Under the shade.
The stone is still meditating.
Wisps of breeze rose from the ground, and the fallen leaves all around moved with the wind, like swimming dragons, circling around the towering trees.
Qin Luo took out the bamboo flute and played it softly. The gentle sound of the flute echoed in the mountains.
Xiaotuanzi likes the sound of the flute. She shakes her legs and sings softly.
The hovering dragon sang softly, causing ripples to appear in the sky and the earth. When the sound of the flute disappeared, the fallen leaves scattered like rain, and Qin Luo put away his bamboo flute.
Shitou opened his eyes. There was light in his eyes, and he said excitedly: "Brother, I heard the wind singing."
Qin Luo smiled slightly, gave a thumbs up to the stone, then stood up and continued on his way.
"So sleepy!"
Xiaotuanzi yawned.
The spring breeze blows and the sun shines brightly.
The little dumpling lay lazily.
"Have you finished memorizing the Thousand-Character Essay?"
"Finished memorizing!"
"Recite it to me."
"The sky and the earth are dark and yellow, the universe is primitive..."
Xiaotuanzi was still lying down, her eyes closed, a piece of grass in her mouth, and she recited the Thousand-Character Essay loudly.
Shitou followed, drawing Bagua in his hand and repeating the Bagua formula in his mouth.
After reciting the Thousand-Character Sutra, Xiaotuanzi raised his eyebrows and said, "Boss, am I awesome?"
"sharp."
"Recite the Qing Jing Sutra from now on."
"ah?"
Xiaotuanzi sat up.
Qin Luo handed the Jingjing Sutra to Xiao Tuanzi and said softly: "Reading more will be beneficial."
"Do you have money?"
"The book has its own golden house."
"Why didn't I see it?"
"Because you haven't read enough."
"All right."
Xiaotuanzi sighed softly, picked up the Jingjing Sutra, and said loudly: "The great road is invisible, giving birth to the world; the great road is ruthless, moving the sun and the moon..."
Qin Luo chuckled and said: "Don't you realize that you can read the Qingjing Sutra without me teaching you."
"yes!"
"I'm so smart!"
Xiaotuanzi smiled happily.
Half an hour later, Qin Luo and the others came to the open plain. There was a large ancient city on the plain. The city wall was in dilapidated condition and had not been repaired for a long time.
There is sparse vegetation around the ancient city. This city is Nanling City, which was once the capital of the Southern Kingdom.
"Go to the city, go to the city!"
Xiaotuanzi likes to go shopping now.
Qin Luo stared into the distance, further south of Nanling City, where there was a group of blood-red clouds.
In the distance, there were red peaks, towering into the clouds. Qin Luo's heartbeat accelerated. He sensed the existence of the fragments of heaven. That was the Nantian Peak.
Not too far.
You can get there before dark.
Qin Luo didn't hurry because of the existence of the Heavenly Dao fragments. He took Xiaotuanzi and Shitou into the city to go shopping. Nanling City was very big, but it was more deserted than many small towns.
Long street.
There are not many vendors on the street.
Xiaotuanzi looked around, and finally smelled the fragrance, "Boss, I want to eat cake."
Qin Luo saw a sesame cake selling on the street. He walked to the stall and looked at the words written on the sign. Sesame cakes cost two cents each and three for five cents. He took out five cents and shouted with a smile: "Boss, here are three sesame pancakes."
"Good!"
The bald stall owner picked up three baked sesame cakes, put them into a paper bag, and said enthusiastically: "Master Tao, walk slowly!"
Qin Luo distributed the newly baked sesame cakes to Xiaotuanzi and Shitou. They ate the sesame cakes together. The outside was brown and crispy, and the inside was soft and sweet. There was also sugar in the sesame cakes. Although there was not much, it tasted delicious. sweet.
"smell good!"
Xiaotuanzi smiled happily.
Shitou nodded and said with a serious face: "It's more cost-effective to eat sesame cakes than candied haws."
When passing by the restaurant, Xiao Tuanzi smelled the aroma of meat wafting from the restaurant, and winked playfully, "Boss, let's go into the restaurant and have a good meal."
Qin Luo chuckled and said, "It's not that much money."
"I have money!"
Xiaotuanzi took out the copper plate from his pocket.
Qin Luo looked at her cute appearance and said with a smile: "If you really have a few hundred pennies, we will go in and have a good meal."
"Next time."
When Xiaotuanzi heard that it would cost several hundred pennies, she was a little reluctant. She now understood that making money was not easy, so she might as well buy more melon seeds and eat them slowly on the road.
Shitou saw a brother and sister on the street. The elder brother looked to be seven or eight years old, and the younger sister was only four or five years old. They were wearing shabby clothes and kneeling on the ground begging.
Seeing their pitiful looks, Shitou thought of his former self. He handed the uneaten sesame cake to the boy and gave all the coins he had to the brother and sister.
The brother handed the sesame cake to his sister, and then kowtowed to the stone to thank her.
Shitou was at a loss, so he knelt down and said, "You don't need to thank me, you have to live well."
Qin Luo had a smile in his eyes. He saw a wooden board beside the brother and sister. It said that their mother was seriously ill in bed and needed money for medical treatment. He hoped that some kind people could help.
Looking at the writing on the board, Qin Luo asked, "Who wrote these words for you?"
