Chapter 49: Face Reading
It was not easy to shake the dirt under his feet clean before Zhang Xiaofan turned around, only to see that the little girl had already walked over to the old man's side, and was now gently saying something to the old man, who listened and nodded slightly, a smile hanging at the corner of his mouth.
Zhang Xiaofan's face turned red, not knowing if the two of them were laughing at him there, after hesitating for a while, he still walked over and said, "Old sir, may I ask what you meant when you said that I have a great evil appearance just now?"
That old man narrowed his eyes and looked at him twice, smiled faintly and said, "Little brother, although your Heavenly Court is full, your cheeks are slightly thin, you should not be a rich and noble person, is that correct?"
Zhang Xiaofan's heart instantly believed in him for three more points and nodded his head, "The old man is right, I am from a farming family."
That old man laughed a little, gently patted his robe, calmness, said: "Old man also see you eyebrows thick and dense, straight and straight, but live in the end of the right eyebrow there is a small mole, this position is the main parents and relatives, I'm afraid that your father and your mother are no longer alive, right?"
Zhang Xiaofan ate a shock, but also believe three points, and nodded, said: "old gentleman you really wise eyes, I since small parents are dead."
The old man smiled and said, "Why don't you please, little brother, stretch out your hand again for me to take a look, would you?"
Zhang Xiaofan at this moment in his heart has long believed seven or eight points, heard the hand stretched out, the old man smiled and was about to watch, I did not expect that the little girl next to the suddenly scurried over again, grabbed Zhang Xiaofan's hand, Zhang Xiaofan ate a shock, but saw that the little girl learn her grandfather's look at his hand a few eyes, huh a smile, and ran away, but Zhang Xiaofan's hand but left a few pieces of icing sugar sweet and greasy, it's very uncomfortable.
Zhang Xiaofan stayed for a while, but to the child and scolded not to export, only to recognize their own bad luck, at this time the old man handed over a handkerchief, smiled and said: "The old man's granddaughter naughty, the little brother do not blame."
Zhang Xiaofan laughed bitterly, take that handkerchief in the hand to wipe clean, look up but see that the old man and granddaughter and stand together, laughing and joking, do not know what is talking about.
When the old man saw Zhang Xiaofan looking at him, he smiled and said: ''Are you ready? Then let me take a look at little brother's palm?"
Zhang Xiaofan stretched out his hand accordingly, but his eyes kept staring at the little girl for fear of being messed up by her again, but at this time, the little girl seemed to be very quiet, and only looked at Zhang Xiaofan and laughed non-stop, and he didn't know what she was laughing at.
The old man looked for a moment, suddenly his face changed: "Ouch".
Zhang Xiaofan was startled and said, "What?"
The old man didn't say much, only used his hand to point on Zhang Xiaofan's palm, saying, "Little brother, can you see this fate line of yours?"
Zhang Xiaofan glanced at it, naturally not knowing what the mystery was, and said blankly, "What?"
The old man looked grave, said: "I see you this fate line, not with ordinary people, is in the beginning of the beginning, there is a big lack of this main you must have a great difficulty when you are young, and this difficulty is very deep and huge, most likely your relatives and friends around you are also involved in it, the chances of life is slim ah! Look at this, I'm afraid that your father, your hall is most likely also in this calamity in the unfortunate death."
Zhang Xiaofan's heart was sour, at this moment, he really believed the old man completely, and said in a shaky voice: "Old sir, you, you are really a living god, what you said is not bad at all."
The old man sighed, and then said: "Originally this great difficulty, even you also escaped, but your life is blessed, in this big lack of position, but there is 'jade new frame' frame, so that the continuity of fate, renewed vitality, is also counted as misfortune in the great fortune."
Zhang Xiaofan at this moment in his heart suddenly surfaced Pu Zhi's face, silent for a moment, clenched his teeth and said, "Then today, the old man said that I still have a great misfortune, I don't know what kind of misfortunes and blessings, please enlighten me!"
That old man smiled faintly, suddenly coughed twice and said, "This, this..."
Zhang Xiaofan was surprised and said, "What's wrong, old man?"
The old man laughed and said, "I'm not hiding it from you, little brother, when I started out, I made a rule that I would always charge money for a face reading, so..."
