After pouring himself a cup of tea, Shi Yutong took out a jade stick and said to Jiang Beiran: "Brother Jiang, can you tell me what magic weapon is best for divining the location of others."
Jiang Beiran raised his head after hearing this, and just as he was about to speak, his attention was completely attracted by the jade stick in Shi Yutong's hand.
Although he had never seen this kind of stick, he could feel that this stick was very different.
Unlike ordinary magic weapons or treasure materials, this stick does not contain huge spiritual power, but Jiang Beiran can sense that there is some unknown energy wrapped around the jade stick.
'Why does this girl have so many treasures...'
From Bao Guang Qi Liu when they first met, to the mysterious jade lottery now, she can always come up with treasures that interest her.
And from the way she held up the sign while asking questions, we knew she did it on purpose.
'Want to bribe the examiner?'
Looking away, Jiang Beiran replied: "The magic weapon is not the key, the key is your sincerity."
The last time he saw Gu Liangren holding a broken turtle shell in his hand, Jiang Beiran knew that what the system presented to Shi Yutong was not a difficult problem, but an unsolvable question.
Even Gu Liangren can't count him, so what can this little girl count?
However, Jiang Beiran also considered another possibility, that is, Gu Liangren wanted to calculate his fate, or even the past and future, so he directly broke his magic weapon.
But Shi Yutong just had to figure out where the other person was, and the difficulty dropped sharply, so it wasn't completely impossible.
"Of course I am sincere, very, very sincere." Shi Yutong said as he took out another jade stick.
'grass!'
Jiang Beiran is really impressed by these Xuan Erdai, how come they all have so many treasures.
Moreover, this Shi Yutong not only has many treasures, but also told him the whereabouts of Zhanri Liu in an understatement last time.
You must know that before this, even Shi Hongfang didn't know where Zhanri Liu was going to find him.
Although as the granddaughter of a sage, she can indeed be regarded as the second generation among the second generation, the abilities she has shown are not something that can only be possessed by being a second generation.
Although Shi Fenglan can also secretly take out many treasures, her status is very special, and she can even be said to be the focus of care for the entire Shi family.
Therefore, if they occasionally act willfully, the elders of the Shi family would probably turn a blind eye.
But this kind of treatment should not be given to every junior member of the Shi family, otherwise no matter how many treasures the Shi family has, it will not be enough for them.
After lowering his head and thinking for a moment, Jiang Beiran suddenly remembered what Shi Jiamu said to her when he introduced Shi Yutong.
'She has a very strong sense of perception. Every time she is about to encounter danger, she can always avoid it in advance.'
Isn't this ability the ability to predict the future?
With such an association, Jiang Beiran's view of this little girl suddenly changed.
In the past, Jiang Beiran thought that this little girl looked innocent on the surface, but was actually very scheming.
But now it seems that she may have foreseen something, which is why she approached her so deliberately.
For a time, Jiang Beiran became very interested in Shi Yutong.
Seeing that Jiang Beiran didn't speak, Shi Yutong took out another jade stick and said, "Brother Jiang, how can we be sincere?"
After taking a sip of tea, Jiang Beiran raised his head and asked, "Are you really just approaching me to learn fortune telling?"
Shi Yutong smiled and replied: "Yes."
"Then I said, when you can figure out where I am one day, I will teach you."
Shi Yutong rolled his eyes after hearing this and said, "Brother Jiang, do you think my wanting to learn fortune telling from you is just an excuse to get closer to you?"
"Since you said it's not, then it's not."
"Then if I tell Brother Jiang my other purpose, can you lower the difficulty of some of the tests?"
As soon as Shi Yutong finished speaking, the system options popped up.
[Option 1: "Yes." Completion reward: King Luo Demon Skill (earth-level mid-level)]
[Option 2: "Impossible." Completion reward: Random special attribute point +1]
The moment he saw the special attribute points, Jiang Beiran knew that he could not go any further with this question.
The previous options proved that giving Shi Yutong an almost unsolvable problem and letting her figure out how to solve it is the best solution.
But now because of his curiosity about Shi Yutong, he planned to take the initiative to lower the difficulty of this exam question, and trouble would follow.
That is to say, when he raised this question to Shi Yutong, the system thought that he was actively looking for trouble.
'Could it be that this girl's ability or talent will cause me some trouble?'
In doubt, Jiang Beiran chose the second answer and said: "Impossible."
[Optional task completed, reward: Divination +1]
'oh!?'
