Chapter 4: Leaving the Valley (19)

"Grandpa, grandpa! I'm back!" Yuwen Lei rushed to the door, pushed open the fence gate, and shouted loudly in the yard.
"Creak" sound, the thatched cottage door opened, Yuwen Tianwen walked out, looking at his grandson whom he hadn't seen for over a month, the old man was very excited: "Lei, you're back. How was your training with Uncle Chu?"
"I can now skillfully extract spiritual power. Uncle Chu said that my level of spiritual power is similar to yours," Yuwen Lei said, holding his grandfather's hand affectionately.
"Haha, my grandson, my spiritual energy is at stage one, and my spiritual power is at level one. You are about the same as me. It seems that you still need to work harder in your cultivation," Yuwen Tianwen said, patting his grandson's hand lightly, and laughing hoarsely.
“Grandpa, don't worry, I can do it. Uncle Chu said he will take me out of the valley tomorrow, and then he will take me to his sect to apprenticeship. At that time, I will use the spirit stone to test what level of spiritual energy I have.” Yuwen Lei hasn't seen his grandpa for a long time, and he kept talking non-stop.
The old man felt a pang of sadness in his heart as the day had finally arrived. The little bird had grown up and was now ready to soar into the wider sky. He had not expected that the last time Chu Zhuang mentioned taking Leier out of the valley would be tomorrow. Yǔwén Tiān still had a smile on his face as he kindly said, "Leier, come inside and talk."
宇文垒好像想起了什么，稍一使劲把手从爷爷手出抽了出来，急急说道：“爷爷，您先去屋里歇着，我劈好柴，挑满水还有事问你呢，明天就要走了，今天一定多干些活。”说完就不管不顾的忙去了。
Unable to get an answer from Yuwen Tian, he had no choice but to return to the house and wait quietly.
During the long wait, the old man repeatedly reached into his pocket and touched a piece of talisman, which was the last divination talisman. Yuwen Lei knew that the old man liked divination, but he didn't believe in his grandfather's methods because they were accurate less than one out of ten times. Every time his grandfather tried to divine for him, he just smiled it off.
Later, as he grew older, his grandfather told him the secret that divination was inaccurate, and that the key to accurate divination was to use the most crucial tool - the divine calculator. It was then that Yuwen Lei understood. He had also asked his grandfather why he didn't use the divine calculator and just relied on guesswork.
The old man explained with a smile that there are very few amulet masters who can draw divine calculation symbols, so the divine calculation symbols are even more precious. I only obtained a few of them occasionally, so how can I easily use them? Yuwen Lei was not very interested in this matter, so he did not ask further.
Back then, Yuwen Tian had three magic calculation tokens in his hand. A few years ago, he used one for a certain matter; the second one was used to predict the extraordinary encounter of Yuwen Lei. As for the last one remaining, he intended to use it to deduce the whereabouts of his third brother. However, these magic tokens have a special feature, which is that the interval between uses must be at least more than a month, otherwise the accuracy will be greatly reduced.
Now, Leier is going to leave tomorrow and I don't know when we will meet again. Should I use this talisman to predict Leier's fortune, or should I predict where Sange has gone? Sigh, Sange, you left hurriedly over a month ago and there has been no news of you, leaving me here alone, unable to bear it!
Yuwentian was lost in thought, and as Yulüe finished getting ready and wiped the sweat off his forehead, he walked in and, seeing the situation, chuckled and said, "Grandpa, don't be sad. Chu Uncle said that after we leave the valley, he will take me to seek a master. I will study under his master's younger brother. Since Chu Uncle is so powerful, his master's younger brother should be pretty good too. When I become proficient in my skills, I will be able to defeat all the demons and monsters, and protect you and..."
Talking about this, Yuwen Lei remembered the disappearance of Grandpa San's house and turned the conversation to ask, "When I came, I went to Grandpa San's house on the way and found it was gone. Grandpa, what's going on?"
Yuwentian slowly took his hand out of his arms and pointed to the side, motioning for his grandson to sit down and talk. Once Yulie was seated, he poured out all his doubts about the dilapidated walls and disappearing fire at Uncle Liu's house that he saw from the Mountain God Temple, and stared at his grandfather with his dark eyes, waiting for an answer.
Yuwentian took a moment to think, and then recounted in detail what happened on the day when Sunzi went to find Chuzhuang, including the fire at San Ye's house, the battle at the Mountain God Temple, the attack on the pine forest in Chuzhuang, and the incident of Meng Xianyue seeing Liu Sanye and Liu Baoshan leaving the valley. He thought for a moment, since Chuzhuang did not mention the incident of the black-clothed men attacking Jingxinyi to Sunzi, he decided not to bring it up to avoid scaring Sunzi.
After listening to Grandpa's story, Yuwen Lei was stunned, never expected so much to happen that day, but Uncle Chu never mentioned a word to him.
And why did Third Grandpa and Brother Baoshan suddenly leave? Brother Baoshan had just returned from a long journey, exhausted, yet he hurriedly left without any urgent matters, it couldn't be possible for him to leave the valley in such a hurry.
Furthermore, Grandfather is also a close friend of the Third Grandfather. It's unlikely that he would leave without saying goodbye, unless there is some unavoidable reason. Thinking of this, Yuwen Lei suddenly stood up, sweating all over.
"Grandpa, that day I was riding the Wind Control Talisman to find Uncle Chu, and happened to pass over the sky of Third Grandpa's house. I originally wanted to take a look to see if Bao Shan was practicing in the yard, but in the instant I looked down, I felt a dark shadow in a certain alley disappear in the blink of an eye."
我下去找了半天也没什么发现，当时还以为是自己眼花了，又怕楚大叔等急就匆匆走了，看来黑袍人一定和三爷爷出谷有着莫大的关联！只是不知道这个黑袍人是哪一个，是和您交手的还是和楚大叔交手的就不得而知了。”宇文垒一步步分析道。