Chu Qianli wiped the red crystal compass lovingly and then put it carefully into her schoolbag. After all, it was her grandfather's relic, and no matter whether it was useful or not, she would not break it on purpose.

"I just heard a loud noise in the room." Tan Muxing asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, it's just the newly bought compass that's broken." Chu Qianli touched his chin and said hesitantly, "No, I'm fine, I'm not sure if he's fine or not."

Chu Qianli had two compasses in her schoolbag, one was her grandfather's red crystal compass, and the other was a newly bought ordinary compass. She handed the red crystal compass to Tan Muxing at the door, took a seat after entering the house, and deliberately placed her schoolbag in a designated position, so that the positions of Wan Ketan, the ordinary compass, and the red crystal compass were on the same line.

Divination provides information about features and directions. The features of the two compasses are similar, and since they are both in the same direction, it is naturally confusing. Wan Ketan believed that Chu Qianli would not leave important items with her, so he was sure that the Haomen compass was in the schoolbag, so he had a preconceived idea.

The experts were all convinced that their divination results were correct. Wan Ketan just lost because he didn't understand Chu Qianli. She was a born liar, and the information she provided was real or fake. Wrong information could not be included in the divination. One wrong step would lead to a complete loss.

Tan Muxing: "Will he bother you again?"

"Hey, why did he bother me? We were just fooling around." Chu Qianli showed off the jadeite eight treasures to his deskmate. "Look, he even gave me something. We were really talking about burial objects!"

"After playing tricks on me this time, he should give up."

In a villa outside Beijing, Wan Ketan asked a repairman to rush over to rescue the smashed compass.

The repairman stared at the compass in amazement. He still repaired it honestly and put it back together. He said helplessly: "The precision will still be affected."

Wan Ketan waited anxiously for a long time and said angrily, "Why are you affected? Aren't you the best at repairing these?"

"Is this compass important..." The repairman asked in embarrassment to the angry Wan Ketan, "Does it have any commemorative value?"

Others chimed in: "This is Master Wan's head compass, passed down by the founder of Hao Clan. Please give it a hand!"

The repairman looked up in confusion: "Master Compass?"

"Yeah, yeah, it's old-fashioned."

"Then I'll buy you another one. I have plenty of these in my store." The repairman said, "This is just an ordinary compass. I'm usually too lazy to repair it. If it breaks, you can just buy another one."

Wan Ketan was struck by lightning. He almost couldn't stand when he heard this. Suddenly he remembered something strange.

"How could that be? Look at it, it's obviously old!"

"This is deliberately made to look old. Maybe they think it looks good this way." The repairman took out the phone and said, "Why would I lie to you? You can buy the same model online."

When everyone saw the online shopping pictures on the screen, they all turned around and looked at Wan Ketan awkwardly.

Wan Ketan was so angry that he was shaking all over. He started coughing violently and felt like he was going to faint at any moment.

Chu Yilie faked his death and left Haomen, and Chu Qianli casually replaced the compass. Both of them were liars who deliberately played tricks, and in a sense, they were of the same lineage.

That night, just as Chu Qianli said, two of the seven-star lamps went out inexplicably. Wan Ketan imitated Zhuge Liang's seven-star lamp at Wuzhangyuan, hoping to extend his life, but was ridiculed by Chu Qianli.

Regardless of whether this is scientific or not, when Zhuge Liang's main light was extinguished and his life extension attempt failed, he could only throw down his sword and sigh: life and death are determined by fate and cannot be reversed.

Wan Ketan now had two lights extinguished, which was a bad psychological suggestion. Someone had been watching over the seven-star lamp all night, but it could be extinguished right before his eyes. It was indeed like an ominous prophecy.

Wan Ketan was supposed to settle the score with Chu Qianli, but now he was struck by a sudden illness and couldn't go out at all.

If people have hope in their hearts, they can hold their breath. Once the hope is shattered, all the anger will be released.

Wan Ketan originally believed that the compass could change everything, but Chu Qianli, who was destined to die young, shattered her illusion. She was right. If the compass was useful, her fate would not be like this, and it would not be Wan Ketan's turn.

She is more talented than Wan Ketan, but nothing has changed.

Chu Yilie was more talented than Wan Ketan, but he still left naturally.

Lying on the hospital bed, Wan Ketan vaguely realized that Chu Qianli was right, but he didn't dare to believe it completely. Once he was completely convinced of this, perhaps it would really be time for him to go.

He would rather believe that the compass is useful, but he dares not look for it again, for fear that his hopes will be dashed after getting it. It is a completely complex and contradictory mentality.

Tan Muxing was originally worried, as he was afraid that Wan Ketan would come to kidnap someone again. Recently, he followed Chu Qianli closely after school, even on weekends, but he did not encounter any trouble again.

In the classroom, Chu Qianli sat by the window, flipping through a book, and studying the red crystal compass during the break.

