Wang Xiaotian was very surprised. Why didn't the old man even want the money he gave for free?

The old man hurriedly said, "Young man, you listen to me first." As the saying goes, nothing is lost. The young man took pity on me and gave me old money to spend my old age in peace. Thank you for your kindness. It's just that this money, the old man really can't ask for it. ”

"This money may be a lot of money for Shaoxia. In this case, the old man can't ask for it, and the old man can't let the young man carry an unnecessary burden because of the old man. ”

Wang Xiaotian hurriedly explained, "It's not like this......"

The old man waved his hand and said: "Even if this money is just a drop in the bucket for the young man, but for the old man, it is a huge amount of money that cannot be saved in a lifetime." The old man has lived for so many years, and he has made money and bad luck, but he has always recognized a dead reason, that is, 'foreign wealth does not make the poor'. ”

"If the old man takes this money today, but he can't give the young man an equivalent return, first, the old man is really hard to feel at ease, and second, he will suffer from it in the future. ”

Wang Xiaotian suddenly felt strange, "Old man, is it possible that I will give you money, and it will bring disaster to you?"

The old man nodded and said: "Only when wealth and virtue match can we be safe and smooth, and virtue is not worthy of wealth, and it will cause disaster." The old decay is shallow and blessed, and suddenly made a windfall, I'm afraid I can't stand it. ”

"Wealth and virtue match?" Wang Xiaotian was surprised, "It's strange, it's really strange." Old man, is there really such a statement?"

"Why not?" the old man saw that Wang Xiaotian was interested, and immediately came to his senses, "These are not what I said, it is sixty years ago, I had the honor of serving a senior for seven or eight days. That senior was very knowledgeable and taught me a lot of truths. ”

"Let's take the match of wealth and virtue. He told me that in the past, there were a number of people who won the lottery -- the lottery was a thing of the old era, and now there is no such thing as none, and if you barely compare, it is similar to gambling, but it is a gamble by tens of millions of people - and those who win the lottery are rich overnight and make a large windfall that cannot be imagined. However, the vast majority of people who win the lottery do not turn out to be happy. ”

"Well, isn't it bad to be rich? Why are they unhappy?"

The old man took a sip of tea and continued to speak, "I also asked that senior like this at the beginning. The senior told me that these people almost effortlessly got a huge sum of money that could not be used up in a lifetime, and the first feeling of everyone was that they couldn't believe it. ”

"When I was convinced that I really had money, I started to spend my life. Because this money comes too easily, it is completely different from the kind of money that 'a bead of sweat falls eight petals', and the money earned by hard work. It doesn't hurt at all when it comes to flowers. ”

"When they have money, whether it is their parents, children, or siblings, they will make a lot of excessive demands. The so-called excesses are the demands that were made by the impossibility in the past. But now that they have money, and they are for their loved ones, these requirements are not so excessive, and they will definitely meet whatever they can meet. ”

"If you meet the requirements of your loved ones, other relatives and friends will naturally follow suit and make requests. Those who are sick, buy a house, buy a car, need to borrow money to use it, pull them together to invest in business, and so on. It's okay if all these requests are rejected, but once an opening is made, it can no longer be contained. ”

"Relatives and friends who are often in contact with them have benefited, and those relatives and friends and neighbors who usually can't hit them will also pounce on them like flies that smell stinky meat. ”

"All sorts of reasonable and unreasonable demands have been raised. If you agree, even if you have tens of millions of dollars, your wealth will be gone. If you don't agree, you're a miser, a miser. ”

"When the time comes, even if you have a thousand mouths, you won't be able to tell the truth. Where can there be joy in living with other people's eyes, swearing, and cynicism every day?"

"These are all good, at least I have good conduct and no bad habits. As long as you have a strong heart and a clear conscience, you can be fearless. Or he gritted his teeth, severed ties with these evil neighbors and relatives, moved to a place where no one knew and lived again, and he could also die a good death. ”

"But if you get involved in bad habits such as gambling, you really jump into a bottomless pit. Manga said that he suddenly made a foreign fortune, even if he originally had hundreds of millions of family fortunes, he would also lose cleanly. ”

"Therefore it is said, 'Virtue is not worthy of wealth, but woe will be.'" You have a huge amount of money, others ask for it, and it's hard to say whether it will cause disaster, but the old man feels that he can't afford it. The good intentions of the young man, the old man's heart, but there is no blessing to suffer, and where he is offended, please Haihan. ”

The old man's words made Wang Xiaotian feel a lot of emotion in his heart. He didn't expect that this mediocre old man who had achieved nothing (third-level Force, seventy years old, no status, no name, no industry, no matter how you look at it, is not a winner in life) would be able to say such a profound and insightful philosophy.

Oh, by the way, these are not his originals, but a paraphrase of the master back then.

What kind of master can live so transparently?

Wang Xiaotian couldn't help but be curious, and he was very eager to meet this master in his heart.

After a while, Wang Xiaotian came back to his senses and said, "Thank you for the old man's teaching." I have benefited a lot from your words. It is not appropriate to receive favors without reciprocating them. In this way," Wang Xiaotian divided the banknote in his hand into two parts and handed over one of them, "This is my thank you gift." Your old man must accept it. ”

The old man hurriedly excused himself: "It's too much, it's too much, it's still too much." ”

Wang Xiaotian's heart moved, and he said, "Or, old man, you tell me more, the master who told you this?"

