Collapse Iron: The Five Heroes of the Clouds Won't Let Me Go

"Endless students! Come forth!"

With a loud shout from Yao Guang, students dressed in blue robes suddenly appeared as if springing up from the ground.

"Greetings, Sister Yao! I will follow your instructions!"

Bai Lu looked at the row of senior students kneeling on the ground and couldn't help but awkwardly twitch the corners of her mouth.

However, Yao Guang, who was standing to the side, was completely unaware.

"Listen up, everyone. This girl next to me is my newly adopted little sister. She's under my protection now, so keep an eye on her once we get to the academy."

"Yes, sir! Sister Yao is mighty!"

A group of people surrounded Yao Guang; she was the leader of the group.

After the students had all left, Bailu asked curiously:

"Sister Yao, you're amazing! How come everyone listens to you?"

Yao Guang narrowed his eyes slightly and said teasingly:

"Why is Bailu asking about these things? Does she want to be the school bully too? I think you should start by learning how to be the leader of the kids."

Even after her thoughts were exposed, Bai Lu was not embarrassed.

She humbly sought advice, hoping that Yao Guang would share some of his experience.

"Sister Yao will be graduating soon, right? Then I'll take over your position!"

"Wow, my little sister has quite the ambition and a big appetite, but I wonder if she has the ability to back it up~"

Yao Guang's gaze was mocking, but Bai Lu showed no fear, her eyes brimming with confidence.

In the end, Yao Guang compromised and made a condition.

"This experience comes from my life experience, and I can't just tell you that easily. I'm a businesswoman, so I naturally have to be careful about transactions."

"Sister Yao, please feel free to ask."

"You're quite boastful, but it's really nothing serious. During my study tour, I'd like to have a meal at your house."

Bai Lu beams with joy at the mention of food.

"Oh, it's that simple! Of course you can do it! Sister Yao, have you heard about Father's cooking skills? I'll make you wish you could swallow your tongue when you get there."

"Oh? It's so delicious? Then I'll be waiting to see it."

Yao Guang's eyes flickered, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly. She had achieved her goal, and she hadn't expected it to be so simple.

Cheng Xiao... that hero who, along with the Five Heroes of the Clouds, saved the Jade Palace, that demigod.

Yao Guang has many questions now, and perhaps he can answer them for her.

As he was pondering, Bai Lu's voice brought Yao Guang back to his senses.

"Sister Yao, don't just stand there! You haven't told me the secret yet!"

Yao Guang chuckled softly, her voice as charming as a silver whisper.

"Okay, okay, it's actually very simple. It all revolves around the word 'interest'."

"What does that mean?"

"Good sister, I am a diviner. I can divine good and bad fortune and predict misfortune. People all over the world are bustling about, all coming and going for profit. Many people obey me because I can divine their gains and losses and predict their advantages and disadvantages."

"Which of those bosses who came from afar on the Immortal Ship, or those wealthy local businessmen, wasn't just after a piece of the pie?"

"The diviner can predict one's fortune and wealth, so businessmen can spend a fortune for a single divination. That's all."

Bai Lu seemed to understand but not quite, nodding her head blankly.

Yao Guang continued:

"I am a disciple of the Grand Diviner, and I have long mastered the art of divination. There are many sons of merchants in this academy, and I am someone they want to curry favor with, which is why they listen to me so readily."

"However, there are also scions of families of diviners and astrologers within the academy. The most famous are the four great families of astrologers: Jian, Zhi, Yi, and Fu. They came here to establish a friendship with me, so all this back and forth is ultimately just about resources and benefits."

"Can't understand."

Yao Guang showed a bright smile this time.

"My dear sister, how old are you? If you understood all this, I really couldn't confide in you here anymore, for fear that one day you'd suddenly find something to use against me~"

"All you need to know is that the resources you control and the interests involved are enormous, so you must be even more vigilant against anyone who approaches you with ulterior motives."

This time, it was Bailu's turn to issue a playful question.

"Sigh~ Is Sister Yao up to something?"

Yao Guang was amused by Bai Lu's quirky and mischievous nature, and he also pretended to force out a few tears.

"Oh dear~ I've spoken so many heartfelt words to you with all my heart, yet you doubt me like this. I'm so heartbroken~ Since you've become suspicious of me, just leave. Don't let me suffer from this worry~"

Bai Lu was no match for Yao Guang, that old fox; she was easily teased by him until she blushed.

"Oh dear! Okay, okay, Sister Yao, please stop. I was wrong. Sister Yao, you're the best to me. I promise I won't doubt you."

"Little sister, don't force yourself, lest others think your older sister is forcing you. It's alright, I don't care~"

"Sister Yao! That's enough!"

Seeing that Bai Lu was finally exasperated, Yao Guang stopped teasing her.

"Alright, alright, I'm not kidding anymore. As an apology, let me cast a divination for you~"

"Sigh! Casting a divination?"

"Yes~ I, your sister, have glimpsed the mysteries and observed the trends to know the future. Let me cast a divination for you to see how your fortune is going."

"Okay, okay!"

Bai Lu found it all fun and interesting, and had long forgotten her earlier worries.

Indeed, even if someone is precocious, they are still just a child.

Yao Guang smiled indulgently, picked up his divination tablet, and began to perform divination for Bai Lu.

Doing things as you please is all about luck.

The runes on the magic disc flowed and changed, the veins twisted, the characters reversed, and finally it shattered!

Yao Guang and Bai Lu were stunned and turned black and white on the spot.

"No!!! I spent a million taels of silver to buy this magic disc!"

Yao Guang knelt on the ground in agony, looking at the shattered Dharma plate, which resembled a mirror, as if his dowry had been burned.

Two lines of clear tears flowed down her cheeks. She thought of how Yao Guang adhered to the ethics of a diviner and never cast a divination for money.

He had painstakingly saved up nearly a million dollars through legitimate business means, but it has all been lost today.

"Um... Sister Yao?"

"Sister, why don't you go back and find Mr. Cheng Xiao? I need some peace and quiet."

Bai Lu saw that Yao Guang was starting to doubt his life, and she knew that the problem stemmed from her own actions.

Feeling somewhat guilty, Bai Lu quickly replied:

"Then we'll head back now. See you tomorrow, Sister Yao!"

After saying that, Bailu ran away in a flash, leaving only the shimmering light of falling snowflakes.

Although she also had a million-dollar allowance given to her by Xuanquan's mother, Bailu would never take it out!

Yao Guang had no other thoughts now, and took out a cloth bag from his feather robe to pick up the broken pieces.

But at this moment, they realized something was wrong. Although the divination disc was cracked, it still produced a hexagram, and its fragments formed a twisted character – "蛰" (zhé).

Yao Guang frowned. She was divining her fortune, which should only have good or bad aspects. How could there be other characters?

The word "蛰" (zhé) seems to make no sense, yet its distorted composition carries a sense of ferocity.

In any case, this is not a good omen for the diviner.

Yao Guang, who was born with an extreme sensitivity to the omens of fortune and misfortune, sensed a bad premonition.

"Go find your master."