Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Zichen's Fury
Jiang Zhaoxue had heard of the name Tianjiyuan in recent days. It seemed to be an institution in the imperial court that managed all the cultivators in the human realm.
After more than ten days of fortune-telling, her name should have spread throughout Taizhou City, but the Ye family has been slow to show up. The other party must have some ability to discern her and mistake her for a charlatan.
She lacked an opportunity to prove her strength. The child who came yesterday had predicted a fate like this, and a fortune teller recognized by the clan must be no ordinary fortune teller. So she asked the other party to have the fortune teller come to her. She thought this fortune teller was extraordinary, but she didn't expect...
He is actually from Tianjiyuan, and his surname is Ye?
Jiang Zhaoxue looked the man up and down. He was at most at the Golden Core stage, with some Taoist skills, but not someone who could set up the Nine Gang Haoqi Formation.
She didn't care much. She raised her hand to press Pei Zichen's arm that was blocking her way, walked forward, and looked him up and down: "What do you want to do with me?"
Those words made the surrounding people gasp. The Taoist child following Ye Wenzhen immediately flew into a rage. Just as he was about to curse, Ye Wenzhen stopped him and said seriously, "I heard that you rejected the fortune-telling for Li's child, so I came to inquire about the reason. The girl has no spiritual power—"
Ye Wenzhen looked Jiang Zhaoxue up and down, and seeing that she looked no different from Pei Zichen and ordinary people, he felt relieved and said calmly, "It's better not to deceive others and harm them, right? This child is alone and has no relatives. Leaving him here would be a disaster for the Li family. Besides, he won't live past seventeen anyway. Why raise him and then suffer heartache?"
Jiang Zhaoxue listened, sighed irritably, and shook his head, saying, "It really hurts me to talk to you useless people."
Hearing this, Ye Wenzhen's eyes showed coldness, and his pressure was instantly released. The moment his pressure appeared, Pei Zichen's sword rushed out!
His sword came too fast, and no one else had time to react. He was already in front of Ye Wenzhen, who was so frightened that he took a half step back. The sword stopped at Ye Wenzhen's neck, and the young man's eyes were stern. He said in a cold voice: "How dare you, Taoist, do this?"
Ye Wenzhen slowly reacted and finally realized that something was wrong.
Although these two people have no spiritual power, the young man's swordsmanship is definitely extraordinary.
He suppressed his fear and pretended to be calm.
Seeing Pei Zichen giving him a show of force, Jiang Zhaoxue smiled and called out to him, "Zichen, don't scare Fellow Daoist Ye."
Pei Zichen put away his sword upon hearing this and saluted Ye Wenzhen: "I'm sorry."
After this incident, everyone was finally unwilling to neglect them. Jiang Zhaoxue saw the Taoist boy helping Ye Wenzhen up and said slowly, "Fellow Daoist Ye, I know you can't see through my background, but since I'm telling fortunes, I naturally have to have some skills. If Fellow Daoist Ye doesn't agree with me, why don't we have a duel."
Hearing this, Ye Wenzhen raised his eyes and stared at Jiang Zhaoxue: "How do we compare?"
"I have carefully examined the fate of this child." Jiang Zhaoxue tactfully explained to Ye Wenzhen that she had indeed fooled other people, but the baby yesterday was a child whose physiognomy she had carefully examined. You can't say that she is incompetent just because she usually cheats and deceives people.
Ye Wenzhen also knew what she meant, but he did not expose her. He just said, "I have also read it carefully."
"So, one of us must have made a mistake. You and I have different abilities, so why not take a closer look at one person and compare them?"
"It's too bad for one's luck to read people's fortunes." Ye Wenzhen said coldly, "I read this child's fortune because I owe the Ye family a debt of karma. But if it were an ordinary person, I wouldn't read it."
"Then find something." Jiang Zhaoxue didn't want to show it to anyone, so she chose the method that would least damage her luck while still showing off her abilities. "Just pick someone out, and we'll work together to find their lost item. Let's see who finds it the best. How about that?"
"If I compete with you, it doesn't matter if you lose. If you win, you will become famous. It's a very profitable business."
"Then what does Daoist Master Ye want?"
Ye Wenzhen listened, thought for a moment, glanced at Jiang Zhaoxue's stall, and said calmly: "If I win, you can no longer make a living from this in the future, and you must return all the money you earned recently."
Good man, he really thought she was a liar.
Even though she has been lying recently, she has contributed a lot by chatting with those young ladies, right?
This request really didn't hurt her, so she smiled and said, "Okay. But if I win, you have to tell the Nian Nian tribe to acknowledge my prediction and ask their family to treat him well. How do you think?"
"Can."
Ye Wenzhen nodded, then politely asked, "Which algorithm do you want to compare, young lady?"
