The Taoist's words left everyone speechless, and they quickly changed the subject and talked about other things.

"Master Xu Qian is really good at speaking. He is worthy of being called a Taoist priest. It's a pity that someone who is even more eloquent is coming."

"He is just the old man's disciple. How can he be considered as someone who is more eloquent?"

"We are united here, unlike them, where all the sects are arguing with each other."

The crowd had just been clamoring for Taoist Master Xu Qian's disciple to come out, but now they were united in their hatred of the enemy and were discussing the affairs of other factions.

Not long after, Taoist Master Xu Qian saw off the guests under the slightly warm sunlight. He left the tea party and returned to the low building next door.

Inside the house, a peach wood sword was hanging on the side. A young Taoist priest was sitting at the table flipping through a book. He heard the sound of the door being pushed open and looked up to see the old Taoist priest.

Xu Zaiyuan put down the book in his hand and asked, "Master, what is social phobia?"

Taoist Master Xu Qian said warmly, "It's social phobia, a type of phobic neurosis, an excessive fear of the outside world."

Xu Zaiyuan: “I never knew I had this disease.”

Taoist Master Xu Qian: "Then you know now."

“…”

Xu Zaiyuan was silent for a moment, then asked, "Why don't you let me see them?"

Taoist Master Xu Qian smiled and said, "That's a good question. Then do you know why you can't go down the mountain?"

"Sometimes I know, and sometimes I don't." Xu Zaiyuan looked at the window next to him. The window framed a small piece of sky. He lowered his eyes and said, "Sometimes I feel like a bird in a cage."

Xu Zaiyuan has never seen his parents. He has lived in a Taoist temple since he was a child. He even went to school near Qianshan Mountain and could not leave the temple too far. He did not think it was strange before, but later he realized that the outside world is very big and people of his age will not be trapped in one place.

The master and others were very kind to him. He knew he couldn't leave, but he would still feel bored. He knew that if he rushed into the world, it might be bad for his future, but he still had a yearning in his heart.

"If you jump into the abyss, there is no fault." Taoist Xu Qian sighed, "Your name is Zaiyuan, but there is always a time to jump. It's just that the situation is not right now."

"You will be able to come down the mountain sooner or later, provided you are ready."

In the student union activity room, many students were busy preparing for the school's song and dance party. He Shichen and Qi Yan were also counting various materials and finalizing the programs for each class.

This is the trouble of top students, not only must they have outstanding academic performance, but also have organizational and management skills, otherwise they will be called nerds. Their work in the student union is even converted into activity points, which can be written into their graduation files in the end.

People were walking hurriedly back and forth, but a head popped out of the door.

Qi Yan was the first person to notice Chu Qianli. She instantly smiled, which made He Shichen feel something was wrong.

He Shichen turned his head and caught a glimpse of Chu Qianli. He simply put down the materials in his hand, walked to the door of the activity room, frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"

Qi Yan followed silently, but she was cleverly blocked by He Shichen and could not face Chu Qianli.

Chu Qianli's eyes dodged, and she tried dryly: "Brother, what, how long will it take for you to leave? I think it's okay for you to work overtime, but we can't let our driver work overtime too, right?"

"I don't mean to rush you at all, but you have to consider other people's work experience?" Chu Qianli assured solemnly, "I am very willing to wait for you! There is absolutely no rush!"

He Shichen: “…” I think you are the most anxious one.

He Shichen said impatiently: "You and Tan Muxing go first, I will be back later today."

Chu Qianli heard this and raised his hand to say goodbye, saying, "Okay, bye, both of you. I wish you a happy 996!"

Qi Yan did not join the conversation at all. Seeing Chu Qianli was about to leave, she hurriedly asked, "He Shichen, aren't you going to take her to see the exhibition at the art museum this weekend?"

Chu Qianli looked curious: "What exhibition?"

Seeing her interest, Qi Yan immediately explained, "The museum will be exhibiting some private collections this week, mostly Western antiques, including..."

He Shichen knew that the exhibition was closely related to Qi Yan. He understood Chu Qianli's train of thought very well and said calmly, "If you can finish the art project you've been procrastinating on after the exhibition, that's fine too."

Chu Qianli said decisively: "I'm sorry, I'm from the village and I really don't understand art. I won't go to the exhibition!"

"Bye!" Chu Qianli ran away in a flash, fearing that he would not be able to get rid of his homework.

Qi Yan witnessed Chu Qianli being scared away and looked at He Shichen unhappily.

He Shichen: "Don't look at me like that. The exhibition is organized by your family, right? You just want to run into her by chance on the weekend."

Qi Yan felt that He Shichen was particularly troublesome. She and Chu Qianli were in different classes and had no topics to talk about. It would be better if they could meet in private. She thought Chu Qianli would be interested in the exhibition, but who would have thought that He Shichen would directly persuade her to leave.

In the class, Tan Muxing sat in his seat and did not leave, which attracted the attention of other students.

His friction with Wang Zheng changed the views of the people in the class, but he still only interacted with Chu Qianli and occasionally chatted with Qiu Qingkong. Apart from that, there was no change.