Seeing her concentration, Tan Muxing said thoughtfully, "I haven't run into that group of people recently."

Chu Qianli noticed that her deskmate was paying close attention to Wan Ketan. She started to calculate and murmured, "Then I'll calculate and see what he is doing..."

"Well... I feel like his health has improved recently, not as bad as before." Chu Qianli said happily, "If he doesn't mess around with the rituals and tries to make himself feel better, he should be able to live two more days."

"Does the ritual refer to the Seven-Star Lantern?"

"That's not all. There are many other things that are considered rituals. For example, some people count petals and ask others whether they love me or not. That kind of reluctantness can also be considered..." Chu Qianli said lazily, "There are ritual formations both at home and abroad. Whether these things are useful or not is another matter. But if something goes wrong during a business trip, it can make people's mentality explode."

"It's just like an extremely anxious senior high school student who gets a fortune-teller's prediction that he'll fail the exam. It's fine if he doesn't know, but if he does, he'll go crazy. So don't mess around at critical moments." Chu Qianli added, "Sometimes I don't even dare to predict my exams."

It would be fine if it is something you don't care about, but once you consider it something you care about, it is very easy to be swept up by emotions and develop tension and bad psychological suggestions.

Chu Qianli was very clear about Wan Ketan’s current mentality. If he was smart, he would not continue to explore the compass. The ruthless truth might even speed up the countdown.

Tan Muxing said in a gentle tone: "It would be good if he doesn't come again."

"I was afraid you would be disappointed. You seem to be paying a lot of attention lately."

"I'm not disappointed, Uncle Qi is a little disappointed." Tan Muxing was silent for a few seconds and explained helplessly, "He has been working out very hard recently. He said that he has been a driver for too long and it is rare for him to be a bodyguard."

What Tan Muxing didn't mention is that her grandmother was equally excited. She felt that she had an outstanding vision and now all she had to do was to give the team a super double.

Tan Muxing doesn't want accidents to happen on campus, but people around him seem to be looking forward to accidents (?).

Chu Qianli brought back the Jade Eight Treasures that day, and also brought back some of Grandpa's old books. After she came back, she flipped through them and realized why she had never read them before. This was not about Zi Wei Dou Shu, but a travelogue of Grandpa when he was young.

"Grandpa turned the travelogue into a novel, and the artistic exaggeration is just like online literature. No wonder he fooled people." Chu Qianli flipped through the book casually. "It's definitely the male version of Long Aotian. He knew everything."

"Isn't this information?" Tan Muxing asked in confusion, "I saw you studying it every day, so I thought you were studying seriously."

"Nonsense, when have I ever studied seriously? I only take novels seriously."

“…”

These texts record Chu Yilie's experience in Taoism when he was young. As a genius of Haomen, he went out to gain experience, searching for the mountains and rivers where his ancestors had walked. Along the way, he met many like-minded people, fought fiercely with them, and also made some friends.

Some names are mentioned frequently in old books, such as "Xu", "Mei", "Ye", etc. They should be people from the Taoist sect of the same period.

Chu Qianli was surprised: "Your family is mentioned here!"

"That's impossible." Tan Muxing was skeptical. He leaned over and looked at the old book. "Maybe it's the same name."

"Definitely not. Look at this paragraph. It's definitely your family." Chu Qianli blinked and said in amazement, "So conflict is a family hereditary thing. It says here that your family cooperated with the reforms, and you had a good reputation in the local area, so you didn't suffer much back then."

The Tan family has always been a philanthropic family, which is why they have weathered many storms and not been crushed by the times. Of course, they have encountered difficulties and setbacks, but they have always been able to turn the danger into safety.

Chu Yilie commented on the characteristics of this family in the book, saying that this family knew how to restrain their edge and go with the flow, and he also praised the family's chef for being very good.

Chu Qianli nodded in agreement: "I think your food is delicious too."

Tan Muxing: "...Thank you, but are there any records of this kind of thing?"

Tan Muxing doesn't really understand the masters. Chu Qianli likes the compound after visiting the Tan family. Chu Yilie praises the food after visiting the Tan family. Everyone feels that the masters are too down-to-earth.

In the old book, Chu Yilie also recorded many interesting stories with his fellow Taoists. He discovered that the founder had great fortune, and the compass he left behind had similarities with the relics of other sects, such as the peach wood sword of the Qian Sect.

The book also depicts the appearance of these keepsakes: a clumsy compass, a twisted bell, and a sloppily drawn sword.

Chu Qianli looked at the sketch, her brows furrowed as she read it, and complained, "No wonder Master Wan couldn't recognize it. Who can understand my grandpa when he draws like this?"

"That's it? That's it? It's not even as good as what you drew randomly on your homework book!" Chu Qianli held up the book to show his grandfather's poor drawing skills to his deskmate.

