I initially thought that Grandpa Li would praise his performance in the mountain village, but unexpectedly, he seemed very displeased after listening. So I recounted everything that happened in the mountain village, and Grandpa Li asked very carefully, not overlooking even the smallest details.

After I finished narrating, Grandpa Li nodded and sighed, "Feng shui, you see, when adjusted properly, can bring prosperity, harmony, and happiness to a family. But if not careful, problems can arise, potentially leading the whole family towards decline. So, without complete certainty, one should not easily meddle with others' feng shui. Though you have now basically mastered the Xuan Kong Feng Shui, your experience is still lacking. You adjusted the feng shui of so many families in the village all at once. I was afraid you might make mistakes, so I asked very thoroughly. I must be responsible for your actions. But fortunately, you are intelligent and haven't caused any problems, so I can rest assured."

Listening to Grandpa Li's words, I felt sweat on my forehead. I hadn't thought of this aspect at all. At that time, I was too arrogant. Now, thinking back, I feel a bit embarrassed. If my understanding of that knowledge was not comprehensive enough, it could have affected the whole village. Now, looking back, I'm really scared. No wonder Grandpa Li was so angry.

"Yes, yes, I will definitely learn from you well in the future and gain more knowledge so that I can be responsible for others."

"That's right. You should know that our profession is a long and arduous journey. We must guard against arrogance and impetuosity. Just because you have some extraordinary abilities, you should not be conceited, let alone bully others. However, I still believe in your character, otherwise, I wouldn't have taken you as my disciple. But you must not..." Grandpa Li said seriously.

"Disciple remembers Master's teachings." I bowed solemnly to Grandpa Li.

"Haha, good. Overall, your performance this time was quite good. It seems Master made the right decision to take you in." Grandpa Li put away his serious attitude, stood up from his chair, and picked up the rabbit I brought, saying, "This little guy is really fat. Although Master should abstain from alcohol, a little can be consumed, but one must absolutely not be vegetarian. Go, stew it for me, and add more Sichuan pepper."

Huh? Is this what they call a Taoist? I smirked and then headed straight to the kitchen with the rabbit.

In the evening, Tiezhu also returned from the fireworks factory, and the master and disciples sat around the dining table, toasting and chatting happily.

Happy times are always very short, and the summer vacation passed quickly. As expected, I successfully entered the prestigious Dalongshan High School. This high school is in the county town of Fangshan, not far from Shuangpai Village, about fifteen minutes by bike. On the day of enrollment, as I watched the excited expressions of my new classmates in the classroom, I couldn't muster any enthusiasm. I sat in the corner with my mind filled with various formations.

"Hello, I'm Wang Jian. I've been studying here since junior high. We'll be classmates from now on. Let's get to know each other." At this moment, a small boy sitting in front of me turned around and introduced himself.

"Hello, I'm He Yiming, from Shuangpai." I looked up at him, shook his hand weakly.

"My house is just across from the school. Let's hang out often in the future?"

"Okay." I smiled helplessly, thinking that this guy sure can talk. Before long, the class teacher arrived, after a few opening remarks, Wang Jian was unexpectedly elected as the class monitor based on the new students' admission scores. People are truly not to be judged by their appearances, and the sea cannot be measured with a cup. This guy with pockmarks on his face and curly white hair is actually the top scorer in the class. I thought of his enthusiasm when he spoke earlier, and he indeed seemed like a material for the class monitor.

Then came the freshmen's assembly. When the representative of the freshmen stepped onto the stage to speak, there was an immediate stir below. It turned out that the representative was a girl, with bright eyes, red lips, and white teeth. A ponytail was tied high behind her head, swinging left and right as she walked, full of youthful vitality and vigor, very beautiful. Seeing the boys around drooling, I couldn't help but find it amusing. I thought, is this girl more attractive than the rabbit? You guys are drooling so much!

After the assembly, the first day of reporting was over, and all the students went home with their new books. Back home, I looked at the new books on the writing desk, thinking to myself: the boring life is about to begin again.

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In order to have more time to study the "Tai Ping Qing Ling Book" passed down by Grandpa Li, I first focused on self-studying all the courses of this semester. Compared to these books and various arithmetic operations, it's like child's play. My mind is very agile, so it only took a few weeks for me to basically master all the knowledge in them. Just a quick review before exams would be fine. Since then, I've immersed myself in various formations without any worries.

