Chapter 102: Wenchang Star Lord Li Zhou began to worry that he would not be able to return home...
The transfer student sat next to Li Zhou. Li Zhou looked at the empty seat next to him and scratched his head in confusion. How could she remember that she had a deskmate?
She nodded absentmindedly to her new classmate and poked Xie Lingwei, who was still playing with tarot cards, on the back: "Where's Tan Zhao?"
Hey, who is Tan Zhao? Why did she blurt out this name?
Her former deskmate?
Xie Lingwei turned around, raised her bloodshot eyes, her hair was in a mess, and forced a smile: "She went back to her hometown, don't you remember?"
Li Zhou thought about it carefully for a while and shook his head: "Where is her hometown? Can we go find her?"
Since he still remembers, he must be a very good friend, Li Zhou thought. No matter how far apart we are, as long as we are willing, we will be able to meet again.
Xie Lingwei did not answer, but suddenly placed the tarot cards in front of Li Zhou.
Li Zhou looked down and saw a picture of a sun on the card. Below the sun, a child wearing a wreath was riding a horse with an innocent and sweet smile on his face.
There are two words written at the bottom of the card:
【The Sun】
This is a Sun card.
This card is in upright position in front of Li Zhou, but for Xie Lingwei, who is sitting in front of Li Zhou, it is in reverse position.
The upright Sun represents joy and happiness, but the reversed Sun symbolizes the coming dusk, depression, failure and hopelessness.
Li Zhou was still studying the tarot cards. Xie Lingwei held her hand and asked, "What's your name?"
Li Zhou looked at her strangely: "How come you even forgot my name? Of course my name is Xue Jingzhen."
"Yes, Jingzhen, your name is Xue Jingzhen."
"Xie Lingwei, the blackboard is behind you, right?"
The head teacher at the podium knocked on the blackboard unhappily.
Xie Lingwei originally wanted to say something, but now he had no choice but to put away his cards and turn back.
Li Zhou held his chin and looked at her back, feeling that his good friend seemed to be worried about something.
She tried hard to recall what had happened recently, but her head was dizzy. Maybe the dream she had last night was too exhausting. She fell drowsy after a while, and the little chicken pecking at rice.
“…So how should we solve this problem?”
The head teacher's voice suddenly rang in Li Zhou's ears. She woke up suddenly and looked up. The head teacher was already two steps away from her. On his serious face, there was a look of understanding.
Li Zhou was shocked. What kind of question was that? Where was the question?
"Xue Jingzhen, you answer this question."
The head teacher still said the words she feared the most.
Li Zhou stood up reluctantly and looked around. Xie Lingwei made a gesture to turn around, but under the gaze of the head teacher, he had to turn back.
A piece of draft paper filled with the steps to solve the problem was moved horizontally towards her.
She was stunned for a moment, and glanced over. She saw her new deskmate pouting at the draft paper, the meaning of which was self-evident.
Li Zhou quickly repeated the problem-solving steps on the draft paper with confidence.
The head teacher listened, put down the pointer in his hand, nodded and said: "The answer is very good, sit down... Open your eyes wider next time you listen to the class."
The transfer student's righteous act successfully captured Li Zhou's heart. At lunchtime, she took the initiative to invite him, "Would you like to go to the cafeteria with me and Xie Lingwei?"
Xie Lingwei tied her hair up again, looking much more energetic. She handed over a campus card with the name "Tan Zhao" written on it: "Do you have money in your card? If you don't have any, use Tan Zhao's first."
Gao Congxu looked at her for a moment, took the campus card and hung it around his neck: "I was going to ask someone about the rules here. Thank you."
What rules are there in the last school? Li Zhou waved his hand and said, "You're welcome. We are all good friends."
She looked at the two of them with a smile. They were silent for a moment, then smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, we are friends."
“No matter what happens, good friends will never be apart.”
…
A new Wenchang Star God Temple was built near the school. Many students went there to worship after dinner. Xie Lingwei asked Li Zhou if he was interested.
Li Zhou asked curiously, "What does He manage?"
"Examinations and fame."
Then I have to go.
The head teacher informed us in the morning that there would be a temporary test in the afternoon. Those who did not score 90% would be kept after school, and they could only go home when they scored 90%.
Although Li Zhou felt that with his intelligence and talent, it would be easy to get 90 points in the exam.