The old man's old face showed a look of reminiscence, and he said slowly: "When I was fourteen years old, because my family was poor and it was difficult to support me, I was sent by my family to a small hotel at the foot of Huashan Mountain as a young man. ”

"The owner of the inn is a distant relative of mine, loyal and honest, and very kind to me. There are not many tourists in Huashan, and the business of small hotels is not very good. My boss and I can barely get by. ”

"When there were no guests, I would go to the mountains to play, pick some wild fruits, and take some pheasants and hares back to make a tooth sacrifice. So, the boss didn't say much about me. ”

"In the autumn of the fifteenth year, three guests came to the inn. One of them was the tall man, and the other two were men who looked to be in their early thirties. The tall man looked to be in his fifties, tall and tall, about two meters tall, and stood out in the crowd. ”

His hair was always meticulously combed back, and he wore a dark yellow ring made of unknown material on his left thumb, and a black bracelet of unknown material on his right wrist. ”

"He was born with a square head and big ears, although his eyebrows and eyes looked very kind, and he always had a smile on his face, but he did not seem angry and arrogant, and he was not amiable. I didn't dare approach him at first. Later, I realized that this is the temperament that has been cultivated in a high position for a long time. ”

"The master saw me and kindly asked me how old I was this year, had I ever spent, where do I usually play, and so on. I'll answer them all. Then he asked me to take him around the mountains. ”

So I took him to the places where he often played. Along the way, he talked to me a lot and recited some ancient poems that had been handed down from the old era. It's a pity that so much time has passed, and I don't remember most of it. ”

"The only thing I can remember is the song "Falling Leaves". 'The leaves are falling in early autumn, and they are like a guest heart. If you don't want to fly, you still regret your hometown'. Hehe, I remember this poem mainly because it was short and easy to understand. ”

"We would climb up a small hill and he would find a big clean rock to sit on. I ran to the side, climbed trees to pick fruits, dug birds' nests, and caught rabbits, and he took out a thick book to read. ”

"When I get tired of playing and go to him, he will put down the book and tell me some interesting stories. The stories he told were short, but they were philosophical, and in retrospect, they still serve me a lot. For example, the story he said about 'Ascending Mien, Fighting Mi Hatred' is completely consistent with my own personal experience when I think about it now. ”

"What's going on, old man? ”

The old man's face was slightly pale, and he said with some embarrassment: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just a matter of raising a group of white-eyed wolves." Old man, I ...... By the way, I haven't asked the young man for his name, the old man is really rude. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare. Junior Wang Xiaotian. Dare to ask the old man's surname?"

"The old man's surname is Hua, and he walks five at home, and everyone used to call me Hua Xiaowu. Now they all call me the old flower head. Hey. ”

Old Flower Head ...... Old slippery head. Wang Xiaotian immediately understood something, but he didn't say anything.

"Senior Hua, what did you say about raising a group of white-eyed wolves?"

Lao Huatou said: "This matter has to start from the past." The master stayed in the small hotel for seven or eight days and then left. After he left, I went back to my old life, but every day when I went to the mountains to play, I would sit on the stone where he used to sit, sit or lie down, and stay for half the afternoon. ”

"Three years later, one day, I realized that I had realized the gift of the Force. Even though it's only a very high level, and I'm a little too old to have a limited future of achievement, it's still very exciting. Because the Awakened Force talent, and the unawakened Force talent, are completely two levels. ”

"Without the talent of the Awakened Force, no matter how rich and powerful you are, you are just an ordinary person. And the awakening of the Force talent, even if it is only one level, even if it is poor, it is one level higher than ordinary people. Ordinary people will also be respectful to him. ”

Wang Xiaotian understands this. Although everyone has the Force in their body, most people can't use it at all, so they can only let it exist in their body and simply strengthen their body.

This force is called the "Dead Force", which means that if it grows into adulthood, the "Dead Force" still does not move, and it will become completely ossified.

There are two ways to get the Force moving. The first is to ask the Force master to dredge and lead. The second is that he has awakened the talent of the Force.

It is expensive to ask a master to guide you, and you often pay more attention to the qualifications of the person being guided. Those with too poor qualifications don't bother to make a move at all.

Wang Xiaotian originally had no Force in his body at all, so he couldn't set foot on cultivation. If it weren't for Mrs. Lin's curiosity and the input of a huge force to probe his meridians, he might have been an ordinary person for the rest of his life. This can be regarded as a crooked beating, allowing him to pick up a bargain.

Of course, even if Mrs. Lin hadn't done this at that time, the old fox man would have implanted the original crystal into his body later and opened the path of cultivation for him.

Cultivation is actually extremely expensive. The 35,000 earned by ordinary people is not enough for a cultivator to repair a Force equipment.

For ordinary people, the money leaking from a cultivator's finger is enough for ordinary people to eat for several years (a piece of fourth-level equipment is worth hundreds of thousands). How much money can ordinary people come up with to hire cultivators?