I'd learned about Xu Ziyu's case through my classmates in the Yi Learning Society, and the Yi Learning Society was the one who'd brought the situation around.
Not long after the new semester started, Dai Nanzhou came to me and excitedly told me that the Yi Learning Society had invited a Fengshui master to give a speech at our school. He wanted me to go with him.
This kind of thing was very common. The various societies in our school would try their best to invite famous scholars to give speeches.
The Yi Study Society had held this kind of activity before. However, I was disappointed when I went to see it. It wasn't because the people they invited were all swindlers. It was because the so-called 'Feng Shui Masters' they invited were all theoretical people.
In other words, they were at the same level as me. They knew a lot about Fengshui, but they hadn't reached the next level yet. They didn't understand the existence of 'Qi,' and they didn't have an ability like Old He's.
That was why I wasn't interested after hearing Dai Nanzhou's words.
However, he immediately told me that the person they invited wasn't simple. He was an honorary professor from a famous university in our country, and he was also the Vice President of our city's Fengshui Association.
The former title sounded powerful, but I wasn't interested in it.
I was more interested in the latter title.
I vaguely remembered that when Old He came to our school, the principal had called him 'President He.' Although I didn't know if Old He was a member of this Fengshui Association or not, Dai Nanzhou's words reminded me of him.
I followed Dai Nanzhou to the school's auditorium and met Professor Deng Meng.
As soon as I saw him, my eyes brightened. It wasn't because he looked like an immortal. In fact, he was skinny, with a long face and triangular eyes. He looked really strange, but when I saw him, I got the same feeling I had when I first saw Old He.
It was a strange feeling, and I couldn't describe it. However, it made me excited.
After I sat down, I heard Professor Deng talking about the Fengshui of a house in the yang and a house in the afterlife. He also talked about the usage of luo jing.
When I heard the words' luo jing ', I felt that it was more reliable.
Luo jing was actually a compass. Traditional Fengshui masters usually talked about luo jing. However, for some reason, people in modern times only talked about compasses and rarely talked about luo jing.
As for Fengshui and Geomancy, Professor Deng's lecture was also very interesting. However, there were too few people who could understand it. No one was interested in it.
After the lecture was over, the students from the Yi Xue Society stood up to ask questions about ghosts and spells with great interest.
I also pricked up my ears. When we talked about ghost spells, it was hard to avoid the topic of Professor Deng's experience in dealing with ghosts. Was he just an ordinary geomancer or a skilled Geomancer like Old He?
It was recorded in the Death Scripture that after comprehending "Qi", a feng shui master would be able to grasp many extraordinary abilities. At this time, a feng shui master could be called a "geomaster".
While answering the students' questions, Professor Deng quickly talked about talismans. He also mentioned that he made talismans with Chi.
At this moment, I was sure that Professor Deng was a Fengshui master who had mastered 'Qi'.
I couldn't help but feel excited. Professor Deng was the first real Geomancer I had met since I started studying the Death Scripture.
Instinctively, I stood up and asked, "I heard that a feng shui master must be able to control the Qi in the air to draw it into a talisman and create a real talisman. I wonder if Professor Deng can tell me how to control the Qi in the air?"
Since I was just asking, it wasn't too abrupt.
As soon as I asked this question, all the students' eyes sparkled. They all gazed at Professor Deng.
Not many people in the Yi Xue Society were interested in boring Fengshui knowledge. Most of them were influenced by movies and TV shows. Their minds were filled with thoughts of catching ghosts and controlling corpses. Naturally, they were interested in making talismans.
Professor Deng glanced at me. It seemed he didn't want to talk about this. However, he simply answered while the crowd was still clamoring, "Everything in this world is inseparable from Yin and Yang. One creates and one transforms, and the other intersects with the Xuan and the Huang. When one receives and the other receives, they connect from the top to the bottom. That is Qi.
You said that you can control Qi, which is Yin and Yang. "
In the Death Scripture, the description of "Qi" was: "Gentle and serene, there is essence.
Because it enters the primal chaos, it is called Tai Chi.
Because it is the beginning of one's creation, it is called Xiantian.
Because Yin and Yang haven't separated, it is called Qi. "
It wasn't much different from Professor Deng's description. However, I didn't quite understand what he meant when he said, "Controlling Qi means controlling Yin and Yang."
I asked, "What if someone can feel the Yin and Yang energies but can't feel the Qi?
What should we do? "
Of course, I was referring to me. I could feel Yin and Yang. For example, when I went to the girls' dormitory's toilet, I could feel that the place with the densest Yin energy was in the inner cubicle.
However, I was still confused about "Qi."
After asking this question, Professor Deng furrowed his brows and looked at me with a bit of bewilderment. After a while, he opened his mouth and said, "Student, your question itself is wrong. Heaven and Earth use primal chaos as the Qi, and my body uses the Qi of the Underworld as the Qi. Qi is an intangible thing, so how can I feel it?"
I was dumbfounded. I couldn't feel Qi at all?
Then why did the Death Scripture say that one had to comprehend "Qi" to become a Geomaster and draw Qi into talismans to create talismans?
While I was still puzzled, Professor Deng said, "Moreover, Qi isn't something to be felt. It's something to be used. As long as a Geomaster can feel Yin and Yang, they can use it.
This is the Qi Drawing Talisman.
