Chapter 495 - 240: Not Enough Time, Immortal Arts to the Rescue

Chapter 495: Chapter 240: Not Enough Time, Immortal Arts to the Rescue

Something was off. Very off.

As people age, their bodies become like rusty machines, always feeling a bit stiff and sluggish upon waking.

But today, Feng Jianye felt as if his body had reverted to its state from ten years ago.

It was a long-lost feeling of being relaxed, clear-headed, and full of vitality from the inside out.

"How strange..."

Feng Jianye couldn’t help but mutter aloud. Puzzled, he continued toward the cafeteria.

He picked up his breakfast from the cafeteria’s buffet line—a bowl of millet porridge, two steamed buns, and a side of pickled vegetables.

Feng Jianye had planned on eating in one of the small private rooms, but on a whim, he changed his mind when he saw the main hall bustling with young people eating and chatting. He carried his tray over and found an empty seat among them.

Soon, the conversations around him drifted into his ear.

"...how’d you sleep last night? I slept like a rock, all the way until dawn. Didn’t even have a single dream."

"For real? Me too. I’m usually a light sleeper, always waking up, but last night I was out cold."

"Ha, and I thought it was just me! I also felt like I slept incredibly well last night. I woke up feeling completely refreshed!"

"Yeah, totally! Even the air smells amazing. Just one deep breath and you feel energized."

"You think the air is better too? I thought it was just my imagination!"

"..."

If one or two people had mentioned sleeping well, it could have been a coincidence.

But for almost everyone to say so, and for their experiences to be so consistent...

Deep sleep, waking up completely refreshed, the air crisp and pleasant—

This was definitely no coincidence!

The more Feng Jianye listened, the more startled and curious he grew.

He joined the discussion, asking a few people, and received nearly identical answers from everyone.

Someone even joked that the new animals must have brought an "auspicious aura" with them.

In the middle of their lively discussion, a shadow fell over the cafeteria entrance as Yang Qi walked in.

"Morning, Director!"

"Director, the fried dough sticks are great this morning."

"Director Yang."

"..."

The crowd paused their conversations to greet him enthusiastically.

"Morning, everyone."

Yang Qi nodded and smiled in response, then went to get his own breakfast. He then casually brought his tray over and sat down in the empty seat beside Feng Jianye.

"Morning, Teacher Feng. What’s all the excitement about?" Yang Qi asked casually, taking a sip of his porridge.

Feng Jianye set down his chopsticks, his face a mask of wonder and confusion, and recounted in detail everything everyone had been discussing, along with his own experience.

"...it’s the strangest thing. It’s not just me—everyone’s saying they slept soundly last night. We all woke up this morning feeling better than we have in ages, and even the air seems exceptionally fresh."

A thought came to Yang Qi as he listened.

’The Hundred Trees Nourishing Body Array lives up to its name!’

He adopted a thoughtful expression, followed by a flicker of realization. He mused aloud, "Now that you mention it, Teacher Feng, I think I felt something similar. I certainly slept soundly last night, and my mind feels exceptionally clear this morning."

He paused for a moment, as if organizing his thoughts, then turned to Feng Jianye. Lowering his voice to a conspiratorial, speculative tone, he continued.

"Teacher Feng, do you think it’s possible? That the Feng Shui Array I planned a while back... has taken effect?"

"The Feng Shui Array?" Feng Jianye paused, taken aback.

"That’s right."

Yang Qi nodded, gesturing out the window. "Remember how I specifically had the planning department plant one hundred trees, each over thirty years old, at key locations throughout the park?"

"I’ve studied a little bit of Feng Shui—just the basics. I thought I’d set up a simple ’field’ to regulate the park’s microclimate and create a more comfortable environment for both animals and humans."

He continued his "analysis," saying, "Look, an array is an inert thing. It needs something ’living’ to activate it. Or, to put it another way, it needs ’life force’ to attune to."

"Previously, the park was empty, containing only buildings and plants. This ’field’ was likely in a dormant or very weak state."

"But things are different now. Great Sage, Happy, Stone, the little Leopard, the raccoons... with so many living animals here, could their innate biomagnetic fields, their auras, have perfectly aligned with the Feng Shui Array’s structure?"

"Could that have ’activated’ the array all at once? Causing the entire park’s magnetic field—or, let’s say, its environmental qi—to undergo a subtle change that we can’t see but our bodies can feel, making it more suitable for healthy living?"

Feng Jianye’s eyes grew wider and wider as he listened, his mouth falling slightly ajar.

He knew that Yang Qi had gone out of his way to procure those one hundred large trees and had been very mysterious about the whole affair.

The explanation Yang Qi had given at the time was "to set up a small Feng Shui Array to improve animal welfare and the environment." Though Feng Jianye had thought it sounded a bit mystical, he hadn’t looked into it further, especially given Yang Qi’s other miraculous abilities. He had just written it off as a young man’s peculiar hobby or experiment.

But now...

’The animals just arrived yesterday, and the Feng Shui Array "activated" that very night?’

’And then everyone sleeps well, feels great, and the air is fresh?’

’This... Isn’t this too much of a coincidence?’

’It’s so coincidental you almost have to believe it!’

’Could it be that this Feng Shui stuff is actually real?’

’And that the one Director Yang set up is particularly potent!?’