Mirror Flower Water Moon (6)
"Have you heard about the incident in Cangyun City?" A burly disciple leaned close to Wang Kun's ear and asked mysteriously.
Wang Kun was busy preparing his divination items before the exam today. Hearing this, he looked up in surprise and asked, "But what about Senior Sister Li being abducted by a demon and taken to the lower realm?"
The disciple quickly waved his hands and continued, "No, no, it was the eldest young master of the Lou family who went crazy last night, causing unrest in the entire Lou family."
Cangyun City is located at the very edge of the floating island, where the barrier is weak and the spirits cause trouble from time to time. The Lou family has been blessed by the gods, and each of them has extraordinary powers and is very intelligent. They have been guarding the barrier of the floating island without regrets.
Three years ago, Lou Daoyan, the eldest son of the Lou family, met with an accident. He was once a handsome and elegant young man, but now he is mentally unstable and talks nonsense all day long. It is really a pity. Moreover, there have been frequent disasters in Yiziyuan in recent days, and at this time, Lou Daoyan suddenly became crazy, which makes people have to be vigilant.
"Nowadays, rumors are spreading among the people, saying that it is the legendary ghost tribe that is causing trouble." The disciple was a disciple from the Lou family's branch, named Lou Xian. After hearing some news from his parents, he couldn't wait to discuss it with others.
Wang Kun's hand, which was about to make a divination, trembled when he heard this. He shrank his neck in fear and asked tentatively, "What does this speculation mean?"
"My father told me that last night the eldest son pointed at an empty spot in the courtyard and started shouting names. He ran around the yard madly while shouting, and more than a dozen strong men couldn't stop him. In the end, he even started dancing. His dance moves were strange. When we investigated later, we found that it was the legendary ghost tribe's sacrificial dance. The truth behind the previous incidents in Yiziyuan has never been uncovered. If it was a rebellion by a spirit, why was it kept secret? So..."
The man was talking excitedly when he was suddenly hit on the head. His eyes widened and he turned around with a fierce look on his face. When he saw Li Zhaoyue, his momentum suddenly dropped. He said timidly, "Senior Sister... why did you hit me?"
"It's not me." Li Zhaoyue blinked in confusion.
"That's... Senior Brother Xie!" The man looked up and saw Xie Fengli standing next to Li Zhaoyue. He was so scared that he almost fainted.
Xie Feng is a disciple registered under the name of Zhu Ming. Although he is not taught by Zhu Ming personally, he has received a lot of guidance. He is very talented and is the most outstanding disciple of Yiziyuan's generation.
He was an upright, serious, and extremely strict person. He hated it most when his disciples talked about other people's affairs behind their backs. When Xie Feng heard what Lou Xian said, he couldn't help but scold him.
Just as he closed his eyes and prepared to listen to the lecture, Xie Feng sighed.
The originally noisy school became very quiet because of Xie Feng's arrival. Everyone breathed a little lighter, fearing that one of their careless actions would cause Xie Feng's displeasure.
"I told you, they are all afraid of me." Xie Feng looked at Li Zhaoyue helplessly and said.
Li Zhaoyue hadn't expected everyone to be so afraid of Xie Feng. He scratched his head awkwardly, then stood in front of him and said to Lou Xian, "Senior Brother won't blame you. He's not such a petty person."
After saying this, he looked at the people with different expressions and said loudly, "Senior brother is not a person with a bad temper who scolds people casually. You don't have to be restrained. He just came to accompany me to take the exam today. If it really affects you, it is my fault."
"I apologize to you." After saying this, the girl was about to bend down. Xie Feng's face turned stern and he stopped her.
"Everyone, I'm sorry. If this has affected you, I'm here to apologize," he said gently.
Everyone felt a little embarrassed when their thoughts were revealed, and they kept waving their hands and saying no.
Perhaps these words had an effect, as everyone gradually dared to speak up, and the classroom gradually became lively. Li Zhaoyue pulled Xie Feng and walked over to Wang Kun.
Wang Kun yelled, protecting the magic weapon in front of him, and looked at him warily, saying, "I'm just using what I've learned for divination. It's not some crooked way. Don't try to confiscate my things."
