The fifth old man's last words were actually told to me by his son a long time ago. The fourth grandfather resolutely implemented his father's ideas and conveyed the meaning without any deviation. I originally thought that the fourth grandfather's words were a bit too big, but today I learned that this is exactly what the fifth old man meant.

I don't know why, but I suddenly got a little excited at this point, and without thinking, I said, "Grandpa, you really think too highly of me. I was just guessing the whole Feng Shui process in Xidi Village. It wasn't achieved through any real skill at all. Please don't think too highly of me."

"Guessed? Tell me the deduction process in detail so I can see how you guessed it." The fifth old man sat up straight with the help of the armrest.

I didn't dare to hide anything in front of an expert like him, so I told him the whole process in detail. The Fifth Old Master nodded and said, "This is not a guess. Your calculations are all on point. You are absolutely right." I was stunned. Is the Fifth Old Master trying to save face for me?

He continued, "Feng Shui isn't static. True mastery of a technique depends on its versatility. Just like a pistol isn't just for shooting; it can also be used as a cold weapon after it's expended. Lianxing Feng Shui isn't just for urban Feng Shui. That's something you haven't learned yet. Your deduction actually aligns with Lianxing Feng Shui's application of nature."

"Am I not bragging?"

The Fifth Old Master smiled and said, "Of course not. You are self-taught. I won't be wrong about you. Starting tomorrow, let Fourth Grandpa personally teach you the secrets of Lianxing Feng Shui. He is one of the best practitioners of Lianxing Feng Shui in the world. You will definitely learn the real skills from him."

"Old Master, you think so highly of me. If I'm not as smart as you think in the future, will you be disappointed?"

"Child, you think too simply of me. I'm already ninety-eight this year and have been through a lot. Over the years, I've finally understood one thing: every major choice a person faces is actually a gamble, because you can't predict the future. None of our descendants have achieved anything besides gold, but I can't put the future of Longhua Village on the line in one game. I need to diversify my risks, and you're my second gambling table, understand?"

Then I understood what the old man meant. To put it bluntly, I was just a substitute.

Any words that don't mean death are actually nonsense. I am so naive that I actually took such words seriously and put a psychological burden on myself. I am really bored.

After realizing this, I felt better. I didn't think about making a big career when I came here. I just wanted to make a living. Being down-to-earth will only benefit me. I shouldn't think about things that don't belong to me, otherwise I will end up with nothing.

The Fifth Old Master said, "In fact, the smartest person in our generation was Third Brother. If he could live to this day, he would definitely be the leader of Longhua Village. With his ability, we would only live a better life. Xiao Zhen, do you know why the Old Master allowed your family to inherit the ancestral name?"

"I don't know. I was just about to ask."

"It's because he thinks that among the five of us, Third Brother is the strongest in terms of independent survival. If Longhua Village were to suffer a devastating disaster, only Third Brother would have the strength to make a comeback."

"My grandson can only look up to the old man's talent. I dare not even think about surpassing him in this lifetime."

"I believe in my own vision, Xiao Zhen, you must work hard and don't let me down." Looking at the expectant eyes of the Fifth Old Master, I suddenly felt that I was wrong. He must have high expectations of me, otherwise why would he say so much nonsense? Is it necessary for such an old man to fool me? The reason why he said these words to me must be that he saw hope in me.

After realizing this, I said to the Fifth Old Master with gratitude, "Don't worry, I will definitely study hard to learn my skills. I dare not boast about how much I can learn, but I will definitely do my best to serve Longhua Village."

The Fifth Old Master nodded with satisfaction and said, "Good boy, just hearing your words is enough."

After that, we chatted about family matters for a while. The fifth old man looked tired, so I wisely left and went to "report" to the fourth grandfather.

At present, there are still three second-generation elderly people in Longhua Village, namely the second, third and fourth. The great-grandfather of the head of the family and my grandfather both died of illness. I was not born when my grandfather passed away , so I don’t know what skills he has.

The second grandfather was said to have been poisoned by a corpse and was a dull old man who spent his days sunbathing, eating and watching cartoons. The third grandfather was a paper-folding craftsman, and the fourth grandfather was the top Feng Shui master in Longhua Village. The seventh uncle who went to Poor Ghost Alley to determine the Feng Shui was his son.

Fourth Grandpa's best skill is finding dragon points, that is, finding the most suitable dragon point for building a tomb in a piece of Feng Shui treasure land. His eyes can really be called piercing eyes and golden pupils. If I can learn these skills, I can make a fortune just by finding dragon points.

However, Chu Sen and I separated from then on. He continued to learn the most basic introductory chapter of Lianxingshu from his uncle, while I began to learn the natural chapter of Lianxingshu.

The so-called "nature" refers to how to cleverly use the art of connecting stars in the natural world, which includes both mountains and forests as well as steel cities. After studying the nature chapter, I realized that the planning patterns in cities actually also contain the art of feng shui. To give an example that everyone knows, when a commercial housing community is built, the buildings are all arranged in neat rows. In fact, this planning model is not good for residents, because the front building will always block the sunlight of the back building. Even if there is a distance, the effect is not great. If the back building is built in the empty space between the two buildings, will the lighting effect be much better?

Some readers may disagree with this, because this may cause a waste of area and increase the construction cost of the developer, because the front and back buildings are not aligned and there will be a part of the deviation. Moreover, even if the problem of occupied building area is not considered, there will still be two overlapping buildings among the three buildings, and there is also the problem of blocking sunlight.

In fact, both of these questions are false propositions, because the extra space must be planted with greenery even if no buildings are built, and this arrangement method only shifts the green belts originally planted in the corners a little to the middle. As for the problem of distance between buildings, it is easier to understand. It was originally the distance between the front and back, and after the cross arrangement, the open space between the buildings becomes the length between the first and third buildings. In this way, the problem of sunlight blocking is solved.

In fact, the real reason why buildings cannot be built in a cross-arrangement is that this arrangement is called "splitting knife" in feng shui. A house is built between two buildings, or the front building just blocks half of the rear building. This is the "splitting knife" layout. Living in the "split" building will affect people's fortunes, and in serious cases, there will even be bloody disasters.

There are many different interpretations of Feng Shui patterns similar to this one in cities, and Feng Shui is by no means limited to rural areas.

There is another method of Feng Shui layout in the city that is often used by people, which is to use the function of Feng Shui tools to rearrange the layout. The most common Feng Shui tools are the guardian beasts of the gate, which are mainly divided into three types, namely lions, Pixiu, and Bi'an. Other household items such as Bagua and mirrors are actually a kind of Feng Shui tools.

"The Natural Chapter of Lianxingshu" mainly introduces how to arrange the layout and how to use Feng Shui tools. The content of learning these two is mostly described in the form of stories. I listened quietly and interestingly, and learned twice the result with half the effort. In less than half a month, I basically memorized the Natural Chapter by heart. Coincidentally, when I was about to try my hand at it, Bai Yezi called me and asked me if I could get the "Seven Red Coins".

After studying the nature chapter, I understood the "Seven Red Coins". The function of this kind of coin is to attract wealth, but unlike Feng Shui tools such as Pixiu and Five Ghosts that also attract wealth, the premise for the Seven Red Coins to attract wealth is that someone must lose money, and the money earned by the worshipper is actually the money lost by the loser.