The rules for fortune tellers are "don't reveal the secrets of heaven, don't break the destiny, don't fight ghosts and gods, don't provoke evil people", and most of them don't have the ability to fight with others.
But it is different for the Half Life Dao. Fortune telling is one thing, but whether or not you are willing to help after the fortune telling depends on your mood. Because the Half Life Dao people have this ability.
My grandfather taught me for twelve years and then kicked me out. According to the rules of the Half Life Dao, after twelve years of apprenticeship, no matter if you have learned real skills or not, you have to become a master. Whether you can survive depends entirely on your personal cultivation.
When my grandfather kicked me out of the house, he said to me: "Don't come back until I tell you to! When I am about to be buried, you must come back to collect the ghost money!"
I didn't take my grandfather's words seriously and simply went to the city to set up a fortune-telling stall.
A city may lack certain facilities or even landmark buildings, but it will never lack fortune tellers, and the more developed the city is, the more so. This is not only due to the thousands of years of metaphysics in China, but also due to people's desire for an unknown destiny.
Soon after I entered the city, I discovered that the customers who read fortunes actually looked at my face. I didn't have the appearance of an immortal, nor did I have the age of wrinkled skin and white hair. As soon as the customers saw me, they turned around and left. Who could regard a young man in his twenties as a master
I've been setting up a fortune-telling stall on fortune-telling street for about half a month, but I haven't seen much business.
That day, I was sitting on the street with my eyes closed, thinking about whether I should find something else to do, when I heard someone walking towards me and counting quietly: "Ninety-seven, ninety-eight... one hundred. This is it!"
I opened my eyes and saw two young girls standing in front of the fortune-telling stall. They were pretty, but they looked at me with obvious disappointment.
The girl with a ponytail standing on the left couldn't help but say, "Wang Shiyu, do you think this guy is reliable? I don't think he's a gentleman."
The girl named Wang Shiyu bit her lip. "Didn't we agree that we would walk a hundred steps from the street corner and find whoever's stall we stopped in front of? If we hesitate any more..."
Ponytail stamped her feet and said, "That guy has to be reliable! Look at him, he's about the same age as us, what can he do?"
I can see that these two girls want to have their fortunes told, but they have never been to a fortune-telling street, and they don't know who has the real ability, so they just came up with this idea.
I didn't stretch out my hand to greet customers like others did. I just looked at the two girls with interest to see if they would come over to talk to me.
Unexpectedly, my silence gave others an opportunity to take advantage of me. When the girl named Wang Shiyu was about to walk towards me, Chen Liu, who was working at the stall next to me, stood up and said, "You two ladies, do you want to have your fortune told? He is the one who helps others watch the stall. We are destined to be together, how about I help you?"
Chen Liu is a big and strong man, and he is considered a bully in the fortune-telling street. After I came here, I didn't pay attention to anyone here. Chen Liu has been holding back to make trouble for me, and now he stands up openly to steal my business, just to show my power.
If I don't say anything, he will definitely take away my business; if I say something, he will attack me and my business will be ruined.
I looked up at the three people and said, "Girl, are you possessed by evil spirits? If that Chen guy has the ability, you're lucky. If he doesn't have that ability, I won't be so easy to talk to if you come to me again."
Ponytail suddenly became anxious: "How can you talk like that? What's wrong with us not looking for you?"
"Whatever!" I said calmly, "Some people don't want to live, some people struggle to die, how can I stop them? Okay, if you don't want to do business, don't stand in front of me and get in the way. Go to Chen Liu's place!"
Chen Liu's face darkened: "Mr. Wu, what do you mean?"
I stretched out a finger, pointed it toward the sky, and then looked at Chen Liu coldly: "Get lost!"
This gesture of mine is a code among Northeastern gentlemen, which means: I am the only one standing tall and proud. As long as a Northeastern gentleman shows this gesture, it means that no matter what you want, I will fight you to the end alone.
Chen Liu stared at me for a long time. It seemed that he had seen Mr. Dongbei's code, but he couldn't figure out what I meant.
After a long while, he said, "Everyone can brag, but don't let the wind blow your tongue away."
"Haha." I sneered, closed my eyes, and leaned against the wall to continue basking in the sun.
The girl with the ponytail seemed to be demonstrating deliberately, and she said in a voice that I could hear: "The price is not a problem, I can pay you a deposit of 10,000 first..."
When I heard this, a sneer appeared on the corner of my mouth.
The two girls were filled with evil spirits, either because they had provoked a vengeful ghost or because they had touched something they shouldn't have touched. Chen Liu's skills were all learned from books, and he could only be considered a half fortune teller at best. It would be really strange if he could summon gods and send away ghosts.
