Li Xiu and Chu Jun couldn't help but look in the direction of his finger, and saw a transparent silk thread like a fishing line tied to the beam of the wooden house, and a bead slightly larger than a ping-pong ball hanging below the silk thread.
The beads were as crystal clear as jade, milky white all over, and the surface seemed to be covered with a layer of paste, making them round and smooth.
Although they are very beautiful, they look like ordinary jade beads. There is nothing special about them, and they do not glow.
"Although this bead is very beautiful, it doesn't glow." Chu Jun said.
"Don't be anxious. It's not time yet. Why is it glowing in broad daylight? It will glow and illuminate at night. Otherwise, why would it be hung on the beam?" said Mr. Ba.
Li Xiu thought: "Even if this jade bead can really glow at night, it can't be the Suihou Bead. Who would hang such a treasure on the beam like this to use as a lamp? Aren't they afraid that it might be stolen?"
Although he felt that this bead was unlikely to be the Sui Hou Bead, after seeing it, Li Xiu still felt hungry, which surprised him a little.
"Is this the pearl you are looking for?" Seeing that neither of them spoke, Mr. Ba asked again.
"The bead we are looking for is called Suihou Bead. I wonder if it is this one." Li Xiu said casually.
"Who knows what this bead is called? I only heard from the hostess that this bead was dug out from under an old pine tree when the wooden house was built. She saw that the bead could glow at night, so she hung it on the beam and used it as a lamp." said the Eighth Master.
Li Xiu's face changed slightly when he heard this, because the vase man told him that the hiding place of Sui Hou Pearl was under an old pine tree.
"Could it be that this jade bead is really the Sui Hou Bead?" Li Xiu looked up and stared at the jade bead, somewhat unable to believe that he had found the Sui Hou Bead so easily.
If it really is the Sui Hou Pearl, the owner here actually uses it like this. I guess he hasn't discovered its true value yet. Maybe there is still a chance to take it away.
"If this is what you are looking for, then I advise you to go back quickly." Mr. Ba said with a smile.
"Why should we go back? If it really is it, we can talk to the hostess and see if we can buy it." Chu Jun said.
"Money may be very precious to some people, but to others, it may not even be worth a piece of toilet paper. Unfortunately, the owner of this place is the second type of person. Money has no meaning to him at all." Mr. Ba paused and continued, "Why are you looking for this bead?"
"To be honest, my friend once buried a Suihou pearl here. He asked me to come and get it. I don't know if it is this one." Li Xiu said as he looked at the pearl.
"From what you said, it's most likely true. It's a pity the owner is not here, otherwise you could talk to her and maybe she would let you take the bead away." Mr. Ba said with a smile.
Li Xiu thought, "If it is really the Suihou Pearl, how could she let me take it away?"
"When will the owner of this place come back?" Chu Jun couldn't help but ask.
"I don't know, maybe three to five days, maybe ten years. She will come back naturally when she is happy. I remember the last time she came back was seven years ago." Mr. Ba counted on his fingers.
"The owner of this place is really a weirdo." Chu Jun smacked his lips.
"Strange? This is not the only strange thing. I have been a guest here for decades and have seen her six times in total. But every time I saw her, she always looked like a beautiful girl and has never changed. It's as if time has forgotten her and forgot to leave any traces on her body. I have grown old over the past few decades, but she is still as young and beautiful as a girl." said Mr. Ba.
Li Xiu and Chu Jun looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.
Could a person who has not aged for decades be the immortal in Changshengtian?
If the owner of this place is really the immortal from Changshengtian, then everything makes sense. That's why the people from Changshengtian retreated obediently after seeing that word and never came back.
When the two were deep in thought, they suddenly heard the doorbell ring.
"Could it be that the owner of this place has returned?" Chu Jun was overjoyed. He had heard Master Ba describe the hostess as so mysterious and beautiful, and he also wanted to see her in person.
But Mr. Ba curled his lips and said, "Have you ever seen someone who needs to ring the doorbell to return home?"
Chu Jun was startled and said awkwardly: "Maybe I forgot to bring my keys."
After waiting for a while, the doorbell rang again.
After hearing the doorbell ring again, Master Ba suddenly said to them, "If someone comes in later, no matter what you hear or see, don't make a sound, and don't leave this room."
