Inheriting a Taoist temple, the story begins with Wu Zetian offering incense.

Chapter 186 "Master, what do you do for a living?" [Requesting monthly votes]

The last time I consecrated the God of Fortune, I used this bronze mirror with the Bagua diagram carved on it. At that time, Chen Tang was quite pretentious, holding it and tidying his beard.

This mirror, which was once used to consecrate statues of gods and to groom the beards of generals, is about to have a third use.

Zhou Yi did not rush to take action, but first performed a divination to confirm that the person in the room was indeed Dai Shengli, who wanted to harm him, and not someone else.

We're here to reap the rewards of good deeds, not to indiscriminately kill innocent people. We need to confirm this repeatedly before we take action.

After finishing the divination, Zhou Yi picked up the sanatorium's brochure and dialed the hotline number, subtly inquiring about Teacher Dai's ward and hoping to buy a bouquet of flowers to have delivered to him.

This sanatorium does not allow visitors, but you can buy flowers from the sanatorium's own florist and ask the front desk to deliver them... Using this excuse, Zhou Yi easily found out Dai Shengli's room number, which was located at the Shengmen (Gate of Life).

After clarifying the situation, Zhou Yi still felt uneasy, so he consulted the divination again to find out what the receptionist had said and the room number where Dai Shengli was staying. Only after finding that there were no problems did he begin to send Dai Shengli, who had just escaped danger, on his way.

She's been in an ambulance, stayed in the ICU, and all her best wishes have been fulfilled. Teacher Dai should have no regrets, right?

While joking, Zhou Yi placed the bronze mirror in the sunlight, turned the Li trigram (symbolizing fire) to the top, and determined the focal point of the reflection by pointing it at the billboard next to him. Then, he gently adjusted the Bagua bronze mirror, gradually bringing the reflected light closer to the sanatorium on the fifteenth floor, and finally aiming it at the room where Dai Shengli was.

A room located at the "life gate" is naturally filled with a large amount of yang energy, which is good for people, especially suitable for people who are weak to replenish their yang energy.

However, as the saying goes, too much of a good thing can be bad. If there is too much yang energy in a room, it will become a disaster.

There is a Taoist saying: "Isolated yin cannot produce, solitary yang cannot grow." Too much yang energy forms "gang qi," which is extremely strong and yang, and can be fatal to weak people.

Just like drinking water, taking small sips from a cup won't harm your body, but if you were to have a high-pressure water pump spraying directly into your mouth, it would be tantamount to suicide.

What Zhou Yi is doing now is using the intense sunlight near noon to fill that room with vital energy.

Furthermore, the reflected sunlight, being positioned above, will inherently possess the attribute of fire... The Qi is already powerful and domineering, and with the added assistance of fire, it will become incredibly savage, like a wild beast.

It might not mean much to a normal person, but for an old man who had just escaped a life-threatening situation, it was the death knell.

It's 11 a.m. right now, which is the noon hour in the twelve-hour system, the time when the yang energy is at its peak.

The sunlight during this time of day carries its own inherent energy. Zhouyi uses a Bagua bronze mirror to reflect the sunlight into the room, which can quickly increase the intensity of the room's energy.

Three to five minutes later, he stopped and began to divine Dai Shengli's life.

From a metaphysical perspective, divination is actually an act of peeking into the secrets of heaven. If a person frequently divines his fate, he will exhaust his good luck and turn variables into constants.

The reason why Zhou Yi is repeatedly divining Dai Shengli's fate is twofold: firstly, to reduce Dai Shengli's luck, and secondly, to prevent Dai Shengli from using metaphysical means to save his life.

The righteous way to save one's life is basically to call upon the gods, wishing they could summon all the Taoist ancestors to come and help them.

The methods of survival for evil cultivators are completely opposite. The only way for them to survive is to deceive the heavens, like playing hide-and-seek. If they can fool the heavens, they are 90% guaranteed to succeed.

Zhou Yi is constantly divining Dai Shengli's fate, which is equivalent to shining a searchlight directly on this guy in the dark... Even if Heaven is blind, it can notice the existence of this evil cultivator.

This is actually a very underhanded tactic, but when it comes to dealing with evil cultivators, the tactic itself is not important; merit is the most important thing.

If Dai Shengli has any objections... he can just do the divination himself. Anyway, we have ordination certificates. The more times we are divined, the more respect we will receive from the ancestral master. It's a good thing.

As the number of divinations increased, Dai Shengli's life force decreased, with slight fluctuations in between, which likely indicated that the sanatorium was conducting emergency treatment.

But the more this happened repeatedly, the greater the suffering Dai Shengli endured.

Finally, half an hour later, Zhou Yi discovered that Dai Shengli's life was coming to an end. A series of death hexagrams indicated that Dai Shengli had finally bid farewell to the world.

However, his journey was not over yet. The divination, which lasted for more than half an hour, made Dai Shengli's soul brighter than a 1,000-watt light bulb. All the gods in the Three Realms could see it, and the underworld would most likely treat it as a major case of the year... Hopefully, Old Dai will work hard and try to be reborn as an animal in his next life.

After finishing his work, Zhou Yi took a purification talisman, lit it in the room, and the ashes automatically floated out the window. Then he took his room key, checked out, and left without leaving any trace.

Upon arriving at the foot of the sanatorium building, Zhou Yi saw people weeping bitterly. The sanatorium staff had grim faces. Soon, a body in a body bag was wheeled out and taken directly to the hearse.

