Chapter 278
Cause and Effect
Chapter 278 Cause and Effect
The neighborhood isn't very big and looks quite old. Walking into the neighborhood, you can feel the strong sense of community, with air conditioners or clothes drying outside the windows of almost every household.
"This place is very crowded."
The fortune teller nodded: "It's close to the train station, the rent in this old neighborhood isn't expensive, the transportation is convenient, and there's even a primary school a little further away, so naturally there are many people living here."
Upon entering the residential area, the fortune teller clearly did not have a specific goal. She first looked around, then closed her eyes and took out a coin.
The coin was tossed up and then landed in the palm of the hand.
The fortune teller raised his closed palm, looked at the coin, and concluded: "Go to the right."
She then picked up the coin, which looked no different from any other ordinary one-yuan coin, and asked Lu Jinzhao, "Do you know what this is?"
This deliberate question immediately gave Lu Jinzhao a guess: "Could it be mine?"
“That’s right.” The fortune teller nodded.
It was the one yuan that Lu Jinzhao had spent that allowed Ji Xinyue to open the box and obtain the ghost bone.
"How did it end up here?" Lu Jinzhao asked curiously.
"That was originally a deal between me and Ji Xinyue."
She gave only that vague answer.
Lu Jinzhao suddenly felt that the person in front of him had become exceptionally complicated.
"Then why use this coin?"
Because she was a fortune teller, Lu Jinzhao felt that her coin toss was not just a random toss, but more like some kind of divination.
"This coin is special; it will be very useful on this platform."
The fortune teller answered in this way.
"Do you understand cause and effect?" she asked as she led Lu Jin towards the right.
Lu Jinzhao nodded: "I know a little, but it's very basic."
“That’s enough,” the fortune teller said. “To me, the world is a web woven from cause and effect.”
“Every person or thing has threads that represent cause and effect.”
"They are linked together between cause and effect, forming an event, a person's life, or even the workings of the whole world."
As she spoke, she seemed to realize she had gone a bit too far, so she began to bring the topic to a close: "Do you remember when we first started talking, what you originally wanted me to calculate?"
"remember."
Mother and father, iron box, sheepskin.
The fortune teller coughed up blood and said he couldn't predict anything else, only how to solve the problem with the iron box.
“If it carries too much karma, or involves powerful ghosts or supernatural forces, my body and mind will not be able to bear it.”
"I only looked at these three things and intended to understand their cause and effect, but I was injured before I could even delve deeper."
"This means..."
She looked at Lu Jinzhao, her voice becoming low: "These three things carry an extremely large causal relationship and extremely strong supernatural power."
It was so enormous that she was already injured just by peeking at it.
"So at that time, I could help you figure out how to open the iron box, which wasn't difficult, but I couldn't figure out anything more in-depth."
Opening the iron box is just one link in the chain of cause and effect, requiring only a relatively small price to pay.
But she cannot be considered the "source" of this iron box, nor can she be considered Lu Jinzhao's mother or father, as that would be too "deep".
"However, with just a thought, I already sensed something."
The injuries weren't in vain.
"Those three things were interconnected at the time, and they were also closely related to you personally, and me..."
"I also sensed a certain opportunity from it."
"So, I immediately contacted Ji Xinyue and made a deal."
She didn't push anything; she simply calculated that Ji Xinyue would eventually be the one to open the box.
This is not difficult, after all, there are not many people in Yuncheng who have such abilities.
And Lu Jinzhao
"The aura of cause and effect on you has become even stronger since you arrived in Anning City. This platform is not only my death calamity, but also very special to you."
She said, "You either die here, or you are reborn."
This is an extension of an opportunity.
The diviner will face his tribulation here.
"So this coin is connected to a lot of cause and effect. Since you gave it to it, it is connected to your cause and effect. As a reward for opening the box and taking out the ghost bone, it is also connected to the cause and effect of the ghost bone. Now that I am using it, it is naturally partly my responsibility." "Although it is not a supernatural item, it is still very simple to use it to cast a divination to predict the direction."
After all, they all have to go to the event this time.
Moreover, it has other uses.
After hearing this, Lu Jinzhao could only ask, "You're very special to me, but can you tell me exactly how special?"
The fortune teller shook his head: "No, I don't know much either. I can only vaguely sense it, so sometimes I speak like a riddle-maker, but that is indeed all I know."
In response, Lu Jinzhao affirmed, "He is indeed a bit of a riddle-maker."
The fortune teller chuckled and said, "But don't you think that makes me seem very unfathomable?"
"Alas"
Lu Jinzhao hesitated, unsure whether he should agree with the statement.
"Oh, I can feel it."
The fortune teller suddenly stopped and looked at a residential building.
The residential buildings here are generally not tall, only about five or six stories high, and they do not have elevators.
This is building number 18.
"This number is unlucky."
The fortune teller sighed.
Lu Jinzhao's gaze also fell on this building. From the outside, there was nothing unusual about it, and it was no different from other residential buildings. In terms of atmosphere, it didn't feel anything special in the real world.
"Let's go in and take a look."
As soon as I stepped into the stairwell, the air suddenly turned a bit colder, but this is normal; the temperature inside the stairwell is always a bit cooler than outside.
The fortune teller slowly ascended the stairs, twirling a silver coin in her hand as her eyes scanned every spot she passed, deep in thought.
She stopped when she reached the fourth floor.
The residential building is not large, with only two rooms per floor. At this moment, there is a door on each side of the narrow floor, 401 and 402.
This time, the fortune teller didn't even flip a coin. He just looked at the two doors and seemed to sense something before walking towards room 401.
—Bang bang.
It was the sound of her knocking on the door.
Two slightly muffled sounds.
The door here is an old iron door, without a doorbell.
There was no response from inside the door.
About 10 seconds later, it was the woman in apartment 402 behind them who opened the door. The woman, wearing an apron, looked at Lu Jinzhao and the fortune teller with curiosity: "Are you here to rent a room?"
"The landlord is on the first floor."
"Hello, Auntie, is no one living in room 401?" the fortune teller asked politely.
"Right, aren't you here to rent a house?"
A hint of doubt appeared in the aunt's eyes.
"We're just checking first," the fortune teller smiled, then asked, "Do you know where the landlord is?"
"They live on the first floor, and they should be cooking right now. You can just go there and find them," the auntie replied kindly.
"Are there any other empty rooms here?" the fortune teller asked again.
The aunt quickly shook her head: "No more, the rooms here are in high demand! You'd better hurry if you want to rent one."
"Did the person who lived in 401 just move out?" Lu Jinzhao followed up with that question.
Since it's so in high demand, how is it such a coincidence that the room was empty when they arrived?
"Huh?" Auntie couldn't help but wonder as she recalled Lu Jinzhao's question, "I think there were people living here not long ago?"
"When did they move out?"
She really couldn't remember, so she could only say, "I don't remember."
"Oh dear, I'm still cooking. I'll stop here. If you want to rent a place, you should go find the landlord right away."
The door was hurriedly closed. Lu Jinzhao and the fortune teller exchanged a glance before turning their attention to the tightly closed door of room 401.
We definitely made the right choice.
I had really bad menstrual cramps a couple of days ago, but I feel better now.