Chapter 279
This is a secret that only the head of each generation of the Fifth Family will know.
It was pa*sed down from generation to generation.
Fifth Fan knew clearly that no matter how far he had come in the art of divination, he could not help anyone to change their fortune.
Not only him, but also the only surviving descendants of the Fifth Family and other divinatory families, could not do this.
No matter how much one peers into the heavens to predict the future, that cannot be done against the heavens.
Fifth Fan’s trigramming ability was so strong that he could project the hijacking points in a person’s life, down to the exact hour of each day.
He then tells that person about these robbery points and can go about circumventing them.
This is why, the ancient martial arts families attach great importance to the Fifth Family.
Although all ancient martial artists are very strong, they cannot predict the future.
It can be a lot easier to have a powerful trigram teller around.
But if it is a destiny pattern, there is no way to change it.
For example, if a person has a premature death, it is a given, not an accidental disaster.
No matter how powerful a fortune teller is, that cannot be changed.
Except for one.
Fifth Fan had also seen that Fifth Moon had been out of sorts recently, which was why he had hoofed it to the ancient medical community to seek medicine.
However, this was only a stopgap measure.
If the fate pattern did not change, even if one hung on with medicine, it would not help.
However, Fifth Fan did not expect that after he returned, after viewing Fifth Moon’s face and palm, he discovered that her fate had been changed.
Originally, Fifth Moon would not live past this month.
This was her destiny.
But after her destiny was changed in this way, her lifeline was extended.
Fifth Fan was able to tell from viewing Fifth Moon’s palm that she had a long life span.
It could not be said to be an extremely long life, but it was no different from a normal person.
This was something that was basically impossible in their faction.
It had cost him a great deal to survive until now, but he was already going to be unable to hold on.
Fifth Fan could imagine that once he fell, the Fifth Family was bound to be in chaos.
From the Fifth Youngstring onwards, every head of the Fifth Family had been a member of their faction.
The other factions had no chance at all, and had long held grudges for so many years.
Fifth Hui was just one of them.
Fifth Fan’s son had died young, and he had only four grandchildren, so he could hold on for as long as he wanted.
Ying Zidian’s expression paused, obviously not expecting such a sudden statement from Fifth Fan.
But her expression did not change, she remained calm to the point of being alarmed.
She thought for a moment and shook her head slightly, “There is no longer any master ancestor, and this is not the feudal era, you don’t need to kneel to me.”
“I kneel to my master ancestor because he saved Yue Yue.” Fifth Fan did not get up, and kowtowed again, trembling, “Master ancestor changed Yue Yue’s fate, such a great kindness, I could not repay it even if I gave this old life.”
The fifth moon was his granddaughter, usually very jumpy and clever, but really had a bad fate.
And short-lived.
Ying Zigui did not respond to this sentence, and after a short silence, asked, “What did the Fifth Youngstring leave for you?”
She had helped Fifth Moon change her fate, not without a price.
Changing one’s fate was not a trivial matter; after all, one was really fighting against the heavens.
The mouthful of heart blood she spat out damaged her body’s original source.
Not only that, her divine calculation ability was directly blocked for half a year.
This was also something she had expected.
After all, the last time she had only helped Shang Yaozhi to cross a tribulation point, her divine calculation ability had also been sealed for fifteen days.
However, this did not stop her from reading palms, faces and astrology.
These basic divinatory calculations would not disappear just because the divine calculation ability was not there.
“The old ancestor said that the master ancestor was not an ordinary person and could live for a long time, coming and going without a shadow.” Fifth Fan wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said, “But the only person in this world who can change his fate is the master ancestor.”
“The old ancestor also said that maybe one day in the future, Shifu would return, only that his life span was too short to see it, so he instructed us that if we met anyone who could change the destiny, that person would undoubtedly be Shifu.”
Ying Ziji was silent for another moment and whispered, “So that’s how it is.”
When she had left Earth, Fifth Shao-string was still very young, but had already become the head of the Fifth Family.
And Fifth Hui’s direct ancestor, Fifth Shao Qing, was also competing with Fifth Shao Yin for the head of the family at that time.
It was also Fifth Shaoqin who told her about his attempt to shield Fifth Shaoqin from disaster, but it didn’t work out.
In the end, Fifth Shaoqing was beheaded for breaking the court’s laws.
“I owe it to your old ancestors.” Ying looked out of the window again, the stars were bright in the night sky, “Originally, even with the five evils and three defects in place, your lives would not have been so short.”
Fifth Fan did not know what happened three hundred years ago, he remained respectful, “The old ancestor said that it was an honour for him to be able to worship his master, and he had no regrets, without his master, there would be no Fifth Family now.”
These words were true.
