In the quiet room, Ji Ping'an raised his hand and placed three copper coins on the table in front of him to indicate the hexagram.
Although the essence of his divination is to use astrology, the superficial skills also need to be sufficient. There are many methods of divination in Taoism. For example, in temples, the most common method is to shake the lotus tube and interpret the lotus.
There are also methods of "telling fortunes" commonly used by street "magic fortunetellers"... Ji Ping'an chose one of the common methods: six lines.
The little lady murmured, nervously closing her legs, holding back the tears in her eyes, and said:
"How...how to do it?"
He's a young child... He lacked experience in divination before?
Well... At this age, in the past, divination was mostly done by parents and elders at home... Ji Ping'an was not surprised and said with a smile:
"Hold these three copper coins in the palm of your hand, clasp your hands tightly, think about what you are measuring, put your palms together, shake them, and throw them into the plate, back and forth six times, and you are done."
After a pause, he pointed to the pen and paper next to him:
"You also need to write down your husband's birth date."
The front is a cover, but the back is the key. The time of birth of each person corresponds to the position in the star chart, which is the so-called "fate star".
The popular divination method on earth also involves observing the astrolabe, looking at the sun, moon, rising constellation, etc.
Of course, those are fake, and the magic of the "Star Official" path is real.
Ji Ping'an just borrowed some terms from the astrology of the earth.
"good!"
The little lady named 'Honggu' listened blankly. She first went to get the copper coins, then put them down, picked up the brush a little awkwardly, and wrote the eight characters.
These days, most people are not literate, or in other words, they are not literate enough.
But as the largest city in the south of the Yangtze River, Yuhang has a prosperous literary style and a better literacy rate, especially the birth date is not complicated. After Hong Gu finished writing.
He picked up three yellow copper coins in his hands, clasped his hands together, closed his eyes tightly, and silently recited the safety and location of his husband piously.
Shaking his wrist: "Hua Hua Hua..."
As if worried about being insincere, she shook it for a while before throwing it into the hexagram plate in front of her.
One front and two back.
Ji Pingan wrote it into symbols using "terminology" and copied it on paper.
Hong Gu shook it a second time, this time it was three tails.
the third time……
the fourth time……
Until the end of the six times, Ji Ping'an spread the paper full of symbols and the birthday note in front of him, without flipping through the divination book on his right.
Close your eyes and do calculations.
In fact, he is running "astrology" secretly, using the "birthday horoscope" and the woman in front of him who is closely related to the missing bodyguard as a "medium" to perform astrology.
His eyes were blurry at first, and then gradually became clear. Ji Ping'an "saw" pictures from the starlight everywhere.
On a rugged official road, an escort team was ambushed, and arrows were suddenly shot out from the forest.
In the sound of "swish", blood spurted out.
A tall and thin young man with a birthmark on his neck used the carriage to hide.
When a wave of arrows fell, dozens of warriors with black scarves covering their faces and holding steel swords jumped out of the forest and came to fight with the bodyguards.
Among this group of people, there was more than one practicing martial artist, who immediately defeated a group of mortal bodyguards, causing screams and wailing.
The young man witnessed with his own eyes that the "dart head" was split in half with a knife.
In the dusk, there was a fountain of blood, and the souls of the dead suddenly emerged, taking advantage of the chaos to turn around and run away.
Fortunately, those people seemed to only care about escorting the goods and had no strong will to pursue them. The young escort was in danger, but he finally managed to get into the woods, escape from the battlefield, spread his legs, and ran as fast as he could.
The scene changes.
In the morning fog, Ji Ping'an "saw" the silhouette of Yuhang East City Gate in front of him. Extremely exhausted, the embarrassed bodyguard numbly dragged his legs towards the city gate, but finally lost his strength and passed out in the grass by the roadside. .
At this time, the picture was about to shatter, but Ji Ping'an forced the escort as a medium to try to divine the origin of the group of thieves.
As the picture was distorted, he first vaguely saw a figure sitting cross-legged in the room.
But before he could see clearly, an indescribable force arbitrarily cut off the information transmitted by the starlight.
"Peng!"
The picture is like a fallen mirror, shattered and disintegrated.
