Chapter 76: The Chariot Reversed
The "Chariot" card flew out, and another black sphinx and the warrior holding a spear-shaped staff jumped out. He did not ride in his chariot, but landed on one knee in a handsome manner.
The warrior had dazzling golden hair and a laurel wreath on his head. He had deep facial features and an indomitable confidence. But he spoke with the same Sichuan accent as the Sphinx: "My legs are numb." He stood up and patted his legs.
Tan Xiao: "..."
The place of origin is so obvious. It is printed in China, right? It is really a half-domestic product.
"Ah Jin, put on your mask!" Tan Xiao called out to Ah Jin. He had good eyesight and saw the meaning of the card that flew out. The Chariot, in the upright position, represents victory, will, and competition.
The Chariot card also represents Ares, the god of war in Greek mythology, which means that the opponent should have a strong desire to win and strong strength. Tan Xiao had never experienced this situation before, but he became alert.
Beside the blond warrior stood two sphinxes, one black and one white, representing mercy and severity respectively, both of which were restrained by the warrior. And because they were spirits together, their connection with each other was even stronger, and it was not an exaggeration to say that they were three bodies in one. The warrior raised his eyebrows: "How do we fight?"
The black sphinx turned its head and said angrily, "Don't waste your time talking to them. If she does it again... she won't be able to escape. I will bite this boy's foot, and then you will--"
It looked at Chen Yinghe.
Chen Yinghe shrank back.
As expected, the desire to fight is very strong, Tan Xiao is already prepared.
When Kong Xuan heard this, he also had the same thought in his mind: he relied on his innate magic weapon to fight blitzkrieg, mainly bullying people with magic weapons, and directly brushing people away during fights to end the battle quickly. But recently he also thought about it , if he fought so fast, wouldn't Tan Xiao be able to see his figure clearly? Should he use his fists more in the future?
But the White Sphinx disagreed. "You are too reckless. Listen to me. We should fight with words instead of fists. Kid, I heard that the third year of high school is the peak of one's knowledge in a lifetime. Do you dare to challenge me in a knowledge contest? The limit is three questions. If I lose, I surrender. If you lose, you must give way."
——The Sphinx also symbolizes wisdom and knowledge.
When Tan Xiao heard this, he relaxed his grip and said, "Why don't you ask?"
Kong Xuan, who was already ready, said: "..."
The white Sphinx pursed its bright, thick lips. "Let n and k be positive integers, and n be an odd number. It is known that 2n has no more than a positive divisor of k..."
Chen Yinghe squatted down with his head in his hands.
Ah! This is more terrible than fighting! ! She is just an art student who doesn't like to fight with others!
Tan Xiao took out a piece of yellow paper from his bag and used it as a draft paper. When he saw the dim light here, he said to Kong Xuan, "Turn on the light!"
Kong Xuan: “…………”
Suddenly the classroom became as bright as day.
Tan Xiao quickly wrote out the proof with a cinnabar pen and showed it to the White Sphinx. Because of the cursive writing, people might think it was some kind of symbol at first glance.
The White Sphinx could tell the difference and nodded: "Correct."
Ah Jin murmured: "This is a deformed fight..."
Tan Xiao didn't care about him so much and said to Kong Xuan: "I'll give you the next question to practice."
Kong Xuan's face darkened, but he remembered his goal and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! I will answer it!"
"Next question." The White Sphinx also looked at his companions. The three of them worked as one and each asked a question.
The black sphinx was not as merciful as its companion. Its eyes rolled around and it said, "Please... prove the Goldbach conjecture."
Everyone: “…………”
Kong Xuan kicked the Black Sphinx in the face expressionlessly and said simply, "Get lost!"
With Kong Xuan's kick, the false surface peace was officially broken. The Black Sphinx jumped onto an office desk, opened its mouth and roared, declaring war.
It suddenly pounced on Tan Xiao, who dodged. The black sphinx landed in front of Kong Xuan, and did not pick it up, circling around him. Kong Xuan thought for a moment, stretched out his hand, and plucked a leaf of calamus hanging on the door. It was shaped like a sword, and Kong Xuan turned his fingers and it really turned into a thin long sword.
Kong Xuan made a sword flower and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Tan Xiao: “……?”
What moves? Never mind, let him be. Tan Xiao looked at the blond warrior holding the spear-shaped staff. The other party smiled and rushed towards Tan Xiao at a very fast speed with the staff in both hands. Every step seemed to hit the ground.
Tan Xiao held the yoke in his hands, "The five-colored divine light will combine to suppress the disasters in the night sky!"
