[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers":3,"chapter-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-180":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Mountains and Rivers of the Imperial Granary",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2231596,4184,"Chapter 180","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-180",180,"\u003Cp>The rain continued incessantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou huddled in a mountain cave, lighting a fire, and curled up there with A-Nuo to roast sweet potatoes to eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan leaned against the side of the cave, closing her eyes to rest, ignoring everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A-Nuo sniffed and muttered: \"Not as good as A-Lu. She could at least help a little.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou made a \"shh\" sound, and A-Nuo covered her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can't offend an old woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention anything else, just based on the fact that if it weren't for the old woman, everyone would have been fighting a bloody battle all the way after leaving the capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—It looked safe while in the capital because the Huo family or Prince Jin didn't dare to mess around in the capital for fear of public opinion, but that was also dancing with one's head on one's neck. Once out of the capital, the rivers and lakes were surging; who would care how you died?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An important reason why Lu Xingzhou was willing to leave so silently was that he didn't want to be targeted. He hadn't reached the third rank and couldn't fly, and he was still flying on a wheelchair on the road, so his speed was terrible, making it easy for people to hunt him down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his heart, Mrs. Ye was a first-rank, but the opponent's forces added up to several first-ranks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What's more, Mrs. Ye's previous battle ended with the dead soldier committing suicide, which lowered Lu Xingzhou's evaluation of her in his heart. Sure enough, it was still the old problem of alchemists; they looked very strong, but their actual combat wasn't top-notch...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter how not top-notch she was, she was still a first-rank. If he didn't want to be hacked to death by a group of swordsmen, he had to be obedient and fawning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Passing through towns on the road, he wanted to find an inn to stay in, but the old woman wouldn't allow it, saying they should hurry on their way, so he could only honestly continue to fly on the wheelchair. As a result, when they flew into the night, the rain was pouring, and the visibility ahead was too low, so it was really not suitable to travel at night, so they had to land in the mountains and find a cave to live in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could have stayed in an inn before... The resentment on A-Nuo's face was almost overflowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they hadn't brought a few sweet potatoes with them, they wouldn't even have anything to eat right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cough.\" Lu Xingzhou took a roasted sweet potato and leaned it in front of Ye Tinglan: \"Does the teacher want to eat some? Just make do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan didn't even open her eyes: \"I don't need to eat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can also go many days without eating... It's just that as a human, I still have basic habits; appetite is here.\" Lu Xingzhou was fishing for information, seeing how old this teacher was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Tang and Pei Chuyun both entered the third rank by his side, and they still ate food afterwards; Pei Chuyun even snatched buns from A-Nuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only if one cultivated for long enough would one slowly lose these human habits... This teacher was very likely over a hundred years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan didn't answer, just said: \"With just those few sweet potatoes, you and A-Nuo can eat them yourselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't you think it's very fragrant?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not as fragrant as elixirs.\" Ye Tinglan said: \"If you have the leisure to roast sweet potatoes, you might as well refine an elixir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a boring old woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou was supposed to cultivate at this time, and he didn't need her to say it. But humans are very strange; he clearly wanted to cultivate himself, but when he was ordered to cultivate by the teacher with a straight face, he didn't want to go anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou sat directly beside her, peeling the sweet potato skin, and ate it fragrantly, even letting out a satisfied sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan opened her eyes, unable to laugh or cry: \"Are you being childish?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just chatting.\" Lu Xingzhou said: \"The teacher only told me to go west, but hasn't said where she plans to go yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I also need to divine and determine the location. Anyway, the direction is west, isn't that pretty good for you? Don't you have a heart that is eager to return to Danxia Mountain?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I do. I've been away for four months, and I really want to know how the sect is doing.\" Lu Xingzhou said: \"Although the teacher always treats me as the Yama Palace in her heart, in reality, my sect is the Heaven-Walking Sword Sect, and I hope the teacher will change her view in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whose guest elder has this kind of sense of belonging? If you had a formal position, the perception of outsiders would be different. So why didn't Shen Tang give you a formal position?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou smiled: \"I'm still their landlord, why would I need a position? It's better to be considered a partner. Isn't it normal for a partner to have a sense of belonging?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not giving a formal position was, of course, because she didn't want to clearly create a \"superior-subordinate relationship.\" If she did, people who were a bit old-fashioned would have opinions when they started dating. It's so good now; it's both a superior-subordinate relationship where she can add attack speed buffs, and not really a superior-subordinate relationship where she has to explain to people. What does it matter to you if the Sect Master and the landlord are together?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's just that A-Tang's academic performance is too ideal, lacking punchlines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Partner...\" Ye Tinglan's expression became a little strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Shen Tang's goal is the throne, then do you know the gold content of a partner?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the day, the partner of the Gu family's ancestor was their Heavenly Jade Holy Land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Lu Xingzhou's mindset has been quite high from the beginning... It's not at all what outsiders think about joining the Heaven-Walking Sword Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here...\" Lu Xingzhou still plucked a small piece of sweet potato and handed it to Ye Tinglan's mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It really is quite fragrant...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan, wearing a veil, looked at the sweet potato close at hand, a little hesitant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher, you have too many concerns.\" Lu Xingzhou sighed: \"Can you be a human?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did such good words sound so wrong? Ye Tinglan said irritably: \"You're the one who isn't a human.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she said this, she lifted a corner of her veil and quickly stuffed the sweet potato into her red lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She usually watched her drink water, and it wasn't like he hadn't seen those red lips, but looking at them flash by at this moment, they seemed exceptionally seductive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was because of the pouring rain outside, and the warm campfire in the cave, the beauty was like jade. Ye Tinglan never expected that this guy could see a heart-monkey-horse-like feeling just by watching someone eat, and she quickly said with a straight face: \"Alright, I'm done eating. You go do what you need to do, I'll do some divination.