Chapter 80 Curiosity
"Why? Are you afraid that I will harm you? So you dare not drink?" The old man smiled again and said, "Are you wondering why this bundle of firewood has not been used yet?"
"I feel that many things are strange." Yan Moying did not hide anything.
"Haha, I don't use this stove very often, I just use it occasionally. I did that on purpose in the deadwood forest that day. On the one hand, I wanted to keep the things that passed through your hands, and on the other hand, I was testing you. You really have a good heart, you understand the urgent needs of others, and you have good patience!"
"Leave behind things that have passed through my hands?" Yan Moying asked curiously.
"Yes, with this bundle of firewood that has been touched by your mysterious energy, I can roughly know when you will come to see me."
Because the chopstick passed through Yan Moying's hands and was attached with his mysterious energy, the chopstick could be said to be connected with Yan Moying, and the old man could use the chopstick to calculate Yan Moying's situation.
Yan Moying was a little confused: "Could it be that if something that has passed through my hands gets into someone else's hands, they might be able to infer my condition through that thing? Then wouldn't my situation be under the control of others all the time?"
"Don't worry about that. No one else can do it. And it can't be done with anything else. Only the firewood can do it. Have you seen that dead wood forest again? Haha, it disappeared a long time ago!"
"Ah? Disappeared? Could it be... could it be that even that dead wood forest was arranged by you, senior?" Yan Moying asked.
"Smart! Otherwise, if you want to chop wood, how could there be a dead wood forest nearby just waiting for you to get the wood? If those are ordinary firewoods, they naturally cannot be attached with your mysterious energy. Only the firewood in the dead wood forest that I have arranged can be attached with your mysterious energy. Even if the firewood attached with your mysterious energy is taken away by others, others will not be able to know that there is mysterious energy on them, let alone guess your condition." The old man explained.
"Excuse me, senior, when did you know that I was going to chop wood?" Yan Moying was very curious.
"Well, it was when you were not far from the dead woods. At that time, I felt from afar that you seemed to have mysterious energy, and you might be the one who could save the future of Jingyin Country, but I couldn't be sure, so I secretly used magic to probe your situation. Unexpectedly, I still couldn't find out anything. I just found out that what you were thinking at that time was to go chop wood immediately, so...haha, there was that dead wood forest."
"Then I should thank you for your help that day! But...but why do you have such a magical spell that can..."
Before Yan Moying finished speaking, the old man interrupted him: "Don't ask me why I can do this, and don't ask me who I am. I will tell you everything I can and should say, and as for the things I can't say, you won't get the answer from me no matter how much you ask."
"Oh... I understand..." Yan Moying said. He hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Can you tell me in advance about the dangers I will encounter within five miles of Guiying Peak?"
"You ask those? Haha, of course I know!" The old man smiled proudly.
Seeing the old man's smile at this moment, Yan Moying felt puzzled and asked, "Senior, do you know why they want to kill me? I have no grudges against them in the past, and no hatred in the present."
"Who wants to kill you? You are alive and well now! I am just testing you!" the old man replied.
(End of this chapter)