The blond warrior stopped in his tracks, continued running, and moved his body. He seemed to be firmly trapped in the spot. He let out a "Hmm?" and let out a low growl from his throat, struggling hard.
Tan Xiao was about to say it was useless, but he saw a square pattern painted on the blond warrior's chest armor light up, and it was actually slowly changing its movements. Finally, it stretched its body and the restraints were broken!
It was the first time that Tan Xiao saw a new monster that could ignore the shackles. Even the male viper couldn't do it.
Chen Yinghe said beside him: "That pattern is the earth element, representing will!"
She couldn't help much, but seeing that Tan Xiao looked a little surprised, she gave him some relevant information to see if she could provide any ideas.
Tan Xiao was thoughtful. This was probably one of the other party's innate abilities, just like A Jin's illusions. Therefore, A Jin had no room to play. With such willpower, it was difficult for him to be dragged into the illusion. Now A Jin had nothing to do, and stared at the equally idle white Sphinx.
The blond warrior was shackled, but instead of feeling that his opponent was scary, he was aroused by his desire to win, and raised his scepter to stab Tan Xiao. As a chariot, his speed was terrifying, and he had a strong sense of power.
Tan Xiao stepped on the Yu step and twisted his flexible waist, dodging the attack of the scepter slowly but actually quickly, just like the beginning of the Chu witch dance. It was silent, but it was like a drumstick hitting the drum, making one's heart resonate and move along.
Even Chen Yinghe felt as if her heart was tightened when she saw it. When she saw Tan Xiao bending his waist and stepping forward, her breathing became inexplicably rapid, and she felt a strong feeling surging.
The blond warrior didn't know the meaning of Tan Xiao's action, but his intuition was not simple, so he must catch him as soon as possible and turn around to pounce again.
But Tan Xiao used his magic formula to chop at him, and the small golden knife hit the blond warrior's armor. Although the warrior was obviously much smaller than himself, when the young man's light finger pointed at him, he actually took several steps back and fell to the ground, feeling a little painful and frowning.
The blond warrior didn't know that Tan Xiao was also quite amazed. Usually, after being hit like this, one would do more than just frown.
Tan Xiao thought about it and felt that it might be because Tarot cards themselves are a kind of mystical divination tool and have a huge mass base. Therefore, as these cards become spirits, they are also quite unusual.
Ah Jin also saw it and shouted, "Spiritual Master, take them to the entrance of Office 404 and make them squat like stone lions and security guards!"
The blond warrior got angry when he heard this: "Just wait, I'll beat you to death."
For him, being pinned down and beaten by a seemingly weak teenage student was a very humiliating thing.
The blond warrior roared loudly, as if he had gone berserk. His competitive spirit reached its peak at this moment. He leaped one meter into the air, his eyes wide open, holding the scepter in both hands, ready to strike down a violent blow.
Tan Xiao's eyes swept across the black and white Sphinxes. Judging from the colors, they were like the black and white of Tai Chi. The blond warrior restrained these opposites, which was also forming a balance similar to Yin and Yang.
I remembered the explanation I saw on the card before. The upright position of the chariot represents victory and competition. However, if the balance is broken, going from one extreme to the other...
Tan Xiao nimbly turned sideways, took out the Taiyin slingshot, raised his hand and quickly shot at the blond warrior's chest armor which had the strongest defense.
The blond warrior seemed to be hit by a huge force. He turned in the air, rolled on the ground, and met Tan Xiao's eyes upside down.
Tan Xiao looked down at him, "The reversed Chariot represents failure and recklessness."
What? Am I in reverse? The blond warrior panicked and kicked twice, but was stepped on by Tan Xiao, and then the slingshot was also pointed at his neck.
"..." The blond warrior was stunned and didn't move.
In fact, he had already broken away from the cards, so why should he care about the upright and reversed positions? But at that moment just now, he was shaken by Tan Xiao's threat after he shot him down. He was truly reckless and destroyed his own energy.
Once he loses his temper, Tan Xiaogong will point at his vital points.
…
After dealing with the blond warrior, Tan Xiao looked at Kong Xuan again, only to find that Kong Xuan, who was always quick to decide on a fight, was still fighting with the black sphinx. At this time, his sword was turning with him , and his stabbing was as fast as a flying phoenix, which was extremely beautiful.
He is handsome, but how can I put it? From what Tan Xiao has seen, Kong Xuan has never fought for so long except for doing radio gymnastics.
Fortunately, Kong Xuan saw that Tan Xiao had already pinned down the blond warrior and saw him, so he put away his sword in a very cool manner after a sword move. He pinched his fingers and tapped some points, and the black sphinx was wrapped by his own headscarf, which he could not tear open, and rolled on the ground.
