Chapter 90: Fortune telling
Zhao Lengfei and the others returned their mounts, looking for an inn in the city, when they suddenly heard someone shouting on the side of the road: "The old man knows five hundred years, and he knows five hundred years, and he doesn't go out of the Fallen Immortal City, and he knows the things in the world. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½β
"Senior Brother Zhao, what does that old-timer on the side of the road do, it sounds like he is very powerful, and my master doesn't seem to have such ability." Lan Susu has never left the Outer Gate and Xuanyin City since he was a child, so he is new to everything.
"That person is a fortune teller, who can help people divinate fortunes and teach people how to avoid bad luck." Zhao Lengfei replied casually.
"Shall we let him do the math and see if this trial goes well and if he can succeed."
"Okay, let's go and count a hexagram."
Zhao Lengfei knew that the time ahead was boring, and Lan Susu didn't have time to pay attention to it even if she encountered something new, and now that she was in Falling Immortal City, it would be good for her to relax.
"It's just a charlatan, if he really has such ability, he would have been invited by the four major factions to be an elder, junior sister, don't take it seriously, watch me debunk him." Xiao Poyun saw that Lan Susu and Zhao Lengfei were chatting hotly, and interjected very unhappily.
"Senior Brother Zhao said that we should keep a low profile and not cause trouble, I think Deacon Xiao, you still don't want to go." Lan Susu immediately persuaded.
"It's okay, junior sister looks at me."
If Lan Susu just persuaded Xiao Poyun not to go, Xiao Poyun might still listen, but Lan Susu left a sentence of Senior Brother Zhao and another sentence of Senior Brother Zhao, Xiao Poyun felt that he was not angry, and he wanted to fight against Zhao Lengfei.
"Sir, can you help me do the math." Xiao Poyun walked a few steps to the fortune teller's stall.
Most of the people in the tenth team were the same as Lan Susu who had seen someone for the first time, so they all stood behind Xiao Poyun and looked lively, Zhao Lengfei also glanced at the fortune teller a few times in the back, and after seeing the person's appearance clearly, his expression suddenly became serious.
The fortune teller gentleman has white hair and white beard, wearing a cyan robe, quite a bit of fairy wind and bones, there is a table in front of him, on the table is placed copper coins, compasses, gossip diagrams and other fortune-telling tools, there are two words in front of the table, it is written that it is five hundred years of knowledge and five hundred years of knowledge of the next knowledge; If you don't go out of the Fallen Immortal City, you will know what is going on in the world.
"What do young people want to calculate? The things are different, and the charges are different, but don't worry, I will definitely give you the lowest price. The old fortune teller sat on the chair and looked up at Xiao Poyundao.
"How much does it cost, sir, please feel free, you can count where I am from, how old I am, and what I do."
"Young man, you are a fortune teller, you are clearly testing the old man, it doesn't count." The fortune teller waved his hand and said dissatisfied.
"Senior sister, you see what I said is right, this person is clearly a liar, if I let him calculate the future, he will definitely talk nonsense, anyway, it can't be verified, now I let him calculate the matter with the answer, he will find a reason not to calculate, let's go." Xiao Poyun scoffed.
The old fortune teller slapped the table when he heard this, and said angrily: "You stop me, you don't know the rules so much at a young age, do you really think that the old man can't calculate this thing?" β
There are two taboos for fortune tellers, one is that you don't believe it and deliberately come to make people ugly, and the other is to say that he is a liar in front of others, Xiao Poyun has committed two taboos in a row, how can the old fortune teller not be angry.
"What? Can you really figure it out? Then you will tell us the results of the calculation? β
Zhao Lengfei saw that Xiao Poyun repeatedly provoked the fortune teller, for fear that the matter would be big, so he hurriedly took two steps forward and bowed to the fortune teller and said: "The old gentleman is angry, my senior brother is out for the first time, and he doesn't understand the rules of the rivers and lakes, and he still hopes that the old man Haihan." β
"Hmph, it seems that there is still a sensible descendant here, but this must not be counted like this at this time." The fortune teller looked at Zhao Leng and said.
