Let the true energy circulate for a while

……

The jade flower was gradually turning green. According to chromatographic references and mathematical analysis, it would take approximately seven days of sunlight for the jade flower to recover. They discovered that sunbathing seemed to be ineffective.

Today is the third day since Yu Hua was teleported, and also the third day since Men Gun wandered in another world.

In other words, there are still four days before it's possible to go again. If Chen Ye goes, he might have to leave the jade flower that was impaled there for another seven days...

Actually, regardless of whether the incident of being hit by a stick occurred or not, Chen Ye was determined to obtain the two jade flowers offered to the temple in Thailand.

After all, for Chen Ye, his senior brothers and masters in that other world were his family, friends, and confidants. People have feelings!

The Secret Service's stance is to fully support Chen Ye!

This is understandable, after all, in the current world, only Chen Ye can open up two worlds, and the Special Operations Bureau has conducted a comprehensive assessment of Chen Ye.

They believe that Chen Ye is a kind and empathetic person who possesses exceptional skills and speaks with kindness and politeness. After all, he is a very filial son! On the other hand, his biggest characteristic is that he will lose his temper if someone insults his parents! He becomes unreasonable and usually kills the person with a single blow.

Even though Sun Xiaojuan was extremely unwilling, she couldn't stop her son's determination to go to Thailand to retrieve Yuhua.

Chen Ye's original intention was to participate in the Bull Beverage's "China's Best Kung Fu" fighting competition, win first place, and receive the 200 million yuan championship prize.

Everything is reasonable and legal.

But something unexpected happened halfway through, and with Chen Jianbin being called the Dragon King, everything seemed to become magical.

In a private reception room of the Los Angeles Secret Service.

Sun Xiaojuan said, "Xiaoye, I don't care if you're competing, but I'm worried about you going abroad and to that other world."

Chen Jianbin squatted on the ground, clutching his ears with both hands, and looked up, opening his mouth as if to say something.

Sun Xiaojuan glared at her: "Don't say anything."

Chen Jianbin: "I was in such a hurry to pick you up that I didn't even have time to put on my underwear. The Secret Service pants are too stiff; they were a bit uncomfortable when I squatted down."

Sun Xiaojuan chuckled, then said with a hint of anger, "How old are you? Why do you talk like a child?"

"There's no one else here, Ono. Do you have any new underwear in your bag?"

"no."

Chen Jianbin: "..."

Chen Ye pulled up a stool, sat down next to his mother, rested his head on Sun Xiaojuan's lap, and slowly said, "Mom, I have a senior sister, her name is Xiaohui."

"She's about your age. I think about you all every night and cry. My senior sister would hold me like this, tell me stories, and play me tunes. I would look at the stars in the sky, thinking about you all, and then I would slowly fall asleep."

Chen Ye spoke as his thoughts led him, recounting some events from about a month after he transmigrated.

"Mom, there are some things I was too embarrassed to say before, just treat it as a story..."

……

【Chen Ye·Extra】

Located in the southern corner of the country, at the foot of Mao'er Mountain, lies Youhe Village.

In a farmhouse courtyard, eight-year-old Chen Ye has been here for a month.

That night, he dreamed of his parents again and woke up crying.

A Taoist nun brought an oil lamp into the house.

An oil lamp illuminated the mud-brick wall. The Taoist nun, named Xiao Hui, had her hair loosely tied up with a wooden hairpin, with a few strands of gray hair at her temples. Her face was rough from long-term exposure to wind and sun.

There was a patch on the right shoulder of her Taoist robe; she was thin, and the flames flickered slightly.

"Junior brother, are you crying again?"

Eight-year-old Chen Ye, with tears welling up in his eyes, choked out, "I dreamt of Shihe Park. At the carousel, there were so many people. My dad and mom were walking ahead of me, walking very fast. I chased after them, and kept chasing, but I couldn't catch up. I called out to them, but they didn't answer me! Finally, at the elephant slide, they disappeared. Waaah~ They don't want me anymore."

