pjbooks Chapter 266 On the Eve of the Speech
Chapter 266 On the Eve of the Speech
After dinner, Jin Hao drove Li Jun and his group back to the hotel.
Outside the car window, the night view of Haihe City was dazzling, with neon lights illuminating the entire street in a kaleidoscope of colors.
Little Lingxi pressed herself against the car window, her golden eyes wide open, her little mouth agape, finding everything fascinating.
"Master, why does that lamp change color?"
"Those are neon lights."
What are neon lights?
"It's a kind of light that emits light when electricity is applied."
Why change its color?
"Because it looks good."
Why is it good-looking?
Li Jun fell silent.
The old Taoist priest chimed in with a chuckle, "Lingxi, look over there, that's a candied hawthorn."
Xiao Lingxi's attention was immediately diverted. She looked in the direction the old Taoist priest was pointing and saw a row of bright red candied hawthorns stuck on a small stall on the street, glistening under the light.
"Grandpa, is that tasty?"
"It's delicious, sweet and sour."
Xiao Lingxi licked her lips, watching the candied hawthorn stall get closer and closer.
Seeing this, the old Taoist priest patted Jin Hao on the shoulder: "Little Jin, could you stop up ahead for a moment?"
Jin Hao glanced in the rearview mirror and chuckled, "Lingxi wants some candied hawthorns? I'll pull over right now."
The car stopped by the roadside, and Jin Hao got out. A little while later, he returned with four strings of candied hawthorns.
Xiao Lingxi took the candied hawthorn, took a careful bite, and then her eyes lit up.
"tasty!"
She held up a candied hawthorn and offered it to the old Taoist priest: "Grandpa, have some!"
The old Taoist priest smiled and took a bite.
Little Lingxi then handed it to Li Jun, saying, "Master, eat!"
Li Jun lowered his head and took a bite; the sweet and sour taste melted in his mouth.
The car restarted and drove towards the hotel.
……
Back in her room, Xiao Lingxi was exhausted, but she still refused to sleep.
"Grandpa, where are we going to play tomorrow?"
The old Taoist priest helped her take off her coat and said with a smile, "We'll talk about it tomorrow. You should go to sleep first."
"But I'm not sleepy..."
Before she could finish speaking, Xiao Lingxi let out a huge yawn, her eyes almost closing.
The old Taoist priest carried her to the bed and covered her with a blanket.
The little guy was still muttering "I'm going to see the big fish tomorrow," but his voice grew softer and softer until it went completely silent.
The old Taoist priest sat by the bed, looking at Xiao Lingxi's peaceful sleeping face, and gently touched her hair.
Then he got up and went to the outer room.
Li Jun was sitting on the sofa, holding a cup of tea, looking at the night view outside the window.
The old Taoist priest sat down opposite him.
"Jun'er, have you decided what you're going to say for your speech the day after tomorrow?"
Li Jun withdrew his gaze and looked at the tea in the cup.
"not yet."
"Just say whatever comes to mind when the time comes."
The old Taoist priest looked at him and remained silent for a few seconds.
Then he smiled.
"Too."
He picked up his teacup and took a small sip.
"You've always been like this since you were little, you don't like to prepare, but you always manage to speak very well."
Li Jun remained silent.
The old Taoist priest didn't mind and continued to slowly drink his tea.
The neon lights outside the window illuminated the room in an alternating bright and dim manner.
The two of them sat there quietly, neither of them saying a word.
But this quietness wasn't awkward.
On the contrary, it makes people feel very at ease.
……
at the same time.
Night Watch headquarters, command center.
President Qin stood in front of the large screen, looking at the dense data on it, his brows furrowed slightly.
The screen displays a map of the area surrounding Haihe University, marked with various colors—red represents security forces already deployed, blue represents monitoring equipment being set up, and green represents areas where evacuation has been completed.
"President Qin."
The secretary walked over quickly, holding a document in her hand.
"The Haihe University Stadium has a capacity of 20,000 people, and based on the current registration, the number of attendees is expected to exceed 30,000."
"All the hotels in the surrounding area are fully booked, with the furthest being 30 kilometers away."
President Qin took the document and quickly glanced through it.
"Is the security force sufficient?"
The secretary nodded: "The entire Haihe branch of the Night Watch has been mobilized, and an additional 500 people have been drawn from three surrounding provinces to provide support. The military has also dispatched two regiments to assist."
President Qin nodded, his gaze returning to the map.
"On the day of the speech, all aircraft take-off and landing will be prohibited in the vicinity of Haihe City."
"The entire area within five kilometers of Haihe University has been designated as a controlled zone."
"In addition, the live broadcast signal must be kept stable and free from any errors."
The secretary wrote everything down, then hesitated for a moment.
"Mr. Qin, there's one more thing."
President Qin looked at him.
The secretary lowered his voice: "So far, we have received many requests from foreign forces to send representatives to participate in the speech."
President Qin's brows furrowed even more.
What are they?
"Representatives from the Holy Light Church, the White Elephant Kingdom's Brahma Church, and some other extraordinary organizations from other countries."
"They all submitted entry applications."
President Qin remained silent for a few seconds.
"Release them."
His voice was calm.
"Since they want to come and listen, let them come."
"Master Li is not afraid of people listening to his lectures."
The secretary nodded and turned to relay the order.
……
Early the next morning.
Li Jun was awakened by a delicious aroma.
He opened his eyes and saw Xiao Lingxi standing by the sofa bed, holding a steamed bun in her hand, looking at him expectantly.
"Master, breakfast is ready."
Li Jun sat up, took the steamed bun, and took a bite.
It's a meat bun, still warm.
