Standing at the door was this old man with an extraordinary appearance. He was dressed in a Tang suit and had a face with Chinese characters. He had upturned sword eyebrows and sharp brows. At first glance, he was a decisive and decisive person.
I quickly stepped forward and saluted, calling myself a junior. Jin Bao always copied what I did, and he also saluted the old man in a decent manner.
The old man nodded and let us into the house. Although the little boy guessed the wrong result, it did not affect his happy mood at all. He jumped up and brought us two bottles of mineral water.
I was surprised that the old man had a tea table at his home, and he also received us at the tea table. I understand that he gave us mineral water, but he drank mineral water himself.
We reported our origins and confirmed that the old man opposite us was indeed the Zhang Tianshi we were looking for.
Zhang Tianshi looks like he is in his early 60s now. 40 years ago, he should have been in his early 20s. If he thought he could kill the Li Ghost King at the age of 20, his current cultivation level may have reached an unimaginable level.
"Two little friends, why are you here today?"
Zhang Tianshi took a sip of water, looked at Jin Bao and me, smiled slightly and said, he didn't say much, but he was straightforward.
I didn't mince words, I directly stated my request. I wanted to ask him to help me find a way out.
Master Zhang didn't answer after hearing what I said. He put down the mineral water bottle in his hand and began to look at me carefully.
"My little friend, can you tell me what you do?"
Zhang Tianshi asked me calmly.
I smiled awkwardly and said sheepishly: "I don't have a high degree of education and I don't have a serious job. Now I just do whatever work comes my way and barely make ends meet."
Master Zhang laughed after hearing what I said. He said with a smile: "I can see that my little friend's eyes are full of energy. The lines between his eyebrows have just opened. It should be that he just came out not long ago."
I was shocked when I heard this. I have always believed in the mystery of physiognomy, but many physiognomists make judgments based on a combination of the other person's words and appearance.
My self-introduction just now, except for my name, other information was very vague. I sat down for less than ten minutes, and this angel can actually assert that I am a person who has just been released from prison. This shows that this heavenly master has real abilities.
I smiled ashamedly and said frankly to Zhang Tianshi: "Old Tianshi is indeed an expert. It is true that I have just been out for a few days. When I was young, I was irritable and did not understand the importance. I made mistakes. I will never do it again."
"Haha, who hasn't been young? It doesn't matter. I released that ghost 40 years ago. Firstly, it was because he did nothing wrong. We cultivators cannot kill indiscriminately, and the same goes for monsters and ghosts."
As soon as Zhang Tianshi said these words, I was shocked. I never mentioned Liu Dabao from beginning to end, but he could actually tell that I knew about Liu Dabao's existence.
"Now, I calculated that this ghost and I would have some intersection, but forty years later, it was actually him who pointed me out. It's really unpredictable."
After Zhang Tianshi finished speaking, he picked up the mineral water and took a sip. Judging from his expression, he should be lamenting the impermanence of the world.
"Then please ask the Heavenly Master to relieve my worries!"
I excitedly said to Zhang Tianshi, since this is a natural intersection, then he is very likely to help me.
"Now is not the time for you to ask me for help. You can't afford my help now."
Zhang Tianshi rejected me bluntly and told me directly that it was because I had no money.
Zhang Tianshi looked embarrassed at me, so he explained: "You want me to help you with the Yin removal. Do you know how much it costs to do the Yin removal for you? With your current ability to collect some old goods by small means, you can't afford to hire me. of."
I was rejected and could only shake my head numbly. I only knew that the fee was not low, but I really had no idea how much it would cost.
"People who walk in the yin are charged according to the step. I cast the magic to walk in the yin and walk 1 step, 9 cents and 9 cents."
Zhang Tianshi said to me.
"Ninety-nine cents, less than one yuan. It's really not expensive. We can afford it."
Jin Bao on the side didn't say anything for a long time. When he heard the price quoted by Zhang Tianshi, he felt it was not expensive and immediately spoke.
I quickly stopped Jinbao. Although I felt in my heart that 9 cents was indeed not expensive, I knew that it was definitely not that simple.
"Ha ha!"
Zhang Tianshi raised his head and laughed loudly, and then calculated an account for us. Jinbao and I turned pale after listening to Tianshi's calculation. This expense is indeed something we cannot afford now.
Walking into the underworld is what Zhang Tianshi did to allow me to take a trip to the underworld.
When I get to the underworld, I naturally have to walk. One step is ninety-nine cents, and 100 steps is ninety-nine cents. The area in the underworld is basically the same as that in the upper world, but there are no high-rise buildings, so it looks endless.
The first step of walking to Yin is from Wangxiangtai. If I am looking for someone, I don’t know how many steps I have to walk. Even if I have an address, it is normal to just walk around for seven or eight days.
If you take a casual trip, you will usually walk hundreds of thousands of steps, which costs hundreds of thousands.
The reason why the fee is 9 cents per step is because walking in the negative direction is against the will of nature and is not worth a dollar (fate). But why not 9 cents or 8 cents? That's because 9 cents is only one point away from one yuan, and the method of walking in the yin has no practical use for Taoists, it is worthless.
That is to say, because it is worthless, there are many people in the world who study Taoism, but there are very few people who know how to practice Yin. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as rare.
The reason why Zhang Tianshi judged that I did not have the strength to spend money was because he saw that I did not have the spiritual power to fluctuate with spells, which meant that I was not a Dharma student.
But I brought up a little brother right after I came out, so my daily expenses must be quite large. If I can take care of my little brother like this, I must have some side income.
If there are no spells, then I should use some special means to get out of the way.
An expert is an expert, so you can't accept it. In Zhang Tianshi's eyes, I have absolutely no secrets.
"I see that you are no longer a child, so when you go to the underworld, you need to spend more mana, and you spend more money."
Zhang Tianshi continued to add, I was confused as soon as he said this, but when he finished explaining, I regretted it.
The one he started talking about was priced at 9 cents and 9 cents for a boy's body. The boy's body itself is clean and has no distracting thoughts, making it easier to cast spells. In Zhang Tianshi's words, his mana consumption is not large, and 9 cents and 9 cents is enough.
But if it were not a boy, the mana he consumes would increase exponentially, and the fee would also double. The normal fee for 10,000 steps is 99,000, and in my current situation, the price would at least triple.
I felt remorseful. I thought about that gift. The consequences of the momentary happiness actually cost hundreds of thousands more. This gift was too expensive.
