After the relocation ceremony in the village was over, the villagers began to move one after another, preparing to move to the new village.
The workstation is still busy with the survey. After Chu Qianli and others finish their work on this section of the road, they will return to Beijing to rest and move on to the next section.
Chu Qianli later added three new photos to the album that Batu sent her. One was of her and Tan Muxing being forced to dance at the welcoming party, and later a staff member sent the original photo to her; one was of the four of them playing around at a ceremony, and was photographed and recorded by someone around them; and one was of her, Tan Muxing and Professor Pan taking a group photo in front of the workstation when the expert advisory group was about to leave.
The days before departure always pass in a hurry. Chu Qianli and Tan Muxing packed their luggage at the base, planning to follow Pan Yicheng on a plane back to Beijing the next day.
Chu Qianli sat in the middle of the open suitcase, feeling confused and at a loss as to where to start. She simply ran to the bathroom to wash her hands and said optimistically, "It's okay, I'll finish packing it eventually. I'll do my daily tasks first."
"But we have to clean up today. You said yesterday that we would clean up today." Tan Muxing folded up the shamanic robe given by the village and turned back to instruct Chu Qianli. She had already taken out the tarot cards and started to count them with great interest.
Tan Muxing sighed helplessly: "I really have to call it a day after I'm done. I have to take a plane tomorrow."
"Okay, okay."
Chu Qianli responded obediently, but her mind was wandering somewhere else. She felt that anything she could do was better than collecting things. She began to shuffle the cards quickly, completing her daily fortune-telling. She had planned to collect the cards after she was done, but when she turned over the cards, she was stunned.
The overall trend of destiny has not changed, but it seems a little different.
Chu Qianli looked hesitant, so she simply looked at the celestial phenomena, cast a divination on the spot, and confirmed the result again.
Chu Qianli has always known that she must use her abilities to offset her natural talents in order to mitigate the impact of her early death. She has followed her grandfather around to tell fortunes for people since she was a child, and has been exposed to countless events, but this is the first time she has clearly felt a real change!
Karma has changed.
Although it only feels like a handful of water, the efficiency is definitely improved compared to the water drops in the past.
Chu Qianli's eyes lit up, as if she saw hope, and she hurriedly asked her companion: "Do you remember how many people there are in the village?"
Tan Muxing was stunned: "Brother Batu seemed to say less than a hundred?"
"No, I calculated it in the past and it was definitely much more than a hundred..." Chu Qianli was surprised and shook his head, "Then it shouldn't be based on the number."
"What's wrong?"
Facing the doubtful Tan Muxing, Chu Qianli simply described the matter to him.
"Didn't I say before that my fortune-telling about life and death has no effect, because the karma of one person has very little effect on me, like a drop in the ocean..." Chu Qianli explained, "You just said that there are less than a hundred people in the village, but the karma generated is far more than a hundred!"
The karma of the village relocation far exceeded the sum of the karma Chu Qianli had predicted for one hundred people, and even exceeded the increase by ten times!
Although it was not enough for her, she was naturally surprised by the significant increase in work efficiency.
Tan Muxing thought for a moment and speculated, "Because it was linear growth before, but now it has become exponential growth?"
Chu Qianli was confused: "Exponential growth?"
"I don't understand your method either. It's just my guess..." Tan Muxing said patiently, "The village has a long history, and after moving to the new location, it may have existed for a long time and developed well."
"I see that when you were fortune-telling for people before, you only solved one problem, and the impact was not that long-lasting. Whether you were fortune-telling for your classmates or Uncle He, you only solved the problem at that time. But the relocation is a huge turning point for the whole village, and it may even affect the newly built Shaman Folk Village."
Even though the two had helped report construction work at Yinlong Mountain, it was ultimately just assistance. The villagers themselves had the ability to adapt, so their influence was naturally not as great as the relocation of the shamanic village.
Good deeds are not effective simply by saying that you help others. There is an extremely complex calculation process, and addressing the root cause is far more effective than donating money.
Chu Qianli suddenly realized: "I understand, what you mean is that the better and longer the village develops in the future, the more I will gain, which is different from the short-term gains in the past."