"It saves time," Jiang Zhaoxue laughed. "How about the Nine Heavens Mysterious Numbers?"
"good."
Ye Wenzhen responded, then turned to look at the crowd and said loudly, "Today, this girl and I want to choose someone to find their lost property. Is there anyone willing to provide a house for us to compete? I am willing to pray for the master once."
"I'm willing to do that too!" Jiang Zhaoxue quickly followed, not wanting to be outdone.
The Taoist boy behind Ye Wenzhen rolled his eyes and lowered his voice: "You are willing, but I am not willing yet."
Jiang Zhaoxue didn't care.
The crowd immediately started discussing.
No one was happy to lend the house, but to receive Ye Wenzhen's blessing was priceless.
After a moment, a little boy in the crowd jumped up and raised his hand, shouting, "Me! Me! I'm looking for something!"
Hearing this, Ye Wenzhen and Jiang Zhaoxue looked over.
The boy looked about twelve or thirteen years old, dressed in rich clothes. A girl in pink stood next to him. When she saw him talking, she started to pinch him: "What nonsense!"
The boy suddenly felt aggrieved. His father, who was standing nearby, saluted in fear when he saw Ye Wenzhen and Jiang Zhaoxue looking at him.
Ye Wenzhen asked politely, "Sir, could you please borrow my house?"
"Master Ye's visit brings honor to our humble home."
The middle-aged man saluted quickly.
Ye Wenzhen nodded, then looked at the little boy: "May I ask what this young man is looking for?"
"My slingshot!"
The boy immediately broke away from his sister and said anxiously, "This is my fifth birthday present. I couldn't find it at home last year. Can you help me find it?"
"Can."
Ye Wenzhen nodded, then turned to look at Jiang Zhaoxue: "Shall I begin then?"
"please."
Jiang Zhaoxue raised her hand, and Ye Wenzhen called the boy forward. The boy stood between Jiang Zhaoxue and Ye Wenzhen. Ye Wenzhen said, "Young Master, tell us any three numbers less than twelve."
"Within twelve?" The boy thought for a moment and hesitated. "Seven, one, five?"
"good."
Ye Wenzhen nodded and raised his hand, saying, "Please lead the way. I will go to your house and find the things."
As they spoke, a group of people followed the family to their residence.
The boy came from a well-off family. His house was a standard quadrangle courtyard. Jiang Zhaoxue brought Pei Zichen and Ye Wenzhen with them as they followed the host inside. The host asked awkwardly, "I wonder where the Immortal Master plans to start looking?"
"This lady's boudoir," Ye Wenzhen turned around and looked at his sister at home, "Can I borrow it to take a look?"
Upon hearing this, the elder sister's face changed instantly. Seeing this, the male host hurriedly said, "Master Ye, my daughter is still unmarried after all. It is not appropriate for anyone to enter her boudoir. Master, why don't you tell us how to find her? We can send a maid in, how about that?"
"What do you think, Miss Jiang?" Ye Wenzhen asked Jiang Zhaoxue, "Is what you calculated in the young lady's boudoir?"
"It's hard to say."
Jiang Zhaoxue smiled and said, "I have to calculate it again."
"Then this time I will send someone to go first. If I get there first, I will win."
"OK."
Jiang Zhaoxue nodded generously, and Ye Wenzhen immediately said to the male host, "This object should be in the southeast of the eldest daughter's room, in a place related to wind. There should be something related to water next to it, covering that object."
Upon hearing this, the boy immediately became anxious: "I know, there is a big vase next to my sister's window! There is water in the vase! It must be inside."
After hearing what his sister said, she glanced at him coldly and said, "Idiot."
Jiang Zhaoxue listened, smiled but said nothing, and the servants hurried to the backyard.
Jiang Zhaoxue and Ye Wenzhen were waiting there. Seeing Jiang Zhaoxue waiting, Ye Wenzhen said slowly, "Young lady seems very confident?"
"Not bad." Jiang Zhaoxue smiled and said easily, "We'll know the result soon."
"Young lady, I'm afraid you don't understand?" Ye Wenzhen glanced at her and said, "Nine Heavens Mysterious Numbers are not something that ordinary people can understand. It just so happens that I know a little bit."
"Here it comes!" Anan couldn't help but start, "He's installed it again. Doesn't he think you're bringing this up because you want to scare him?"
"Very likely."
But actually, she mentioned this...
Just because it's simple.
She suppressed the urge to pout, and tried to act cool and waited there.
After waiting for a while, the servant came back from the room, a little anxiously saying, "Master..."
"What's wrong?"
The man turned around to look at the servant and asked in confusion, "Where are the things?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Wenzhen knew something was wrong. He frowned and asked, "Didn't find it?"
