Beipai Tomb Raiders Notes

Chapter 607 Divination by Gods and Divination by Ghosts

"Let's see who dares!"

At the same time, the family head, Jiang Huize, pointed angrily at the one-eyed man and shouted, "Fourth brother! Have you considered the consequences of doing this! Colluding with outsiders behind my back is tantamount to betraying the Chamber of Commerce! Betraying the entire family!"

Faced with the stern rebuke, a hint of hesitation appeared in the eyes of the one-eyed man who was leading the group.

"Don't hesitate! I'll take full responsibility for the consequences! Fire!" Jiang Zhaoxue shouted as if she had lost control of her emotions.

At this extremely tense moment, I suddenly felt a chill on my forehead.

The moon was high in the sky tonight, and it started raining without any warning.

Before my eyes, I saw no more than six men reach into their robes and pull out a small copper bell.

She flicked her wrist, shaking the bell.

The sound was clear and melodious, yet also had a hint of sharpness.

The rain intensified rapidly, and the sound of rain and bells mingled together, creating a peculiar sound that made one feel a tightness in the chest and a dizziness in the head.

"Head??"

The next second, everyone around me disappeared, as if they had vanished into thin air. A screen wall appeared in front of me, surrounded by almost solid darkness.

"Get the head!!"

I bit my tongue hard, but it was no use. I could see and hear nothing except for a screen wall directly in front of me.

I pulled out the knife and held it in my hand. I was very nervous, and sweat started to bead on my forehead. I didn't know what was going on. The scene in front of me was likely related to the black light or the bell sound from before.

"who!!"

I felt a hand tap my shoulder, and I immediately turned around.

There was no one behind him.

Suddenly, I heard a "creak, creak" sound.

A wooden stroller emerged from the darkness, but Liu was sitting inside with his head down.

It was very strange and frightening. Her silver hair hung down, almost touching the ground, and she was sitting motionless in the car, like a large wooden puppet.

I swallowed hard and reached for the gun hidden at my waist.

"Child, do you want to live?" she asked me, sitting in the stroller with her head down.

She calls me "kid," but considering our ages, it's not a problem for her to call me that.

"Yes," I replied.

"Child, do you want to live?"

She asked me again.

"I...I don't want to die! I want to live!"

"Answer me a question."

"it is good!"

"You hadn't seen the blueprints here before, so how did you find the life gate?"

"I guessed... no, I... two years ago, I happened to see a star chart. I memorized the positions of the stars in the six-layered disc. That night, in a moment of panic, I copied it, using blood instead of water, and with a thin, magnetic wire, I managed to push out the positions."

She slowly raised her head from inside the wooden cart.

Even from a distance of several meters, I could see that her eyes seemed to have turned black.

"I see. It's Xuan Kong Feng Shui. When did you look at that star chart?"

"About two years ago," I answered truthfully.

"If you want to master Xuan Kong Feng Shui, you must start from the basics before the age of nine. You have no foundation and are already past the age, yet you were able to comprehend it by accident. It seems that this is also the will of God."

I thought she was interested in the celestial chart tattoos, so I quickly said, "If you're interested, I can draw them from memory. They're all etched in my mind! The only condition is that you let me and the leader leave this place."

Her eyes changed, and her expression turned cold.

I suddenly remembered what Uncle Cha had told me the day before yesterday: he told me not to reveal anything about the Celestial Star Technique to anyone.

A smile appeared on her lips.

"There is nothing in this world that can interest me anymore. The Xuan Kong Feng Shui diagrams passed down from the Imperial Observatory are nothing special to me."

“Child, you have weak ties with your family. If you don’t change your fate, you will be lonely and miserable in this life. But you have a kind of luck with you. It is easy to kill a person with feng shui, but killing a person with luck will affect my cultivation.”

I didn't fully understand what she said, something about personal luck, but I could tell she meant she was going to let me off the hook.

I immediately wanted to kneel down, but then I remembered my master. I cautiously asked, "Then, my master, senior, could you spare him as well?"

She immediately shook her head: "Only you can leave. Everyone else has to stay here, and even if you can leave tonight, you might not live long."

"What do you mean, senior?"

