7480 had to admit that Zhuang Li was a very powerful person. However, after traveling to this slightly supernatural little world and reading the Lord God's script, it never considered that the host had a chance of winning this time.
Without the supernatural golden finger, it is difficult for the host to deal with the child of destiny.
"Master, why do you say Zhuang Tian'er will be unlucky? What are you going to do to her? You're not going to kill her, are you?" 7480 said in a panic, "Master, please don't do anything stupid like that. Zhuang Tian'er's luck is truly incredible. Don't risk your life! Did you see the woman who got bitten on the butt by the dog just now?"
7480 flipped through the script, his speech speed increasing. "I'm telling you, there are at least ninety unlucky people like her! Everyone who tries to hurt Zhuang Tian'er will eventually suffer all sorts of misfortunes. Being bitten by a dog is the least of it. There are also people who fall into wells and drown, fall off cliffs and die, choke to death while eating, and choke to death while drinking water."
7480 flipped to the finale and whispered, "You and Zhuang Jiuge suffered the most, being executed by slow slicing! So you must not act rashly!"
Zhuang Li raised his eyebrows, seeming a little surprised by the original owner's tragic end, but he didn't ask any further questions. The moment he arrived in this world, everything had changed. The script written by the Lord God was of no use to him.
7480 waited for a long time but received no consultation from the host, so he had no choice but to shrink into the corner with the thick script and hug his lonely self.
"Where are the gods of this world?" It shook its head and sighed, actually missing the other party a little.
"I will find him." Zhuang Li looked at the distant mountains covered with red clouds, his eyes becoming extremely deep.
"How are you going to find him?" 7480 said worriedly. "This isn't modern society. There's no communication channels, and there's no transportation between villages. Finding someone is harder than finding a needle in a haystack."
"Then let him come to me." Zhuang Li smiled nonchalantly, his lips curled up. He really wasn't in a hurry at all, because he had already anticipated such a situation.
"Why did you ask him to come to you?" 7480 became more and more confused the more he listened.
"It's very simple. Become a famous person known to the world in the shortest possible time."
7480: "...Master, if I didn't know you well, I would have thought you were bragging! How did you become a famous scholar? Did you take the imperial examination and become an official?"
"I can't compose poems or couplets, let alone write policy essays. The imperial examination is not suitable for me." Zhuang Li shook his head in denial.
This was the first time 7480 heard that the host also had things he was not good at, and he couldn't help but feel very surprised.
It laughed secretly for a long time before pointing out another cruel fact: "Master, you can't take the imperial examination even if you want to. Have you forgotten that you get a headache just by reading?"
"I get a headache whenever I read." Zhuang Li chewed over these words carefully, a gleam of light in his eyes.
Only when he discovered something extremely interesting would he reveal this subtle expression, like a child invited to participate in a game, full of interest and eager to try.
7480 wanted to know what he had discovered, but he kept it to himself and didn't dare ask. After spending time together, he had come to understand his host. He was a troublemaker. The more curious you were, the more he'd tempt you. So, just don't mess with him.
While the two leaders were conversing in their minds, Zhuang Jiuge stretched his neck to look into the Zhuang family's courtyard. Not seeing the big yellow dog that Grandma raised, he breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hands, calling out, "Brother, come in quickly! Donkey Egg has gone out to play!"
Donkey eggs? Zhuang Li raised his eyebrows, still unable to match this funny name with the character.
But he soon found out who Donkey Egg was.
The big yellow dog that had been beaten to the ground by Old Lady Zhuang with a broom came out from behind the house, baring its sharp teeth and growling at Zhuang Jiuge. Its cloudy eyes flashed with madness, as if it hated this man very much.
Zhuang Jiuge spread his arms to protect his brother, then took out a scallion pancake from his arms, tore it into pieces and threw it at the big yellow dog.
Upon smelling the aroma of food, the untrained dog's first reaction was to rush over and grab the food. But Donkey Egg's reaction was strange. Saliva clearly flowed from its mouth, but it seemed to be afraid and avoided the scallion pancake, then let out a terrified grunt.
Seeing this scene, Zhuang Li raised his eyebrows and found it very interesting.
Zhuang Jiuge, however, seemed to be used to it. He quickly tore up the remaining scallion pancakes and threw them at the big yellow dog, anxiously urging, "Brother, get in! This beast will go crazy again soon!"
After Zhuang Li stepped into the side room, Zhuang Jiuge also rushed in quickly and slammed the door shut.
The two brothers looked out through the crack in the door.
