Chapter 124: Reversing Yin and Yang
Chapter 124: Reversing Yin and Yang
Hearing this, the scholar shifted his bottom and cast a timid glance under the bridge.
Water ghosts were always feared by the local villagers.
Lin Yuan smiled slightly. Spirits and monsters also sought good fortune and avoided calamity. Why would they target someone with a star-destined fate? That would be like courting death.
His Dharma Eye gazed at the scholar for a moment before he spoke.
“Scholar, I see no illness or calamity upon you. Your body is robust, and you should live at least ninety years. Why do you curse yourself with an early death?”
Hearing this, the scholar looked over. Seeing the dark-robed Taoist before him flick his fingers, causing a purple glow to shimmer, his expression changed dramatically. “Taoist, you can also divine fortunes!”
Lin Yuan did not reply. Purple Star Astrology excelled at reading the heavens’ secrets, but it primarily focused on the changes in the fortunes of the Dragon Court. It did not emphasize personal fate much.
Moreover, Lin Yuan had also discovered that this method of reading the heavens had side effects.
Just now, when he employed Purple Star Astrology to glimpse a part of this scholar’s fate, he clearly sensed a sliver of his own destiny and Virtue Merit draining away.
Lin Yuan felt cautious. Such methods should not be used lightly, or they would damage one’s foundation and hinder one’s own Dao path.
However, with his Primordial Divine Demon Dao Body, as long as he exercised some restraint, it shouldn’t cause too much trouble.
Over there, the scholar spoke.
“Taoist, even if you can divine fortunes, how could you know of disasters, whether natural or man-made?”
He sighed mournfully. “Taoist, actually, I am from the outskirts of the Divine Capital. My family is fairly well-off. Usually, though we aren’t particularly charitable, we haven’t done any evil deeds. Yet, disaster struck out of nowhere. I merely showed a moment of soft-heartedness and rescued a bewitching woman, and from then on, misfortune has followed me endlessly!”
Seeing Lin Yuan remain expressionless but listening attentively, the scholar continued with a sorrowful face.
“First, a bunch of fierce and menacing people came to my door, provoking me repeatedly. Nearly all my family wealth was lost, my family fell into ruin, and I was badly beaten again. This time, they even cast a curse on me, saying that if I don’t reach Lingyun Temple, a thousand miles away, within ten days, I will surely die!”
Hatred and helplessness filled his eyes.
“Now, there are only three days left until the deadline, but this place is still hundreds of miles away from Lingyun Temple.”
“I’m afraid it’s not just that. The pursuers behind you will arrive very soon!”
Lin Yuan looked toward the edge of the town.
Hearing this, the scholar widened his eyes in surprise, looking Lin Yuan up and down.
“Taoist, you truly have some skill! Indeed, there is a group of people relentlessly chasing me. Those people can divine fortunes; no matter where I run, they always catch up quickly!”
“If not for a protective charm given to me by my wife—no, that bewitching woman—I would have been caught by those pursuers long ago!”
“Right now, I simply can’t run anymore! So…”
The scholar looked at Lin Yuan with a gaze full of intense desire to survive.
“…”
Lin Yuan inwardly scoffed, though his expression still showed some surprise. Cultivators generally possessed unusually strong spiritual senses. Even though this scholar carried a treasure to conceal his aura, allowing him to evade pursuit so many times, he wasn’t just somewhat fated; he also had some cleverness.
Considering the dormant Dragon Qi in Lin Manor and the Martial Arts Star fate upon the scholar, Lin Yuan’s gaze flickered slightly. He extended a hand.
A strand of profound light, distinct in black and white, serene and deep, appeared. In an instant, it transformed into a crystalline jade talisman in his palm, clear in its Qian-Kun nature, with the Taiji’s twin fish lively and agile.
As this transparent jade talisman appeared, it seemed to briefly reverse the surrounding energy flow, causing it to become disordered and chaotic.
Lin Yuan looked at this talisman. It was a Reversal Jade Talisman refined through the method of Reversing Yin and Yang. Anyone who wore it would be difficult to see through in a short time, unless their skill in reading heavenly secrets surpassed his own.
The scholar watched this scene in astonishment. This Taoist before him was clearly also a cultivator, but judging by appearances, he probably still lagged behind those people chasing him.
“Wear this item. I will also teach you a method that will surely help you shake off your pursuers!”
Hearing this, the scholar looked at Lin Yuan with suspicion. Though half-believing and half-doubting, he still took the jade talisman. Immediately, Lin Yuan had the scholar run under the nearby arched bridge and instructed him to sit on a broken wooden plank.
At the same time, Lin Yuan used a dagger to cut the scholar’s finger and drew a circle of blood around his neck with it.
Meanwhile, outside Sanhe Town.
Two figures rode the wind, moving like dark shadows from the mountains. In an instant, they appeared atop a mountain peak, looking at the neighboring villages and towns before them. One of the figures’ expressions changed slightly.
It was a one-eyed old Taoist with a mustache shaped like the character “eight.” He held a long banner that emitted an obscure and eerie aura.
“Old Taoist Suyun, what’s wrong?”
Beside him, another exceptionally tall and burly Taoist looked at the old Taoist who had suddenly stopped, puzzled.
“Strange, strange. This kid is underground, on water, sitting on wood, with Yin energy swirling around him. Has this scholar already died?”
The one-eyed Taoist looked utterly bewildered, muttering to himself while repeatedly performing calculations with his hands.
“Hmm, there’s also a lingering sharp energy. His neck is cut—was he robbed and killed by bandits on the road?”
“Dead?!”
The tall Taoist beside him was startled, his eyes flashing with doubt.
“My Great Deduction Divine Calculation—don’t you trust it?” The one-eyed old Taoist looked somewhat displeased. Hearing this, the tall Taoist furrowed his brows but quickly suppressed his reaction.
The one-eyed old Taoist’s Great Deduction Divine Calculation was indeed miraculous. They had lost track many times along the way, but thanks to the one-eyed old Taoist’s deductions, they hadn’t gone in the wrong direction.
The one-eyed Taoist looked certain as he spoke to the tall Taoist.
“This kid must have stayed at some black-market inn and been robbed. Let’s go. Since he’s dead, we only need to focus on dealing with that female cultivator!”
Such a situation wasn’t impossible. That scholar was weak and defenseless. If he encountered a black-market inn and was robbed, it wasn’t unlikely!
The two figures glanced at the villages and towns ahead before turning and leaving.
…
At the same time, on a mountain hundreds of miles away from the Divine Capital, in a dilapidated mountain god temple, streams of jade-green light flowed around, subtly blending with the surrounding ancient, dense forest.
Boom!
Vaguely, several brilliant rays of light fiercely bombarded the magical barrier constructed by patches of jade-green talismanic scripts, causing it to shake violently.
At this moment, a beautiful woman with a phoenix hairdo, dressed in a green robe, paled slightly. A trace of blood seeped from the corner of her mouth as she glanced at the barrier outside the mountain god temple.
“This barrier can only hold for ten days. I hope my husband can reach Lingyun Temple within ten days!”
Yet, thinking of the scholar, the green-robed woman still felt worried. Although she had sent him away in advance, this journey was extremely dangerous.
But in that instant, the green-robed girl’s fair face turned pale.
“My husband’s aura has disappeared. Could it be that he has already met with misfortune?”
In that moment, she could no longer sense the energy of the treasure on her husband’s body!
…
“Taoist, can I move now? You aren’t tricking me, are you?”
By now, under the Baxia Stone Bridge, Li Wei’s bottom was starting to feel uncomfortable from sitting. He squirmed left and right, groaning softly, like a spinning top.