Chapter 50: Genius!

  An old man who had passed his 70th birthday, yet seemed to possess the energetic physique of a young person, sprinted to the shelf, picked up the heavy and ancient four-legged bronze tripod, turned around and rushed towards the door while loudly shouting at Wang Ke: "Wang Ke, hurry up and come out with me!"

  Wang Ke didn't understand what Zhao Mengfu meant, but he still followed closely behind him as they walked out of the room.

  "Wang Ke, I'll place this artifact outside. You stand at the door and don't move. See if you can feel the spiritual energy contained within it? As I taught you before, all artifacts contain spiritual energy, even those without a feng shui array." Zhao Menfeng walked out about 20 meters, looked around, and when he found no one nearby, he loudly called out to Wang Ke.

  Wang Ke's eyes sparkled with a puzzled light, he didn't know what Zhao Menfeng meant by doing so. After walking out of the gate of Zixing Residence, he could no longer feel the fluctuations of the spiritual energy around him, and Zhao Menfeng's words made him even more confused.

  Standing at a distance of nearly twenty meters from the house door where Zhao Men Feng placed the four-legged bronze cauldron, Wang Ke slowly closed his eyes.

  "Wang Ke, have you felt the presence of spiritual energy?" Zhao Menfeng asked loudly with a hopeful tone.

  Wang Ke opened his eyes and shook his head, saying: "I can't feel anything."

  Zhao Menfeng nodded, then picked up the four-legged bronze tripod and took five big steps towards Wang Ke. He put it back on the ground and said loudly, "Now? Can you feel the spiritual energy contained within?"

  Wang Ke quietly sensed for a while before shaking his head and saying: "Still can't, still can't sense the existence of spiritual energy."

  Zhao Men's expression was tense as he stared at Wang Ke, then grabbed the four-legged bronze cauldron and took five big steps towards him again before loudly asking: "Try it again, will it work now?"

  Wang Ke took a deep breath, his eyes slowly closing again. Now that he was within ten meters of the Four-Legged Bronze Cauldron, he seemed to understand what Zhao Menfeng meant by having him do this, so his spirit became highly concentrated, and his whole body felt the changes in the spiritual energy of the surrounding heaven and earth.

  "Still can't feel it?" Zhao Menfeng asked loudly.

  Wang Ke helplessly shook his head, just about to open his eyes, when suddenly, his heart skipped a beat, because at this moment, he keenly sensed that there was a slight change in the air nearly ten meters away.

  In the midst of it all, right in front of him, a small stone was thrown into the calm river surface, and the ripples formed by the spiritual energy transformed into a shimmering wave. In an instant, Wang Ke's slightly closed eyes suddenly opened, his gaze falling on the place where the spiritual energy fluctuations were transmitted.

  What's going on?

  Is it because of the four-legged bronze tripod?

  It is the spiritual wave emitted by it.

  Wang Ke's heart was racing, he quickly turned his head towards Zhao Menfeng and said in a somewhat urgent tone: "Zhao Lao, I felt it! The spiritual energy within a radius of ten meters has become slightly thicker than before. Originally, I couldn't sense it, but now I can feel it."

  Zhao Men's usually dull eyes sparkled with excitement, and his face was filled with a mix of shock and delight. His hands were clasped together in satisfaction as he nodded and said, "Good, very good! I rarely explain the knowledge of spiritual energy to you, but you've actually managed to sense the spiritual energy around us. It's unbelievable! Wang Ke, I've taught many students in my lifetime, but I've never met anyone with your talent. You're a true genius!"

  Wang Ke was stunned, since following Zhao Menfeng to study, Zhao Menfeng had never praised him like this before. The praise at this moment made him feel honored and surprised.

  "Zhao Lao, what's going on here? I can feel the fluctuations of the heavenly and earthly spiritual energy within a radius of ten meters, which seems to be twice as dense as anywhere else. Is it because of the artifact?" Wang Ke quickly suppressed his excitement and walked up to Zhao Menfeng's side to ask seriously.

  Zhao Menfeng looked around and found that someone was already walking towards them, so he picked up the four-legged bronze tripod and smiled: "Let's go, we'll talk about it again in the store. Since you've reached this level, I'll give you a good explanation of the basics of Feng Shui."

  Wang Ke felt a surge of joy in his heart, he had long wanted to follow Zhao Menfeng to learn about Feng Shui, but the old man had always been reluctant to teach him due to his own weak foundation in this area.

  Back in the store, Zhao Menfeng looked at Wang Ke deeply and asked seriously: "Have you felt anything unusual about your body over the past two days? Or has anything strange happened to you?"

  Wang Ke hesitated for a moment before speaking up, "Old Zhao, yesterday due to certain events, my true energy cultivation made significant progress. Could it be because of this reason?"

  True Energy?

  Zhao Men looked at Wang Que with a strange expression, he knew that Wang Que had cultivated his internal energy, but he didn't expect that the improvement of his cultivation would actually lead to a significant increase in his talent for Feng Shui.

  He picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and then said with great interest: "If I'm not mistaken, it should be because of this reason. Wang Ke, do you know that you can perceive the spiritual energy fluctuations within a radius of ten meters? In fact, this is just the beginning of the realm of sensing the atmosphere."

  Watching the air?

  Wang Ke's expression was stunned, as for the Feng Shui master's ability to sense the atmosphere, he didn't know what it was, only that he hadn't thought of it before. After calming his mind and sensing it carefully, he could feel the spiritual energy, which was already considered sensing the atmosphere?

  "Old Zhao, isn't observing aura supposed to be done with one's eyes?"

  Zhao Men Feng smiled and said, "Of course, looking at the air is not done with one's eyes. In the field of feng shui, when feng shui masters look at the air, they only need to focus their minds, concentrate their spirits, and use their thoughts to feel the fluctuations in the surrounding spiritual energy."

