68 - Lei Ting

Li Yun had tried spirit detection on many objects around the hospital, but nothing appeared to trigger its effect. The only known location with dark yin energy was the herbal shop on Caoben.

Early morning on a dizzy Saturday morning, Li Yun, with an umbrella in

walked, appeared in front of the herbal shop on Caoben street.

"Mr. Li!" Pao Lie cried out as he saw a tall man approaching.

Pao Lie quickly welcomed the interested buyer into the front shop and immediately tried pitching the sale.

"Look Mr. Li, if you really want to buy the property, I'll lower it to 350k," Pao Lie said while walking through the courtyard.

"We can talk about it after I take another look around," Li Yun brushed him off and walked to the well without waiting for Pao Lie.

Looking around it, Li Yun didn't notice anything different from before, still the same eerie chill. He concentrated on the well similarly to how he entered Zuowang.

The effect was sudden.

A dark vibration emitted from the well like a pulsar. Yet, despite its desire to escape, a dark static energy was keeping the vibration from escaping completely. Li Yun wasn't particularly sure how useful the ability was.

"You really can't feel anything?" Li Yun asked, looking at the vibration interacting with Pao Lie.

Pao Lie shrugged his shoulders. He didn't particularly feel any different. He suffered from chronic sinuses, and being in the shade of the willow wasn't helping his ailment.

Li Yun studied the negative yin wave. He saw some of the yin energy going through his body, and then passing through to the other side. It was probably the reason why he felt chilly.

As for Pao Lie, some energy absorbed into Pao Lie and some reflected out, very much like a light wave. It could explain why some people felt something, while others didn't.

"Thank you for showing me around," Li Yun reached out to shake Pao Lie's hand.

Pao Lie wasn't expecting Li Yun to leave as soon as he entered.

As for Li Yun, he sensed that Pao Lie's sinuses had increased. It was probably why his nose was constantly runny when entering a shop. If a person stayed in the area for too long, it was possible for them to fall ill.

Before leaving, Li Yun looked at the gift bag he was carrying. The negative energy moved around it like some sort of force field.

Li Yun turned around and left. Pao Lie was sad to see Li Yun running off again without making any offer.

While he was in Yide, Li Yun made a trip home to eat lunch with his family.

"It's so good to see the lazy son coming back to visit!" Lu Suyin passed Li Yun a bowl of rice. "Why didn't you even tell us you were coming home!"

"Ma! It's a surprise," Li Yun said as he took the bowl.

His gentle father took his chopstick and gave him a large chuck of beef.

"You're going to turn bony if you don't eat," Li Fan gently reminded his son to eat regularly.

Knowing his son's unusual lifestyle and sleeping habit, it was always good to remind family to eat well.

Li Yun nodded. He was a lazy eater, but not because he didn't eat, but because almost every meal took less than 5 minutes to finish. Green vegetables smoothie and occasional meat. He didn't care much about food, and only ate elaborate meals at dinner parties.

"Thanks for dinner everyone, time to head back to work," Li Yun declared.

"You didn't buy any gifts while you were in Magic City?" Lu Suyin glared at her son as soon as he finished and was about to head out.

"Come on ma, you can buy anything online, Magic City isn't all that special," said Li Yun with a bit of sarcasm.

"Suyin, Xiao Yun visiting us is enough," grandpa Lu Yan scolded his daughter.

Li Yun laughed as his mother's eyes squinted. He took the little gift bag. "Ta da! I made everyone a Lei Ting amulet from Magic City soapstone."

Four coin shaped amulets held up by red string appeared from the bag. There were elaborate Chinese scripts that didn't seem to perform a particular word.

Lei Ting amulet was a type of charm that Taoist used against evil spirits. It was commonly associated with thunder, coins, and metal. However, Li Yun wasn't familiar with metal engraving or etching. The soapstone also felt better as an accessory, so he used that instead.

Li Yun had spent some time making them since it was his first attempt carving stone. He made four, giving one for grandpa Lu Yan, grandma Lu Nai, and his parents. It was +1 Ward Evil, and it seems a bit useful since it had ward off some of the negative yin energy. The area of effect wasn't too big, but it was enough to protect a person from falling ill due to the yin energy.

"Li Yun is always thoughtful, Suyin," said grandmother Lu Nai, putting on the amulet. "Thank you sweetie."

"It would be thoughtful if you actually bring back a girlfriend," his mother was starting to become worried about his love life.

Li Yun had been dating for a little over a month, and he wasn't planning to introduce Rouxi anytime soon.

"Mom, I'm still a resident, no time for dating," said Li Yun, best not to tell her he was recently promoted to attending.

"Then you better make time. Once you become an attending, you will be too old and all the good ones will be taken."

"Mom, I'm 24, not 30 like Wu Bin, I'll be a good little brother and wait for my big brother to marry first."

"You brat, Wu Bin is different. He was at least engaged at your age."

The mood of the room suddenly changed. Everyone rarely talked about Wu Bin's former finance.

His father Li Fan sighed. "You should go see your cousin. He hasn't been in a good mood lately."

"Why is that?" Li Yun thought Wu Bin was always in a foul mood, but for his mood to be bad enough that even his father would notice was pretty bad.

"I think it has something to do with an argument with Xiao Ling. I am not sure what it is, but Xiao Ling stormed out of the apartment."