Li Zhaoyue quickly explained, "No, no, Senior Brother is not that kind of person. He is different from those sword disciples. He is very polite."
"Among the disciples of Fengshui Academy, those who are called "vases" are the most enthusiastic among them, and Senior Brother Xie is the best among the disciples of the sword. It is normal for us to be wary." Lou Guandao said.
Li Zhaoyue wanted to say something, but Xie Feng patted her head gently, a look of helplessness flashing across his cold face: "I'll explain my own affairs, so I won't get you scolded."
After saying this, he stood in front of Li Zhaoyue, clasped his fists towards Wang Kun, and said sincerely, "It was not my intention to scare you. If what you said today is true, I will report it to the teacher when I return to the martial arts court one day and punish those disciples who gossiped."
"I'm so sorry."
The always cold and unapproachable sword master actually bent down to apologize to the Feng Shui Academy disciples. Everyone was shocked, and the fear in their hearts also dissipated a lot.
Wang Kun rubbed his head awkwardly and said, "No need... no need to be so formal. I don't blame you."
"That's good." Xie Feng straightened up and nodded to him.
Seeing that everyone seemed to relax, Li Zhaoyue sat opposite Wang Kun and leaned over the table to watch him fiddle with the magical instruments.
"Why, are you interested?" Wang Kun asked with a smile when he saw the curiosity in her eyes.
"Can this thing really predict test results?" she asked.
Among the Feng Shui techniques, divination is the most complicated. Very few people can learn it, and Wang Kun only has a basic understanding of it.
"Destiny is like the lush, dense branches of a tree. Looking outward from the main branch, there are countless possibilities. Divination is about combining your current choices and deducing the most likely one. What I do isn't foresight, but gambling."
Speaking of this, Wang Kun's eyes lit up.
"Bet on the one that's most likely to come true."
Li Zhaoyue seemed to understand what he was saying, and Xie Feng seemed to be lost in thought. However, Lou Guan burst out laughing, hooked his arm around Wang Kun's neck, and said, "It's hard to predict what people are saying. I just want to give you some psychological comfort."
Wang Kun also smiled and winked at Li Zhaoyue, saying, "That's right, so Senior Sister, are you interested in taking a test?"
"Just use the simplest method of drawing lots, which saves time and effort." He continued to urge.
Li Zhaoyue was very curious. He looked at Xie Feng beside him, then looked at Wang Kun, and stretched out his hand.
"Can't you test yourself?" Xie Feng couldn't help but ask curiously when he saw Wang Kun busy taking the bamboo tube used for drawing lots.
Wang Kun put the fortune sticks away and nudged Lou Guan to ask him to help carry the things. Hearing this, he said, "The first principle of Feng Shui is that you are forbidden to predict your own destiny. Moreover, even the most skilled Feng Shui masters cannot predict their own destiny."
Seeing Xie Feng seemed lost in thought, Lou Guan elbowed Wang Kun back, saying, "Brother, don't believe him. He's just trying to scare you."
Wang Kun rolled his eyes at him, shook the lottery box in his hand vigorously, and looked at Li Zhaoyue expectantly: "Senior Sister, draw it."
The stick holder was very old. Li Zhaoyue touched the head of the wooden stick with his fingertips and pulled out one.
The wooden stick fell on the table, and the red words on it became blurred.
"Huh? What's going on?" Wang Kun rubbed his eyes, picked up the wooden stick in surprise, put it in the sunlight and looked at it, but he couldn't see anything clearly.
"Let me see." Lou Guan also came over and poked the lot with curiosity. "This is the first time."
"What does the fortune teller mean?" Xie Feng asked after watching the whole process.
"Could it be a very bad fortune?" Li Zhaoyue curled up the hairband hanging by her ear, feeling a little uneasy.
"That's not the case," Wang Kun frowned and took out a book from his arms, "In this situation..."
He pointed to the notes on the page and said uncertainly, "Combining what the book says, if I were to interpret it, it would be four words."
"Mirror flowers and water moons."
Li Zhaoyue was about to speak when a gust of wind suddenly blew beside her, and the cold fragrance of tea drifted into her nose. She looked up and saw Xu Xing lifting his clothes, apparently wanting to sit next to her.
