Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Suddenly Made a Comeback!
Chapter 591: Is There a Way to Get to the Bottom of the Lake?

Chapter 591: Chapter 591: Is There a Way to Get to the Bottom of the Lake?

"But my focus isn’t that," Jiang Li’s tone shifted, "What exactly is the deal with this island?"

Zhao Lang looked towards the glistening lake surface.

"Do you know about the Fengshui Array?"

Jiang Li nodded, "Naturally, I’m aware of that. You mean to say, there’s a Fengshui Array from your family on Dragon Ridge Island?"

Almost every great family in ancient times would invite a specialized Feng Shui Master to build homes and place objects.

And her master was once a distinguished and famous Feng Shui Master and fortune teller who had helped countless royals and nobles establish Fengshui Arrays, which is why he was granted the title of State Preceptor.

This custom had not been lost even today.

Even when her family moved to the Capital, Old Sir Gu specifically hired a Feng Shui Master.

The Gu Family was a top-ranked noble family, naturally, they wouldn’t overlook this aspect.

And they would prioritize it even more than ordinary people like us.

"You are half right," Zhao Lang said, "Dragon Ridge Island indeed is one of my family’s Fengshui Arrays, but it’s only one of them."

The Gu Family home lay due north, while Dragon Ridge Island was in the south—no Feng Shui Master, no matter how proficient, would set up an Array so far away.

"The Gu Family ancestors bought five small islands along the coast, from the North Sea Domain near the Capital to this place in the South Sea, almost one in every other location. It is said that a great Feng Shui Master tailored this Fengshui Array for the Gu Family during the Qi Dynasty, a time when the Gu Family had offended the Royal Family and was in dire straits, facing the risk of near extinction."

"In order to save the family, the ancestors somehow found this Feng Shui Master and made a deal with him, establishing the Five Elements Feng Shui Islands overseas. Using the islands as the fulcrum, they helped the Gu Family get through the catastrophe."

"Great-grandfather nearly spent all the family’s fortune to buy these five islands, and coincidentally, after the Feng Shui Master completed this Array, the Gu Family really turned danger into safety."

"Originally, I did not believe in Yin Yang Theory, but ever since meeting you and hearing about it directly from grandfather, I’ve gradually started to waver."

Jiang Li was stunned.

Had the Gu Family really been in such danger that they had to pay such a huge price to create a Fengshui Array?

What a colossal project it must have been!

Hold on, the Qi Dynasty, wasn’t that her own era?

Why didn’t she remember a Gu family anywhere?

You should know that even emptying the Marquis Mansion, they might not be able to afford such a massive Fengshui Array.

How powerful must the Gu Family have been?

But why had she never heard of them?

Jiang Li couldn’t remember at that moment and simply stopped thinking about it.

"But that’s not right," she pondered, "Such a large Fengshui Array not only severely tests the Feng Shui Master’s skills but also depends greatly on your family’s original fortune."

Feng Shui was complementary, as with fortune—gain in one area meant loss in another.

"That’s right, you’ve found the key point," Zhao Lang’s voice grew heavy, "Do you know what great-grandfather used to trade with that Feng Shui Master?"

"The future offspring of the Gu family."

Therefore, ever since then, the direct line of the Gu family barely produced any heirs, and it would take a hundred years to birth another male child. Some died or became disabled.

The fact that they were still clinging on today was entirely due to the ancestors’ hard work to maintain the family lineage.

By his generation, they were almost at a dead end.

His father had died in his prime, and normally, he couldn’t have escaped the retribution of the Fengshui, as he was meant to die in that quiet little mountain village.

But somehow, there was a mistake in the wheel of fate, and he unexpectedly survived.

On closer thought, perhaps his fate-like six reincarnations were also related to this.

"If that’s the case, why haven’t you destroyed this Fengshui Array?"

Using such a high cost to sustain a prosperity of a family that was never supposed to exist.

Was it worth it?

"Of course, attempts were made, I later reviewed the family tree, and throughout these recent years, members of the Gu Family almost periodically tried to destroy the Feng Shui Array."

But that Feng Shui Master was really too formidable, either no one could break his Feng Shui Array, or they were backlashed by the Array, causing unrest within the household.

In the end, no one from the Gu Family dared to meddle with the five islands any longer.

Jiang Li sensed something was amiss, "Then why is this island now open to the public? Is there a problem with the Fengshui Array?"

Zhao Lang nodded, "Yes, there is a problem, and it lies right here on Dragon Ridge Island."

The five islands purchased by the Gu Family were clearly named Dragon Head Island, Dragon Whisker Island, Dragon Ridge Island, Dragon Claw Island, and Dragon Tail Island.

Dragon Ridge Island was the core among them.

According to Old Sir Gu, it seemed that from the time his father came of age, this island had started to become peculiar.

Previously, due to the operation of Feng Shui, all five islands thrived with vegetation coverage visibly high.

But more than twenty years ago, this island began to wither.

They had it specially inspected, and it was said that the island’s Feng Shui was draining away.

It was that very year that his father had an accident, and he himself narrowly escaped death.

Gu Shengrong, fearing some mishap would lead to the extinction of the Gu lineage, thought of the ruse to replace the Crown Prince with another child, raising him in an unknown countryside.

Even Uncle Zhao, who had adopted him, did not know his true identity, just assuming he was an orphan whose parents had both died.

On the other hand, Old Sir Gu sought out Feng Shui Masters from everywhere, but not a single one was able to alleviate the problem on Dragon Ridge Island.

The situation had continued until now.

His return was quite unexpected.

Even Old Sir Gu never thought that he, who had been predicted by fortune tellers to have a life as flimsy as paper since childhood, would live to this day and even return.

Seeing him safe and sound, Old Sir Gu came up with an even bolder idea.

— Deliberately leak the news about Dragon Ridge Island.

This was also why Gu Shengrong turned a blind eye to the "nonsense" of Jin Siyue and "Gu Yu."

He also knew that those real masters often lived incognito, and despite his best efforts, he might not be able to invite them out.

But it was different if he exposed the problem on his own initiative.

Perhaps someone would take an interest, right?

Jiang Li was taken aback, then smiled helplessly, "So I’m also one of the many fish you’ve baited?"

"That’s not it," Zhao Lang twirled his fingertips and said, "Grandpa probably doesn’t know about your abilities, and besides, those people are probably not even half as capable as you. How could they have discovered the island’s secrets before you?"

"So—" Zhao Lang got straight to the point, "have you discovered the problem? What is it?"

"Is there any benefit in it for me?"

Zhao Lang laughed, "Does Master Jiang, who has ’two sleeves free from worldly dust,’ still care about benefits?"

"Don’t put a tall hat on me; I’m just a worldly person who needs to eat."

"Then rest assured, as long as you get the job done, from then on, you’ll be a great benefactor to our Gu Family; as long as you don’t sit on Old Sir Gu’s head, anything goes."

Jiang Li’s eyes lit up.

She could still tell the difference between five hundred million and a lifetime of glory and wealth.

"Is there a way to go to the bottom of the lake?"

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