A Scroll of Infinite Glory

Chapter 323 Unparalleled Insight, Urban City God

As soon as the news of the first stage of the main quest was released, most of the crowd gathered in front of Boss Wang's antique shop suddenly dispersed.

That's right, most of the people watching the spectacle here were actually gamers.

Although many people see the game world as a way to strive, accumulate assets, and gain spiritual power and more resources.

But over the years, the gaming world has become a part of their lives.

Even the most workaholic person can't stay tense all the time. It's perfectly normal for large groups of gamers to wander around the city and watch the excitement.

Not to mention the relatively peaceful urban area, even in the other districts, people take selfies at the places where historical generals fought, take scenic photos in the lairs of magical creatures, and hold regular gatherings to discuss gossip and scandals about the characters in the fantasy world.

Only large-scale main quests and other rare events can motivate them to actively seek out familiar companions and discuss future strategies.

The game character, of course, knew nothing about the main quest.

Zhao Tianjue and his group were still in a standoff inside the antique shop.

Qi Dongqiang, the young man in sportswear, seemed to have reached his limit, his gaze lingering on the top of Zhao Tianjue's head for a moment.

Having just uttered those threatening words, Zhao Tianjue felt quite pleased and also felt a surge of heat throughout his body. He loosened his collar and took a few steps.

Unexpectedly, the moment he lifted his foot, a ripping sound, clearly the sound of fabric tearing, came from his body.

The onlookers outside the store all saw that there was a tear in his crotch that extended to his buttocks, and his white underwear was faintly visible through the tear. Several people burst out laughing.

Zhao Tianjue's face stiffened. He looked down and saw the driver rushing forward, trying to use the briefcase containing the money to block him.

Just then, Zhao Tianjue's cell phone rang sharply.

In his embarrassment and anger, he took out his phone and pressed a button hard, but accidentally answered a call and put it on speakerphone.

A panicked voice suddenly came from the phone, which everyone around could hear clearly.

"Chairman Zhao, something terrible has happened! That guy surnamed Wang, whom we deliberately set up last night to trick him into believing he owed a huge debt, just escaped by crawling out of the bathroom ventilation duct! We..."

With a click.

Zhao Tianjue crushed the phone in his hand, his face turning ashen.

He was ruthless, but he also knew that some things couldn't be said openly. As for setting up this scheme, he wasn't just eyeing Xiao Ding, but also Wang Laoban's entire fortune. He planned to use Wang Laoban's brother's debts to seize the family's property.

However, once exposed in public, the debt that originally seemed reasonable turned into a mess, and the Zhao family was implicated in fraud.

Boss Wang perked up and retorted, "Chairman Zhao, so you guys..."

Without saying a word, Zhao Tianjue immediately turned around, got into his car, and slammed the door shut.

The driver quickly got into the driver's seat, the wheels rolled, and they sped away.

Mr. Wang, his daughter, and Qi Dongqiang all went to the door to watch.

Qi Dongqiang's gaze swept over the crowd of onlookers outside, then suddenly fixed on Guan Luoyang, his eyes widening and his mouth half-open, looking utterly astonished.

However, he quickly covered it up. Seeing that the crowd outside was gradually dispersing, he hurriedly said a few words to Boss Wang and his daughter, and then moved closer to Guan Luoyang.

"This gentleman looks unfamiliar. You don't frequent this antique street often, do you?"

Qi Dongqiang smiled broadly, "My surname is Qi, and I'm practically a local. It's rare to see a new guest like this. If you don't mind, I'll be your free tour guide and show you around, brother?"

Guan Luoyang chuckled and said, "We're complete strangers, how could I possibly accept this?"

Qi Dongqiang quickly said, "I was just bored and I really clicked with you, brother. In our antique business, we sometimes rely on first impressions. We're complete strangers now, but maybe we'll hit it off and become fast friends."

Unable to refuse such enthusiasm, Guan Luoyang laughed and agreed.

The two then strolled together on the antique street.

Qi Dongqiang lagged slightly behind, pinched his brow, widened his eyes, and carefully looked at the area above Guan Luoyang's head.

Guan Luoyang turned around and asked, "Hmm, did I walk too fast?"

"No, no, I think I just got some dust in my eyes, I'm coming right now."

The young man in sportswear quickly caught up, picked a stall selling small bronze artifacts, and began explaining them to Guan Luoyang.

He spoke and laughed freely, but his emotions were far from calm.

Qi Dongqiang has a big secret.

He was originally a child who grew up in the countryside. He studied hard and finally got into university, and then diligently completed his studies.

He thought that having a university degree would give him a foothold in life, but he never expected to be unemployed after graduation. He had just left campus and was now caught up in the trouble of looking for a job.

On his way to a job interview while passing through the antique street, Qi Dongqiang was hit by a car at an intersection and suffered a broken bone. He was hospitalized and suddenly noticed an incredible change in his eyes.

