Chapter 18: Willing to Gamble and Lose
"Dao Chief, what is the Dao number?"
"Poor Dao Nan Daozi. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Dao Chief, from top to bottom, from the inside to the outside, you can't see where the Dao Chief is not a man?"
"Go, the old man Nan Daozi is a male and female man in South Africa in the southeast. Nan Daozi shouted
"Oh, it's rare and weird, I hope the Taoist doesn't see it. Lin Dongtian said with a smile.
"Hmph~"
"Dao Chief, do you sell this fruit or not?"
"Sell or not, it depends on whom. Nan Daozi replied with a roll of his eyes
"Dao Chief, what did you say about this fruit just now?"
"The tree in front of the gate of the Daomen, 3,000 years of flowering, 3,000 years of fruit, 3,000 years of maturity, eating a cure for all diseases, prolonging life, forever beautiful. ”
"Dao Chief, advertising can be done, but it can't be so boastful. ”
"What is an advertisement?" Nan Daozi asked suspiciously.
"In my country, advertising is like a saying: Huang Po sells melons and boasts. ”
"Go, you kid is laughing at the poor way, right?"
"How dare you. Lin Dongtian smiled:
"The Taoist said that it bloomed in 3,000 years, fruited in 3,000 years, and matured in 3,000 years, but how did the Taoist know about these 3,000 years? From flowering to maturity, there was an interval of 9,000 years, how did the Taoist really confirm that this was the fruit that blossomed and bore 9,000 years ago?"
With Lin Dongtian's words, a group of people gradually gathered around to watch the excitement, including several men and women who went to pick fruits on the opposite side before.
"Dao Chief, you came out again to fool the guests into buying your Taoist fruit. A fat man in the crowd shouted
"Go, Li Yuanwai, no matter how old you talk, I'll report you for that mess, if it weren't for me, would you still be today?" Nan Daozi turned his face and looked at the fat man in the crowd and said.
"Dao Chief, one thing is one thing. Although the fat man Li Yuanwai was still shouting, he was also quiet.
"Dao Chief, this little brother is right, how are you sure that this fruit is what you say?" said a tall man in the crowd.
"He butcher, don't think that if you change your shirt and bring a new concubine today, Lao Tzu won't know what kind of goods you are. ”
"Hehe, Dao Chief, don't blame Mo for being angry. The tall man He Butcher said.
"Say, what do you mean by what the Taoist chief said?" At this time, a woman beside him heard Nan Daozi say this, and immediately twisted his ear and said sharply
"Is there another woman behind her?"
"No, how can there be, lady, you are my only one, you are all I have, my whole world. He butcher begged for mercy while whispering to the woman next to him.
"Hmph...... Forgive me for not daring. ”
Nan Daozi refuted the onlookers so mercilessly, not only did the crowd not decrease, but gradually increased, and even the people who were meditating and cultivating in the westernmost corner of the cliff platform opened their eyes and looked at this side.
"Dao Chief, do business to be honest and trustworthy, reputation first. Lin Dongtian said.
"Joke, old way, why don't I be honest and trustworthy?" Nan Daozi replied without giving an inch.
"How can the Taoist prove that the fruit you are selling is the one that bloomed nine thousand years ago?"
"Yes, yes, how can the Taoist prove it?" the bystanders echoed
"Little baby, then how do you prove that this is not the one from nine thousand years ago?" Nan Daozi said casually.
"I can't imagine that the old Taoist priest can think of this. Lin Dongtian said happily in his heart, in fact, when he said something like that, he was wondering if the other party would be guided by his own thinking and be introduced. Now it's clearly not.
"Dao Chief, you obviously picked this from the hanging peak on the opposite side. One of the bystanders said.
"No, I saw the Taoist chief carrying it from the cloud bridge. Another onlooker retorted
"Fart, only the Hanging Peak can grow such a fruit in the entire city of Du'an, where can he pick it?" the man said.
