"Director Li, have you decided what to test?" Wan Chaoxin asked with a smile after seeing Li Xiu accept the wooden box.

"I don't want to know about things that haven't happened, and it seems there's nothing that needs to be tested." Li Xiu said casually.

"Everyone is here and the gifts have been given. Just ask whatever you want to know. Maybe you can solve the problem." Wan Chaoxin said.

Li Xiu understood what Wan Chaoxin meant. He wanted him to test things related to the Magic Equipment Group.

Of course Li Xiu wouldn't guess such things. If he wanted to know about the Magic Equipment Group, it would be better to ask Lao Ba directly. It's hard to say whether a guess can solve the problem if it makes you confused.

Mo Liu said, "If you don't want to ask about good or bad fortune, you can also ask about marriage or something like that, which is not bad either."

“Instead of predicting these things, it’s better to ask about your parents’ birthdays, at least to get good luck.” Sun Gang said.

As the four were talking, they heard someone push the door open and they all looked over.

I saw a middle-aged man in a robe walked in. Although he looked middle-aged, his hair was already gray, his eyes seemed to tell a story, and his every move was graceful, with a bit of immortal air.

Seeing the middle-aged man come in, Wan Chaoxin, Mo Liu and Sun Gang, who were originally sitting, stood up and greeted him.

Although Sun Gang said that he didn't believe these things, when he really met the Eighth Master, his usual disdain disappeared completely from his face and he greeted him with a big smile.

"Eighth Master, this is a little gift from my father. Please accept it." Sun Gang respectfully handed over the prepared gift box.

Mo Liu did the same and presented a gift box.

Mr. Ba didn't even look at the gift boxes from the two of them, and the butler behind him took them.

"Sun Bodang and Mo Ganyan liked to get together back then, and now their sons are together again. The adults in your family must be having a headache, right?" said the Eighth Master with a smile.

"I didn't expect that Master Eight still remembered our father. The two of us don't have as much ability as our father and uncle. We just had some minor fights and nothing serious could happen. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Master Eight." Mo Liu said respectfully.

"One look at your faces tells me that you two are both tough guys, even tougher than your father." Master Ba said with a smile, "Wait a moment, I'll do a fortune telling for the kid from the Wan Chao family, and then we'll talk."

"Eighth Master, I'm not in a hurry." Wan Chaoxin said with a smile.

"You are not in a hurry, but I am. There are many people waiting to have their fortunes told, so there is no time to waste time here." Mr. Ba smiled and said, "Your aunt and I are sworn brothers, so I am your elder. If you have anything you want to tell me, just tell me."

As the Eighth Master spoke, he glanced at the people who were still sitting in the bamboo hall. When he entered the bamboo hall, he found that there were still people sitting there. He thought to himself, "Who is this person who has no manners? I, the Eighth Master, am standing, but he still dares to sit there. He has no manners at all."

Wan Chaoxin, Mo Liu and Sun Gang then realized that Li Xiu was still sitting there drinking tea and did not stand up to greet the Eighth Master.

Mo Liu secretly said "bad", Sun Gang kept winking at Li Xiu, and Wan Chaoxin frowned slightly.

Although Li Xiu was already the chief, his foundation was not stable after all. He actually put on airs in front of the Eighth Master, which was a bit too much.

Even if those old chief executives came to the Eighth Master's place, they would probably have to treat him with courtesy, and at most call him brother. How could they dare to sit there like Li Xiu, as if waiting for the Eighth Master to come up and pay his respects to him? That would be asking for trouble.

Li Xiu's behavior forced Wan Chaoxin to reconsider whether it was a wise decision to bring Li Xiu into his camp.

When Mr. Ba saw who was sitting there, he was startled at first, then immediately walked up to him.

When Wan Chaoxin and the other two thought something was going to happen, they saw the Eighth Master come in front of Li Xiu and actually called him "Fourth Brother".

Wan Chaoxin and the other two thought that there was something wrong with their ears and that they must have heard it wrong.

Mr. Ba looks to be around 40 years old, but his actual age could make him their grandfather, which is actually the case.

How old is Li Xiucai? Even if they are close friends regardless of age difference, it is already a great honor for the Eighth Master to call him "younger friend". How could he possibly call Li Xiu, who is younger than him, "fourth brother"?

It was not until the Eighth Master called "Fourth Brother" affectionately again that Wan Chaoxin and the other two were sure that they had not heard wrong. They looked at the Eighth Master who was standing and Li Xiu who was sitting with strange eyes.

