Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 261 - 253: Can’t Sleep Anymore

Chapter 261: Chapter 253: Can’t Sleep Anymore

"Thank you, Grandpa, thank you, Grandma....."

"Thank you, Dad, thank you, Mom..."

"Thank you, Second Uncle..."

"Thank you, Great-Grandpa, Great-Grandma....."

...

As they bowed their way down the line, acknowledging each family member, Shitou and Lu Yun also incidentally collected quite a few red envelopes.

Originally, the change of address during the engagement only required acknowledgment before the parents and, at most, the grandparents to receive some red envelopes, and that would have sufficed. Yet, the elders present wouldn’t have it any other way and insisted on joining the fun.

Since this was the general consensus, as the younger generation, Shitou and Lu Yun had no "right to resist." Thus, with Pei Qingyuan and Lu Yun’s Second Uncle smiling in tacit approval, all they could do was obediently address each person one by one.

What started as a small commotion went on for a good half-hour before ending. Drivers, who had been arranged in advance, first took the Lu Family’s main house and Lu Aibing and others back to the villa

Afterward, Shitou also took leave with the Pei Family members.

Once everyone was gone, and Lu Jinsheng had been sent back to his room, Lu Yun’s Second Uncle, his wife, as well as Lu Aiguo and Xia Yuan couldn’t wait to summon Lu Yun to the study.

"What’s the situation, exactly?" Everyone was eager to know the reason.

Fortunately, Lu Yun and Shitou had already agreed on what to say beforehand, so there was no panic as Lu Yun began to explain slowly--

The same questions were also being raised in the Pei Family’s study, but the room contained only Pei Qingyuan and Shitou.

"It’s Xiaoyun’s spiritual power upgrade," Shitou said calmly.

"An upgrade in spiritual power can lead to fainting?" Pei Qingyuan was astonished. If that was true, there would be a significant flaw or hidden danger in the Psychic Power Cultivation Technique itself--"A pity to lose, but also pointless to use." A look of regret crossed Pei Qingyuan’s face.

"No, it’s not the same for others. This is a method used by Xiaoyun’s mentor. Actually, she had decided not to appear again long before she left.

So she specifically took some time to explain certain things to Xiaoyun, but since Xiaoyun was very young then, her mentor used a method akin to hypnosis. Xiaoyun would only recall the things she had been told when her spiritual power reached a certain level."

As he spoke, Shitou handed over the user-friendly translated version of the Psychic Power Cultivation Technique and the Physical Art Technique Cultivation Method to Pei Qingyuan, along with two copies of the common interstellar script.

"Xiaoyun’s mentor comes from a high-level civilization in the universe. She happened to stop on Earth temporarily because her spaceship ran out of energy during interstellar travel, whereafter she met Xiaoyun.

Seeing that Xiaoyun had a decent Psychic Power Talent and was a promising Pharmacist candidate, she took an interest and began teaching her. However, due to Earth’s lower civilization level, she was unwilling to stay long, and Xiaoyun didn’t want to leave with her, so after replenishing her spaceship’s energy, she left on her own."

Shitou sighed. If possible, neither he nor Xiaoyun really wanted to "deceive" everyone like this, but they couldn’t expose Xiaoyun’s space without lying, and they dared not imagine the consequences of revealing such a space. Let alone others, even for Grandpa, for Lu Aiguo, he couldn’t risk Xiaoyun taking that chance.

Human nature is not meant to withstand trials. Perhaps only Xiaoyun could trust him to such an extent. What a foolish girl she was, even he had to admit that his heart skipped a beat at that moment. So he preferred to be the one concocting such a benevolent lie.

"In the interstellar civilization, there is a profession called ’Pharmacist,’ and Gene Elixirs are created by these pharmacists. By that account, Xiaoyun isn’t even a first-level Pharmacist yet..."

Shitou carefully explained to Pei Qingyuan the hierarchy of pharmacists, the classification of civilizations in the universe, the universal language, the robot uprising, and all that could be said.

"So it’s because the amount of information needed to be received was too large that led to Xiaoyun’s fainting spell," concluded Shitou.

...

"So you’re saying that Xiaoyun’s Elixir formulas would be useless even if they were taken out. The Elixirs need to be crafted by a Pharmacist, and a Pharmacist needs spiritual power, right?"

Pei Qingyuan frowned and silently tapped on the desk with his hand. He had received a large volume of information all at once, and it was quite unbelievable, so he needed some time to digest it.

"Correct," Shitou nodded affirmatively.

"That’s good in a way; no need to fret about whether we have the formula or not anymore."

After a moment of silence, Pei Qingyuan said thoughtfully, "So, Xiaoyun’s master is an extraterrestrial? There do indeed exist aliens in the universe, and they have a strict hierarchy too."

"That’s right. The Earth can barely be considered a first-level civilization at this point," Shitou nodded.

"What a pity..." Pei Qingyuan sighed. If only Xiaoyun’s master hadn’t left, if only the spaceship could have been left behind for the country’s specialized researchers to study...

Shitou smiled slightly. He knew exactly what his grandfather was regretting.

"Do you have higher-level cultivation techniques for this practice?" Even though he had already heard from Shitou, Pei Qingyuan wanted to confirm it once more; the matter was too critical.

"Absolutely. The two documents I gave you earlier, one is a simplified version we concocted ourselves, and the other is the original version given by Xiaoyun’s master for her cultivation. That original is currently the best Psychic Power Cultivation Technique we have," Shitou said confidently with a nod.

"Now that we have this universal version, our own initially created simplistic version will be somewhat rudimentary. Who knows if it might have some flaws."

"Fine, we’ll use these universal versions then. One for spiritual power, and one for physical art. It just so happens that those with and without Psychic Power Talent won’t be left out," Pei Qingyuan laughed heartily. "We can’t delay any longer. I have to make a phone call, or else they’ll start calling me from the other side."

Without avoiding Shitou, Pei Qingyuan opened an inconspicuous cupboard, revealing a hidden phone inside. He dialed a number on it, and almost immediately, the person on the other end picked up.

After briefly reporting what he had heard from Shitou, Pei Qingyuan hung up the phone and then said to Shitou, "Take these few books and go at once, pick up Xiaoyun from the Lu Family first, and we’ll go directly to meet with the leadership. Although this is a secure line, nothing is foolproof, and anyway, it’s hard to explain things clearly over the phone."

"Is it that urgent, we can’t wait until tomorrow?" Shitou checked the time; it was already late, and at this point, probably no one would get any sleep that night.

"As if we could wait," Pei Qingyuan glanced at Shitou. "Xiaoyun’s sudden fainting already left us all unsettled. Now you’ve dropped another big bombshell on us; without clarifying everything tonight, nobody is going to sleep well anyway."