"You're just farting, you've walked all over the city, can you make sure that there isn't a tree like this growing in the pimple of any other mountain?" the man immediately retorted. Hearing this, the man who spoke first was immediately speechless, blushing and speechless
"Are you sick?" said another person, apparently unable to stand it.
"Didn't you hear what the Taoist chief said? The tree in front of the Daomen, I have only the ruins of the Daomen in the city, and I have never heard of the Daomen, which was not in the past, not now, and may not be in the future. ”
The man looked at the man who had just retorted. To continue:
"And the place where we are standing now is the ruins of Daomen, according to legend, the cliff platform hanging peak is the Daomen Mountain Gate thousands of years ago, so what the Taoist chief just said, the tree in front of the Daomen Gate, three thousand years of flowering and the like, only the Hanging Peak is in line with it, let me ask, the current sect in Du'an City, which sect has existed so far, which sect has more than 9,000 years?"
He turned his head to look at Nan Daozi again, and sighed earnestly
"Dao Chief, cowhide is not so blowing. ”
There was a burst of laughter in the crowd of "Boom ......", and even Lin Dongtian and Cheng Gongzi were laughed by this person.
Lin Dongtian looked at it, this was a man in the prime of life, with a tall and sturdy figure, a tough face, looking like a soldier, standing in the crowd and standing tall.
"Lonely and unheard, since the establishment of my Daomen, it has been more than 10,000 years, but the decline of the Middle Dao, it is difficult for the world to know, have you not seen the immortals and gods, so you deny their existence?" Nan Daozi retorted sharply.
"I've never seen an immortal or a god, but I've seen your fruit. The man said.
"Taking it out to coax and deceive is to damage the image of our Du'an Dynasty. ”
"Dao Chief, you heard it, the eyes of the crowd are bright. Lin Dongtian grabbed the words at this time and said at the right time
"A bunch of ignorant people. He rolled his eyes.
"Do you really think that the old man will sell the fruit of the Hanging Peak?"
"Yes. Lin Dongtian replied.
"Okay, the old man will convince you today, but, little baby, you keep saying that the old man is not honest and trustworthy, which is a great slander to me. Nan Daozi said.
"Dao Chief, you are in business, I originally wanted to buy it, but you see that I am dressed in shabby, but you don't sell me, which is also a great insult. Lin Dongtian also said.
"I sell it, and I can choose who I sell it to. ”
"That's a good idea, but if you don't sell it, it's a kind of discrimination. ”
"Haha, little baby, are you a five-year-old toddler?" Nan Daozi laughed as if he saw something new:
"Discrimination? Do you know what discrimination is?" he continued
"Throughout this world, the strong are kings, the weak are food, and in the eyes of the strong, their life and death are as despicable as ants, discrimination? No, there is no discrimination, only cold disregard exists. ”
At this moment, it was Lin Dongtian's turn to be shocked, and he realized that he was no longer in the world he was in, this was a completely different world.
"Since you are so insistent, the old Taoist priest will reluctantly prove to you that the fruit sold by the old man is not the fruit of the Hanging Peak, but, little baby, if not, do you have to show something?"
"If it's really as the Taoist chief said, I'll compensate you, and by the way, I won't buy your fruit. Lin Dongtian said with a smile.
"It's so cheap. Nan Daozi immediately refused.
"Dao Chief, you didn't plan to sell it to me, if it really proves that you are right, I won't buy it, where is it cheap?" Lin Dongtian said as a matter of course.
The "......boom" crowd burst into laughter again, and even Cheng Gongzi, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but laugh.
"Well, how about we make a bet?" Nan Daozi was not angry, and said after thinking about it.
"What's the bet?"
"If you lose, worship me as a teacher, and if you win, I will worship you as a teacher. Nan Daozi said.
"Dao Chief, I'm a mortal, and I can't teach you anything if I accept disciples. Lin Dongtian said with a smile
"Little baby, don't be complacent, it's unknown whether you win or lose, do you dare or don't dare?" Nan Daozi said.