  Wang Ke suddenly enlightened, and he could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart.

  Zhao Menfeng seemed to be unaware of Wang Ke's excitement, and continued with a brilliant smile: "The gases in the world are countless, but for Feng Shui masters, they can be summarized into several types, such as Ling Qi, Di Xie Qi, Yin Qi, Yang Qi, etc. You can feel the fluctuations of Ling Qi within 10 meters of the existence of the artifact, which means you have already stepped into the threshold of a Feng Shui master. You know, Feng Shui masters are also divided into levels."

  "Are there levels among Feng Shui masters?" Wang Ke stared blankly at Zhao Menfeng, a look of shock appearing on his face.

  Zhao Menfeng nodded and said, "That's right, the levels of feng shui masters are very strict. I'll tell you about the different levels, listen carefully. Feng shui masters are divided into nine levels: Qi Shi, Yin Yang Shi, Shu Shi, Shu Shi, Ren Shi, Di Shi, Tian Shi, Dao Shi, and Wu Shang Shi."

  "Qishi: Can perceive the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of 1-20 square meters through observation; Yinyangshi: Can sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of about 200 square meters, roughly the size of a large house; Shushi: Can perceive the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of about 10 square kilometers, roughly the size of a village; Shushi: Can sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of about 100 square kilometers, roughly the size of a town."

  Zhao Menfeng said this, and then paused for a moment before sighing: "Those who can reach the level of a master geomancer are rare in our country, but there are some. However, as for those below that level, even I rarely encounter them."

  "A human-level Feng Shui master can sense the energy within a range of 1,000 square kilometers through observation; an earth-level Feng Shui master can sense the energy within a range of 10,000 square kilometers; a heavenly-level Feng Shui master can sense the energy within a range of 100,000 square kilometers. Even in our country, there are only a handful of heavenly-level Feng Shui masters who can be counted on one's fingers."

  "The Feng Shui masters of the Dao Shi realm can sense the energy within a range of one million square kilometers through their gaze, while the Wu Shang Shi masters can sense it within a range of one hundred million square kilometers. These two realms of Feng Shui masters are merely legendary existences; at least in my lifetime, I have never heard of anyone who has reached these two realms."

  Zhao Menfeng couldn't help but feel a sense of melancholy, his eyes gleaming with a hint of longing, yet also hiding a faintly dim light. In his view, these two realms could only be legendary existences, and in this lifetime, he understood that he would probably never reach them.

  Wang Ke's heart was shaken, no doubt like a 12-magnitude earthquake, and even when Zhao Menfeng was explaining, his breathing had already stopped, staring at Zhao Menfeng with unblinking eyes, fists clenched tightly, face revealing intense excitement.

  "Mr. Zhao, are you saying that I've now entered the ranks of Feng Shui masters, even if it's just as a basic instrument master? Am I considered an instrument master-level Feng Shui master?" Wang Ke asked in a trembling voice.

  Zhao Menfeng looked at Wang Que with a complex expression, nodded and said: "Even if you've just stepped into the threshold of Feng Shui masters, but you can sense the spiritual energy within a 10 square meter range through your gaze, this already shows that you're an instrument master. It's just that, the level of artifacts you can sense is very low, high-level artifacts I believe you won't be able to sense the spiritual energy fluctuations they contain."

  Wang Ke's expression froze for a moment, and he asked in confusion: "Old Zhao, are you saying that magical artifacts also have levels?"

  Zhao Men Feng burst out laughing: "Of course, there are also levels of distinction. Haven't you ever thought that the magical artifacts you've encountered are only worth tens or hundreds of thousands? But some precious antiques and collectibles, even if they're not magical artifacts, have prices that make your eyes widen in shock, reaching into the hundreds of millions or even billions. Are magical artifacts really worth less than those precious antiques?"

  Wang Ke's heart skipped a beat, he had thought about this problem before, but his understanding of antiques and artifacts was too shallow, so he didn't have any deep thoughts. Now that Zhao Menfeng mentioned it to him, he couldn't help but face the issue head-on.

  "Zhao Lao, then tell me about the levels of the law enforcement tools?" Wang Ke said respectfully.

  Zhao Menhong said: "The Fa instrument has a total of three levels, which are the primary Fa instrument, the intermediate Fa instrument, and the advanced Fa instrument. Above the Fa instrument, there are three more advanced levels of existence, namely: Ling instrument, Shen instrument, and Dao instrument. Similarly, they are also divided into three levels: primary, intermediate, and advanced."

  "What's the distinction between the ranks of Fa artifacts, Ling artifacts, Shen artifacts and Dao artifacts?"

  Zhao Menhong gave Wang Ke a meaningful glance and then smiled: "I won't say anything today, you'll understand later!"

  Seeing Wang Ke's disappointed expression, Zhao Menfeng hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Wang Ke, curiosity is a good thing, but your foundation is too shallow now. Telling you this won't have any effect, so I'll just give you a general idea. As for identifying magical artifacts, ordinary geomancers can do it as long as they can sense the aura. Of course, if you want to identify high-level artifacts, you must be able to feel the spiritual energy within a 20-meter radius; as for sacred artifacts, sensing them is much more difficult because the higher you go, the harder it is to perceive, but the ability to change the feng shui becomes greater. Until now, no one knows the reason why this is so - it's an unsolved mystery in the geomancy world."

  "At least three or more masters are required to identify a spiritual instrument, while a divine instrument requires at least three or more land masters to be identified. If it is of a high grade, sometimes even several days of busy preparation are needed to identify it."

  Zhao Menhong didn't say anything more about Daoist instruments, because he wasn't clear about them either.