The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

Xie Anshi boiled water, brewed tea, and respectfully offered it with both hands to Professor Xu, who was painting nearby.

He now admired this teacher wholeheartedly.

Just ten days ago, they followed Supervisor Huang to the Cangyu Mountains to deal with the escaped dragon, only to discover in the end that the thing hidden in that dark cloud was just a claw.

Supervisor Huang immediately led his men non-stop to that place, but because there were too many monsters in that area, and the people of the Sitianjian had just experienced a great battle, they were exhausted and overspent, and even the golden-scaled secret carp used to restore secret power were used up, and they could only stop five miles away.

However, they later confirmed through other means that the two sides fighting at the center of this battlefield were Lu Jing and the dragon.

However, the Sitianjian could only provide limited help to Lu Jing, only making some arrangements nearby to prevent the escaped claw from reuniting with its main body, and then everyone could only wait for news and wait for the outcome of this battle.

And if there were no surprises, the outcome of this battle would determine the survival of the world.

In the following days, even Supervisor Huang, who always had a straight face and showed no expression, became obviously nervous, and had to climb high and look far every day, looking towards the direction of Wuya County.

Needless to say, everyone else was even more anxious, but Professor Xu, who was left behind to guard the Sitianjian, seemed very calm.

The old man not only ate and slept as usual every day, but also cultivated a new hobby for himself at this critical moment, and began to paint.

Xie Anshi had seen those paintings, and the paintings were... well... somewhat indescribable, but it could be seen that the painter's state of mind was indeed very peaceful.

Whether it was flowers, birds, or fish and insects, they all appeared leisurely and content.

Leaving aside everything else, no one in the Sitianjian could match his ability to cultivate inner peace, and even Xie Anshi next to him felt that his heart was not so irritable.

And now that earth-shattering battle had ended.

Lu Jing finally won this battle as expected, and Xie Anshi was finally able to ask the question buried in his heart.

"Teacher... did you foresee something early on?"

Professor Xu put down the brush in his hand, took the tea, took a sip first, and then said unhurriedly, "Didn't I say in class, whether it's observing the stars or divination... the results can only be regarded as a kind of omen, fate is not immutable, it will be affected by many things.

"The results you see can be used as a reference, but if you believe everything without doubt, you will be troubled by it instead."

Speaking of this, Professor Xu couldn't help but sigh again.

"This principle sounds simple, but it is not easy to do in practice, especially for those who have studied celestial phenomena and divination more deeply, the more they will firmly believe in what they see."

"So if you see a result that you don't want to see, you should actively think of ways to change it, right?" Xie Anshi said thoughtfully.

But he didn't expect Professor Xu to shake his head, "No, after seeing your fate, the more you want to change it, the more likely you are to get deeper and deeper, your senior brother is the best example, he wanted to rely on his unparalleled strategy to change his fate against the heavens, but in the end he not only destroyed the Sitianjian, but also lost his life."

Xie Anshi was confused, "Then teacher, should I actively change my fate or just accept it?"

"Just let nature take its course." Professor Xu stroked his beard and said, "When you encounter a choice, don't care about any astrology or divination, just act according to your heart, for example, if you calculate that you will be killed by a woman in green clothes, then when you go out, you see someone drowning in the river, and it happens to be a woman in green clothes, do you save her or not?"

"This..." The young Taoist hesitated a little, but after thinking about it, he still said, "I will save her."

"Why?"

"If she is not the woman in green clothes who will kill me, then I will have watched an innocent person die in front of me for nothing."

"What if she is the one who will kill you?" Professor Xu asked with interest.

"If I don't save her, she will probably find a way to kill me later." Xie Anshi had already understood at this time, and sighed, "Is this fate, teacher?"

"Your understanding of fate has improved." Professor Xu said with relief, then he changed the subject, "However, I have indeed read Lu Jing's face, and more than once."

"Face reading?" Xie Anshi was stunned, "When?"

"When you came to listen to my lectures, I read your faces, and then we went to Bailongbo together, and I read it again, the interesting thing is that the results of these two times were very different."

"Can facial features... also change a lot?"

"Under normal circumstances, there shouldn't be." Professor Xu took another sip of tea, "So I speculate that he probably has some kind of strange object on his body that can change his fate."

"Is that so?" Xie Anshi widened his eyes, "Then what did you see from his face when we were at Bailongbo, teacher?"

"A dragon transforms into a tiger, finding life in desperation."

Professor Xu gently uttered these eight words, "This is his current fate."

After a pause, he added, "This fate is quite interesting, it has no effect at ordinary times, but once it comes to a critical moment, it can often miraculously find a way out and escape, um... this fate is actually the most suitable for doing bad things, with it to protect you, it is generally not easy to die."

"It sounds a lot like the things that those devils who are hiding from the pursuit of the righteous path and the Imperial City Division have." Xie Anshi couldn't help but complain, "So that's how it is, teacher, you determined from his face that Senior Brother Lu would not die..."

"No, no, no, have you forgotten what I just said so quickly, fate is constantly changing and affected by various factors, the reason why I am not in a hurry is just because I know that being in a hurry is useless, anyway, the worst is just that everyone dies together."

"I have lived for such a long time, I have tasted passionate emotions and delicious delicacies, I once carried a sword for thousands of miles when I was young, and I have also looked up at the bright starry sky above my head, and I have drawn my sword in anger for a beauty, I don't have many regrets in my life, no matter how you calculate it, I have earned more than you young people." Professor Xu said leisurely.

"........."

"But it's really good to be able to live." Professor Xu happily drank the remaining tea in the bowl and looked at a lotus flower in full bloom in the pond.

"This disciple will... strive to learn your teacher's open-mindedness." Xie Anshi bowed again.

"What I mean is that you should also find someone you like, you haven't practiced boy skills, what's the use of guarding your pure Yang all the time?"