I saw Donkey Egg standing in a pile of scallion pancake crumbs, with a line of thick saliva hanging from the corner of his mouth, but there was suppressed fear in his eyes. He tried to dig out the pancake crumbs with his four paws, but when he touched the slightest bit, he howled softly, as if someone had hit him on the head with a stick.
Zhuang Li's slender eyebrows were raised higher and higher, and the corners of his red lips were raised in an arc of great interest.
Zhuang Jiuge said indignantly, "This beast really doesn't know what's good for it. Every time I feed it, it thinks I'm poisoning it! Ugh! I feel bad for my scallion pancakes!"
As they were talking, Mrs. Zhuang heard the noise and came out. Seeing the pancakes scattered all over the floor, she immediately pointed at the east wing and yelled angrily, "You damned spendthrift! You're tearing up the pancakes and throwing them on the floor again!
"Do you think the banker's money was blown in by the wind? You're not good at studying, you can't work, and all you do all day is ruin things! Get out here and lick the bread off the floor!"
Zhuang Jiuge couldn't hold it in any longer and retorted at the top of his voice, "It was the donkey that wanted to bite us, so we tore up the biscuit and hit it!"
"The donkey won't bite anyone else's balls, why would it bite you? Did you mistreat it? Can't you use stones to hit it? Throwing bread is useless!"
Old Mrs. Zhuang came forward with a broom and knocked on the door: "Come out and clean up the cakes. This is your dinner tonight. If you don't eat it, you will starve to death!"
Zhuang Jiuge was angry and aggrieved, sobbing. "Grandma, I've told you so many times, donkey eggs aren't afraid of stones, they're only afraid of pancakes! Hit them with stones, and they'll bite even harder; throw pancakes at them, and they'll get scared. My brother and I study in the house every day and never provoke them. God knows why they only bite us!"
Zhuang Jiuge swallowed his grievances and continued, "It was Zhuang Tianer! It must have been Zhuang Tianer who ordered Donkey Egg to bite my brother and me!"
Old Mrs. Zhuang banged on the door with a broomstick and roared in frustration, "Why do you always have to pick on Tian'er? You've always bullied her, haven't you? No wonder Donkey Egg bit you, you're getting your comeuppance!"
"You spendthrifts! You spend money all day and never do any work! If it weren't for you two useless bastards dragging us down, we would have built a large courtyard with three entrances!"
"Over a hundred taels of silver have been wasted in six years. Who would believe this? Oh, my heart! We are such a sinner. Why do we have to support two losers? You still want to take the exam, but you still can't pass it in twenty or thirty years. How much silver will be wasted! We can't live like this!"
Old Mrs. Zhuang sat down outside the door, holding her chest, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
Zhuang Jiuge turned his back and leaned against the door, tears streaming down his face.
When he and his eldest brother first started studying, they were indeed very talented. They both passed the imperial examinations and became scholars. After studying for a few more years, it would not be difficult for them to pass the imperial examination. At that time, their grandparents were very kind to them. They gave them whatever they wanted without any hesitation. The family of the eldest wife had to stand aside.
Unexpectedly, the world changed so quickly. For unknown reasons, both brothers contracted a strange disease. One got a headache when studying, and the other had a hand pain when writing, which ended their path to taking the imperial examinations.
And Zhuang Tianer somehow got the reputation of being a lucky star, everything went smoothly for her, and she even won over her grandparents.
The second wife's life is getting harder and harder. She is almost at odds with the first wife and her grandparents.
I can't do anything else except study. What else can I do if I don't continue to study for the imperial examination? Should I go to the city and work as an accountant? The more Zhuang Jiuge thought about it, the more hopeless his future seemed, and his tears fell even harder.
Zhuang Li sat lazily by the window, one hand supporting his cheek, the other tapping the table, watching all this with a smile on his lips.
Zhuang Tianer's soft voice came from outside the door: "Grandma, please don't cry. The neighbors are hiding outside to laugh at our family."
"If you want to see something, then see the joke of these two losers!" Old Mrs. Zhuang stood up with a broom in her hand. There was not a single tear on her face, only dry howling.
"Grandma, I'm going to bring some water to my parents and pick some wild vegetables in the mountains. Will you come with me?" Zhuang Tianer's smiling voice came through the crack of the door.
"Okay, grandma, go get a backpack and we'll pick up a rabbit on the way." Old Mrs. Zhuang started walking, and her face, which had been gloomy just now, was now full of smiles.
It soon became quiet outside the door. After a while, a creaking sound came from not far away. Zhuang Tianer and Old Lady Zhuang opened the gate and went out.
