Time passed slowly amidst the tense atmosphere in Class 13, and the weekend arrived in a blink of an eye. Early on Sunday morning, Luo Xiao got up and went to Mr. Huo’s house to study as scheduled.
It could be said that after this two-year period of study, he finally moved from theory to practice, which was one of the reasons why Mr. Huo had asked him to come to the City of
Luo Xiao initially thought that today they would conduct experiments inside the house, just like in previous times. However, as soon as he walked inside the house and before he could greet his master, he was dragged away by his old man.
Looking at Ye Lan, who was watching them leave with a disappointed expression, Luo Xiao felt puzzled. “Master, what’s going on? Where are we going?”
Mr. Huo didn’t pause for a moment and said urgently, “I just received a message. We need to hurry to Tongjia Village.”
“Tongjia Village?” Luo Xiao had no idea about this place.
“Old Man Huo, over here!” Another spirited old man with white hair waved his hand as he sat in a Hongqi brand car.
“Ouyang Old Man, what are you doing here?” Mr. Huo opened the car door and sat down. “Xiaoxiao, you sit in the front.”
“Alright, Master.” Luo Xiao heard this, nodding as he took the front passenger seat.
“What? Master?” Old Man Ouyang raised an eyebrow. “Old Huo, is this your closed-door disciple?”
Mr. Huo nodded proudly. “Of course, he’s the next successor to our Heavenly Secrets Sect!”
“Oh?” Old Man Ouyang gave Luo Xiao a thoughtful look. It seems like this kid has a lot of potential!
“Xiaoxiao, come on, greet Old Ouyang.” Still feeling smug, Mr. Huo said
Master, who do I feel like you are calling a pet? Luo Xiao suppressed his thoughts without saying a word.
“Hello, Mr. Ouyang.”
“Why call him Mr. Ouyang? Just call me Grandpa.” Mr. Huo rubbed his chin. “Isn’t that right, Ouyang Old Man?”
Old Man Ouyang rolled his eyes without saying another word. He knew that Old Huo, an old fox, wouldn’t pass on this rare opportunity.
He directly reached out his hand and took off a string of sandalwood prayer beads he was wearing on his right hand, then passed it to Luo Xiao.
“Here, kid, this is a meeting gift.”
Luo Xiao’s eyes fell on the obviously valuable, strong Buddhist beads and he hesitated to take them.
However, Mr. Huo didn’t give him a chance to hesitate. He moved and grabbed the string, pulled his right hand, and put it on.
“Haha, Xiaoxiao, this is good stuff. Don’t forget to keep it close to your body all the time, even when bathing!” Mr. Huo was smiling so much that his eyes were almost turned closed.
“Thanks, Ouyang Old Man.” Mr. Huo patted Old Man Ouyang on the shoulder vigorously. “Sure enough, we are good friends!”
“Are you sure we are really good friends?” Old Man Ouyang rolled his eyes again.
“As long as you are not angry with me!”
“Oh, how could it be! We have been friends for over fifty years!”
“Thank you, Grandpa Ouyang,” Luo Xiao said sincerely.
Old Man Ouyang waved his hand. “No problem. You are much more pleasing to the eye than your master. By the way, you are called Xiaoxiao, right? How about becoming my disciple?”
“Hey! You old man, why are you using this trick again?” Mr. Huo paused when he heard this and then exploded. “Believe it or not, we won’t be friends anymore!”
“Ah, you are already so old. Why are you still easy to fool? How funny!” Old Man Ouyang winked at Luo Xiao, then sighed.
Luo Xiao quietly turned his head. These two elders were exchanging feelings. It would be better for him, a junior, not to get involved. Speaking of which, he couldn’t believe that his master still had such a cute and easily irritable side!
“All right, I was just joking earlier.” Old Man Ouyang stretched out his hand and patted Mr. Huo’s hand. “Don’t be angry, Old Man Huo. By the way, do you know the reason I called you here this time?”
As expected, Mr. Huo, who was still a bit upset a moment ago, turned serious when he heard this. “I don’t know the specifics, but I heard there seems to be a murder case.”
“Well, that’s right.” Old Man Ouyang continued slowly. “This time, it was discovered by one of Old Yu’s people by accident. They sensed something abnormal during the process of hunting, so they went to investigate. They didn’t expect that their feelings were correct.”
“Now, this is the building.” After arriving at their destination, Old Man Ouyang pointed to a three-story white small bungalow in front of him and spoke, “In this building lives a family of three. The head of the household is called Mr. Bai. He’s in his thirties. Staying with him is his wife and their ten-year-old daughter. According to the neighbors, the family of three got into a car accident about a month ago, and there don’t seem to be any other relatives or friends in their home. So, this building became vacant. But a few days ago, several people saw the three of them playing on the second-floor window, and they could hear their voices clearly.”
