Wandering Gods of Day and Night

Chapter 1365 - 511: Elixir Guardian Grandmaster (Part 3)

Not only did his physical state change, but his feelings when he looked at East Market Street also changed.The same street view, a young lad, would focus on the beauty under the sunlight,

But an elderly person always pays attention to the street’s changes, lamenting that "everything changes in the world."

At this moment, Zhou Xuan was no longer Zhou Xuan; he seemed to have become Old Bamboo.

As he approached the Jingyi Shop, he even expressed a "sigh" — why did the street feel more eerie after just two days of absence?

After sighing, Zhou Xuan was surprised at himself.

Looking at East Market Street from his own perspective, there was no change, but from the outsider perspective of "Old Bamboo," the street seemed eerie.

"Is Old Bamboo’s feeling... accurate?"

Zhou Xuan thought to this point and began to pay attention to the street’s commotion, but he couldn’t see any noticeable changes.

"Old Bamboo, why are you back today? Weren’t you going back to your hometown to visit relatives?"

Sister Cui’s crisp voice called out "Old Bamboo."

Zhou Xuan turned and smiled, "Sister Cui, a customer urged me back to work on some framing that is quite urgent."

"It’s good to be busy, earning more silver coins is always good."

Sister Cui continued, "The mutton soup is already boiling, why don’t you come in and have two bowls? I won’t charge you; for the coming days, our eatery won’t be charging."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xuan entered the shop.

As soon as he entered, he smelled the fragrance of mutton; a small purple clay pot was bubbling hotly.

Zhou Xuan went up to lift the lid, but Sister Cui quickly pushed away his aging hand, "This pot of soup can’t be touched; it’s lamb for Brother Zhou."

In the guise of "Old Bamboo," Zhou Xuan couldn’t help but jokingly say, "Boss Zhou, are you enjoying a private meal?"

"If you can bring my brother back from the Ghost Gate, I’ll cook lamb for you every day."

Sister Cui laughed and scooped a ladle of creamy white mutton soup from a big pot, sprinkling some green onions.

Zhou Xuan then asked, "Is your brother really back?"

"Of course, but you missed the timing. Had you come back yesterday, you could have joined the hall party organized by Brother Zhou. You don’t know; yesterday’s party was incredibly lively, with all the notable people from Mingjiang Prefecture attending..."

Sister Cui skillfully used an iron hook to pull out a sheep’s hoof from the big pot, chopped it into pieces, and put it into a large bowl, "You missed the grand banquet, but you shouldn’t miss out on the good taste. This sheep’s hoof is delicious and very fresh."

"Thank you, thank you."

Zhou Xuan, having transformed into "Old Bamboo," saw clearly — Sister Cui truly is a genuinely decent person, showing not even a hint of disdain towards a dilapidated, elderly paperhanger,

but the Eternal Life Sect Leader isn’t; he’s very snobbish...

Zhou Xuan took the mutton soup and sat at the entrance to eat, while continuing to ponder the unsettling feeling as he looked at the Jingyi Shop.

"Eerie, what has become eerie?"

As Zhou Xuan watched, he gradually figured it out — there were actually two cracks on the plaque of his shop.

The cracks — they were extremely fine, even finer than strands of hair — under normal circumstances, such a small crack on a plaque wouldn’t draw anyone’s attention.

"That’s odd; how could there be cracks on my plaque when it was just made recently?"

Zhou Xuan felt a sense of foreboding and, after finishing his mutton soup, continued strolling until he reached a deserted alley at the west end, where he "Divine Soul Day Trip" back to his shop.

After freshening up for a while, Little Fuzi came downstairs yawning, saying, "Young master, you’re up early."

"I didn’t sleep at all."

Zhou Xuan said.

"I’ll go buy breakfast. Young master, what would you like to eat?"

"Whatever will do."

After instructing Little Fuzi, Zhou Xuan went to the main hall, where Yun Ziliang and Li Changxun were still researching elixirs.

Seeing the two of them, Zhou Xuan asked Yun Ziliang, "Lao Yun, can I ask you something?"

