Chapter 15 (1/2)
Chapter 15: Apology
With a swish, he stood up like a human and pulled the door open: ”Look! No one's even here!”
Xu Yangyi raised his brows, as well.
Indeed, there wasn't even a single person.
Then… the question was, what had he just heard moments ago?
He had clearly heard someone named Manager Su at the door talking to themself. Manager Su and Mao Ba'er had spoken quite clearly on a cooperative arrangement, price, and share, however… there really wasn't anyone at the entrance!
”There wasn't anyone on the left? Someone that wanted the doctor to change their medication?”
The dog scouted out and returned: ”None at all.”
”Was it your imagination?” Mao Ba'er looked at Xu Yangyi suspiciously: ”In fact… you shouldn't make things up, we'll still be good friends… If you're willing to explain to me clearly how you learned of my deal with the Many Treasures Pavilion.”
Xu Yangyi narrowed his eyes and didn't answer the other, rather he set his spirit sense free.
A thought sprang into his mind.
Perhaps… it wasn't a trick of the ear.
Just as he unleashed his spirit sense, he immediately felt it was different, a clearness completely different from before!
In the past, it had also been clear, but in comparison to his present spirit sense, it had been like a film of mist!
The flower was red. In his eyes, he sensed even more layers of red that were even richer, like he could clearly see the composition of its color. As to so far that he could see the honeybee on the flower just as it buzzed its wings.
Or perhaps it could be put like so, the world had become even more realistic.
He was in the sickroom of the tenth floor, and the flower garden was on the lower level outside of the hospital, close to a hundred and fifty meters on the side of the national highway!
Even if he was a Qi Condensation cultivator, he shouldn't have been able to see something a hundred and fifty meters away to the most minute of details! A hundred meters was the max!
But more important was the sound.
Every sound, the buzzing of the honeybee's wings, the discussion of the patients the floor below, and the hailing of a car two hundred meters away… was like it was at the side of his ear, as to so far he could hear the middle-aged driver as he slightly coughed.
His eyes began to faintly narrow. He hadn't heard incorrectly… rather his spirit sense had surprisingly strengthened! Moreover, it was a sudden expansion by around a third in size!
Xu Yangyi strongly suppressed the throbbing of his heart. Spirit sense could be said to be on the same level of importance to a cultivator as their sea of essence. It was the eyes, ears, tongue of how cultivators perceived the world, the same as all of a human's five senses, also comprising…
The strength of perception and absorption of spiritual energy!
In other words, his perception of spiritual energy and his rate of absorption of it was over third stronger than a cultivator of the same stage!
An art or treasure that could upgrade spirit sense absolutely wouldn't exist these days! This era of Cultivation Civilization was also known as Saddharmavipralopa or the End of Days. Spiritual energy had already become incomparably thin, and things such as cultivating to Foundation Establishment in a hundred days like in novels were incapable of appearing once again. Presently, to achieve Foundation Establishment in a hundred years was considered top-notch. Spirit sense would only advance followed by a cultivator's elevation in realms. Never had there been a precedent for such a sudden advancement!
”Pretty boy… You alright?” Like a dried well, his complexion was without a single ripple. Mao Ba'er asked nervously: ”Is it… because you didn't rest well enough that you're suddenly hearing things?”
”Possibly.” Xu Yangyi shut his eyes and leaned against the sickbed: ”Pack things up. In several days, we're going to leave Sanshui City.”
”Thud Thud Thud…” At the same time, the sound of knocking suddenly echoed out. Just as he said enter, he saw a large bouquet of flowers with ten-odd people following behind.
They were all the agents of the Disciplinary and Observations Group. This time, all of them were present! Following the lead of Vice Captain Chen!
”Captain Xu, has your health improved?” Vice Captain Chen set the large bouquet of flowers on a table deferentially and stood sincerely at Xu Yangyi's bedside: ”I heard you've been out for ten-somewhat days; we're truly apologetic, we didn't expect that sc.u.mbag would've installed explosives. If it weren't for you, Captain Xu… We don't even know if we would be able to see our children again.”
The speech revealed heartfelt admiration, deference, and respect. In the past several days he had just taken up office, the other had been an overbearing and menacing person, but that demeanor had vanished long ago without a trace.
”Just doing my job.” Xu Yangyi looked at the big bouquet of sword lilies that represented good health and laughed: ”Thank you for the flowers, everyone.”
”T-There's no need for thanks… No, I want to say that Captain Xu doesn't need to give thanks!” Old Zhu took a step forward and sighed deeply: ”Before, some people said you were a paratrooper, said you were sent down to fill the numbers, and even more, I actually believed it… Captain Xu, we… we…”
”We rejected the praise and awards of the Provincial Public Security Department.” Vice Captain Chen revealed a shameful look: ”Captain Xu…… We were all waiting on you, but the Provincial Public Security Department didn't want to hold on any longer. The case had dragged on for too long. You don't know, but people of Sanshui City have been alarmed for the past month, and night cla.s.ses were canceled. There weren't even any people on the street…… They wanted to immediately announce this information, I……”
”No need to apologize.” Xu Yangyi didn't care at all. Calming the hearts of the people, this was the primary order of business after a strange incident: ”That is what you should've done.”
The present scene had become a bit awkward.
In the past, none of them could bear looking at Xu Yangyi. For a paratrooper to drop down all of a sudden and then take charge over a major case was akin to the situation of a sheep leading a pride of lions. Above all else though when Xu Yangyi had expressed that he would personally handle the case, it had nearly sent them into a furious rage.*
At the present, after they had lost consciousness and awakened, they had become aware the Captain Xu had saved their lives at the critical moment. According to the report, it was because the criminal had installed explosives that had lead to them losing a part of their memories, since they were close.
Thinking back to their display in the past, they had drummed up enough courage to get together and come visit.
It was embarra.s.sing… how could they set face aside? They were all people in their thirties and forties, judging by appearance. The result was that the other had saved all of their lives and single-handedly apprehended the criminal. As Chief Zheng had announced this information, the entire Disciplinary and Reconnaissance Group had been left without words.
After brief period of shock, their guilt had swelled forth like a tide. However… on the contrary, they were embarra.s.sed. After stewing around for a good while, it wasn't until these feelings had reached their boiling point that they carefully selected a large bouquet of flowers and came together to the sickroom.