Chapter 94: Dui Gua
Martial arts novels say that the only martial arts in the world that cannot be defeated is speed. In fact, in addition to speed, there is also a kind of martial arts called divination and positioning. Just like what Wang Jingzhe did just now, he calculated each of the opponent's moves and the position of his feet accurately and quickly, and when the opponent makes a move, he can just block the opponent's moves in advance, as if he could predict it. However, this way of fighting the enemy is extremely mentally exhausting, and Wang Jingzhe will not be able to hold on for long before he is exhausted. If it takes any longer, he will not be able to hold on, unless he can defeat the enemy in an instant and prevent the opponent from fighting back.
The man outside the yard clapped his hands a few times, seemingly not hiding his admiration for Wang Jingzhe. There was no need to continue this fight. No matter how the fight went, Wang Jingzhe would definitely win in the end.
Wang Jingzhe's sight fell on the man outside the yard. The other person's face was filled with a bright smile, and he was smiling with great interest, looking like he was excited to see prey. He suddenly raised his hand and snapped his fingers. The two middle-aged men in Ma褂 in front of him took a step forward at the same time, while Qi Zhengkun and the other two people in the house stood up from the ground. They did not attack again, but looked at Wang Jingzhe's back with a sinister look on their faces.
"Xuanmen, divination pulse Chang Zijing"
"The word divination, Sun Yang"
The two middle-aged men bowed, spread their palms and said, "Please!"
Mao Xiaocao suddenly sneered and uttered a few words: "Round battle?"
The man outside the courtyard said, "I heard that you and Cui Xuance had a Feng Shui contest in Longxi and both of you were evenly matched. That's why he believed that you really had Lianshan and Guizang. But what he said may not be completely believed by others. Some things should be seen by yourself. I came here today to test your ability and see if you are worth my trip. In theory, it might be easier and simpler for us to attack you together, but we all have our own pride. Cultivating Taoism is all about the state of mind. If we defeat you by relying on numbers, our Taoism will be unstable, which is not good for us. If you think it's okay, let's try it next?"
Wang Jingzhe waved his hand without changing his expression, raised his head and hummed: "Let's give it a try."
The man nodded towards Chang Zijing and Sun Yang, and then stopped talking.
Chang Zijing stretched out his right hand and rolled up his sleeves. He counted with his thumb on the other four fingers and muttered, "Xun eight has wood, number seventeen."
Qi Zhengkun suddenly picked up a piece of wood from the ground and threw it towards an elm tree beside the wall outside the courtyard. The wood hit the leaves, and a group of birds that had already perched there instantly spread their wings and flew up from the bushes. Looking around, there were exactly seventeen birds.
Xun represents the southeast, wood represents trees, and the bird flies seventeen.
Chang Zijing calculated quickly and accurately how many birds had landed on the elm tree in the southeast direction of the courtyard. This is the divination method of Taoism. If you calculate to the extreme, everything in the world can be calculated. However, the cost and result will be quite severe. Not only will it consume your mind, but it will also make you lose energy.
Fortunately, this kind of divination method does not belong to calculating the secrets of heaven, otherwise it will lead to five disadvantages and three shortcomings and shorten one's life. If Chang Zijing were to calculate where these seventeen birds would fly, he would probably have to pay some price. So Chang Zijing did not continue to calculate, and almost stopped, then looked up at Wang Jingzhe opposite him.
That means it's your turn.
Wang Jingzhe stretched out a hand, spread out his palm, retracted the three middle fingers, and raised his thumb and little finger.
Chang Zijing frowned slightly, somewhat puzzled.
The young man outside the yard looked up at the group of birds that had just flown away. The birds did not fly very high after they took off. After flapping their wings and flying over a group of houses and courtyards, a few dog barks suddenly came from below.
“Woof woof, woof woof!”
Chang Zijing's face suddenly changed and he frowned deeply. Wang Jingzhe's move was obviously better than his. He calculated that there were seventeen birds perched on the old elm tree, but Wang Jingzhe calculated in the blink of an eye that after the birds flew away, they startled someone's dog, causing it to bark six times.
No more, no less, exactly six. If it’s one less, he would be considered off track.
This divination method seems so magical and incredible that it is hard to believe, but it is not difficult to understand once you explain the principle.
Anyone who keeps a dog at home will have a stronger yang energy. Wang Jingzhe had keenly noticed when he entered the alley that there was a family with a dog. Flying birds are yin in nature, and their sudden flapping of wings at night would inevitably scare the dog. As for why the dog barked exactly six times, it was because the time it took for the seventeen birds to fly over the yard of that family, after flapping their wings, was just enough time for the dog to bark six times.
If the flock of birds flew back and passed by that house after making a circle, the dog would also bark a few times.
As for why Wang Jingzhe won by 10%, it was because the other party used divination, which was quite mentally demanding, while Wang Jingzhe used deduction, but his brain worked a little faster and he didn't have to put in any effort at all.
The combination of their two tricks is the most common way of fortune-telling in the market. If you don't believe it, just find a fortune-teller at a stall and ask him to tell your fortune. 40% of his fortune-telling is based on his skills and knowledge, the other 40% is based on experience and observation and reasoning. As for the remaining 20%, it is even simpler and can be described in one word: "confused".
A fortune teller, from the moment you sit in front of his stall, his eyes have already looked you over and over, and he can be very sharp in predicting your fortune. In addition, while you are talking to him, he will gradually get your words out. The end result is that you will feel that his predictions are very reasonable and accurate.
In fact, to put it bluntly, half of what the fortune teller tells you is common sense, and part is practical stuff. As for the rest that has not been calculated, he will tell you that it is a secret of heaven that cannot be revealed and cannot be told.
After Chang Zijing made a divination, the winner was decided. Sun Yang took out a few copper coins from his jacket, shook them lightly in his hand, and then spread his hands to open them. After glancing at them for a few times, he said, "How about I tell you a fortune?"
Wang Jingzhe was stunned, nodded meaningfully and said: "Okay..."