Of all those trigonometry families, the Fifth Family was the only one that continued to this day, and it had a lot to do with Ying Zigui.
Ying Zidian coughed and said indifferently, “You’d better get up first, I don’t have the strength to help you now.”
She could also see that the Fifth Fan was already at the end of his rope.
And at Fifth Fan’s age, his longevity would be exhausted and there was no way to change his fate.
“I’m too excited, I’m too excited.” Fifth Fan slowly stood up holding his walking stick, his voice trembling, “I never thought that I would really be able to see my master ancestor in my lifetime.”
Saying that, he took out a box from his pocket with trembling fingers, “Master, this is the Spiritual Treasure Ginseng I just bought back from the ancient medical world, you have helped Yue Yue change her fate, her body essence must have been damaged, the Spiritual Treasure Ginseng can help you recover.”
Ying Ziji didn’t refuse and took it.
She was not the only one who had lost her body’s essence.
The Fifth Family had spent a lot of money to buy the Spiritual Treasure Ginseng back from the ancient medical world.
Fifth Fan finally calmed down his emotions as he bowed again and said solemnly, “Since Master has returned, then from today onwards, the Fifth Family will take Master as its honor and listen to his orders in everything.”
Hearing these words, Ying Zigui turned his head back, “Actually, I am not your master ancestor.”
Fifth Fan was confused.
“I’m just a godly man.” Ying Ziyi yawned and pointed to the door, “The godly stick is going to sleep now.”
“……”
**
Fifth Fan went out in a daze.
Yun Shan was still waiting outside and when he saw him come out, he couldn’t help but ask curiously, “What did you say to Miss Ying?”
“Said some words of thanks.” Of course, Fifth Fan would not reveal such a secret, “Excuse me, where is Fifth Hui now?”
The phone call he had received hadn’t gone into detail, it had just told him to come back quickly.
“Over here.” At the mention of the name, Yun Shan’s expression cooled down, “Since the Fifth Family Master has returned, then punish him personally.”
“Fine, fine.” Fifth Fan leaned on his crutches, “Please.”
In the room to the left, Fifth Hui was still lying on the floor, twitching every now and then.
Those golden wires that had penetrated his body had melted away, but the pain hadn’t diminished by half.
Fu Yunshen was sitting on a wooden chair at one side, looking indifferent.
When Fifth Fan walked in and saw Fifth Hui’s appearance, he was also secretly a little shocked.
This was really a ruthless tactic.
But this was also what Fifth Hui deserved, and Fifth Fan did not feel that it was enough.
Just now, Yun Shan had given him the full story of what had happened.
Fifth Fan was shocked and angry.
Fifth Hui, to think of taking their master ancestor out of the way?
Although it was impossible to say this, but this idea came up and moved on, it was destined that there was no way for Fifth Fai to end well.
Hearing the sound of the cane, Fifth Fai forced himself to bear the pain and raised his head, gritting his teeth, “Family Master, are you just going to watch such a group of outsiders spreading wildness in my Fifth Family?!”
Outside, he was a master fortune teller, and those ancient martial artists of the Lin family treated him with respect.
In all these years, he had never suffered such a great humiliation before.
“b*****d!” Fifth Fan was so angry that his body trembled, “You took someone else’s disaster and broke the family rules, and you still have the face to say such things?”
“So what?” Fifth Hui breathed heavily, “It’s not like I’m a member of the Fifth Family, what’s wrong with me blocking it?”
“Not much.” Fifth Fan took a deep breath, “You are unforgivable for doing such a thing, in the name of the family head, I will cross you off the family tree and, also, nullify your abilities.”
It had been pa*sed down from generation to generation in the Fifth Family that the head of the family was allowed to nullify other members’ ability to perform trigonometry.
In this way, Fifth Hui would be no different from an ordinary person.
It was for this reason that Fu Yunshen had kept him until now.
To abolish Fifth Fai’s divination ability was even more ruthless than killing him.
“What makes you think you can abolish me?” Hearing these words, Fifth Hui’s face steepened a few fierce points, “I’m still a VIP of the Lin family, their imperial fortune teller, Fifth Fan, if you want to scrap me, you also have to see if the Lin family agrees!”
He had never seen that demonic man in the ancient martial world, and had never heard of him.
He just didn’t believe that there was anyone in the imperial capital who dared to call the Lin family’s bluff.
“This is the Fifth Family’s business!” Fifth Fan coughed violently, “The Fifth Family is not an appendage of the Lin Family, and the Lin Family cannot interfere.”
Upon hearing this, Fifth Hui sneered, “Fifth Fan, wake up, without the shelter of an ancient martial family, how will the Fifth Family then continue?”
