This trip to the ancient tomb had changed Luo Ziqiu’s outlook on Fifth Moon.
He did not have much contact with Fifth Moon, but the impression she gave him was that of an uneducated foppy third generation.
If not for her reliance on the Fifth Family, what kind of reputation could Fifth Moon have in the Feng Shui and Gua Shu circle?
If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, Luo Ziqiu wouldn’t have been able to believe that they had gathered so many of their fellow robbers, but they couldn’t even compare to Fifth Moon who was only eighteen years old.
In other fields, there might be the saying that hard work could make up for lack of talent, but Feng Shui and Gua Arithmetic only depended on talent.
Without talent, no matter how hard one worked, one would never achieve anything.
Right now, it seemed obvious that Fifth Moon’s talent was far above that of all their peers.
The most important purpose of the Luo family’s marriage with the Gu family was also to give Luo Ziqiu and Gu Hongshu’s offspring a stronger talent in divination.
But the fifth month made Luo Ziqiu waver.
He had thought a lot about it all the way home, and the more he thought about it, the deeper the regret grew in his heart.
Fifth Moon’s looks were not bad, except that she was not the same style as Gu Hongsleeve.
As long as she cultivated her manners and poise properly, she wouldn’t be a disgrace to take out.
“Ziqiu, do you know what you’re talking about?” Hearing this, Luo’s father frowned, “Today your grandfather has already taken the bride-price to the Gu family to place the bride’s engagement, the geng invitation is all written, just short of getting engaged to Miss Hongsleeve.”
“You actually said at this time that you want to remarry Fifth Moon? How do you make the Gu family look? What? Where do you want your grandfather’s face to be?”
The more Luo’s father said, the angrier he became, he directly threw the book in his hand on the ground, “I’m telling you, you must marry Miss Hongshu, the Luo and Gu families are one, sooner or later we will be able to surpa*s the Imperial Capital side, and by then the entire Feng Shui and Gua Shu circle will be honoured by Luo Nan.”
Luo Ziqiu clenched his fist and his voice was hoarse, “Dad, why did you act rashly without talking to me about it?”
He recounted everything that had happened in the ancient tomb.
Luo’s father was astonished now, “Is she really that powerful? No way?”
“It’s true, I saw it with my own eyes.”
This time, Luo’s father was also silent, obviously torn as well.
“Ah Ziqiu, one must have eyesight.” Half a long time later, Luo father spoke in a deep voice, “Once Fifth Chuan leaves, the Fifth Family will completely wither away, but Miss Hongsleeve’s side is different, the Gu Family is powerful.”
“You marrying Fifth Moon will not be able to give you enough help.”
Luo Ziqiu’s lips pursed tightly and he let out a slight sigh of relief, “Dad, you’re right.”
“Very good, you finally understand.” Luo’s father was pleased, “And let me remind you, as the man I came over to, this kind of approach by Fifth Moon is likely to be a deliberate attempt to get your attention.”
“Ziqiu, you can’t fall for her trick and abandon Miss Hongshu.”
With that one sentence, Luo Ziqiu’s goodwill towards Fifth Moon was gone again, and he nodded, “Where are they, Uncle?”
“Luo Huo is still in the imperial capital.” Luo’s father said, “He has prepared an invitation to see Sikong Shan.”
Luo Ziqiu nodded and walked into the inner room.
He could only comfort himself that at least in terms of background, Gu Hongsleeve was still better than Fifth Moon.
The Fifth Family was gradually declining at the moment, and there were fewer and fewer family members who possessed the talent of trigonometry.
It could never be compared to the Gu family.
With this consolation, Luo Ziqiu’s heart felt somewhat better.
**
Xizhe followed Fifth Moon and strolled around Luonan Ancient Town with Ying Ziji and Fu Yunshen before taking a flight back to the imperial capital.
The fifth family’s ancestral home.
Xizhe was lying on a rocking chair in the courtyard, answering the phone while basking in the sun.
“Master, all the information you need has been sent to you.” Jobe was respectful, “But if you really want to start a family, there is a reception on this side of the o-continent next month, would you like to see if you want to attend?”