The servant mumbled, "There's nothing in the vase..."
"What about other places?" Ye Wenzhen asked quickly, "Those related to wind and with water nearby, like wind chimes..."
"We've searched everywhere." The servant's voice gradually became lower and lower. He obviously knew that this matter had slapped Ye Wenzhen in the face. Perhaps in order to find it, he had already searched the whole house, but still couldn't find it. He could only whisper, "Nothing..."
"Impossible," Ye Wenzhen frowned and recalculated. "The hexagrams of the previous day are seven, one and five, and the hexagrams of the acquired day are one, seven and eleven. One water overcomes seven fires, and one water gives birth to five woods. The hexagrams of the acquired day are seven waters overcome by one fire, and seven fires overcome eleven metals. Proof can be found, it just takes a few twists and turns. It's normal not to be able to find it the first time, try again..."
"Why don't you find my results?"
Jiang Zhaoxue interrupted Ye Wenzhen. Everyone looked over and Jiang Zhaoxue said with a smile, "Stop messing with the little girl's room. Have you asked her permission?"
My sister heard this and turned her head away.
The younger brother next to him immediately said, "The things must have been lost at her place, so the Immortal Master counted them with her. She's feeling wronged for taking my things?!"
"I didn't take anything from you!"
My sister denied it loudly.
Jiang Zhaoxue didn't say much, just smiled at her sister and said gently: "Girl, can you give me three numbers?"
Hearing this, my sister froze, and the man hurriedly urged her: "Hurry up, someone is asking you a question, why are you dawdling?"
My sister pursed her lips and said unwillingly: "One, four, nine"
After getting this number, Jiang Zhaoxue counted on her fingers, then looked at the male host and confirmed, "You only have two children, right?"
The host frowned when he heard this: "Yes, what do you think?"
"Then go to this kid's room," Jiang Zhaoxue pointed at his younger brother, "Look for something like a bookshelf or cabinet that can be leaned on like a mountain, or a place with fire-related things like candlesticks." Hearing this, the servant did not move and looked at the male host.
The male host secretly glanced at Ye Wenzhen and couldn't make a decision for a while.
If the thing was not found, it would be fine. But if it was really found, Ye Wenzhen would be embarrassed today.
Ye Wenzhen was a Taoist priest from Tianjiyuan and a descendant of the Ye family. No one in Taizhou City dared to offend him. Jiang Zhaoxue noticed the host's hesitation and said with a smile, "Master Ye, if you don't ask, they won't dare to go."
"I can afford to lose."
Seeing Jiang Zhaoxue's expression, Ye Wenzhen knew she had an idea in mind. He turned to the host and said, "Go find her. If you find her, I will be very happy to meet a master."
After hearing what the man said, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked his servants to go look for it.
My brother stood there, yelling and cursing, "How could it be in my room? I've been looking for it for years! I lost it at her place the last time, and she still refuses to admit it!"
"I didn't!" my sister said angrily.
The younger brother yelled in dissatisfaction: "It was you! It was you who stole my slingshot! It was you who was jealous that Mom and Dad gave me the slingshot but not you!"
"You're talking nonsense!" My sister turned pale. "I'm not jealous of you..."
As the two of them were arguing, a servant came trotting out, saying happily, "We found it! It's in the young master's room!"
Hearing this, everyone was stunned. The younger brother was a little confused: "In my room? Where?"
"There's a box under the candlestick on the bookshelf," the servant said with a smile, "I used to think the box was empty."
"Why is it there..."
The younger brother was puzzled, and the older sister's face turned pale. Ye Wenzhen frowned and thought about it, but was puzzled. He looked up at Jiang Zhaoxue and asked doubtfully, "Fellow Daoist, can you explain this to me?"
"Wrong!" Anan said arrogantly, "He should call me senior!"
Jiang Zhaoxue listened with a smile on his face, and said with his arms crossed, "Fellow Daoist Ye, are you admitting defeat now?"
Ye Wenzhen paused, looked at the slingshot his servant had found, and although he was unwilling, he still said respectfully, "I admit defeat. But I don't understand why I lost."
As he spoke, Ye Wenzhen pondered carefully. "The Nine Heavens Mysterious Numbers are based on the five elements corresponding to the twelve Earthly Branches. Among the three numbers, the middle number represents the object, and the two outer numbers represent the external environment of the object. The number he gave is seven-one-five. This is the innate hexagram. The acquired hexagram is based on the innate hexagram by adding or subtracting six, resulting in one, seven, and eleven, which correspond to the twelve Earthly Branches and the five elements. Of these numbers, only five is the most likely to be born from water."
