Chapter 65: Investigating the Changes of Heaven and Man, A Startling Realization!

At the very moment Ji Xiongying was "lucky enough to encounter a miracle," Lu Yang had also arrived at the most bustling district of Tianjing City, where the number of martial artists was the highest.

Haoran Academy.

This place, which held a scroll of the Heavenly Book and created the fourth step of the Martial Dao, had now subtly surpassed the Dao and Buddhism, becoming a holy land of the Martial Dao.

Yet strangely, ever since stepping out of the fourth step of the Martial Dao and widely spreading the method to the world, the Dean of Haoran Academy, "Saint-Heart Scholar" Wang Boyuan, had gradually vanished from public view, becoming increasingly reclusive, to the point where even the academy's high-level members now found it difficult to see him.

"What a fine site of Feng Shui."

To avoid drawing attention, Lu Yang had now dispersed his form, turning into a wisp of formless Qi, observing Haoran Academy with great interest.

In his view, this academy could truly be called a place where the land produces heroes.

In the entire Tianjing City, only this place was overflowing with spiritual Qi; even an ordinary person, if they studied here for several years, could develop some spiritual wisdom and clever thoughts.

However, what was even more wonderful was that this was not a natural creation, but a human one; it included the overall layout of the academy, the position of every classroom, the placement of flowers, birds, fish, and insects, and various landscapes, actually sublimating the "Feng Shui methods" of the mundane world, subtly qualifying as a prototype of a Spirit-Gathering Array!

Just based on this point, Lu Yang knew that "Saint-Heart Scholar" definitely had something to offer.

Thinking of this, Lu Yang immediately took a step, arriving directly at a study deep within the academy, preparing to meet this famous native.

Then he was surprised to see the scene inside the study.

For the person in the study was not the handsome scholar with a feather fan and silk headband he had imagined, but a disheveled man with messy hair and a dirty face, constantly drinking alcohol.

Is this that "Saint-Heart Scholar"?

Just then, the disheveled man suddenly raised his head, looking with drunken, hazy eyes toward Lu Yang's location: "I did not expect a distinguished guest to visit."

"..."

With a thought, Lu Yang reformed his body, changing from formless Qi into a tangible form, and bowed with clasped hands to the disheveled man: "Lu Yang greets Daoist Friend Wang."

"Boyuan greets the distinguished guest."

The disheveled man returned the bow in kind, then patted his sleeves and stood up, exclaiming: "The distinguished guest possesses extraordinary skills; the battle with the Towning Martial King Changkong previously made this Wang regard you as a celestial being, almost thinking you were an immortal or god descending... I just do not know what the distinguished guest seeks from this Wang, and what is your intention?"

"I wish to discuss the Dao of Heaven and Man with you, Daoist Friend."

Lu Yang got straight to the point, pouring out his thoughts: "The fourth step of the Martial Dao investigates the changes between Heaven and Man; although I have some realization, I still cannot grasp the key, so I beg you to teach me."

Hearing this, Wang Boyuan blinked: "With the distinguished guest's skills, you are also interested in the Martial Dao?"

"The stones from other hills can help polish the jade."

Lu Yang said calmly: "Are you willing to teach me, Daoist Friend?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Boyuan immediately laughed heartily: "Those who come are guests; moreover, you are a distinguished guest. If the distinguished guest wishes to learn, this Wang will naturally speak all he knows and say all he has to say!"

"However, the Dao of Heaven and Man blooms in a hundred flowers; it is created by martial artists based on their understanding of Heaven and Earth and their understanding of themselves, so this Wang cannot describe it in detail to the distinguished guest, and can only briefly explain this Wang's personal method. If the distinguished guest has doubts in your heart, you may go and ask other Heavenly Men."

Having said this, the two immediately sat facing each other.

"The fourth step of the Martial Dao, this Wang calls 'Investigating the Changes of Heaven and Man'; as the name suggests, it is using one's own power to pry open Heaven and Earth, and using human effort to glimpse the secrets of Heaven!"

"This Wang's 'Art of Gazing at Fortune' is just like this; it contains the changes of the Three Talents."

"The Three Talents are Heaven, Earth, and Man. First gaze at Man, know the facial features; then gaze at Earth, know the Feng Shui; finally gaze at Heaven, know the Mandate of Heaven! These three are linked in a chain!"

"Gazing at Earth through Man, gazing at Heaven through Earth, gazing at Fortune through Heaven... to this Wang's level, one can know the changes of the world without leaving the house, gaze at the changes of national fortune, where disasters will arise, where uprisings will occur, where officials do nothing, and where those who eat the salary compete with the people for profit; this Wang can mostly gaze these out."

"Although there are still errors and omissions, it can still achieve seven or eight correct guesses out of ten."

To Lu Yang's surprise, Wang Boyuan actually did not hide anything, revealing the entire "Art of Gazing at Fortune," and the changes within even involved Cause and Effect!

Of course, this was not truly divining Cause and Effect.