The Black Sphinx couldn't understand why the enemy's strength suddenly increased.
Tan Xiao looked at the remaining white sphinx, which hesitated for a moment: "How about you ask me three questions?"
"Come here!" Tan Xiao drove it over and squatted beside the Black Sphinx. He took a photo to record it, and then picked up the card that had turned blank.
"How can this be..." Tan Xiao thought, "Then is this card still useful? Can I take them back?"
Chen Yinghe raised his hand: "If you want to take it back, why don't you try tapping the card with your staff and chanting a spell?"
Tan Xiao: "Don't think I haven't watched anime."
He's a wizard, not a magical girl.
"Okay, now tell me about your purpose and motive for committing the crime." Tan Xiao decided to interrogate him first, "Do you have any obsession?"
The blond warrior was lying on the ground with a look of despair, but his eyes sparkled when he heard this : "I don't have any motives, I just have a passionate love for her, as long as I can always see her beautiful face."
The two sphinxes nodded, "We are assisting."
A Jin: "Uh, so domineering."
Chen Yinghe: “……???”
At first, Tan Xiao thought that some ghost was pestering Chen Yinghe. After seeing them, he just thought it was a spirit with a different way of thinking, just like Tang Jing who insisted on carrying the male owner of the house to the mountains.
But he didn't expect that Chen Yinghe didn't provoke him, but... fell in love with him at first sight?
No, I don’t know how long Chen Yinghe has been buying cards, maybe they have fallen in love over time.
Chen Yinghe was stunned for a long time, then clenched his fist and said, "Can't the quota for becoming a spirit be given to me by drawing the Otome Yu card?"
Although this blond warrior is a paper man, he is a strong muscular man, which is really not what she likes! And he is also a pervert, no no!
"You heard it, she's not interested in you, so just give up." Tan Xiao said.
The blond warrior gave Chen Yinghe a strange look and said, "It's not her."
"It's not me?" Chen Yinghe was more questioning than embarrassed, "Then why do you always follow me and scare me?"
"No, no," the blond warrior also realized that this was a big misunderstanding. "I'm a Chariot card, not a Death card. Why would I scare you? Even though we've been working together for so long, you're really not my type. You look..."
The blond warrior thought for a moment how to describe it: "Too three-dimensional."
Chen Yinghe: “…”
Chen Yinghe was confused: "Then you like someone else, who is it?"
The blond warrior blushed, but still said loudly: "It's the painting you drew, an excellent homework that was just hung up." Even in his attitude towards love, he is brave and forward-looking.
Tan Xiao had also seen that painting, and had heard Kong Xuan talk about its contents. He looked at Chen Yinghe and confirmed, "Isn't that your self-portrait? Isn't that right?"
Chen Yinghe said in a daze: "That's right..."
That was the portrait assignment she had done last time, a self-portrait, a colored headshot. To be honest, this had never happened in their studio before, and she herself had never encountered it before, until she finished that painting and hung it up.
At that time, she was in the studio, and she put the tarot cards in her bag at the back of the studio. I think the easels did block the view between her and the painting. Later, she forgot to take her bag, and the supernatural incident happened in the studio, but she was fine. When she took the bag back, something happened at home again, with paint spilling and brushes falling. Could it be that it was reminding her to go to the studio so that she could see her favorite painting again?
"You ...you..." Chen Yinghe tried to organize her words several times, but couldn't think of what to say. She covered her head with her hands. This world was so damn annoying that it made her unbearable.
Tan Xiao also thought this was a weird thing, but logically speaking, it seemed reasonable for a character on the card to like other portraits. "So this is also a misunderstanding. You don't want to pester Chen Yinghe, you just want to see your goddess."
The blond warrior nodded, "That's what happened."
There was no grudge to be resolved between the Chariot brand and Chen Yinghe, and there was no need to go through any procedures. This made Ah Jin feel relieved as there was one less procedure to go through.
"But you've objectively affected everyone's classes and rest. Come with us." Tan Xiao looked at the card and asked Chen Yinghe, "You may be short of a card. Do you want it to compensate you?"
"Forget it, forget it. No need for that." Chen Yinghe said repeatedly, "I feel like he recognizes my looks to some extent, and appreciates my painting skills. But to be honest, I may have a traumatic experience with this card. In the future, I will still..."
Tan Xiao jokingly said: "Why don't you print a card with your self-portrait as well, as a commemoration of this event."
