The fortune teller laughed again, only this time, his shoulders shook so hard that he could barely breathe, and he coughed twice sharply. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info didn't know what stimulated him, he took the teacup on the table and took a sip, then stopped laughing, returned to his previous appearance, and said word by word: "For the sake of cultivation, if it weren't for the two of you to come today, I really don't know how to answer this question, but if you don't come, you will never have this problem." Isn't that ridiculous? Don't talk about me, you can ask. ”

I never understood what the fortune teller meant by asking me a question. Do you want to ask about your own fortune? Or do you want to ask him about your future? He told me clearly earlier that my destiny cannot be calculated, and what can I ask him? But the fortune teller seems to have calculated that I have something to ask him, but I don't know it? Do you ask the meaning of the poem? It was obviously read by him, not my problem.

I suddenly realized something, and it was the shock of hearing him recite a poem just past the door, and I couldn't help but blurt out a sentence, "I want to know ventriloquism, real ventriloquism." ”

The fortune teller did not look surprised by my question, but seemed more unfazed. He leaned back slowly, the rattan hoop chair creaking strangely, as if it was carrying a weight far from the emaciated body above.

"Ventriloquist is a language that is much older than we think, and the earliest masters were the ancient witches. But ventriloquism was not created by them, they were only inheritors. "The fortune teller's words have shocked me.

"Inheritors, and where do they come from?"

The fortune teller didn't answer my question, just pointed upwards with his hand.

"God, I can't believe it, it can only be ignorance to attribute all the unknown to God. The fortune teller was not surprised by my questioning, and still said in his hoarse voice.

"Like you, I don't believe that this language is heaven-granted. But later, I met a cultivator who was proficient in ventriloquism, who had inherited the oldest school of ventriloquism, and he told me that there are three realms of ventriloquist cultivation, ventriloquism, fu language, and epigram. The fortune teller was obviously afraid that I would not understand what he meant, so he casually wrote three different abdominal characters on the yellow paper with the spirit talismans drawn. But he did it all in one go, from lifting the pen to dipping it in ink to writing, and it didn't look like he couldn't see it at all, which made me extremely puzzled.

"Most of the ventriloquist cultivators we see today have only cultivated to the first realm, and they only use their belly to make sounds, but the sound they produce is very short, they can't speak complete sentences, and it's difficult to change their intonation. At the level of Fu Yu, practitioners can completely change their ventriloquist to the same as normal speech, but with a different voice. ”

When the fortune teller said this, I couldn't help but think that what Juan Bei was practicing hard should be the second realm of ventriloquism, so I quickly interrupted him and interjected and asked: "In the second realm, can I sing and sing in ventriloquish?

The fortune teller nodded, "It's completely possible, but cultivating the second realm requires cultivators to have great perseverance and perseverance, as well as high talent, and there are very few people who can refine to this heavy realm." And I am afraid that no one can do it if they reach the realm of the third appendage. ”

"Since there is such a realm, there must be someone who has reached it, hasn't it?" I wondered what ventriloquist could become after it could be pronounced the same as normal.

"The reason why the epithet is called the epilogue is not entirely the cultivation of the ventriloquist itself, it depends on the fate of the cultivator, it is not the cultivator's own voice, or even what he wants to say. At this point, the fortune teller's pace of speech was noticeably slower.

"Could it be that this epithet is an attachment of possession?" I seemed to understand the mystery a little.

"For thousands of years, the third realm has been a taboo for ventriloquist cultivators, and most of those who try to cultivate have attracted unwarranted disasters, and many people have even inadvertently approached the third realm, and they have also been regarded as mad by masters and sects, and they are forbidden to cultivate any further. So I'm afraid no one can do it. ”

It was at this moment that I suddenly realized that under the influence of the strange appearance of the fortune teller, coupled with his head down most of the time, I didn't notice that when he spoke, his throat did not shake at all, and the skin on his neck was very loose and drooping, which was what Juan Bei looked like in my house that night.

"Sir, I would like to ask, how many realms have you cultivated to ventriloquist now?" I looked at him curiously.

The fortune teller was obviously stunned for a moment, raised his head, and looked at me with a pair of hollow eye sockets, as if he could really see everything in front of him with his eye sockets, and the somewhat mad laughter sounded again.