However, the rule of the Half Life Dao is "If you don't believe in sorcerers, you will not be saved." The Half Life Dao people can't explain to others how they are capable and beg others to take care of their business. Besides, those two girls are willing to believe in others, so why should I bother
Chen Liu showed off beside me for more than half an hour before he walked away with a swagger.
Not long after I set up my fortune-telling stall the next day, I saw Chen Liu, with a pale face, running anxiously towards the street with the two girls. Not long after, they left with a man who ran a feng shui house.
Before leaving, Chen Liu took a special look at my stall, as if he wanted to say something. But when he saw that I was sneering at him, he gritted his teeth and left with his men.
Another day passed, and I went out to sell things as usual, and Chen Liu appeared on the street again. This time, his face was frighteningly pale, his eye sockets were sunken, and his feet were shaking when he walked.
This time, he didn't even bother to look at me. He ran into the largest Feng Shui residence with two girls who also had pale faces.
The owner of that Fengshui House was quite famous in Sanxi City, and was also a well-known old brand in the fortune-telling street. Although all fortune-tellers were usually sour and unwilling to contact them, if there was really something that could not be settled, you really had to prepare gifts and visit them.
Chen Liu was really anxious, otherwise he wouldn't have rushed into that Feng Shui house.
After a while, the crying and shouting Chen Liu was chased out. After coming out of Fengshui Residence, Chen Liu sat down on the ground, looking stupid, staring at the road, and slapped himself twice after a long time.
The girl with ponytail standing outside Fengshui House was so scared when she saw Chen Liu losing control that she burst into tears. Chen Liu didn't know if he was infected by her, but he also covered his face and cried.
An old man on the fortune-telling street probably felt sorry for him, so he walked up to Chen Liu, patted his shoulder, pointed at me and said a few words. Chen Liu's eyes lit up, and he strode to the front of my fortune-telling stall, knelt on the ground with a "thump", and kowtowed to me three times: "Brother Wu, I, Chen Liu, am blind and don't know the true God. Please forgive me for my mistakes, and please consider that I have old parents and young children..."
The old man who showed Chen Liu the way also followed him: "Little brother, I am here to show my respect. Others may not recognize the gesture you made that day, but I still have some insight. You are a great man, right? Liuzi is actually a very righteous person, but... Well, if you can lend a hand, please lend a hand, little brother?"
That day was a Monday and there was basically no business on the fortune-telling street. When those people saw Chen Liu kneeling down, they all gathered around him and begged me to give them some favors and lend a hand to save Chen Liu.
I raised my eyes to look at the sky: "I told you, if you are looking for death, I will not stop you. If you want to come and beg me again, I will not be so easy to talk to."
Chen Liu gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Wu, you can vent your anger however you want. Just tell me and I will do it."
I looked up at the sky and said, "Just kneel here and don't get up until 1:00 p.m. If you dare to move, you can go wherever you want!"
Without waiting for Chen Liu to speak, I looked at the two girls behind him and said, "As for the two of you, I don't need you to kneel, just stand here, it will also be one o'clock."
"You..." Ponytail was so angry that tears came out, "A gentleman can be killed but not humiliated..."
I interrupted him forcefully: "The premise of not being insulted is that you have to be a soldier. It's up to you whether you stand or not."
As soon as I finished speaking, I stood up and walked into the snack bar across the street, ordered two dishes and waited for time to pass.
I couldn't see Chen Liu's expression, but the two girls' faces gradually turned red. After a while, their faces were red as if they were about to bleed, and beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads. Ponytail couldn't stand it anymore: "Wang Shiyu, let's go, I'd rather die than beg that bastard!"
The old man who had led Chen Liu here at the beginning said, "Don't move. The little brother is doing this for your own good. You have been invaded by Yin energy. The sun at noon has the strongest Yang energy. He lets you bask in the sun to drive away the Yin energy."
The old man looked at Chen Liu and said, "Liuzi's feet have been scratched by a ghost, right? He asked Liuzi to kneel down to hold back the blood in his legs and feet. Otherwise, Liuzi's feet would definitely be damaged."
Ponytail shouted, "Even if that's the case, he can just say it directly! And why do we have to kneel and stand in public?"
The old man shook his head and said, "This place is not ordinary. Everyone has some valuables on hand. Add to that the popularity of the street and the feng shui of the fortune-telling street. The three combined can force out the Yin Qi from you in one hour. If it were somewhere else, not to mention one hour, even a day wouldn't work. If the Yin Qi can't be forced out, you'll be in even greater danger at night. Listen to him, he's capable!"
Ponytail then stopped talking, and the fortune tellers on the street looked at me with a certain degree of awe in their eyes.
The old man was right, but he also gave me away. (To be continued)