Zhang Xiaofan woke up and quickly said, "Please tell me, Mr. Lao, how much money?"
The old man looked at him with a smile and said, "Ten taels of silver at a time."
Zhang Xiaofan had originally put his hand to his waist, when he heard this, he was dumbfounded and said, "So expensive, but I only have a total of four taels of silver."
The old man frowned, then said, "That's just it, four taels is four taels! The old man and the little brother are also destined to be together today, so let's consider it as a favor to you!"
Zhang Xiaofan heard, grateful, anyway, he put the silver in the body is not very useful, in the wild will be able to pass, then the four silver to the old man.
The old man put the silver away, straightened his face, and carefully looked at Zhang Xiaofan's face, saying, "Little brother, I see that your hall of imprints is black, dark clouds cover the top, obviously bad luck, the future of this trip must have many difficulties and dangers, why don't you turn back! So that everything naturally dissolves."
Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback and said, "Is that all?"
The old man nodded, "Not bad."
Zhang Xiaofan hesitated and said, "But I have urgent matters to go to the East..."
The old man advised, "Little brother, what can be more important than your own life? It's better to turn back!" After saying this, he arched his hands and said, "If we meet in the jianghu, we are destined to meet again in the future, so let's part ways."
Zhang Xiaofan frowned tightly, nodded blankly, watching this old man and young man walking far away, at the moment he was in the middle of the crowd, but as if all of a sudden lost his way, did not know where to go.
Turned the corner of the street, the old man and the little girl at the same time to hide up, turn back to probe a little head toward Zhang Xiaofan to see, only to see that the young man standing in the flow of people, the face has a few points of bewilderment, after a while, only to turn his body, walk forward.
"Hehe, another four taels of silver in hand." That old man suddenly changed his demeanor, took out the waist of the silver carefully looked at, laughed non-stop, but the little girl face calm, glanced at him, said: "Grandpa, how do you make this look again?"
The old man laughed, put away the silver, to his granddaughter laughed: "Xiao Huan, I really did not have you this granddaughter in vain, less than ten years old, actually can put the person's first half of life to see out, in time, must be my phrenology in the outstanding talent."
The little girl called Xiaohuan hummed, said: "those crude phase book what is difficult to understand, obviously is grandpa you yourself in the past do not use the effort, actually still have the nerve to say!"
It turns out that the grandparents and grandchildren, the really capable but instead that little girl, will Zhang Xiaofan fortune reading understand a few points, took the time to tell her grandfather.
That old man is obviously very favor this granddaughter, was she said also do not care, laughed: "You can not underestimate the grandfather to show you that a few books of phases, 'fortune nine calculations' and 'jade pillar phases', that can be our old ancestor Qingyun The 'Nine Calculations of Fate' and the 'Jade Pillar of Appearance', those are all passed down from our old ancestor Qing Yun, that is, you are gifted, and you are uniquely gifted in this phrenology, if you were an ordinary person, oh, for example, grandpa, such as me, I would have read them for my whole life and would not have known what was going on!"
Xiao Huan spat at him, turned his head, but saw that Zhang Xiaofan has long gone out of sight, turned back and said: "Then you just said what he what the future is treacherous, and what is going on?"
That old man hemmed and hawed and said, "Naturally I lied to him, but look at his qi how his future looks, but is it really a disaster?"
Xiao Huan shook his head and said, "I can only see and understand the 'past life phase', as for the 'after life phase' also only touching the skin, it is impossible to say!"
The old man nodded and said, "Not bad, the past life phase is all the past fixed, can not be changed, naturally good-looking; after life phase is the future unknown and undetermined number, is the highest realm of my physiognomy, which is not so easy."
Xiao Huan shrugged his shoulders, and grandpa two people walked forward together, said: "However, as far as I know to look at that person, color fortune but seems to be very strange, is the most difficult to measure a fortune recorded in the book of physiognomy - 'chaotic devil life', this is extremely rare. This is extremely rare."
"I don't care about him, I've got the silver, come on, grandpa will take you out for a meal..."
