Rebirth Counterattack with Space

"Yes." Mu Pei immediately responded respectfully and obediently agreed, then left as instructed.

After wandering around in the space for a while, Shitou and Lu Yun sat down to cultivate for a full cycle before leaving the space.

For breakfast that day, the two had pork buns with seafood porridge, plus golden-brown fried eggs, vibrant cold Shanghai greens, and spring vegetables.

After eating, they went downstairs and walked toward the Research Institute.

"Eh, shouldn’t we call Qiaoling and Wen Shan?" Lu Yun wondered.

"What do we need them for when I’m with you? They’re just in the way." Shitou, holding Lu Yun’s hand, said, "I already let Zhan Hongtao and Zhuang Jun tell them yesterday to wait for us inside the institute."

"Oh." Lu Yun realized.

"Once the new institute is built, it won’t be necessary to go through all this trouble. During the daytime at the institute, you’ll be able to move around freely by yourself," Shitou said, revealing new information to her with a smile.

"Can you reveal information about the new institute in advance? What will it look like?" Lu Yun asked curiously.

"I’m not sure about the exact location yet, but I know it’s on a sea island. The entire island will be our territory." Shitou was using a Psychic Power Barrier when he spoke these words.

"A sea island?" Lu Yun’s heart stirred, "When the time comes, we could explore the seabed. Who knows, we might encounter undersea people."

"Are there really undersea people?" Shitou was surprised.

"I’m not certain. In my previous life, I heard plenty of news from various countries about discoveries of undersea human traces. We can verify it ourselves. There’s a type of protective suit in the space that allows one to breathe freely underwater as long as it’s worn, along with an Elixir. A single dose of the Elixir allows one to stay underwater for a month, and it can be taken consecutively."

Lu Yun boasted with pride—she had spent some time lately reviewing the messages received in her mind and had made some discoveries.

"How many sets of those protective suits do we have?" Shitou felt a surge of excitement. Earth’s land area only accounts for twenty-nine percent, while the ocean covers seventy-one percent, more than 2.4 times the size of the land. If...

Moreover, if they made it past the obvious path, they could claim their research, and when real danger came, even if they retreated into space, they could say they had dived into the seabed. This presented another lifesaving strategy.

"There are several dozen sets. I’ll get two sets out for you later," Lu Yun proactively offered.

"And don’t forget the Elixirs. They would definitely want to experience them personally," Shitou reminded.

"I know," Lu Yun laughed.

"Why haven’t you mentioned these great things before?" Shitou was puzzled.

"There was so much information received at that time; I couldn’t possibly go through it all. And I haven’t had the chance to look more in the following month. That day I went into the space, Mu Pei—the 135th Clan Leader of the Plant Clan suddenly showed up... So these past few days, I’ve started to carefully check and discovered that there are actually quite a lot of good things in space that have been overlooked," Lu Yun explained the situation of Mu Pei’s appearance and then sighed, "Once the Plant Clan can be utilized, even the Elixirs for medicinal baths can be produced by them. And other Elixirs, and the ones for Flower Faces.

You know? Some of the Plant Clan with high talent can independently produce first-grade Gene Elixirs after a short period of training. I’ve been thinking that if I don’t work harder, will they overtake me? If they really do surpass me, where will I put my face?"

Lu Yun felt somewhat downcast. Although she was the master and the Plant Clan were the servants, and they could never comprehend her Pharmacist level, it was still embarrassing for a master to be less skilled than her servants.

She felt that she really should enroll in the Pharmacists’ training courses, as systematic learning was always stronger than fumbling around on her own. She gave Shitou a heads-up first.

"So my time is going to be quite tight from now on."

"One must eat one bite at a time; don’t push yourself too hard. We have plenty of time ahead of us, and the key to long-term success is to know when to relax and when to work hard. So remember to come home every day."

While advising her, Shitou also breathed a sigh of relief, "I was worried that you would be too busy crafting all these elixirs, cultivating, and researching new elixirs to have enough time, and it would be hard on you. Now it’s great, with the Plant Clan people helping you, it’s no wonder that they are so favored by pharmacists."

"Still feel stupid for not using good things properly before, or else by now those people could have been trained and of great use."

Caught between vexation and amusement, Lu Yun teased Shitou, "You’re not pure-hearted, who doesn’t know why you want me to come home every day? Hmph, why are you so free, and still have the time to come back daily? Have the people from Dragon Squad started their medicinal baths yet?"

"Not yet, plans can’t keep up with changes, can they? The personnel still need to be vetted again."

Shitou shamelessly snuggled closer to her, but remembered not to overstep any boundaries. So, besides sticking closer, he made no other moves. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to, but that he didn’t dare. He feared he couldn’t control his heart, which was eager to move forward.

He greedily inhaled the fragrance emanating from Lu Yun, and said pitifully, "So I have to take the opportunity to seek some benefits when it’s relatively quiet—a meeting or more, to be precise. After all, when we start getting busy, it might become difficult to even see each other every day."

"Can you pay attention to the public image when we’re outside? Besides, if you’re idle, what if I get too busy?" When Lu Yun looked around and saw no one, but remembered there might be guards secretly protecting them behind the scenes, she felt incredibly embarrassed that someone might see Shitou pressing up against her so snugly.

"There’s no one around." Shitou scanned the area.

"It doesn’t matter if there’s no one around when we’re outside." She had no interest in offering a free show of her and Shitou getting cozy.

"Alright." Although Shitou didn’t mind being seen by the people in the shadows, since Lu Yun was opposed to it, he had to reluctantly agree.

The Herbal Research Institute was close by, and the guard personnel at the entrance could already be seen.

Lu Yun looked over at a nondescript, old building situated halfway between the family living quarters and the Guard Squad training grounds.

"Do you see that building over there?" Shitou pointed to a building not far from the institute, separated by a wall, "My office is in that building. There’s a secret passage inside this building you’re entering that leads directly to that one. Which means, your actual laboratory will be in that building as well."

"Oh, so on my first day of work, do I need to go see the director?" asked Lu Yun. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"No need, because there’s no such person here. Although, this place is covertly split from my research institute and belongs to two different institutes. But it’s called the Herbal Research Institute only in name; it’s actually just a place for planting medicinal herbs. The correct full name should be ’Herbal Research Institute Plantation Base’. The personnel won’t be fully assembled until after the new year, when the weather warms up and we can plant the herbs."

"..." Lu Yun had not expected such an answer.

"Did you forget? You never said that crafting elixirs required people with spiritual power." Shitou reminded her.

"So the Herbal Research Institute was just bluntly turned into the ’Herbal Research Institute Plantation Base’?" Lu Yun laughed and shook her head, "Then why do you still insist on calling it the Herbal Research Institute?"

"Smart."

Shitou praised her, "The full name is too cumbersome, anyway. Once we get to the new location, it won’t be as troublesome. We will have our own yard, and your laboratory will be right in our home’s yard."