Who let him join the Sword Sect?!-Chapter 866 - 432: Lowering the Gaze to See the Starry Vault (Part 2)
There's no array, machine cannon, or self-destruct device on it.
"Sort of... Don't take it apart!"
Lu Yuzhou hastily retrieved the telescope before Mo Jingchun could act.
"Be careful, this is the belonging of my disciple's disciple's disciple.
I borrowed it before leaving, if you break it, how can I face being Sect Leader? This..." 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
Mo Jingchun, "Spit it out, no more secrets! Say one more useless word, and I'll chop you now!"
Seeing Lu Yuzhou about to digress again, Mo Jingchun drew her blood-red sword and slammed it on the table.
"Alright, alright, I'll talk…"
Lu Yuzhou explained that the original owner of the telescope was the grandfather of a girl named Guo Yue, who was a disciple of her disciple's disciple.
The old man from Xingzhou was named Guo Shoujing, who passed away early this year at the age of eighty-five, a long life indeed.
In his lifetime, he loved star gazing, but due to his blocked meridians, he couldn't practice any star-observation Dharma Method.
Usually, aside from using some small gadgets he made himself, he relied heavily on his granddaughter's help by his side to roughly uncover the mysteries of the stars.
However, after Guo Yue entered the Celestial Sect to cultivate, he lost his support.
Until the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion was established.
A tiny explosive tactic wind reached Xingzhou, and Guo Shoujing's granddaughter bought him a telescope from the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion.
"Mr. Guo improved the telescope so it could be used without any Spiritual Qi and even see farther.
"On the right, this is the Star Map Mr. Guo drew before his passing, and on the left, is mine."
Lu Yuzhou pushed the two Star Maps in front of Mo Jingchun.
Both Star Maps, one new and one old.
The one on the left, glittering with starlight, was refined using Moon Silkworm Silk, with Spiritual Qi surging around.
Upon closer inspection, the stars on the map could even slowly move according to the time of day.
Staring too long at the map, brilliant starlight appeared, all being spells related to celestial phenomena.
The one on the right was made of cowhide, quite old, with some stains soaking the corners.
But the drawn Star Map is meticulous, with small annotations beside each star.
Besides material differences, the stars depicted differ vastly.
Guo Shoujing's map had many more stars.
Lu Yuzhou pointed her fingers, placing them on several positions on the cowhide Star Map.
"Here, after the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper, there's one more."
"Here, three stars are entangled and moving cyclically."
"And this position is where Zhang Ze provided coordinates.
"Something is really here."
She tapped lightly on the desk with her finger, wanting to open the teahouse's skylight to show Mo Jingchun a skill.
But after knocking for awhile, nothing happened.
"Is it sealed?" Lu Yuzhou frowned and asked.
She visited here when she was young, she remembered the teahouse roof could be opened.
The opening method was flamboyant, lightly tapping the desk with a rhythm would activate the array.
"Not sealed, just the code was changed."
Mo Jingchun took out a remote control, pressed a button, and after a beep, the teahouse roof opened.
"My daughter said to honor her father, last year she secretly dismantled the teahouse, then changed it like this for convenience."
Saying so, Mo Jingchun pressed the remote control again, and suddenly a small hole appeared on the table in front of Lu Yuzhou.
From the hole emerged a bare-bottomed child tea figure. Yellow tea projected from the child's spout, precisely into Lu Yuzhou's cup.
Doo doo doo… After the cup was full, the tea figure hiccuped twice, splashed a few more drops on the table, and slowly descended back into the hole.
Lu Yuzhou, "..."
She suspected this old woman did it on purpose but had no proof.
The rare sagely air created was instantly ruined.
Lu Yuzhou sighed and stood up.
"Up the mountain, clearer there."
...
Holding the telescope modified by Guo Shoujing, the two arrived at the Main Pavilion's Sword-Seeking Cliff, looking up, the galaxy overhead was resplendent, starlight dazzling.
Mo Jingchun remained silent for a long time.
She seemed to return to her childhood when she loved staying at this mountain top gazing at the starry firmament, but as time passed, she seldom came here again.
The specific reason, she had forgotten.
"Remove the spells, disable Spiritual Qi, use this." Lu Yuzhou set up the telescope, adjusted the direction, and signaled Mo Jingchun to come over.
"Rest assured, I won't ambush you, come quickly!"
Seeing Mo Jingchun unmoving, Lu Yuzhou went forward and pulled Mo Jingchun's sleeve, dragging her to the telescope.
After briefly teaching the usage method, Lu Yuzhou retreated to the side.
Mo Jingchun leaned down, directing her eye to that tiny lens.
Though lowering her head, she was still gazing at the celestial dome.
Through that tiny lens, the previously empty star field now had faint glimmers flickering.
There really were stars there.
...
"Was the sky we've seen so far all lies?" Mo Jingchun lifted her head.
"Who knows?" Lu Yuzhou folded her arms, looking indifferent.
Mo Jingchun, "Such a huge oversight, why wasn't it noticed before?"
Instead of answering, Lu Yuzhou asked back, "If unaware of the heavenly obstacles, place both mine and Mr. Guo's Star Map before anyone, letting them view.
"Who do you think they'd believe, which Star Map is correct, which Star Map is real?"
Without hesitation, Mo Jingchun immediately replied, "You."
"That's the principle." Lu Yuzhou nodded, "Mortals have short lifespans, their four generations under one roof, to me is simply a fleeting moment. Cultivators like us don't care what mortals think.
"Even if mortals discover something, it will eventually be forgotten by time.
"And I, ascending Mahayana, as long I don't die, I don't admit fault, none can claim I'm wrong, dare to claim I'm wrong."
