Chapter 204 The Art of Avoiding Occupation
Looking at Zhang Xiangyun's divination results, Gu Gan couldn't help but frown and ponder.
The result was unexpected; he hadn't realized he had any connection with the peasant family.
“It looks like the Ghost Armor Sky Spider from the Farmer Clan.” Zhang Xiangyun stroked his chin and smiled. “A Farmer Clan disciple who can refine a Ghost Armor Sky Spider is indeed quite capable.”
“He dared to act on the night the Saints inspected the mansion, which shows he was very confident and obviously quite capable. But before the operation, he didn’t perform any divination to avoid being caught, making it easy for the diviners to find him,” Nian Qiuyan said, holding her teacup. “This person seems to be clever one moment and foolish the next.”
After listening, Zhang Xiangyun narrowed his eyes slightly.
really.
Especially those who practice divination, if they are doing something shady or don't want to be found by divination, they will make preparations in advance to avoid divination.
Not to mention the sorcerers of the Fangji family, even Gu Gan and Mei Liangyu knew it, and they were guarding against the divination techniques of the Fangji family.
But Yu Sui didn't know.
She knew too little about the nine types of martial arts techniques of the Fangji family, and lacked experience.
Gu Gan didn't have any acquaintances with the Fang family, so Yu Sui overlooked this, and she never expected that Gu Gan would come to Zhang Xiangyun for cooperation.
After all, the ease with which Nian Qiuyan said divination was easy only applies to people at their level.
After Nian Qiuyan said that, Gu Gan's expression became somewhat subtle, and he felt a little annoyed.
He thought the other person was some kind of genius or freak, but it turned out to be a fool who didn't even know how to use the art of divination.
What's even more ridiculous is that this idiot stole his things.
Doesn't that make him look even dumber than an idiot?
Gu Gan simply couldn't stand it anymore.
Before coming to find Zhang Xiangyun, Gu Gan was prepared not to get an answer.
In his view, the other party was a clever and cautious opponent who had stolen fragments of the Pagoda of Buddha, so they must have known what was in the box before they made their move.
Therefore, this must be a very meticulously planned operation, and it is unlikely that any clues could be found through divination.
Who knew that this guy would steal such an important thing as the fragments of the Floating Pagoda without using any methods to avoid its destruction?
Gu Gan looked back at his earlier guess and almost laughed in anger.
He even felt that the other party's behavior was somewhat disrespectful to the pagoda.
At the same time, there was also a doubt: was it really the mysterious person on the Wind Listening Ruler who took it?
Since he was so careful that he could erase all traces on the Wind Listening Ruler, how could he forget to use the technique of divination avoidance?
As Gu Gan thought about it more and more, he found it increasingly bizarre and mind-bending.
He decided to take another gamble, suppressing his urge to immediately go to the farmhouse to find the person, and calmly said, "There's one last person."
Gu Gan took out the Wind Listening Ruler and placed it on the table: "Someone contacted me using the Wind Listening Ruler, but I couldn't find this person's message in the vast sea of stars on the Wind Listening Ruler, nor could I find any trace of the Wind Listening Ruler's inscription."
Upon hearing this, Nian Qiuyan immediately recalled the scene from that night at the clinic when Nangong Suichuan suddenly appeared on the Listening Wind Ruler.
He remained expressionless, holding the teacup with both hands, but his heart was in turmoil.
No way.
Nangong Sui and Gu Gan...aren't they childhood sweethearts?
No, it's not necessarily Nangong Sui.
Zhang Xiangyun chuckled, "Did the people inside the Listening Wind Ruler steal your things too?"
“It’s very likely he did it,” Gu Gan said calmly. “Because he knew the item was with me, but cut off contact after it was lost.”
Zhang Xiangyun stretched his neck and said, "You come."
"You're not up to it anymore?" Nian Qiuyan looked at him suspiciously. "This kind of technique can wear you down?"
