Chapter 144: Unknown Hexagram

Han Zhong entered the celebrity chat through the fan page called Jiang Jiang Xiao Xingfu, and was then pulled into a fan group. He thought these people were Jiang Wu's fans and might know if he was currently filming on the set, but he didn't expect that as soon as he asked, "Do you know where Jiang Wu is now?", he was cursed as a "stalker" and kicked out of the group.

“…”

Han Zhong stared at the sentence "You have been removed from the group by the group owner" for two seconds, then called Zhang Xiaoyu directly and asked him where Jiang Wu was now.

Zhang Xiaoyu was very flattered to receive his call after a long time. He thought that President Han and Jiang Wu had broken up, but it turned out not to be the case. However, he didn't know where Jiang Wu had gone. He only knew that Jiang Wu had asked the director for three days off, and even he, the assistant, learned about it from the director.

Han Zhong had no choice but to call Zhou Yannan.

Zhou Yannan has been very busy recently, but he picked up the call immediately after seeing Han Zhong's call, and then taunted, "If you want to ask me for help, call me Third Uncle first."

"Don't be so naive at your age."

"…What is it?"

"Do you know where Jiang Wu is now?"

"have no idea."

"Do you know about the burglary of the Qin family?"

Zhou Yannan on the other end of the phone paused, "Did Jiang Wugan do that?"

Han Zhong couldn't say it was purely intuitive, he just said, "No, I just want to know if it has anything to do with him."

"I've been very busy lately and haven't contacted him. You can ask his assistant."

"I asked him, but he didn't know either."

"Then there is nothing we can do."

Han Zhong fell silent. He suddenly realized that he had overlooked one thing, that is, the Jiang Wu he knew was not the real Jiang Wu, but just a body borrowed by Jiang Wu, an identity in modern society. The real Jiang Wu was a soul from a thousand years ago. In this era, he had no relatives or real friends, but possessed a mysterious and powerful power. As long as he wanted, he could make it impossible for anyone to find him.

He suppressed the panic that was gradually spreading deep in his heart and asked calmly, "Even you don't know?"

The other side replied lightly, "He is a person who was reborn from a thousand years ago, and I am a person from a thousand years later. He and I are just related because our ancestors once had some connection with him. Our relationship is not as close as you think."

Han Zhong paused for a moment, and then finally asked a question that had been buried in his heart for a long time, "Who... is he?"

"I thought you would wait a long time before asking this question, but I didn't expect it to be so soon."

“…”

"Not many people know who he is anymore, and all I know are the few words left by our ancestors. You need to know that he is completely different from the ancient people you imagine, and the relationship between him and Yan Zhong is not what you imagine."

The voice on the other end of the phone was a little ethereal. "The power he possesses is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Don't try to guess him with ordinary people's emotions. Whether it's you, me, or everyone around him at this moment, no trace will be left in his heart."

"Don't daydream, Han Zhong."

“…”

As the sun was setting in the west, in the courtyard of Qingyang Temple, Jiang Wu leaned against a big tree and looked up at the black jade ring in his hand. It was very similar in style and color to the one hanging around his neck, but it did not emit any light in the sunlight. Instead, it was turbid and heavy, as if it was saturated with ink. The one around his neck was also ink-colored, but the ink inside was flowing, as if it had life.

This jade ring was the one he took out from the safe in Qin Jiawang's study. There was also an ownerless soul inside it, but the quality was completely different from the one on his neck. It was more similar to the one belonging to Nie Yumeng.

"Friend Jiang, long time no see."

There was a gentle sound behind him. Jiang Wu turned around and saw Bai Xianling walking towards him. Compared with the last time he saw him, he looked a lot younger this time. The deadness and old age on his face were gone. His complexion was much better, his eyes were sharp and he had a smile on his face. If he wasn't wearing a blue Taoist robe, he would have looked like a retired old man in the park.

"Long time no see."

Jiang Wu put away the jade ring and walked forward to say hello, and said straight to the point, "I took a black jade ring from your ancestor's tomb before, and I want to know its origin."