It is very difficult for a person to encounter such a magical thing. Moreover, Tan Xiao heard Yu Zhenzhen say that they had to interpret the tarot cards in their own way. So for Chen Yinghe, she might have a unique and in-depth understanding of the car cards in the future.
"Haha, I do want to, but the system is fixed." Chen Yinghe suddenly laughed, "By the way, I've always had the idea of drawing a set of Chinese-style tarot cards, but I never had any inspiration. But today, it seems that I suddenly found inspiration for what style to use."
That is the romantic and mysterious Chu witch style with red and black as the main colors.
"Then congratulations?" Tan Xiao didn't know what card she was drawing, why did she look so ecstatic? Are all artists like this when they have inspiration? He thought about it and said, "There is something I hope you can agree to. You and our class monitor are good friends, so please don't tell her the truth. My identity..."
As a staff member of the 404 Office, A Jin asked Chen Yinghe, while Tan Xiao asked again from a personal perspective as they had a mutual friend.
"You think too highly of me." Chen Yinghe laughed dryly, "With such a complicated identity, I can't explain it clearly even if I want to."
Tan Xiao: "..."
Chen Yinghe took out her phone and checked the time. She hadn't been home for a day, so her parents had sent her messages asking about her. She also realized that her phone was running out of battery. "Oh, I have to charge it quickly."
"Do you have a charging cable?" Tan Xiao asked.
"Yes." Chen Yinghe took out the one she brought with her in her bag and looked around. "Let me see where the socket is."
"Let me do it." A Jin suddenly said. He took Chen Yinghe's data cable, not daring to lift up the mask, and stuffed it in from the edge.
A Jin sucked on Chen Yinghe's USB and the phone was fully charged immediately.
Others: “…”
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"You three..." It's time to go. Tan Xiao looked at the tank team, "Can you go back to the card by yourself?"
The blond warrior looked at Chen Yinghe eagerly.
Chen Yinghe said speechlessly: "I can make a photo of that painting for you to enjoy. See if it can become a spirit in the future..."
The blond warrior was ecstatic.
The chariot trio returned to the cards. Tan Xiao took a look at the card and found it was slightly different from the previous one. This time, the blond warrior was sitting in the same place with his face in his hands, tilting his head and thinking about the bright future. The two sphinxes also lay down.
Chen Yinghe felt mixed emotions when she thought about the fact that the ones who should have become spirits didn't become spirits (referring to the cards that she spent so much money to draw), and the ones who shouldn't have become spirits turned out to be spirits (and they also said that I looked too three-dimensional).
"Master, can I still use that talisman?" Chen Yinghe asked. She was afraid of encountering such a thing again in the future. Although one cannot always be so unlucky, it is better to be prepared.
"Sure, you can just chant a mantra. The Peacock God will protect the believers." After Tan Xiao said that, he saw Kong Xuan raise his face a little.
"Okay," Chen Yinghe said curiously, "but forgive me for being so presumptuous, I don't know much about this Peacock God. Is he a man or a woman? What does he look like? Is his only business scope exorcism?"
Tan Xiao smiled secretly and said seriously, "He is a male god, very handsome, with a very wide range of duties, from exorcising evil spirits, fighting to studying, and even witnessing marriages."
——Whether it works or not, Kong Xuan has served as a god of ghost marriage and responded to his prayers for academic success. And in the future, he should also receive the position of Yuanfeng priest.
"Is that so!" Chen Yinghe exclaimed, "I've learned a lot. Master, you have good taste. The gods you worship are more fashionable than others." What is fashionable? It's because Tan Xiao said that this person is very beautiful!
When Kong Xuan heard Tan Xiao...well, when he heard Chen Yinghe praising Tan Xiao's taste, he proudly put his hands behind his back.
"You can also try to pray." Tan Xiao saw that Kong Xuan was in a good mood and reminded him, "But be more realistic. Don't say that the paper man has become a spirit and is with you. Praise the great god more."
A Jin felt a little confused when watching this scene. It is said that wizards are communicators between humans and gods, but he did not expect to see a scene where gods and humans are only two meters apart, with a wizard standing in the middle to pass on messages.
"Hehe." Chen Yinghe remembered that her self-portrait had peach blossoms, and said while pinching the talisman, "Then I hope that Peacock God can bless me and the person I crush can develop further... It is said that you are good-looking and capable, so this must be a piece of cake!"
She followed Tan Xiao's instructions and praised him for a long time before putting away the talisman. "Hey, do you think this Peacock God has a partner? Since he is so good-looking and can act as a matchmaker, he must be in a happy relationship. I hope he can bring me some good luck."
Kong Xuan: “…………”