Zhou Yi was observing when he received a call from Fang Hongyan:

"Master Zhou, Dai Shengli has actually died. An obituary was just posted in the residents' group. Several neighbors are discussing whether to go to the funeral home for the memorial service."

Zhou Yi said, "I know, I'm watching from downstairs at the sanatorium. Don't go out, I'll come find you in the neighborhood later."

After saying that, Zhou Yi left the sanatorium building, went to a nearby shopping mall to use the restroom, washed his hands thoroughly, and then went to eat Wanzhou grilled fish... To be honest, it tasted pretty good. He could bring Meiniang and the other two to try it next time.

After eating and drinking his fill, Zhou Yi sipped his cola and leisurely arrived at Fang Hongyan's house. Standing on the rooftop, he used binoculars to examine the feng shui layout of the entire community. He discovered that the feng shui arrangement of the innermost villa had been broken, and the community's feng shui was no longer flowing in continuously; instead, some death energy was dissipating outwards.

"Mr. Fang, could you give me a ride around the neighborhood?"

Fang Hongyan nodded and said:
"No problem, let's set off now."

Soon, the two started driving around the neighborhood.

Whenever an intersection appeared, Zhou Yi would get out of the car and throw out a talisman, which would then suddenly burst into flames in mid-air, startling the security guards patrolling nearby.
"Wearing a Taoist robe and performing magic tricks? Master, what do you do for a living?"

Zhou Yi said with a smile:

"I'm just a Hanfu enthusiast, playing around with this little trick."

The two walked around for a while, and Zhou Yi burned about ten talismans. Finally, they arrived at the community's residents' activity center, threw a talisman at the artificial hill, and the purification work was completed.

Fang Hongyan asked:
"Master Zhou, should I mention in the group chat that you helped us clean up our neighborhood and help promote it?"

Zhou Yi shook his head:

"No need. My main purpose was to clean up that evil cultivator. The purification was just to wrap things up. Now that everything is over, it's time to go back."

The statue of Shennong the Great that Wang Ge ordered will arrive this afternoon, and I'll have to preside over the ceremony... It's really busy, but with so many seeds, the ancient world can try cultivating corn.

Modern corn seeds are all hybrids, and their yield will decrease after one or two generations. At that time, we need to prepare more seeds of different brands and take them to the ancient world to conduct hybridization experiments.

If that doesn't work, put pressure on Shennong the Great and ask him to come up with a solution.

When Fang Hongyan heard that Zhou Yi had something to do in the afternoon, he gave him several boxes of good tea and loaded two cases of wine into the car... He never let Zhou Yi leave empty-handed. To be fair, Boss Fang really knows how to handle things.

When Zhou Yi drove back to Yunwu Town, in the world of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, Huo Qubing led his troops to the northwest, following the marching route of Su Jian and Gongsun He for over a hundred miles. He discovered traces of a great battle, with the ground littered with unburied corpses.

Zhao Ponu looked around with his binoculars and said to everyone:
"It seems General Su and General Gongsun have continued their pursuit. Should we bury the bodies?"

"The temperature is too low now, so we don't need to!"

Huo Qubing controlled the drone to ascend, switched to telephoto mode, and carefully observed the northwest direction. After observing, he compared it with the Han Dynasty map he carried with him, his expression somewhat solemn.
"I feel like we'll be at a disadvantage if we keep chasing like this!"

If they chase too fast and get too close, and someone comes to meet Yi Zhixie, Su Jian and Gongsun He will suffer if they keep pursuing him.

Sima Qian said:
"The old saying, 'Never pursue a cornered enemy,' is true, Huo Biaoyao. What should we do now?"

After two days of rest, the special forces team replenished its ranks, changed its mounts, and was fully equipped with supplies and weapons. Huo Qubing thought for a moment and said:

"Chase them! Even if it kills our horses, we must keep up with them. We can't let the two generals get trapped in the Xiongnu's encirclement!"

If Yizhixie was able to leave behind a massive amount of grain and fodder in Daqingshan as reserves, he might very well have arranged a large army in the rear to provide support. Once fresh troops appear, Su Jian and Gongsun He, who blindly pursued, would most likely have to pay money to atone for their sins and have their marquis titles revoked.

Historically, Huo Qubing once achieved the feat of advancing more than 1,000 li in six days during the Battle of Hexi, which completely stunned Hunxie King.

Now that our troops are strong and well-equipped, and full of fighting spirit, it's time for another long-range assault!
After the order was given, everyone dismounted, swapped the Takahashi saddle onto an unridden horse, stuffed two handfuls of fried noodles into their mouths, drank some water, poured some more fried noodles into their water pouches, added some water, stuffed them into their bosoms, and then mounted their horses.

Led by Huo Qubing, the special forces team, consisting of one person and three horses, quickly pursued the army along its tracks. While marching, Zhao Ponu used a walkie-talkie to call out to Su Jian and Gongsun He.

Meanwhile, in the world of Emperor Zhezong of the Northern Song Dynasty, Cai Jing had just returned home after finishing his duties when his son Cai You came to greet him:
"Father, someone just delivered a load of jewels, hoping you can help mediate the matter with Western Xia. If you agree, things will be fine with Western Xia..."

Before he could finish speaking, a series of muffled thunderclaps came from the sky.

Cai Jing looked up at the sky and found that the once clear sky had suddenly become covered with dark clouds...

(End of this chapter)