When he saw the [divination] point, Jiang Beiran couldn't help but his eyes lit up. This was definitely one of the special points he wanted to get most.
'I feel comfortable.'
For a moment, Jiang Beiran felt much more pleasing to the eye when he saw Shi Yutong. Of course, the distance that should be kept must still be maintained.
Shi Yutong was a little surprised when he heard Jiang Beiran's decisive answer.
She thought that since Brother Jiang had discovered something and raised this issue, he would definitely ask the question to the end, but she didn't expect that she just made a small request and was directly rejected by him.
'This big brother really cannot be treated with common sense...'
"Jiang Xianpai, the guests who visited the sage have left, you can go up now."
Just when Shi Yutong wanted to work harder, an attendant walked to the door of the lounge and said respectfully to Jiang Beiran.
"Okay, thank you."
After speaking, Jiang Beiran got up and walked outside.
When Jiang Beiran's back completely disappeared from the door, Shi Yutong picked up the jade sign in his hand and looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but sigh and think.
'I thought this would definitely make him tempted.'
Putting away the jade sign with some disappointment, Shi Yutong left the lounge while thinking about whether to continue taking the "side path" or find a way to pass the test given by Brother Jiang.
Walking all the way to the eighth floor, Jiang Beiran found that the door of the sage's room was open, so he walked directly forward and cupped his hands and said: "Meet the sage."
Shi Weiyi, who was standing in front of a row of bookshelves, nodded and replied: "Come in."
"Yes." In response, Jiang Beiran walked into the room.
"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Shi Weiyi asked without looking back.
"Just arrived, didn't have to wait too long."
"Just dealt with some trouble."
As he spoke, Shi Weiyi turned around and hammered his shoulder and said: "My subordinates work too hard, and I can't always have a good rest."
Combined with what he said at the last family dinner, Jiang Beiran could tell that Shi Weiyi was not satisfied with his junior's ability to do things, and at the same time, he had been hinting that he would help him in the past.
But Jiang Beiran refused forcefully in front of so many people last time, so how could he be polite to him now?
"The sages are the first to set an example, and I admire you very much." After saying this, Jiang Beiran took out the deed from the Qiankun Ring and handed it over: "This junior is here to deliver the contract with the Qiantian Sect, and Sect Master Yan has already stamped it with the mysterious seal. Already."
Shi Weiyi nodded and took the deed as if he had expected it. He seemed not surprised at all why Yan Guangqing was willing to sign such an "unfair treaty".
Putting the deed into the Qiankun Ring, Shi Weiyi looked at Jiang Beiran and asked, "Is there anything else?"
After listening to this, Jiang Beiran cupped his hands and said, "I do have one more thing I would like to ask my senior for advice."
"Say it."
"I wonder if the sages have ever set foot in ancient ruins?"
As a place that humans have not yet conquered, it is extremely difficult to get information about the ancient ruins, so Jiang Beiran thought that instead of trying his luck outside, it would be better to ask the most knowledgeable sage of the Shi family.
Hearing the word ancient ruins, Shi Weiyi showed a clear smile: "You are actually interested in such a dangerous place? It's really rare."
"I just think this place is quite magical, so I wanted to ask."
Of course Shi Weiyi would not believe that Jiang Beiran was just out of curiosity, so he asked with a smile: "I won't hide it from you. I can't reveal the secret of the ancient ruins casually, unless... you can use the same valuable information to exchange."
"This... junior doesn't have this kind of information to exchange."
"Hoo ho ho, why not?" Shi Weiyi laughed and continued: "Why you want to go to the ancient ruins is a good piece of information."
"The sage misunderstood. This junior really just asked casually."
If Shi Weiyi knew that there was a treasure-covered An Ming Qiongqi in an "isolated and helpless" state, the Shi family's treasury would probably be filled with a lot more treasures.
Seeing that Jiang Beiran didn't say anything, Shi Weiyi didn't continue to ask questions and just pretended that nothing happened.
Without asking for information about the ancient ruins, Jiang Beiran brought the topic back to the issue of trade. After chatting for about half a stick of incense, Jiang Beiran stood up to say goodbye and left the Sage's Mansion.
'Well, this is another matter settled.'
In the previous chat, Jiang Beiran had fulfilled all his duties as a "tooth man", and the rest was left for the two families to communicate among themselves.
‘Where should I go to find information about this ancient ruins?’
