Chapter 78: Feng Shui Master

“Uncle Cheng, this way please. Waiter, hurry up and serve the dishes.” A wealthy-looking merchant climbed upstairs and respectfully guided a middle-aged man around fifty years old to a window seat.

This placed them directly facing Chen Xiyi. In his eyes, the man called Uncle Cheng seemed somewhat unusual.

‘Qi Refiner? No, not a Qi Refiner.’

[Cheng Zhen the Feng Shui Master, Health Points: 97%, Status: Puzzled, Surprised]

While Chen Xiyi was observing him, Cheng Zhen was also looking at Chen Xiyi. Especially when he saw Chen Xiyi’s facial features, his expression became extremely strange. Clearly, he had also noticed something unusual about Chen Xiyi.

Chen Xiyi smiled slightly, raised his wine cup in a toast, and drank it all in one go.

It was evident that this Feng Shui Master had real skills and was not one of those fraudulent Jianghu magicians.

However, probably because he lacked the aptitude to be a Qi Refiner, he had never been able to breathe and circulate Qi to nurture a Primordial Spirit. But his solid foundation allowed him, even without a Primordial Spirit, to perceive and influence the Qi Mechanism through other methods. This category belonged to the vast majority of supernatural methods. In other words, it should be considered a lower-tier profession compared to Qi Refiners.

If he could successfully master Qi Refinement and Spirit Cultivation, he could immediately become a pillar among Qi Refiners. One could say there were no bottlenecks for him to grow all the way to the Spirit Wandering stage.

This benefit came from his deep accumulation.

From his puzzled and surprised expression, he likely sensed that Chen Xiyi lacked Human Qi and Yang Qi. Instead, Chen Xiyi possessed Water Qi and Earth Qi. He probably thought Chen Xiyi was some kind of monster or ghost daring to boldly appear among crowds. But then he also detected the Purple Qi on Chen Xiyi, which made him unable to figure out the exact situation.

Purple Qi, an auspicious and noble Qi Mechanism, absolutely could not appear on monsters or ghosts. If a monster or ghost truly had Purple Qi, they would either die or be left with half a life.

However, since he seemed to have matters to discuss with the wealthy merchant, he didn’t pay further attention to Chen Xiyi, merely keeping him in mind.

Chen Xiyi naturally also took note. Judging by the other’s ability, he must have undergone systematic learning and possessed corresponding knowledge – exactly what Chen Xiyi needed.

He clicked to view the other’s abilities and was somewhat surprised.

[Ability 1: Art of I Ching Divination]

[Ability 2: Feng Shui Geomancy]

Chen Xiyi hadn’t expected Cheng Zhen to also possess the Art of I Ching Divination ability. He thought it was unique to that Dao-Integrating Eternal in the heavens.

Now he understood. This was likely an ability formed from the knowledge of Qi Refiners. Probably similar to how all the young ladies in the Great Li Kingdom possessed the Needlework ability, it was an ability acquired through learning.

As for Feng Shui Geomancy, it was most likely an ability derived from the Art of I Ching Divination.

‘It seems I might have misjudged the Dao-Integrating Eternal.’

He previously thought the other’s Art of I Ching Divination ability might just be filler, but now it appeared it should be the core ability, even the core ability for all Qi Refiners, just like his own Qi Sensitivity.

An ability that everyone possesses doesn’t necessarily mean it’s common; instead, it often indicates it’s an essential, must-have ability.

The three abilities of that Dao-Integrating Eternal were probably all developed from this Art of I Ching Divination.

Although the Art of I Ching Divination was displayed, it didn’t mean everyone’s ability was identical. There were differences, but the Home Game just didn’t present or categorize those distinctions.

If converted into levels, Chen Xiyi estimated that if Cheng Zhen was level 10, then the Dao-Integrating Eternal was likely level 100 or even 1000.

Otherwise, how could they achieve Dao Harmony and become an Immortal Being?

Only with extremely high proficiency in the Art of I Ching Divination could one develop abilities like Breath Eating for Longevity, Spirit and Dao Union, and others.

If it were someone else, how could they possibly have such abilities?

Chen Xiyi quietly listened to the conversation between Cheng Zhen and the wealthy merchant. He gathered some information: essentially, the merchant felt something strange had been happening lately at home and wanted Cheng Zhen to check the Feng Shui.

From their words, Chen Xiyi learned that Cheng Zhen seemed to be a famous Feng Shui Master in the surrounding villages. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be respectfully called Uncle Cheng.

Regarding Feng Shui Masters, if they were truly famous, they would be invited for weddings, funerals, festivals, sacrifices, and other events.

These were all abilities within the Art of I Ching Divination. Cheng Zhen seemed to know them all, and he was particularly skilled in Feng Shui. Otherwise, the Feng Shui Geomancy ability wouldn’t have appeared.

However, Chen Xiyi did not possess these skills. Even if he knew some, he was only a dilettante. He had only read the “Book of Changes,” and at most combined it with the somewhat ambiguous knowledge points formed from the books collected in the Great Li Kingdom.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiyi sighed. To be honest, this Home Game had a characteristic of setting things up but not following through.

If the Zhou Tian Qi Circulation module were placed on any random Qi Refiner, it might produce another Dao-Integrating Eternal.

But placed on a sandbox Player like Chen Xiyi, it was quite troublesome. He only got one Qi Sensitivity skill, and it was just a single skill, not a skill tree.

This meant if Chen Xiyi wanted to fully develop the Zhou Tian Qi Circulation module, he had to learn everything himself, understand it thoroughly, and then practice it, etc.

Fortunately, although the Primordial Spirit attribute didn’t increase his intelligence or emotional intelligence, it allowed him to learn more efficiently and think more agilely. Even though the current boost was minimal, Chen Xiyi could feel it. At least he felt he learned things faster than before.

He could also analyze more from the “Book of Changes.”

It was precisely because of this that Chen Xiyi judged that once Cheng Zhen successfully mastered Qi Refinement and Spirit Cultivation, he could quickly become a pillar among Qi Refiners.

If Chen Xiyi could derive so much from just one “Book of Changes,” someone with a systematic knowledge base certainly wouldn’t be inferior to him.

Of course, the Primordial Spirit was an insurmountable gap between Qi Refiners and non-Qi Refiners. Otherwise, why would there be only about a hundred Qi Refiners in this world?

If it were that easy to succeed, the number of Qi Refiners certainly wouldn’t be so small, to say the least.

‘Wait, those Foreigners being so well-behaved… could it be related to these Qi Refiners?’ Chen Xiyi narrowed his eyes as this thought suddenly occurred to him.

Otherwise, why would those Foreigners, possessing numerous firearms, choose to trade instead of directly colonizing? Wouldn’t colonization be better?

Having strong military power, yet acting timidly and very obediently giving up such a big piece of fat meat – it didn’t seem normal no matter how you looked at it.

Apart from being severely beaten by the Qi Refiners and then becoming docile, Chen Xiyi couldn’t think of any other possibility.

‘If these Qi Refiners have such intentions, then why do they allow the Warlords to fight chaotically instead of reunifying the country?’