Tan Muxing reminded weakly: "At least it was drawn by your grandfather."

Chu Qianli: "That's why you can laugh even more recklessly. Grandpa really can't study talismans. He can't even draw talismans clearly like this."

Tan Muxing: “?”

Chu Yilie and his companions suspected that there were secrets behind the tokens of each sect, but they only found three after searching all over the country, and finally the matter was left unresolved. Perhaps the time had not come yet, and the group deduced that there would be a grand Pandao conference in the future, so they decided to return home, recruit disciples, recuperate, and wait for that moment of heaven's secret.

Chu Yilie's departure from his master is a subsequent story, which is not recorded in this travelogue.

Chu Qianli had a red crystal tarot in her hand, something her grandfather had never seen before. She speculated that her grandfather and others could not find it back then because they could not go abroad at will and could not find the overseas keepsake due to the limitations of the times.

Such keepsakes may be scattered around the world. The objects drawn in my grandfather's book are all Taoist objects, but perhaps there are other traditions overseas, such as the Red Crystal Tarot.

The courses in the third year of high school were boring. Chu Qianli and Tan Muxing read old books with great interest. They couldn't help but yearn for the future when reading the stories about young people's ambitions and the beautiful rivers and mountains.

Chu Qianli choked up and said, "When my grandfather was my age, he traveled around the world, but I was studying hard in the classroom."

"But many people couldn't study back then." Tan Muxing heard her sigh and suggested gently, "After everything is settled, we can go out for a walk. Didn't Qiu Qingkong plan to travel abroad?"

"We can go further than they did, even to places they couldn't go back then."

Chu Qianli was startled when he heard this.

Tan Muxing never avoided talking about Chu Qianli, but he had a unique firm belief that he would never believe this. Perhaps because he was deeply hurt by metaphysics since childhood, he had developed a strong resistance and was even somewhat immune to all poisons.

Those words about the future brought him to the bottom, and then he bounced back. He should be mentally prepared, for a real fall into the abyss also represents a new beginning. Everything that rises must fall, and everything that reaches its extreme must turn around. The worst is followed by the beginning of something good.

The last thing left in Pandora's Box is Elpis, which represents hope and all unrealistic wishes. It is like a compass to Wan Ketan and the future to Chu Qianli.

She wasn't sure if this was a realistic wish, but she did feel an endless expectation at this moment.

Chu Qianli responded cheerfully, "Okay, Grandpa never took an overseas flight before, I can show off to him when I return to the village in the future."

After imagining an optimistic future, the two began to read old books again and found a lot of content that they couldn't understand.

Chu Qianli was confused and said, "What does this mean? Who is Xiaozhi? A new name all of a sudden?"

Chu Yilie probably didn't expect that his travel notes would be read. He was not very particular when writing them. He often used surnames as aliases and occasionally even casually crossed out typos. It was truly a sloppy manuscript.

"This shouldn't be Xiaozhi?" Tan Muxing put the context into context. He thought for a moment and said tentatively, "Is this referring to my grandfather? My grandfather's name is Tan Qiyu."

Chu Qianli nodded in understanding and analyzed, "Ah, that means their relationship has improved. The previous one was about Tan, and now it's about Xiaozhi. It deeply reveals the author's emotional progression and changes, and represents the true friendship between the author and his friend."

Tan Muxing felt that she was obsessed with reading and comprehension, and whispered, "It's Qi, not Xiaozhi."

Chu Qianli suddenly remembered something. She looked up at him and said hesitantly, "Xiao Mu? Xiao Xing?"

Tan Muxing didn't react for a moment: "?"

Chu Qianli's eyes lit up, and she suddenly realized something and exclaimed, "Stars! They must be stars!"

When Tan Muxing was called by a nickname, his face instantly turned red and he was so flustered that he uttered incoherently: "No, no, no..."

Now only the elders in the family call him that, and it is no less than a public execution for Tan Muxing.

Chu Qianli found him escaping and found it quite amusing. She began to repeat like a mantra: "Stars, stars, stars..."

Tan Muxing could only cover his ears in shame, but still couldn't stop the evil sound from filling his ears.

"From now on, I'll call you Xingxing." Chu Qianli made the decision decisively. She suddenly remembered something and said, "Then I'll try to be a civilized person in the future, otherwise, if I say 'Xingxing' in the future, it will hit you."

Tan Muxing: "Thank you for your consideration, but you don't have to..."

Chu Qianli turned a deaf ear to his words. She had already started to repeat, muttering happily: "Stars, stars, white bear stars, Zhishi stars..."

"..." Tan Muxing was immediately embarrassed by being called that. His ears were burning with shame and he immediately covered his ears, hoping that this wave of harassment would end quickly.

He is no longer sure whether it is "Qi" or "Xiaozhi" in the book, but he feels that if his grandfather was called "Xiaozhi", he would probably want to crawl into the cracks in the ground like he is now.