Chapter 9: Does Mr. Zhang also know the Eight Calculations of the Mysterious Gate?

Hearing Qi Qi Tiezui assert that the shop assistant was about to face a great catastrophe, the audience at Sanqing Garden all furrowed their brows.

"How did this Qi Qi Tiezui calculate that? On what grounds does he say this assistant will face such retribution?"

"I don't get it either. He just sold an incense burner, did a bit of reselling—does that offend the Founding Master?"

"I want to know, who is this Founding Master? Do tomb raiders and antique dealers have a Founding Master too?"

The crowd discussed it heatedly, all feeling that Qi Qi Tiezui was being alarmist.

Others, however, were extremely curious about the Founding Master Qi Qi Tiezui mentioned.

At this moment, Zhang Lin said, "The Founding Master Qi Qi Tiezui spoke of, I shall address later."

"Let me first tell you all what exactly Qi Qi Tiezui calculated regarding the assistant that made him dare to say such things."

"That assistant was also a superstitious man; he knew how powerful Qi Qi Tiezui’s Eight Calculations of the Mysterious Gate were."

"So, the moment he heard he was facing a catastrophe, he knelt down and begged Qi Qi Tiezui to show him a way to resolve it."

"Qi Qi Tiezui, considering that the assistant had worked in the shop for several years, couldn't bear to see him suffer and provided a method."

Hearing this, Huo Huo Hongxiu turned her head and looked at Old Lady Huo with curiosity.

"Grandmother, is Qi Qi Tiezui really that magical?"

"Not only can he perform the Eight Calculations of the Mysterious Gate, but he can also defy heaven and change fate?"

Old Lady Huo closed her eyes to rest and said, "Defying heaven and changing fate is an exaggeration; it is merely using certain means to avoid risks he has already foreseen."

"Take this assistant, for example. Qi Qi Tiezui pinched his fingers to calculate and knew exactly what would happen to him."

"Naturally, he could then devise a countermeasure based on the situation he calculated."

"However, this kind of solution is sometimes not one hundred percent effective."

"It depends on the timing, the location, the people involved, and a combination of many factors."

Upon hearing this, Huo Huo Hongxiu nodded thoughtfully.

Old Lady Huo meant that Qi Qi Tiezui could see it, calculate it, and even break it.

But whether it was ultimately effective depended on the person executing it, the executor's luck at the time, and any unforeseen circumstances.

However, the fact that Zhang Lin was telling this story meant one thing.

It meant that Qi Qi Tiezui had succeeded!

Sure enough, Huo Huo Hongxiu heard Zhang Lin continue, "At the time, this assistant was about to go down to the village to collect rent."

"Because of the assistant's request, Qi Qi Tiezui cast a hexagram to calculate."

"He then frowned and took out all the money the assistant had made from secretly selling the incense burner."

"He handed it to the assistant and told him to keep this money on his person."

"He also instructed him to place the collected rent money at the bottom of the chest."

"Finally, there was one last instruction: he told him to waive the rent for the melon farmers!"

"Although the assistant felt it was strange, he still set off on his journey as Qi Qi Tiezui had instructed."

"When he arrived at the village, the assistant discovered that there had been heavy rain that year; the melon farmers had no harvest and couldn't pay the rent at all, even if he tried to force them."

"Thus, he simply waived the rent for the melon farmers and started his journey back with the rent he had already collected."

The audience below heard this and couldn't help but sit up straight.

They knew the turn of events was about to happen; the catastrophe Qi Qi Tiezui spoke of must occur on the assistant's way back.

Sure enough, Zhang Lin didn't pause for long before saying, "On the way back, the assistant encountered bandits. All the money on his person was stolen, but the other party didn't harm his life, nor did they search the chest before running off."

"Not long after he returned to the Qi Family Incense Hall, the bandit was caught, and it turned out to be one of the melon farmers from the village!"

*Whoosh—*

As the storytelling reached this point, the quiet theater suddenly began to buzz.

Smart people had already connected the dots of Qi Qi Tiezui’s instructions when they heard the result.

Even though the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams had been lost in the current Xia Kingdom, some old sayings still remained.

For instance, karma: plant a good seed, reap a good harvest!

Wasn't that exactly what happened to this assistant?

Heavy rain fell from the sky, the melon farmers had no income, so they were driven to desperation and became bandits. ===== CHAPTER 19 =====

But when they robbed the assistant, they discovered it was the kind accountant who had waived their rent.

The melon farmer felt a pang of compassion and couldn't bear to kill the assistant to silence him.

Fearing he would be recognized by the assistant, he didn't even rummage through the chest containing the rent.

He only snatched the little bit of money on the assistant's person and hurriedly ran away!

If any link in this chain had gone wrong, there wouldn't have been such a result.

For example, what if the melon farmer who robbed him had been a truly wicked person?

Or what if the melon farmer had been too nervous from the robbery to recognize the assistant?

There were too many variables; if one key point had changed, the assistant would have lost his life!

But Qi Qi Tiezui not only calculated it, he even calculated the details accurately.

With Qi Qi Tiezui, it seemed there were no unpredictable variables.

Everything he said was fulfilled one by one on the assistant.

How could this not make one's blood boil?

If an ordinary person could learn even a tiny bit of this god-like fortune-telling method.

They would have a much better chance of success when excavating tombs!

The audience at Sanqing Garden was now completely awestruck by the fortune-teller Qi Qi Tiezui.

Some were extremely curious about why Qi Qi Tiezui’s calculations were so accurate.

They couldn't help but ask Zhang Lin.

"Mr. Zhang, how exactly did Qi Qi Tiezui calculate that? Can you tell us?"

"Yeah, yeah! We've only heard of the Eight Calculations of the Mysterious Gate, but there must be a basis for his calculations!"

"Tell us, Mr. Zhang, hurry and tell us so we can broaden our horizons."

"Mr. Zhang, you don't just know the stories of Qi Qi Tiezui’s fortune-telling, but not how his Eight Calculations of the Mysterious Gate actually work, do you?"

Hearing someone question whether Zhang Lin understood the Eight Calculations of the Mysterious Gate.

He didn't take offense, only saying calmly, "Since you all want to know the details, this part is on the house. Revealing the Qi family's Eight Calculations of the Mysterious Gate would normally cost extra."

"So that you all can get a feel for the Eight Calculations of the Mysterious Gate of the old Old Changsha Qi family!"

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PS: The eleventh update. Please give me free flowers, recommendation tickets, and monthly tickets. Thank you, everyone. ===== CHAPTER 20 =====