She quickly stood up and hid behind Xie Feng.
Seeing this, Xu Xing paused with his hand that was pinching the hem of her clothes, then smiled at her as if nothing had happened. Li Zhaoyue continued to avoid him.
"Xu Xing, why did you come just now? You clearly agreed yesterday to come early to help me review." Wang Kun complained when he saw Xu Xing.
"You just talked about divination in such a mysterious way that you almost fooled me, and now you ask Xu Xing to help you." Lou Guan teased him.
While the two were talking here, Xu Xing saw Xie Feng holding Li Zhaoyue's hand and pulling her to another place, and his eyes followed her.
"Hey, senior sister, why did you leave? Actually, my prediction may not be accurate..." Wang Kun wanted to chase Li Zhaoyue, but Xu Xing held his shoulder.
"I'll go ask my senior sister." Xu Xing smiled gently and shook out a piece of paper from his sleeve. On it was written the key points of the positioning technique.
"Remember these, passing is not a problem."
After saying that, he quickly chased after the two men and left, leaving Wang Kun and Lou Guan holding the paper as if it were a treasure.
Outside the school, Li Zhaoyue sat on a rock, kicking scattered stones gloomily. Xie Feng squatted beside her, holding an unwrapped sweet-scented osmanthus candy in his hand, waiting for her to take it.
Li Zhaoyue chewed the fragrant candy in his mouth and sighed.
"Are you still worried about that?" Xie Feng asked her.
She nodded.
"What does Ah Feng think of Xu Xing?"
When Xu Xing walked to the door, he happened to hear Li Zhaoyue ask this question. He quickly covered his body and hid behind a tree.
Xie Feng thought for a moment and said coldly, "He's smooth-talking and cunning, but he's scheming."
"However," he paused, "although he was responsible for your several dangerous encounters, it wasn't entirely his fault. I don't know him well, but from the elders' evaluation, I can tell that he's enthusiastic, studious, gentle, and polite. He's a very good student."
"In short, there are both praise and criticism."
Li Zhaoyue was amused by his serious and rigorous speech. He propped up his chin and curled his eyes: "I thought you would criticize him completely, Afeng."
"Although I don't like him, everyone has two sides. No one is always a bad person, and no one is always a good person." Xie Feng looked at Li Zhaoyue with a hint of meaning.
Li Zhaoyue didn't know whether she understood or not. She just lowered her head and fiddled with her skirt until the signal for the exam to begin bloomed in the sky.
She stood up in a flash, hurriedly stuffed the uneaten sweets in her hand into her mouth, and said incoherently: "I have to go to the exam, you stay here and wait for me, I will come out after the exam!"
After saying that, she lifted her skirt and rushed into the school.
Seeing her reckless look, Xie Feng shook his head helplessly.
Xu Xing, who was hiding in the dark, also followed Li Zhaoyue into the school.
Xie Feng, who was squatting on the spot, seemed to sense something. He stood up and turned around, just in time to meet Xu Xing's gaze.
One cold, one warm, one white, one blue.
Xu Xing smiled and Xie Feng frowned, it was a silent confrontation.
"Senior Brother." Xu Xing retracted his gaze and nodded to him politely.
Xie Feng ignored him and turned to look away. Xu Xing, still smiling, walked into the school.
"This Bagua positioning technique is really difficult. I read the book for a long time yesterday but still couldn't remember the key points." Two disciples passed by and chatted before the exam started.
"I heard that the last two candidates in the exam will have to clean the Fengling Hall. What should I do? What if the exam questions are too difficult and I fail?"
"You're joking. The disciple who was ranked last is gone, and now Li Zhaoyue is the last one. What's more, there's Lou Guan who's ranked second to last. What are you afraid of?"
The two were talking excitedly and bumped into Xu Xing who was coming towards them without noticing. They hurriedly bowed their heads and apologized.
"No problem." Xu Xing smiled gently, smoothed his wrinkled sleeves, and walked past the two of them to his own seat.
The exam was about to begin, so they stopped talking and found their seats and sat down.
Xu Xing found a seat and sat down, straightening his back, his eyes fixed on the goose-yellow figure in the distance, as if thinking about something.
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