His face was expressionless, but the twitching in the corner of his left eye seemed to intensify.
"Wang Shuo, what happened today?"
"teacher……"
Wang Shuo, who had been stunned, suddenly snapped out of his daze and hurriedly bowed, saying, "Today, my fifth senior brother and I went to Beiwu. We met Shen Qian, who is the junior disciple of the Marquis of Jingcheng. My fifth senior brother said that he sensed something fishy about Shen Qian, so he asked me to test him. Later..."
Wang Shuo recounted everything that happened that day in great detail, with almost no subjective judgment.
After hearing this, Duke Yanshan remained silent for a long time.
"Teacher, was it done by the Marquis of Jingcheng?"
Ren Zihan finally couldn't hold back any longer and asked.
"It's Wu Jun."
Duke Yanshan spoke calmly, appearing unusually composed at this moment, "His death aura still lingers on the spear."
"The fourth disciple of the Marquis of Jingcheng?"
"That deadpan face dares to do this!"
Guo Zhouyuan instantly flew into a rage, his aura soaring to the heavens, and he moved to confront Wu Jun.
"Stop!" Duke Yanshan stopped him.
"Teacher, Fifth Junior Brother has been killed! Why are you stopping me?" Guo Zhouyuan said, his eyes red.
“You can take revenge anytime. Don’t let your emotions cloud your judgment.”
Duke Yanshan glanced at Guo Zhouyuan and then said, "Wang Shuo, tell me again what happened before the sinking, without omitting anything."
"yes!"
Although he didn't know the teacher's intention, Wang Shuo still recounted all his several contacts with Shen Qian and the information he had obtained from various channels.
Yanshan Gong remained silent throughout the entire speech until Wang Shuo finished speaking, at which point he suddenly waved his hand.
A chessboard appeared in the void.
The chessboard is made of white jade, with eighteen auspicious beasts carved around it. Black and white pieces are interspersed on it, covering more than half of the chessboard.
Ren Zihan and Wang Shuo were somewhat bewildered, but Guo Zhouyuan was startled.
This chessboard has an extraordinary name, "Heavenly Calculation," which is a priceless treasure personally gifted by the King of Zhou to the Duke of Yanshan, and is also one of the most cherished spiritual treasures of the teacher.
It is said that the teacher's ability to become a top-ranking noble was largely due to "divine calculation".
Yanshan Gong did not make any move, but black and white pieces began to be placed continuously on the chessboard.
The group only stared for a short while before their eyes started to ache, and they dared not look any longer.
After a few minutes, until the chessboard stopped changing, Yanshan Gong stared at the mysterious and complex chess game for a while, then suddenly narrowed his eyes.
"Black and white reversed, winds rise in the southwest... Interesting, this prelude to the sinking is very interesting..."
Yanshan Gong muttered something to himself, while Guo Zhouyuan and the others looked completely bewildered.
"teacher……"
"Do you think I should save Xiao Wu?" Han Chi suddenly asked.
"Teacher, don't you want to save Fifth Senior Brother?" Ren Zihan was startled and blurted out.
"I've used up all the materials I have. Saving Xiao Wu will take an extremely long time. I wonder how much of his self-respect he can still retain..."
Han Chi said calmly, "Or perhaps, there is a method right now that will leave virtually no aftereffects, and Nie Han might even benefit from it."
"Then why are you still hesitating, teacher?" Guo Zhouyuan asked, his surprise followed by confusion.
"This porcelain bottle contains a Mountain and Sea level elixir recently developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, named 'Creation.' It can help Nie Han recover quickly. Why don't you guess who made this elixir that the Chinese Academy of Sciences hasn't been able to develop for decades?"
Duke Yanshan picked up the small porcelain bottle from the ground and then asked a question.
Just as Guo Zhouyuan and Ren Zihan were about to shake their heads, Wang Shuo, who was standing to the side, realized something and his expression changed as he exclaimed, "Shen Qian?!"
“That’s right.” Yanshan Gong said expressionlessly, “By saving Nie Han, he has incurred a karmic debt to Shen Qian. If he cannot resolve this debt, his foundation will no longer be stable.”
"this……"
After quietly questioning Wang Shuo, Guo Zhouyuan and Ren Zihan understood the implications, and their expressions turned grim.
The Marquis of Jingcheng's disciple killed Nie Han, but Nie Han ended up owing another of the Marquis of Jingcheng's disciples a life.
How absurd!
But what the teacher said was true.
Unless one is completely free from karmic obstacles, who can escape them?
While everyone remained silent, Yanshan Gong had already crushed the porcelain bottle, revealing a round, sky-blue pill inside.
With another wave of his hand, the pill transformed into a fluorescent light and directly merged into Nie Han's spiritual core.
The previously dormant spiritual core suddenly shone brightly, vaguely revealing a human-shaped phantom.
With a third wave of his hand, the spirit core and the figure vanished completely.
“I have sent him to a secret room. After another forty-nine days of nourishment, he will be able to recover.”
Duke Yanshan said it in a calm tone.
"But teacher, are we just going to let the disciples of Marquis Jingcheng be humiliated like this?" Guo Zhouyuan had lost all joy at this point, and could only grit his teeth and say.
“I have tried my best to eliminate the cause and effect involved, but life and death are a great path that I cannot touch. To completely unravel the cause and effect involved, we still need to rely on Nie Han himself. If he can overcome this hurdle, he can take another step forward.”
“Wu Jun, let him kill himself, but…”
The Duke of Yanshan's voice suddenly turned icy cold, "My Plum Garden cannot remain silent either."
Just as Guo Zhouyuan was filled with anticipation, he heard Duke Yanshan instruct, "Zihan, go overseas immediately and tell your second senior brother... the time has come."
"Yes, teacher."
Ren Zihan bowed and quickly disappeared from the spot.
"Should we disturb Second Senior Brother?" Guo Zhouyuan seemed to have some kind of worry.
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