Xiao Hui seemed to be used to her junior brother's strange remarks, and comforted him with a smile: "Tell your senior sister about your hometown, she can't sleep either."

"Senior sister, I'm hungry."

Xiao Hui dressed Chen Ye, then took his hand, and the two of them, one big and one small, went to the small courtyard outside the gate.

She sat in the old rattan chair and took out some dried sweet potatoes, which Chen Ye couldn't bite.

Xiao Hui then took out a wooden carved box, inlaid with gemstones, which was very exquisite. Inside were eight pastries, which looked extremely well-made, quite out of place in this simple farmhouse.

Smelling the aroma, Chen Ye put down the dried sweet potato and craned his neck to ask, "Senior Sister, what's this? It looks delicious."

Xiao Hui: "Liu Xin Zhai's lotus flower pastries were exclusively supplied to the royal family; ordinary people couldn't afford them."

Chen Ye: "Did Master go to the capital to steal things again?"

"Yes, Master said he got into a fight with an old eunuch today and stole some pastries along the way."

Chen Ye took a piece, took a bite, and with a satisfied look on his face, wolfed it down.

Xiao Hui stretched the box forward a little, "Have another piece."

Chen Ye shook his head: "Keep the rest for my senior brother."

"This box should fetch a good price. I'll have your senior brother pawn it in town tomorrow, and then we can enjoy a better life for a while."

"Senior sister, I heard from my second senior brother that Master used to be a ruthless and bloodthirsty demon, known in the martial arts world as: the Great Demon Daoist."

"Don't listen to your second senior brother's nonsense. If Master were a demon, we wouldn't need to hide. Master is the greatest benefactor in the world, you know?"

"Okay. Got it."

Xiao Hui smiled and picked up Chen Ye, placing him on her lap. Chen Ye, nestled in his senior sister's arms, looked up at the stars in the sky and began to hum a tune.

"The stars in the sky are silent, the children on the ground miss their mothers, the eyes in the sky blink and blink, and the mother's heart is like a lupine flower..."

"The tea gardens in my hometown are in full bloom, but my mother's heart is with me all over the world..."

Xiao Hui listened quietly, gently stroking Chen Ye's little head.

Chen Ye sang for a while, then, under the moonlight, his round eyes gazed at the night sky, where stars twinkled, and he fell silent.

Xiao Hui said, "Continue telling your senior sister yesterday's story, the Calabash Brothers."

Chen Ye became interested: "The eldest brother is red and has immense strength. The second brother is orange and has eyes that can see a thousand miles and ears that can hear the wind. The third brother is yellow and has a head of bronze and arms of iron. I can't quite tell the fourth and fifth brothers apart. Anyway, one can breathe fire and the other can breathe water. I like the sixth brother the most. He can become invisible because I am also Master's sixth disciple."

"There are only six Calabash Brothers in total?"

"And then there's the Seventh Brother. Poor Seventh Brother, he recognized a demon as his parents. But in the end, he reformed. The Seventh Brother has a magic gourd that can trap demons inside. It's really powerful."

"In the second season, the seven Calabash Brothers could combine to become Calabash Little King Kong, which was super powerful."

"With the Calabash Brothers being so powerful, wouldn't all the monsters run away?"

"Senior sister, the monster has many tricks up its sleeve. Da Wa is very strong, so the monster used a copper coin magic weapon to make him fall into a money hole and not be able to get out!"

Second Brother has eyes that can see a thousand miles and ears that can hear the wind, so the monsters use evil winds and rumors to deal with him!

The Third Brother has a head of bronze and arms of iron, so the demons made things difficult for him! Those shoes are a magical artifact; once you put them on, you can't take them off.

Fire Boy can breathe fire, so the fairy made him cook in a large pot. My dad said cooking in a large pot is the hardest thing to do.

The water spouts water, and the fairy splashes dirty water on him to poison him!

