Pei Laoliu nodded. When he was showing the map to the other party, he casually said a few paradoxical words. The other party could understand it so well, and it was considered to be well-founded.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel something in his heart.
I came here not just for wandering, but mainly to find someone who could understand the map.
The man in white clothes in front of me looks handsome and elegant. He may be what the villagers of Dongyuan Village call a scholar. You might be able to gain something by asking him.
As for whether the other party would get ahead of him or something, Mr. Liu was not too worried.
After all, it takes at least seven or eight days to get to Dongyuan Village. With the flying sword in hand, it only takes half an hour to arrive, so how could someone else get there first?
However, it is necessary to be on guard against others. Naturally, Mr. Liu will not tell the origin of this map directly. Instead, he intends to follow the trend and use Li Qiang's topic as a shield.
"Yes, this map is indeed related to my hometown. As long as I find it, I will have a way to go back..."
Master Liu stopped as soon as he clicked, and Yan Jiantong looked confused.
What map?
What hometown?
Why can I go back just by finding the map?
He felt that he didn't understand what the other party meant at all.
Is it possible that this old man is too old and has forgotten where his hometown is and needs a map to go back?
The next second, Pei Laoliu hugged his fists and said:
"Little friend Yan, I have something to ask of you. I wonder if you can help me?"
Yan Jiantong raised his eyebrows, but did not agree immediately.
"Oh? Taoist priest, you might as well come and listen first."
Pei Laoliu took out the copied map from his arms, spread it out in front of the other party, and said:
"This map of mine records some things about my hometown, but the map is very scrawled, and I can't find the specific location. I wonder if Xiaoyou Yan can figure out what's going on?"
Yan Jiantong looked strange and muttered to himself, this old man had been lying for a long time. Was he trying to trick him into buying his Laoshizi map?
Although he thought so in his heart, he still agreed:
"Such a trivial matter is not a big deal. Taoist priest and I sit at the same table and drink together. It is destined that I should answer Taoist priest's questions."
Pei Laoliu nodded happily, then spread out the map in his hand and presented the details in front of his eyes.
"This map... is really scrawled..."
When Yan Jiantong saw the map for the first time, he showed the same expression as everyone in Dongyuan Village. However, after a moment, his expression changed slightly, and he changed into a frowning and thoughtful look.
Pei Laoliu was overjoyed when he saw this, secretly thinking that there was something going on.
Sure enough, after Yan Jiantong pondered for a long time, he raised his head and said to Mr. Liu:
"Taoist Master, although your map looks scrawled, in my opinion, it doesn't seem to be so. This kind of painting does not look like random scribbling, but more like a military formation map."
"Military formation map?"
"That's right, the Dafu Dynasty army seems to have used this method of drawing formation diagrams. It requires special methods to unlock it. In this way, even if the empire's spies steal the formation diagrams, they will have no way of knowing what's inside. Arrangement.”
When Pei Laoliu heard what he said, he suddenly realized that this thing was similar to those modern encrypted files.
It seems that the opportunity left by the so-called immortal cultivator is not so easy to obtain, and some puzzles need to be solved.
It's just that he doesn't understand why a monk would use the method in the military formation to draw a map.
Logically speaking, these things should be secular methods. How could he, a cultivator, use such a method to draw pictures?
But these are not important for the time being. What is important is whether the man in white in front of him can help him decipher the meaning of this picture.
"Little friend Yan, I wonder if you can understand this picture? If you can help me decipher this picture, I will be very grateful!"
"Thank you very much?"
Yan Jiantong was a little confused this time.
Is this some new type of deception? Why do you want to benefit me instead?
However, as a top expert in the martial arts world, he is bold and has no fear of anything.
The worst he could do was to take it back after the other party really deceived him. He didn't believe what an old Taoist priest pretending to be an immortal cultivator could do.