Tan Muxing smiled and said, "Yes, maybe Grandma Sarin and the others will always remember it, just like they remember the shamans of the past."
The law of karma is extremely mysterious. Chu Qianli did not charge any reward from the village, but they exchanged something unspeakable in the dark and achieved a win-win situation.
Chu Qianli did not expect that helping with the relocation would bring any extra benefits. She just felt guilty for being respected by the villagers and subconsciously wanted to repay them, which led to an unexpected success.
The two also talked about this with Pan Yicheng while on the plane.
"It's possible. Some religions say that accumulating virtues does not need to be seen by others, and that good deeds are known by heaven. The so-called "good deeds will not be rewarded" only sees the surface and can only understand the immediate cause and effect. On the contrary, such mistakes often lead to great fortune." Pan Yicheng pondered, "I thought you didn't measure enough before, but how to count as accumulated quantity is also a question."
Man proposes, God disposes. The more man calculates cause and effect, the less he can predict.
Chu Qianli: "So, if I finish the project, maybe I can really achieve a qualitative change?"
Pan Yicheng smiled and hinted: "Then the little student should continue to work hard and diligently. You can see that you helped the most in the village relocation, so maybe it has something to do with the proportion of your contribution."
"..." Tan Muxing always felt that the professor's exploitative methods were pervasive.
Pan Yicheng: "Oh, right, aren't you still looking for something like the compass? Last time I asked someone, I found out that one of you must have called the owner of the Sanqing Bell."
"Three Pure Bells?"
"Yes, it was a bell. I remember that Manling was holding it." Pan Yicheng gestured with his hand and recalled, "There seemed to be a little girl at the interview, but she left within a minute. I didn't talk to her much. I remember her last name was Mei. I should have reacted by then."
Chu Qianli was stunned. When she heard the last name was Mei, she suddenly thought of Mei Ru Z.
The plane landed at the Imperial Capital Airport.
Chu Qianli turned on her phone, showed it to Pan Yicheng, and confirmed, "Professor Pan, are you talking about her?"
Mei Ru Z uses her real name on WeChat.
"It seems to be this name." Pan Yicheng nodded repeatedly, and then asked in surprise, "Did you know each other before? You even have WeChat?"
Chu Qianli: "No, it was because of your troubles that we got to know each other."
Pan Yicheng: “?”
Tan Muxing explained: "We were in the same examination room at the time."
"I see." Pan Yicheng asked in confusion, "What kind of difficulty is that? The test shouldn't be difficult, right?"
Chu Qianli: "...Don't be ordinary, don't be ordinary, the ordinary of Versailles."
Since Meiru Z is suspected of possessing the Sanqingling, things seem to become a little easier.
Chu Qianli came back from a business trip. After having dinner with her family, she went back to her room and cautiously sent a message, tentatively mentioning the matter to Mei Ru Z.
Because the two of them were not familiar with each other and had only chatted twice, Chu Qianli was not sure.
Fortunately, Meiru Z was still efficient and decisive. She replied directly to the voice message and agreed readily.
"Are you guys back in Beijing? I do have a broken bell. If you want to see it, come another day. It's not a big deal." Mei Ru Z paused for a few seconds. "Let me take a look. Maybe in a couple of days. I'm busy making money lately. Wait until I finish the work I have on hand."
Chu Qianli immediately responded softly and appropriately: [Okay, okay, big sister, you go ahead and do your work. I'm not that anxious. Just let me know when you're done with what you're doing.]
She also sent cute emoticons, really like a naive and sweet little sister.
At this moment, there was a knock on the bedroom door. Chu Qianli, who had just been lying on the bed and sending cute messages on WeChat, suddenly changed his expression and shouted righteously, "Brother, you are not allowed to knock on my door. If you disturb my rest and delay the construction of our motherland, you will be a sinner for all eternity!"
He Shichen outside the door: "?"
He Shichen said impatiently: "Mom asked you to go downstairs to eat fruit, and how did you know it was me?"
"I can't explain this to you clearly. The difference between us is like the difference between a dual-core and a quad-core CPU."
"Don't be so cocky. Come out quickly. Aunt Li is asking you how to wash your work clothes."
