Shuiwujun looked at the person in front of him in surprise, and was speechless for a long time. She didn't understand why this old friend in front of her, whom she had not had the chance to meet for who knows how long, made this incredible decision.
"I saw some images in the smoke of the incense burner... some ominous images."
Shi Wuqi's hand holding up the tea cup paused in the air, shaking it inexplicably, as if he wanted to sign something. He really liked tea, and asked many of his friends to bring him some when they had time. But that was
The commission he made in the Eclipse Palace, now he himself is nowhere to be found, and rarely meets any acquaintances. There is only a candle lamp, a teapot, and a small silver incense burner between the two of them. The candlelight is bright.
Give it a warm glow.
"I have indeed heard that the incense burner, as a magic weapon, seems to have many special uses. But the so-called prediction of the future... is a bit unbelievable. What many onmyojis can do now is to make the results of divination closer to the truth.
Even famous masters will inevitably make mistakes."
"The incense burner is different. The results shown by the smoke screen are the clearest and most intuitive." Shi Wuqi shook his head and said, "I have also tried some prescriptions. The most accurate one so far is passed down from the incense god Gandharva.
I only made slight changes to what I came down with. Most of the time when I light incense in the stove, nothing happens. But every time something big happens, it really shows a real image, allowing me to peek into a corner of the future.
.”
Shui Wujun nodded as if he understood, and asked: "Then you followed the instructions and went to the South Country because you wanted to change something? You said you saw bad things..."
Shi Wuqi smiled tiredly and said, "I can't change anything. All I can see is what will definitely happen in the future. No matter how hard I try, it will have no impact on that scene. Of course.
, maybe sometimes I will misunderstand the meaning of that clip, and the ending will be different from what it makes me understand, but the picture will not deceive people after all."
"What exactly did you see?" Shui Wujun asked.
"Sorry, I don't know whether I should say it or not."
"What...shouldn't be said about this?" Shui Wujun still didn't understand, "Didn't you say that those are established things and cannot be changed? Then what are you worried about? Because 'the secret of heaven cannot be leaked', you say it
Will he be cursed by the magic weapon?"
"It's not a curse. If there was such a strong backlash, Yama Demon wouldn't let them live in the world. But I'm really scared about those scenes. I've seen some terrible things in the past, and I tried to do
I tried to make changes, but in the end it was all to no avail. Sometimes, events happened precisely because I chose to intervene - can you understand?"
Shui Wujun looked confused, and the tea in his hand froze in the air for a long time: "I don't quite understand..."
Shi Wuqi stopped talking, resting his elbows on the table and trying to gesture with half of his arm. Shui Wujun had discovered that when he encountered a problem that he couldn't quickly explain in words, he would subconsciously do something.
action. Although he was able to explain things clearly in the end, he just
It's because he can't rest his hands. The reason why Shui Wujun discovered it now is because Wuqi's expressive ability is very good most of the time. This situation only occurs when he is really difficult to explain in layman's language.
.This is not his fault, he is very kind and wants the listener to understand.
"One time, it was precisely because I said the predicted result that the scene appeared in the smoke screen. This was something I didn't expect. Just like if I didn't tell you, there would be a flying insect in your cup.
If you're dead, you won't be able to read a cup."
Shui Wujun was stunned, and immediately looked down at the water glass she was holding that was frozen in the air. But the glass was clean, with only a few tea leaves floating there, and no flying insects. Then she put the water glass together with confidence.
to his mouth, and at the same time cast doubtful eyes on Shi Wuqi. He smiled and said to her:
"Look, but you still looked at the cup, didn't you?"
"This..." Shui Wujun seemed to understand something.
"So I don't tell others because I'm not sure whether the incident that happened in the end has anything to do with me leaking the 'secret'. Did I say it to cause that scene, or did I not say it? I can't be sure.
All possibilities can only be made limited and under my control - so it is best for only me to know. In the past, I used to directly tell the person involved what I saw, and I tried my best to hope that things would not happen like that.
But this had no effect, and in the end
, that scene will still appear. In the previous picture, I saw the person apologizing to someone, and the moment I was in the picture, I knew that the apology was meant for me. He wanted to tell me
, he still failed to prevent the tragedy from happening, and apologized for my advice - even though he didn't need to do so. I also tried to make circumstantial remarks, but of course it was of no use. So I slowly realized that these predictions were just predetermined results.
, rather than a tragedy that can’t be saved in time.”
"But this is too painful." Shui Wujun put down the cup and showed hesitation, "You know that tragedy will definitely happen, but you are helpless and everything you do is in vain. This is too... too tortured."
