what book are you reading?"

As Mu Hongwen spoke, he moved directly to Liu Hongyu and pushed the brocade book away with his hand.

Liu Hongyu did not stop it, because his master said that the immortal scriptures contain the essence of Taoism. Even if ordinary people can recognize all the words on it, there will be a sense of confusion in their eyes. In short, their spiritual platform is unclear and they are bewildered.

The characters on the brocade book were more complicated than what he usually learned in the academy. Mu Hongwen couldn't recognize them all. Moreover, he just stared at it for a while and felt dizzy. If Liu Hongyu hadn't reacted quickly and hugged him, he would have fallen down.

"Hey, Xiaowen, are you okay?"

Mu Hongwen shook his head to wake up, but still couldn't help rubbing his temples with his two small hands.

"I won't read it anymore. This book gives me a headache."

As he said that, Mu Hongwen rubbed his head and walked out without even closing the door.

Liu Hongyu watched the child leave. He felt a little complacent about the distinction between immortals and mortals, but also a little emotional. Finally, he calmed down, stood up and closed the door.

(End of this chapter)