My family tree hollow connects to the modern era : Chapter 5

Bai Zhizhi hadn’t even walked out of the Administration Bureau before he was dragged back in for fighting and causing trouble.

Although it was true that the other party had provoked him with their words first, so it couldn’t really be counted as the little fox actively starting trouble, the other side had injured an ability user, and it happened on their turf. Jiang Lin couldn’t just let it go.

It was this little fox’s actions that left him feeling both helpless and amused.

If you said he was well behaved and obedient, well, he struck out and made an ability user bleed. If you said he had a violent temper, yet he had actually listened to what Jiang Lin said, and before striking he had even proactively asked whether the other party was an ordinary person.

No matter what, Jiang Lin didn’t dare leave Bai Zhizhi alone for now, so he had Lin Xiaoyang keep him company while he went to handle this matter himself.

Thinking of the blue eyed one casting a dark vicious look at him before leaving, Bai Zhizhi felt he hadn’t performed well just now. He shouldn’t have just focused on beating the golden haired one, he should have beaten all of them.

So frustrating!

Once Jiang Lin left, Lin Xiaoyang looked at Bai Zhizhi with a face full of wonder. “Your speed just now was incredible, I couldn’t even see how you struck.”

He had seen fox demons working at the zoo before. That fox demon had even been caught by their Brother Jiang. But when it came to striking speed, they were completely on different levels.

Bai Zhizhi was somewhat curious. “Who are they? Why does your relationship with them feel so strange, like you’re enemies but not quite enemies. They clearly can’t beat you, yet they’re so arrogant and full of themselves.”

Just now although he had been fighting, he had also been observing the people here. Several cultivators had joined the fight. Their cultivation levels weren’t high, but more than enough to handle ability users. Clearly their combat power was higher than the other side’s, yet they let them act arrogant on their own turf. Really strange.

Lin Xiaoyang let out a long sigh. “This matter, it’s really a long story.”

Bai Zhizhi opened his slightly round eyes and looked at him, seeming to wait for him to make the long story short.

Lin Xiaoyang thought about how their Brother Jiang was planning to keep this little fox by his side. If some relationships weren’t made clear, it would be bad if trouble really got stirred up later.

So he said, “Simply put, the place where we live is on a planet. There are many countries on this planet, and our country is one of them. The relationship between countries is competitive. That group just now was from Mi Country, which is currently the number one military power on this planet. Our country can only count as number two right now. Because they have quite a lot of advanced equipment, they have some advantages in certain energy fields. Also because they have quite a few lapdog countries, they occupy many energy fields too. For some energy fields not within our country’s territory, if we want to enter, we have to exchange things with them for spots.”

Bai Zhizhi, “Energy fields?”

Lin Xiaoyang, “They’re places like spirit realms or secret realms. Inside, danger goes hand in hand with opportunity. There are many good things, but also very dangerous things. Some of the dangerous things even we cultivators might not be able to handle, so we also have to control the energy fields and not let the dangers inside run out, otherwise ordinary people would have no way to survive.”

Lin Xiaoyang looked at Bai Zhizhi, “We cultivators need things from inside the energy fields for our cultivation. Besides cultivation, there are many aspects of civilian development that need them too. Take the spirit soil they came to trade with us this time. Some plants with spiritual nature can’t be grown in just any soil, but spirit soil can. We cultivators need pills refined from spiritual plants, and ordinary people also need medicinal herbs grown from spirit soil to cure illnesses.”

“This is just one aspect. Going deeper, talent is what gives a country its backbone. If our generation, or the next generation, can live in a place abundant with spiritual energy, eating food containing spiritual energy from childhood, our physical quality can be greatly improved. Perhaps we can cultivate more cultivators. When a country has more powerful people with greater abilities, it has more say.”

Bai Zhizhi more or less understood what he meant. “Now that they’ve been beaten by me, they’ll use this as an excuse to deduct the amount of spirit soil that was originally supposed to be given to you, right?”

Lin Xiaoyang nodded, “Probably. It depends on how our Brother Jiang negotiates with them. But I’ve been fed up with them for a long time. Acting all high and mighty on our country’s turf, thinking that holding a bit of spirit soil resources in their hands makes us grovel at their feet like dogs. Keep dreaming!”

Bai Zhizhi had always been clear about gratitude and grudges. He hit the golden haired one because he spoke disrespectfully. He didn’t regret striking out, but he wouldn’t let others clean up the aftermath of what he did.

So he looked at Lin Xiaoyang and asked, “What does spirit soil look like?”

While asking, he touched the hidden storage bracelet on his wrist. His Qingqiu had all sorts of good things. At worst, whatever these people lost because of him striking out, he could just make up for it himself.

Lin Xiaoyang, “What does it look like? Basically it looks like dirt. But this isn’t just any dirt from inside an energy field. Spirit soil is soil that has grown spiritual medicine. Spiritual medicine inside energy fields is extremely rare and hard to come by. If one is discovered, every part of it is treasure. People would fight over it until rivers of blood flow.”

Bai Zhizhi’s hand touching the bracelet paused. He now knew what Lin Xiaoyang meant by spirit soil. If it was soil that had grown spiritual medicine, his Qingqiu had plenty of it. But the problem was, while his bracelet had many treasures, it didn’t have soil. Nobody would treat dirt as a treasure and put it in a storage device, right?