Yin energy is Qi, and Yang energy is also Qi. If you draw Yin and Yang energy for your own use, you can control Qi. "
After hearing what he said, I was suddenly enlightened.
It turned out that I had been walking the wrong path for a long time. Qi was something intangible, and I couldn't feel it. As long as I could control Yin and Yang energy for my own use, I could use all the skills of a Geomaster!
In other words, I was already a Geomaster. I just needed to slowly familiarize myself with the incantations and talismans.
As expected, his words woke him up. Although the Death Scripture recorded all sorts of things, there were some obscure areas that would be too difficult to comprehend on his own without someone to lead the way.
The problem that had been bothering me for a long time was finally solved. I was grateful to Professor Deng, but I didn't want to tell him about it. I was still a layman in the circle of Geomasters, so I had to be careful.
However, after he finished his speech, I went to see him.
It wasn't to thank him, but because of Xu Ziyu.
I knew that even if I became a Geomaster today, it was still impossible to solve Xu Ziyu's problem. It would be better to ask Professor Deng for help.
At first, I was worried that Professor Deng wouldn't agree to help me. However, after I told him about the previous incident, he agreed immediately. Moreover, he asked me for the details of the previous incident.
Of course, I wouldn't tell him everything. After all, the Death Scripture had mentioned that Tong Tong's soul was extremely precious. It could attract the greed of other Geomasters. Moreover, I didn't want to expose my secret.
I told Professor Deng, "Last time, we only saw two ghosts. From their conversation, we learned that Xu Ziyu's child had been infected with Yin energy. We didn't know anything else."
Professor Deng's enthusiasm was completely different from his appearance. Not only did he agree to help Xu Ziyu, but he also asked us to take him to the female dormitory. He said that he was worried that the ghosts hadn't left yet, and he didn't want to hurt the students.
We took him there. However, Chen Tingting's soul was in my locust wood box, and Tong Tong's soul was in the jade bracelet on my neck. Professor Deng had spent a lot of effort, but he didn't find anything.
When we returned, Professor Deng was disappointed. I didn't pay much attention to him, but later on, Dai Nanzhou told me that he had gone to the female dormitory several times. It seemed he was very concerned about this case.
This made me admire this skinny Professor Deng even more. Only a Geomaster like him, who took care of ordinary people as his duty, deserved the title of Master.
After several fruitless visits, Professor Deng gave up. He contacted me and asked me to visit Xu Ziyu together.
According to the address, Professor Deng and I went to Xu Ziyu's house. Her child was five months old. When we arrived, Xu Ziyu told me that she had gone to the hospital for an ultrasound scan. The doctor said that although the child was weak, there was nothing wrong with him. Everything was normal.
This situation wasn't out of my expectation. However, I wasn't worried anymore. With Professor Deng here, the chance of saving this child would be much higher.
Indeed, after checking for a while, Professor Deng said that he was confident that he could save this child. Then, he left an ornament that I didn't know what material it was. He asked Xu Ziyu to keep it with her and come back when the child was born.
I didn't understand Professor Deng's methods, but I didn't ask. Different Geomasters had different inheritances, and it was one of their secrets. I shouldn't pry.
After that, Professor Deng left the university. However, he left me his business card and asked me to pay attention to the female dormitory. If something strange happened, I must inform him.
Moreover, when Xu Ziyu gave birth, I must call him.
Because of these two things, he deliberately told me that he would stay in the city for a while and wouldn't go out.
No matter how I looked at it, Professor Deng was a man of noble character. I also respected him a lot.
However, the strange thing was that the night after Professor Deng left, Tong Tong, who didn't like to come out of the jade bracelet, suddenly came out. She said to me in a serious tone, "Brother, that old man wasn't a good person. Don't contact him anymore, okay?"
"Tong Tong, how did you know that Professor Deng wasn't a good person?"
Tong Tong's big eyes looked scared. "I don't know, but … I'm sure he's a bad person. Brother, you have to believe me."
"All right."
I rubbed Tong Tong's hair and said lovingly, "Tong Tong, don't worry. I'll try to contact him as little as possible."
Although I said that, I felt that Tong Tong was a ghost, and Professor Deng was a Feng Shui master. That was why she said that because she was afraid of Professor Deng.
Around one month after Professor Deng left, something strange happened at the university. However, it didn't happen in the female dormitory. It happened in the teacher's apartment.
According to Dai Nanzhou, a one-year-old child fell from the roof of a professor's house in the teacher's apartment and died on the spot.
It wasn't strange for a child to fall from the roof, but after the professor's house had a child, all the windows were equipped with special guardrails to protect the child. Normally, the child wouldn't be able to climb out of the window. However, it happened.
The professor's house was equipped with surveillance cameras. When I checked the surveillance footage, I found a strange scene. At that time, the baby's crib was placed next to the window sill, and the sleeping baby crawled out of the crib. He crawled along the guardrails and slowly climbed to the top. Then, he stood on the guardrails of the stroller!
A one-year-old child couldn't walk yet, and he couldn't even stand on his own. However, this child stood on the guardrails of the stroller, which weren't even two centimeters wide!
What was even more terrifying was that the baby then climbed up the railing to the window sill. With a pair of small hands, he forcefully tore a hole in the iron railing outside the window. Then, he crawled out and jumped down without hesitation.