Others passing by couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Aren't you leaving with Chu Qianli today?"

Tan Muxing was stunned and whispered, "She will be back soon."

"No wonder." One of them sighed, "You two have such a good relationship."

Tan Muxing: “Ah?”

"Isn't it? You all have similar profile pictures, right? I saw it in the class group last time." The female classmate took out her phone and said with a smile, "Is this a love picture? It's quite cute."

Tan Muxing blushed instantly, and he hurriedly explained: "It's not a love photo! You misunderstood!"

"We changed it together with Qiu Qingkong. The three of us chose it together at the time."

The female classmate said with regret: "Is that so? I see you two are inseparable, and you are using Sakura and Tomoyo."

Tan Muxing was silent for a few seconds, his lips moved, and finally he lowered his head and said softly: "Tomoyo is Xiaoying's friend, but she is just a friend. She doesn't know magic."

Tomoyo will always be with Sakura, but after all, she has no magic power and is still an ordinary person.

The female classmate didn't understand why he said that and said in confusion: "Well, Zhishi seems to have no magic..."

Tan Muxing looked up, smiled bitterly, and said gently: "Don't get me wrong, we are just friends. If anyone were to play such a joke on me, I don't think anyone would be happy."

When people heard him belittle himself, they suddenly didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, Chu Qianli arrived in time. When the classmates saw her return, they said goodbye to the two of them and left the class first.

Tan Muxing and his classmates were packing up their things, and then asked, "Did He Shichen let you go first?"

"right."

Tan Muxing listened to her concise and to the point words, and he suddenly felt something was wrong, but he could only follow silently.

The two of them came out of the teaching building, and Chu Qianli walked to the playground. She finally couldn't hold it in anymore and asked unhappily, "Why did you say that?"

"What?"

Chu Qianli looked at him straight: "Zhishi has no magic."

Chu Qianli happened to hear the conversation between Tan Muxing and others. Others didn’t understand, but she could.

Tan Muxing didn't expect that she heard it, and immediately looked panicked. He hesitated and said, "But she just... doesn't have magic..."

Chu Qianli: "Is it important whether or not there is magic?"

After talking about Twilight for a long time, he explained helplessly: "But that is a magical world, just like Harry Potter, which is about the stories of wizards. People without magic are not that important."

"Xiaoying never thought that Chise needed magic, and the audience who liked Chise didn't think magic was important." Chu Qianli lowered her eyes and said, "And maybe magic isn't a good thing."

Talking about the evening star, he said nothing.

Tan Muxing understood her dissatisfaction, but he was a self-aware man.

Chu Qianli thinks that there is no difference between the two of them, but they are different. She is more special than others.

Tan Muxing: "But..."

Chu Qianli angrily said, "No buts! You don't understand Cardcaptor Sakura at all!"

“…”

For the first time in history, the two of them had a conflict.

Chu Qianli and Tan Muxing did not break up. They still went to school and chatted every day, and still ate together and went home after school, but there was an inexplicable sense of awkwardness.

Qiu Qingkong was quite surprised: "How can you two still quarrel? You can even pretend to listen to astrology even though you have no interest in it, how can you still quarrel?"

Tan Muxing explained: "We didn't quarrel, she just felt that I didn't understand Cardcaptor Sakura."

Qiu Qingkong: “?”

Tan Muxing started to panic in the face of the current situation. To be honest, both sides were right, but they just had different views. He always thought that Chu Qianli was playful and heartless, and he didn't know how he was broken by "Zhishi has no magic".

Sitting at the desk, Tan Muxing looked at Ling's messy sketch. He suddenly lost interest in designing. He threw the draft aside and saw the Fool's card sealed in a wooden frame.

He took the well-preserved Fool's card and looked at it motionlessly for a long time.

He had no interest in metaphysics, but said he would believe her, but there are exceptions to everything.

He didn't think he was as good as she said, and thought it was a comfort when he accepted the Fool card.

Did she sense this and that's why she got angry?

Tan Muxing put down the Fool card, he sighed, held his head in distress, and thought about how to save the situation.

In the class, Tan Muxing felt that the stalemate could not continue. He stole a glance at Chu Qianli next to him and asked cautiously, "It is said that there will be an exhibition related to astrology recently. Do you want to go?"

Qiu Qingkong: "I'm sorry, I can't go. My friend asked me to take her to the celebrity meet-and-greet."

Chu Qianli stared at her deskmate and asked suspiciously, "Aren't you not interested in astrology?"

Tan Muxing's forehead was covered with sweat, and he hurriedly said, "There are also paintings and other things on display there. You can also look at them and gather inspiration for making clothes."

Chu Qianli nodded: "That's fine."

Tan Muxing heaved a long sigh of relief. He was afraid that his desk mate would still be angry, so he took the opportunity to test her. He felt that she should have moved on.

Chu Qianli doesn't hold grudges. She would have a good meal and have some fun, and basically forget about the matter.

The art museum has limited capacity on weekends, so Tan Muxing booked tickets online in advance and brought Chu Qianli to the museum for a visit.