Ever since Cesar had shown up at the venus group’s quarterly presentation, he had been a hot commodity all over the internet.
Both his face and status were the subject of much talk.
It’s just that Laurent Group’s global status is so high that it’s too high to even dare to climb the ladder.
Everyone is wondering who is lucky enough to be the wife of the man in charge.
The CEO of the venus group already has a family.
The world’s top young talent is left with Cesar Laurent.
The famous families on this side of the o-continent are naturally very concerned.
What if they might get lucky one day and their own daughter was in the sights of the Laurent family’s powerbroker?
“Not for now.” Cesar opened his computer, “Wait for me to think about it.”
“Yes, Master.” Jobe responded, “If there is anything you need, please feel free to ask.”
“Looks like quite a few people are going to be sad.” He sighed and waited for Cesar to hang up the phone.
This party on o continent was only available to families that had lasted over a hundred years, a gathering of the actual upper cla*s circle.
It was only once a year.
As the Laurent family had the longest history and was the absolute ruler of Filippo, it was also hosted by the Laurent family.
Many princes and daughters were waiting to meet Cesar at this party.
If Cesar did not come, there would be nothing to see at all.
Over here, Cesar turned on his computer, accepted the file sent to him by Jobe and started reading the first entry.
[1. You will keep staring at her in an unconscious state.]
Cesar let out a tsk.
He was always looking at Fifth Moon, but he was also always looking at his boss and that dog b*****d Norton.
It was called some kind of trait.
He knew he couldn’t have that bad of an eye.
How could he look at a beanpole.
[2. The first person that came to your mind when you saw this question.]
Nishizawa, who had Fifth Moon’s fleshy face in his mind at first: “……”
No, it’s just coincidence.
[3. When you see another guy getting close to her, you get upset and jealous.]
Cesar’s face was expressionless.
He just couldn’t see Luke Lawrence, the third poisoner who didn’t do his job everyday but only knew how to hook up with beautiful young ladies, was not happy.
It had nothing to do with Fifth Moon.
[4. Not allowing others to speak ill of her, let alone tolerating others bullying her, and if they want to bully, they can do it themselves].
[5. to lean towards her hobbies, even if she doesn’t want to, she will do what she wants.]
[……]
Cesar read all the way down, his brow furrowing the more he read.
Until the last entry.
[10. No need to doubt, the body is the most honest, you want to hug her, kiss her and think she is the cutest girl in the world.]]
“……”
Cesar pressed his head.
Half a minute later, he slowly spat out the words, “This is crazy.”
He tilted his head back and his whole body felt like it had been struck by lightning.
His eyes were empty and his body was still.
“Mr Laurent, what’s wrong with you?” The fifth flower came over, a little strange, “Is it something physically uncomfortable? Shall I send Yue Yue to the ancient medical community to ask a doctor to come and look at you?”
“No, thanks.” Cesar closed his eyes, “I’ve been hit a bit hard and need to calm down.”
With that, Fifth Flower left the courtyard, “Mr Laurent is not feeling well, make sure you give us the word.”
She walked to Fifth Moon’s exclusive workroom and closed the door, “Yue Yue, have some fruit.”
“Thank you, second sister.” Fifth Moon was moving the compa*s, “I’ll eat it later, hey, second sister, I’ve made a lot of money this time.”
“Good, good, I know you’re good.” Fifth Flower smiled, “From now on, Second Sister will be counting on you.”
Fifth Moon was pleased, “Of course.”
“By the way, did you encounter anything on your way? “Fifth Flower asked, “I was just pa*sing by the courtyard and I saw that Mr. Laurent seemed to be sick and his whole body was not quite right.”
“Huh? No.” Fifth Moon was also puzzled, then grunted twice, “But he’s been quite off, and I’m surprised he didn’t bully me this time when he came back.”
Fifth Flower looked puzzled for a few moments.
“Second sister, don’t mind him.” Fifth Moon said casually, “Maybe his family’s gold mine has been stolen, then Second Sister, we should stay away from him, a poor man, in the future!”
She was going to hold on to her little coffers of gold, and no one was to touch them.
