togophonebook Chapter 28 Dare to touch my tea? I'll show you even if the sky falls!
Chapter 28 Dare to touch my tea? I'll show you even if the sky falls!
"A great calamity... is imminent."
The five characters "Xuan Chengzi" were like five cold nails, driven into the deathly silence of the courtyard.
Lin Fan's hand, which was about to pick up the tea, was suspended in mid-air.
He glanced at the old Taoist priest's face, which was even more solemn than a funeral portrait, and raised his eyebrows slightly.
A great calamity?
In his more than twenty years of life, the most serious ordeal he had ever heard of was his university calculus final exam.
As for what the old Taoist priest was saying, it always made him feel like a monkey was about to jump out at any moment.
Fang Qingxue, standing beside him, instantly lost all color in her pretty face.
She was born into a family at the pinnacle of martial arts. The ancient books of her family only had a few strokes in their ancient texts when they mentioned the four words "Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth," but they were all imbued with blood and fire.
That was the funeral of an era.
Her breath hitched, her gaze fixed on Lin Fan, trying to see the slightest change in his expression.
With your level of understanding, your perception of such matters must far surpass that of anyone else in the world!
"Sir..." Fang Qingxue's voice was as dry as sandpaper.
"oh."
Lin Fan finally reacted.
He picked up the suspended teacup, blew away the tea leaves floating on the surface, and slowly took a sip.
Smack his lips.
Gone.
Just one word, one action, and that's it.
Xuan Chengzi and Fang Qingxue were completely frozen in place.
This reaction is wrong!
Xuan Chengzi had spent the whole night preparing his speech, but all those grand pronouncements about the common people and the survival of the nation were now stuck in his throat, like a wad of phlegm he couldn't spit out.
He had anticipated Lin Fan's shock, his solemnity, and even his nonchalant, domineering demeanor, as if he had everything under control.
But he never expected it to be like this...
It was as if they were reacting to the news that the vegetable market at the entrance of their neighborhood was going to be renovated tomorrow.
"Sir, don't you...don't you think the situation is very serious?" Genkichi couldn't hold back any longer, and every word he asked was so humble.
"serious?"
Lin Fan put down his teacup, lazily lifted his eyelids, and glanced at him.
"Are housing prices about to collapse? Or will free shipping be discontinued?"
"Or rather, is my gigabit broadband going to be slowed down so that even watching a movie will be a slow buffering issue?"
Lin Fan was genuinely annoyed.
After finally getting some peace and quiet, the old Taoist priest came in and started talking nonsense.
I don't care about big or small calamities.
As long as it doesn't affect my attendance tracking or my ability to lie down, drink tea, and read the newspaper, any upheaval or chaos is none of my concern.
Xuan Chengzi was stunned by the barrage of questions.
Housing price? Free shipping? Broadband?
What on earth is all this?!
We're talking about a life-or-death crisis concerning the survival of humanity and the collapse of the world! How come you're thinking about all this... trivial stuff?
He felt that his values, along with his Daoist heart cultivated for a hundred years, were cracking in this small courtyard.
Mr. Lin's thought process is completely outside the Three Realms and Five Elements.
"Sir, what I'm talking about is not such mundane matters..." Xuan Chengzi wiped away non-existent cold sweat from his forehead, trying his best to organize his words, his voice becoming even deeper.
"According to my observations in Penglai, the 'Heaven and Earth Membrane' that covers the outside world and isolates the 'outer realm' is the Heavenly Dao Barrier. Due to the depletion of spiritual energy, it has become as thin as a cicada's wing."
"And your battle with 'The Butcher' a few days ago, which revitalized humanity, was like a thunderclap detonating in stagnant water!"
"That massive surge of fortune tore open the already fragile membranes!"
Xuan Chengzi's voice grew increasingly urgent, filled with a sense of despair as if the end of the world was approaching.
"Now, countless 'extraterrestrial evil spirits' have locked onto our coordinates! Like sharks smelling blood, they are surging madly towards that rift! The first wave of evil spirits is imminent!"
"At that time, the land will be shattered, and countless lives will be lost; it will be a global catastrophe!"
After he finished speaking, the courtyard fell silent again.
Fang Qingxue felt a chill run down her spine, and even her clenched fists trembled slightly.
She looked at Lin Fan again.
The man was frowning, seemingly deep in thought.
Seeing this expression, Xuan Chengzi and Fang Qingxue both breathed a sigh of relief.
Saved!
The gentleman has finally begun to face this problem squarely!
If you are willing to take action, this great calamity may not be impossible to quell!
"So that's how it is..." Lin Fan pondered for a long time before finally speaking.