But having someone's blessing is better than having no blessing at all.
Gao Congxu said that he had just arrived and was not familiar with the environment, so he just followed them to get familiar with the route.
The three of them then traveled together to the Xingjun Temple, and on the way they bought offerings that Wenchang Xingjun liked: onions, fans, pens, and a red envelope with four coins in it.
Just as they reached the gate of Xingjun Temple, Li Zhou heard a sharp brake sound, and a dump truck loaded with cargo rushed towards the three of them.
"careful!"
Xie Lingwei pushed Li Zhou away, but the heavy dump truck also turned sharply at the same time, and after changing direction, it still rushed straight towards Li Zhou.
Li Zhou's heart stopped suddenly, his pupils shrank to the size of a needle tip, the shadow under him shook violently, and one twisted tentacle after another emerged uncontrollably.
Xie Lingwei was saying something loudly, but there seemed to be something wrong with her hearing, as if there was a curtain between her and the world. She could neither hear nor understand.
Time seemed to be artificially stretched, and a short second became extremely long. Boundless darkness appeared for a moment and quickly disappeared. Li Zhou turned his head blankly. The scene in front of him was like a fading ink painting, and a speeding dump truck was coming towards him.
Will she die?
Li Zhou vaguely remembered that she seemed to be dead.
No, it wasn’t her who died, it was her good friend Xue Jingzhen... Hey, then who is she?
She is not Xue Jingzhen, she is...
Just when the initials "li" were about to appear in her mind, a nimble figure stood in front of her.
It’s my new deskmate Gao Congxu.
She held the fan she had just bought and made a fan flower. With her other hand, she put her arm around Li Zhou's waist, spun her around, and flew dozens of meters without touching the ground.
The fallen leaves brushed against Li Zhou's cheeks, and the strong wind lifted her hair. The itchy touch made her feel some reality. Her pounding heart calmed down a little, and the shadow under her feet quietly shrank. Although it was still a little hideous, at least it was no longer expanding wildly.
"boom!"
The dump truck rushed into the flower bed and hit the electric pole behind it. The high-voltage wire fell down, and a huge electric spark exploded with a crackling sound, and the whole car was ignited in a short while.
The blue sky, white clouds, green trees, flames, all the vivid colors returned. Li Zhou blinked and saw the real world again.
Bah, bah, bah, how could she curse herself to death in her heart? She would not die.
Someone hurriedly fetched a fire extinguisher and sprayed white foam at the dump truck. The truck body was covered with a layer of white and the fire gradually died down.
Xie Lingwei rushed to Li Zhou and hugged her: "Jingzhen, luckily you are okay. You can't let anything happen to you again. You absolutely can't."
When Gao Congxu heard the word "again", his eyebrows moved slightly. He was about to say something, but was suddenly drowned out by the classmates who rushed over.
"You can do Qinggong? Did you fly just now? Oh my God."
"Would you mind telling me where you learned it? I'm telling you that martial arts novels are not made up, there really is kung fu in the world!"
"So you are the heir of some hidden family? No wonder you transferred to another school in your third year of high school. Do you have a secret mission?"
Gao Congxu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. While explaining, he walked through the crowd to look at Li Zhou and Xie Lingwei. Seeing Xie Lingwei staring at Li Zhou for a while, he pulled her up, walked around the dump truck, and rushed to the Xingjun Temple. He hurriedly said, "Let's talk next time." He put away his folding fan, squeezed out of the crowd, and followed.
Li Zhou followed Xie Lingwei into the Xingjun Temple and saw a tall statue of the god in a long robe and a fu hat. He looked handsome, holding a pen in his left hand and a book in his right hand. He looked graceful and dignified.
There is a line of words written below the statue:
【The Divine Texts Enlighten the Spiritual Response of the Emperor Wenchang】
"Did you hear that?" Xie Lingwei's voice was still panting after running vigorously, but she asked anxiously without stopping for a moment, "It seems like someone is reciting something."
Li Zhou thought she was asking him because she couldn't hear clearly. He listened carefully for a moment and found someone was really reading. From the sound, it seemed to be a child. "They were reading, 'When you are free from thoughts, you will know'..."
"What else?"
"There is no place without clothes, only peace can be achieved..."
"What else?"