"In the Nine Heavens Mysterious Numbers, five is located in the Xun Palace, Chen position, which is the position of the eldest daughter in the Nine Palaces, located in the southeast. Xun represents the wind direction, and in the Postnatal Gua, seven, as an object, is overcome by water. So you guess that there should be something related to water around it that is covering it." Jiang Zhaoxue said affirmatively.
Ye Wenzhen nodded: "Yes, where did I go wrong?"
"You're wrong. Look carefully. The innate hexagrams are seven, one, and five, while the acquired hexagrams are one, seven, and eleven. This is the conflict between Zi and Wu."
As soon as these words came out, Ye Wenzhen reacted instantly. One seven, seven one, the conflict between Zi and Wu.
"Every clash inevitably leads to movement, especially when Zi and Wu clash. In other words, this thing has actually been moved, and the landing point you calculated is not its final position. The hexagram is ultimately related to the aura. The number this young master gave you can only calculate the position he is related to. In other words, this slingshot passed through his hands and finally landed on the eldest daughter's position."
Jiang Zhaoxue said this and looked at her sister next to her.
My sister's face turned pale. Jiang Zhaoxue continued, "So I followed the guidance of the hexagram and asked the young lady to give me three numbers. The young lady gave me one, four, and nine. This is the innate hexagram. Adding and subtracting six from the twelve numbers gives us the acquired hexagrams of seven, ten, and three. In the innate hexagram, one water gives birth to four woods, and four woods overcome nine earths. The outside gives birth to the inside, and the inside overcomes the outside. In the acquired hexagram, seven fires overcome ten metals, and three earths give birth to ten metals. This is the outside overcoming the inside, and the outside giving birth to the inside. In both hexagrams, one overcomes one. The mutually restraining ones don't need to be considered. The remaining mutually generating numbers are three, which gives birth to ten metals, and water, which gives birth to four woods."
After Jiang Zhaoxue's explanation, Ye Wenzhen suddenly understood. "And the slingshot represents gold, so the three in the Later Heaven Gua is even more closely related. And the three in the Gua symbol is the Gen Palace Yin position, which is the position of the young/male child. Gen represents the mountain in Feng Shui, so you guess it's on the bookshelf. And in the Later Heaven Gua, the ten golds are overcome by the seven fires, so you guess there's something with a fire orientation covering it."
"That's right." Jiang Zhaoxue nodded. "The eight trigrams interact with each other, and yin and yang are interdependent. How can the innate trigrams and the acquired trigrams be viewed separately?"
Ye Wenzhen listened and thought for a moment. After chewing and understanding every word of Jiang Zhaoxue, he suddenly felt something surging in his body.
Unusual spiritual power flowed through his body. He looked up at Jiang Zhaoxue in surprise and suddenly found that the two people in front of him seemed to have a layer of light.
He is enlightened!
Ye Wenzhen suddenly reacted.
Every cultivator must experience enlightenment and begin to understand the rules of this world before they can officially embark on the path of cultivation.
It turned out that there was no spiritual energy flowing in Jiang Zhaoxue's body, not because there was no spiritual energy, but because his realm was too high.
The person in front of me is not an ordinary mortal at all. With just a few pointers, he can greatly increase his luck. He is an immortal!
"Master..." Ye Wenzhen finally understood and hurriedly knelt down, bowing respectfully and shouting, "Disciple, I'm blind and don't recognize you. I'm honored to meet you, Master!"
When Ye Wenzhen knelt, the people around him didn't understand what was happening, but they all knelt down quickly. Jiang Zhaoxue stood in the middle, as if she was already used to this kind of scene of people kneeling. She just said, "Alright, just accept it. Get up. I have to go eat."
Jiang Zhaoxue was about to leave when she suddenly remembered something and turned to look at the older sister. After a moment's thought, she turned to the host and said, "Hey, your daughter is a noble man's daughter. Don't be too negligent."
Hearing this, the man looked up in surprise, and his sister was also a little confused. After a moment, the whole family reacted and looked overjoyed. They kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Immortal Master, for your prediction! Thank you, Immortal Master!"
The elder sister stared at Jiang Zhaoxue in a daze. Jiang Zhaoxue didn't say much. She turned around and led Pei Zichen out, saying happily, "Let's go."
As soon as she moved, the people around her reacted, and her brother immediately screamed, "It's her! I said she stole my slingshot! She still won't admit it...Ah!"
Before he could finish his words, a slapping sound suddenly rang out, and his younger brother burst into tears: "Dad, why did you hit me?"
"Don't ever say bad things about your sister again!" the man shouted angrily. "Your sister is a noble person. You need to treat her well from now on, okay?!"
"Nonsense! I don't believe it! I don't believe it! Ah! Stop it, Dad, stop it!"
There was a lot of fighting inside, but Jiang Zhaoxue didn't care at all and was even a little happy.