"You'll find out what I mean later."

Seeing that I quietly put my hand behind my waist, she said slowly, "I advise you not to try anything, not to have any illusions. As I just said, more than ten years ago, when Zhaoxue was just learning to walk, I foresaw everything that would happen tonight. You are waiting for me, but actually I am also waiting for you."

“I know everything, I understand everything, I have calculated everything. I should have died long ago. Birth, old age, sickness and death cannot affect me. The King of Hell wants to take my life but cannot find me. You have no hope.”

Hearing this, I nearly collapsed. I didn't even know if the person speaking to me and all of this were real.

Regardless of what happened before, self-esteem became completely useless at this moment.

I believe that my understanding of the world surpasses that of some of my peers, but at this moment, facing this frail, centenarian with silver hair, I feel that we are not on the same level.

What this kind of person can do effortlessly, I could never accomplish even a fraction of in my entire life! Just as she said, she already knew everything! She understood everything, she calculated everything! No matter how strong one's intelligence is, there is no way to deal with this kind of person! Because this kind of person is outside the rules, much like the so-called reclusive master often mentioned.

I knelt down and said, "Senior, I promised my companions before I came that I would protect the leader. If something happens to the leader, I will not leave. I will not be able to face them when I go back."

She said expressionlessly, "Suit yourself. You can choose a secluded spot on this mountain to end it all."

"it is good."

He respectfully kowtowed to the other party.

Taking advantage of their momentary lapse in concentration, I instantly pulled out the gun I had concealed.

"Old hag! Go to hell!"

Without hesitation, I pulled the trigger instantly.

The next second, I looked at my right hand in disbelief.

I definitely touched the gun! I definitely pulled the trigger!

But his hands were empty.

Where's my gun!

At this moment, Liu, sitting on the small wooden cart, said calmly, "Do you think this is real? No, it's just a dream."

"Senior, please don't misunderstand! I just want to shake your hand! A highly accomplished person like you has attained enlightenment and is no longer an ordinary person! I thought that if I had the honor of touching your delicate hand, I might be able to live ten years longer!"

However, Liu's expression turned strange after hearing this, and she stretched out her right hand to look at it.

"Slender, delicate hands... Ha, ha ha ha!"

She suddenly threw her head back and burst into laughter.

I was sweating profusely and hurriedly said, "Those are delicate hands! Senior, you take such good care of yourself! I know many young girls whose skin is not as good as yours! Putting everything else aside, just look at your hands, they look like they belong to someone who plays the piano, at most in their early twenties."

"Hahaha!"

The next second, the laughter stopped abruptly.

However, Liu squinted at me and said, "I am a man."

"Man...man, are you a man?"

"good."

"Actually, I could tell you were a man long ago, senior! Just now, four birds pulled the cart! They were so majestic when they came! I could feel that fierce and domineering aura from five miles away! Only a reclusive master like you could have such a manly presence!"

"Hehe, I haven't laughed in a long time. You're an interesting kid. I'm thinking of changing my mind."

I immediately exclaimed with delight, "Then senior is planning to let me and my master go?"

She shook her head: "I want to take your life and keep your three souls and three spirits so you can talk to me on ordinary days."

"Absolutely not!"

I said urgently, "Senior, if you need someone to talk to, I can stay! Just let my master go! I'll stay on this mountain and talk to you for the rest of my life!"

He suddenly let out a long sigh.

I didn't know why he sighed, but I heard him recall: "Your personality is somewhat similar to that of my senior brother. When he was young, he was just like you. Relying on his newly acquired skills, he spoke recklessly, calculating the heavens, the earth, and people. Because he revealed too many heavenly secrets, he caused his master to die tragically. After that, he changed his personality and became very sparing with his words. That's why he later earned the reputation of being a divine diviner who could not be more than five years old."

"At that time, in order to prove my ability, I was at odds with my senior brother, so I gave myself the nickname 'Ghost Divination No More Than Six'."

He slowly raised his head, his eyes seemingly moist.

“I have been waiting for you. I have been waiting for eighty years. How much longer do you want me to wait?”

"Senior brother, why haven't you shown up to pick me up yet?"