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou tilted his head and looked at her for a while. Actually, you really want to be a human, right...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is it that makes you suppress yourself so much?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't say much, just stood up and smiled: \"Then I'll go cultivate. Speaking of which, teacher, you can also teach A-Nuo how to divine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan said with a straight face: \"I am only a teacher at the Alchemy Academy, bringing alchemy apprentices, not a real master. Other skills have nothing to do with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A-Nuo hugged her knees and said: \"I don't even want to learn. The teacher's divination skills must not be very good, at least not as good as her alchemy skills.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"?\" Ye Tinglan laughed: \"Agitation tactics are useless, little thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's not agitation tactics; you can't even see that you're about to be a concubine. A-Nuo turned her head again to look at Ye Tinglan, but unfortunately, there was too much cover at this moment, and she couldn't see anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Want to divine me again?\" Ye Tinglan smiled: \"How about this, you divine the good or bad luck of our trip, and I'll see what level your divination skills are really at.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You said agitation tactics were useless, so what are you doing now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A-Nuo complained in her heart, reached out and touched the copper coins, threw them casually, looked at the hexagrams on the ground, and pinched her fingers to calculate. Her little face suddenly looked a bit ugly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan smiled: \"Why, what did you calculate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thunder above, Lake below, the 'Returning Maiden' hexagram.\" A-Nuo felt empty in her heart. The 'Returning Maiden' hexagram looks like it's related to marriage on the surface, but it can actually refer to many things. Interpreted from the perspective of \"good or bad luck of this trip,\" it's an ominous hexagram.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Returning Maiden: Expedition is ominous, nothing is beneficial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heaven and earth do not interact, and all things do not flourish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared with the other \"Gradual\" hexagram related to marriage, the omen is much worse. \"Wild geese gradually landing on the land\" sounds good at first glance, but here it says \"Returning Maiden,\" and as a result, all things do not flourish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan glanced at it, but didn't care, and smiled: \"You can calculate the six lines again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A-Nuo calculated carefully for a long time and scratched her head: \"Initial Nine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Initial Nine. Returning Maiden as a younger sister, a lame person can walk, expedition is auspicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly it became an auspicious hexagram.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So what is the use of divination? It changes back and forth between auspicious and ominous; it makes sense no matter how you say it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if this hexagram had come out a few months ago, it would have been quite appropriate. A lame person can walk; how suitable it was for Master. Now that Master isn't lame anymore, what does it mean that this hexagram popped up?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that \"younger sister,\" there are two interpretations. It can be interpreted as a concubine, or as bringing a younger sister to accompany the marriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What does it mean here... the good or bad luck I calculated?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan said coldly: \"Calculating in a mess, when you were divining, were you really thinking about good or bad luck, or were you thinking about other things?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A-Nuo still scratched her head, unsure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it.\" Ye Tinglan said: \"You are not very suitable for divination... It's not that you lack talent, but because your heart is not quiet or sincere, and you are too jumpy. You can learn it for fun, but if you specialize in it, you might be pitted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A-Nuo said: \"I was just playing around anyway. Master doesn't like this, so I'm too lazy to learn.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan looked at Lu Xingzhou and didn't say anything. There are many cultivators who don't like the way of divination, and she can understand that, but divination is really not the opportunistic, confusing, and misleading thing that opponents understand it to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In many cases, it is just a guide or hint for a confused heart, or simply put, psychological comfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She divined secretly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This hexagram is a bit strange... it seems to be constantly changing, or perhaps many hexagrams match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of changing hexagram generally shouldn't appear on the 'Returning Maiden' hexagram. This hexagram should theoretically be very stable... It's that Lu Xingzhou has a problem. The hexagrams involving him are often quite vague and have many changes, which are not something ordinary people can calculate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the Initial Nine that A-Nuo calculated is not wrong... it means someone is helping, so the expedition is auspicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for marrying a concubine? Bringing a younger sister to accompany the marriage? Are you kidding me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The six lines rotated and finally stopped at Nine Four.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Returning Maiden misses the time, late return has a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ambition of missing the time is waiting to act.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's right... In terms of calculating good or bad luck, this is a guide not to be impatient and to wait for the opportunity. Although it may lead to delays, you can still wait for the right opportunity. It is very consistent with the goals and predictions of this trip. Getting the guide not to be impatient is the value of divination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems that the original one-month return period was too early, and the time limit may need to be extended...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's not like calculating marriage. The old woman doesn't get married. Waiting until she becomes an old woman is just to wait for that satisfactory lover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who calculated this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou watched from the side for a long time and really couldn't understand these messy things, so he asked: \"Teacher, how is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course it's an auspicious hexagram.\" Ye Tinglan explained roughly: \"You are also a Dao cultivator, you can't be completely ignorant of hexagrams. This calculation is not very deep, it's just a foundation. You can also learn it, at least understand the concepts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand the basic concepts.\" Lu Xingzhou looked at this pile of messy things and thought it was too troublesome. I know one similar hexagram, which is concise and clear at a glance: Withered poplar produces flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ps: A new volume, and it happens to be the last day of the month. Does everyone still have monthly tickets?\u003C\u002Fp>",2266,"2026-06-18T01:46:09.112Z","2026-06-18T03:18:02.290Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","7dc4a32835c447cb1eaa9af5bdb7eff544f6426763d73ca682da2f597cd193b9","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-181","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-179",325,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmountains-and-rivers-of-the-imperial-granary-cover.jpg"]