Chapter 24: Qi-Reading and the True Great Array

Early that morning, we were to set off for the Black Rock Miao village. Looking at the Moon Weir Miao village where I had lived for half a year, and the stilted house where Ruoxue lived, I couldn’t help but feel a strange mixture of emotions.

This journey will be a long one, and the beautiful scenery will be gone…

All that remains for me and Ru Xue is one movie a year.

I didn’t see Ru Xue until I reached the entrance of the village. My melancholy was written on my face. My master came up to me and said, “You can’t avoid fate when it comes, and you can’t hold on to it when it goes. The only thing you can do is to be at peace with it. A memory is enough. You know, some things can’t be measured by time. For example, even if someone has been in your life for ten years, you may not have any memories of them. So, it’s really enough.”

I was silent. It was enough, I really had too many expectations! Isn’t every day with her an eternity? No one can change the days I have spent with her, because they exist in eternity, like history that cannot be erased.

However, Master is still luckier than me, as he can often do whatever he wants with Grandma Ling Qing, because she has no sisters and only one brother, who is the grandfather of Ru Xue and Ru Yue. According to the agreement with the department, only Ru Yue can appear in public.

Speaking of Ru Yue, the girl said she went to Beijing and never came back. Is she okay?

With a heavy heart, I finally left Yueyan Miao Village.

No one expected that after we left the mountains where the Yueyan Miao village was located, we would meet Ru Yue at the entrance to the mountains.

Ru Yue, who had spent half a year in Beijing, seemed to have erased all traces of being a Miao girl, and looked more like a real modern girl.

When I saw her, she was leaning against a tree by the side of the road, with her hair tied up in a ponytail, wearing the most fashionable T-shirt, jeans, and a very fashionable cotton coat, carrying a large bag, just standing there.

I didn’t recognize her at first, but she spotted Ling Qing’s grandmother and ran over to her, hugging her and calling her grandma. Seeing her dressed like that, Ling Qing’s grandmother asked, “Are you planning to never go back to the village?”

“Yes, but I’ll be going back less often. It’s been fun being outside. After we’ve finished cleaning up Black Rock, I won’t be afraid to be outside anymore.” Ru Yue said crisply. She never looked at me once, and I swallowed my anger.

Many things that you think will never change have already changed without you noticing. Although deep down I know that some of my feelings for Ru Yue will never change.

We didn’t waste any time, and under the specially arranged transportation, we quickly arrived at the town closest to the Black Rock Miao Village. In the town, I unexpectedly saw Uncle Wang and Sister Chengzhen. Could it be that this time, our lineage would send out three people?

As if he could see my confusion, my master said, “When it comes to setting up a formation, don’t think that our Shan Zi line is the most powerful. The real power is in the Xiang Zi line.

I really didn’t know that. Master shook his head and said to me, “The mountain-character lineage’s formations are a bit petty. They only change a small part of the qi field, and they can never form a truly great formation.”

“Master, does the Thunder-attracting Array you set up in the deserted village not count as a great array?” I thought that array was already beyond my understanding. What effect would a bigger array have?

“That’s not a big formation. A real big formation can obviously change the feng shui of a ten-mile radius, or even a town or city, in a short period of time. It can turn the feng shui of a place upside down within a few years.” At this point, the master paused and whispered to me, “Even the feng shui of a country.”

“Isn’t that too much against the will of heaven?” Although it is said that one’s life, luck and feng shui are all determined by fate, I know from what I have learned from Master Wang that if a person’s life is determined by feng shui, then feng shui is more important than life.

What is “big geomancy”? Big geomancy implies the laws of nature, that is, the natural formation of mountains, rivers and even the direction of every blade of grass and tree, which is also the geomancy laid down by the heavens! Big geomancy can only be used, it is difficult to change. If someone really wants to change the big geomancy against the will of heaven, then the karma he bears cannot be repaid in three lifetimes, and it will even affect many people who will have to bear this karma in many lifetimes.

The great formation that the master was talking about, was it to change the great geomancy? I looked at the master with some concern.

