Wishes in This Life (China)

  Liu Zhi heard Zhao Yongsheng say this, and at the time he was stunned, looking at the two of them in confusion. Zhao Yongsheng saw this and began to explain the reason.

  It turned out that after the team was dismissed on the same day, Political Commissar Zhou Laiding was very dissatisfied with Liu Zhizhi. On the way, he grumbled to Zhao Yongsheng for half a day. As soon as he returned to the office, he immediately issued a document to investigate Liu Zhizhi's situation.

  The special police were more efficient than the regular police, but the result was very disappointing. The Shencheng police sent over Zhi's information, which was very clean. Except for being born into a rich family, there was nothing special about him, and he had no record of breaking the law. Zhou Laiding saw this information and was somewhat stunned. He had thought that since Zhi practiced martial arts, he must have been involved in fights and brawls, but it turned out that he was an excellent student who came to this place as a volunteer teacher.

  If it weren't for another person arriving at the Guizhou Nan Special Police Headquarters, there wouldn't be the matter of Zhao Yongsheng inviting Liu Zhikai. This person is from a national special department, to be honest, in this place, Guizhou Nan only has one office, and it's not an important location. They just leave two people here on duty, if something happens they report to their superiors. After all, this kind of special department lacks manpower, those who can enter the inner circle are extraordinary individuals with exceptional skills, even those on the periphery aren't ordinary people who can easily join, there are some special requirements. But it's hard to find such people, this is also why Liu Zhikai was noticed by the special department in Shencheng when he killed the ninja and appeared as a master of dark energy. Shencheng is after all the national political, cultural, and economic center outside of Beijing, and also the central hub of the eastern coastal region.

  The visitor's name was Su Ding, who used to be a comrade-in-arms of Zhao Yongsheng. After Liu Zhi Zhi returned to Ma Jia Village from Shenyang, he sent an order to pay attention to Liu Zhi Zhi on this side. However, Su Ding had only a few small fish under his command, and no one was available to keep an eye on Liu Zhi Zhi. After some thought, he decided to come and ask for help from his old comrade-in-arms.

  It's really a coincidence, many government departments are not very efficient, even some special departments have this problem. If it weren't for the Shencheng side urging again, Su Ding might not have come at all. This time, it's really a coincidence, and after explaining the purpose to Zhao Yongsheng, Zhao Yongsheng was immediately delighted. He had been worried that he wouldn't get any information about Liu Zhi, but now it was delivered right to his doorstep. He knew the nature of Su Ding's work, and many materials were not available to him at all. It was so coincidental that it was delivered right to his doorstep, and he immediately inquired about Liu Zhi's situation. As a result, it turned out that Liu Zhi was not as simple and clean as the Shencheng police had provided. This guy Liu Zhi was actually a legendary martial arts master, who had recently defeated several small thugs in Shencheng and even killed two Japanese ninjas with one knife. In Zhao Yongsheng's imagination, ninjas were mythical creatures, but now it seemed that not only did they exist, but also got taken down by someone in Shencheng.

  Upon hearing this, Zhao Yongsheng and Zhou Laiding clearly understood that the fugitive Guo Gang was indeed looking for death by running into this jinx. They then recounted how Liu Zhizhi killed Guo Gang. Su Ding listened and realized that Liu Zhizhi was another martial artist who broke the law. This kind of person, if not brought into the system, would be an unstable factor in society. Since he didn't have enough manpower to monitor him all day, he thought for a moment and came up with an idea: "Old comrade, I have an idea. My superiors intend to absorb this person into the outer organization, but they still need to observe him for some time. You've had poor results in the provincial special police martial arts competition over the years, especially in hand-to-hand combat, which has been at the bottom. Why not invite him to be a part-time coach and bring him under your wing? This way, he can play a role and also help me out. What do you think?"

  "This is actually a good idea!" Zhao Yongsheng was immediately moved.

  This is why Zhao Yongsheng came to find Liu Zhizhi today. After Zhao Yongsheng explained his intention, Liu Zhizhi slightly furrowed his brow, he wanted to be free and unrestrained.

  Zhao Yongsheng saw Liu Zhi's frown and thought he couldn't spare the time, so he said: "Mr. Liu, you don't need to be at the special police training ground all day, just go on Sundays to give some guidance, that's also a contribution to the country!"

  Liu Zhi knew was originally prepared to refuse, but after thinking about it, he thought that he would probably be here for another semester. Who knows, maybe in the future the school will encounter some difficulties and it's better to ask them to take care of the school. Although it's not a systematic education, everything in China is about personal relationships.