Ji Ping'an felt a blur in front of his eyes. He opened his eyes and saw that he was surrounded by a Jingzhai shop. Coins and hexagram books were placed on the table. The breeze blew in and the edges of the two papers shook slightly.
The young lady was looking at him expectantly and anxiously:
"Is...is there any result? Is my husband good or bad?"
Huh... Ji Ping'an exhaled silently and frowned slightly.
Sure enough, it makes sense to choose to open a shop here. Behind the person who robbed the escort is definitely a practitioner of a high level.
Otherwise, it will not be forcibly interrupted.
Seeing that Hong Gu had a worried look on her face and pursed her lips tightly, it was obvious that she might have misunderstood. Ji Ping An calmed down his thoughts and said with a smile:
"Your husband-in-law has a birthmark on his neck?"
He pointed to a spot on his neck.
Hong Gu's eyes widened suddenly and she looked at him in shock. After a long while, she stammered:
"Yes, he was born in his mother's womb... Do you know him?!"
As soon as the words came out of her mouth, she realized something was wrong.
Not to mention, she never mentioned her husband's name, nor even the name of the escort agency.
Before she came here, she had asked the owner of the divination shop, and even the owner who came from Zhongzhou a few days ago did not have time to learn these details by asking the neighbors.
But...if not, could it really be calculated? Can you calculate your appearance just by counting your horoscopes?
Ji Pingan smiled and said:
"He is still alive, but unfortunately he suffered a bloody disaster. He tried his best to escape, but he fainted outside the East City Gate due to lack of physical strength. You can look for more people and search along the north side of the East City Gate for three miles. Inside, among the grass, you can find him.”
Can this be counted? !
Hong Gu stood up suddenly, the gentle lady's face was full of excitement and disbelief:
"Sir, is it true...that my husband-in-law is outside the city?"
Although she had asked for divination only rarely, she also knew that no fortune teller had ever given such a conclusive answer.
Ji Ping'an said calmly: "If we go too late, it's hard to say whether we can still survive."
Hong Gu was so excited that she didn't dare to delay, like a drowning person grasping at the last straw.
He hurriedly grabbed ten cents, put it on the table, thanked him profusely, then picked up his skirt and ran towards the entrance of Laoliu Street.
Ji Ping'an didn't stop him either. He had obtained some clues through divination and could slowly investigate.
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On the other side, Honggu ran out of the street, hurriedly turned the corner, got into the alley, and circled around to reach her yard.
He opened the door suddenly and saw an old couple weaving baskets in the courtyard, with sad faces.
"Father, mother... I know the whereabouts of my husband." Hong Gu said.
The old couple dropped the bamboo basket in surprise and wanted to ask, but Honggu only said that they were outside the city and had been given guidance by an expert.
The old man was doubtful, but he didn't dare to delay because the dead horse was still alive. He hurriedly hitched the donkey cart and the group of people drove out of the city.
Hong Gu was worried about gains and losses along the way. She also didn't completely believe it. She just thought that the fortune teller had opened a shop and couldn't escape. If it was fake, she would have to come and ask for details.
In panic, the donkey cart left the east city gate, and the family searched along the north side. Just two miles out, Honggu suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure in the grass. She walked over anxiously and exclaimed:
"Dad! Mom! I'm here!"
The old couple hurried over and were shocked. They took out a water bag and poured it on the face of the unconscious escort, who then woke up slowly.
Looking blankly at the faces of his family, he was puzzled at first and suspected that he was in a dream. It was not until he confirmed the truth that two lines of tears flowed down:
"I'm back."
Hong Gu's eyes turned red, she covered her mouth and cried.
But because he was worried about his parents being present, he couldn't throw himself into the arms of the prime minister, crying and laughing. Immediately, the young man sitting in the hall with a smile suddenly appeared in his mind.
What the fortune teller said was true...he actually calculated everything...
No, that is not a "fortune teller", it is clearly a "god", a living god walking in the mortal world.
she thought in awe and gratitude.
This mood finally calmed down after the family drove the donkey cart back to the courtyard, and the young escort drank several bowls of porridge and stuffed his stomach with several eggs.
The old couple started asking what was going on.