"You can't forget it, what do you want?" Xiao Poyun looked at the old fortune teller and said disapprerovingly.
"Boy, even if I count the three questions you just now, if I calculate correctly, do you dare to let the old man pick the valuable things on your body?" The old fortune teller snapped.
"Why don't you dare, if you don't do it right, how about shouting a hundred times on this street that I'm a liar?" Xiao Poyun said not to be outdone.
"Okay, your kid's condition is ruthless enough, let's make a decision, you are more sensible, how about testifying to us."
"Thanks to the trust of the old gentleman, the younger generation will not favor anyone." Zhao Lengfei agreed.
The fortune teller didn't say much nonsense, grabbed a few copper coins on the table and threw them into the air, and when the copper coins fell on the table, the old man pointed at each copper coin with his index finger, and finally he pinched his fingers and calculated: "You are from Sanyuan Province, you are twenty-three years old this year, can I make a mistake?" β
"How is that possible?" Xiao Poyun was taken aback.
In fact, it wasn't just him, Lan Susu and the others were also surprised, this old man really figured it out.
"Even if you are blinded, you can guess these two things by listening to the accent and looking at the appearance, it is not unusual that you can be blinded, you haven't said the last question yet, what do I do?" Xiao Poyun said with some unwillingness.
"What's so hard about that?"
The fortune teller glanced at the copper coins on the table a few more times, pinched his fingers and said: "Although you are dressed as a martial artist, you are not a person from our rivers and lakes, there is an ancient sect in the Sanyuan Mountain Range, and you are a disciple of that sect, do you need me to say it more clearly?" β
As soon as the fortune teller said this, Xiao Poyun and the others were directly stunned, none of them could have imagined that there were really such strange people in the world.
"Willing to gamble and lose, what do you want from me?" Xiao Poyun squeezed this sentence out from between his teeth.
"Look at the bulging bag in your arms, you should have a cloth bag, I want it, but I have to make it clear, I also want those things in the cloth bag." The fortune teller said triumphantly.
Xiao Poyun was already a little angry at this time, and he said viciously: "You want my storage bag?" Aren't you afraid that you will have a life and will not use it? β
"Boy, you are threatening the old man, the old man has been walking the rivers and lakes for decades, and he is quite clear about your rules, this little brother who testified, you will report what he has done when you turn around, and you will be rewarded."
"You ....... count you ruthless." Xiao Poyun had no choice but to take out his storage bag from his arms and put it on the table.
"That's pretty much it."
The fortune teller was just about to put Xiao Poyun's storage bag into his arms, when he heard Zhao Lengfei say: "The old gentleman is slow, the younger generation also wants to ask the old man to count a hexagram, if the old gentleman is right, you can also take anything valuable from me, if the old gentleman miscalculates, how about you pick one from my senior brother's storage bag and return the rest to him?" β
"Seeing that you are still sensible, I promise you, say, what do you want to count?" The old fortune teller put the storage bag back on the table and said.
"There are two things I want to count, the first one is to ask the old gentleman how my fortune is in the near future? Can you always figure it out? β
"Two pieces? Then your kid has a big advantage from the old man, this first thing doesn't need to be counted, the old man can see it at a glance. The old man smiled, he stared at Zhao Lengfei a few times, his face changed suddenly, and said: "Boy, your Yin Tang is black, your face is not good, it seems that your luck is extremely bad in the near future, if I am not mistaken, you will soon have a great calamity, this disaster should be avoided rather than broken." β
"Should it be avoided or broken? Can the old gentleman tell me how to resolve it? β
"The way to avoid disasters is simple, you can not go out of the city, and the pharaoh who breaks the disaster is afraid that there is nothing you can do, you can only rely on your own ability and luck."
"Thank you for your advice, and the second thing is that I want the old man to calculate which inn in the city I will stay in next."
"About two miles east from here, there's a guest inn where you'll stay, and you'll stay in the most expensive one there." The old fortune teller said casually.
"Are you sure, sir?"
"Sure it's a fart, this kid's problem is too tricky, and the gods can't be sure when they come, okay, this storage bag belongs to you." The old fortune teller pointed to the storage bag on the table.