“Yue Yue, you can’t just think about money.” Fifth Flower was choked up, she euphemistically “Think of something else, for example, you are eighteen years old and can fall in love.”
“Wow, second sister!” Fifth Moon’s eyes widened, “Are you trying to throw me out of the house?”
“That’s not what I meant.” Fifth Flower had deep communication difficulties, “I mean, you can fall in love and relax, don’t be busy.”
“No way, they all want to rob me of my petty cash.”
“The little vault thing is easy to fix, where’s Yue Yue, second sister, she’s thought of a convenient way for you.”
“What is it?”
“You should know that Mr. Laurent is the one in charge of the Laurent family.” Fifth Flower deliberated for a moment, “He has trillions of dollars trotted out in the Laurent Bank alone, not to mention the annual income of Universal Pictures.”
Fifth Moon bristled, “It’s not like he owns all the money in the bank, I still have quite a bit saved up.”
“Just yesterday there was a list of the most desirable people for women to marry in the world, and Mr Laurent came first.”
“Well, that’s because my master is married, otherwise it would be his turn? Don’t even think about it.”
“……”
Fifth Flower was completely defeated.
She could only end up silently sticking a toothpick in the fruit cut and retreating out in a lifeless manner.
Fifth Snow had just returned from the door with a slight nod, “Second sister, what are you?”
“Yue Yue is hopeless.” Fifth Flower had a sullen look on her face, “I guess my emotional intelligence isn’t too low, how come Yue Yue can’t understand anything and only has eyes for money.”
Fifth Snow thought for a moment, “Second sister, your emotional quotient is indeed not low, but you don’t have a date either.”
After saying that, he didn’t even stop and immediately ran away.
“Fifth Snow, you seek death!” Fifth Flower suddenly reacted and was furious, “Don’t run, let me catch you and I’ll pull your skin off!”
Inside the workshop, Fifth Moon fixed the compa*s, sat on her butt and started eating fruit.
She thought back to her earlier conversation with Fifth Flower and muttered, “Second sister can’t be seeing things and testing me, can she?”
She was not going to admit that she did have a crush on Xize.
But Xize always liked to bully her, and if she admitted it, she would surely be ridiculed by him.
“Well, when I finish paying my debt, he’ll go back to O Chau and we won’t see each other again.” The fifth moon was quick to laugh, “Time pa*ses and you forget, the next one is better behaved.”
As she mumbled to herself, her head hurt at that moment.
There was a moment of darkness in front of Fifth Moon’s eyes, and many images came flooding back to her mind.
But they pa*sed so quickly that she couldn’t see them very clearly.
In the blur, all Fifth Moon saw was a pair of dark blue eyes that were frightened and furious.
Someone was holding her, shouting her name, telling her to stop.
But it was as if she was in the middle of a burning fire, her whole body aching and unable to speak.
The image ended at that moment.
Fifth Moon jerked awake with another cold sweat and muttered, “I can’t be affected by the formations in the ancient tomb again.”
She tapped her head, her face full of suspicion.
Or had she forgotten something?
It shouldn’t be anything important, though, or else how could she not have forgotten her money.
**
Because all the items in the ancient tomb were blocked by Fifth Moon, only the murals were brought out.
The payment from the Feng Shui Alliance’s side was 10 million.
This was a mural left behind from the Xia Dynasty, nearly four thousand years old, and worthy of being treasured.
The Feng Shui Alliance would send this part of the mural to the museum and open a travelling exhibition.
“Ten million, alas, it’s not enough to pay off the debt.” Fifth Moon broke her fingers, “Gotta take on a few more missions, it’s all his fault.”
Strangely enough, Cesar hadn’t shown up for the past few days, not knowing where he’d gone.
Inexplicably, her heart was a little empty.
“Master, which mission do you think is better for me to take?” Fifth Moon collected her thoughts and looked at the mission board, “The commissions for all these missions are not high.”
Ying Ziji raised her eyes and swept around before pointing at a Grade A mission, “Take this one.”
“This one?” Fifth Moon’s expression froze, “Master, this mission definitely shouldn’t be A-rank.”
This was a mission related to a murderous mansion, which was in the southern part of continent O.