“How can I keep working while you leisurely watch?” Zhang Xiangyun said with a forced smile. “Don’t forget that you are a convict now. If you don’t lend a hand, I’m afraid you won’t live to see tomorrow.”
Gu Gan turned to look at Nian Qiuyan and sneered, "I'm actually a little worried about having you come."
Nian Qiuyan didn't care: "Since you're not at ease, then wait for him to do the second divination."
Zhang Xiangyun waved his hand and said, "Young Master Gu, have some faith in the genius of our Fang family. If he is unwilling to help you with divination, then kill him first."
Gu Gan said calmly, "I don't care what conflicts you have, I just don't believe in his relationship with Mei Liangyu."
“I don’t believe it either,” Zhang Xiangyun said. “That’s why I said you could kill him, didn’t I?”
For a moment, apart from Nian Qiuyan, all three people in the room were staring at him.
Gu Gan was somewhat surprised by Zhang Xiangyun's statement.
In Xuan Kui Li, Nian Qiuyan is considered an indispensable type of person.
Now they say they can kill him? Has Xuan Kui abandoned him?
"Although some of my words may sound harsh, I must say that even if the three of you combined, you couldn't kill me." Nian Qiuyan slowly lowered her head and took a sip of the perfectly warm tea in her cup.
This time, Zhang Xiangyun wasn't angry. He played with the divine wooden divination stick in his hand and laughed, "I won't kill you, but plenty of others will."
Nian Qiuyan sighed softly, put down his teacup, and said, "Isn't it just a divination?"
He placed the sacred wooden divination stick on the table, and the divination array immediately dispersed. The golden energy of the five elements connected with Gu Gan's Wind Listening Ruler, pulling it into the array.
The other three kept their eyes fixed on his divination array. As Nian Qiuyan arranged the array, he extracted more and more information from it. Golden runes surged out of the array and filled the entire room in an instant.
Before turning over the sacred wooden slip, Nian Qiuyan glanced at Zhang Xiangyun. Zhang Xiangyun remained expressionless, but when he saw Nian Qiuyan easily turn over the slip, he cursed inwardly.
However, after opening the box, Bu Gai did not receive an answer.
The golden runes drawn from the Wind Listening Ruler filled the entire space. Luo Fu couldn't help but frown and waved away the runes that were obscuring his vision.
Nian Qiuyan held the sacred wooden divination sticks, looked at the divination results, and was somewhat surprised: "No such person found."
Before Gu Gan could speak, Zhang Xiangyun scoffed and questioned him on his behalf, "I think you weren't putting your heart into it."
“You can see all the runes in this room.” Nian Qiuyan looked up at Zhang Xiangyun. “The people who left messages in his Wind Listening Ruler are all here. I also performed divination based on the messages he specified, but there is no such person.”
He wasn't lying.
The truth revealed by the divination was indeed like this.
Although Nian Qiuyan thought of Nangong Sui for a moment, she wouldn't place Nangong Sui in her subjective position when performing divination. If she had preconceived notions, the divination results would be even less reliable.
In his view, the divination result was also very interesting. It wasn't that the person couldn't be found for various reasons, but rather that the person Gu Gan described was not real and was an illusion.
Zhang Xiangyun, who was also a practitioner of divination, observed the divination results and confirmed that they were the same as what Nian Qiuyan had said.
He did not lie.
So Zhang Xiangyun turned to Gu Gan and asked, "If it's not a person, did you encounter a ghost?"
This statement was unacceptable to Gu Gan, who said coldly, "Impossible."
“If we want to catch ghosts, we’ll have to ask the guy behind us.” Zhang Xiangyun pointed to Luo Fu, who was standing against the wall.
Luo Fu frowned, looking at Zhang Xiangyun with a "what nonsense are you talking about" expression: "The key point is that this person can control the Wind Listening Ruler, just like Chen Xian and Fan Xi, and changed the rules of the Wind Listening Ruler, so that he can send you messages without being restricted by the inscriptions, and even hide messages."
"Have you contacted Chen Xian and Fan Xi?" Zhang Xiangyun asked.