Pei Zichen followed behind Jiang Zhaoxue. Looking at the vibrant and radiant person in front of him, he felt as if a ray of light was falling on her like a shadow.
She was full of brilliance and radiated it upon everyone, and he was the only believer among the countless people.
After walking a few steps and reaching a deserted place, Pei Zichen couldn't help but say, "Master's Wife."
"Um?"
“Are there so many noble people in this small town?”
Jiang Zhaoxue smiled and glanced at him when she heard this. Pei Zichen knew the answer immediately, but he didn't quite understand: "Why did you lie to them?"
"My sister secretly hid this slingshot. Why did she hide it?" Jiang Zhaoxue looked back at Pei Zichen and said seriously, "Because she didn't have one, so she was jealous. But even though she was jealous, she didn't throw away her brother's slingshot. She just hid it. Maybe it was just a momentary impulse, and she just wanted to teach her brother a lesson. But after she hid it, she found that her brother's slingshot was missing. It was not a sin she could bear, so she didn't dare to speak up. She could only wait for the slingshot to be discovered by her brother so that she could get out of this matter."
"But today, Master's wife told this matter."
"So she will definitely be punished." Jiang Zhaoxue said affirmatively, and then said, "I owe her, so of course I have to make it up to her. Anyway, it's just a lie. Besides, if I ask her, maybe she will do as I said and have a good life."
"But her parents don't love her."
Pei Zichen frowned: "What she wants is her parents' unconditional, absolute, and complete love, not love given for the sake of profit."
"So what?" Jiang Zhaoxue listened, her tone instantly becoming a little lighter, her aura becoming particularly distant, and she said indifferently, "She's doing better now."
"Can……"
Pei Zichen wanted to say something, but suddenly felt something was wrong.
He immediately became alert and looked towards the alley next to him. He saw a sedan chair standing in the alley. The sedan chair was quite luxurious and was surrounded by guards. There was another sedan chair following behind, obviously waiting for someone.
As Jiang Zhaoxue was observing the sedan chair, a middle-aged man's voice came from inside: "Jiang Zhaoxue, Master Jiang?"
The voice was exactly that of the middle-aged man who had spoken to the young man on the mountain that day. Jiang Zhaoxue and Pei Zichen looked at each other and knew that the other had taken the bait.
Jiang Zhaoxue smiled and said, "That's right."
"I am Chen Zhao, the worshiper of the Ye Mansion. My second young master has heard of the Immortal Master's reputation and would like to invite him to the Immortal Master's mansion for a chat."
"OK."
Jiang Zhaoxue agreed without hesitation, which surprised everyone.
Jiang Zhaoxue naturally walked towards the sedan chair, pushed aside the sedan bearer beside her, and sat in it directly, saying happily: "Let's go?"
She was too proactive, catching everyone in the Ye Mansion off guard. Chen Zhao was stunned for a moment until someone next to him said, "Old Chen, this... do you still want to bring it into the mansion?"
Chen Zhao came to his senses after hearing this.
The Ye family had heard of Jiang Zhaoxue's reputation recently. They had always thought she was a charlatan, until Ye Wenzhen came to find her today.
When Ye Wenzhen came to find her, he immediately asked someone to prepare to pick her up.
The eldest son can no longer bear it...
Chen Zhao closed his eyes, suppressed his emotions, and said calmly, "Let's go."
Chen Zhao gave the order, and the sedan bearers immediately moved, carrying Jiang Zhaoxue into the Ye Mansion.
Arriving at the gate of the Ye Mansion, the sedan chair landed. Pei Zichen helped Jiang Zhaoxue to stand up. Then Chen Zhao came forward and handed two invitations to Jiang Zhaoxue and Pei Zichen, and reminded them: "After entering the Ye Mansion, you two must carry the invitations with you. If you have never practiced cultivation before, it's fine. If you have practiced cultivation before..."
"The Nine Gangs Brilliant Qi Formation," Jiang Zhaoxue said. Chen Zhao was stunned. Jiang Zhaoxue smiled and put the invitation into her arms. She walked directly into the Ye Mansion and said openly, "I know. I won't seek death, but I'm just curious."
Jiang Zhaoxue turned around and looked at Chen Zhao, who was stunned at the door. "Who set up this formation?"
When Chen Zhao heard this, he reacted instantly and hurried forward. He suppressed his excitement and said respectfully, "It's the ancestor of the Ye family."
"The Ye family has also had capable people."
"Yes," Chen Zhao said immediately, "The Ye family also had a cultivator who later ascended to the upper realm."
Or he is an ascended monk.