Sixth Brother can turn invisible, but the monster gave him a little tail! My dad said that's a trumped-up charge, and even invisibility won't work!

The seventh brother's magic gourd was damaged from the inside by a woodworm.

Chen Ye talked and talked, starting with the pangolin... then the old man, then the Calabash Brothers saving the old man... and one by one they were captured.

Xiao Hui looked sad. "Their grandfather died in the end?"

"Sigh, the pangolin said something to Grandpa, and then Grandpa was killed by a monster."

"What did the pangolin say?"

"I don't know either."

Xiao Hui felt a sense of lingering curiosity: "Junior brother, your hometown is so interesting. What kind of place is it?"

"There's nothing good about it. Our kids are the most pitiful. They have homework every day, and in second grade they're already being forced to enroll in English classes. As my dad says, it's like they're trying to take advantage of the parents!"

Although Xiaohui didn't quite understand, she roughly guessed: "Does everyone in your area have access to education?"

Chen Ye said, "Senior sister, I have a brother named Mao Taimi, we call her Er Mao. My dad said Er Mao had meningitis, which is why she's a little mentally unstable. She's always second to last in her class, and she can only write her own name. The teachers have given up on her, and I was quite envious of her for a while. But we're best friends. Er Mao isn't good at academics, but she's great at sports! Even the older students can't beat her!"

Xiao Hui said, "Phew, Er Mao might be a martial arts prodigy."

"Once, Er Mao and Chen Hongtao made a bet to see who could squat the longest. During class, they secretly squatted on their chairs and pretended to be sitting. Er Mao squatted for the entire class and the teacher didn't notice."

At this moment, a slightly older child, half a head taller than Chen Ye, came out of the room. He walked with his eyes closed, paused at the door for a while, squatted down, picked a handful of grass, and chewed it.

"Fifth Brother is sleepwalking and eating grass again."

Xiao Hui looked helpless. "You can't easily wake a sleepwalker, or he'll be scared out of his wits and easily develop hysteria."

Chen Ye jumped off his senior sister's lap, took a pastry from the box, tiptoed over, and squatted down next to his fifth senior brother.

Fifth Senior Brother went to pull weeds again, and Chen Ye quickly placed the pastries under his hand.

Xiao Hui came over at that moment, and the two smiled at each other.

Fifth Brother picked up a pastry, took a bite, and then, seemingly sensing something was off, threw it away. He then plucked a handful of grass and began to eat it heartily.

"Meow~ Meow~"

Chen Ye said softly, "Senior Sister, this time Fifth Senior Brother should imitate a sheep's bleating instead of a horse's neighing."

Xiao Hui gently picked up the child eating grass, shook her head, and said softly, "Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu, you two are really troublesome."

"Didn't Master say that his disciples are not ordinary people?"

……

……

Los Angeles, Secret Service, reception room.

As Chen Ye spoke, a smile crept onto his lips.

Sun Xiaojuan shook her head as she listened, "Son, your childhood was so different from others."

Chen Jianbin listened with great interest: "Dad is so envious of you. You and your fellow apprentices must be very happy."

Chen Ye said with a nostalgic look, "Mom, that's why I must master the secret of the Jade Lotus Flower, so that I can go back often and bring them things."

"Mom, actually, I have another friend named Zhao Youzhen. She's a princess who saved my life. I miss her a lot."

Sun Xiaojuan's eyebrows shot up: "A woman? Or a princess?"

"Oh, and also, Old Kui asked me to help take a look at his physical body. I promised him. My dad always says: 'A man's promise is worth a thousand pieces of gold.' You should always keep your promises."

Sun Xiaojuan, her feelings a mix of emotions, raised her hand to touch Chen Ye's face, ignoring everything else, and asked, "How far have things progressed with that princess?"

"She and I are... comrades-in-arms, and also confidantes."

Sun Xiaojuan: "Do you have children?"

"Mom—we're not married, so where did this child come from?"