After looking carefully at the map on the table, he pondered for a long time and then said:
"This map does use the drawing method used in the military. Yan was fortunate to have learned some of it, but he can't see the details. The method used in this map seems to be different from the current one, and it is more ancient. Some……"
When he said this, he raised his head and looked at Mr. Liu, and continued:
"Yan has a friend who is in the military. He has settled in Hanyue City recently. If the Taoist Master can trust me, please give me this picture and I will give it to him to see."
"this……"
When Pei Laoliu heard that he wanted to give him the map, he was subconsciously reluctant in the letter.
But after thinking about Dahei's ability, he nodded and felt relieved.
Nowadays, Dahei is not what he used to be, and his nose is even more capable of finding things from hundreds of miles away.
As long as the other party is still within a hundred miles of Hanyue City, he is not afraid that they can slip away from his nose.
The most important thing is that now he has no other way. If he wants to find that place, he definitely can't do it by himself. He must use some external force.
"Okay! Xiaoyou Yan is a talented person, so of course I can trust you. I have been living in this restaurant these days. If I find out anything, please let me know."
"Taoist priest is so happy!"
Yan Jiantong cupped his fists and put the map away.
The two ate and drank in the hotel for a while, during which they chatted for a long time and had a great time.
Pei Laoliu benefited from the advantages of the other party's local natives and inquired a lot about the world and learned some of the patterns here.
He found that it was a little different from what he imagined. There seemed to be some martial arts moves here, just like on TV, and there was a world full of martial arts masters.
Yan Jiantong, on the other hand, was attracted by Liu Ye's vast knowledge. He originally thought that he was just a liar who liked to pretend, and he was just chatting with him out of interest.
In the end, I didn't expect that the old Taoist priest had something in his belly. He was not just an ordinary charlatan as he had initially imagined.
The two of them, one old and the other young, seemed to have similar minds, and they felt a bit like they had been friends for years.
After finishing their meal, Liu Ye and Li Qiang checked into the guest room on the spot, but the latter kept unpacking his bags and looked very worried.
"Little Li, Pindao Guan, with your expression, are you worried about money?"
Who is Mr. Liu? Naturally, he can see through his mind at a glance.
"Ah? Immortal... no... I just..."
Li Qiang's face turned red with embarrassment when he told him what he was thinking, and he hesitated for a long time without saying anything.
Pei Laoliu waved his hand and said:
"Why do you still call me Immortal Chief? You are so cute, and you still agree with me. From now on, please call me Master Six. I like this title better."
"Six, Master Six..."
"Yes, Not Bad."
Pei Laoliu stroked his beard and said with a smile:
"Your Dongyuan Village is located in a remote place. It is self-sufficient on weekdays and has little contact with the outside world. How can we get any silver? We live in a high-end restaurant in the city, so the money is naturally not enough."
When Li Qiang saw him explaining his current situation, he seemed even more embarrassed for a moment.
"Don't panic, don't panic."
Pei Laoliu looked like an old god.
"Sixth Master, I am also a cultivator after all. If I want to get some worldly money, isn't that easy? You will go out with me later so that you can see what Sixth Master can do."
…
An hour later, in the largest market in Hanyue City.
An old man, a young man and a dog were sitting on the edge of a flower bed, with a small cloth sail hanging beside them. There were eight words written on it: Feng Shui tells fortunes, measures fortune and fills gaps.
Li Qiang looked at the people walking in front of him with some embarrassment. He really didn't expect that the so-called way of making money for Master Liu, as an immortal, was to set up a stall here to tell fortunes.
The passers-by around him also had strange expressions.
Good guy, it has been ten years since Jingzhi, and His Majesty the Emperor has issued an order saying that there is no Taoism in the world, so why are there still people who are not afraid of death and come out to become Taoist priests?
But this matter is not their business. When the government sees it, they will naturally come to arrest people. They, ordinary people, are not willing to interfere in these matters.
Master Liu didn't know what these people were thinking, but he felt a little happy at the moment.
He had been setting up a fortune-telling stall for so long in his life, and he didn't know how many times he had imagined that he could set up a fortune-telling stall in this serious ancient city.
After all, their profession has been inherited from ancient times, and similar plots are often seen in various story books, which has long made people yearn for it.