"Dao Chief, although your radical method seems to be very good, to be honest, I really don't know how to refuse. ”
"Good. Everyone heard, and I made a bet with this little brother that whoever loses is in vain. ”
"Does anyone bet?" shouted in the crowd.
"The Taoist wins one to three, the little brother wins one to one, bet and bet ......" he shouted, and suddenly, some people surrounded him.
Lin Dongtian and Cheng Gongzi immediately looked at each other, especially the latter, who was even more embarrassed.
"The people of Du'an are good at gambling. He said.
"How to bet?" Lin Dongtian asked.
"It's very simple, you go and pick a few fruits of the Hanging Peak, and compare them with mine, you can know if it's the same. Nan Daozi said.
"Okay, but you don't have to pick it. Lin Dongtian said,
"This has ready-made. ”
Then he came to the young men who were cultivating just now, arched his hand and said:
"These friends, can you borrow the fruit in your hands?"
Lin Dongtian's attitude was very respectful, and he asked with a smile, seeing Lin Dongtian like this, one of the women suddenly turned red, and lowered her head and didn't know what to do.
"Yes. But a woman next to her said generously, and handed over the fruit as she spoke.
"Thank you. Lin Dongtian said gratefully
Hearing this, the woman's eyes couldn't help but light up, but at this moment, Lin Dongtian walked back to Nan Daozi with the fruit in his hand.
"Dao Chief, this is what those friends just picked up from the Hanging Peak just now, you can see it. ”
Nan Daozi took it and put the fruit in his hand in the basket, and everyone saw that the color and size were almost the same. If it takes a long time, it is estimated that it will be difficult to distinguish which is which
"Alas, it turned out to be a liar. Someone sighed.
"The Taoist priests who run the rivers and lakes rely on the pit to abduct and deceive. ”
"I said it, he's that kind of person......"
The crowd of onlookers began to talk.
"Dao Chief, what do you think?" Lin Dongtian asked with a smile.
"Hmm~" he twisted his beard.
"It's pretty much the same. It's just, little brother, it looks the same on the outside, but you haven't tasted it on the inside. ”
He said slowly. Then he looked at the people around him and said again.
"Did any of my friends volunteer to try these two fruits to see if my Daomen fruit is really hanging from the Empty Peak?"
The crowd was quiet, looking at each other, many people didn't think about it, the appearance is the same, is it possible that the inside is different?
"I'll come. At this time, someone stood up, it was the tough man in the prime of life just now.
"Yes, please, please. Nan Daozi said.
The man walked to the fruit basket, looked at the fruit in the blue, reached over, picked up the one Lin Dongtian put in, put it in his mouth, took a bite, the crisp peel cracked, a little juice splashed out of the corner of his mouth, chewed slowly, and his forehead wrinkled with chewing.
"It's unpalatable. He said, and stopped again.
"How does it taste?" asked Nan Daozi,
"Juicy, tasteless, unpalatable. The man said.
"Okay, then please eat the old Taoist. ”
The middle-aged man put the fruit in his hand back into the basket, picked up the one next to him, put it in his mouth and bit it. The same is juicy.
"Huh?" his face was surprised, he wanted to chew slowly, but now he found something like this, chewing quickly. Then, I took another bite and it felt the same.
Seeing this, Lin Dongtian's heart chuckled, could it be ......?
Sure enough, I saw the prime man turn his head and look at himself, his eyes full of sympathy and pity.
"Not really. Lin Dongtian shouted in his heart.
So, I walked to the fruit basket, picked up the previous one, took a bite, the entrance was juicy, but the taste was really not good, similar to ordinary water, only a little sweetness, and then picked up the fruit in the strong man's hand, and also took a bite, the entrance, suddenly, a sweet taste went down the throat, full of fragrance, but not obvious. Compared to the previous one, the taste is very different. At this moment, he was completely stunned.
"Hehe, good man, why don't you come to meet your teacher?" Nan Daozi said with a smile, with a smug expression.
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