"Fourth brother, when did you come? Why didn't you inform me first so that I could host a banquet for you?" The Eighth Master called Li Xiu "Old Fourth Brother" in private, but when in public, he still called him "Fourth Brother" out of courtesy.

"I heard from them that the Heavenly Master of Changshengtian is extremely accurate in fortune-telling, so I just came here to watch the fun. I didn't expect that the Heavenly Master would be you, Old Eight." Li Xiu said with a smile.

"Old butler, please go and make some arrangements. There will be no fortune telling today. I have distinguished guests to entertain." The Eighth Master said to the butler behind him.

The butler left as soon as he was told, but the expressions of Wan Chaoxin, Mo Liu and Sun Gang became even weirder.

It seems that Li Xiu, the fourth brother, is not just a simple title. Judging from the performance of the Eighth Master, it seems that he respects Li Xiu very much.

There are probably not many people in Changshengtian who can be specially entertained by the Heavenly Master, who would not hesitate to drive away all the children of wealthy and powerful families who have been waiting outside for a long time.

"Could it be that Li Xiu only looks young, but is actually an old monster older than Master Ba?" Wan Chaoxin and the other two couldn't help but look at Li Xiu secretly. No matter how you look at him, he is just a young man, and his behavior is not like those old guys.

"Fourth brother, wait for me for a moment. After I help these guys with their fortune telling, I will accompany you to have a couple of drinks." After saying this, the Eighth Master turned to Wan Chaoxin and asked, "Whatever fortune telling you three want to do, write it down all at once. Originally, we weren't going to do fortune telling today, but since you guys came with Fourth Brother, I'll make an exception and do it for you."

"Thank you, Eighth Master..." After hearing what the three of them said and thanking Eighth Master, they all looked at Li Xiu, but for a moment they didn't know what to say.

Logically speaking, they would definitely say a few words of thanks to Li Xiu, but how should they say it? How should they address Li Xiu?

Eighth Master already called Li Xiu Fourth Brother, so it would definitely be inappropriate for them to call Li Xiu by his name, and they were unable to wrap their minds around it for a moment.

"Thank you, Chief Li." Wan Chaoxin was the one who reacted quickly. He was the first to realize it and still addressed Li Xiu by his position as before.

"Let Lao Ba tell you about your fortune first." Li Xiu said with a smile.

"Boy from the Wan Chao family, write a word first." The Eighth Master first said to Wan Chaoxin, because Wan Chaoxin came on behalf of the Wan Chao family and was also the grandson of Wan Chaochun, so the Eighth Master naturally had to give him priority.

Wan Chaoxin and Mo Liu didn't really pay attention to the word test. Their minds were full of "Fourth Brother" and "Eighth Brother".

Even after they left Tianshi Academy, all they could think of was the fawning expression on Mr. Ba's face when he faced Li Xiu.

Who is Ba Ye? The dean of the Tianshi Academy, the Tianshi who presides over the Tianshi who predicts the secrets of the sky once every sixty years. In order to wait for him to predict the secrets of the sky, the president would rather change the rule of predicting the secrets every sixty years than change the person.

It can be said that in Changsheng City, except for the president, the clan leaders, vice presidents, elders and general managers have to give Eighth Master some respect when they see him.

Such a person actually called Li Xiu "fourth brother" with a flattering look on his face, as if he was proud of it instead of being ashamed of it. This made Wan Chaoxin, Mo Liu and Li Gang suspect that the previous rumor that Li Xiu was the president's illegitimate son might not be groundless.

Who else but the president's son could be treated like this by the greedy and snobbish Mr. Ba?

"No wonder he dared to organize the Magic Spirit Competition. He became the director after entering Changshengtian and did not take the problems of the Magic Equipment Group seriously. So that's it..." Wan Chaoxin has already determined that Li Xiu is the president's illegitimate son.

Mo Liu and Sun Gang also thought so. After they left Tianshi Academy, they were considering a question: whether or not to tell Li Qingyi that Li Xiu might really be the president's illegitimate son.

After thinking it over, he decided not to tell Li Qingyi for the time being. After all, there was no real evidence. It would be fine to tell others, but Li Qingyi was the president's daughter. It would be terrible if the president heard about it.

The president must have his own considerations for not telling others Li Xiu's true identity. Mo Liu and Sun Gang don't want to be the one to break the window paper.

However, they have made up their minds to spend more time with Li Xiu in the future, and if Li Xiu's technical team has any problems, they will definitely help if they can.

