chsdbacks Chapter 440 Second Master's Plan
Chapter 440 Second Master's Plan
"Something happened?"
The call to Master Liu was answered in less than five seconds, followed by Master Liu's slightly serious voice.
"Second Master, we've found something!"
Fatty Lin's face darkened, and he recounted in detail his contact with General Yu, from General Yu inviting them to come and look at the feng shui, to how they discovered that the center of the city had been robbed of its fortune by the Japanese.
"Four Soul Reversal Formation!"
After he finished speaking, Old Master Liu lowered his voice and squeezed out a few words through his teeth.
"Second Master, do you know this formation?" Fatty Lin asked.
"It's not that I know it, it's that I'm too familiar with it. I've broken through no fewer than ten similar fortune-drawing formations over the years!" Old Master Liu snorted and said, "Ever since our reform and opening up in the 1980s, the Japanese devils have been up to their tricks!"
"Second Master, you're wrong. It didn't start in the 1980s, it started from the late Qing Dynasty, or more specifically, from the Battle of Baekgang more than a thousand years ago. The Japanese devils have never had good intentions!" Fatty Lin said.
"You little brat, you're arguing with me over something so trivial!"
Master Liu chuckled and cursed, then said, "Alright, you guys hurry up and leave. Go back and rest. I'll be there tomorrow morning!"
"Okay!"
Fatty Lin responded.
After hanging up the phone, fearing something might happen, we didn't linger and went back to the hotel.
After all, we only killed one of the shikigami that Fatty Lin mentioned; the real one didn't show up.
When we arrived at the hotel, Mr. Yu was still there.
We didn't hide anything and told them the whole story.
"Master Liu!"
After listening, Boss Yu glanced at us thoughtfully and said, "Alright, I might even be able to do you a favor this time. Here's the deal: besides the money, consider this a favor I owe you. You can come to me anytime you want it back!"
Judging from her expression, she clearly knew the Second Master.
As for so-called personal favors, we can just listen to them and not take them seriously.
"Mr. Yu, forget about favors. We're just doing this for money. Your merit has nothing to do with us; it's your strong sense of the bigger picture!"
Sure enough, Fatty Lin and I were on the same page: we didn't want the favor.
"Xiao Lin, you'd better think this through. Are you really not going to take this favor?" Boss Yu looked at Fatty Lin thoughtfully.
"President Yu, it's not that I don't want it, but I feel that we consider the feng shui of the Central Bookstore our duty, and it's not that we're incompetent to do it, so we can't accept this favor. Besides, we've already sought outside help!"
Fatty Lin smiled wryly.
"Do you know how valuable this favor of mine is?" Boss Yu asked with amusement.
"Mr. Yu, that's precisely why I don't want it. We can't afford it!" Fatty Lin said.
"Okay, looks pretty dissolute, but he's not confused about important matters!"
Boss Yu raised his hand and pointed at Fatty Lin, saying, "Alright, it's getting late, I'm leaving. I won't be showing up tomorrow. You guys take care of the rest, just report back to me afterwards!"
"Why!"
Fatty Lin nodded, forcing a smile, and said, "President Yu, please take care!"
Mr. Yu stared at Fatty Lin for a long time, smiled, said nothing more, and turned to leave.
As soon as she left, we exchanged a glance, and finally, Fatty Lin spoke first: "Now we've finally seen this big shot off!"
"Fatty, judging from what Boss Yu said, she knows Second Master, and might even know him. Second Master is arriving tomorrow, and she's not showing up, most likely to avoid suspicion!" I said.
"That's possible!" Fatty Lin nodded.
As for personal relationships, none of us mentioned it.
The next morning at ten o'clock, Master Liu arrived.
Master Liu came with four people this time.
Besides the blind man, there were two others: one named Xu Feiyang, from the Xu family of Ganzhou, and the other named Li Donglin, from the capital, whose ancestors were from the Imperial Observatory.
Xu Feiyang is around forty years old, with a round face and bald head. He always has squinty eyes, a cheerful demeanor, and an innocent appearance.
Li Donglin was in his thirties. Among these people, he was the only one with hair, but most of it was gray. The blind man called him Li the White-Headed.
After these people arrived, Fatty Lin didn't waste any words. He took out his notebook and, according to the records inside, explained the situation of the Central Bookstore.
"Let's go take a look now!"
After hearing this, Master Liu immediately asked to go to the bookstore.
"Second Master, do you want to take a rest?" Fatty Lin asked.
"I'm not resting anymore, I don't want to waste a single moment right now!" said Master Liu.
"Alright, let's go now!" said Fatty Lin.
So, our group set off in two cars to the Central Book City.
After wandering around inside for two hours, we returned to the hotel.
"San'er, what do you think?"
After returning, Master Liu said to Xu Feiyang.
"Xiaolin and Shisan did a great job with the preliminary work; they investigated everything that needed to be investigated. Now it's just a matter of how to break this deadlock!"
Xu Feiyang said.
"And you?" Master Liu asked, turning to Li Donglin.
"Second Master, I told you long ago that you are too conservative. What era are we living in? You still insist on having a legitimate reason for fighting. In my opinion, since they have already invaded our doorstep, we should take the initiative to attack!" Li Donglin was about to retaliate as soon as he opened his mouth, and go and cause trouble for the Japanese.
"Alright, alright, stop talking!"
Old Master Liu interrupted, "You're just making things worse. If we go over there, whether it works out or not, we'll just be waiting to be blamed!"
"Second Master, I know, it's all about keeping a low profile!" Li Donglin said sarcastically.
"Alright, Second Master brought you here not to listen to your complaints, but to have you solve this problem!" Blind Zuo glared at Li Donglin with his one eye.
Strangely enough, Li Donglin, who dared to argue with Second Master, immediately quieted down after being glared at by Blind Zuo.
Lin Pangzi and I weren't familiar with this guy, so we couldn't say anything, but we could tell he was a radical.
However, I like this temperament.
After he calmed down, Second Master took out a map of the Central Bookstore, spread it on the bed, thought for a while, and began to devise a plan to break the formation.
Second Master said that he had broken ten of these four-soul reversal formations, so he was quite familiar with them.
In the Poetry Garden, peach wood nails are buried under the cherry blossom trees to ward off evil spirits, five-emperor coins are hung on the copper bells to dispel evil influences, and diamond-shaped stone slabs on the ground are carved with talismans to block the collection of soul energy.
For the Book Garden, dragon-patterned stones were thrown into the Wisdom Spring to block the water flow and draw in the Qi. The books were rearranged into the Big Dipper constellation to reverse the Qi. The Qi-drawing well was filled with cinnabar and glutinous rice and sealed.
At the Li Garden, the dry landscape garden's rocks and stones are rearranged into a Bagua formation, reversing the flow of emotional energy. Stone lanterns are adorned with love-breaking talismans to block the absorption of lucky souls, and acacia trees are planted to stabilize the local emotional fortune.
For the amusement park, tranquilizing charms were placed on the sound system to neutralize negative emotions, and a set of chime bells was placed on the stage.
At this point, Master Liu paused, then looked at us and said, "These four gardens, San'er, Donglin, Lao Si, and Xiaolin, each of you will be responsible for one garden. When the time comes, listen to my orders and act simultaneously. Thirteen, come with me and we will be responsible for intercepting the transport in the long corridor and reversing the passage!"