Chapter 200: Rune Eye

In the tenth Huang-Yellow Pavilion, Gu Jinfan was drinking tea with Tang Yufeng, the master of the ninth pavilion. The Tang family was the head of the capital's noble families and maintained good connections with all parties of power and nobility.

"Hua Changxi has left again?"

Hearing the report from her subordinate, Gu Jinfan's brows immediately furrowed.

Seeing this, Tang Yufeng smiled: "Although I haven't met Hua Changxi, you have mentioned her several times; it is clear that she is no ordinary person."

Gu Jinfan: "I know Hua Changxi is no ordinary person, but her indifference toward the Huang-Yellow Pavilion truly leaves me somewhat confused."

The Huang-Yellow Pavilion not only hid the secret of the Dan Saint Hall but also symbolized a kind of status and position. Before the eighteen Huang-Yellow Pavilions were allocated, the major forces in the capital had fought tooth and nail for them, yet Hua Changxi had an attitude of complete indifference.

Tang Yufeng laughed: "What's so hard to understand about that? No one likes to be used." He paused and looked at Gu Jinfan with a smile, "Do you think Hua Changxi knows that the imperial family wants to use her to crack the secret of the Huang-Yellow Pavilion?"

Gu Jinfan was silent for a moment: "She must know."

Tang Yufeng: "So, she doesn't want to be used, doesn't want the imperial family to get their way, so isn't it normal for her not to care about the thirteenth Huang-Yellow Pavilion?"

Gu Jinfan frowned: "But she obtained the wooden tablet, which means she must shoulder the responsibility of reviving the Dan Saint Hall. How can she ignore the revival of the Dan Saint Hall just because she wants to oppose the imperial family? Her behavior is truly too disregardful of the big picture."

Hearing this, Tang Yufeng burst into laughter. He laughed for a good while, until Gu Jinfan's expression darkened, before he stopped: "Jinfan, the Xinguogong Prefecture has protected you too well."

Gu Jinfan: "What do you mean?"

Tang Yufeng's expression was serious: "I mean you are too black and white. Hua Changxi obtained the wooden tablet, so you think she should shoulder the responsibility of reviving the Dan Saint Hall. She is unwilling, so you think she is disregardful of the big picture. You haven't put yourself in her shoes at all. You think about problems too much as a matter of course."

"To say something you don't like to hear, if I were Hua Changxi, I would make the same choice as her. At any time, anyone basically ensures their own interests first before considering others."

Gu Jinfan felt somewhat irritable, thinking to herself that if Tang Yufeng had experienced the scene of being invaded, oppressed, and slaughtered by external cultivators in her previous life, he wouldn't be standing there talking without feeling the pain.

Tang Yufeng looked at the silent Gu Jinfan and probed: "Jinfan, you seem to have expectations for Hua Changxi that are far higher than for others."

Hearing this, Gu Jinfan's eyes flickered: "That's not the case."

Tang Yufeng asked with a smile: "But Hua Changxi is not the only one who obtained a wooden tablet. Although they stay in the Huang-Yellow Pavilion every day, they haven't discovered anything, and I haven't seen you complain about them. You only complain about Hua Changxi; isn't that too double-standard?"

Gu Jinfan was stumped by the question and hummed: "I'm just bullying the weak and fearing the strong, are you satisfied now?" After saying this, she stood up and went to the alchemy room.

Watching her back, Tang Yufeng was thoughtful.

Gu Jinfan had the ability to foresee, which had already been confirmed by many things. Could it be that her high expectations for Hua Changxi were because... the future Hua Changxi was very powerful?

If so, the Tang family would have to treat the Dingyuan Bo Fu more seriously in the future, and they would have to try to make contact with the people of the Hua family.

After Hua Changxi left the Medicine Department, she went straight back to the Feng'an Lane medicine shop.

Tong Yao sent her a message saying that he had already made an appointment with a friend to help her ignite the white jade lotus petal, asking her to meet at the street where they had parted ways tomorrow.

At night, she boiled another pot of body-refining medicinal bath to soak in. By the time she had absorbed all the medicinal properties in the soup, it was already bright daylight.

Afterwards, Hua Changxi practiced the tendon-refining body technique in the courtyard for an hour before packing up and going to meet Tong Yao.

When she arrived at the street where they had parted, from afar, Hua Changxi saw Tong Yao sitting at a tea stall, and beside him sat a monk in white.

She also recognized that monk; it was the monk Jingliao she had met when she went to Xiangguo Temple to deliver the relics of Master Changmei.