In fact, they all misunderstood. The reason why Mr. Ba was so flattering to Li Xiu had nothing to do with the president.

It was because when he was guessing about Li Xiu before, his own Tiankewen Fu Light was blown up, which scared him.

When Li Xiu helped them out of trouble before, Mr. Ba just thought that Li Xiu might be a lucky person.

Although people with great luck are also very remarkable, Mr. Ba plays with luck and is not afraid of Li Xiu.

Although there are not many people with great luck, there will still be a few or even a dozen such people in an era. Having great luck does not mean that you are the one destined to be born; it is just a possibility.

At that time, the Eighth Master only wanted to make friends with Li Xiu. The people he really wanted to become sworn brothers with were Wan Chaochun and Tang Tianzhen.

But this time, when he was speculating on Li Xiu's fate, he actually exploded the Tiankewen Fu Guang. Mr. Ba knew that something was wrong and that there was a big problem with Li Xiu.

Mr. Ba wanted to find out Li Xiu's origins, but was also afraid that something might happen, so he looked at Li Xiu differently.

"Old Eight, are you doing well?" Li Xiu said with a smile at the dinner table.

"I am grateful to the president for not abandoning me. After so many years, he still chose to let me serve as the president of the Tianshi Academy and continue to preside over the work of predicting the celestial secrets. Others have given me some face, all thanks to the president." Mr. Ba said with a smile on his face.

"People who understand fortune-telling are different. How about you help me read the fortune and see how the fortune of my technician team is?" Li Xiu said casually.

"Fourth brother, there's no need to tell me about your fortune. I know a little bit about the Magic Equipment Group, so why don't I tell you about it?" The Eighth Master said with a wry smile. How could he dare to tell Li Xiu about his fortune? He was afraid that he would not live long enough.

"Okay, then tell me why I became the new chief and why the Magic Equipment Group is under my name again." Li Xiu was peeling peanuts while preparing to listen to the story.

"If you ask others about this, no one would dare to tell you. Only I can tell you something about it." The Eighth Master leaned closer to Li Xiu, sat down next to him, and whispered, "Fourth Brother, to be honest, I have contributed a lot to your becoming the Chief."

Li Xiu thought to himself, "You are a guy who tries to take all the credit for yourself. When I got the invitation card, you were still in jail at Good Luck Hill. What did it have to do with you?"

"What do you mean?" Li Xiu asked in surprise.

“This is a long story. It has to start from the last time I predicted the secrets of the universe…” Lao Ba actually told a very long story in detail.

The Tianshi Academy actually has no power and is usually only responsible for sacrificial ceremonies and the like. Its only business is to predict the celestial secrets once every sixty years.

Therefore, there are only a few people in Tianshi Academy. Apart from the Tianshi, there are usually only a few staff members. When there is a big event, people will be temporarily transferred from other places to help.

However, the history of Tianshi Academy is even longer than that of the Six Changsheng Groups. Tianshi Academy already existed when Changshengtian and the eight major families existed. It can be said that predicting the secrets of the celestial beings every sixty years is a tradition that has been passed down for thousands of years.

According to the rules, each Heavenly Master can only serve for a maximum of sixty years.

Each celestial prediction has to be completed by a different celestial master, but there have been a few accidents in the history of Changsheng City. Before the Eighth Master, there were a total of three celestial masters who presided over the celestial predictions two or three times.

The names of those three heavenly masters are all very famous. Even Li Xiu, who doesn't know much about Changshengtian, has heard of them, because they are also legendary figures in the history of the outside world.

Mr. Ba said all this to tell Li Xiu that he was one of these great men because he was going to host the second divination of the heavens.

Moreover, he is more powerful than the previous celestial masters. Those celestial masters only presided over three celestial predictions at most and lived longer.

But the president has never postponed the time for predicting the celestial secrets because of any heavenly master. He is the only one who can make the president postpone the time for several years and wait for him to predict the celestial secrets.

"Do you know why the president insisted on waiting for me to predict the future?" Mr. Ba said proudly.

"Why?" Li Xiu had no choice but to cooperate with him and asked.

"That's because something went wrong the last time I measured the secrets of the heavens, and I got a result that shouldn't have happened." Master Ba sighed, "It was because of that result that I left Changshengtian and explored secretly for decades. I finally found the house in Haoyunpo, but ended up being trapped inside for decades."