“I’ve already searched,” Gu Gan said, frowning. “It was precisely because neither of them could find the person that I thought of asking you to try divination.”
"Looking at it this way, our academy is truly full of hidden talents," Zhang Xiangyun said with an exaggerated laugh, patting the table. "They're all hiding so well, it's quite something to be wary of them."
"We can't find any messages, and it happened on the day the Saint inspected the dormitories. It's quite a coincidence," Luo Fu suddenly said. "The reason the dormitories were inspected that day was because someone sent a message to the Communication Academy about the Orchid Poison and the Milky Way Water."
"But the Institute of Communications has not been able to find out who sent the message. Just as Gu Gan said, the message has disappeared and cannot be found in the mountains."
Zhang Xiangyun said thoughtfully, "This person not only knows that the Milky Way water was stolen by Qiu Yan that year, but also has the ability to modify the Listening Wind Ruler."
Gu Gan: "..."
What's the meaning?
He laughed in anger, his gaze turning sinister as he looked at Nian Qiuyan: "You stole the Milky Way water?"
Nian Qiuyan didn't speak, but Zhang Xiangyun waved his hand, signaling him to calm down, and said with a smile, "How about it, Second Young Master Gu, haven't we shown enough sincerity in our cooperation? We even told you something as important as who took the Milky Way Water."
"You knew about this too?" Gu Gan actually laughed out loud this time. "I was judged by the Legalists because of this and almost got expelled from Taiyi. And now you're talking to me about sincerity?"
He slammed the wind-listening ruler heavily onto the table, and with a loud bang, countless cracks appeared on the solid wood tabletop.
Nian Qiuyan reacted quickly, picking up the teapot and her own teacup before being affected.
Zhang Xiangyun also removed his hands from the table and leaned back.
The ceramic utensils on the table shattered with a crack, and the shards of porcelain were sent flying and suspended in the air. Luo Fu, who was furthest away, frowned in displeasure at the sight. These were the tea set and the vase he had bought.
“Didn’t I tell you now?” Zhang Xiangyun said. “Before, we went our separate ways and weren’t on the same path, so naturally we couldn’t tell each other. But now it seems that we might be looking for the same person.”
Gu Gan sneered: "Is that so?"
Zhang Xiangyun pointed at Nian Qiuyan and said, "I told you, you can kill him if you want."
Nian Qiuyan said, "I already said, you can't kill me."
Gu Gan glanced at him coldly, and the porcelain shards floating in the air flew towards Nian Qiuyan. Zhang Xiangyun's love curse had been lifted, and he was very happy to see Nian Qiuyan being troubled by Gu Gan.
Nian Qiuyan was holding things in both hands, but the sacred wooden divination stick on the table stood up at that moment, stopping the flying porcelain shards.
Faced with Gu Gan's anger, Nian Qiuyan expressed great regret: "I'm sorry, I really didn't know you would be discovered, because it's easy to leave through the Legalist Upside-Down Moon Cave."
It's unclear whether this was an apology or a sarcastic remark.
Gu Gang was about to launch another attack when Luo Fu stopped him: "If you want to fight, go outside and fight."
“The priority now is to find this person, not to kill Nian Qiuyan first,” Zhang Xiangyun said. “I think this person is treating us like fools.”
After saying this, he glanced at Nian Qiuyan and asked, "Do you have anyone you suspect?"
Gu Gan then asked directly, "Is it Mei Liangyu?"
Zhang Xiangyun and Luo Fu were the first to suspect Mei Liangyu.
Gu Gan even recalled that Mei Liangyu spent most of his time playing with the Wind Listening Ruler. Although he had not been heard to have done any research or made any changes to the Wind Listening Ruler, this action was very suspicious.
“Given his personality, if he had known that night that I had the Milky Way Water and the ability to change the rules of the Wind Listening Ruler, he wouldn’t have chosen to play with you for so long.” Nian Qiuyan’s tone turned cold. “He would have killed us all after getting bored in the first round.”
[Author's Note]
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