Thinking of the help the awakening pattern on the back of her hand gave her in sensing the black flames, Hua Changxi felt grateful to Xiangguo Temple and walked over with a smile: "Fellow Daoist Tong."

Seeing Hua Changxi arrive, Tong Yao quickly stood up, greeted her, and then hurriedly introduced her to Jingliao beside him: "Jingliao, this is Fellow Daoist Hua."

Jingliao looked straight at Hua Changxi, his eyes clear and bright, full of surprise.

Tong Yao had already told him that this Fellow Daoist Hua in front of him was the benefactor who helped save them at Kunmen Pass. He really didn't expect that the benefactor whose strength was not inferior to Uncle Master Changmei would be so young.

What surprised him even more was that he used his Rune Eye to see the 'Karma' and 'Crack' law rune chains lingering on Benefactor Hua.

Hua Changxi didn't dislike Jingliao's gaze and let him look.

During this period, she keenly captured the golden glow flickering in Jingliao's eyes, and she immediately used the look-listen-ask-feel technique to investigate Jingliao as well.

When she saw his dantian, which was like a starry sky, her pupils couldn't help but tremble; the Nascent Soul on his dantian was even more holy, shrouded in golden light. But when she shifted her gaze to his eyes, her eyes suddenly felt a sharp pain.

"Ah~"

Seeing Hua Changxi covering her eyes with both hands, Tong Yao was shocked: "Fellow Daoist Hua, what's wrong with you?"

Jingliao also came back to his senses at this time, and seeing Hua Changxi covering her eyes, his eyes widened.

Benefactor Hua's appearance looked like she had been hurt by his Rune Eye!

She could see his Rune Eye?!

Hua Changxi took a good while to recover before opening her eyes again. Seeing that her vision was not affected, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that Hua Changxi was not hurt by the Rune Eye, Jingliao breathed a sigh of relief while becoming even more curious about her.

Only those whose realm was above his would not be severely injured by the Rune Eye. After obtaining the Rune Pen, his cultivation speed had skyrocketed, and he was now a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

Master said that the reason he cultivated so quickly was because he had great merit. Benefactor Hua's cultivation was even higher than his, which meant she must also be a person with great merit.

Hua Changxi didn't dare to look at Jingliao's eyes, only looking at his chin: "Master Jingliao, your eyes..."

Jingliao looked at Tong Yao and then at Hua Changxi. One was a close friend, and the other was a life-saving benefactor with great merit, so he didn't hide it: "Amitabha, after refining the Rune Pen, I generated the Rune Eye."

"Benefactor Hua, please forgive me. Just now, the poor monk used the Rune Eye and hurt you. But don't worry, as long as I don't use the Rune Eye, you can look at my eyes."

Hua Changxi thought to herself that she couldn't be bothered to look at his eyes: "Why did you use the Rune Eye on me? What did you see?"

"..."

Jingliao looked embarrassed: "Benefactor Hua... did you also use an alien eye?"

Now it was Hua Changxi's turn not to speak.

Tong Yao widened his eyes on the side: "You both have alien eyes?"

Hua Changxi ignored him, only looking at Jingliao: "Don't talk nonsense about what you see. Of course, I won't talk nonsense either."

Jingliao nodded repeatedly: "Benefactor Hua, rest assured, the little monk is not a gossipy person."

Tong Yao looked at the two of them, somewhat disappointed. Why didn't he have an alien eye?

Hua Changxi then looked at Tong Yao: "I didn't expect Fellow Daoist Tong's speed to be so fast. I originally thought it would take some time."

Tong Yao composed his emotions and smiled: "Fellow Daoist Hua helped the Instrument Saint Palace a lot this time, so I naturally have to take your affairs to heart. I have also contacted the friend who sets up the formation, but she is not in the capital right now, so we will have to wait a while to see her."

Hua Changxi looked at the environment of the tea stall. Across the street were the imperial soldiers blockading the instrument workshop. The white jade lotus petal definitely could not be shown here: "Should we find another place to talk?"

Jingliao spoke up: "Let's go to Dixiu Temple."

Tong Yao and Hua Changxi had no objections.

The three of them stood up and left the tea stall. When leaving, Hua Changxi looked at the soldiers surrounding the instrument workshop and did not see Hua Minghe and Hua Dalang.

Seeing this, Tong Yao asked: "Is Fellow Daoist Hua looking for someone?"

Hua Changxi shook her head: "The blockade of the instrument workshop seems to be even stricter."

Tong Yao nodded, and then, in a bad tone, said: "There was a loud noise in the instrument workshop last night. I don't know what the imperial family and the nobles are doing inside." ===== CHAPTER 201 =====