The Human Realm, the True Immortal Realm, and the Nine Netherworld Realm are essentially the same realm. The True Immortal Realm is rich in spiritual energy, resulting in a high concentration of cultivators. The Human Realm, after all, is where mortals live, and its spiritual energy is scarce. Even if one cultivates, reaching peak cultivation is difficult. As for the Nine Netherworld Realm, it lacks spiritual energy altogether, and its cultivation model is completely different from the other two realms.
It is extraordinary for a cultivator to be able to ascend to heaven in the mortal world.
Jiang Zhaoxue nodded, knowing that Chen Zhao said this to tell her the importance of the Ye family. She also showed respect and saluted, saying, "It's a pity that I haven't had the opportunity to meet you, Senior."
When Chen Zhao saw her saluting, he understood a little about this person's character. Although she looked casual and unrestrained, she knew how to handle important matters.
He felt a little relieved and took Jiang Zhaoxue to the lobby.
Jiang Zhaoxue looked around all the way and entered the formation. She found that the Ye family was covered in blood, and it was obvious that they had committed a lot of murder.
Pei Zichen didn't have a golden elixir, so although he couldn't see his surroundings, his cultivation intuition still made him feel that something strange was happening. He lowered his voice and said, "Master's Wife, this is not right."
"I know."
Jiang Zhaoxue responded in a low voice.
He walked into the lobby with Pei Zichen. Before entering the hospital, he heard the young man inside shouting angrily: "You asked me to come here to see these charlatans again. They only know how to ask for money and can't even save people. What can a fortune teller do..."
"Second Young Master!"
Seeing Ye Tianjiao about to curse, Chen Zhao hurried in and shouted, "Someone's coming."
Hearing the voice, Ye Tianjiao restrained himself a little, snorted coldly, and sat down on the chair.
Jiang Zhaoxue pretended not to hear anything and let Chen Zhao lead her and Pei Zichen inside.
Today, Ye Tianjiao is still dressed in golden clothes, just like a golden peacock parading in the city.
Jiang Zhaoxue couldn't help but look at her a few more times. Pei Zichen noticed her strangeness and his eyes moved between the two of them before lowering their gazes silently.
He followed Jiang Zhaoxue and raised his hand to salute, but Jiang Zhaoxue remained motionless.
Ye Tianjiao glanced at the two of them and cursed, "What can you achieve at such a young age?"
"Ahem."
Chen Zhao coughed lightly, glanced at Jiang Zhaoxue with concern, and reminded her awkwardly, "These two are immortal masters. Second Young Master, can you explain the situation to them?"
"Alright." Ye Tianjiao said a little impatiently, "My brother is sick. If you can see him, then see him. If you can't, then get out. If you want anything, just ask for it."
This attitude was too bad. Pei Zichen frowned slightly, but Jiang Zhaoxue continued to look around.
The blood color in the Ye Mansion was of varying shades, with the deepest part concentrated in the east, which was the lobby. It was very crowded, so the blood had dissipated a lot.
Jiang Zhaoxue ignored him, and Chen Zhao became a little nervous. He saw Jiang Zhaoxue's ability and tried to persuade her, "Second Young Master, this immortal master defeated Taoist Master Ye today and was able to see through our formation..."
"It's not like Taoist priests haven't had this happen before, but in the end they still couldn't cure it, right?"
Ye Tianjiao was obviously a little annoyed and said directly: "If it were an ordinary cultivator, where could he not be found? Ye Wenzhen only entered the Tianji Academy, and the dean of Tianji Academy said..."
Ye Tianjiao paused, and Jiang Zhaoxue noticed something was wrong and looked over. She seemed to be unable to continue, so she held back her words. Her eyes were slightly red, and she turned her head and said, "No more talking. Give them some money and get out of here."
Ye Tianjiao strode to his feet as he spoke. Chen Zhao quickly chased after him and said, "Second Young Master, give them a chance to see the eldest young master..."
"Ye Wenzhi lives in the east wing?"
Jiang Zhaoxue suddenly spoke, and Ye Tianjiao suddenly became alert and turned back with cold eyes: "What do you want to do?"
Jiang Zhaoxue observed his nervous expression, pondered his previous skills, observed the direction of his spiritual veins, and asked curiously, "Are you practicing Taoism? No, no, you have good talent. Someone wanted to guide you into Taoism, but you didn't learn?"
"You're investigating me?!" Ye Tianjiao shouted angrily, and Pei Zichen immediately took a step to Jiang Zhaoxue's side.
Ye Tianjiao was completely focused on Jiang Zhaoxue, and didn't notice Pei Zichen. Jiang Zhaoxue thought for a moment and asked, "Did Tianjiyuan advise you to bury your brother?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Tianjiao rushed forward in anger, and Chen Zhao hurriedly held him back: "Second Young Master! Calm down! This is a real skill! If there's no clue, the eldest young master can be saved, he can be saved!"
