Chapter Thirty-Four: The Five Emperor Stars

  Delighted to arrive at the Ruhui Inn, he inquired about the room of his fellow traveler Yuan Tiangang and headed straight upstairs. His footsteps were light and slow, making no sound on the ground.

  Looking at the closed door in front of her, Gao Xing quietly stood there, but didn't go forward to knock on it.

  Yuan Tianhang's gentle and clear voice rang out: "Since Master Gao has arrived, why doesn't he enter?"

  Xing was thrilled, and his impression of Yuan Tian Gang became even more unfathomable. From the moment he entered the Ruhai Inn, Xing had heightened all his senses to their maximum state, exerting himself to the limit to gather his aura. He was confident that even if he approached within three feet of Xiao Mohe's side, he would still be undetectable. Yet Yuan Tian Gang could discover him from a great distance - how did he do it?

  Although thrilled and shocked in her heart, there wasn't a single change on the smile on her face. She pushed open the door with ease and stepped inside.

  Yuan Tiangong was sitting cross-legged on the bed, seeing Gao Xing enter, the smile on his face became even more warm and thick.

  He cheerfully looked around the humble room, casually found a wooden bed to sit down on, and uncomfortably twisted his body, being used to chairs, this backless wooden bed made him quite uncomfortable.

  "Are you getting used to living in this city?" he asked with a smile.

  Yuan Tian Gang looked at him in surprise and said with a smile: "Young Master Gao, aren't you curious why I knew it was you who came?"

  "Dao Zhang will definitely say that it's worth the wait!" He said with a smile, while pouring tea from the teapot on the table.

  Yuan Tian Gang said: "What Gao Gongzi said is absolutely right, I have calculated it too. Is Gao Gongzi here for the sake of your respected father?"

  "Yes or no."

  Yuan Tiangong was in a strange and wonderful place when he suddenly heard a loud shout: "Master Taoist, please have some tea."

  Suddenly, a teacup flew rapidly towards me, rubbing against the air and making a humming vibration sound. However, the tea water inside the cup only rippled slightly, without a single drop spilling out.

  The direction of the tea cup's advance was not a straight line, but a curved one that wavered and changed direction constantly under the resistance of the air, its speed growing faster and faster. Yuan Tian Gang and Gao Xing were only five meters apart, yet the tea cup arrived in the blink of an eye.

  Yuan Tianxia smiled lightly, his face unchanged, and with a gentle sweep of his right hand, the tea cup that had been flying at high speed two feet in front of him suddenly slowed down as if it had fallen into a swamp. The next instant, the tea cup stopped moving forward, but instead of falling rapidly due to gravity, it seemed to be supported by something, like a light feather, slowly and gently drifting downwards.

  Yuan Tiangong stretched out his warm and jade-like, slender left hand, naturally picking up the teacup that had just fallen onto his chest. He lightly blew on the tea leaves floating on the surface, thanked Gao Xing with a smile, then calmly lowered his head to take a sip of the tea.

  On the one hand, he was thrilled and shocked in his heart, although Yuan Tiangang had a great reputation in history and did nothing evil. But Yuan Tiangang came to him directly, and Gao Xing believed that he must have had an ulterior motive. If it were really for the sake of Gao Changgong's affairs as he said, wouldn't it be better to go straight to Gao Changgong himself?

  Yuan Tiangao gave off a feeling of being as vast and mysterious as the ocean, making it impossible to grasp him, yet without bringing any pressure. Gao Xing had never met someone he couldn't understand at all in his life before, this feeling made him extremely uncomfortable.

  Years of walking in darkness, as a dancer on the tip of a knife, factors beyond one's control may put one's life at risk.

  So, Gaoxing began to probe the depth of Yuan Tiangong's skills from the moment he entered the inn. The previous cup of tea, Gaoxing used more than 50% of his strength, whether it was the precision of his throwing technique or the power of his force, Gaoxing believed that even if it were a master of hidden weapons like Xiao Moyan, they might not be able to respond easily. But Yuan Tiangong could effortlessly dissipate the force on the teacup, what a terrifying skill this is.

  Fortunately, Yuan Tiange had never shown any malice, and his excitement quickly suppressed the shock in his heart. He laughed loudly and said, "Great skills, Daozhang! I admire you!"