Inside, Zhuang Jiuge sobbed, his shoulders hunched, his heartbroken eyes growing redder and redder as a rabbit. He was only fourteen, still young, and this was the only way to vent his grievances.
Zhuang Li held his cheek and smiled at him without a word of comfort. After he had cried enough, he said nonchalantly, "Come on, I'll help you heal your donkey."
"How to treat it? Beat it up?" Zhuang Jiuge raised his tearful face.
Zhuang Li smiled without saying anything, opened the door and went out.
Thinking that the crazy Donkey Egg was still in the yard, Zhuang Jiuge hurriedly chased him out, fearing that his brother would be hurt.
However, after turning the corner, his anxious expression turned into surprise. He saw his brother squatting on the ground, staring at the donkey with its fangs bared.
Donkey Egg's barking went from frantic to calm, and then to silence, all in a matter of moments. After stopping roaring, it slowly squatted down and looked at its brother. After a while, seeing that its brother still didn't move, it lay down again.
Zhuang Jiuge tiptoed to his brother's side and asked silently, "Brother, how did you do it?"
He had never seen such a well-behaved donkey.
Only then did Zhuang Li reach out, grab Donkey Egg's front paws, turn it over, with its belly facing up and its four paws pointing to the sky, and continue to stare into its eyes.
Donkey Egg struggled for only a moment before he was attracted by the pair of dark and deep eyes. He fell into a daze, closed his eyelids, and slowly fell asleep.
Zhuang Li let go of his hand, and Donkey Egg continued to sleep with his legs up in the air.
Zhuang Li counted to twenty in his mind and then snapped his fingers.
Donkey Egg suddenly woke up, kicked its four paws for a while before turning over and looking at the two humans squatting in front of it.
Zhuang Jiuge gasped in fear and immediately raised his hands to protect his head and face, fearing that he would be bitten.
But something strange happened. Donkey Egg looked at the two of them with clear eyes, twitched his nose and made a coquettish moan. Finally, he got up and circled around the two of them, rubbing his belly against their calves from time to time. As he rubbed, he was hooked by the fragrance and ran happily to the biscuit crumbs in the yard, gobbling them up cleanly.
Zhuang Jiuge was stunned and murmured, "Why has Donkey Egg changed? No, it's not changed. It was like this when it first came to our house. It's normal now. Brother, what did you do to it?"
He quickly turned to look at his brother, urgent question marks appearing in his eyes.
7480: "...Master, do you know magic?"
Chapter 155 The Scientific Wizard VS the Lucky Fairy 04┃7480: As usual, let’s observe a moment of silence for the Child of Destiny.
"It's not a magic." Zhuang Li stood under the eaves, looking at the big yellow dog running around the yard happily.
Zhuang Jiuge immediately retorted, "Impossible! Brother, you must have lifted Zhuang Tianer's spell, right? I've always known that Zhuang Tianer is abnormal! Donkey Egg changed after eating what she gave him."
"Donkey Egg used to like to hang around me, but later he would bite me when he saw me. He stopped going out to play with other dogs and just slept in the yard every day, like he was sick. Brother, you know some magic, right? Do you know what's going on with Zhuang Tian'er?"
Zhuang Li wanted to explain, but seeing Zhuang Jiuge's enthusiastic eyes, he could only sigh and laugh, "Then just think of me as someone who knows magic."
He had no way of explaining psychology to an ancient person because they couldn't understand even the most basic concepts.
"Brother, you're truly amazing!" Zhuang Jiuge readily accepted this assumption, asking question after question: "Brother, what kind of spell was cast on Donkey Egg? How did you help it break free? Will Zhuang Tianer harm it again in the future?"
"Donkey Egg has been sealed. What you have seen of it over the years is not the real one. Do you understand?" Zhuang Li said in a ambiguous tone.
Zhuang Jiuge suddenly realized what was going on, and then he was indignant: "I understand! Zhuang Tianer has locked up Donkey Egg's soul! She's so vicious!"
7480: "I see! Zhuang Tianer can actually lock souls. Her golden finger is too wide!"
Zhuang Li: "..."
"Brother, let's put the donkey eggs into the mountains. I'm afraid Zhuang Tianer will harm it again!" Zhuang Jiuge showed a look of fear.
"No need. If you find that Donkey Egg is abnormal again in the future, just snap your fingers in its ear like I did, and it will recover naturally. But when you do this, you'd better avoid Zhuang Tianer and don't let her find out." Zhuang Li snapped his fingers in his brother's ear.