"What’s the matter?" Yun Ziliang replied.

"Take a look at our signboard... there’s a bit of an issue."

"An issue? What kind of issue?"

Yun Ziliang put down his elixir and asked.

"Come over and take a look." Zhou Xuan called over Lao Yun, and the two of them went under the eaves and looked up.

Yun Ziliang looked for a few moments and also noticed the two cracks, immediately puzzled, "How could there be such cracks?"

"What kind of crack is it?" Zhou Xuan saw that Yun Ziliang had noticed something significant and asked.

Before Yun Ziliang could speak, Li Changxun said, "In our Dragon Seeking feng shui, this kind of crack has a name, called — ’Qi Breaking,’

Mr. This house, street, and people form a unique ’qi,’ and this ’qi’ is feng shui."

Yun Ziliang also said, "If the feng shui of a place is being gradually altered, the qi is broken, and certain door beams, plaques, window lattices will form some extended thin cracks."

At this point, Yun Ziliang and Li Changxun said in unison, "Someone has broken the feng shui here using our Dragon Seeking methods."

As these words were spoken, Zhou Xuan made an unkind remark, "Lao Yun, Lao Li, you two are top figures in the Dragon Seeking Hall, yet someone used Dragon Seeking methods to break our store’s presence, and you didn’t notice?"

Li Changxun’s face turned red on the spot, mumbling, unable to utter a half-baked word.

Instead, Yun Ziliang calmly analyzed, saying, "This Dragon Seeking disciple used such a clever technique, and their Taoist skills are extremely high, invisible and unnoticed — not your ordinary person."

Zhou Xuan hurriedly asked, "Could it be done by your Dragon Seeking Hall Leader?"

"He... probably doesn’t have that capability."

Yun Ziliang genuinely looked down on the Dragon Seeking Sect Leader.

Li Changxun also realized and said, "The current Dragon Seeking disciples with the highest Taoist skills are barely at the level of Sitting Eight and Looking Nine of the Dragon Seeking Sect Leader; his techniques would never be able to hide from me or Grandmaster Yun."

Hearing this, Zhou Xuan shrugged and said, "It’s puzzling; there’s no such strong Dragon Seeking disciple in the world, yet the atmosphere of my shop has been secretly altered with Dragon Seeking methods... I’m beginning to wonder..."

"Wonder about what?" Yun Ziliang asked.

Zhou Xuan smiled as he glanced at Yun Ziliang and Li Changxun, saying, "Did you two take my elixirs, muddle your minds, and secretly alter the feng shui of my shop?"

Li Changxun, Yun Ziliang: "..."

Yun Ziliang said, "It certainly wasn’t us. Xuanzi, go ahead and eat and drink as you please. Lao Li and I will go out for a bit."

"What are you going to do?"

"We’ll go on a street visit to see if the mysterious Dragon Seeking disciple altered just our shop’s qi or the entire East Market Street’s qi."

"Is there a difference?" Zhou Xuan asked.

Yun Ziliang said, "If it’s the latter, it would mean that this Dragon Seeking disciple is much more brilliant, more brilliant than Changxun and me."

"Then there’s no rush, just have your fill, it’s important to keep the belly full."

Zhou Xuan stopped Yun Ziliang and Li Changxun, letting them first eat the mutton soup and sesame cakes that Little Fuzi bought.

While having breakfast, Zhou Xuan reminded Little Fuzi, "Fuzi, let’s go out later, bring more gold bars."

"Young master, where are we going?"

"Shopping, going to the big market," Zhou Xuan said with a smile.

He rarely had free time; although there was a strange event of "Qi Breaking" at the shop, he believed that Lao Yun and Li Changxun could give an explanation.

And for himself, as he had just finished refining the first batch of elixirs, he had some leisure time and wanted to buy some newspapers, magazines, and phonographs.

Firstly, to purchase for the alchemy workers in the Ancient Soul Returning Hall, and secondly, to get some new items for the Zhou Family’s Troupe.

"Then what about Hua Zi?"

"Bring him along, shopping at the big market requires a lively atmosphere."

Zhou Xuan said so...