"What work clothes?"
"Just those two flashy clothes."
Chu Qianli thought of the shamanic robe and quickly jumped out of bed: "No need to wash it, no need to wash it. It's a souvenir now. I won't wear it out anymore..."
After Chu Qianli returned to Beijing, she and Tan Muxing went to school to get the accumulated test papers, and talked with Qiu Qingkong and others about the recent situation. They were not immediately arranged to continue their business trips, and recently they went to Pan Yicheng's office regularly to handle the work at hand in Beijing.
Pan Yicheng issued work permits for the two men, and the positions written on them were "special assistants." Although the two men had no official positions, the permits were quite impressive, mainly because the names of the heavyweight units listed behind them were either this "bureau" or that "association," which sounded impressive.
Chu Qianli wanted to see Sanqingling before leaving Beijing next time. She tactfully reminded Mei Ru Z two days later and finally confirmed the time with the other party.
"Okay, okay, let's do it tomorrow. I've been so upset lately. Tomorrow is the weekend, let's make an appointment and I'll show you around." Meiru Z said decisively, "You decide on a place and send me the address."
Chu Qianli had never invited anyone before, so she didn't know where to go, so she could only ask Tan Muxing. After thinking it over, Tan Muxing simply said hello to He Jianping and met Mei Ru Z at a familiar place.
On the weekend, the sky was clear and the breeze was gentle, but the street outside the teahouse was still bustling.
Inside the teahouse, Mei Ru Z was still wearing beautiful makeup. She slowly walked into the second floor, took off her sunglasses and looked around. She saw the two people at the table and praised, "Not bad, this place is quite clean and parking is convenient."
Chu Qianli and Tan Mu hurriedly stood up to greet them. After a brief greeting, Mei Ru Z took out the Sanqing Bell and casually threw it to Chu Qianli.
"Here, this is the thing. Someone asked me to look at it before, but I didn't see anything special about it."
Chu Qianli didn't expect the other party to be so casual. She took it in a hurry and looked at it carefully. The Sanqing Bell is in the shape of a bell. It has a long thin handle. From the outside, it is made of metal, and you won't immediately find where the red crystal is.
“It seems different from mine?”
Chu Qianli turned the bell over in confusion, and finally found that the inner bell tongue was slightly flashing red in the dim light, but under strong light, it was metal. She couldn't help but ask, "Big sister, how do I use this?"
"You came to me specifically to see it, so I thought you would be able to use it?" Meiru Z took the Sanqing Bell, rang it three times expressionlessly, and said, "Use it like this."
After Chu Qianli heard the three rings, she waited quietly for the next words.
Meiru Z still held the bell.
The three of them were silent at the same time.
After a moment, Tan Muxing said weakly, "I'm sorry, I may not understand, so what happened?"
Talking about Mu Xing's lack of connection with metaphysics, he totally didn't understand what the meaning of the bell was.
Chu Qianli was stunned and said, "Actually, I don't quite understand it either."
Meiru Z shook the bell twice again: "Just shake it like this."
"So what's the use?"
"It's useless, just shaking it for fun, otherwise how can you say it's a broken bell?"
“…”
"This is too impractical." Chu Qianli held the Sanqing Bell in disbelief and exclaimed, "My compass is still really usable after all!"
Chu Qianli learned some knowledge from the Red Crystal Tarot. The Red Crystal Compass can also be used for on-site fortune-telling. She wondered why the Three Pure Bells had so many functions, but she didn't expect that she could only listen to the sound. It was just for fun!
She searched everywhere for red crystal props because she felt that they had a heritage and might contain the adventures of a master of profound magic, but she was unable to figure out how to use the Three Pure Bells.
Tan Muxing searched the internet for information and said, "It seems that this kind of bell is used by Taoist priests to drive away zombies."
Meiru Z sneered: "Then here comes the question, if there really is a zombie now, wouldn't it be more valuable than this broken bell?"
"If I encounter a zombie, I won't need to use bells to drive it away. I can just tie it up and sell it for money. That thing is much rarer than the Three Purities Bell!" Meiru Z said depressedly.
“…”