Although they didn't know what Mr. Ba meant, they heard him speak seriously, as if it was something important, so they both nodded and agreed.
Soon the doorbell rang again, and it was the third time the doorbell rang.
Master Ba waited for a while, and seemed to sense that the person outside the door had not left, so he asked loudly, "Who is outside the door?"
"Li Qingyi and Bai Ying, disciples of Changshengtian, request to see the Eighth Master." The voice coming from outside the door startled Li Xiu and Chu Jun.
"Why did they get here?" Li Xiu was a little confused.
"Come in." Following Mr. Ba's voice, the door outside opened automatically, and the bamboo curtain hanging on the door of the wooden house also fell down automatically, blocking the view inside the wooden house.
Through the bamboo curtain, you can't see what's inside the wooden house from the outside, but you can see the outside scene from inside the wooden house.
After a while, two women were seen walking around the row of bamboos. One was tall with long legs and amazing body shapes; the other was petite and graceful. She must be Li Qingyi and Bai Ying.
"Li Qingyi and Bai Ying greet the Eighth Master." Li Qingyi and Bai Ying came to the wooden house in the middle and bowed to the door, but had no intention of lifting the curtain to come in.
"What are you doing here?" Mr. Ba asked casually.
"We came to you, Mr. Ba, because of course we want you to help us with fortune-telling," said Bai Ying.
"Do you understand the rules?" asked Mr. Ba.
"I understand. Please take a look, Mr. Ba." Bai Ying said, and took out two not very big boxes from the bag. He opened the two boxes and placed them on the stone steps in front of the door.
Li Xiu and Chu Jun couldn't help but look down. Through the bamboo curtain, they saw that the two boxes were filled with gems. One box was full of rubies, and the other box was full of sapphires.
Judging from the size and quality of those rubies and sapphires, they must be top-quality goods.
"That's right. Each of you can guess a word. Who goes first?" Mr. Ba glanced at the gems in the box and said lightly.
Li Qingyi and Bai Ying exchanged a few words, and finally Bai Ying spoke up: "Let me test first."
"Okay, there's a bamboo stick stuck on the ground next to you. Just use it to write a word on the ground." After saying that, Mr. Ba picked up the bowl and continued to eat the remaining noodles.
Bai Ying pulled out a bamboo pole that was inserted next to her and started drawing on the ground with it. She wrote a lot of strokes, and the word looked a bit complicated.
Li Xiu and Chu Jun were both curious and wanted to know what word Bai Ying wrote.
Soon, they saw the word "pretend" written by Bai Ying on the ground.
"Please give me some advice, Mr. Eighth Master." Bai Ying put the bamboo pole back and said to the door.
"What do you want to predict? Good or bad luck or marriage?" asked Mr. Ba.
"I don't predict good or bad luck, nor do I want to predict my marriage. I just want to find someone. Could you please give me some advice, Mr. Eighth?" Bai Ying didn't dare to act rashly here, but his voice still sounded a bit arrogant.
"It's wrapped in clothes, with a strong upper body and clothes on the lower body. This means that the person you are looking for should be a young man wrapped in clothes. He should be a male magic costume master, right?" Mr. Ba said, looking at the words on the ground.
Li Xiu and Chu Jun both looked at Bai Ying, wanting to know whether the Eighth Master's guess was correct.
In their opinion, this was just guessing. How could they figure out from just one word that the person the other party was looking for was a male magic costume master? This was too outrageous.
"Yes, it is a magic armor master. Mr. Ba may be able to figure out who this magic armor master is and where he is now?" Bai Ying asked hurriedly.
"Oh my god, he really guessed it right. It was so accurate. Could Bai Ying be an agent? If so, who is she acting for? Is she setting a trap for us?" Li Xiu and Chu Jun looked at each other and saw the vigilance in each other's eyes.
Mr. Ba ignored them. He looked at the word "Zhuang" on the ground, counted with his fingers for a while and said, "Zhuang has twelve strokes, which corresponds to the twelve earthly branches, which is a reincarnation cycle. This means that the place where this person is should be not far from you, but you have been going around in circles and still cannot see him. Let me give you a few words of fortune. You are only a few feet away from him, but you have been wasting your time to find him. You are so confused that you don't know how long it will take. When you stand up, it will be a turning point."