  Thinking of this, Liu Zhi proposed a condition. This semester is not long, and there are less than two weeks until New Year's Day. After New Year's Day, there is more than a month before the Spring Festival, which means that winter vacation will start just a few days after New Year's Day. Elementary school originally starts winter break early anyway. Liu Zhi proposed to join the special police team as a part-time coach after the Spring Festival, and this condition was not excessive, so Zhao Yongsheng agreed.

  Liu Zhiyi also brought up another matter, which was for the special police team to take care of the school. Zhao Yongsheng was a bit surprised by this condition and his impression of Liu Zhiyi changed. It seemed that this person had come to assist with teaching in good faith, otherwise he wouldn't have proposed such a condition. Zhao Yongsheng readily agreed and said they would form a law education co-construction unit with the school.

  Liu Zhi knew couldn't help but admire, after all, it's a government system insider, this plan can be said to be a win-win, the school gets an extra nameplate, and the special police force just needs to send someone to teach a law class at the end of the semester, but the school's status in the Qiannan education system has risen significantly.

  Liu Zhi Zhi took the two to Director Du's home, and these matters were discussed by Director Du and Captain Zhao. Liu Zhi Zhi went to the woods to practice martial arts instead. Director Du and Captain Zhao had a very harmonious conversation, which Liu Zhi Zhi only knew afterwards.

  By nightfall, Liu Zhi decided to thoroughly refine the Lingxu wood spear. The spear could already be considered a magic tool, but from the knowledge of refining tools passed down by Shao Yan, Liu Zhi knew that adding some spell arrays would still be necessary. Liu Zhi had already memorized all the basic spell arrays and was confident that he would eventually figure out why they worked. The arrangement of spell arrays on a magic tool actually involved using one's divine sense to change the arrangement of micro-particles within the tool, forming the corresponding spell array. Liu Zhi had practiced this before, so it didn't take much effort this time. However, he discovered that by combining hand seals with his thoughts, he could bring out the spell arrays more efficiently and accurately. Upon careful consideration, he realized that the changes in hand seals guided a subtle adjustment of the energy within his body, which should be considered a means of control, allowing Liu Zhi to understand the significance of using hand seals extensively in magic techniques.

  At the hour of Chou, the artifact was finally refined. Liu Zhi saw a faint purple glow floating in front of him, and his heart moved as he said: "Let's call you Purple Spirit Stab!" The Purple Spirit Stab seemed to understand, its light flashing several times, and Liu Zhi knew that this was just the result of his own divine consciousness fluctuating.

  The Purple Spirit Needle was refined, and Liu Zhi knew he couldn't wait any longer. He stretched his body, lay on the bed, covered himself with a quilt, and let his yin spirit exit his body. A gust of yin wind wrapped around the Purple Spirit Needle, and with a thought, another unexpected thing happened to Liu Zhi. He felt as if he was in the midst of a thunderstorm, but soon he understood that this was just the wonderful use of the thunder and lightning spirits contained within the Purple Spirit Needle. The Lingxu wood had been struck by lightning and died, naturally containing the thunder and lightning spirits. This was just an imprint and wouldn't harm his yin spirit. Not only would it not cause harm, but to Liu Zhi's surprise, there seemed to be a hint of yang energy within the yin and yang. His own yin spirit hadn't gone through a tribulation by thunder, no wonder Shao Yan had said there was a benefit. His yin spirit was much stronger than an average yin spirit, it could be considered a half-tribulated yin spirit.

  A faint purple glow flashed, and the dark spirit and Purple Spirit Needle merged into a faint purple light, passing through the door gap. Liu Zhi knew that he was somewhat proud and arrogant, rushing up to the sky, straight up to one thousand meters. Before, when he reached two hundred meters, he felt quite a bit of pressure. Now, with the dark spirit under the protection of the faint purple glow, he rushed up to one thousand meters and only then felt pressure. Indeed, the Purple Spirit Needle was a good thing.

  Liu Zhi knew that with a single spin, he dived down towards the mountain top. The pale purple glow was almost indistinguishable in the night sky. He swept past a large tree branch, and didn't feel anything. The branch crashed to the ground. Liu Zhi turned his head back, feeling shocked and delighted. It was even more formidable - an ordinary person would need to chop at such a thick branch for a while with an axe, but the Purple Spirit Stake merely flashed its pale purple glow, without any sensation, and cut it off.

  Liu Zhi knew this, his heart moved, trying the purple spirit thorn's other wonderful use. Thinking of this, his intention moved, a cluster of dense lightning suddenly sprang out from the purple spirit thorn, under the pale purple light, as if dyeing the white bright lightning threads into pale purple color. The thunder struck a boulder, sending shattered stones flying everywhere, while the pale purple light enveloped Liu Zhi and swept past him from above.