“To deal with the Black Rock Miao Village, it is not necessary to change the big feng shui. Even if you change the cause and effect of ordinary little feng shui, it is not something that your uncle Wang can bear. What is the most powerful move of the Xiangzi pulse? The art of reading qi! Seeing the acupuncture points where the qi of feng shui gathers, using certain means to change the direction of the flow of feng shui, this can only be considered to be using, not changing. The real change is to completely break the feng shui.” Master explained to me.

I understand that the small feng shui here is also based on natural feng shui, but the scope is very limited, and it is also difficult to bear the consequences.

I also know about the art of reading the aura. Uncle Wang once told me that my spiritual acumen made me a good candidate for learning the art of reading the aura. Unfortunately, this art is the most refined of all the arts of the Xiangzi school, and it takes more than a year or two to master it. It takes a lifetime to understand it, so he was very sorry that he could not teach me, and could only teach me some of the basics, which I could use in conjunction with my third eye.

I understand that the art of divination is not ordinary.

But the Heiyan Miao Village is so insignificant that it needs Uncle Wang to personally set up the great formation, and even use the art of reading the air and natural feng shui.

While I was talking to my master, Uncle Wang had already walked up to us. He had the same sad face, and as soon as he saw me, he said, “Kid, have you experienced the feeling of not getting what you want, or getting what you want but not getting along with it?”

I looked at my uncle in silence. Unlike my master, my uncle’s “maliciousness” lies in the fact that he likes to bring up the pot that doesn’t open. I don’t know if it’s because he has seen too many people’s faces, but he often leaves a lingering effect. In short, he can often say something that will make you feel pain in your heart.

But this uncle still told me with conviction that this is also a kind of spiritual cultivation, to talk about sorrow and misfortune directly, that is an open-minded attitude, an attitude of trampling fate underfoot.

But is this the way to cultivate your heart? To talk about other people’s sorrows and misfortunes head-on is to put them down, isn’t it?

Seeing me silent, Uncle Wang laughed and wanted to say more. When Sister Chengzhen came over, she said to Uncle Wang with dissatisfaction, “Master, don’t bully my brother.”

“Okay, okay, okay, this elbow is turning outward…” Uncle Wang looked heartbroken, but my master kicked him in the butt and asked directly, “How is the big formation?”

When it came to this topic, Uncle Wang became serious. He said to my master, “Maybe it won’t achieve the effect you expected. After all, this feng shui can only be used, it can’t be changed. But it’s still done, and it has about 70% of the effect you expected.”

Master said thoughtfully, “70% is enough. This operation must be a lightning strike, otherwise the consequences are really unpredictable.”

Uncle Wang sighed and said to Master: “Brother, don’t put too much pressure on yourself. If it weren’t for the involvement of that organization in the Black Rock Miao Village, the country might not have taken it so seriously and let them exist for another few decades. It’s just that they brought this on themselves and can’t live.”

“A few more decades? That’s unlikely. The bugs have evolved to a terrifying degree. You only see the surface. It’s because of the organization involved. In fact, the evolution of the bugs is the real reason why the country is killing them.” Master said.

Master Wang was appointed to set up the great formation at the last minute. He had not had time to discuss the core issues with Master, but when he heard what Master said, he could not help but change his expression. He asked, “Brother, are you sure? How far has it progressed?”

The master sighed and said, “This is what Sanwa saw with his own eyes. Are you serious or not?”

While talking, the master led Uncle Wang into the back room, leaving me and Sister Chengzhen standing outside. They were avoiding talking to us. I was very surprised. It seemed that my master and Uncle Wang knew a lot about bugs, but I could only wonder why the master didn’t want to tell me.

This makes me very unhappy. Is my master still like this? He likes to hide things from me, or tell me half of the truth. He used to protect me because he was afraid I would be in danger, but now? Why is all of this happening?

I had already decided that this time I would ask for an explanation no matter what. Thinking this, I simply strode to the door of the inner room, pushed it open, and stood before my master, who was somewhat stunned.