"Mr. Eight, I'm a girl and I can't understand these. Can you please help me interpret the fortune?" Bai Ying asked with a smile.
"What I mean is that you don't have to look for him. You can't find him even if you look for him. Maybe when you stop looking for him, he will naturally appear in front of you. Okay, next one." Mr. Ba seemed a little impatient.
Bai Ying wanted to say something but was stopped by Li Qingyi.
Li Qingyi picked up the bamboo pole, wrote a word on it, and then bowed to the door and said, "Eighth Master, I am also looking for someone, please give me some advice."
Li Xiu looked down and found that the word written on the ground was actually a "Li". His heart skipped a beat.
"The person Bai Ying was looking for before should be me in magic costume. Now Li Qingyi has written another word "Li". Does it mean that she has discovered that I am the magic costume master who stole the super spiritual gem? That would be troublesome." Li Xiu couldn't help but frown.
He himself was not afraid of Changshengtian, but there were so many people in the City of Light. If they were really targeted by Changshengtian, the consequences would be very serious.
"It seems that I have to go to Hongsha City immediately. Only by joining Changshengtian can I avoid these troubles." Li Xiu pondered.
"Li Xia is Zi. The person you are looking for should also be a man, and his surname is Li." Mr. Ba said, looking at the word Li on the ground.
After hearing this, Chu Jun couldn't help but look at Li Xiu beside him. Li Xiu shook his head, indicating that it had nothing to do with him.
"Yes, I wonder if Mr. Ba can figure out where he is now?" Li Qingyi asked.
"I can't see it out." Mr. Ba said suddenly.
"Eighth Master, you are going too far. Everyone knows that you are a super spiritual being with the Heavenly Carving Talisman Light Contract, and you can even predict the affairs of the Demon Kingdom. The two of us just want to predict the whereabouts of ordinary people, but you are so different that what you said is as good as nothing you said, and your prediction is as good as nothing you did. Don't you feel guilty for taking these two boxes of gems?" Bai Ying couldn't help but say.
"Bai Ying." Li Qingyi hurriedly stopped Bai Ying from continuing.
The Eighth Master laughed and said, "You are the granddaughter of Bai Jingtian, right? You are exactly like your grandfather."
"No matter how bad my grandfather is, he would never fool the younger generation here." Bai Ying said with a pout.
"Eighth Master, can you tell me why you can't measure it?" Li Qingyi stopped Bai Ying and asked.
"Your surname is Li, and the person you are looking for is also surnamed Li. Two trees make a forest, and the path is hard to see in the deep forest. It is hard to distinguish between two twins, and it is hard to find a confidant. You are not looking for someone, you are looking for your sweetheart, and you haven't made up your mind yet. How can I guess where your sweetheart is?" Mr. Ba said with a smile.
"I'm just looking for someone. If you don't want to take the test, that's fine. There's no need to be so perfunctory with a junior like me." Li Qingyi's cheeks flushed slightly, and she said calmly.
"Whether it is right or not, you will know later. I will also give you a few words of fortune." Mr. Ba paused and said, "The gods and immortals are rich and noble, and good and bad luck have their own reasons. A broad mind can still resist a hundred diseases. It turns out that you are a blessed person."
"Please, Mr. Eight, interpret the fortune for me." Li Qingyi said.
"Your destined benefactor is your destined person." Mr. Ba pondered for a moment and said, "You should also know the meaning of the idiom "under the melon field and plum tree". When passing by a melon field, don't squat to tie your shoelaces, lest people misunderstand you are picking melons. When walking under a plum tree, don't raise your hand to adjust your hat, lest people recognize you are picking plums. Melons are green, and there are hats under plum trees. Your destined person should have a green hat."
Li Qingyi's face changed constantly when he heard this. Bai Ying, who was standing by, widened his eyes when he heard the word "green hat". He looked at Li Qingyi and said, "Li Xiu has a green hat, you can't be..."
"No, this fortune telling is not accurate. Master Ba, we asked you to tell fortunes and find someone, but you joked with us two juniors. Isn't this inappropriate?" Li Qingyi said, looking at the door curtain.