"Che... By the way, Grandpa, just now you mentioned Grandmaster Qing Yunzi, didn't you always say that we and the Qing Yun Sect are from the same clan? Why don't you go to recognize your relatives, with the status of the Qingyun Sect today, coupled with your seniority, you will still be able to eat and drink as much as you want?"
"Hush..." the old man was startled, looked around, see no one attention, then put down the heart, whispered: "What do you know little girl, the Qing Yun door is now known throughout the world of cultivation, but we know only when the Qing Yun Zi ancestor a little bit of philological, rashly recognize the relatives, I'm afraid of the backlash! They were treated as a fraud in the Qingyun Mountain closed a one, two hundred years may also say, and then again..."
He smiled faintly, actually appeared between the temperament of the kind of crane bones when talking with Zhang Xiaofan just now, said: "I'm not the kind of Zhouyixian is not the kind of person who tends to be influenced by the situation!"
Xiao Huan was stunned for a moment and said happily, "Grandpa, I didn't expect you to have this kind of backbone, it's really hard..."
"Ah!"
Before she finished her sentence, she suddenly saw Zhouyixian's eyes light up, and took a step out, blocking the street in front of a fat woman wearing gold and silver with a blessed face, and said with a straight face, "Madam, I see that you are covered with dark clouds, and the halls of the seal are black, and there is a dead air on your face, which is not good! Why don't you let me do a reading for you?"
Xiao Huan was dumbfounded, but she saw that her grandfather kept winking at her, so she had to follow her over again, pretending to be cute and naive, and carefully looking at the face of that rich and fat woman.
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Zhang Xiaofan walked through the streets, unconsciously out of this town, in that town delayed for a while, he had his own preoccupations, and only then realized that the sky was already dusk.
The setting sun shines obliquely, reflecting the sky's evening sunset like fire, also pulling his silhouette to a long length. At this moment is already dinner time, pedestrians all walk home, outside the town is not even a shadow of a person, only he is alone, very lonely.
He looked at his own shadow, his heart was again a burst of confusion.
Since listening to ten thousand people to say, the righteous cultivation of all factions will go to the East China Sea Liubo Mountain, he guessed that most of the master Tian not easy will also go, this has the intention to go to get together, I did not expect to meet an "old fairy" today, pointing out that they can not go, is it to go back to the Qingyun Mountain? What if when he gets there, all the people from the master's family are not there, then what should he do?
He from the empty mulberry mountain death spirit abyss under the danger, the heart has been thinking earlier to see the master teacher mother, in order to report peace, only these days full of thoughts, so slow. But now he was asked to turn back suddenly, but he could not decide at once.
At the moment of his indecision, suddenly heard a burst of footsteps behind him, turned his head to look, but it is that giant man stone, is striding alone out of the town.
Only to see him walking close, stopped, looked at Zhang Xiaofan, did not care, only looked at the sunset in the west, muttered to himself, "The sun there is the west, well, the mayor of the town said that the Black Stone Cave is ten miles north of the town, so that's the direction." Finding the right direction, he looked like he was about to take a step.
When Zhang Xiaofan heard this, his heart moved and he said, "Stone... Strong man, are you going to the Black Stone Cave?"
Stone was stunned for a moment, stopped walking, turned his head to look at Zhang Xiaofan, said: "Exactly, who are you?"
Zhang Xiaofan's mind turned, thinking: since the East can not go, then why not go with this person to get rid of the demon, in the future, if Master asks, he can also say that he did a merit, in front of the Master is also good to explain.
Idea established, then smiled and said: "In the following is also a person of cultivation, the day in the town of small pools to see everything in the eyes, would have liked to be with you generally for the townspeople to get rid of the evils, but I did not expect something to be delayed. But now fortunately it's not too late, I wonder if brother would like to join me?"
The stone's big eyes looked Zhang Xiaofan up and down, and said in a jarred voice: "It's not a fun place to go there, it's quite risky, I don't think you're too old, which sect on the Cultivation Road are you from?"
Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment, looking at this stone himself is not very old, and born with a naive and honest simple-minded look, actually will say this kind of words, but did not think of it, and then smiled and said, "Little brother I worshiped in the Qingyun door Da Zhu Peak head of the Tian not easy under the seat, the Taoist line is crude, but also please stone brother more care."
