Destiny is ashes

Chapter 163: Defending against disaster
"Don't thank me. I know very well that you are definitely not a spy."

Hearing An Jing's thanks, an old lady sitting behind the counter in the shadows behind the teahouse smiled and said, "Xiao Wang definitely has no ill will towards you, but he has a strong sense of responsibility and is easily deceived."

"However, I still need to listen to the old man's advice... If possible, we should leave as soon as possible. Kanming City is not a blessed place now."

An Jing lowered his eyes. He knew very well the source of Aunt Huai's confidence, which was that the other party could see that he was not a real Chenli person - if that was the case, he was definitely not a Northern Barbarian spy.

But a Dachen person disguising himself as a Chenli person is obviously more suspicious, so why doesn't the other party care?

The identity of this old man is also quite mysterious.

"Anyway."

An Jing repeated: "Thank you for your help. I will pay attention."

"Also, your milk tea tastes really good."

An Jing bowed and bought another cup of salty milk tea. The old lady smiled and handed it to him personally.

'Inadvertently', An Jing touched Aunt Huai's hand. He remained calm but was slightly startled in his heart.

—No pulse, cold hands?

Is this... the touch of a dead person?

After all, until the very end, An Jing didn't say much. After drinking his tea, he went straight back to the inn.

Behind him, Huaiji Teahouse was nestled in the shadows at the corner of the street.

The interior of Huaiji Tea Shop.

In the shadows, Aunt Huai returned to the back room.

If the hall of the teahouse is just dimly lit, then the back room of the teahouse is so dark that you can't see your hand in front of you. The daytime sunlight can't get in at all.

But the old lady walked freely in the shadow as if it were daytime.

She opened a secret door, and behind the secret door, a pair of warm, crystal clear eyes with a hint of gold lit up.

"It's okay, little girl."

She said softly, "Those people you mentioned who might come after you happened to meet a young man with tough tactics and a secret. He saved you from a disaster and was nearly thrown into jail."

"If he is really caught, with his skills, he should be fine. I'm afraid there are few people in Kanming City who can stop him."

"In this chaos, all eyes will be on him. You will definitely be much safer."

"But that would probably kill a lot of people... I couldn't help it and helped him out. I hope you don't blame me."

"It's okay, ma'am."

A voice that sounded timid but surprisingly fluent spoke: "You will take pity on me and help me hide, and you will naturally help that young man. This is your character, your 'fate'."

"Besides, the disaster that befell me is not something that ordinary people can overcome. If the passerby can escape the disaster, I will feel relieved. It can be regarded as a good deed, and maybe a little bit of luck."

"What a good girl. I don't know why those people wanted to kill you."

The old lady sighed, and then said softly, "However, this place is not a good place to avoid disasters. There are many people watching... I have to find a chance to send you out of the city."

"Hope everything goes well."

"Is it going well?" The girl with dark golden eyes whispered to herself, and then fell silent. Aunt Huai also closed the door, sealing everything in the shadows.

"That lady has a destiny."

In the inn, the sword spirit said confidently: "And it is a fate that has awakened magical powers, at least it is the original fate."

"Living in a place where Feng Shui converges, and with such a fate... An Jing, I suspect that you might be protecting someone from disaster. The target of that team, at least the initial target, is likely not you. They just picked someone randomly near the teahouse in order to lure the old lady out."

"It's just that you're a pretty good target. Those people wanted to kill two birds with one stone, so they chose to attack."

"With my destiny, can I still protect others from disasters?"

In the guest room, An Jing, who was drawing a map of Kanming City with a pen, raised his eyebrows: "But it is true that Aunt Huai is definitely not an ordinary person...but, she is not a warrior, let alone a person who holds a talisman."

"What kind of background does she have that makes those people afraid to take direct action? And judging from Captain Wang's behavior, she is unexpectedly of a higher generation."

After putting down his pen, An Jing picked up the paper and looked at the schematic diagram of Kanming City that he had drawn.

In recent times, An Jing has memorized all the streets in Kanming City that he has walked through in his mind, then erased all the details and recounted them on paper with pure lines.

In this way, the structure of the entire city becomes quite intuitive.

Like all the cities in Dachen and even Beixuanjizhou, Kanming City is a city built on a Feng Shui ground node. It would be better to say that if it was not built on a ground node, it would not be worthy of being called a city. It can only be said to be a larger village, a stockade built with stones.

Dachen City has both civil and military teams. Not counting the provincial capital cities, a city of Kanming City's level will definitely have a martial arts master, and then an assistant, who is at least a [Mountain and Water Scroll] official who can grant the Scrolls and is comparable to an inner strong one.

Wei Yang Quan was killed, and the local official who was granted the Shanshui Talisman must be located at the geomantic node in the center of Kanming City, that is, guarding the government hall.

"With the government offices as the center, we can come up with a pattern of four yins and four yangs, which is also the pattern of most cities."

Based on the map, An Jing analyzed the Feng Shui direction of the city under the guidance of the sword spirit: "Military camps and arsenals. Markets and gatherings. Long streets along the river, where residents live. Prisons. Artisan workshops. Pharmacies and clinics. Martial arts academies."

"Huaiji Tea Shop is located at one of the nodes of the Four Yin Patterns... It seems that someone really wants to deal with Aunt Huai for the sake of the node."

"I just don't know why you're dealing with it now, and you just happened to meet me."

After confirming that he might have just bumped into someone, An Jing couldn't help but complain: "This fate is too catalytic. When you go to a certain place, it will cause the problems in that place to burst out?"

In response to An Jing's doubts, the sword spirit was quite calm: "Let's not talk about the recent period. The city lord left, the demons appeared, and the forces of all parties were in turmoil... Even if it is really because of you, don't feel strange."

"Destiny is the entanglement of cause and effect. Their forces are like magnets, attracting each other."

"The life-holders will inevitably meet other life-holders in the dark, and their lives will never be peaceful."

"But on the other hand, people who want a peaceful life, who only want to live a stable life and do not strive for progress, will never be able to awaken their destiny."

"Of course, even if you just want to cook better, it can be considered as progress, but such people will also be involved in disputes like the 'Master Chef Contest'... In short, with your destiny, let alone being a catalyst, it's no surprise that you'll explode wherever you go."

"besides……"

The sword spirit raised his voice with a hint of ridicule: "Isn't this what you wanted?"

"indeed."

An Jing also laughed. He was indeed interested in the secrets behind all this. "I want to see what these people are up to."

(End of this chapter)