However, I'm still at the age of fifteen or sixteen and have the nature of a young person who loves to play. The two PE classes and the physics and chemistry lab classes per week are my favorite courses. I'm skilled in soccer, table tennis, badminton, and most of all, I'm attracted to the various experiments in the lab.

The laboratory of Fangshan High School is located in a row of bungalows behind the six-story tall teaching building. It used to be an arsenal, not only tall and spacious but also very solidly built. The walls around were all made of concrete, so when the school was built, it was left as it was, half used as a warehouse and the other half turned into a laboratory. This year, due to the increase in enrollment, the school turned the other half of the warehouse into a laboratory as well, and all the equipment was newly purchased, so we had a very pleasant time studying here.

On this day, we were conducting an experiment in the lab, burning magnesium in the air. In order for everyone to observe the burning of magnesium more clearly, the teacher asked the students to pull down the three-layer black curtains and turn off all the lights. The whole laboratory suddenly plunged into darkness, with only the faint blue light still emanating from the alcohol lamp on the podium.

At this moment, the teacher placed a long metal strip in the flame of the alcohol lamp, and suddenly, a dazzling light burst out from the top of this metal strip, spreading in all directions. "Look, this is the effect of magnesium burning in the air. If it were to burn in oxygen, it would be much brighter than it is now." The teacher explained as he walked down from the podium, allowing the students to see more clearly.

Because magnesium powder is often added to fireworks to enhance their brightness, I had done this experiment when I was very young. But for the other students, it was the first time they had seen this phenomenon, and they were very excited. "Wow... so bright!" Some girls exclaimed.

"Wow..." a sudden and discordant scream came from the lower right corner of the lab, startling the teacher. "What's wrong? What's wrong? Who screamed just now?" The teacher asked sternly, and at the same time, all the lights were turned on.

Only to see Sun Li sitting in the last row against the right wall, covering her face with both hands, shaking uncontrollably. Everyone immediately turned their gaze to Zhang Lei, who was sitting next to her, looking innocent.

"What's wrong? Sun Li, what happened?" The teacher walked over and asked. At this moment, Sun Li still had her hands covering her face, trembling all over. "Don't be afraid, teacher is here. Who bullied you? What happened?" The teacher asked again, glaring at Zhang Lei.

"It... it wasn't me, I don't know what happened either!" Zhang Lei explained hastily, seeing everyone looking at him.

At this point, Sun Li slowly removed her hands from her face, looked around, and then slowly turned her head to look at the wall, then quickly turned back and covered her face again. After a while, she turned her head to look at the wall again, then put her hands down, still trembling.

"Sun Li, what's wrong? What happened?" The teacher asked again.

After a while, Sun Li calmed down and said tremblingly, "On the wall... I saw a pair of eyes staring at me... it's so scary..." Tears almost streamed down her face as she spoke.

"Eyes? How could there be eyes on the wall?" The chemistry teacher, in his fifties, was a staunch atheist. He walked up to the wall and carefully examined it. "Where are the eyes? It's probably just an illusion caused by the strong light just now." After searching for a long time without finding anything unusual, the chemistry teacher returned to the podium, somewhat annoyed.

"Magnesium burning produces a very strong light, which may create some strange shadows on the wall. Please don't be alarmed, and let's continue the class!"

At this point, I suddenly felt as if I had been injected with adrenaline, and my spirit suddenly lifted. I carefully inspected the wall on the right. It was a very ordinary wall, freshly painted white, with nothing special about it. Could it really just be Sun Li's imagination? After looking carefully again and finding no problem, I stopped looking and continued to watch the teacher conduct the next experiment.

However, not long after, strange things happened again. This time, we were doing an experiment in which sodium hydroxide solution was added drop by drop to copper sulfate solution. There should have been a blue flocculent precipitate formed. But what Sun Li produced was a white viscous substance, and it had a faint fishy smell. Even the teacher couldn't figure out what substance was formed, and had Sun Li repeat the experiment under his guidance, but the result was still a white substance. Finally, the teacher concluded that there was a problem with the equipment Sun Li used, and took away everything she used.

After the teacher left, I asked Sun Li to come to my place to do the experiment. The result was still a white substance. Sun Li saw the result and smiled, saying, "Hehe, it seems that I have some special abilities." I poured out some of the white substance onto a piece of paper, picked it up, and carefully examined it, then sniffed it. The more I looked at it, the more I felt that it was blood. Suddenly, a pair of bloodshot eyes appeared on the wall behind Sun Li, staring fiercely at her.