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Beiran took out a piece of talisman paper and wrote a letter to Gu Qinghuan. In addition to asking him to investigate the ancient ruins for clues, the letter also asked him if there was any more powerful beastmaster guild in Tan country.
What exactly is Shi Fenglan's talent for being friendly with alien animals? You have to ask these professionals.
After folding the talisman paper into a kite and letting it fly, Jiang Beiran wrote a second letter.
This letter was sent to Lin Shiyun. Now that she has accomplished the two things of Liangyi Secret Yu and Emperor Gu, her original promise to help her change her fate should be fulfilled.
Secondly, Zhu Shangzhen is still waiting for news about him and is planning to enter the Lin family to learn Qiankun Technique. It shouldn't be a big problem to ask Lin Shiyun to introduce him.
After sending both letters, Jiang Beiran returned to Feifu.
"ha!"
As soon as he entered Fei Mansion, Shi Fenglan jumped in front of him holding a painting.
"Xiao Beiran, look, this is what I drew today."
After taking the drawing paper and looking at it for a while, Jiang Beiran happened to be free at the moment, so he took Shi Fenglan to the courtyard to prepare for some teaching in person.
"Master."
When Qu Yangze, who was sitting cross-legged in the courtyard, saw the master coming, he immediately stood up and saluted.
Nodding towards Qu Yangze, Jiang Beiran asked: "Will mushrooms grow on their own in the next few days?"
Just as Qu Yangze was about to answer, a red mushroom grew on his nose.
After skillfully picking off the mushrooms, Qu Yangze replied with some embarrassment: "Yes, President, and there are more and more."
"Do you feel any discomfort in your body?"
"No." Qu Yangze shook his head and clenched his hands into fists and said, "I feel like I have endless energy all over my body every day."
Jiang Beiran felt a little strange after hearing this. He mobilized his mental energy to examine Qu Yangze, and immediately found that the king Gu were different from before.
In the past, Wang Gu would only eat and sleep, but now they not only stayed awake, but were even working harder to absorb the energy from Qu Yangze's body.
'The sun is really coming out in the west, and these stupid nerds are actually starting to play with equipment?'
Naturally, Jiang Beiran is not worried that all the king Gus are absorbing Qu Yangze's energy. After all, Qu Yangze has a body that nourishes Gu. The most powerful thing is that his body can produce a large amount of special energy needed by Gu insects.
It's just that in the past, Wang Gu usually ate three meals a day and then went to sleep, but now he was uncharacteristically absorbing extra energy, as if he had to work hard to become stronger.
‘Something’s wrong, something’s really wrong.’
Generally speaking, Gu insects grow in a very natural way. Just like people naturally grow taller, Gu insects also naturally become stronger, and they become stronger much faster than human cultivators.
But now they are obviously dissatisfied with their growth rate, so they are starting to work hard one by one.
'Is this because your self-esteem was hit after being defeated by Lao Wang last time? Or do you want to show it to the goddess?'
Intuition told Jiang Beiran that the phenomenon of mushrooms constantly growing on Qu Yangze's body must be related to the changes in these Gu insects.
But in Jiang Beiran's understanding, Qu Yangze's uncontrollable growth of mushrooms is due to "excess nutrition." But now these Gu insects are obviously working harder to absorb energy. Logically speaking, it's good that Qu Yangze doesn't feel weak. How can he still
Is it getting more and more vigorous?
'Symbiosis?'
After searching his knowledge base about Gu insects, Jiang Beiran came to a conclusion.
That is, after the Gu worm absorbs excess energy, the more energy it can feed back to Qu Yangze becomes more.
In other words, the harder the Gu insect works, the stronger the host Qu Yangze will become, an absolute win-win situation.
After thinking about this possibility, Jiang Beiran said to Qu Yangze: "From today on, I will fight with you for two hours, and you attack me with all your strength."
"ah!?"
Qu Yangze was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but he quickly stood upright and saluted: "Yes!"
The reason why Jiang Beiran did this was to prove his guess. Since the growth of mushrooms is a sign of excess nutrition, then just let Qu Yangze vent all these excess "nutrients" every day.
If just practicing is not enough, let him have a hearty fight and mobilize every cell in his body to vent his anger.
"We will start after I finish painting. You can prepare first."
"yes!"
After playing against Wu Qingce for dozens of games, Qu Yangze's understanding of his body was much better than before. However, because he was unable to exert his full strength every time, Qu Yangze felt that he still had potential that could be tapped.
As for the master... Qu Yangze no longer has to consider the issue of keeping his hands.