"Mr. Xie, you can choose one thing from it, this is what I just promised you."
"It's just a bunch of rags, it's really rare for an old man, take it away." The old fortune teller waved his hand and said disdainfully.
"The old gentleman is so generous, it really makes me and other juniors embarrassed, and the juniors thank the old gentleman on behalf of the senior brother." Zhao Lengfei picked up the storage bag on the table, bowed to the old man, and thanked him.
"Forget it, I can't listen to ugly words, and I can't bear good words, you kid let me do two loss-making transactions, but don't get cheap and sell well, if you still want to tell fortunes, show it to the old man, don't make these useless things with me."
"Sir, you can also help me calculate a hexagram." Lan Susu took out a large ingot of silver and put it on the table.
"Or the little girl knows the rules, say, what do you want to count?" The old fortune teller picked up the silver and immediately smiled.
"This ......." Lan Susu couldn't say what he wanted to calculate for a while.
The fortune teller put away the silver, waved his hand and said, "Needless to say, the old man already knows what you want to count, but unfortunately, the old man can't figure it out about you." β
"Didn't the old gentleman know 500 years and 500 years? Why can't it be calculated? Lan Susu asked puzzled.
"Hahaha, what a naΓ―ve girl, okay, I'll tell you the reason I can't calculate, first of all, you're like this kid, there will be a catastrophe in the near future, and it's hard to say whether you two can survive this catastrophe, so there are too many variables in this, even if you forget it, it's not accurate.
Secondly, I am afraid that it will take many years for the dust to settle down on the things you want to ask, even if it is such a distant thing, it will leak the heavens, and it will break the old husband's life, and the old man I still want to live a few more years, so I can't take this risk for you. β
"I understand, thank you for your advice." Lan Susu seemed to understand the meaning of the fortune teller, and hurriedly bowed and thanked him.
"Senior Sister Lan, don't listen to this old liar, what kind of disaster is coming, with me, no one can hurt you." Xiao Poyun said.
"Haha, it's really fearless for the ignorant, it's hard to say whether the two of them will survive this catastrophe, but you and those behind you will definitely not be able to survive, poor and pitiful." The old fortune teller pointed at Xiao Poyun and laughed.
"Let's go, stop listening to this old liar."
In fact, many people in the team wanted to come forward and calculate a hexagram and ask the fortune teller what the big disaster was about, but because of Xiao Poyun's face, everyone had to give up.
Seeing Xiao Poyun leave with everyone, Zhao Lengfei gave a salute to the old fortune teller and whispered, "Old man, the juniors say goodbye." β
The old man looked at him meaningfully, nodded and said, "Go, go, go." β
"Deacon Xiao, this is for you." Zhao Lengfei hurriedly took a few steps to catch up with Xiao Poyun and threw away the storage bag he had just taken back from the old man.
"This is what my junior brother won with his ability, how can I ask for it again." Xiao Poyun held his storage bag, his face was a little unbearable, and he excused himself.
"Deacon Xiao laughed, this is Deacon Xiao's thing, but I was deceived by the fortune teller's clever words, and I took it back on behalf of the deacon, and the deacon refused to accept it, but complained that I was nosy."
"Whatever the junior brother said, since he said so, then I will accept it." Xiao Poyun saw that Zhao Lengfei gave him the step down, so he pushed the boat down the river and put away the storage bag.
"This time, I owe my junior brother a favor, that old man is really hateful, if it weren't for the downtown area, I would have to teach him a hard lesson, my junior brother is smarter than me, and he actually asked him to calculate which inn we will go to next, no matter how clever and fickle that old guy is, it is impossible to be right."
"Deacon Xiao has won the award, I'm just asking for directions by the way, in fact, where to live is not to live, how about we go to this guest inn?" Zhao Lengfei said quietly.
Although Deacon Xiao hated Zhao Lengfei in his heart, he had just accepted the other party's kindness, and he was not embarrassed to refute it at all, so he had to nod and agree.
In this way, the tenth team really stayed at the guest inn as the fortune teller said, and Zhao Lengfei just chose the most expensive one in the guest inn.
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