On Yuxian Street, there was a dilapidated wooden table. The old Taoist priest was still sitting at the dilapidated stall from yesterday. When he saw pedestrians passing by on the street in front of him, he said loudly for no reason: "After calculating the future thirty years ago, we can determine whether we are rich or poor. The second is to break the current situation of three hundred years, and the shadow will bring blessings to the descendants!"
Seeing the old Taoist priest still shouting energetically, the girl was holding her stomach that had not been filled with food so early in the morning. She really didn't know why she came to set up a stall so early in the morning when she still had a lot of silver in her body. Listening to her father The saying is that there will be distinguished guests coming to the door today.
Yang Qing thought to herself, a Qingrao master has come here in recent days, and he has deceived all the people in Yu County. How can anyone come here to ask questions?
Seeing that the figure was not seen, the girl was really impatient. She yawned and was about to stand up to find some food. Suddenly, there was a flower in front of her. It was a person standing in front of the wooden table. Taking out a large ingot of silver, the old Taoist priest and the girl looked at each other and each swallowed. The girl in particular couldn't help but reach out and touch the ingot of silver to distinguish the authenticity.
The old Taoist priest's eyes widened in shock when he saw the yellow and white thing in front of him. He didn't care about the distinguished guest in front of him. He raised his palm and brushed away the girl's fingertips that were about to touch the silver, and kept rubbing the large silver in his hand.
The old Taoist priest smacked his lips and began to take a closer look at the strange man in front of him who gave a lot of money. He was wearing a black Taoist uniform, a black curtain on his head, and a simple long sword slung behind his back. He could not see clearly. His face must have been deliberately hidden, and the empty cuff of his right arm was even more eye-catching.
Since the stranger came to the stall, he seemed to be staring at Yang Qing intentionally or unintentionally. Although she was separated by a curtain and hat, the girl who had always been sensitive could always feel the stranger's glaring gaze. In addition, the stranger's He looked like he was keeping strangers away, which made the little girl feel twisted.
"Old sir, how do you calculate the hexagrams?" The stranger then smiled faintly, turned his head and said to the old Taoist priest in a calm tone.
The old Taoist priest stood up hurriedly, not daring to neglect the distinguished guest in front of him who had paid a large sum of money. Although this visitor was mysterious and mysterious, and it was obvious at a glance that he was not a local citizen of Yu County, no matter what, he couldn't be at odds with Yin Liang, right? So he said with a smile on his face: "What does the donor want to see, wealth or marriage? Face reading, palmistry or calligraphy?"
The strange man pondered for a moment, looked at the girl again, lowered his head unconsciously, then slowly stretched out his left hand to point at the pen and paper placed next to the old Taoist priest, and said: "I am ugly, so I am afraid of scaring the little girl. So if you don’t want to show your true face, old sir, please help me find out what this fortune divination looks like.”
The old Taoist stroked his beard and said with a smile: "No problem, no problem. Come, please sit down first. The poor Taoist has something to say first. No matter whether it is a bad hexagram or a good hexagram, as soon as the hexagram comes out, the conclusion will be sealed. If it is a bad hexagram, Hexagrams, the donor should not take it too seriously. Since you come to Pindao to tell fortunes, Pindao and the donor are destined to be together. Don’t worry, everything follows the cycle of cause and effect, and Pindao will never stand idly by. Of course, if it is a lucky hexagram, , the donor might as well buy a few more lucky charms, which would be the icing on the cake!"
The girl chuckled. She heard what the old Taoist priest said at the end of his speech to relieve misfortune and bring good luck. She couldn't help but laugh out loud. She covered her mouth and peeked over, only to see her father glaring at her with hatred. , the girl quickly held back her smile and took out a pen and paper for the weirdo seriously.
The weirdo obviously didn't care about the girl's expression. He just nodded and sat down on the shabby wooden chair that had been placed in front of the wooden table, and started sketching on the paper.
Stranger's writing is dignified, but clumsy but not stagnant. Each stroke is extremely clear, and the ending shows a bit of sword-like sharpness, and there is a strong sword energy rushing towards his face.
As the weirdo wrote the word "Zhao Xi" with one stroke on the paper, the old Taoist priest's eyes flashed with a strange color, and his lips moved slightly but still did not say anything. After a while, the weirdo put down the brush in his hand. , carefully placed it on the inkstone, then sat upright and said: "I would also like to ask the old gentleman to help Mr. Wansheng clear up my doubts."
The old Taoist priest took the paper, followed the strange man's vague gaze, smiled knowingly, and asked: "Since the donor asked, I can help you tell some stories about the past."
The girl on the side blinked her eyes when she heard the words, seeming to be interested. She held up her cheek with her left hand and prepared to speak to the old Taoist priest seriously.
"It is rumored that a hundred years ago, there were remnant disciples of the Kunwu sect. They used the Zhaoxi Sword Qi Luck Fuze carried by the previous leaders as the foundation to re-establish a sect in the Mingzhou area and named it Sifang. Although it is not the same as Zenxin Temple Cangshan The Sword Sect is also known as the three sects, but it is not what it is now, the Kunwu sect has been destroyed after all, and it is still a lot lonely."