"I have already calculated the characters. It is up to you whether you believe it or not. However, I have not used this skill for many years, so it may not be accurate." Mr. Ba said with a smile.
"It's definitely not accurate. How can someone like Li Xiu be worthy of the daughter of our Changshengtian's president? You must have calculated it wrong." Bai Ying curled her lips.
"So you are the daughter of the president. I apologize for offending you. I hope you won't mind, young lady." Mr. Eight said.
"Mr. Eight, you are too polite. Qingyi has one last question to ask you." Li Qingyi said.
"Please speak, Miss." Mr. Ba said seriously.
"Are the people Bai Ying and I are calculating for the same person?" Li Qingyi stared at the door curtain with burning eyes, as if he wanted to see through it.
Li Xiu's heart tightened when he heard this: "Sure enough, Li Qingyi has already suspected that I am the magic costumer who stole the super spiritual gem, but how did she guess it? I should not have revealed any flaws."
"I'm sorry, Miss. I really can't answer this question. If you really want to know, then try another word." Mr. Ba said thoughtfully.
"Forget it, Mr. Ba, we're leaving now." Li Qingyi turned and left.
"You old shameless man, you still want to steal our gems? Don't even think about it. I will tell my grandfather later and have him come to settle the score with you." Bai Ying made a face at the door curtain and turned around to chase after Li Qingyi.
"Haha, if Bai Jingtian dares to come, I'm afraid I will have to celebrate with drums and gongs." Mr. Ba laughed.
After Li Qingyi and Bai Ying walked out of the door, the door closed automatically.
The Eighth Master came down again, looked at the two men and said, "The master has not returned yet, I am afraid you cannot take this bead away now. Do you plan to wait for the master to return, or let me give you some advice?"
"Please give me some advice, Master Eight?" Li Xiu said to Master Eight.
"Do you see the two boxes of gems outside the door? Each of you takes a box of rubies and goes to the red wooden house. One of you takes a box of sapphires and goes to the blue wooden house. Use these two boxes of gems to exchange one thing each with the people in the two wooden houses. Then I will return the pearl to you. When the hostess comes back, I will explain to her myself." said the Eighth Master.
"There are other guests in the next room? This host is really hospitable." Chu Jun asked with a smile: "Master Ba, you are neighbors with them, sitting in the same house, and the distance is so close, why don't you change it yourself?"
"If I can go, why would I need you? I can't get out of this door." Mr. Ba sighed.
"Can't get out?" Chu Jun was very confused. He stood up and walked to the door, then came back in from the door, but nothing happened.
"Eighth Master, there doesn't seem to be anything special about this door. How is it possible that we can't get out?" Chu Jun looked at Eighth Master and asked.
"You won't understand even if I tell you. I'm just asking if you are willing to help me exchange things. If you are willing, go ahead and exchange them. If you don't want to, just leave." Mr. Ba seemed a little unhappy and said in a cold voice.
"Eighth Master, what do you want us to exchange?" Li Xiu looked at Eighth Master and asked.
"Go to the red wooden house and help me change a bowl of water, and let that boy go to the blue wooden house and help me change a leaf." said Mr. Ba.
"Master Ba, can I go to the two rooms to change things by myself?" Li Xiu asked calmly.
He has Lightspeed 2 at his disposal, so he is not afraid even if he encounters a super spirit. He wants to see what this Mr. Eight is up to.
"Of course you can, but if you go to the two wooden houses by yourself, I'm afraid you won't be able to get out, which will delay my work." said Mr. Ba.
"What do you mean? Why is it possible that I can't come out after entering two rooms by myself?" Li Xiu asked puzzledly.
"One of those two wooden houses is located in an extremely yin position, and the other is located in an extremely yang position. If a person's body experiences extreme yin and extreme yang in a short period of time, even if he does not die, he will probably suffer from a serious illness." Mr. Ba said ambiguously.
"It doesn't matter. As long as I exchange the things back, will you give me this bead?" Li Xiu stood up and asked.
"That's right." Mr. Ba nodded.
"Okay, then I'll go and get your things back for you." Li Xiu said as he walked towards the door.
"Wait a minute, write a word first and let me predict good or bad luck for you." Mr. Ba stopped Li Xiu who was picking up the box and walking towards the red wooden house.