A Time-Traveling Mishap: I Became an Ancient Nobleman

Chapter 70: He was both the cause of success and the cause of failure.

Zhou Hanzhang was secretly shocked, not expecting that Xuan Lingzi had reached such a level in divination.

That makes sense, since he could discern their and Jiang Mingyun's origins, knowing in advance that they were coming to visit was a piece of cake.

After Chen Moran led the two to pay their respects to Xuan Lingzi, he looked around and asked, "Where is the Dean?"

"Mo Xuan has gone out."

Xuan Lingzi looked at Chen Moran, who was about to speak, and said, "I cannot answer your question, or rather, I cannot give you the answer. If you want to know, you will have to find out for yourself."

"master……"

"If that's the case, could you please tell me, Master, whether it's my own fault or his?"

"So what if it's someone else's fault? Will it help improve your math skills? Actually, it's a matter of both of you."

However, she is the key to your breakthrough. You've probably been at this stage for a long time, traveling everywhere without being able to make any further progress. But you've been fortunate enough to meet her.

Chen Moran naturally knew that his master was referring to Zhou Hanzhang. "Can she help me?"

Xuan Lingzi became profound, "That depends on how you look at it. If you can see through her, it means you have already achieved great success."

Although Chen Moran didn't quite understand, he nodded and then fell into deep thought.

Since my master said he was the key, it seems I should spend more time with him in the future.

Xuan Lingzi glanced at Zhou Hanzhang, "What did you do with that girl this time? Why has the karmic connection above your head become stronger again?"

Zhou Hanzhang was taken aback. He realized that Xuan Lingzi was referring to his interference in Xinyi's affairs.

"I wonder if you, senior, can foresee the outcome?"

Xuan Lingzi stroked his white beard. "In the end, it all depends on what kind of effort you are willing to put into these things. However, your destiny is special, so I think there is nothing you can't accomplish as long as you are willing."

"However, you must be careful. If you accumulate too much karma, you will never be able to go back," Xuan Lingzi warned.

"Can't go back? Can't go back to where?" Gu Qingfeng asked in astonishment.

Xuan Lingzi then looked at Gu Qingfeng and sighed, "You've held fast to your original aspirations and achieved some success, but..."

However, Xuan Lingzi did not continue speaking.

Gu Qingfeng couldn't stand people only saying half of what they meant. "Master Xuan, please tell me what it is, but what? There's no such thing as saying half of what you mean. What you've said is driving me crazy."

Xuan Lingzi just smiled and didn't continue.

Gu Qingfeng was about to ask another question when Chen Moran stopped him, saying, "Master, we'll take our leave now."

"Go."

Zhou Hanzhang was eager to leave as soon as possible, otherwise he was afraid that Xuan Lingzi would say something inappropriate. Fortunately, Xuan Lingzi was still willing to cover for him at this moment.

"Then we won't disturb our senior master any further."

"Wait a minute." Xuan Lingzi suddenly called out to Zhou Hanzhang.

He took out two tokens from his person and handed them to Zhou Hanzhang. "These two tokens are what Mo Xuan asked me to give to you and that girl surnamed Jiang. With these tokens, you can enter and leave the academy at any time without asking for permission."

Zhou Hanzhang quickly took it; it was like a pillow being delivered just when she was sleepy, something she needed right now.

"Thank you, Senior Uncle."

The fact that Mo Xuan was able to give her those two tokens so readily probably involved Xuan Lingzi's persuasion.

"By the way, if you have time, bring Jiang Ya to my place and play chess with me. I don't want to play chess with that lousy Mo Xuan anymore."

“Okay.” Zhou Hanzhang nodded in agreement.

After Xuan Lingzi finished speaking, he waved to them and turned to go into the inner room.

Not long after they left, Jiang Mingyun arrived, calling out at the door, "Dean, Dean..."

Xuan Lingzi had just wanted to rest when he heard this voice, so he had no choice but to come out. "Little girl, they just left. Are you looking for them..."

Before she could finish speaking, Jiang Mingyun turned and left, saying, "Then I'm leaving. I'll come back to see the teacher later."

When Xuan Lingzi heard her words, he could no longer even see her back.

He shook his head and chuckled, "It's a rare opportunity to start over, so you should cherish it."

Jiang Mingyun searched frantically for Zhou Hanzhang and finally managed to find her.

"Brother Hanzhang, I've been looking for you for ages."

"What happened?" Zhou Hanzhang asked when he saw Jiang Mingyun panting.

"Sister Xinyi is here."

"Sister Xinyi is here?"

They've only been separated for a short time, so why are they here? What happened in between?

Her heart tightened slightly, and she said to the two people beside her, "Senior Brother Chen, Young Master Gu, I have something to attend to here, so I'll take my leave first."

Before the two could react, he grabbed Jiang Mingyun and left.

"Hey, why do you call him Senior Brother and me Young Master Gu?" Gu Qingfeng couldn't understand why at all.

But Zhou Hanzhang was in a hurry and didn't respond to him.

Chen Moran wasn't in a hurry at all. Watching their departing figures, he followed them.

"Hey, where are you going?"

"Go and see."

"Go take a look? Go where to look?" Gu Qingfeng was taken aback.

But that didn't stop him from following Chen Moran.

I always feel like following him will bring me some excitement.

Of course, he doesn't usually follow others when he's alone, but the key point is that he's following Zhou Hanzhang now.

Zhou Hanzhang led Jiang Mingyun to the academy gate in a hurry. From afar, they saw Jiang Xinyi pacing anxiously back and forth at the gate, her eyes fixed on it.

Zhou Hanzhang quickly stepped forward. "Sister Xinyi, why are you in such a hurry? Is something the matter?"

Jiang Xinyi was about to speak when she noticed Chen Moran and Gu Qingfeng following behind her.

She could only bow slightly to the two of them before pulling Zhou Hanzhang and Jiang Mingyun away.

"That's interesting," Chen Moran said to Jiang Xinyi.

Gu Qingfeng looked at Chen Moran with a confused expression. "What's interesting about it? You mean Jiang Xinyi? Isn't she getting married soon? What's interesting about it?"

Chen Moran murmured, "She can't make it."

"Can't succeed? What can't succeed?"

Gu Qingfeng suddenly realized, "You're saying she can't get married? Why is that?"

Chen Moran ignored him completely and walked away. "Sure enough, he is a variable. Everyone involved with him seems to be different from before. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing."

“Of course it’s a good thing. Didn’t Master Xuan say that he was the key to your breakthrough?” Gu Qingfeng didn’t understand why he said such a thing.

"That's true, but this is also the key reason why I can't overcome it."

Chen Moran suddenly sighed, "He is both the cause of our success and our downfall."

"What do you mean?"

Chen Moran patiently explained, "What I mean is, if it weren't for him, I might have broken through naturally one day. But now that she has appeared, she has become the key to me. That key lies in her. If I can't understand it through her, then no matter how much time I spend, I won't be able to break through."