Chapter 30: Brother, I was wrong before
Longxi Group’s senior management meeting room.
Jingle Bell!
When the cell phone rang, the executives present were a little surprised and looked at each other. Mr. He hated being interrupted during meetings the most. Executives like them usually muted their phones during meetings. Who was so brave as to not mute their phones?
He Jie frowned, then realized that the ringtone was coming from her own cell phone. As a manager, she always believed in leading by example, so she never answered the phone during meetings. Just as she was about to turn off the lit screen, she glanced at the caller's name, but her hand hesitated.
"Rest for a few minutes first."
In the end, He Jie picked up her phone, walked out of the meeting room, and pressed the answer button. A minute later, there was an indescribable strange expression on her pretty face.
Lin Ye called and asked to drain the community’s artificial lake.
If it was someone else, or other owners in the community who made such an unreasonable request, she would have hung up long ago, but facing Lin Ye, thinking of the secrets hidden in him, she still suppressed her temper and asked, "Is there any reason?"
“It’s hard to tell you the specific reasons, but I can tell you that removing the artificial lake is a good thing for the community.”
Even though she was good at cultivating her Qi, He Jie gritted her teeth at this moment. You want to drain the artificial lake without even giving a clear reason. Do you really think other owners in the community won't have any objections? Anyone who can afford to buy a villa there must have some status.
Feeling the silence on the other end of the phone, Lin Ye knew that he would have to drain the lake without giving a reason. If he were He Jie, he would not agree.
"Someone drowned in the community lake some time ago. It was not other owners nor the property management who told me." Lin Ye nodded.
He Jie's eyes narrowed. Someone had indeed died in the artificial lake in the community. The victim was a gigolo. The matter was not very glorious. The person involved paid compensation and the matter was resolved. Naturally, the people in the community would not publicize it. If it wasn't for the owner and the property management saying it...
Considering that Lin Ye knew her secret, He Jie suddenly had a bold guess in her mind.
"Okay, you can drain the artificial lake, and I'll ask the property management to cooperate with you to persuade other owners in the community."
After hearing He Jie's agreement, Lin Ye hung up the phone. She is really a smart woman. She must have guessed something.
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"You son of a bitch, you betrayed me, you must die a miserable death, no wonder you were stabbed to death..."
"You treacherous fellow..."
"You are a disgrace to the ghost world. You are not worthy of being a ghost."
By the lake, the water ghost cursed at the intestinal ghost, but the intestinal ghost just looked at him silently. He was still too young and had never suffered the beatings of society.
When Lin Ye returned to the lake, he was followed by Wang Quan and a group of people carrying some machines. The water ghost became even more excited when he saw Lin Ye coming back, and taunted him: "Why, you brought people with you? Come on, take them into the water, I will beat you all in the water alone."
"Don't be silent, if you have the courage to save people, you have the courage to go into the water."
The water ghost was almost pointing at Lin Ye's nose and scolding him, but Lin Ye remained unmoved. Manager Wang and other property staff who followed him walked to all sides of the lake, put down the machines they were carrying, pulled out the water pipes, assembled them, and put them into the lake.
Then, the engine was started, and the entire lake was filled with the sound of the diesel engine turning.
The water ghost was a little confused, and seemed not to react to what was happening. When he came to his senses, he was completely dumbfounded.
Is it necessary to do this?
I just said a few words to you and you wanted to drain the water from the lake. Even the fishermen are not as cruel as you.
Especially these water pipes, which are wrapped with a layer of red cloth. The red cloth makes it impossible for ghosts to touch them.
"Manager, what's going on here? Why is he suddenly trying to drain the lake?"
Wang Quan and others followed Lin Ye's instructions, put the water pipe into the water and left. This was also Lin Ye's request. At this moment, the property staff were talking as they walked. They had been working here for so long, but this was the first time they saw an owner who wanted to drain the artificial lake. The most important thing was that the higher-ups agreed.
"I heard that Mr. Lin dropped something valuable in this lake, so we have to drain it to find it."
"What is so precious that it would drain an entire lake?"
"Who knows? It could be a watch or some jewelry. It's normal for rich people to spend hundreds of millions on a watch. You can't imagine it. Since Mr. Lin said that we are not allowed to go near the lake, then we should not go there. If Mr. Lin doesn't find the lost things, we won't be blamed."
Wang Quan took the property staff away, and he also had to explain to other owners. After all, the noise of more than a dozen diesel engines working together to pump water was quite loud.