"This gentleman, I have been fortune-telling for 30 years, I used to be like you with the same eyes as a torch, and I once performed two plays with the village troupe, thirty years ago, I was still a good hand at farm work, but it is a pity that I made people into creation, but it is a pity that I did not listen to the precepts of the master. For those mysterious things in the world, you often think that even if you give everything, it is worth getting the answer, but when you really know the answer, you will ask yourself, is it really worth the loss?"

The fortune teller spoke unusually slowly, almost word for word at the end. I noticed that his voice at this time was obviously different from just now, and when I looked closely, the fortune teller's throat was trembling slightly, and I already knew in my heart that it should be his original voice at this time. It was also at this time that I suddenly noticed that a cool breeze was wafting in the room, which had been blowing behind the small table, and one of the fortune teller's trousers was blown up. He turned out to be a disabled person who had lost both legs, no wonder he sat in the wicker chair from beginning to end, never leaving half a step.

"Most of the things in this world are not false, and so are people, if you understand it, it is fate, and if you don't understand it, it will become a disaster. It's all fate, you don't have to force it, I can only say so much, you still have a long way to go, please come back early. After saying this, the fortune teller nodded to me slightly, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation to me, and then said no more, and leaned back into the rattan circle chair, as if asleep.

"Understanding is fate, and not understanding is calamity?" I repeated this sentence, and the fortune teller seemed to have something to say, but I didn't think it clearly for a while. He took a few banknotes out of his bag, respectfully placed them on the small table, stood up, and walked out of his cabin.

In the middle of the bluestone pavement outside the house, Team Cao was crossing his waist, looking up at the sky, basking in the sun with his back, and the clothes on his back were already wet with sweat. It feels good to be back in the sun, I have a tacit understanding with Team Cao, we don't talk about the fortune telling just now, we walk back to the parking place together, and drive in the car in the direction of Beijing.

Although the two of us didn't say anything, we both thought in our hearts that the fortune teller listened to the clouds and mountains and fog, but after thinking about it, we both seemed to have a profound warning. When the car got on the highway, Team Cao couldn't hold back his thoughts, and asked me while driving: "Lao Chang, do you think that big fairy is accurate?"

I looked at the wheat fields flying by outside and nodded, "That fortune teller is not a mortal. ”

"What I'm also saying is that he doesn't ask you about your birthday, and he doesn't ask you what you do, just pinch your hand and ask you to write a word in the palm of his hand. It's weird. Team Cao sighed with emotion.

"The profession is called bone touching and word splitting, which is not a unique craft, it has existed since ancient times. When I told you the math, I heard that there were three years of success, and the fate of the fire went west or something, how did you solve it?" Thinking that there was still a long journey back to Beijing, I became curious, so I simply asked in detail.

"Chang, to be honest, I really don't understand too much. That blind man speaks cleanly, and my little cultural foundation is not enough. But it's also strange that I was dazed at the time, but I believed most of it in my heart. What exactly that means is a guess. ”

"I'm thinking about it, which probably means that within three years, my position can go up to the next level, because I have nobles around me to help, like Jiang Ju, Hu Ju and you Lao Chang, all of them are my nobles. But in my line of work, there are too many enemies, and they are all enemies with high IQ and superpowers, so the danger is also great, and there are many things to do. ”

"The blind man's suggestion is that I try not to go to the west, because the west is unlucky, but I don't understand one thing, where do you say the west is rented? If we mean that the west of China is fine, it is a big deal if I don't go to Gansu, Qinghai, and Xinjiang. But you said you want to point to the west of Beijing, why can't I go to Haidian, Fangshan, Mentougou. ”

Team Cao's words amused me, what I admire most about Team Cao is that Team Cao can not go to heart for big things, always maintain an optimistic attitude and calm judgment, and sometimes, in order to reduce the pressure in my heart, I often ridicule myself. Over the years of working with him, I have always felt that the more dangerous the environment and the more difficult the situation, the more relaxed it is to have him in my heart. Thinking of this, he simply teased him a few words.

"Team Cao, I think the fortune teller's pattern has expanded, and his vision is not comparable to the two of us. I think it's too small for you to define the West in China, but it should be a global perspective. So, as long as you don't go to the Middle East, you don't go to Europe, you don't go to Africa, you won't have anything to do with it. ”

"And even if you have to go to those places, it's not impossible, the earth is round, you can go east in reverse, walk half a circle more, and it's fine. ”

(What is the name and the body??? Therefore, contentment is not humiliating, and knowing that it will not be destroyed, and it can last for a long time. --Tao Te Ching)