"Xiao Ye, you've grown up, and Mom can't control you anymore. A man's ambition lies in all corners of the world. Go if you want to, but be sure to be careful."

"Um!"

"Let your dad go with you."

"No, no, my dad can't go, at least not for now!"

"Why?"

"It's too dangerous over there, and my dad doesn't know martial arts. He'll only be a burden to me if he goes."

Chen Ye's words were true; the martial world there was indeed dangerous.

Chen Jianbin's legs went numb from squatting. He stood up and muttered, "Let's go. I've hurt my pride."

Sun Xiaojuan glared at him, and the latter squatted down again.

"What were you doing just now, acting like the Dragon King? What am I going to say when my colleagues ask tomorrow? How am I supposed to go to work?"

Chen Jianbin said, "You don't need to go to work anymore. Go open a bed and breakfast and realize your dreams of poetry and distant places. My son and I will go out and explore the world."

"Easy for you to say, I don't have the money."

Chen Ye said, "I'll borrow some from Qin Shifan. He's a very easy person to talk to; he'll definitely lend it to me as long as I ask."

Chen Jianbin said with a serious expression, "Xiao Juan, don't you understand now? For your son, money is the easiest thing in the world to get."

Sun Xiaojuan was moved. The homestay she had dreamed of all her life, the ideal she had kept hidden in her diary since her teenage years, immediately conjured up a picture in her mind: a small courtyard with green tiles and white walls, roses climbing all over the corners, bamboo lanterns hanging under the eaves, sunlight filtering through the sycamore leaves onto the wooden tea table, a cat curled up and dozing in a rocking chair, and birds singing under the eaves.

She plans to fill the courtyard with sunflowers and raise a few large white geese. Guests will sit in the courtyard drinking tea and chatting, and she will serve them her homemade osmanthus cakes while listening to their stories of their travels.

No work worries, only the rustling of leaves in the wind, living life like a poem on TikTok!

"Can I keep a few cats?"

Chen Jianbin said, "You can even raise alpacas."

Sun Xiaojuan clutched her chest with both hands and exclaimed, "Really?" She was even more excited.

Seeing that it was almost time, Chen Jianbin slowly stood up: "Xiaojuan, I'll go get you something to eat. There's a stove in this canteen, I'll make you a bowl of knife-cut noodles."

Just then, there was a knock on the door. "Come in."

Qin Shifan pushed open the door, poked his head in, and said with a grin, "Are you talking about knives?"

Chen Ye: "Is there something you need, Teacher Qin?"

Qin Shifan chuckled and said, "It's alright, it's alright, you two continue chatting."

Chen Ye went out and closed the door. The two stood in the courtyard. "Please speak. Don't play dumb with me."

Qin Shifan said, "The preparations are complete in Thailand, but we have a better plan."

"How so?"

"This time on 'Chinese Kung Fu,' we have a Thai boxing champion named Somchai Pongsu."

Qin Shifan lowered his voice and said, "This Muay Thai champion is a devout Buddhist raised by Wat Phra Singh in Chiang Mai. He donated all the prize money he won to the temple."

"The jade lotus is enshrined at Wat Phra Singh. I'm thinking, you go up on stage and defeat him with your real skills. Muay Thai practitioners have a characteristic: they admire strength. The stronger you are, the more they worship you. Then you can go directly to Wat Phra Singh with him and take the lotus!"

Chen Ye thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I might as well take the 200 million yuan bonus while I'm at it."

Qin Shifan was straightforward: "Money doesn't matter. If you need money, I'll submit a report to the higher-ups."

"My master said: 'Obtaining karma always requires repayment.' I'd better earn it myself first. Fighting with internal energy in the arena, that's not considered breaking the rules, is it?"

Qin Shifan added, "Even a urine test can't touch you! What rule did you break?"

"That makes perfect sense."

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PS: Two chapters combined into one, a long chapter of over 4000 words.

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