It was said that this murderous mansion had twenty-eight owners before and after, and they all ended up dying due to various accidents.
“Yes.” Ying nodded, “It’s definitely more than A-rank, it’s at least S-rank, and it might even reach the unprecedented SS-rank.”
The Feng Shui Alliance did have the level of ss-rank, it was just that there had never been a mission that reached that height.
“Then take it.” Fifth Moon clicked on take, “There can’t be any other victims.”
The master and disciple took the plane to their destination.
The time of arrival happened to be late at night at ten thirty.
To Fifth Moon’s surprise, there were already people in front of the murder house.
“Why is it the Luo family again.” Fifth Moon was not happy, “I even said they were following me.”
Luo Huo turned his head, his eyebrows furrowed, “Fifth Moon.”
He had also heard about the ancient tomb from Luo Ziqiu’s mouth, and did not underestimate Fifth Moon anymore.
Naturally, Luo Huo also recognised Ying Zigui, and his brows furrowed even tighter.
An ordinary person, what was she doing here?
“Miss Yue, this murderous mansion is very dangerous.” Luo Huo spoke up, “If you bring an ordinary person in, aren’t you afraid that you’ll cause the evil Qi to haunt you and you won’t be able to save it then?”
When it comes to Ying Zigui, Fifth Moon immediately becomes fierce, “Mind your own business, it’s none of your business.”
“Fine.” Luo Huo laughed, “Then don’t blame me for not warning you in advance, if anything happens when you enter this murderous mansion, my Luo family won’t help.”
“No need.” Fifth Moon snorted coldly, “Don’t you dare beg me for help.”
“Ask for your help?” Luo Huo coldly said, “Miss Yue doesn’t know that this time, there is also Master Sikong who came to the Murderous Mansion.”
As he was speaking, an old man came slowly down the road on the left, followed by a few young people.
“Master Sikong.” Luo Huo stopped paying attention to Fifth Moon, turned around and bowed respectfully to the old man, “This time, with you leading the group, we are quite relieved.”
The Sikong Family was the only family in the Imperial Capital’s Feng Shui and Guaifa circle that could rival the Fifth Family.
It only began to decline during the Qing Dynasty, and because it had offended the court once again, it was raided and forced to change its surname.
Now only Sikong Shan and his grandchildren still bear the family name Sikong.
Sikong Shan was a feng shui trigonometrist who was on a par with the Fifth Chuan.
Luo Huo naturally respected it.
“Good point,” Sikong Shan nodded, “This murderous mansion is underestimated by outsiders, even if I go in, I might be in danger, you guys take these pouches, don’t drop them, they can save your lives in critical moments.”
Luo Huo was overjoyed, “Thank you, Master Sikong.”
Sikong Shan personally distributed the brocade pouches.
He gave walked up to Fifth Moon and stroked his beard and smiled, “Miss Moon has grown up, the last time I saw you, you were still being pecked on the butt by a big goose.”
Fifth Moon: “……”
This Sikong Shan.
Sikong Shan took out the last brocade bag and was about to hand it over to the girl.
At the same time, he saw Ying Ziji’s face and was instantly shocked: “Great big …… master?!”
He rubbed his eyes, convinced that he was absolutely right, and couldn’t help but burst out, “Crap?”
“Hmm.” Ying Ziji pulled down his hat, “Walk your apprentice around.”
“Disciple?” Sikong Shan was nonplussed, “Miss Yue, I didn’t say anything just now, you mustn’t misunderstand.”
“No listen no listen.” Fifth Moon covered her ears, “You’re just bad-mouthing me, I’ll let Master beat you up.”
Sikong Sun: “……”
He was wrong.
Seeing that several people had not moved for a long time, in the distance, Luo Huo was a little impatient.
But this was towards Fifth Moon and Ying Zigui.
He remained respectful to Sikong Shan and raised his voice, “Master Sikong, it’s time, please.”
It was better not to say this, but when he did, Sikong Shan was furious.
“Master Luo Huo family, this is your fault.” Sikong Shan was very unhappy and suppressed his anger, “Master Ying is here, why are you still looking for me? Do you want me to do this, or do you think that Master Ying is not qualified?”