  Liu Zhi really had a heroic spirit, but unfortunately no one witnessed it. Liu Zhi remembered the last time he was startled by a tree mouse that could barely be considered a monster, and his yin energy almost dissipated. Now he wanted to find that guy and settle the score. Liu Zhi began searching for the tree mouse in the mountains, but unfortunately, as the east turned white, he still had nothing to show for it. In the end, Liu Zhi could only return with a sullen face.

  Liu Zhi knew got out of bed and started a new day, first going out to exercise. Today was his first time capturing the first wisp of purple energy between heaven and earth. This was what he had come to understand from his alchemy practice, and the effect was very good. As soon as the purple energy entered his abdomen, Liu Zhi knew felt a kind of vibration throughout his body, as if it were filled with vitality. He knew that the method he had understood was useful, then began practicing his fist and stance.

  In the following days, Liu Zhi's life was as usual, his own efforts growing slowly. Before he knew it, New Year's Day was approaching. This year, New Year's Day was a three-day holiday. Liu Zhi had planned out how to spend the three days and hadn't yet told Ali when a phone call disrupted all of his plans.

  The phone call was made by Lai Jixue, who arrived in Qiannan with someone from a special department. They had something to ask for Liu Zhi's help and would pick him up the day before New Year's Day. Liu Zhi wanted to know what it was about, but Lai Jixue hung up the phone. Liu Zhi shook his head, thinking that no matter what, Lai Jixue was still a friend they had fought together with. This time in Qiannan must be something important, but Liu Zhi didn't think much of it and would wait until they met to talk about it.

  Liu Zhi called Ali and told her about it. On New Year's Day, he had originally planned to spend a good time with Ali, but the plan did not go as expected due to changes.

  The three people who came to pick up Liu Zhi knew were unexpectedly Zhao Yongsheng driving, and the other two were Lai Jixue and Yan Bing. Liu Zhi knew them, Yan Bing was a female member of the special department, and Liu Zhi had an impression, but it was just a passing acquaintance. He didn't know that Yan Bing was much more familiar with him, and Liu Zhi's file had been established in the special department of Shencheng.

  "Brother Liu, it's been a month since we last met. I heard that you knocked out Guo Gang with just one punch after the police had been chasing him for years. Well done!" Lai Jixue gave Liu Zhi a punch on the shoulder as soon as they met.

  Liu Zhi Zhikai also laughed: "I heard that the police offered a reward of 100,000 yuan, but I didn't get a single cent!"

  "Sorry, the reward has to go through some formalities, I'll give it to you in a few days!" Zhao Yongsheng's face turned red as he was internally conflicted about whether or not to give the reward to Liu Zhikui. Some people even thought that Liu Zhikui was too ruthless and more dangerous than Guo Gang.

  "Never mind, don't give it to me either. Just donate it to those poor students in the mountainous areas!" Liu Zhi knew said nonchalantly, he didn't take money seriously, which was the advantage of being from a wealthy family. Of course, this amount of money wasn't enough to move Liu Zhi's heart.

  "Then let's do it as Instructor Liu said!" Zhao Yongsheng breathed a sigh of relief, and handling the money this way would give an account to all internal aspects.

  Several people got on the bus, and Liu Zhi asked Lai Jixue if he had anything to do. Lai Jixue said: "Younger brother, have you ever heard of spiritual medicine?"

  "I've heard that I still have several decades-old Ganoderma lucidum and yellow essence, all of which were picked in the mountains and are wild. If you want them, Lai Ge, I can give them to you at a cheaper price!" Liu Zhi Zhu said with some surprise, jokingly.

  "You kid, you just donated 100,000 yuan and now you're being so stingy!" Lai Jixue couldn't help but laugh. "I'm not talking about these medicinal herbs of yours, although they can also be considered precious medicine. We came this time because two people from Miss Yan's department accidentally discovered a legendary precious herb in the southwest mountain valley. One of them was seriously injured and almost lost their life, while the other was also badly hurt."

  "What kind of spiritual medicine?" Liu Zhi didn't come with interest, but Shao Yan passed on the information that there were many genius treasures in it. Many of them thought that they might be legends and should have been extinct on Earth, otherwise biologists would have discovered them long ago. When he heard that there was a legendary spiritual medicine in the mountains, he became interested at once. He had a treasure-hunting compass in his hand, and during this period, he entered the mountain several times with Ali, but except for the purple gas Lingxu wood last time, nothing else of legend was found.

  "Guess what's on top with red fruit!" Lai Jixue sold a pass.

  "Could it be Zhu Guo?" asked Liu Zhi Zhi.

  Her eyes flashed with a cold glint and narrowed: "How did you know?"

