Beipai Tomb Raiders Notes

"Sister, are my calculations correct?"

"What did you call me??"

I let go of its hand and said, "You didn't deny it, which means you agreed. Forget your name. I don't even know your last name. I guess you are a few years older than me. So what else can I call you if not sister?"

It was wearing a mask and only its eyes could be seen, but I felt a smile at the corners of its mouth under the mask.

It stood up with its sleeves swung, staring at the rainy night outside the pavilion and said, "You are not qualified to know my name. There are no more than four people in the world who know my real name. In addition, you just calculated wrong. I am neither a woman nor a man. I have no form."

"what??"

I almost said the word "bullshit".

I thought to myself: "If you don't want to tell me, you don't have to. I respect your privacy. But what you're saying about the formless body is pure nonsense. Are you treating me like a three-year-old kid?"

Without even turning its head, it said, "I see that you are a cowardly person who is afraid of death, greedy for money and lust, sweet-mouthed but treacherous, but you have a rare heart for the underworld. Sanguaner said that the magic weapon was given by you for free, and I, Jingmen, owe you no favors, so today I can give you a divination. This divination has no time limit, you can ask for it now or in the future, you can ask for your own birth, aging, illness and death, or the fortune and misfortune of the people around you."

Knowing that the talisman it was talking about was the bronze artifact, I immediately said, "Sister, this may not be appropriate. The bronze talisman does not belong to me alone, but was obtained by the joint efforts of our entire team, so I cannot use this favor on myself."

"Stop calling me that."

There seemed to be a rare hint of anger in its voice.

"Then what should I call you?"

"Just call me Sect Master."

"Okay, Sect Master, if you really want to repay the favor for your Jing Sect, you have to help me calculate ten hexagrams."

"What!!"

"Ten hexagrams? You really don't know your place! Even if you spend 10 million, you can't buy one of my hexagrams. How dare you ask for ten hexagrams?"

I knew that ten was impossible, but I was used to asking for a high price and paying it back like I usually do when shipping goods, so I scratched my head and said, "Just kidding, five is ok?"

It shook its head.

"Four! We really can't have any less! I want to use three right now! I want to save one for our entire team to use in the future."

It still shook its head.

I gritted my teeth and said, "Let's do this! Three times is the limit! That's three divinations! If we can dig up a talisman like the copper ban in the future, we can give it to you for free!"

There was a hint of annoyance in its eyes, as if it was getting impatient with me. This was exactly the effect I wanted.

"Tell me what you want to be."

I didn't think much about it and immediately said, "For this first divination, I want to calculate whether Shi Wuchang and my aunt will have a happy ending? I know my aunt's horoscope, and it says..."

Before I finished, it interrupted me with a wave of its hand, saying, "No need for eight characters."

I laughed and said, "You don't even need the eight characters. The master is worthy of the title of divination."

Unexpectedly, it said: "It's just a calculation for people, why do we need the calculation of heaven? The Plum Blossom Divination is enough."

"Plum Blossom Divination? That seems a little simple. I can do it too." I muttered.

Seeing that I was not satisfied, it explained: "It is easy to get started with Plum Blossom Divination. Although there is no lower limit, there is also no upper limit. Don't underestimate it."

It put its five fingers together and said, "Your first question can be solved in eight words."

"The god of happiness turns into misfortune, and the red phoenix does not sing."

"The lucky god hexagram is unlucky, the red phoenix does not sing..."

I repeated it twice to try to understand. Xishen and Hongluan are both nicknames within the life palace system. They are both inauspicious and silent... It doesn't sound like a good omen.

"Master, can you explain it in more detail?"

It shook its head: "These three hexagrams have their own interpretations. Each hexagram has its own interpretation. You are greedy and want more. Correspondingly, I can only point out a few of the hexagrams."

I gritted my teeth and said, "Okay!!! My second divination is about the fate of someone close to me. Her real name is Zhao Xuanxuan, she is 21 years old, and was born in..."

Less than two minutes after I finished my report, it moved its fingers back and forth and quickly said, "For your second question, the solution is also eight words."

"Lian Po enters the destiny, and his grave is built in water."

My face changed instantly, becoming very ugly, because the crazy Taoist priest said something similar a few years ago.

"Master, has this woman's fate been changed?"

It nodded: "In my eyes, all destinies in the world can be changed, but I cannot tell you how to change your destiny, because the secrets of heaven cannot be revealed."

Just as I was about to kneel down, it suddenly touched my knee with its toes, then looked at me and shook its head.

I was a little disappointed, and said, "Thank you, I'm fine. The third hexagram belongs to our team, and I want to keep it for future use."