  Yuan Tiange raised his head, smiling and looking at Gao Xingdao: "Gao Gongzi is overpraising, at such a young age, with such skills, he is indeed a dragon among men!"

  With a happy smile, he looked at Yuan Tiangong seriously and asked in a low voice: "Master Tao is a high-ranking person with great skills in physiognomy. I am not well-known in Xuyi City, Master Tao came from afar to read my face, why is that? Please enlighten me!"

  "Aren't you concerned about your father's safety?" Yuan Tian Gang put down his teacup and asked curiously.

  "Isn't that not the main purpose of your visit, isn't it?" The previous shock seemed to have dissipated without a trace, and he returned to his usual calm demeanor, leisurely sipping tea.

  Seeing the delighted appearance, Yuan Tiangong suddenly burst out laughing and said: "Gao Gongzi's temperament and demeanor are far superior to ordinary people, no wonder he can defeat Chen Huang Fa!"

  He was delighted, but remained silent and waited for Yuan Tian Gang's next move. He didn't find it strange that Yuan Tian Gang knew he was the one who helped Yang Ping, not Gao Chang Gong. For someone with a mind, this wasn't a secret. As for Gao Wei, saying he took action personally had no impact, as long as it was done by Gao Chang Gong's hands.

  As expected, Yuan Tianpeng's face suddenly changed, and he asked: "I wonder if the young master still remembers the heavy snow in Ye City on Qingming Festival a few months ago?"

  He nodded happily, how could he forget that in order to save the lives of his family members, he had knelt for a long time at the gate of the imperial palace on a snowy day, kneeling under the feet of Gao Wei, who was born as an enemy. That was not only suffering but also humiliation.

  Yuan Tian Gang rarely furrowed his brow, and then said: "Just two days before Qingming, the entire celestial phenomenon suddenly changed greatly, the heavenly machine was chaotic, making it impossible to guess. Until after Qingming, the celestial phenomenon gradually recovered, allowing me to catch a glimpse of the mysterious mechanism, but it was only a corner of an iceberg, vague and unclear."

  "What does this have to do with me?" His excited expression suddenly turned serious. The time Yuan Tiange mentioned was exactly the time he crossed over, which was clearly not a coincidence. As for Yuan Tiange's mastery of the mysteries, Gaoxing couldn't help but believe it a bit more.

  Yuan Tiangong nodded and said, "Of course it's related. I'm very curious, why is the change in the celestial phenomenon related to you?" Yuan Tiangong looked at Gao Xing with an unusual gaze, his eyes shining brighter and more piercing, making people dare not meet his gaze.

  Yuan Tiangong suddenly rose like a towering mountain, a faint but heavy aura enveloped Gaoxing, his eyes seemed to see through people's hearts. Gaoxing's heart tightened, his face remained calm, the "Long Life Secret" in his body quickly circulated, allowing him to face Yuan Tiangong calmly.

  "Ha! I'm just an ordinary man, what ability do I have to change the weather?" Dao Chang said with a smile, shrugging his shoulders and laughing.

  Yuan Tiangong's eyes dimmed for a moment, and the doubt on his face flashed away. He said strangely: "I'm just guessing, after you recovered from your serious illness, the heavenly phenomenon changed, I think there must be some connection between them."

  "Hey, what's going on with the weather? Did you see something unusual, Master?"

  "Wu ke di xing." Yuan Tian Gang said slowly and word by word.

  Looking at Yuan Tian Gang with a mixture of surprise and confusion, the latter slowly opened his mouth to explain: "In the sky, five emperor stars actually appeared at the same time."

  His eyes widened with excitement and he asked, "Does Daozhang mean that there are five people in the world who can become emperors?"

  "Not bad, since the Hu people moved south and the Jin dynasty collapsed, the Ziwei Emperor Star in the sky has been dim and unclear. Until more than 40 years ago, the Emperor Star just became bright. My master said that heaven and earth will be unified, and the Chinese divine instrument will also return to my Han people's hands."

  "On the day of Qingming, four stars that could rival Zhuwei in brilliance suddenly appeared in the sky. My master was so astonished that he exhausted his mental energy to calculate their positions, and only then did he catch a glimpse of them, but he also died from vomiting blood as a result."