The old man continued as they walked towards the small bungalow. “This incident has frightened the people around the area, and they try to stay as far away as possible. So they don’t know much more about it.”
“Then, what did you bring us here for?” Mr. Huo thought for a while. “To divine the fate of this family?”
“No,” Old Man Ouyang shook his head, then nodded to a young man in the room and led Mr. Huo and Luo Xiao on the second floor. “I brought you here to show you this.”
“This is blood, isn’t it?” Mr. Huo first glanced at it casually and then said puzzledly. But soon his brow furrowed, “I remember you just said this family has only three members. But judging from the blood traces on the ground, it’s clearly not just three people’s blood!”
“Well, yes, that’s the problem,” Old Man Ouyang nodded. “I’ve sent people to verify it. There are five people’s blood in total here, with three belonging to this family. But the other two, we can’t find out whose they are.”
“Huh?” Mr. Huo’s eyes widened in surprise. “You can’t find out?”
You know, Old Man Ouyang’s sect was the renowned Heavenly Master Sect. Although it had greatly declined from its past heyday. With only a dozen or so members left in the sect and many of their inherited skills lost over time, they should still be able to identify the owners of the three blood samples through summoning rituals. But even by directly asking the ghosts, they couldn’t figure out whose the other two blood samples were.
“So you want me to divine the details about these two blood samples?” Mr. Huo asked after looking at the bloodstains on the floor.
“Yes, that’s right.” Old Man Ouyang nodded. This was their last resort.
Mr. Huo thought for a while and nodded: “Since that’s the case, Xiao Xiao, you’ll be the one to divine it.”
“Eh?” Luo Xiao was a bit surprised for a moment, “Master, are you really letting me do it? I’m afraid…”
“Don’t be afraid, Xiao Xiao.” Mr. Huo patted Luo Xiao’s head, “Your abilities, Master has always known. Come on, Master believes in you!”
“Okay, Master.” Luo Xiao looked at the trusting expression on his master’s face, took a deep breath and nodded firmly. He would do his best!
“Alright, young man, since that’s the case, go ahead and arrange a place for us.” Mr. Huo turned to the young man.
In response, the young man next to them spoke up, “Master, Master Huo, we have already prepared the place and the things, please follow me.”
“Well, let’s go.” Old Man Ouyang nodded approvingly at the young man and took the lead in following him.
They went straight to a room on the second floor. Apart from a desk and a chair, there was nothing else in the room.
Luo Xiao walked up to the desk and looked at the blood sample placed on it. He took out the ancient copper coin that had already recognized him as the owner from his pocket. Then under the encouraging eyes of his master, he slowly sat down in the chair, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled. He cupped the coin in both hands, closed his eyes, and concentrated his mind, activating his spiritual power to start divining.
In the darkness, he saw many vague and real light spots quickly moving along their own trajectories. Suddenly, a light spot felt the attraction of his spiritual power and flew towards him rapidly.
At the same time, he opened his eyes and threw the coin in his hand onto the blood sample. The information they needed appeared in the divination.
Luo Xiao squinted his eyes and said, “Master, the result of my divination is not very clear. It feels like it was deliberately hidden from me. Now I can only know that one of the people is in a small mountain village about 50,000 kilometers away. He is male, around 35-36 years old, and the rest is unknown. As for the other person, Master, I have a bad feeling about it.”
“Oh? What’s wrong?” Mr. Huo knew that his disciple’s sixth sense was very accurate and sensitive. If he felt that something was wrong, there must be some twists and turns involved.
Luo Xiao organized his words, “I can’t specifically say what’s wrong, but I have a feeling that the other person is not someone we can easily deal with.”
Mr. Huo heard this and solemnly patted Old Man Ouyang’s shoulder: “Old man, you make sure the people responsible for this matter are extra careful. My Xiao Xiao’s feelings in this area have always been very accurate.”
“Mm, I understand.” Old Man Ouyang gave a look to the young man next to him. At the same time, he was really moved by Luo Xiao. He knew that this kid had only been Mr. Huo’s disciple for two years. How could he have grown so much in such a short time?
How could Old Man Huo be so lucky? Why couldn’t he have such a good disciple? Thinking about his own disciples, Old Man Ouyang could only sigh for a while!
After giving some instructions, Mr. Luo and Luo Xiao were sent back by car. As he walked into the house, Mr. Huo sighed, “Sigh, it looks like S City is about to be in chaos again! Xiao Xiao, you’ve worked hard today, go back first.”
Luo Xiao nodded and turned to go home. On the way, he was also full of emotions on the events of today. But no matter what he will encounter in the future, he will not retreat!
Lucien On ABRWF Chapter 34.1