The museum is filled with Western antiques and paintings, and visitors can walk around freely and admire the rare collections.

"What are they?" Chu Qianli looked around curiously. Suddenly she saw Jin Cancan and stopped immediately. "Gold pocket watch!"

Talking about the evening star: "It seems to be a private collection, the types are quite diverse, and the ones related to stars are there."

The two saw a lot of old star maps and some simple stargazing instruments, but Chu Qianli was not interested.

She waved her hands casually: "None of these will work. It's not like I haven't seen them before. Come to my house some other day to see the Golden Hun Tian Yi. It's definitely very impressive!"

Tan Muxing had a subtle look on his face. He wondered if for He Shichen, the only thing left was his imposing "aura"?

Tan Muxing brought Chu Qianli here to please her, but he didn't expect that she found the astrology antiques boring and actually went back to look at the gold and browse the paintings on the wall.

According to her, the star map manuscripts on display were too superficial and had long since failed to keep up with the development of the times, and were of little help to her own astrological skills.

Chu Qianli clung to the display cabinet and refused to leave, saying eagerly, "I want this, too."

Tan Muxing looked at the golden sphere with a look of doubt on his face: "Don't you have the Hun Tian Yi?"

Chu Qianli defended: "This is different, this is a Western style, and it's inlaid with pearls. You can't just wear one piece of clothing, you have to change it up."

Tan Muxing didn't dare to answer, fearing that he would put pressure on He Shichen. He pretended to look down at his phone and said, "If we can see it quickly, we can eat first. I'll check what's around..."

Chu Qianli nodded and walked around the exhibition hall, looking around casually.

After looking at the gold, she went to look at the paintings. Suddenly she caught sight of a painting and stopped in shock.

Tourists around were talking quietly to each other as they were strolling around the exhibition hall, and no one noticed the specialness of this painting.

This is a long and narrow artwork. The vast Milky Way penetrates the night sky, and strange and romantic colors are intertwined. When viewed from a distance, it is a glittering golden star, but when viewed up close, you can see tiny sparkles of red crystals under the dim light. It is truly beautiful.

Everyone else left after taking pictures, but Chu Qianli didn't move.

She stared at the painting intently, the amount of information in her mind exploded instantly, and all kinds of images emerged uncontrollably!

After searching the restaurant, Tan Muxing looked up and suddenly found Chu Qianli was missing, so he immediately started looking around.

He walked around the gold exhibition area and then rushed to the painting area next door, and finally found his missing deskmate.

Chu Qianli stood in front of a painting stupidly. She didn't move for a long time, as if her feet were stuck to the ground.

When Tan Muxing walked over, he immediately understood the reason and praised, "It's a beautiful painting."

The painting she admired was rich in color and majestic in style; it was indeed a masterpiece of the starry sky with ingenuity.

Chu Qianli shook her head: "It's not a painting."

Tan Muxing was puzzled, looked down at the captions on the exhibits, and said, "I have never heard of this painter."

He approached Chu Qianli and suddenly found that her eyes were red and there were tears in the corners of her eyes. He was instantly confused and asked hurriedly: "What's wrong with you!?"

Tan Muxing took out a tissue from her bag, wondering why her deskmate was crying.

Chu Qianli took the tissue and thanked him. She wiped the tears from her face and said calmly, "Information overload, and then the physiological reaction occurred."

She was suddenly overwhelmed by the implicit content of the painting, just like a computer processing complex information, which cannot be repaired after a severe shock and is in a short-term downtime state.

"This is not a painting, this is a pieced-together tarot deck, made by a very good astrologer."

Tan Muxing was stunned when he heard this. He observed it carefully and said in disbelief, "Really? But I don't see any gaps?"

Chu Qianli stretched out his hand to gesture to him through the barrier and explained: "This is the fool, and then the magician, but the painting is really clever, completely hidden in the starry sky, and it is difficult for outsiders to see it..."

The cards of ordinary Tarot cards are divided, but this set of cards can be laid out flat to form a picture, and there are no card names marked on them at all, so of course people will mistake it for a picture.

"It seems so?" Tan Muxing said admiringly, "The painter has a lot of ideas."

The author combines his painting skills with his astrological abilities, completely integrating all he has learned throughout his life.

The two admired it for a while, and then Tan Muxing suggested that they leave.

Chu Qianli's eyes lit up: "I want this!"

Tan Muxing: "Then take a picture so you can take it back and look at it."

Chu Qianli repeated: "I want this!"

Tan Muxing: “?”

Tan Muxing: "But it's an exhibit?"

Chu Qianli was like a repeater, insisting: "I want this!"

Tan Muxing was silent for a moment. He didn't know how to deal with the naughty child, so he negotiated with a good temper: "How about this, we go back to the gold exhibition area right away, you pick out one you like and we'll make a replica, choose something that has a higher probability of being successful."

He was reluctant to respond just now in the gold exhibition area, but now he realized what Mr. Lu Xun meant. If he wanted to open a window, he had to first demolish the house.

She directly said that she wanted to take the unique painting on display, and he thought it would be better to choose the golden Hun Tianyi.