Shi Wuqi seemed to take it lightly. He said calmly: "At first, I would be dejected because of my powerlessness. But later, I slowly understood that it doesn't matter. Although the scene will definitely appear, the result is not necessarily
It's bad. And we all know that it's going to happen anyway, which means it doesn't matter what I do - then it doesn't matter what I do. So, maybe I can do something to turn the tide, strive for something, and
Hope to get a good result.”
"It's not bad that you think so. Although I don't quite understand it, it's good that you have an idea. But I really don't understand what you saw that made you want to go to a place like that...
"
"I will definitely tell you when necessary."
"Oh, the southern country..." Shui Wujun shook the teacup, not as if he was tasting tea, but more like he wanted to drink. She murmured, drank the tea in one gulp, and said to Shi Wuqi:
"Although after so many years, the Southern Kingdom... is still a relatively conservative place. It is not an area under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. They themselves were very scattered before. Each so-called country was no more than the same size as one of our provinces. Initially, they
Because they had been led by others for a long time, no one stood up to unify everyone, so the court sent people. They were used to being enslaved. It would be very difficult for them to do anything independently. They must
Give them directions and tasks. There are also some people who are relatively enlightened. They have suffered losses and hardships, and they don’t want to be led by anyone anymore, so they clamored that they don’t want anyone to discipline them, and the court stopped letting people pass by.
.After all, the Southern Country is poor and far away, and those who held office in the past were as if they had been demoted, and no one was willing to work hard. So to this day, those settlements are still leaderless, working on their own. When you get there, be careful.
"
"I heard that after the God-Slaying War, the oppressed people quickly counterattacked the monsters, especially the monster bird family, who suffered a lot due to Garuda's class division policy. It took a hundred years for humans and monsters to become incompatible with each other.
It has been alleviated. Now, they should be able to coexist peacefully. I have such a thing, which was given to me by the descendants of the southern demon bird..."
After saying that, Shi Wuqi stretched out his hand and gently tapped the silver incense burner in the center. A puff of smoke came out of the incense burner and got into his hand. He gripped the smoke tightly, as if he was grasping something solid. He raised it again
A folding fan appeared in his hand. This fan was larger than his own. When he opened the fan, the twenty-one peacock eye spots on it shone brightly and were extremely vivid.
"It looks like a very valuable thing."
"Yeah. He asked me to do things for him and give me something like this as a reward."
The two had another cup of tea and chatted about other things for a while. Their meeting this time was just a coincidence, they just met, and they couldn't stay together for too long. All they could talk about was what they had experienced recently, and
People I knew in the past.
"You must be very busy lately," Wu Qi said. "Speaking of it, I haven't seen Yingyue Jun for a long time. In the past, I could only meet her in the Eclipse Palace. I will never go back or see her again.
It’s her turn.”
At this point, Shui Wujun's face darkened, and Shi Wuqi noticed this scene and said nothing for the time being. She thought about it for a while, and quickly turned around like she was rinsing the cup with the remaining tea, looking a little uneasy.
"...I recently learned something about Yingyue-kun - she injured Uoyue-kun."
"What? This... I don't know about this."
Shi Wuqi sat upright, not as relaxed as before. Shui Wujun explained:
"Aren't I responsible for hunting down the evil angel of lust? I fought with her once and severely injured her. But... I still let her run away. After that, I never found any news about her. Later I found out,
She specializes in dealing with me in the spiritual veins, choosing small nearby villages to start, wrapping the entire village in the illusion she created, and absorbing people's spiritual energy to recuperate. In this way, the news will not spread easily. "
"It's really secretive..."
Next, is what happened before she found Tao Zhu. Maoyuejun and Longmiao were looking for Muyuejun there, but they were attacked by two evil angels one after another. Longmiao's side was evenly matched, but Maoyuejun's
Bian was not considered a fair battle, because at the critical moment, Lord Yingyue intervened.
"After Maoyuejun regained her strength, she told Long Miao what happened. According to our guess, she should have reached some kind of agreement with Miao in exchange for a usable entity. Now, we are unable to get in touch with Yingyuejun.
That gentleman has not given us instructions yet, so the situation is probably not serious enough. But if it does get to that point... I'm afraid it will be too late."
Shi Wuqi let out a heavy sigh and stopped talking. He looked at the bright moon in the sky. He seemed to have thousands of words to say, but no matter how much time he was given, he couldn't explain them all. Finally, he asked Shui Wujun:
"Is that evil envoy named Tao still carrying that corpse with him?"
"Yes. What makes me uneasy is that he... seems to be getting closer and closer to a human being. I mean, a living person."
"That's an illusion, the result of packaging spiritual power. He is completely rotten on the inside, but he's just gold and jade on the outside, and the inside is rotten."