“This is no longer the period of the imperial dynasty, and the Fifth Family has long since declined, do you believe that if you abolish me, the Lin Family will immediately withdraw the ancient martial artists protecting the Fifth Family, and by then, the Fifth Family will just wait to disappear completely!”
“Give him the mobile phone number.” Fu Yunshen leaned back in his chair and suddenly spoke, “Tell him to call Lin Jinyun.”
Lin Jinyun, the head of the Lin family.
Chapter 280
Hearing these words, there was no need to even rush any further, Yunshan happily took his phone out.
He pulled out Lin Jinyun’s phone number and placed it in front of Fifth Hui.
In case Fifth Fai was too old to see it, Yun Shan thoughtfully pointed, “Here, this is the Lin family head’s mobile phone number, do you know the Arabic numbers?”
Yun Shan was really quite worried.
The Fifth Family was actually split into two groups right now.
One group, like the Mu family, was doing business and was considered officially integrated into the secular world.
The other group, the Fifth Hui people, had the talent of trigonometry in them, kept to their old profession, and had a lot of exchanges with the ancient medical and martial arts worlds.
These people are not much in touch with modern society, and some of their habits are still not much different from those of the ancient people.
What if they didn’t know Arabic numbers?
Fifth Hui stared at the line of numbers with dead eyes, more cold sweat on his forehead.
Are you kidding, are you kidding?
Although people in the ancient martial arts and ancient medicine worlds didn’t really like to use modern high technology, they would still be equipped with mobile phones for convenience.
Although it was true that he was the Lin family’s royal fortune teller, he didn’t have the Lin family head’s mobile phone number either.
After all, he was not the fifth family head.
The Lin family valued him, but they also valued respect for their elders more.
Fifth Hui was now completely flustered.
Because since he was able to say the name Lin Jinyun, then it proved that he really had interactions with the Lin family!
The name of the Lin family head was not even clear to the Mu family and the Xiu family.
“Ugh, I knew it, you don’t know Arabic numbers.” Yun Shan shrugged, “This way, I’ll dial it out for you.”
With that, he didn’t wait for Fifth Hui’s reaction and dialed it.
It only rang once, and the other side answered.
Yunshan put the phone to Fifth Hui’s ear, “Ask around, see if they’ll back you up.”
Fifth Hui shivered for a moment.
He gritted his teeth and spoke anyway, “Lin, Lin family master, this is Fifth Hui, please-”
Before he could finish the rest of his words, he was interrupted by the other side.
The middle-aged man’s voice was gentle but strong: “I have heard about you, you have done something wrong yourself and the Lin family will not care.”
“You are not the only one of the Lin family’s royal fortune tellers, please behave yourself.”
The phone just hung up.
Fifth Hui froze as he listened to the “beep-beep-beep” sound, his blood chilling down.
Lin Jinyun didn’t even listen to him and just gave up on him?
Without the shelter of the Lin family, his search for someone to shield him from the disaster had been directly collided with by Fifth Fan.
Fifth Hui’s major acupuncture points on his body were still hurting badly, and he struggled to lift his head and look to his right.
The man was lazily leaning back in his chair, the faint light in his peach blossom eyes shining brightly, the floating emerald flowing dan.
He was playing with a jade trigger finger, his features handsome and elegant.
But Fifth Hui felt an endless fear and oppression.
Who was this man, anyway?
Could make even Lin Jinyun obey?
“Drag him to the clan ancestral hall.” Fifth Fan also gave the order, “Immediately enforce the family law and tell the ancient medicine community, the ancient martial community, and all the other members of the Fifth Family that Fifth Fai is no longer a member of the Fifth Family.”
“No …… no!” Fifth Fai panicked to the core, “Family Head! Family Head you can’t do this!”
But he had no room to resist at all, and was just dragged down.
After dealing with Fifth Hui, Fifth Fan stood up trembling as he held his cane.
He walked over to him with a respectful attitude, “Dare I ask this gentleman, you are?”
“No one.” Fu Yunshen stuck one hand in his pocket, his eyebrows scattered, “A dude.”
Fifth Fan: “???”
Yunshan: “……”
He didn’t even know how many fools their young master had fooled by using this word.
Yun Shan shook his head and followed behind Fu Yun Shen.
Fifth Fan stood at the same spot, not following him out.
He even pondered if he had been out of the world for too long and had lost track of the current trends.
Why did all these people who looked so profound and mysterious call themselves that?
Fifth Fan stroked his beard and watched Fu Yunshen go out before he too went out.
Walking outside the courtyard, he beckoned and called Fifth Moon to the side.
Fifth Moon patted the dust on her legs and stood up, “Grandpa.”
“Yue Yue, grandpa hasn’t asked you yet.” Fifth Fan lowered his voice, “Where did you meet that young lady?”
Ying Zigui had disguised herself.