When the driver who caused the accident, Si Ruyi, came to apologize to him, he glanced at her and immediately noticed that the bracelet she was wearing was an antique.

It was as if his eyes had directly scanned the bracelet, providing detailed and accurate authentication information.

The bracelet's specific name, year, raw materials, and the sentiments it embodied were all listed and conveyed to his mind.

At the time, he thought it was just his imagination. He secretly inquired a few more times and got confirmation from Si Ruyi. The information about the bracelet that came to his mind was exactly correct.

After being discharged from the hospital, he immediately thought of using this skill to make money and improve his life. After picking up a few bargains in the antique street, he had already become somewhat famous. Later, he even helped Si Ruyi's grandfather, a great collector, to see through an extremely sophisticated forgery, which completely opened up the path to becoming a wealthy person in the antique circle.

Although many people have never heard of him because of his rapid rise to prominence, everyone who has interacted with him is full of admiration for his discerning taste.

In the past two years, Qi Dongqiang has discovered a new use for his eyes. Not only can he appraise antiques, but he can also selectively see through things. In the jade gambling market, there is no stone that he cannot see through with a glance.

He bought jadeite of imperial green, black ice, and dragon stone types—stones that many people are unsure about—for a few thousand or tens of thousands of yuan. Once cut open, their hidden value was revealed, and he could resell them for tens of millions of yuan.

As Qi Dongqiang earned more money, his temperament gradually changed. He became very composed in everything he did. In the words of several of his close friends, he had developed a calm and collected demeanor at a young age.

However, in recent months, he has discovered some new uses for his eyes, and because of these new uses, he has noticed something extraordinary in the seemingly ordinary city, which has made him more cautious.

For example...

Qi Dongqiang glanced at Guan Luoyang, who was walking next to him, again.

This guy looked young, spirited, and full of youthful energy, but the aura of good fortune above his head, when seen by Qi Dongqiang, was like a purple sun, so dazzling that it was hard to look directly at him.

If you look closely, you can see that within that great sun, there seem to be vast, turbulent waves, unpredictable and ever-changing.

That's right, Qi Dongqiang can still see other people's fortune with his own eyes.

Black signifies misfortune, gray signifies injury, blue signifies bad luck, white signifies peace and tranquility, red signifies lasting wealth and prosperity, and cyan signifies great power and authority.

Purple, defying the will of Heaven, signifies transcendence and sainthood.

Most people's fortune is white with a slight red tinge, and sometimes a little blue or gray.

The streets were teeming with people. Qi Dongqiang's eyes had seen the fortunes of countless people, and those whose fortunes were tinged with a hint of purple were extremely rare.

Guan Luoyang's situation was so frightening that he thought he was hallucinating.

But once he realized what was happening, Qi Dongqiang was immediately overjoyed.

With such a lucky person right in front of you, it would be a real shame not to try and connect with them... or even make friends.

Zhao Tianjue may seem to have a distinguished status and be very wealthy, but in reality, Qi Dongqiang only sees him as a lackey of a rich family.

With a little manipulation of his luck, he was sent on his way and the matter was easily resolved.

He's no match for this guy, Brother Guan.

Qi Dongqiang enthusiastically shared his knowledge about antiques with Guan Luoyang. It wasn't dry popular science, but rather a series of anecdotes and references. He would often use some of the items on the stall to bring up other similar, famous antiques and introduce related interesting stories.

It's true that he appraises antiques with his eyes, but after interacting with people in the antique world, he also studied antique knowledge diligently in order to maintain his image.

After discovering that he could see fortune through his eyes, he also consulted many ancient books on fortune divination, which further strengthened his determination to improve himself.

While luck, to some extent, represents a person's fortune, a person's luck throughout their life is not entirely determined by their innate luck.

Some people may have ordinary and unremarkable fortune, but with determination and courage, they will encounter more opportunities and dangers. If a person can overcome all the dangers and difficulties, their ordinary fortune will gradually transform.

Qi Dongqiang couldn't see his own luck, but he felt more at ease knowing that he had risen from humble beginnings through his own abilities.

Luck can be depleted. If one day, his special ability to see disappears without warning, just like when he first gained it, then all he can rely on are the knowledge and connections he has accumulated.

He was unaware that Guan Luoyang had already seen through some aspects of his personality during their brief time together.

Guan Luoyang was quite fond of such qualities.

As they chatted, Qi Dongqiang took the opportunity to invite Guan Luoyang to his home. Guan Luoyang gladly accepted the invitation, hailed a taxi, and they got in together.

"The eye for appraisal, the eye for X-ray vision, the eye for destiny, the eye for yin and yang..."

Guan Luoyang sat in the back seat, looking at Qi Dongqiang in the passenger seat, recalling some information he had gleaned during their conversation.