These words calmed Ye Tianjiao. Ye Tianjiao looked at Jiang Zhaoxue angrily. Jiang Zhaoxue looked at him, and understood what was going on. She asked decisively, "Did your brother kill someone?"
"You're talking nonsense!"
Ye Tianjiao shouted: "My brother would never kill anyone! If you keep talking nonsense, I will kill you..."
"Take me to see it."
Jiang Zhaoxue always felt that something was wrong, so he strode forward and said calmly: "Explain the matter clearly. If you can't explain it clearly," Jiang Zhaoxue turned around and looked at Ye Tianjiao, "I will just assume that your brother killed the person."
"nonsense!"
Ye Tianjiao immediately stepped forward and followed Jiang Zhaoxue aggressively.
Pei Zichen was afraid that he would hurt someone, so he hurriedly caught up with him and followed Jiang Zhaoxue, always keeping a vigilant eye on him.
Ye Tianjiao sensed Pei Zichen's hostility and glanced at him. Pei Zichen raised his eyes calmly. Ye Tianjiao didn't bother to pay attention to him. He just followed Jiang Zhaoxue and said angrily: "I'm telling you, my brother didn't kill anyone. I was the one who handled the cases of those people who died in the city. They had nothing to do with my brother. Left!"
Ye Tianjiao said something, but he still pointed the way to Jiang Zhaoxue. Jiang Zhaoxue put her hands in her sleeves and nodded, "Oh, Tianjiyuan said that your brother killed the man, so they want to bury him?"
"It's not a burial!" Ye Tianjiao said irritably, angrily, "Three years ago, women in Taizhou City would die if they went out at night. At the same time, my brother was bedridden. The Tianji Academy sent people to investigate and found that my brother was filled with resentment. So they concluded that he was the murderer."
Jiang Zhaoxue listened, turned around the corridor, nodded, and approached Ye Tianjiao, revealing a listening attitude: "And then?"
This was her usual habit. When she was doing something seriously, she would get closer to the other person to listen to what they said as a response.
Pei Zichen watched silently. He didn't know why, but he suddenly felt empty in his heart.
The world seems to have grown bigger.
The feeling of emptiness surged up and almost strangled him. He followed Jiang Zhaoxue silently. Seeing that the atmosphere between them was gradually becoming harmonious, he slowed down his pace and stepped back a little.
Jiang Zhaoxue hadn't noticed his emotions as she listened to Ye Tianjiao continue, "But at that time, my brother was in a coma every day and rarely woke up. The Tianji Academy sent people to follow him, but the woman who went out that night ended up dying. So, although we don't know where my brother's resentment came from, the Tianji Academy didn't dare to say it was my brother. They said it was my brother's karma, so they refused to intervene. But my brother would never kill anyone."
"My dear relatives, we must hide from each other."
"My brother didn't..."
"But I don't care."
Jiang Zhaoxue walked to the gate of the heavily guarded house, where blood was everywhere, and stopped to look around.
This is definitely not the resentment that can be accumulated by one or two people.
Jiang Zhaoxue looked at the house, then turned back to look at the stunned Ye Tianjiao, and said calmly: "As for me, I don't know right or wrong. Even if your brother kills someone, I can save him, but I have one request."
"What?" Hearing that he could save people, Ye Tianjiao didn't bother to argue with her about right or wrong.
Jiang Zhaoxue looked him up and down, and Ye Tianjiao became nervous: "What are you looking at? You are not interested in me, are you? I tell you, even if you can cure my brother, I will never..."
"Is the Jade Ganoderma still there?"
When Jiang Zhaoxue spoke, Ye Tianjiao was stunned. In a flash, he suddenly remembered the master he had met in the mountains before.
Although he couldn't see their faces clearly at the time, he could confirm that it was a man and a woman.
His expression instantly became alert. He glanced at the veiled Jiang Zhaoxue and Pei Zichen, then asked, "Are you from Tianshan Mountain?"
"It doesn't matter where I'm from." Jiang Zhaoxue saw his expression and knew that the Jade Lingzhi was still there. She smiled and said, "What's important is, if I can save your brother, how about giving me the Jade Lingzhi?"
"Can."
Hearing that it was Jade Ganoderma, Ye Tianjiao calmed down and understood in an instant: "So you have been pretending to be a ghost these days just to get into the Ye Mansion, right?" "How can you say that?" Jiang Zhaoxue blinked, "I am doing this to benefit the people."
"Swindling so much money is really a benefit to the people."
Ye Tianjiao gritted his teeth, then remembered: "Also, you were the one who asked Wang Ruoshui to give the cat away, right?!"
Jiang Zhaoxue paused after hearing this, then remembered her first serious client and forced a smile, "Ah? What are you talking about?"
