Chapter 33 The Light Cannot Be Suppressed
The Yuantun Hall is located on an open space between two mountains, backed by high mountains and facing a river. The mountain ridge serves as a wall, and the surrounding mountains provide protection. It is ten zhang high and twenty zhang wide, with black bricks, blue tiles, and golden glazed eaves. The Yuantun Hall hangs high above, exuding solemnity and grandeur.
Su Yuyao nervously stepped onto the dark stone steps, and looking at the three-zhang-high ebony carved door, she couldn't suppress her excitement.
Xuanfeng led Su Yuyao through a side door into the side hall. The side hall was crowded with people, but when they saw Xuanfeng arrive, they immediately fell silent and dispersed to either side.
Someone reported, "Lord Xuanfeng, Lord Qimen and the eight generals have returned."
“Okay.” Xuanfeng replied softly, pulling Su Yuyao toward the front of the crowd.
"Uncle!" Su Yuyao saw Qi Men's figure.
Qi Men exclaimed with delight, "Oh! Yao'er! What brings you here?"
"Uncle! I've missed you so much!" Su Yuyao shook off Xuanfeng's hand and rushed towards Qimen.
Qi Men patted Su Yuyao's head and laughed, "Haven't seen you for a few days, Yao'er, you've grown up so much!"
"Are you Miss Yao'er?" a refined-looking man asked. "Miss Yao'er, do you remember me?"
“Yes! Do you remember us?” a bearded man asked.
Su Yuyao carefully identified the people in front of her. "Ah! In Huangshang City..." She quickly covered her mouth. These were the people she had run away from Binglun Palace to Huangshang City to cast divinations.
She glanced cautiously at Xuanfeng, only to see him looking completely at ease. "I... I was just saying..."
"You said it casually, but they all listened to you!" Qi Men said with a smile. "It exhausted us!"
"I..." Su Yuyao blushed, "I'm sorry..."
Xuanfeng stepped forward, took Su Yuyao's hand, and led her to the main seat, telling her to sit down properly. He said softly, "Play here, but don't cause any trouble!"
"Mmm." Su Yuyao nodded, pursing her lips.
Xuanfeng turned around and walked into the crowd, shouting, "Sand table!"
Suddenly, hurried footsteps and the rumble of wheels were heard as several people pushed over a long rectangular table filled with sand and covered with small red flags.
Xuanfeng led his men to surround them, whispering something to each other.
Su Yuyao stood on tiptoe to look, but couldn't see anything, so she opened her little bundle and laid out her trinkets.
"This is absolutely wrong!" someone shouted in protest. "That's the closest road to the Heavenly Palace!"
"Why should we compromise?! Why don't we just beat them into submission?!"
"Lord Xuanfeng, what are you worried about? Lord Qinggan is blatantly robbing us!"
"I have my reasons..."
"Lord Xuanfeng! We all believe in you, and if you insist on doing so, we will absolutely support you, but we really don't understand!"
"Hahaha..." Qi Men laughed and called out, "Yao'er! Come here!"
Su Yuyao was listening to their argument when she heard Qimen call her name. She immediately ran over and exclaimed, "Coming!"
She squeezed through the crowd, stood next to Xuanfeng, leaned against the table, and asked with a smile, "I'm here, what's up?"
"Girl! Go back!" Xuanfeng whispered.
Su Yuyao's smile was cut short by Xuan Feng's scolding, and she lowered her head in disappointment, reluctantly backing away.
"Oh, my lord! It's already decided, let's ask Yao'er, and let her gain some experience too!" Qi Men said with a smile, protecting Su Yuyao.
"Yes! Miss Yao'er, please share your thoughts!"
"Yes! We'd also like to hear what Miss Yao'er has to say!"
Su Yuyao raised her head slightly, waiting for Xuanfeng to speak, but dared not respond.
"Immortal Master, we shouldn't have dragged that girl into this," Xuanfeng said in a low voice, frowning as he looked at Su Yuyao.
Qimen smiled and said, "I'm just asking for her opinion, sir, there's no need to worry."
After saying that, Qimen pulled Su Yuyao to the table, pointed to the sand table on the table, and asked, "Yao'er, take a look. This is Lord Xuanfeng's Immortal Mountain Range. There are four main mountains and eight branches. Each branch has a total of sixty small peaks. Now, Lord Qinggan has sent out sixteen of them, namely four in the northeast, two in the hinterland, and the other ten are concentrated on the southwest border."
