On the second day of the South Island, Mr. Mei left a note in the gatehouse, which said some things to do in the South Island, such as before the students got up, they had to clean the Hanging Courtyard, which looked like a lot, but in fact, they just needed to clean the fallen leaves and mud on the path in the courtyard, and then go to the Wenhua Academy to prepare some hot water. There is nothing going on in the Green Cow Courtyard and the Witch Ghost Courtyard, and there is generally no need to pay attention to it.

At the end of the note, Mr. Mei also specially reminded him, saying that he would have a lazy sleep today and come to the Hanging Courtyard in the morning.

When Nandao got up, he boiled some water and washed up, took a broom from the house, and began to go out to clean the courtyard.

Yesterday I only went to the magnolia forest on the left and the spring garden on the right, Nandao decided to clean these two places first, the sky is not yet bright, the lights in the courtyard are still burning, Nandao through the light, the pavilion of the spring garden are cleaned, through Merlin wanted to clean the three pavilions, only to find that the door is locked, so he didn't care, took the broom and went to the magnolia forest on the left.

There were a lot of white flowers on the cobblestone path, big and fragrant, and the South Island swept them all into the grass on the side, and then went to the deep corridor to clean for a while.

It's a pity that I didn't see the woman in the white dress today, which is a bit regrettable.

At the end of the cloister is a small lake, next to which there is an inscription, called Jingsi Lake, both sides are full of white magnolias, it is very beautiful, but unfortunately there is something to do in the South Island, and it did not stay here, and returned to the courtyard of the gate.

Inside the courtyard, there is a bamboo forest path that I have never been to, and it should be where the courtyards of the Hanging Courtyard are located.

Nandao cleaned all the way, walked inside, through the bamboo forest, is a large area of pavilion houses, some rooms have a glimmer of lights, I think it is the place where students live, at this time is getting up early and reading in the morning.

Nandao bypassed there and continued to walk towards the rear, first a meandering stream, crossed by a wooden bridge, and then a courtyard-like existence, with the cultural center written on the door, and several courtyards on the side, such as the Mathematics and Science Academy, the Qingjiao Temple, and so on.

Nandao initially thought it was a place to teach, but after going in and taking a few looks, I found that this is a place to display teaching materials and utensils, and the cultural institute is fine, but some ancient books and things, and the things of the mathematics and physics institute are strange, such as mahjong, such as some triangular bamboo boards, or some iron shelves, with a copper kettle on it, many iron pipes connected, and some iron wheels below, I don't know what it is used for.

Nanjima was still looking at the thing curiously, when a deep voice suddenly came from behind him.

"That's the Heavenly Machine."

Nandao was startled, the broom in his hand fell to the ground, and when Zhang Huang turned around, he saw a gentleman in his fifties standing behind him.

"I've seen Mr. Nandao." Nandao saluted.

The gentleman nodded, looked at Nandao, and said, "You are the student from yesterday?" ”

Although he didn't say the word rejection, Nandao also knew what he meant, nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"You're curious about this thing?" The gentleman asked, looking at Nanjima.

Nandao scratched his head and said, "I haven't seen it before, so I'm really curious." ”

The gentleman nodded, picked up the broom that had fallen on the ground, put it aside, looked at Nandao and said, "Help me move him out." ”

Although Minamijima didn't know what the gentleman was going to do, he still grabbed his umbrella around his neck, then crouched in front of the thing and carried it to the yard.

The gentleman took the lamp out of the courtyard lamp outside the courtyard, and then squatted down in front of the Tianyan machine, lifted the lid of the copper kettle and looked at it, there was half a pot of water in it, and put some coal under the copper kettle, and after lighting it, he stood beside Nandao and said nothing.

Nandao stood there confused, not knowing what it was doing.

After a while, the water of the copper kettle seemed to be boiled, and the lid moved uneasily, but it seemed that the special structure made it unable to open on its own, and after a while, the Tianyan machine began to run around the yard with a sigh.

Nan Dao stood there dumbfounded, turned his head to look at the gentleman, and asked intermittently, "First.... Mr.... This is the avenue? ”

The gentleman said calmly, "This is the way of the world. ”

It took a long time for Nandao to recover from that shock.

The coal had already burned out, and the Tianyan machine stopped on its own.

The gentleman stood beside Nandao and whispered, "I know why you came. ”

Nandao held the umbrella, looked at Mr., and said, "You know? ”

The gentleman nodded and said, "If I said that I could help you solve your problem, would you give up on those previous decisions?" ”

Nandao was silent for a while, and said, "How can I solve it?" ”

"Solve it at the source."

"Where is the source?"

The gentleman looked at Nandao calmly and said, "This is a heavenly opportunity, unspeakable. ”

Nandao stood in silence in the courtyard for a long time, shook his head slightly, and said, "I can't believe Mr. ”

"Why?"