  "I knew it! In 'The Legend of the Sword and Fairy', Li Yingqiu didn't eat a lot of Zhu Guo, and many fairy tales also mention Zhu Guo, saying that it's a red fruit that increases one's cultivation by several years when eaten. Could it be that this thing really exists?" Yan Bing and Lai Jixue couldn't help but laugh at Liu Zhi's words, and indeed, he was right on the money.

  "Not bad, it's Zhu Guo. It should have a hundred years of work, but ordinary people can't eat it. For ordinary people, it is absolutely toxic. Practitioners and cultivators who are not skilled enough cannot take it either. However, when combined with other medicines, it can be refined into a special elixir that can indeed help practitioners and martial artists break through bottlenecks." Yan Bing explained.

  Liu Zhi knew this, and Shao Yan also mentioned it in the information he provided. However, alchemy was not something ordinary people could easily get into. The fact that a special department was able to practice alchemy made Liu Zhi curious about them.

  "Could it be that the legendary elixir really exists?" asked Liu Zhi Zhi.

  "Of course, there is a kind of elixir, but it's not that magical. It's just a type of medicine. We use modern medical methods to extract the essence of the spiritual medicine and combine it with other materials. It's not about refining elixirs, but rather synthesizing a medicinal liquid." Yan Bing said calmly, and Liu Zhi knew that he was probably diluting the essence and combining it with other herbs to create a medicinal liquid with special effects. Liu Zhi didn't ask further questions, knowing that dealing with these departments meant it was better not to know too much.

  "Is there any danger in collecting medicine?" Zhao Yongsheng, who was driving, asked. This time, not many people came from the special department, and Zhao Yongsheng received instructions from his superiors to cooperate with them and join their action with his team members, so he asked if there were any dangers.

  "Heavenly medicine born naturally, is there something watching over it?" Yan Bing didn't ignore him.

  "What kind of thing can join your department and be a master, how can you get hurt so badly?" Zhao Yongsheng was clearly puzzled.

  "The last time, the two of them accidentally discovered the Zhu Guo without being on guard. One was at the peak of Ming Jin and the other had entered An Jin. They were ambushed by something, and after the incident, they both described what happened. After investigating, it's possible that it was a Shan Gui, also known as a mountain ghost. According to legend, it's a type of zombie-like creature formed when a monkey corpse doesn't rot under special conditions!" Yan Bing didn't hide anything, and it would be good for Liu Zhi Zhi and Zhao Yong Sheng to know some things before they joined the action.

  Liu Zhi's heart was stirred, although he cultivated now and believed that some so-called supernatural phenomena existed. He couldn't help but think that the world had a lot of hidden things beneath its surface. Could it be that some of the hidden worlds people talked about really did exist?

  Liu Zhi didn't have much contact with the cultivation world, and few people knew that Liu Zhi was also a cultivator. Even special departments thought he was just a martial arts expert, but he really didn't understand the cultivation world.

  When he saw Liu Zhi's surprised face, Yan Bing felt it was normal. It was inevitable for a normal human being to be surprised when hearing such things.

  The car arrived at the special police training ground, and Liu Zhi didn't expect that the special police training ground was set up in a big mountain. After thinking about it, he also felt natural, as densely populated areas were not suitable for many types of training, such as shooting.

  The car stopped in front of a building similar to an inn, and Liu Zhi knew at a glance that the sign read: Dalong Mountain Special Police Reception Office. Zhao Yongsheng led the three into the conference room, where there were already over a dozen people inside, who stood up to salute when they saw Zhao Yongsheng, and he returned their salute.

  Everyone sat down, and Yan Bing first emphasized the discipline. This operation cannot be mentioned to outsiders, not even after it's over, nor can it be mentioned to family members at home. Then he showed a few slides, which were taken by the two injured men with digital cameras. On a dwarf tree resembling coral, there were more than ten bright red fruits hanging on it. Yan Bing generally demonstrated and explained while showing another slide that was relatively blurry, but it was a shadow of a green monkey-like creature.

  After the explanation, everyone understood that they would pick fruits and kill the mountain goblin, then start distributing weapons. To deal with the mountain goblin, Yan Bing brought a batch of weapons, Liu Zhi chose a Miao Dao, which was specially prepared for him. This was a special knife with floral patterns all over it. Liu Zhi carefully identified them and found that they were talismans, just like printed ones.

  Xian Bing watched Yan Zhi's expression, wanting to see something from it. Yan Zhi touched the knife with his hand, and the pattern was very smooth, obviously not handmade. Could it be that a special department has developed a method for mass-producing ritual instruments? He subtly sensed the knife in his hand, and from the perspective of a ritual instrument, it wasn't even as good as the peach wood sword he had confiscated from Li Yi back then. It couldn't be considered a true ritual instrument, but it did have some effect against evil.

  "What's going on with this knife?" Liu Zhi asked with a puzzled expression.