Su Yuyao listened on tiptoe while observing the position of the small red flag on the sand table.
"Now, if you want to get these sixteen mountain peaks back, what would you do?" Qi Men asked with a smile.
Su Yuyao thought for a moment, then pointed to the four mountain peaks to the north and asked, "Are these snow-capped mountains?"
"Yes, so the temples on these mountains are all located in warm places at the foot of the mountains."
Is it the border?
"No, there are several more snow-capped mountains behind, but there are no temples or people living there."
All snow-capped mountains?! If only the wolf clan could establish a branch here, they could not only serve as guardians of the sacred mountains, but also keep watch over these four peaks as a show of force! Su Yuyao smacked her lips, deep in thought.
She then pointed to several small red flags clustered in the southwest and asked, "What about this side? Where does it lead if we go down from here?"
"Go down from this sacred mountain, and you'll reach the Heavenly Palace's tea garden. You can reach the Heavenly Palace by passing by the tea garden."
"Can we go to the Heavenly Palace from here?" Su Yuyao asked, tilting her head.
“That’s right,” Qi Men said with a smile.
“Oh…” Su Yuyao bit her lip and thought for a moment, then looked up at Xuan Feng and said, “We can’t rush to take back these dozen or so mountains.”
Xuanfeng looked at Su Yuyao with some surprise, "Girl, you have a plan?"
“Don’t worry about the four to the north for now. The main thing is these hills in the southwest,” Su Yuyao said, pointing to the sand table. “My idea is to block the exit here and cut off their way to the Heavenly Palace.”
"Miss Yao'er, if you block this road, it will be very difficult for us to get to the Heavenly Palace!"
"Yes! That would mean going on a huge detour!"
Su Yuyao smiled and said, "If Lord Qinggan controls this mountain, he can just find some excuse to stop us from passing, and we still won't be able to get through! And they can block this place..." Su Yuyao gestured towards the southwest branch and continued, "Once this place is blocked, this branch will be completely cut off! At that time, Lord Qinggan will gradually take over the other mountains on this branch as well. So, let's cut off their path first, forcing them to turn back. As long as we control their path, we won't be afraid."
Everyone present was so shocked they were speechless.
"Miss Yao'er, then tell me, how should we block this road?"
“I don’t know how to block it. I just heard my dad say that when a snow mountain vibrates, there will be an avalanche, and when a mountain slope is flooded, there will be falling rocks.”
The group exchanged knowing glances and understood each other perfectly.
"Girl, the road here is blocked. How are we going to get to the Heavenly Palace?" Xuanfeng was also curious about what solution Su Yuyao could come up with.
Su Yuyao thought for a moment and said, "If we want to go to the Heavenly Palace, we can ride a crane! Besides, there are other exits, it's just a bit far..."
Xuanfeng smiled knowingly and then asked, "What about those in the north?"
“These gangs are all at the foot of the mountain, with snow-capped peaks above and snow-capped mountains behind. If they cause any trouble, block the road and trap them for a while if they don’t obey.”
"What about the two in the middle?" Xuanfeng asked with great interest.
"We don't need to worry about the two in the middle," Su Yuyao said with a grin. "Like birds in a cage, as long as we don't let them out, they won't be able to fly away!"
“Girl, if…” Xuanfeng asked hesitantly, “you were asked to negotiate with Lord Qinggan, how would you do it?”
“I don’t know…” Su Yuyao shook her head and said, “But I might only talk to him about the Southwest region; I won’t talk about the other two.”
Qi Men stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Yao'er is absolutely right!"
Su Yuyao proudly pouted her little belly and said, "When are you going to negotiate with Lord Qinggan? I want to go too!"
"Girl!" Xuanfeng said sternly, "Go play by yourself!"
"Oh, I see..." Su Yuyao sighed, pouted, and left the crowd, returning to her seat in the main seat.
Xuanfeng discussed it with everyone again, and after a long debate, they finally reached a consensus.
"Lord Xuanfeng! Lord Qinggan has arrived with the Stele Kings and is waiting in the main hall!"
Xuanfeng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I understand, I'll be there right away."
Xuanfeng straightened his collar and said to Qimen, "Let's go."