Now that Pei Laoliu has come to such a place that looks like ancient China, how can he not experience this feeling for himself?
As for why I, as a person with truly extraordinary powers, want to make money in this way, wouldn't other simpler ways be better?
That's what he said, but for Master Liu, he didn't have many choices.
Although he can do things like robbing money and stealing, Master Liu is unwilling to do it.
For other methods, he, a foreigner who has just arrived here and is not familiar with the place, has no way.
According to Pei Laoliu's experience, this kind of roadside fortune-telling stall can help him open up sales and spread his reputation first. Once the famous place is established, the rich will naturally come.
However, after waiting for two hours to set up the stall, there was still no pedestrian coming to ask for advice, which was a bit strange to Mr. Liu.
He also noticed that when these people saw his sign while walking, they all seemed to deliberately avoid him, looking like they were in a hurry.
Mr. Liu didn't know what happened, and wanted to find one or two people to ask about the situation, but they avoided him like a snake or a scorpion, which made him depressed for a while.
It was getting late, and just when he was about to close the stall and go back, he saw a woman in her twenties wandering hesitantly beside him, wanting to come over, but she seemed a little afraid.
Pei Laoliu immediately walked over and planned to ask about the situation.
When the woman saw him coming, she subconsciously wanted to run away, but for some reason, she suddenly stopped and stood uneasy waiting for him.
"Girl, I see that you look haggard and your hall is dark. There may be a bloody disaster in the near future."
Pei Laoliu said with a serious expression.
He is actually not deceiving people.
Because when he walked into the other party, he could clearly feel the traces of dark energy fluctuations coming from the other party.
The source of this fluctuation does not lie in this woman, it should be caused by something she has been contaminated with recently.
When the woman heard this, her expression suddenly changed to one of surprise, and then she returned to her previous anxious look and said:
"Tao, Taoist Priest... you are really wise. I, I have indeed encountered some things recently, and I would like to ask Taoist Priest to save my husband!"
"Oh? Your husband? I don't know what happened to my wife. Can you tell Pindao in detail?"
The woman held her sleeves with both hands and looked around with some worry. Pei Laoliu understood this and took her to a sparsely populated pavilion.
After arriving here, the woman immediately knelt down to him with a "pop" and cried and begged:
"Taoist Master, please save my husband-in-law! My husband-in-law is trapped by a monster!"
Pei Laoliu was shocked and secretly thought that he had indeed guessed correctly. He met a real guy right after he opened the store.
"Madam, don't panic, Pindao is a descendant of the Taiyi Sect, he is responsible for subduing demons and eradicating evil. If you encounter anything, just tell me, and Pindao will definitely help you get rid of that monster!"
The woman slowly stood up and said while wiping her tears:
"Thank you for your kindness, Taoist priest. The little girl's name is Xiuhui. She is a weaver in Hanyue City."
"A few days ago, my husband-in-law was fired by his employer and lost his job because he offended a noble man. Our family has two children to support. He has no job now. It's natural that he can't survive just by me knitting some shirts. of……"
"I was just thinking about it. Hanyue City is adjacent to Shiwanli Dongyuan Mountain to the north. I planned to let him go out to hunt some game, so as to subsidize the family income..."
"In the end, he went out for a few days and did catch a prey, but since then, his whole body has started to fail..."
The woman cried even harder when she said this, her tears flowing down uncontrollably.
Pei Laoliu comforted her and continued to ask for details.
The woman wiped away her tears and said:
"My husband couldn't get sick after he came back. I took him to look for doctors all over the city, but there was no clue. Even Dr. Sun, the best doctor in the city, couldn't tell what kind of disease he was suffering from... "
Pei Laoliu said in confusion:
"Then how did you conclude that he was possessed by a monster?"
The woman shook her head and said:
"Although I'm not sure, I can see some clues from his behavior... He... He would get up at midnight every night as if he were sleepwalking, and just walk back and forth in the house, repeating a few words in his mouth. Character……"
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