Li Zhou looked at Xie Lingwei in confusion. How come she couldn't hear a word clearly? Li Zhou didn't want to continue reading, but seeing Xie Lingwei's eyes full of expectation, he had to tolerate her this time: "There is no way to get the Tao without the Tao..."
“This is the last sentence.”
When she said this, she did not notice that as she recited, an invisible and mysterious power came from the statue of the Star God. This power fell on her, causing the hideous shadow swaying under her to completely calm down and be completely restrained in the human form.
Xie Lingwei's clenched fist finally loosened a little, because he had pinched too hard with his nails, and a few drops of blood dripped from his palm to the ground.
At the entrance of the hall, Gao Congxu, who was walking quickly, paused, glanced at the drops of blood, and looked away as if nothing had happened.
Xie Lingwei turned around suddenly, and when he saw her, he breathed a sigh of relief. Then he remembered what happened just now and said apologetically, "I, we were in a hurry to come and worship Wenchang Star God, and forgot to tell you."
"It's okay." Gao Congxu smiled and handed over the folding fan. "Do you need more sacrifices?"
Xie Lingwei glanced at the statue of the Star God and hesitated for a moment. Li Zhou had already happily taken the folding fan and walked to the front of the statue along with several other offerings.
Just as she was about to bow down, she heard a voice:
“Pah.”
The brush fell from the statue's hand.
Li Zhou: “?”
Li Zhou raised his head and observed for a moment. This statue was actually an embroidered pillow. It looked very delicate on the surface, but the paint was actually cracked.
However, she is not the kind of person who would do anything that she pleases based on what others have done. Even if this Wenchang Star Lord does not seem to be very powerful, she will not despise Him.
Li Zhou straightened his appearance and bowed again.
As her body leaned forward, there was another "click", and the scroll held in the statue's right hand fell down.
Li Zhou: “???”
Li Zhou stood up and found that there were more and more cracks on the surface of the statue, probably because the roof was leaking and a lot of rainwater had accumulated in the eye sockets.
Is this temple in disrepair? Is Wenchang Xingjun having a miserable time?
Xie Lingwei's mouth twitched, and he pulled Li Zhou up and said, "You'd better not worship him. He can't bear it."
"Why?" Li Zhou didn't quite understand.
"It's obvious that your wisdom has surpassed that of Wenchang Star Lord." Xie Lingwei said seriously, "He feels ashamed to be worshipped by someone smarter than himself."
Will anyone believe this reason?
Having realized that Li Zhou's identity might be unusual, Gao Congxu did not speak rashly, but just glanced at Xie Lingwei silently. Xie Lingwei made an expression that said "I'll explain it to you later" and looked at Li Zhou nervously, feeling unsure.
Li Zhou said, "So that's how it is. Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Gao Congxu: “…”
Xie Lingwei: “…”
The two looked at each other, and surrounded Li Zhou, who had suddenly realized what was going on, and left the Xingjun Temple.
No matter how she believes it, just believe it.
After the three left, the hall was quiet for a while, then intermittent sobbing could be heard. Tears flowed from the eyes of the statue, and a child's voice sobbed, "Taiyin, are you watching? If you have time, can you tell Him not to worship our own people?"
No one answered Him. He was stunned for a moment and let out a long sigh.
In Fujiao City, Yue Niang held the sleeping Li Zhou in her arms, gently patting her normal upper body, watching her lower body squirm, slowly changing from countless tentacles back to the shape of human legs.
The gorgeous afterglow of the sunset shines in from the window, and the fiery red sun is embedded in the window, like a big eye sticking to the window.
Yue Niang turned around and used her body to block her daughter, as if this could block the malice coming from out of nowhere.
Baby Li Zhou blew out bubbles, as if talking in his sleep. Yue Niang lowered her head and put her ear to her lips, and heard her mumbling: "Only when you are free of thoughts and worries can you know..."
“…Who knows how to do this?”
After returning to school and starting to take a temporary test, high school student Li Zhou lost his previous confidence. He bit his pen and looked worried.
On the podium, the head teacher repeated his request in a rigid voice: "Students who do not score 90 points cannot go home. Let me say it again, the passing standard is 90 points."
Looking at the math problem in front of him, Li Zhou began to worry that he would not be able to return home.
I should have prayed to Wenchang Star God a few more times. What a mistake.
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