"This is a rare opportunity, don't you ask about your fate?"

I shook my head: "If I don't ask, my life will not be easy. It's useless to ask."

"By the way, Master," I imitated him and touched my fingers back and forth, and asked, "You fortune tellers all like to do this, why is that?"

It looked at me and said: "The nine grids of the fate palace are in the heart, just like a bookkeeper using an abacus to keep accounts. A skilled bookkeeper can just use the abacus without keeping accounts, and vice versa."

I laughed and said, "Practice makes perfect, right? It's the same when I'm a tomb robber. I can tell if there is a tomb in a place just by looking from a distance."

"Alas... I want to give you another divination."

"Okay! Thank you, Master! But I need to think about what to ask."

"Don't think about it. You can experience it yourself."

"Experience it yourself? How can I experience it?"

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As soon as I finished speaking, I suddenly felt dizzy!

I quickly held onto the stone table and glanced at the empty wine glass.

I tried to turn my head.

In my eyes, its white mask gradually distorted, like a whirlpool.

I didn't want to close my eyes, but I couldn't control my eyelids, so I fell into a deep sleep lying on the stone table.

Many people will quickly forget the dreams they have had, but I am different. Maybe I am different from most people. Maybe there is a place in my mind that is used to store those old dreams. No matter how much time has passed, as long as I want, I can experience the scenes in my dreams again.

Many dreams are full of fear, filled with certain emotions, and have no logic at all. Perhaps only the person involved can empathize with them, just like you shed tears in a dream, and after waking up you can’t wait to tell your friends about it, but your friends will just laugh when they hear it.

This was the dream at that time.

I dreamed that I had a serious illness and was in a coma. I didn’t know how long I was in a coma.

When I woke up one day, I saw my grandmother, who was hunched over, had gray hair and was extremely old. She told me that I had been in a coma for seventeen years.

I looked at my hands in surprise, because I saw that seven of my ten fingers were so shriveled that only white bones were left.

My grandma helped me put on my clothes, and I walked out the door with difficulty, leaning on my crutches.

The people around me were all strangers. I turned on my phone and saw thousands of missed calls and text messages.

The missed calls included Baotou, Yuge, Xiaoxuan, and many other friends. There were too many text messages to count, and I read them one by one.

Xiaoxuan: "Yunfeng! Where on earth have you been? Why did you leave without saying goodbye? We have been looking for you!"

Douyazi: "Fengzi, it's been several years. Are you dead or alive? Can you give me a definite answer? I really..."

Brother Yu: "Yunfeng, I believe you have your own reasons for leaving without saying goodbye, or you really have forgotten us."

Baotou: "Yunfeng, where have you been all these years?"

Xiaoying: "Brother Feng, today is the seventeenth year since you disappeared. Next month, Shengtong will celebrate his eighteenth birthday. I know you can't see this, but I still want to tell you."

I read the text messages one by one and burst into tears.

I didn't dare to return anyone's calls or texts because I was scared.

I checked my bank card balance and there were still tens of millions.

I woke up when I got to this point in my dream.

Still in Fengbo Pavilion, there was a tortoise shell used for fortune-telling placed on the stone table in front of me. The surface of the tortoise shell was covered with cracks, and it looked like an antique tortoise shell that was hundreds of years old.

The masked sect leader was standing by and watching the rain.

I wiped away my tears vigorously and couldn't recover for a long time.

This dream was absurd, but it felt so real to me that I didn't dare wake up.

The leader put his hands behind his back, turned around and looked at me and said, "Xiang Yunfeng, you are a pitiful person, because you have never felt love since the day you were born."

I took a deep breath and wiped my eyes vigorously.

The next second, I tried to say: "You are wrong, I have felt it, I don't believe this dream, I don't believe in my future destiny, and that's why I don't ask you to help me calculate it."

It said in a surprised tone: "Why don't you believe it? The scene in your dream may be your future fate."

I clenched my fists and said, "If that is indeed my fate, I will change it."

"Master, since you gave me a dream today, I will also give you a poem today."

I thought about it, looked at the broken turtle shell in front of me, took a deep breath and said:

"Divination is like clouds changing with the wind; to fend for yourself you must know when the sun is shining."

"Don't believe that a thousand-year-old tortoise shell will crack. A thousand-year-old tortoise shell will eventually turn to dust."

"The bad omen is like thin spring ice, which breaks and melts as it warms."

"If you think there is thick fog ahead, I will raise the lamp of my heart to illuminate the gate of heaven."

I snapped my fingers, stood up and said, "This poem is called the Poem of Defying Fate, Sect Master, we will meet again if we are destined to."

After saying that, I walked into the rain without looking back.