Her disguise could not even be detected by face recognition.
Including Fifth Hui, who didn’t see it either.
But Fifth Fan could.
This was their master ancestor, how could her face be ordinary?
There was simply no other explanation than disguise.
“Oh, this ah.” Fifth Moon scratched her head, “It was on the island that you let throw me and brother off, grandpa, and if I hadn’t met Miss, I wouldn’t have had the money to go home.”
She also specifically told what had happened on the island.
Little did she know that her words had scared Fifth Fan enough.
His fingers trembled, “You, you even cheated that one out of money?”
“Eh, grandpa, it’s a fair deal.” Fifth Moon stretched her hands, “You taught me that, how can this be called cheating?”
“Unworthy son!” Fifth Fan was so angry that he lifted his cane and knocked Fifth Moon’s head, “You are simply, simply ……”
He still swallowed back the words that followed.
Fifth Moon was not yet the head of the Fifth Family, and there were some things that he could not tell her, otherwise it would lead to no small amount of trouble.
“Ouch, ouch, ouch!” Fifth Moon hurriedly held her head and ran to the side, “Grandpa, my brain cells are finished dying.”
“It’s just as well that they’ve finished dying.” Fifth Fan was so angry that his beard curled up, “All day long, your brain doesn’t use the right place.”
That was a master grandfather!
Their old ancestor had to call them “Master”, but Fifth Moon had gone to cheat money.
Fifth Fan covered his heart, feeling that he was about to die of anger.
However, if his ancestor would have cared about this, he wouldn’t have come to change Fifth Moon’s fortune.
This unworthy grandson was truly a foolish man.
“From today onwards, read the book properly for me.” Fifth Fan looked serious, “What about the Zhou Yi, the I Ching, the Plum Blossom I Ching, and yes, the Pushing Back Diagram, copy each of them for me ten times and memorize them before you do.”
The Fifth Moon was also approaching adulthood, and once he became an adult, he would have to enter the Way.
All of these most basic books had to be read.
Fifth Moon darted away as early as Fifth Fan said the first sentence.
As she ran, she covered her ears, “What did you say, Grandpa? It’s so windy, I can’t hear you.”
Fifth Fan almost lost his breath.
Fifth Moon was good at everything, very smart and knew everything at once, but she just didn’t like to learn.
He thought she was the one who was a dude!
**
At this time, the ancient martial world.
Lin family.
Lin Jinyun looked at the phone in his hand, pondering.
“Family head.” On the side, the butler frowned, “You really don’t care about Master Hui anymore?”
Fifth Hui’s trigonometry ability was indeed very strong.
There were fewer and fewer fortune-tellers nowadays, and apart from Fifth Fai, there were only two imperial fortune-tellers in the Lin family.
But these two, neither of them could compare to Fifth Fai.
Fifth Hui was able to project the Lin family’s fortune, the other two fortune tellers were not.
A family’s future was much bigger than one person’s, and there would be more heavenly opportunities to spy on.
The Lin family was not the only family in the ancient martial world, and several others had deals with the Fifth Family.
Now that Fifth Hui had been stripped of his trigonometry ability and expelled from the Fifth Family, it seemed on the surface that it had nothing to do with the Lin Family, but the Lin Family had also lost manpower.
Lin Jinyun fell silent, and after a long time, he sighed softly, “It’s not that I don’t care, it’s that I can’t manage.”
The butler was stunned, “Can’t manage?”
Out of the ancient martial world and into the imperial capital, there were still things that the Lin family could not manage?
Lin Jinyun didn’t say anything, just shook his head and asked, “Is Qingjia here?”
“Miss Qingjia has gone out.” The housekeeper respectfully returned, “She went over to O Chau, as you know, she is also highly skilled in ancient medicine.”
“The ancient medicine community said that it was the alchemy community that personally invited Miss Qingjia over to work together on a drug research.”
The relationship between the ancient medicine and alchemy communities was ambivalent, sort of rivals, but there was also a lot of cooperation.
Every once in a while, each side would send someone to exchange.
Hearing these words, Lin Jinyun’s tightly furrowed brow only stretched out, “If Qingjia has any needs, you have someone send them to her, absolutely no neglect.”
The butler remained respectful: “Yes, Family Head.”
Lin Jinyun didn’t say anything, he also knew the importance of the matter.
He bowed before retreating.
**
The next day.
Ying Ziji slept until sunrise before waking up.
She opened her eyes, turned her head, and looked out of the window.
The September sunlight, with a slight coolness, fell on the windowsill through the leaves, dappling the shadows.
A rare quiet moment.
She had lived here for a time before.
The Fifth Family had protected their ancestral home so well that it was no different from hundreds of years ago.
There was a knock on the door at that moment.