The young escort sat on the bench at home, wiped the corners of his mouth, and held his wife's hand, with a look of shock in his eyes:
"We just went to the next county town and picked up a escort. They said it was a coffin escorted by a merchant who went to Yuezhou to do business. He died in a foreign land and returned to his roots. It seems that the deceased had enemies in the world during his life. He was worried about his death. An Ning...it was fine along the way, but when it was getting dark, a group of strong men suddenly came out with very high martial arts skills..."
He recounted the general story, which was no different from what Ji Ping'an saw in his horoscope.
He was so frightened that he did not dare to rest or take the official road. For fear of being chased, he ran back to Yuhang along the mountain road.
Before, I was relying on a breath of energy to support me. When I saw the city gate, the breath of energy dissipated and I fainted from exhaustion.
The whole family was frightened and broke into a cold sweat.
Honggu bit her lip, looked at her husband distressedly, and said:
"It'll be good to come back, it'll be good to come back."
The young escort looked sad and said:
"I have to report to the government later. By the way, how did you know I was outside the city?"
The old couple looked at their daughter-in-law.
Facing the family's inquiries, Hong Gu wiped her tears and then explained how worried she was and how she accidentally learned from a neighbor that a new Gua Gua Pavilion had been opened on Laoliu Street, so she thought about asking for divination.
He told the story of how he got the revelation, and the whole family who listened was astonished.
"Old immortal, this is the old immortal who saved our family." The old woman said excitedly.
The young escort also showed admiration: "When did such a capable Taoist master come to the city? What is the name of that shop?"
"Yijingzhai." Hong Gu thought about it and added:
"That expert is not old. He looks younger than me. He is probably a weakling."
So young? The family was in great surprise.
Only the old man smacked his lips and scolded mysteriously:
"I don't dare to say that. Maybe it's the old god who has rejuvenated himself."
Yeah? Hong Gu thought about it and felt that it didn't look like much.
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Laoliu Street, inside Yijingzhai.
After the young lady left, Ji Pingan continued to sit in the hall, but no second customer came into the store.
He was not in a hurry. On the first day the shop opened, he got a clue involving a high-level practitioner, which made him feel quite happy.
"You can wait until the family comes back and ask carefully to get more information. The key is to find out what kind of goods the escorts are escorting. It is definitely not an ordinary property that can attract practitioners."
"Alternatively, you can start with the employer's identity, but if there is a secret, this identity is probably fake."
Ji Ping'an secretly thought that astrology could be called cheating in solving crimes, but it also had great limitations.
Otherwise, if Xingguan really knew everything, he would have unified the nine states long ago.
In the evening, when Ji Pingan's shop was closed, Yu Yu also returned from outside.
Although the Saint is traveling with him, as a representative of the "Tao Sect", she has a backbone and is determined to use her own skills to investigate.
Therefore, I ran out early in the morning and didn't know where to go for a walk in the city. I came back with my arms crossed. As soon as I entered the shop, my white chin was raised, looking like a victorious general:
"Tsk, how did Ji Divination Master gain today? Hehe, a majestic and powerful emperor, but he hides in an alley to tell fortunes for ordinary people. It's really..."
Ji Ping'an looked at the female peacock, smiled and teased:
"It seems that Your Majesty the Saint has gained something?"
"That's natural!" Yu Yu snorted, twisted his waist and sat down opposite him, then reached into his arms, took out a thin, inferior book, and slapped it on the table:
"Look what I found?"
Ji Ping'an glanced at the gray-blue cover of the book. There was no name on it.
He frowned slightly: "What is this?"
"Cultivation technique." Yu Yu lowered his delicate chin, and his face as delicate and smooth as white porcelain was filled with excitement:
"According to my investigation, about half a month ago, this exercise book suddenly and inexplicably spread in the city. It was not sold through bookstores, but spread privately through different channels. Some of them were looking for people to sell like charlatans. Some are even weirder. The book will appear in the streets for no reason.
"Some people pick it up while walking in an alley, some people go out in the morning and find this book stuck on the door bolt, some people come home and find this thing at their door, and so on."
Ji Ping'an didn't care much at first, but gradually he heard something interesting:
"Oh? It's indeed a bit strange, but this kind of scammer's book is very common."
In a world where practitioners exist, there will naturally be people among the people seeking immortality and Taoism, and there will also be all kinds of random secrets and techniques.