Jiang Lin came out of the director’s office. As soon as he entered the reception room, Lin Xiaoyang looked over at him with a nervous face. Beside him, Bai Zhizhi also opened his round eyes wide, not knowing what Lin Xiaoyang had told him, also looking like he was waiting for judgment.

Jiang Lin smiled and said, “Let’s go, time to go home.”

Lin Xiaoyang was somewhat surprised. “Heer and them aren’t pursuing this anymore?”

Jiang Lin, “Bai Zhizhi is only a demon cultivator temporarily placed by the Administration Bureau, not an Administration Bureau member. They provoked him with their words and got beaten, that’s their own lack of skill and they can’t blame others. As for spirit soil, the distribution of spirit soil was already negotiated by the higher ups long ago. It’s not up to a few of them to decide. If they really want to reduce the spirit soil amount, next time we’ll also need to reconsider the talisman quota.”

Mi Country ability users held advantages in occupying energy fields and obtained quite a bit of spirit soil. But their country wasn’t completely without advantages either. When it came to talismans, their country could be said to have a monopoly.

If they encountered some terrifying fierce beasts inside an energy field, using the power of talismans might let them escape with their lives. There were also some special locations where without talismans to clear the path, you couldn’t move an inch. Mi Country had some things holding them back, and they equally had things to counter the other side.

Lin Xiaoyang let out a breath of relief. “Good, good. Seeing how arrogant they were, I thought they had quite a lot of say. Turns out they were just making a fuss here. Tsk.”

Jiang Lin glanced at him. “I haven’t settled accounts with you for striking out yet.”

Lin Xiaoyang instantly cowered, “Wasn’t it because they were making a move on our family’s little fox? You said to look after him more.”

Jiang Lin gave him a not too light and not too heavy slap on the head. “Is this how you look after him? I think you’re just itching for chaos.”

Saying this, he looked at Bai Zhizhi beside them.

Bai Zhizhi looked at the hand that had hit Lin Xiaoyang’s head and directly took a step back.

This reaction made Jiang Lin find it even more amusing, but some things still needed to be made clear. “This time the fault wasn’t yours. I’m very glad you listened to what I said and didn’t casually strike out at ordinary people. But next time you encounter this kind of situation, I hope you can control yourself a bit. It’s best not to draw blood.”

The ability user Bai Zhizhi had beaten, Aike, had claw marks on his face that while not bone deep, were severe enough to need stitches. Even though ability users had stronger recovery abilities than ordinary people, if they didn’t use some spiritual medicine, his face would probably be scarred from now on.

Not to mention if the strike had been just a little bit higher, Aike would probably have lost an eye. If he had really been blinded in one eye, this matter probably wouldn’t have been so easy to resolve.

Bai Zhizhi averted his gaze and didn’t look at Jiang Lin, nor did he say whether he agreed or not. If he encountered this kind of person who dared speak disrespectfully to him again, how heavy his strike would be could be decided at that time.

Seeing his reaction, Jiang Lin just smiled. For this little fox demon, for now he could only try to go along with him. He needed to first figure out his temperament before slowly guiding him.

Lin Xiaoyang was off to the side making faces at Bai Zhizhi. Probably because the fight had felt good and he hadn’t received any punishment, he was very happy inside.

Jiang Lin knew he had always been fed up with that group of ability users. Afraid he would get cocky and cause trouble, he warned, “Don’t let it happen again.”

Lin Xiaoyang didn’t dare act up anymore and obediently made a sound of agreement. “Got it.”

Jiang Lin, “Did you finish handling the Zhou family matter?”

Today Lin Xiaoyang had taken a mission and gone out, but he had arrived at Moyun Mountain right on Jiang Lin’s heels. He finished handling things in half a day, quite fast.

Lin Xiaoyang shook his head dejectedly, “No, I couldn’t see anything wrong with the Zhou family matter. Their house is quite clean, no yin energy and no ghosts or evil spirits. I was thinking of waiting for Brother Yue or Brother Daoan to finish their business, then have one of them go with me to the Zhou house again at night.”

Yue Yanting and Ren Daoan were both from their division. Their cultivation was higher than his. Something like the Zhou family matter, saying it’s serious it’s serious, saying it’s not serious it’s not serious. It didn’t need Brother Jiang to personally step in, so he planned to wait until the others were free, then pull one of them to go look at the Zhou house.

As a result, right after coming out from the Zhou house he received the Administration Bureau’s notice. The Zhou house wasn’t far from Moyun Mountain. He rushed over as fast as he could, even arriving before Brother Jiang.

But Brother Jiang was still amazing, catching this little fox demon in one go.

Jiang Lin, “You couldn’t see the problem so you just left?”

Lin Xiaoyang hurriedly said, “Of course not. I left my Jixiang with Zhou Yan, and I told the Zhou family that I couldn’t see any problems during the day but I would come again at night. If there really was some evil spirit, with Zhou Yan carrying Jixiang, the evil spirit definitely wouldn’t dare approach.”

Jiang Lin, “Let’s go back to the courtyard first. Later I’ll go with you to the Zhou house.”

Lin Xiaoyang cheered, “Great! With Brother Jiang taking charge, there’s nothing that can’t be handled!”