Bai Xianling smiled and stroked his beard, "It seems that Daoist Jiang has met Daoist Zhou."

"Um."

"I don't know much about this black jade ring. I only know that it was entrusted to the master more than 500 years ago and has been guarded by generations. However, there is a widely circulated saying about this imperial black jade. It is said that the reason why it is loved by emperors of all dynasties is because it can make people immortal."

This statement is similar to the one made by the minister who presented the jade to Yan Zhong back then, but Yan Zhong didn't believe it at all. Jiang Wu didn't believe it either. The real immortality is to live as long as the heaven and the earth, which can only be achieved by the immortals who have ascended to heaven in the legend. If it can be achieved because of a piece of jade, then what about the more than one hundred years when he was deceived by Yan Zhong to work as a security guard?

"What about this?" Jiang Wu handed Qin Jiawang's black jade ring to him, "Do you recognize this?"

Bai Xianling took it and examined it carefully. He was also a little surprised. "It is very similar, but also a little different. Where did Brother Jiang get it from?"

"I took it from someone else."

Bai Xianling tacitly did not ask how it was obtained. He took the black jade ring and looked at it. Suddenly, he said, "The reason why our ancestor was entrusted to guard this black jade ring more than 500 years ago was because a major event happened at that time."

"What's the big deal?"

"At that time, a person with accumulated evil spirits appeared. He committed too many murders and absorbed a lot of evil spirits, becoming stronger. He even seriously injured many people, including the Taoist friend who entrusted the ancestor with the task."

Bai Xianling recalled, "Before his death, that Taoist friend entrusted this jade ring to our ancestors and told us to hide the jade because someone would come to take it away in the future."

Jiang Wu felt a little sad. That person didn't tell him where to hide the jade ring, nor did he mention who would come to get the jade. He just entrusted it to him like that. There was only one possibility, that person calculated what would happen five hundred years later.

This kind of skill can only be achieved by a skilled cultivator. He subconsciously looked at Bai Xianling, and Bai Xianling guessed what he was thinking and shook his head helplessly, "At my peak, I could only see a hundred years. I can't see that far."

"What is the origin of that Taoist?"

"have no idea."

Jiang Wu fell into deep thought. This jade ring appeared five hundred years ago, and the last evil body appeared exactly five hundred years ago. Could it be just a coincidence?

If the person who took the jade as mentioned by the Taoist priest was me, could it be that he had also calculated my fate?

Seeing that he was silent, Bai Xianling suddenly asked, "Did Brother Jiang Daoist encounter any difficulties?"

Jiang Wu was stunned for a moment, and Han Zhong's face appeared in his mind, so he nodded and said hesitantly, "I did encounter some problems."

Bai Xianling took out three copper coins from his pocket and asked with a smile, "Would you like to have a divination?"

Since removing the bullet with the talisman, his health has improved a lot. As long as it does not involve Jiang Wu's life and death, he can still do it.

Jiang Wu did not refuse and said directly, "Someone said he liked me, and I don't know how to answer."

Bai Xianling was stunned. He didn't expect that a master like Jiang Wu would be trapped by love. After thinking about it for a while, he understood, "Is it Mr. Han?"

Jiang Wu was really surprised this time. Was Han Zhong's feelings for him so obvious? Was he the only one who didn't notice?

"It seems I was right."

Bai Xianling was not so sure this time. He shook the copper coins and said, "Mr. Han has a body full of evil spirits. He is different from ordinary people. He is indeed not easy to deal with."

After he finished speaking, he shook his hand, and three copper coins fell on the stone table and began to spin rapidly.

At this moment, a cell phone suddenly rang. Jiang Wu took out his phone and took a look. It was Rong Anzhou. He immediately answered the call. Before he could ask what it was, he heard Rong Anzhou's anxious voice.

"Something happened to Han Zhong."

Jiang Wu's eyes changed suddenly. After hanging up the phone, he hurriedly said "Let's talk about it next time" and used his Qigong to jump out of the mountain gate.

Bai Xianling looked at his disappearing back, then looked at the copper plate still spinning on the stone table, and raised his eyebrows without surprise, "It looks like it won't be used anymore."