On the one hand, Xunzi had something to say, and on the other hand, a boss who was older than Xunzi interrupted the former and ordered Jiang Qi's order.
Jiang Qi was embarrassed there for a moment.
It was not appropriate to ask Xunzi to continue speaking. It was also inappropriate to run directly to the old man in Mai and ignore what Xunzi had to say.
"You're a shameless old official."
Xunzi shook his head and laughed, looked at Jiang Qi and said, "Go and see what this old official wants you to do."
"yes."
Jiang Qi felt like he was being pardoned. He quickly stood up, walked around from behind Xunzi, and came to the side and rear of the old man in sackcloth.
"Senior citizens."
Jiang Qi first bowed his hands in salute, and then looked in the direction of the old man's fingers.
"What did you see in the water?"
There was no emotion in the voice of the old man in sackcloth, as if nothing in the world was in his heart.
His attitude towards Xunzi just now is completely different.
If the old man in sackcloth communicating with Xunzi is a human being, then the old man in sackcloth who is communicating with Jiang Qi now is heaven.
That heaven where "heaven and earth are unkind and regard all things as stupid dogs".
This sentence does not mean that heaven and earth will wantonly harm and humiliate all things in the world.
Rather, it is saying that heaven and earth don’t care about anything in the world, good or bad, and just quietly watch the natural development of all things.
Not pleased, not to have compassion.
The current old man in Mai seems to be in such a state.
With such thoughts circulating in Jiang Qi's mind, he quietly looked at the direction of the old man in sackcloth's finger.
There was nothing there, just a crystal clear stream, with traces of water plants swaying in the direction of the water flow.
Nothing else.
"The juniors saw water, water plants, gravel and pebbles."
Jiang Qi answered truthfully. In fact, what Jiang Qi saw was indeed these things.
"Oh? Is there anything else?"
The voice of the old man in sackcloth was still indifferent, and his words seemed to contain dissatisfaction and also a reminder.
But Jiang Qi knew that this was his illusion.
The old man in front of him now seems to be following a set procedure and will only follow a rigid process.
Just asking for the bottom of things, no pointers, no dissatisfaction, just naturally making things difficult.
"there is none left."
Jiang Qi shook his head and said.
"Look again."
The old man in sackcloth pointed to the original position again.
I saw a small fish appearing there with its head and tail swaying against the current. After lingering on the spot for a while, it actually took the initiative to bite the hook without bait.
"Wow!"
The old man in sackcloth took advantage of the situation and lifted the fishing rod. The little fish was caught obediently without any struggle.
Then, the old man in sackcloth picked off the fish and threw it into the fish basket.
It's obviously a bamboo basket made of woven bamboo, but it doesn't leak.
The fish swim happily in it.
Jiang Qi looked over subconsciously and found that this fish was one of the fish that Xunzi had released previously.
"You missed it, there are fish there."
The old man in sackcloth said that and threw the fishing rod into the water again, still in the same position just now.
"Pulp and rustle"
One by one, the small fish came to the fishhook against the current.
They actually lined up consciously and bit the tail of the fish in front. The fish in front immediately bit the hook.
"Wow."
In this way, a total of five fish were caught by the old man at once, just like pulling out a carrot.
"Yes, this junior missed it."
Jiang Qi blinked, not understanding what the old man in sackcloth meant.
"Look again."
The old man in sackcloth raised his finger for the third time, but this time he pointed at the fish basket.
Jiang Qi looked down, his expression condensed.
The fish basket was nothing to look at, and the fish was nothing to look at either, but the combination of the two made Jiang Qi see something.
Whether it’s the position of the fish basket, the height and ripples of the water, or the location of each fish, or even every scale and whisker.
The inside of this fish basket, including the fish basket itself, is exactly the same as before the old man in Mai came and before Xunzi touched it!
Jiang Qi was even sure that it was not just the superficial things, but also the blood flowing in the blood vessels of every fish, as well as the aquatic plants and insects it had eaten.
Everything is exactly the same as before!
It's like time has gone back!
The time of this fish basket has returned to the state before it was touched by Xunzi!
But Jiang Qi clearly watched the old man in sackcloth catch the fish one by one with his own eyes.
Although Jiang Qi would not be able to see through such an existence if it used a blind method, but Jiang Qi believed that an existence like the old man in sackcloth would not do such a thing.
What's more, there is a concept called Occam's razor, and the principle is: Don't add entities unless necessary.
After adding the method of elimination to eliminate all impossibilities, what remains is no matter how impossible it is, and it is also the final answer.
Putting it here, the answer is obvious.
The old man in sackcloth used a power that Jiang Qi could not understand to reset or go back the time of the fish basket.
Rather than an unnecessary cover-up.
"What did you see?"
The old man in Mai asked again.
Xunzi also looked over with interest. When he looked at Jiang Qi's back, a trace of nervousness flashed in his baby-like clear eyes.
Jiang Qi naturally couldn't see Xunzi behind him.
He was thinking about the old man Mai.
What did you see?
Of course it’s fish and time!
Jiang Qi wanted to answer this way, but there was an intuition in his heart that told him that this answer was wrong, very wrong.
"Well"
At this time, Jiang Qi suddenly frowned, feeling a pinprick-like pain in his wrist.
The sting is so clear!
Jiang Qi subconsciously invested his spiritual sense in it.
I saw a vague shadow of Shibazi appearing on the originally bare wrist.
The next moment, Panlong Pei appeared in Jiang Qi's hand!
The tingling sensation also came to the palm of my hand!
Why does Panlongpei appear here? This is a world of obsession!
Jiang Qi has never experienced a similar situation before. Logically speaking, everything in this world should be thoughts!
The entity cannot be here!
But Jiang Qi can guarantee that the Panlong Pei now in his hand is a real entity!
And the tingling sensation reminded Jiang Qi that if he answered the old man Mai's question incorrectly, he would lose a lot.
Many, many, many, many.
For no reason, Jiang Qi felt a strong tingling feeling in his heart!
It was a sense of déjà vu that important things were moving away from me!
"Husband!"
At this time, Jiang Qi was awakened by the cuckoo's cry of blood.
I saw Zhao Ying'er appearing in front of Jiang Qi at some point, holding something in her white and tender hands.
Eighteen seeds, tortoise shell, sachet, token.
Each of these things is a rare treasure, and each one of them is a sacred object with great origins!
But now, these treasures, including Zhao Ying'er herself, are "fading".
It's as if Jiang Qi never had it.
This is the fading of "being" and "originality".
For a moment, Jiang Qi seemed to understand a lot.
He raised his head and looked at the old man in sackcloth.
Take a deep breath, cup your hands, and salute, meticulously.
"Go back to Zhuangzi, junior, I saw it."
"history!"
(End of chapter)