Zhuang Jiuge imitated this action repeatedly and nodded, "Brother, don't worry. I won't let Zhuang Tianer discover our secret."
Hearing the snap of fingers, Donkey Egg immediately ran over and circled around Zhuang Jiuge, rubbing his head against his thigh from time to time, with a glint of attachment in his eyes.
Seeing this pair of clear and flawless eyes, Zhuang Jiuge felt sad for some reason. He squatted down, hugged Donkey Egg's head, buried his face in its neck, and cried silently.
He didn't know how he had managed to survive these years. He knew that there was something strange about Zhuang Tianer and that everything around him was abnormal, but he was powerless to do anything.
"Don't cry, go back to your room and lie down, I'll help you heal your hand." Zhuang Li rubbed his brother's head.
Zhuang Jiuge suddenly looked up, his face full of disbelief.
7480: "Master, what else can't you do? Can you even cure difficult and complicated diseases? Master, you are amazing!"
Zhuang Li: “…” Although he wanted to call him an idiot, he wanted to laugh even more. This system was a fool.
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Zhuang Jiuge quickly lay down on the bed.
Zhuang Li sat on the edge of the bed and pointed at the beam above his head and said, "Do you see that spot on the beam?"
Zhuang Jiuge stared at a moldy spot on the beam and nodded, "I see."
"Look at it, don't blink, keep looking at it, and slowly you will find that it begins to move, gently moving, sometimes stretching, sometimes shortening, and turning into a rabbit.
"That's the Jade Rabbit in the Moon Palace, with snow-white fur and ruby-like eyes, looking at you quietly. Can you see it?" Zhuang Li made his voice extremely soft and soothing.
Zhuang Jiuge's bright eyes became blurred in the rippling narration, and then completely lost focus.
"I saw it," he answered dazedly.
"When you see it, follow the jade rabbit and it will take you to the Moon Palace, where the night is shrouded in darkness, the breeze is blowing, and the air is filled with the rich fragrance of osmanthus. As you smell the fragrance and feel the cool breeze, your eyelids will become heavier and heavier, and you will be about to fall asleep." Zhuang Li leaned over and looked at Zhuang Jiuge.
Zhuang Jiuge closed his eyes as he whispered and fell into a deep sleep with an intoxicated smile on his face. His forehead, which was covered with sweat due to the heat, gradually became dry, as if a cool breeze was really blowing.
Zhuang Li whispered in his ear, "Now, please make fists with both hands. Don't use force, just hold them loosely."
Zhuang Jiuge clenched his hands into loose fists at his sides.
Zhuang Li's voice grew softer. "Chang'e discovered you sleeping beneath the osmanthus tree and transformed you into a seed, scattering it into the mortal world. A gentle breeze lifted you up, swirling and falling through the air, gently spinning. It felt like sleeping in a cradle, incomparably wonderful."
"You feel so relaxed, so comfortable. All the sadness, confusion, and helplessness are blown away by the wind. You begin to breathe deeply, exhaling your worries with every exhale and breathing in happiness with every inhale. All the burdens on your body are gone, and you are a brand new person."
Zhuang Jiuge began to breathe in and out deeply, and the expression on his face became more and more relaxed and intoxicated.
He seemed to have floated into heaven, so happy that he didn't know what day it was.
Zhuang Li didn't let him float any further. Instead, he said in a deep voice, "You finally landed gently on the ground. A dense forest surrounded you. Tall trees stood to either side of you, robbing you of the sunlight and rain from above. You began to feel cold."
Zhuang Jiuge began to tremble, and goose bumps appeared on the back of his hands. In his dream, he was experiencing everything Zhuang Li had described, and he fully experienced every feeling Zhuang Li described.
7480 was stunned.
Zhuang Li continued, "You feel cold, so you slowly burrow into the soil. It's warm and safe there."
Zhuang Jiuge stopped trembling and a dreamy smile appeared on his face again.
"But you still lack sunshine and rain. You will be thirsty and hungry. You must quickly sprout and welcome the warm sunshine and sweet rain outside. They will bring you strength."
Zhuang Jiuge's expression shifted from dreamy to resolute. He lay straight, his body brimming with energy from hair to toes, as if he were truly trying to break through the earth.
Zhuang Li spoke faster, "You finally sprouted two leaves, emerged from a fresh stem, and could smell the scent of sunshine and rain. But they were still too far away. You had to grow desperately, taller and stronger than the surrounding trees, breaking through the branches overhead and claiming a clear sky for yourself. The strong wind couldn't blow you down, the torrential rain couldn't break you. You clenched your fists and persevered."