Strictly speaking, what Wang Boyuan did was merely "guessing," so he could not calculate details, only understand the general idea and know about certain specific events.

However, even so, it was enough to be stunning!

How did he do it?

Facing Lu Yang's confusion, Wang Boyuan shook his head: "To be honest, this Wang just had a day where fortune touched his heart; there is no shortcut method."

"I see."

Hearing this, Lu Yang could only nod; afterwards, the two exchanged words for several more hours before he rose to take his leave, planning to visit other Heavenly Men.

Meanwhile, inside the Wei family residence.

The Yun Family Ancestor opened his Dharma Eye, silently witnessing the entire exchange between Lu Yang and Wang Boyuan, then withdrew his gaze without the slightest fluctuation.

"Demon, truly ignorant."

He had no interest in Wang Boyuan's realization, because no one knew better than him that Wang Boyuan's realization was something he had triggered through Cause and Effect to let him realize!

Anyway, it was not something that could truly comprehend Cause and Effect, just a mortal "method of guessing," so the Yun Family Ancestor did not care at all, coldly sneering in his heart: "Discussing the Dao with the various Heavenly Men, wanting to take a fifth step on my foundation and pull the Martial Dao back to the right path?"

Simply a pipe dream!

After all, he had triggered Cause and Effect to let Wang Boyuan create the fourth step of the Martial Dao, raising the limit of the Martial Dao to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining; this was already the limit.

Because anything above that was Foundation Establishment!

And how could Lu Yang create the method of Foundation Establishment? So in the eyes of the Yun Family Ancestor, Lu Yang's actions were meaningless, useless work.

According to the Yun Family Ancestor's calculation, the methods of the Heavenly Men have now ruined the cultivation of Lu Yang, the Sage Thief; to break the deadlock, the only way is to first kill all the Heavenly Men, then ban the methods of the Heavenly Men, and what he must do is kill Lu Yang's clone, forcing his true body to personally intervene.

In this way, Lu Yang would be considered trapped in the pot.

From this aspect, Wang Boyuan was merely a pawn of the Yun Family Ancestor.

And for a pawn, the Yun Family Ancestor naturally had not the slightest interest; as for the stunning impression in Lu Yang's eyes, in the eyes of the Yun Family Ancestor it was even less worth mentioning.

Including Lu Yang; although the Yun Family Ancestor treated him seriously, he always harbored disdain in his heart.

Because in the end, they were just a group of mortals.

"With the 'Instrument of Investigating Heaven and Man' bestowed by the Zhang Sect, even a True Person of Foundation Establishment cannot detect my existence; what waves can mere mortals stir up?"

Leaving Haoran Academy, Lu Yang once again transformed into formless Qi, walking through the streets and alleys of Tianjing City, carefully contemplating his recent exchange with Wang Boyuan.

"The Three Talents Art of Gazing at Fortune."

Ten thousand li away, Lu Yang's true body opened his eyes, a round light shining brightly behind his head, the Taiwei Precious Talisman circulating, silently calculating the many changes in Tianjing City.

The Cause and Effect feedback showed: Everything is normal.

"The next thirty years in Tianjing City will be very stable; the cause and effect has not changed at all. This is normal, after all, there are two Martial Dao True Persons stationed here."

Immediately, Lu Yang suddenly shifted his line of thought. Instead of calculating the cause and effect of the entire Tianjing City directly from a "macro" perspective, he adopted the approach of Wang Boyuan's 'Gazing at Fortune Technique', starting with the common people of Tianjing City to calculate individual cause and effect, then using the changes of the Three Talents to reverse-calculate the cause and effect of Heaven and Earth.

The reason for doing so was simply to verify the 'Gazing at Fortune Technique'.

However, the next second, Lu Yang was stunned.

"The breakfast stall on East Street, the Wang Erniu family of three: calculated with the Taiwei Treasure Talisman and supplemented by the Gazing at Fortune Technique, they should have descendants filling the hall, yet there is a sudden death calamity."

"The patrol constable of the Six Gates, Chen Qing: has a sudden death calamity."

"Li Chengrong has a sudden death calamity."

"Liu Xinshang has a sudden death calamity."

Calamity! Calamity! Calamity!

Everyone! Almost everyone Lu Yang saw within Tianjing City has a sudden death calamity in their fate, yet when expanded to the whole city, there is absolutely no change!

How is this possible?

If indeed every commoner in the whole city has a sudden death calamity, then the entire Tianjing City would long ago have been shrouded by dark clouds; with my personality, I would absolutely not approach it.

'... No!'

In an instant, Lu Yang's pupils shrank sharply!

Seeing the small reveals the great; using humans to calculate Heaven is possible. One person might possibly be calculated wrongly, but if ten people, a thousand people, ten thousand people are all like this, then Heaven is wrong!

"The Heavenly Mechanism cause and effect is obscured! Damn it, there is a Foundation Establishment True Person in the Secret Realm who wants to harm me!?"

(End of this chapter)