Seeing Xuan Feng about to leave, Su Yuyao quickly stood up and followed him.
"Girl, you wait here," Xuanfeng said in a low voice.
“I want to go too…” Su Yuyao took Xuanfeng’s hand, but seeing his serious expression, she had no choice but to let go of his hand, pouting and blinking at him.
Looking at Su Yuyao, who had managed to persuade the eight generals to resign with just a few words, Xuanfeng couldn't help but ask curiously, "Girl, do you think my negotiations with Qinggan this time will yield any results?"
"Huh?" Su Yuyao was very surprised, as Xuanfeng had never asked her anything before.
Su Yuyao cast a divination at will. She looked at Xuanfeng in his blue long robe with tied sleeves and took the Xun hexagram above, which represents Xuanfeng as the master of the palace. She took the Qian hexagram below, which is the main hexagram, Fengtian Daxu. The time was Wei, and the second line was moving. The changing hexagram was Fenghuo Tongren, which is the image of the body generating the function, indicating consumption. There was no result!
"It seems... there's no result," Su Yuyao said.
Xuanfeng smiled and nodded, then turned to Qimen and said, "Immortal Master, let's go."
Su Yuyao really wanted to go and eavesdrop, but the people in the side hall were all curiously surrounding her, asking her all sorts of questions, so she couldn't take a step.
"Miss Yao'er, you said this negotiation has yielded no results. How many times will it take to reach a conclusion?"
Su Yuyao thought for a moment and said, "It would have to be at least three times, but I don't know."
"Miss Yao'er! I've been a bachelor for hundreds of years! When will I be able to get married?"
Looking at the people surrounding her, Su Yuyao suddenly had an idea. She smiled, held out her hand, and said, "The divination won't fail me. I won't take more than one copper coin per question!"
Everyone burst into laughter.
The man who wanted to get married quickly took out some copper coins and handed them to Su Yuyao.
Su Yuyao carefully put the copper coin into her purse, counted on her fingers and thought for a moment, "It will take another hundred years or so, I have to wait!"
Upon hearing this, the man sighed in disappointment and said, "It'll take that long? What a waste of my good physique!"
Everyone burst into laughter, and someone joked, "How old are you to be in such a hurry to get married? We older guys don't even have land to cultivate yet!"
"Hey! At your age, you shouldn't be plowing the fields! You might fall flat on your face and never get up!"
The crowd laughed even louder.
Su Yuyao looked at them with a puzzled expression, "Are you still going to plow the land?"
Looking at the innocent Su Yuyao, everyone realized that their joke had gone too far and quickly stopped laughing.
"I also have a question, Miss Yao'er. When will I be able to learn a new skill?"
Everyone gradually quieted down, waiting for Su Yuyao's answer.
As Su Yuyao looked at the person asking the question, an image gradually surfaced in her mind: in that image, flames were shooting from his eyes, igniting the green mountains...
"Can you start a fire?" Su Yuyao asked.
"Huh?" He paused for a moment, then said, "No, but I'm currently cultivating."
"Oh, then practice diligently! It's about igniting fire with your eyes, so don't practice it incorrectly!" Su Yuyao said casually.
"What?! With your eyes?!" He slapped his thigh and said in frustration, "I must have practiced it wrong! I thought I was going to breathe fire with my mouth, but I can't breathe fire at all! My eyes are just steaming!"
Upon hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.
Su Yuyao opened her purse and said with a grin, "One copper coin can give me some pointers, what a bargain!"
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Everyone found Su Yuyao's words amusing, and regardless of whether they had any questions, they would give her a copper coin. From major issues like cultivation bottlenecks to minor details like how many steamed buns she ate for breakfast, Su Yuyao could calculate it all.
Su Yuyao's divination speed increased rapidly; sometimes she wouldn't even use a divination stick, but would directly draw a divination image, and her predictions were remarkably accurate. She held her bulging purse and grinned from ear to ear.
"What are you doing?!" Xuanfeng's voice was soft but powerful, and the side hall immediately fell silent.
As soon as everyone saw Xuanfeng return, they hurriedly surrounded him, eager to find out the outcome of the negotiations.
While Xuanfeng was surrounded, Su Yuyao secretly hid her purse in her small bundle.
Although Xuanfeng was surrounded by the crowd, Su Yuyao's every move was clearly imprinted in his mind.
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