The boy raised his head and pointed not far away, "It was written by the fortune teller. As long as we make enough money, he will help my mother treat her illness."
Qin Luo looked not far away. There was an old man wearing a blue-grey robe sitting on the street. He was thin and had a flag beside the table with the three characters "Zuo Banxian" written on it.
Business there seems to be deserted.
The old man in Taoist robes looked at Qin Luo with a smile. He touched his goatee and looked a little weird.
Qin Luo walked towards the old man.
Shitou quickly stood up and followed Qin Luo.
Qin Luo came to the old man, and the old man in Taoist robes who was originally sitting stood up, and they both bowed and saluted at the same time.
"Dragon and Tiger Temple, Qin Luo."
"The world view is from the left."
Qin Luo said softly: "Senior, those two children can't save enough money, will you help them?"
"of course not."
Zuo Dao didn't hesitate at all. He sat back down and said, "Everything in this world has a price. Is it possible that the weak should enjoy special treatment?"
"At least the strong should protect the weak."
This is Qin Luo's principle.
Zuo Dao shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Dao Zhang Qin, you are still young. The reality is that the weak will prey on the strong."
Xiaotuanzi frowned. She didn't like the old man, but she felt that both the boss and the old man were right.
Qin Luo did not argue and said softly: "How much money do seniors need to help them?"
Zuo Dao looked at Qin Luo. He narrowed his eyes and smiled, stroking his beard and said: "If it is ordinary people's money, it will cost one hundred taels of silver. If it is Taoist priest's money, it will only cost one penny."
Qin Luo took out a penny and put it on the table, "Then I gave this penny to them."
Xiaotuanzi was confused, "Why do ordinary people pay one hundred taels, but my boss only pays one penny? Is there any difference in the money?"
Zuo Dao picked up the inconspicuous copper plate and said, "If money stays with us for a long time, it will absorb the host's luck. This small copper plate is worth more than mountains of gold and silver."
"Then can I absorb luck?"
Xiaotuanzi blinked.
Zuo Dao put away the coins and said, "No, but you can get a lot of benefits by following people with great luck."
"Hehe." Xiaotuanzi looked at Qin Luo and said firmly: "Boss, I'm determined to follow you."
Zuo Dao looked at Qin Luo and chuckled: "Master Qin, I can tell your fortune for you."
"Is it free?"
Qin Luo smiled slightly.
Zuo Dao shook his head and said, "Fortune-telling is always done in ten words."
"Forget it."
Qin Luo doesn't like fortune telling, so since he wants money, he can refuse.
Zuo Dao looked at Shitou and said with a smile: "Boy, you just gave the brother and sister ten coins, and I will tell your fortune for you."
Shitou was stunned for a moment.
"interesting."
The little dumpling was cracking melon seeds.
Zuo Dao took out the black turtle shell and muttered something in his mouth. There were copper plates hitting the turtle shell, and finally three copper plates flew out.
Xiaotuanzi tilted his head, "What do you mean?"
Zuo Dao smiled and said: "The hexagram shows that you have a tough life. No matter how hard you try, you will not die."
"so smart!"
Xiaotuanzi had envy in his eyes.
Shitou scratched his head blankly, and Zuo Dao continued: "Fate is relative. If you have a hard life, the people around you will be unlucky. They may choke to death if they drink water."
"ah?"
Xiaotuanzi's eyes widened.
Hearing this, Shi Shi's eyes turned red. He couldn't help wiping his eyes. Qin Luo rubbed his head and said softly: "You are not wrong."
Xiaotuanzi felt that there seemed to be something in Zuo Dao, so she took out ten copper coins and said, "Senior, please tell my boss's fortune."
"Why don't you count?"
"Because the boss will protect me."
Xiaotuanzi proudly crossed his arms.
Zuo Dao put three copper plates into the turtle shell, and then began to tell Qin Luo's fortune. When he shook the turtle shell, cracks appeared on the shell.
Bang!
The turtle shell exploded.
Zuo Dao looked frightened and said: "This is a bad omen, a big bad omen."
Xiaotuanzi's hair stood up and his eyes widened angrily, "Don't talk nonsense, it's obviously the quality of your tortoise shell that's not good, refund the money, refund the money."
"Don't make trouble."
Qin Luo looked indifferent, "Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, how can you know that it is not a blessing."
Zuo Dao nodded, and he kindly reminded: "Master Qin, don't give charity and help easily, you don't have much luck anymore."
"Thank you, senior, for reminding me."
Qin Luo bowed and saluted. He now seemed to understand why the master was reluctant to spend a penny. Maybe he just didn't want to lose his luck.
Qin Luo and the others walked towards the outside of the city. Xiaotuanzi became more and more angry as he thought about it, "If I had known earlier, I would have bought more sesame cakes. It makes me so angry."
"So don't tell fortunes if you have nothing to do."
Qin Luo didn't care. Before leaving Longhu Temple, he drew lots in succession and had already prepared for the worst. "After reciting the Jingjing Sutra, you can return to the Ziyun Mountains."
Xiaotuanzi pouted, with an aggrieved expression on his face, "Boss, you promised to take me to the Capital of Daxia, you can't lie to me."
"Aren't you afraid of danger?"
"Not afraid."
Xiaotuanzi's brows lit up with fire lines.