"What do you mean by a result that shouldn't have happened?" Li Xiu was really a little curious now.

"It's called predicting the celestial secrets, but actually, we already have a rough idea of ​​what we are going to predict and what the results will be before we predict the celestial secrets. The results on the day of predicting the celestial secrets are generally similar to the previous speculations. It can be said to be in line with the will of heaven, or it can be said to be guiding public opinion. Anyway, in the past, when there were major reforms or major events, they would be announced through predicting the celestial secrets..."

"So, predicting the destiny is just an excuse, just like the decline of two of the eight major families before, it was not due to heaven's will, but the chairman wanted them to decline?" Li Xiu understood what Lao Ba meant.

"That's probably what I mean. But I don't completely agree with the president's intention. After all, it's about predicting the future, and the fortune and misfortune will depend on destiny. I can only say that the president's previous decisions were not in conflict with destiny. But an accident happened when I was predicting the future last time, and the result I got was completely contrary to what the president wanted..." Lao Ba took a sip of wine with some depression.

"You've already been in this situation, does he still dare to let you host it a second time?" Li Xiu said with a smile.

"Do you think he doesn't want to replace me? It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that he can't. After that time of predicting the future, the president didn't dare to find someone else to be the celestial master to predict the future again." Mr. Ba laughed.

"Why?" Li Xiu asked curiously.

"A person who is immortal finds out that he may die. Don't you think it's strange? Would he dare to let others help him to test?" Mr. Ba said with a complicated expression.

"There's nothing strange about this. Even if you have the ability to live forever, it doesn't mean you won't be killed by others. What's so strange about this?" Li Xiu said.

"It seems that you don't understand the meaning of the four words 'eternal life' and 'immortality' at all. What you are talking about is called longevity, which just means living longer. It is not the same as immortality." Mr. Ba shook his head.

"You mean, the president is not only immortal, but also will never die?" Li Xiu couldn't believe it.

As far as he knew, there was no material in this world that was eternal and indestructible.

Of course, it may also be that his knowledge is shallow and he has not yet reached that level.

"Yes, that's what I mean. Anyway, you won't die no matter what. When I first presided over the prediction of the heavens, there was really nothing serious. The president suddenly had the idea to predict his lifespan." Mr. Ba lowered his voice and continued, "This person should not commit suicide. You are an immortal, why do you want to predict your lifespan? This is just asking for trouble."

"And you found out that the president is about to die?" Li Xiu looked at Mr. Ba in surprise and wonder.

"If the result was like that, I would have died right then." Mr. Ba laughed and said, "I didn't find out how long he would live, but I did find out that someone would kill him."

"Who will kill him?" Li Xiu became more and more curious.

"I don't know who it is, and I don't know when." Mr. Ba shook his head.

"Didn't you measure it out?" Li Xiu asked with a frown.

"The only result I got is the word 'Ling'. The one who killed him could be an evil spirit, a person with the surname 'Ling', or a person with the word 'Ling' in his name. There are too many possibilities..." said Mr. Ba.

"Your prediction of the future is too unreliable. Can the president believe this?" Li Xiu said with a smile.

"I don't know whether he believed it or not. Since then, he officially organized the magic outfit masters into a group. Although it is not a formal group, all the magic outfit masters belong to one group, and it is still managed by the Bai family, whom the president trusts the most." said Mr. Ba.

Li Xiu understood what Mr. Ba meant. Trial-takers are easily associated with the word "spiritual". They have evil spirits in their bodies and can even become super spiritual. In short, they have a lot to do with spirits.

But it’s different for magic armor masters. Apart from killing evil spirits, magic armor masters basically have nothing to do with the word "spiritual".

As for the word spiritual consciousness, it is actually called differently in different places, and more people call it mental power.

Perhaps the seeds of the president's desire to form a magic suit team were planted on that day.

"Didn't the president ask you to continue to test what the word "ling" means?" Li Xiu asked.

"How could I not be allowed to measure it? Unfortunately, measuring the secrets of the heavens is measuring the secrets of the heavens. It must be measured with the Heaven Refining Furnace. Otherwise, it is difficult to achieve such an effect. The Heaven Refining Furnace can only be used once every few decades. Without the Heaven Refining Furnace, I can't even measure a single word of the spirit..."

Mr. Ba said helplessly, "I couldn't figure out anything for a while, so the president ordered me to find the origin of the word 'ling'. I could only guess and deduce it, and I wandered around for decades. Finally, I found Good Luck Slope and met that incredible woman."