Most of them are deceptive and not new.
When Yu Yu saw his appearance, he became even more proud and showed off:
"If it's just a trick, would I care? The problem is, this is a real skill, and it can indeed allow ordinary people with a little bit of bones to quickly enter the realm of nourishing Qi!"
Ji Pingan narrowed his eyes and finally became serious.
He heard the saint's hidden message.
If you just practice the technique, although it is indeed precious, it is not impossible for it to be spread among the people.
But it is incredible to be able to allow a mortal with a little bit of foundation to quickly enter the Qi-nourishing realm.
You know, the five major sects also recruit disciples based on their talent. If they have weak bones and want to nourish their Qi, they need the help of monks sitting in the well to help them "open up".
It shows how difficult it is.
Just relying on a technique of unknown origin can allow mortals to nourish their Qi...
As the saying goes, any gift has a price secretly marked on it. If it can be done, it will definitely have huge disadvantages, and an upright sect will never choose it.
For example...certain "magic techniques".
Ji Ping'an raised his hand to pick up the book and flipped it through, realizing that the words in it were copied by hand, not printed.
There are not many words on the exercises, supplemented by simple pictures, which are easy to understand. He read it quickly and couldn't help but change his color slightly:
"Deng Xianlu?"
Yu Yu said "grace" and sighed:
"I didn't expect that this thing is still circulating in the world."
Most of today's young monks don't understand this technique, but there are records in all major sects that it is a magic technique.
The threshold for cultivation is extremely low, and the only "qualification" requirement is a dark and violent heart.
The worse the person, the easier it is to get started. The essence is to absorb the "evil thoughts" in people's seven emotions and six desires, and to draw spiritual elements from their emotions.
The more ethical, upright and kind you are, the harder it is to practice. On the contrary, once you let go and sink completely, your cultivation will advance very quickly.
But the shortcomings are also huge. First of all, the mind of people who practice this skill will gradually turn to cruelty, and they need to be constantly suppressed to stay awake. Once they can no longer suppress it one day, they will become completely possessed and lose themselves.
Secondly, "Dengxianlu" is divided into two parts.
The next part only records the practice method. You can use a unique way to connect your soul to the "sea of emotions" and absorb spiritual elements for practice.
The previous article recorded the method of opening up the ocean of emotions and swallowing up other practitioners.
To put it simply, those who have mastered the complete "Deng Xian Lu" can only spread the next chapter to attract people to practice, and at the same time open up a "sea of emotions".
Once those who obtain the next chapter practice, their souls will enter the "sea" and continue to grow. At the same time, it is equivalent to refining themselves into a pill of evil thoughts.
It is equivalent to the relationship between upline and downline.
Once the "downline" grows to a sufficient level, it will be swallowed up by the "upline" through the sea of emotions, becoming the nourishment for the latter's advancement.
Back then, after the Great Zhou Dynasty established the cauldron, the Emperor of God, the Imperial Master, and the previous generation of masters joined forces to clean up the world and destroy all the magic techniques including "The Book of Immortals".
But he didn't expect that he would reappear in the world now.
And the volume in Ji Ping'an's hands is clearly the "Part 2".
"Obviously, someone has obtained the complete "Encyclopedia of Immortality", so he secretly spread the fragments in the city, hoping to improve his cultivation." Yu Yu rarely became serious, with a righteous look on his face.
Regardless of whether this matter is related to the "Meteor Shower" or not, as a Taoist saint, she cannot stand by and watch this kind of thing.
"We must find the person behind it, otherwise it will be very troublesome if this thing spreads further." Yu Yu's eyes were bright and he decisively pulled Ji Pingan into the Justice League.
No wonder you were willing to share the information with me... You felt that this matter had nothing to do with the "Secret of the Starry Sky", and you couldn't find anyone, so you dragged me into the trap... After all, star officials are better at divination than Taoist priests.
Ji Ping'an complained in his heart.
But he did not answer immediately, but asked:
"Don't you think something is wrong?"
Yu Yu was stunned for a moment, with a cute expression on his face: "What's wrong?"
Ji Ping'an helplessly tapped "Deng Xian Lu" with his fingers:
"There's something wrong with this thing."
(End of chapter)