"Did Grandpa buy it?"
Little Lingxi nodded: "Grandpa bought so much, including soy milk, fried dough sticks, and..."
She started counting on her fingers, but got stuck halfway through. Then she simply stopped counting and pulled Li Jun's hand to the table.
The table was piled high with steamed buns, fried dough sticks, soy milk, tea eggs, and jianbing guozi (Chinese crepes)...
The old Taoist priest was sitting at the table, holding a bowl of soy milk. When he saw Li Jun coming over, he pointed to the chair opposite him.
"Awake? Eat it while it's hot."
Li Jun sat down opposite him, picked up a bowl of soy milk, and took a sip.
good smell.
The three of them, master and disciples, sat around the small table and finished their hearty breakfast.
After finishing their meal, the old Taoist priest suggested they go for a walk.
"We've come all this way, we can't just stay in the hotel forever."
Xiao Lingxi naturally agreed wholeheartedly and grabbed the old Taoist's hand, ready to rush outside.
Li Jun thought for a moment and nodded.
The three of them left the hotel and walked slowly along the street.
Little Lingxi walked in the middle, holding the old Taoist priest's hand in one hand and Li Jun's hand in the other, hopping and skipping, her little mouth never stopping.
She passed by a toy store and stared at it through the window for a long time.
She passed by a dessert shop and couldn't move on.
The old Taoist priest chuckled and took out his money to buy her an ice cream.
Xiao Lingxi held up the ice cream, took a lick, and narrowed her eyes into slits.
The three of them strolled leisurely through the streets of Haihe City. The sun was shining brightly, making them feel warm and comfortable.
Someone on the roadside recognized Li Jun and excitedly took out their phone to take a picture, but no one came forward to disturb him.
They simply watched from afar, their eyes filled with awe and gratitude.
……
In the afternoon, Jin Hao drove over and took them to the Haihe River.
The Haihe River is the mother river of this city, flowing through it and dividing it into two halves.
On the river, several tour boats slowly passed by, and the tourists on the boats took out their mobile phones to take pictures when they saw Li Jun on the shore.
Little Lingxi leaned on the railing by the river, looking at the water with some disappointment.
"Master, there are no big fish here."
Li Jun glanced down at her, a smile in his eyes.
With you standing here like a dragon, which fish would dare to approach you without being blind?
"You want to see a big fish?"
Xiao Lingxi nodded.
"I want to see a really, really big fish."
Li Jun thought for a moment, then reached out and gently touched the surface of the river.
An invisible force emanated from his fingertips and entered the river water.
After a while.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, the river surface exploded as a large carp, over a meter long, leaped out of the water, arcing through the air before falling back into the water, splashing up a large spray.
Little Lingxi's eyes widened, and her mouth opened wide enough to fit an egg.
"Big fish! Grandpa! There's a big fish!"
She was so excited that she danced around, her face turning bright red.
Li Jun withdrew his hand, a slight smile curving his lips.
The old Taoist priest watched this scene from the side, smiling and shaking his head.
"You should just spoil her."
That's what he said, but the old Taoist priest's face was full of smiles.
Jin Hao watched this scene from the side, his heart filled with mixed emotions.
Who would have thought that this young Taoist priest, who used his extraordinary powers to amuse his apprentice, was an existence that made the entire extraordinary world of Blue Star tremble?
……
In the evening, Li Jun and his group returned to the hotel.
The old Taoist priest took Xiao Lingxi back to her room to rest.
Li Jun sat on the sofa with a notebook open in front of him.
On the notebook were two words he had casually written down.
"speech."
He stared at the two words, his brows furrowing slightly.
What are you talking about?
Li Jun thought for a moment, picked up his pen, and wrote a few more words in his notebook.
"The foundation of spiritual practice."
He paused, then added a sentence at the end.
"Starting from scratch."
After he finished writing, he looked at the line of text and remained silent for a few seconds.
Then, he put down his pen, leaned back on the sofa, and closed his eyes.
Forget it.
Let's improvise when the time comes.
Just then, my phone vibrated.
Li Jun opened his eyes and picked up his phone.
It was a message from Jin Hao.
"Brother Taoist priest, are you asleep yet?"
Li Jun replied with a single word: "No."
Jin Hao replied instantly: "Hehe, I knew you weren't asleep yet, Taoist brother, have you seen the trending topics?"
"without."
"Then take a look, you've topped the charts again!"
Li Jun paused for a second, then opened Douyin (TikTok).
As expected, the top ten trending topics are all related to him.
He looked at it for a few seconds, then turned off Douyin and replied to Jin Hao with two words.
"normal."
Jin Hao replied with a long string of ellipses, and then sent another message.
"Hey Taoist priest, what are you doing right now?"
What I want to say in my speech.
"Have you thought it through?"
"without."
"So what do you want to say?"
"have no idea."
Jin Hao sent another long string of ellipses.
Then, he sent a voice message.
Li Jun clicked on it.
"Taoist priest, you're being way too casual! This is a live stream across the entire internet! At least a billion people are watching!"
After listening, Li Jun replied with four words.
We'll talk about it later.
Jin Hao fell silent.
It took him quite a while to send a message.
"Brother Taoist, I'm impressed."
Li Jun did not reply.
He put his phone aside and closed his eyes again.
What are you talking about?
He thought for a moment, and then a thought suddenly popped into his head.
Let's talk about the most basics.
The most basic method of spiritual practice.
Make sure everyone can understand it.
Make it possible for everyone to practice.
To allow everyone to experience the charm of spiritual practice.
Li Jun opened his eyes, a slight smile curving his lips.
It's settled then.