The intestine ghost looked at the confused look of the water ghost and felt even more fortunate that he did not resist at the beginning. This guy was so ruthless.
Draining the water from a lake, is this something that an average person can do?
"Brother, you are screwed."
The intestine ghost mourned for the water ghost in his heart. Given this ghost's cruelty, no one knew what would happen to the water ghost once the water in the lake was drained.
Lin Ye looked at the water ghost coldly. It would take time to drain the lake, but he was not in a hurry. He didn't have much but plenty of time, so he just wasted time with this guy.
Time passed with the rumbling sound of the diesel engine, and soon it was night, and many ghosts in the villa came out to watch the fun.
"This fool dares to fight with Master Tianshi."
"It made me laugh to death. He stood there like a wooden stick. I guess he must be regretting it so much."
"Master Tianshi must be a fishing enthusiast as well."
"Oh, why do you say that?"
"Fishermen never pamper fish. If they annoy them, they just go to the pump."
"Fisherman, I can't afford to offend..."
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In the lake, the water ghost felt that his heart was colder than the water, and he stood there like a sculpture.
"Let go, if you can't, just go back to the center of the lake."
Lin Ye poked the hose belt under the water ghost's feet. The water ghost's eyes widened. This was too much of a bully for ghosts.
"Brother, I was wrong before. I shouldn't have been so impulsive. I apologize to you. I...I will definitely turn over a new leaf and start a new life. I will never hurt anyone again."
At this moment, the water ghost suddenly missed the lake water that he used to hate so much. It was not lake water, but a warm quilt covering his body.
Lin Ye was unmoved. After putting down the water pipe, he walked to the other water pipes and placed them towards the lake. After doing all this, he did not go back. Instead, he sat cross-legged by the lake and began to practice the Tai Shang Ganying Merit Sutra.
During the day, he gained merit and now is the perfect time to start practicing.
Lin Ye meditated and looked inward into his body. He could sense three strands of merit energy in his dantian, two green and one purple. The purple one was smaller than the two green strands, but its color was richer.
Is this the merit of heaven and the virtue of humanity?
After looking inward for a while, Lin Ye began to circulate the three strands of merit energy in his body according to the practice method of the Tai Shang Gan Gan Merit Sutra. However, he found that the strand of heavenly merit remained motionless in his dantian, while the two strands of human merit began to flow in his body and finally rushed into his eyes.
A cool breath filled his eyes, and Lin Ye subconsciously closed his eyes. After a few seconds, he opened his eyes and the whole world in front of him was different.
He could see some free spiritual energy in the air, very little, but it did exist.
“I succeeded.”
Lin Ye had a look of delight on his face. According to the old Taoist's advice, the path of cultivation must first be to open up the sense of Qi. However, the initial location of the sense of Qi opened is different for each person, unless it is a special cultivation method, like the Long Quiet Meditation Sutra given by the old Taoist, which is a popular method, and the location of the sense of Qi opened is random.
To be precise, different parts of people's bodies have different sensitivities to spiritual energy.
It seems that my eyes are the most sensitive part to spiritual energy.
"It's still this Supreme Merit Induction Sutra that's powerful. If I just practice this Long Quiet Meditation Sutra, according to what the old Taoist said, it would take me three years to develop a sense of Qi."
After opening the Qi sense, Lin Ye can practice magic, but the spiritual energy of this world is not suitable, so he has to go back to ancient times to practice.
"Brother He, please take them here and guard them. Don't let him run away."
Lin Ye spoke to He Shan, and He Shan agreed. This villa was developed by him, so he naturally didn't want to see water ghosts harming people and affecting the company.
The premise that water ghosts cannot leave the drowning waters is that the waters are still there. If the water is drained, the water ghosts can naturally leave.
With He Shan guarding it, Lin Ye was not afraid that the water ghost would escape when he was not around. A water ghost out of water had about the same strength as a baby, so He Shan and the others could easily control it.
Lin Ye returned to the villa and entered his bedroom. He did not enter the other world directly, but entered the world of time gears. He chose to stay idle in the real world for a day. At this rate of water extraction, it would be almost drained by tomorrow night.
After setting up the idle mode, Lin Ye finally traveled to another world.
The moment he arrived in the other world, Lin Ye’s mind was filled with three months of information about his time in the other world.
The joy on his face disappeared as he received the information.
