Fifteen minutes later, Shui Miao arrived at the foot of a trade and economic building—the headquarters of the Chen Corporation.
Shui Miao didn’t ask his elder sister or Chen Xiang to come pick him up. The reason was simple: they were already overworked.
Since Shui Miao’s departure, Chen Meiling, with the help of old colleagues like Jiang Zhihao, had officially established the headquarters of the Chen Corporation and absorbed investment capital from Jiang Zhihao and others, greatly expanding the business and strengthening its operations. In fact, Chen Meiling had even purchased one of Zhonghai City’s iconic buildings—a thirty-six-story trade and economic tower.
Chen Meiling didn’t have that much money herself, but people like Jiang Zhihao certainly did.
Doing everything herself had been exhausting for Chen Meiling. Even Chen Xiang had become the chairman’s assistant and was now constantly busy.
After stepping out of the car, Shui Miao saw Chen Meiling and Chen Xiang already waiting at the entrance of the building.
To Chen Meiling and the others, Shui Miao had always been very busy.
A few days ago, while Shui Miao was in the Miao region, Heishan Laomu had taken his form and busied herself building temples and shrines, barely showing up at all. And seven days ago, when Shui Miao saw everyone off, he had been so mysterious and tense that everyone thought something serious had happened. Since then, they hadn’t had time to be with Shui Miao and didn’t know how he was doing now.
“Brother!”
“Brother Shui Miao!”
Shui Miao looked relaxed, and the two women each took one of his hands, clearly delighted.
Seeing that Shui Miao was doing well, they both felt relieved.
Holding their hands, Shui Miao smiled slightly, gently closed his eyes, and circulated his immortal energy. Instantly, he purified their bodies, sweeping away all fatigue and discomfort, leaving them refreshed, energized, and blissfully comfortable. At the same time, he extended his spiritual awareness and discovered that there were many ghosts in the building. Happenstance had it that he had some residential peace talismans on him, so with a thought, he activated the remaining talismans, sending them flying to stick on various entrances of the building.
Over the phone, Shui Miao had already learned that Chen Meiling had bought this building.
Therefore, Shui Miao casually examined the feng shui of the building and was shocked to discover that someone had tampered with its feng shui.
At this moment, Chen Meiling and Chen Xiang, nourished by the immortal energy, were comfortably floating in bliss, eyes closed in enjoyment.
There was too much to explain verbally.
So Shui Miao focused his mind, sensing their memories and inner thoughts.
After about ten minutes, Shui Miao opened his eyes, as did Chen Meiling and Chen Xiang.
Shui Miao nodded at the two and softly said, “I now know everything that has happened these past days. Before dawn breaks, let’s discuss the feng shui issues of this building.”
He let go of their hands, turned, and walked toward the building’s plaza, saying as he walked, “This location originally had very good feng shui, but the previous owner didn’t understand feng shui and recklessly designed the structure and decorations. To make matters worse, several nearby buildings installed reflective glass walls, which suppressed the feng shui of this building, creating conflict and repeated disturbances.”
“Oh no!” Chen Meiling exclaimed. “So that’s why Lin, the former chairman, was willing to sell this building to me at such a low price. It seems I didn’t really get a bargain after all!”
“If the feng shui isn’t changed, you will certainly suffer misfortune. But once it’s corrected, this building will become the best in terms of feng shui in Zhonghai City,” Shui Miao said, stopping to look around. “This building sits on a land vein dominated by metal energy, and its cylindrical shape also belongs to metal in the five elements. The surrounding square plaza belongs to earth, which nourishes metal—so far, so good. However, the plaza is paved with white tiles that reflect light, and is filled with maple trees, which belong to wood, and red flowers and plants. Even the iron pillars used to block vehicles are painted red. This is sheer nonsense! Maple trees belong to wood, which generates fire. The red leaves symbolize fire, and the wind intensifies the flames. With so many red flowers and plants, the fire spreads wildly. Painting the iron pillars red makes it even worse—symbolizing iron being heated red-hot, just imagine how intense the fire must be. Additionally, the white tiles reflect light, and anything that emits light also belongs to fire. Several surrounding buildings, whether intentionally or not, have reflective glass walls and even hung large red banners outside, clearly trying to suppress this building with fire energy.”
Shui Miao’s analysis was based on his spiritual perception of the five elements’ energies in the surrounding area.
After hearing Shui Miao’s explanation, Chen Meiling suddenly understood, “Ah! No wonder Lin couldn’t survive here. His surname is Lin, which means two trees, and his given name is Sen, meaning three trees. So much wood encountering fire—no wonder he was burned out!”
“Also, metal overcomes wood,” Shui Miao added, turning to Chen Meiling. “So here’s the plan: you need to find someone with an extremely strong birth chart whose elemental affinity is water to take charge of the renovation. Remove all the maple trees and red flowers and plants, and get rid of all the white tiles and red-painted iron pillars. Then reshape the entire plaza into wavy patterns, plant green grass, and build eight square-shaped fountains in the eight cardinal directions. Finally, replace the building’s glass with golden yellow and paint the walls gold as well, leveraging the metal energy of the land. Metal symbolizes strength, sharpness, and attack, so the building’s energy will rise, and the surrounding buildings won’t be able to compete anymore. However, remember the principles of the five elements’ mutual generation and restraint. Metal generates water, and water represents wealth. So, our core team should wear black or blue clothes, while other employees should wear yellow or grayish-yellow uniforms, as yellow and grayish-yellow belong to earth, which nourishes metal, and metal in turn nourishes our water.”
After briefly explaining the key points, Shui Miao turned and walked toward the building.
“Alright, I’ll immediately look for the right person. Oh, brother, do you have anything else to say?” Chen Meiling and Chen Xiang quickly followed behind him. In Chen Meiling’s heart, Shui Miao was the real chairman. Also, they both knew that Shui Miao would soon be busy again, making it difficult to find him when needed.
“Arrange a meeting with Jiang Zhihao and the others for nine o’clock in the morning—I have important questions for them. Now, I need to drive away the chaotic ghosts inside this building. You two just go to the office. I’ve arranged for the fox spirit Qimei and the golden toad Master Jintan to protect you.”
Shui Miao walked quickly, speaking just as fast.
Because he sensed several vicious ghosts entering the building, grumbling and cursing at the residential peace talismans placed at the entrance.
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