Qi Dongqiang's spiritual spark possesses profound potential and is extraordinary; it should be more than just the extraordinary ability of his divine eye that he has currently demonstrated.

After some mental comparison, Guan Luoyang made a preliminary conclusion that the person who possessed this kind of spiritual light should have already reached level eight in spiritual energy, and should not be a game character who seemed to be ignorant of the real world.

Unless, this is some kind of flawed Level 8 psionic power.

Regardless, Qi Dongqiang will definitely occupy a relatively important position in Jiushan and his group's next plan, and may even be one of the so-called "Chosen Ones of the Urban Area".

Guan Luoyang had some ideas in mind, and the taxi soon arrived at a place that resembled a rural-urban fringe area. There were fewer tall buildings around, and more wasteland with grass growing on both sides of the road.

In the wasteland, there were still some thick cement pipes, shipping containers and other things piled up. In the distance, there were several unfinished buildings, surrounded by wire mesh and with rusty construction warning signs placed below.

As far as the eye can see, there is a small town built against the mountain.

The town has rows of residential buildings, most of which are two or two and a half stories high, facing south.

A row of buildings is often separated from the row in front by a small river and fields.

There is also a cement road between the fields and the stream, and taxis take this road deep into the town and arrive at the foot of the mountain.

Guan Luoyang got off the car and looked up. Several nearby hills were covered with fruit trees, and there were some houses on the mountainside, rural villa-style buildings.

Qi Dongqiang got out of the car, pointed, and said, "Walk a few hundred meters further, and that's my house."

Accompanied by him, Guan Luoyang walked a distance up the mountain and looked back.

From this perspective, the entire town vaguely resembles a hexagram, with a winding river and lush green fields adding a vibrant and prosperous vitality to this orderly hexagram.

This small town has a unique feel to it, where people and nature are in harmony and all things thrive together.

"Feng shui?"

When Guan Luoyang was practicing the magic and immortal arts in the Water Margin world, he learned a lot about feng shui and geomancy. In the practice of immortal arts, he paid great attention to the feng shui pattern.

However, the feng shui theories of this world have clearly not risen to the level of spiritual magic.

At least when Guan Luoyang was talking to Yan Zhen, he never mentioned any profound research on feng shui magic within the last three hundred years.

But now, this game world is actually showing the principles of Feng Shui, which harmonize the relationship between heaven and man and reach the divine.

"The culprits of the lunar war were consumed by global psychic energy, their souls scattered and they all perished. But if there were any reincarnated individuals among them, it's hard to guarantee that some of their legacies haven't been collected and studied by Jiushan and his group..."

Thinking of this, Guan Luoyang turned around and asked, "Dongqiang, the feng shui of this town is quite good. Was there a master involved in its arrangement?"

Qi Dongqiang exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Guan even knows this, that's impressive. When this town was renovated a few years ago, a famous professor of metaphysics was involved in the project."

"Haha, that's quite an extraordinary person."

He laughed and said, "Not only is he proficient in metaphysics, but he is also very good at fruit trees and agritourism. People often fly here by helicopter to meet with Professor Su and experience life."

"Actually, he's also my neighbor. His name is Su Sheng, and he lives on the mountain next door."

Qi Dongqiang pointed it out to Guan Luoyang, silently adding a sentence in his mind.

"That guy scared me so much that I activated my psychic abilities."

Qi Dongqiang still feels lingering fear when he recalls it now.

He moved here because Si Ruyi thought the environment was particularly nice.

Although he was hit by a car and ended up in the hospital, he's about to get married now, so Qi Dongqiang naturally wanted to fulfill his wife's request and bought her a house here.

The night he moved in, he got up in the middle of the night and had a sudden inspiration. He opened his eyes and looked around at the surrounding mountains.

Good heavens, the mountain next to his is crawling with ghosts from top to bottom, and the orchard is full of floating figures, the kind with human upper bodies and smoke lower bodies.

Some were dressed in ancient costumes, some in modern clothes; countless ghosts were having a feast in the orchards of several nearby hills in the middle of the night.

His single glance caught the attention of countless ghosts and monsters across the mountains, who almost considered carrying their houses away and fleeing that very night.

Fortunately, Su Sheng floated over, and after a conversation, Qi Dongqiang finally believed that those ghosts were harmless.

It is harmless to ordinary law-abiding citizens at least.

"Speaking of which, Brother Guan seems to know a bit too much."

Qi Dongqiang thought to himself, "Fortunately, it's daytime now, and those ghosts aren't around, so he probably won't be able to figure anything out on the spot."

Guan Luoyang did not see a ghost, but when he focused his eyes in the direction of Su Sheng's house, he saw a radiant, golden light that vaguely resembled the outline of a ghostly seal.

"Wow, I didn't expect to be this efficient."

He smiled thoughtfully. "Are chosen ones drawn to each other?"

There are six in total, and these are two already.

(End of this chapter)