Nan Dao smiled softly and said, "Because I can't understand Mr.'s words, and I can't understand Mr.'s avenue, how can I make me believe Mr.?" ”

The gentleman sighed, turned and walked out, and said, "Your life is good, I have some outstanding questions that I need your help with, but since you don't want to, then forget it." ”

Nan Dao stood in the courtyard, looked at this mysterious gentleman, bowed, and asked, "Who is the gentleman?" ”

The gentleman stopped at the gate of the courtyard, put the oil lamp back, and said calmly, "I am not the gentleman in the courtyard. ”

"That?"

"People like to call me a person who is three feet away from my destiny, but in fact, my name is very simple, I lack a door, divination operator."

Nandao was stunned for a moment when he heard the name, then reacted and hurried towards the door, where the man had already raised his foot.

Nandao hurriedly grabbed it, but he caught it empty, and the man stepped out and appeared at the bridgehead, in the faint darkness, his robe fluttered, and he looked back at Nandao.

"Remember, young man, this step is called fate, and once you take it, you can't repent of it."

The next moment, the man called the fortune operator disappeared on the bridge.

Nandao stood there dejected, although he still didn't understand what the man called the fortune operator said, but he vaguely felt that he seemed to be missing something.

The one called the divination operator should be the one who let the rats trap the Nanyi River.

Nandao still remembers what the rat said—but what he said, of course, was true.

This is also the reason why the South Island was chased out in the end.

But as the divination operator said.

This step of fate, once taken, cannot be repented.

Nanjima stood in the doorway for a long time, then turned and picked up the broomstick.

He wanted to finish the current business before Chenshi, and then go to Qingniu Courtyard to listen to Mr. Yunhu's class.

After boiling the hot water from the Wenhua Courtyard and sending it to the classrooms behind those courtyards, Nandao hurried to the side of the Qingniu Academy.

Qingniu Courtyard is on the left side of Wenhua Temple, that is, behind the magnolia forest, and you can also go from the side of Jingsi Lake.

Unlike the Wenhua Academy, there are no classrooms here, but a small flat separated by a stream and an apricot blossom forest.

Maybe it's because of the delay in the Institute of Mathematics and Physics, when Nandao rushed over, there was a pulpit that was already overcrowded, and there were many students in it, some of them were from previous years, some of them were recruited yesterday's spring, sitting on both sides of the stream, Yun Hu didn't know how to sit in the front, and behind Yun Hu didn't know that, there were also many gentlemen, and Mr. Xie, who was still chatting with Nandao last night, was also inside.

Nandao even saw Zhang Xiaoyu, whose face was wrapped in some gauze, seemed to be injured, and sat at the back with a sigh. And Mr. Mei, who left a note saying that he was going to sleep lazy, was actually inside, and his position was very high.

Nandao almost vomited out a mouthful of old blood, why do you want to sleep lazy, just want Nandao to clean up alone, and come here secretly by himself.

Nandao was about to walk over, but saw an unexpected person.

Bush blades.

He sat under an apricot blossom tree, and on the side sat the woman in the white dress, and beside the two, there were some people who did not know, but who were dressed in sword intent, sitting around the two.

The Sermon Floor was crowded with people like this, and on the other hand, it was a silent scene in this overcrowded situation.

Nandao thought about it, secretly bypassed the crowd, waded through the stream of the Yizidian, and went around to the apricot tree where Cong Jian and the others were, and then sat down with a shy face.

Nandao just started to sit down, and he saw a lot of eyes looking over, among which there was Hua Wuxi, who was sitting not far away and had some grievances with Nandao, Hua Wuxi's eyes seemed to have a strange taste, looking at Nandao, but I couldn't see what I thought.

Nanjima didn't squint, pretending not to see those gazes.

The woman in the white dress sat next to her, it seemed that she had been sitting for a long time, there were a lot of apricot blossoms on the white clothes, and a little light red added a bit of spring, some fragrance, I don't know if it was a person or a flower. Seeing Nan Dao sitting down here, the woman in the white dress was also a little surprised, looked at Cong Blade, and asked, "Uncle Shi knows him?" ”

Cong Zhitou didn't reply, and said lazily: "I don't know." ”

The woman in the white dress didn't say much.

Nandao was relieved when he heard this, and Cong Jian only said that he didn't know him, and he didn't say that he wanted to drive him away. Looking at Mr. Mei, who was sitting in front of him but was squeezed in pain, Nandao said in his heart, sure enough, it was still a good shade under the big tree, although the big tree didn't want to recognize him.

But after all, it's a big tree.

Nandao was still sitting happily when he noticed a gaze looking at him again.

Go back.

It is the flower that is not happy.

The latter looked at this side quietly, without any expression.

I think I must have heard the sentence 'I don't know'.

Nandao thought for a moment, turned back and ignored him.

Zhang Xiaoyu should still remember that he lent him a lot of money.

Nandao thought so.

Yun Hu, who was sitting in the upper reaches of the stream, coughed lightly.

The sermon was silent.

"Today's first lecture is a preliminary exploration of the starting point of Taoist practice and its step-by-step hierarchical division model."

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