As expected, Zhuang Jiuge clenched his fists and his cheeks turned red.
Zhuang Li emphasized, "Finally, you have grown up. You have grown bigger than any of the trees around you. The thick soil is under your feet, and the vast sky is above your head. The sun and rain are pouring down on you, soothing you and bringing you endless strength.
"You are the strongest tree in this forest, the most indestructible tree in the world. From now on, as long as you clench your fists, no difficulty can defeat you.
"You are strong and safe now. No one can hurt you, so you can take a good rest now. Sleep, sleep peacefully.
"Wait a moment. I will count from 5 to 0. When I reach 0, you will be fully awake. You will feel relaxed, refreshed, and radiant."
Zhuang Li stroked the dark circles under Zhuang Jiuge's eyes from a distance and gave him a dream that could not be sweeter.
He left the earthen kang, sat back by the window, and looked at the big yellow dog running happily outside.
7480 was stunned for a while before asking in shock, "Master, you can actually hypnotize people?"
"What's so strange about this? I can manipulate Zong Zhengming's dreams at will, making him fall deeply in love with me. I can also manipulate Si Ming's mood at will, making him forget his illness and fear. These are all means of psychological suggestion. Through these details, you should have guessed that I am proficient in psychology." Zhuang Li closed his eyes and said calmly.
7480: "Maybe my IQ is low, I really didn't guess it."
Zhuang Li was amused by the stupidity of the system.
7480 quickly reacted: "Master, I get it! That dog wasn't soul-locked, it was hypnotized! Does Zhuang Tianer also know hypnosis?"
Zhuang Li gently rubbed his brows with his fingertips and speculated, "I guess her golden finger isn't due to divine luck, but rather advanced hypnosis. The dog was indeed hypnotized by her."
"The brain mechanism of animals is very simple, so when they are hypnotized, it is not their thoughts and consciousness that are suppressed, but their conditioned reflexes. They will desire to eat, but also be afraid of eating, resulting in disordered behavior.
"Zhuang Tianer spread rumors that she was a lucky star, causing the people of this village to fear her, admire her, and even believe in her. She thus established unparalleled authority, which is an indispensable condition for the practice of mass hypnosis.
"So, most of the people in this village were hypnotized by her. This is a waking hypnosis, and the subjects have no idea why they are doing what they are doing. But when they see Zhuang Tianer, they will naturally like her and help her. With this overt and covert help, everything will go smoothly for her, and she will have everything she wants."
7480 asked quietly, "Then why do people who don't like her suffer bad luck?"
"It's simple, because of psychological suggestion. The essence of hypnosis is actually psychological suggestion. Zhuang Tianer has planted this belief in everyone's subconscious mind: whoever treats her well will be lucky, and whoever treats her badly will be unlucky. Because of her authority, no one will doubt this psychological suggestion.
"Those who treat her badly will definitely worry about encountering bad luck, so they panic. However, the more panicked they are, the more mistakes they will make. This is the Murphy effect.
"Tumbling while walking carelessly, biting your tongue while eating, losing money, getting into an argument...all these trivial matters will be seen as retribution for bullying Zhuang Tianer.
"Over time, her image as a benediction becomes deeply ingrained, and her grip on the villagers' minds grows stronger. No one can escape her clutches.
"People who have experienced multiple hypnosis sessions tend to enter a hypnotic state more easily. In other words, with just a casual remark from Zhuang Tianer, or even a suggestive glance, the people in this village will instantly become her puppets, acting according to her wishes.
"The original owner's headache and Zhuang Jiuge's hand pain were both caused by her psychological suggestion. Hypnosis can still be performed while awake. This is called lucid hypnosis."
Zhuang Li shook his head and sneered: "What lucky star, koi, he's just a hypnotist with no moral bottom line."
7480 was stunned. It thought this was a semi-supernatural world!
"Okay, I'm going to treat my headache, please keep quiet." Zhuang Li said in a deep voice.
7480 quickly covered his mouth and tucked his fat body into the corner.
It could sense what its host was thinking, so its eyes grew wider and wider.
Fuck! The Great Demon King is indeed the Great Demon King! He actually imagined himself as a black hole, madly devouring all the fear that remained in the original owner's mind.
The psychological scars left by Zhuang Tianer were like endless thorns, wrapping the original owner's consciousness and subconsciousness into a tangled mess, but they were completely crushed and stripped away by the host in just an instant!
Three seconds later, Zhuang Li opened his eyes and yawned lazily.
7480: “…” Okay, let’s stick to the old rules and observe a moment of silence for the child of destiny.
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