The old Taoist priest sighed, his tone a little tired and helpless: "Now that the heaven is closed, no matter how high the Taoist practice is, it cannot ascend. However, the journey of cultivating immortals is to go against heaven, and it is different from the reincarnation of the Buddhist Zen Heart Temple and the chivalrous Canglan Sword Sect. Reincarnation is different. Once you embark on the journey of cultivating immortals, there is no turning back. Although the lifespan of a highly accomplished person can be three to four hundred years, in the end, you cannot escape the fate of the Tao and your body, disappearing from heaven and earth. Sixteen years ago, Chongli The real person planned to release all the Kunwu luck contained in the Zhaoxi Sword, and used all the power of the sect to open the way of heaven again to get rid of this fate of no reincarnation. However, in the end, countless disciples were killed and injured. Since then, the vitality of Sifang Mountain has been seriously damaged. , the Zhaoxi Sword that carries Kunwu’s luck has also disappeared. Over the years, in the eyes of outsiders, Sifangshan is still the first door of the Immortal family regardless of worldly affairs. In fact, it has long been filled with gold and jade. I have no time to care about the affairs of the world."
The one-armed weirdo pointed at himself and smiled curiously: "Why did the old gentleman tell me, a stranger, these secrets that should never be told to the outside world in Sifang Mountain?"
Yang Qing listened in a daze, and was also confused as to why her father, who had always been unruly, would suddenly say these things to this strange stranger in front of him. Moreover, how did he know what happened back then? The girl had been following her since she was a child. The old Taoist priest was sleeping in the open air next to him. The old Taoist priest never said a word about this incident. He couldn't help but ask: "Dad, didn't he come to ask you to tell your fortune? Why did he say this?"
The old Taoist priest was quite helpless and put the piece of paper with the word "Zhao Xi" aside randomly, pointed at the one-armed weirdo, and said: "Why is he here to tell fortunes? What's more, I will tell fortunes for this kid." It's all in vain, he knows the ropes here better than me."
The girl misinterpreted the meaning of the old Taoist priest, thinking that the strange man in front of her was better than her father in divination.
However, the strange guest could understand the meaning of the old Taoist priest's words. With a look of astonishment on his face, he asked in surprise: "Does the old gentleman know my identity?"
The old Taoist priest hummed, sorted the three copper coins on the table, and pointed them directly in the direction of Taoyuan Tower in Chahao Lane, "I heard that the Zhaoxi Sword originally came from Baoxuan Cave Heaven. It is said that anyone who enters this place can reverse the yin and yang and peek into the sky. In the past, it was not bound by the laws of heaven, and the world only heard its name, but no one knew its specific location. Perhaps few people who were destined to find it could find the place, but they would also be unable to enter because they did not have the Sword of Light."
After saying that, the old Taoist priest pointed to the ancient sword behind the one-armed stranger, "Where can I find the second Zhaoxi Sword in this world? So I knew who you were from the first time I saw you. , but what shocks me is that the rumors of Baoxuan Cave are actually not false."
The stranger was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled, and said to the old Taoist priest in a low voice: "I did come from Baoxuan Cave. Since the old gentleman knows my identity, please keep it a secret for me and don't tell anyone."
The old Taoist priest put away his smile and said, "I know this clearly, but since you know that God has responsibilities and everything is determined, why do you interfere rashly?"
The stranger thought for a while and said seriously: "Old sir, what is the way of heaven in your mouth? Is it to let nature take its course? Or is it just to ascend in the daytime? I don't seek immortality, only peace! With all due respect, if I die, Only by living a life of being resigned and mediocre, and being an observer, can we be considered as following the way of heaven. So what difference does it make if there is such a way of heaven or not?
Today's line, if the way of heaven has not changed, then naturally everything has its own destiny. If it has changed, wouldn't it be a kind of evolution of the way of heaven? After all, it is not all caused by various causes and effects. I can come here through Baoxuan Cave, which means that what I do is within the prescribed limit. How can I have any responsibility from heaven? "
The old Taoist priest shook his head and said: "Even if I ask you to go back now, you won't be able to listen. That's right. It is indeed a given that you can come here through Baoxuan Cave, so your return this time will not change anything. Of course , since I have seen through the way of heaven, how can I just watch the teacher's sect go to destruction? I will naturally agree to you."
After saying that, the weirdo nodded, turned around and left, but after walking a few steps, he disappeared again. At this time, the ink mark with the word "Zhao Xi" gradually faded away. , this strange guest seemed to have never been in front of the Gua stall in the east of Yu County, and he was silent.
Yang Qing rubbed her eyes and walked quickly towards the place where the stranger left. She looked towards the old Taoist priest curiously with a look of astonishment: "Dad, who is he? Do you know him? Why can't I see any trace of him now?" Already?"
The old Taoist priest did not answer the girl, but then let out a long sigh. He seemed to have lost all his energy and spirit. He whispered to himself in a low voice that was at least inaudible to the girl: "The reason is determined by the heart, the destiny is determined by oneself, and the way of heaven is ultimately Being selfless, doesn't it mean that it just changes? This guy just tortures my old bones. It was before, it is now, and it will be more in the future! Fortunately, I don't have much time left, so I'm done with it. That’s it.”
After that, he carefully stroked the ingot of silver and said with a sad expression, "Hey, fortunately, this silver is still genuine, so that kid didn't take advantage of me for fun!"