"I see you have some ability today, so I don't care about the mess that happened before." Ye Tianjiao saw her reaction and knew she was shirking her responsibility. He didn't want to say more and said decisively, "But brother, if there is any mistake, I will kill you."
"Oh," Jiang Zhaoxue looked at Ye Tianjiao pretending to be fierce, raised her hand and placed it on her chest, "I'm so scared."
Ye Tianjiao saw Jiang Zhaoxue's mockery and instantly flew into a rage. However, he didn't know what to say to suppress Jiang Zhaoxue's arrogance. After a long argument, he finally found the direction to attack and cursed, "Take off that veil from your face! Aren't you ashamed to show yourself?"
"Yes," Jiang Zhaoxue said generously as she lifted her skirt and stepped forward, "I'm ugly and can't be seen in public. But it doesn't matter. The most important thing right now is to go see your brother as soon as possible..."
Before she could finish her words, a gust of wind blew from behind. Jiang Zhaoxue subconsciously turned around and saw Ye Tianjiao rushing in front of her, pulling off her veil. Pei Zichen stepped forward and pulled Jiang Zhaoxue behind him. He then kicked Ye Tianjiao and sent him flying into the courtyard, shouting angrily, "How dare you!"
As he spoke, Jiang Zhaoxue had been completely blocked by him, and the veil was taken back by him and stuffed into her face. Now he was only half a head taller than Jiang Zhaoxue, and his body was still that of a teenager, so he could not completely block Jiang Zhaoxue, but it was still enough for Jiang Zhaoxue to put the veil back on her face.
Even so, when the veil was taken off, Ye Tianjiao could see Jiang Zhaoxue's face clearly.
Ye Tianjiao was completely stunned. He wanted to say something, but the blood blocked his mouth.
The attendants nearby rushed forward to pull Ye Tianjiao, while the guards surrounded Pei Zichen and Jiang Zhaoxue tightly. Chen Zhao hurriedly stepped forward to ease the situation, but he didn't know who to apologize to.
The courtyard was in a state of panic. Pei Zichen held the hilt of his sword and said calmly, "Master's Wife, don't be afraid."
Jiang Zhaoxue wasn't afraid, she just curiously peeked out from behind him and saw Ye Tianjiao holding his chest with his hands as he was helped up. Then, the moment he saw Jiang Zhaoxue peeking out, he vomited blood and couldn't control himself at all, trembling, "Fairy..."
Pei Zichen's pupils shrank as he said this, and he raised his hand to hit him again. Jiang Zhaoxue was afraid someone would die, so she quickly pulled him back and said anxiously, "Don't get excited, he didn't do anything..."
As he spoke, there was a scream from the crowd. Jiang Zhaoxue and Pei Zichen looked up and saw that Ye Tianjiao, who was not far away, could not hold on any longer. His eyes rolled back and he fell into the crowd.
People around were calling for a doctor, and some were carrying people. Chen Zhao didn't care about them. He just ordered the people around to leave and take them to the guest rooms, and then he quickly sent Ye Tianjiao to the hospital.
Jiang Zhaoxue stared blankly at this sudden change, unable to react.
How come these two people started fighting in just a short moment... Oh no, why did Pei Zichen beat someone up?
Jiang Zhaoxue was a little confused and couldn't help but look back at Pei Zichen: "Why did you suddenly attack?"
Pei Zichen froze when he heard this, as if realizing he had done something wrong. He said uneasily, "He offended Master's Wife."
As he spoke, Pei Zichen realized that this was a mortal, and even if he had offended someone, he wouldn't have done so. He quickly suppressed his emotions, knelt on one knee, and saluted, saying, "My disciple has made a mistake, please punish me, Master's Wife."
"Oh, there's nothing to punish." Jiang Zhaoxue didn't care much. She just stared at the direction where Ye Tianjiao left, and said with some worry, "He's so fragile, will he be beaten to death?"
Pei Zichen didn't say anything. He knelt on the ground silently without saying a word.
There was tinnitus and buzzing in his ears, as if he was the only one in the world.
He waited passively, not knowing what he was waiting for. He felt like a stone statue, his soul trapped in the stone, unable to move.
It wasn't until Jiang Zhaoxue turned her gaze back to him that he felt the curse lifted. He heard her say in surprise, "Why are you kneeling? Get up and go take a look."
Jiang Zhaoxue stepped forward and said vaguely, "Don't come in and beat anyone to death."
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The author has something to say: [Small Theater]
Pei Zichen: "The kick today was too heavy. Zichen is at fault."
Jiang Zhaoxue: "That's good to know."
Pei Zichen: "I'll kick you again next time."
I studied the Nine Heavens Mysterious Numbers for a whole day today, and finally managed to learn the basics. But don’t take it seriously. If I make any mistakes, I won’t regret it.
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