"Does the master already have a plan?" Xuan Chengzi's eyes gleamed with hope as he eagerly inquired.
Lin Fan looked at him and asked in a serious tone, as if discussing an academic issue:
"That membrane you mentioned, if it cracks, will it affect my cell phone signal?"
Xuan Chengzi: "..."
Fang Qingxue: "..."
The two felt as if their hearts, which had just settled back into their stomachs, had been kicked out of their throats again.
Signal?!
The world is about to end! And all you care about is cell phone signal?!
"Sir...this...this shouldn't be...right..." Xuan Chengzi's tongue was agape. There was no mention of the impact of the Great Calamity on 5G networks in the ancient books of Penglai.
"Oh, that's good."
Lin Fan let out a long sigh, sank back into the rocking chair, and closed his eyes.
"That's alright then, you guys continue. I'm going to take a nap, I stayed up late watching dramas last night."
Xuan Chengzi really couldn't hold back this time.
He had lived for over a hundred years, and his state of mind was as still as an ancient pool.
But today, in this small courtyard, his Dao heart has been repeatedly crushed, almost shattered into a QR code.
"Sir! Sir, you can't just ignore this!"
"Thump!"
This highly accomplished Taoist from Penglai suddenly collapsed to his knees and knelt down, kowtowing to Lin Fan.
"This matter arose because of you, sir; you are now the pillar of humanity! If you do not step forward, China will collapse, the world will perish, and there will be no hope of redemption!"
His kneeling startled Lin Fan so much that he jumped up from his rocking chair.
"Hey, hey, hey! You old man, trying to scam me, huh? Get up!"
Lin Fan couldn't stand this, so he quickly stepped forward to offer his support.
"Speak your mind, don't just kneel down all the time. This floor is precious, you can't afford to pay for it if you break it."
"These are the floor tiles of the ancestral temple of the Human Emperor. If you break even one, how are you going to compensate me?" Lin Fan muttered to himself.
"If you do not agree, sir, I will kneel here for the rest of my life!" Xuan Chengzi was going all out, his old face turning bright red.
Lin Fan looked at him, feeling utterly bewildered.
"No, why are you so stubborn?" Lin Fan said irritably. "What pillar supporting the sky, what human destiny, I don't understand, and I don't want to understand. I'm just an ordinary person, my biggest dream is to live a carefree life. You've got the wrong person."
"Besides, I don't like hearing you say that it was because of me."
Lin Fan curled his lip and said logically, "I fought with that butcher because Li Zhenguo asked me to. We settled the bill afterwards; it was a legal and compliant business arrangement. How come all the good things happen to them, but when something goes wrong, I'm the one blamed? There's no such logic in the world!"
"this……"
Xuan Chengzi was speechless after hearing these words.
This twisted logic sounds absurd, but upon closer examination... it actually makes a lot of sense.
Fang Qingxue watched from the side, feeling both amused and helpless. She finally understood that it was pointless to reason with her teacher about principles; his logic was unique and unbreakable.
Seeing the old Taoist priest kneeling there, almost in tears, she was about to speak.
Xuan Chengzi suddenly raised his head. Looking at Lin Fan's calm "it's none of my business" demeanor, and then thinking about the questions he had just asked about the internet and housing prices, it was as if a thunderbolt had exploded in his mind!
He got it!
He finally understood!
To talk about the greater good of the common people with such beings is an insult in itself!
The gentleman's realm has long transcended worldly notions of good and evil, and responsibility. What he cares about is not the survival of the world, but his own "purity" and "tranquility"!
I was terribly wrong!
Xuan Chengzi stood up shakily, straightened his dusty Taoist robe, and bowed deeply to Lin Fan once again.
This time, his tone lacked sorrow; instead, it carried a hint of cautious probing.
"You are right, sir. I was too attached to appearances," Xuan Chengzi said sincerely. "Such mundane matters as saving the world should indeed not disturb your quiet cultivation. However..."
He changed the subject and sighed softly.
"But those extraterrestrial evils are the source of filth, and they love to devour life force and spiritual energy. If they descend, their first target will undoubtedly be the dragon vein of the capital..."
"At that time, the fortunes will be disordered and the spiritual energy will be mixed. Not to mention the flowers and plants in this courtyard, I'm afraid... even the Da Hong Pao tea in your cup will taste different."
Lin Fan had his eyes closed and looked impatient.
Upon hearing the last sentence, his eyelids twitched violently.
He opened his eyes.
He picked up the teacup on the table and took another sip.
Savor it carefully.
Then, his brows furrowed into a deep frown.
He suddenly realized that this tea...
Something does seem off.