Shi was startled, his eyes widened and he said in surprise, "What, you are actually under the Qing Yun Sect?"
Zhang Xiaofan nodded his head and said, "Exactly."
There was great envy in Shi's eyes as he said, "Ah! Disrespectful disrespectful disrespectful. The Qing Yun Sect is the number one righteous cultivation sect in the world today, and I have long heard that the Qing Yun Tao is profound and marvelous, and the world respects it. I apologize for offending just now."
Zhang Xiaofan stayed for a moment, but his heart couldn't help but feel a burst of joy, not realizing that his own division's reputation outside was so great, and then smiled and said, "Brother Shi overpraised, then why don't we go together, and also for the sake of the people to get rid of more than one to take care of."
Stone laughed, said: "Good!"
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Black stone hole in the small pool town north of ten miles in a forest, along the way, Zhang Xiaofan and stone exchange names, talk to each other, Zhang Xiaofan simple temperament, the stone is huge, but the nature is not overbearing, people such as his face, is also a simple type, the two talked about the covenant, and soon they will call each other by name.
At this time the sky has gradually darkened, the remaining sunshine, weakly sprinkled on the earth above.
Zhang Xiaofan looked at the trees in front of him gradually flourished, and estimated in his heart that the forest was almost there, and called out, "Big Brother Shi."
Shi answered beside him and said, "What?"
Zhang Xiaofan said, "I saw that golden wolf tooth stick magic weapon you offered during the day, it was dignified and the technique seemed to belong to the Buddhist lineage, although I have heard that there is no such magic weapon as a wolf tooth stick in the Buddhist family, however, I always felt that it looked like a treasure of the Buddhist family, I wonder if it is?"
A look of admiration flashed in the stone's eyes, saying, "Xiaofan, you are worthy of being under the Qingyun Sect, a disciple of a great sect, you are indeed very knowledgeable."
Zhang Xiaofan's face flushed.
The stone said again, "This Vajra Sect of mine is thinly populated, and for several generations it has been a single branch, my master, Venerable Venerable Power, met me in a remote village back then, and said that my material was simple and simple, and that I was strong and strong, precisely the talent that was outstanding for practicing his Vajra Sect's Dao, and so he ferried me to cultivate the truth and practice the Dao. His old man once said to me, the vajra door tracing back the origin, indeed and the buddhist sect has a few connections, but the age is too far away, who can not remember, and the method of passing from generation to generation, has long been very different, with today's authentic buddhist cultivation of heavenly sound temple is even more incomparable."
Speaking here, the stone paused for a moment, a naive smile on his face, said: "But my master also said, although we have a low level of Taoism, but also less constraints on the precepts of the Buddhist sect, people who cultivate, naturally, we must do meritorious things for the world, so if there is encountered a demon rampage, then it should be out to help people."
Zhang Xiaofan was impressed and said, "Ah! Your master is really a tall man!"
The stone nodded and said, "Yes! My master is very decent."
Zhang Xiaofan smiled without saying anything, but at this moment, his heart suddenly stirred, inexplicably remembering the words he had talked to Wan Man Ye that day, and thought to himself: if it was someone like Stone's master, when he knew that the magic treasure I used was such an evil thing, I'm afraid that he might not allow his disciple to be with me, right?
Then again, even the various Elders in the Green Cloud Sect, I'm afraid that they would also abhor such an evil object, right?
Then, what about myself who used this evil object?
Could it be that I'm already a member of the Evil Dao?
Zhang Xiaofan fell silent, the stone thought he saw almost to the black stone cave, is concentrating on the preparation, also do not care, he also all over the body, ready to fight with the demon.
The sky, finally darkened.
When the first star quietly peeked out in the sky, the two of them reached the outside of a small forest.
Stone took a deep breath and said to Zhang Xiaofan, "I heard the mayor say: the black stone cave is in the middle of this forest, the cave is rich in black stone, in the past years, the townspeople often came here to dig and repair the road, but nowadays, naturally, it is long gone. I heard that this hole extends downwards and is unfathomably deep, so we have to be careful."
Zhang Xiaofan nodded, thinking: even deeper is not as deep as that Necropolis Abyss under the Ten Thousand Bats Ancient Cave in Khongsang Mountain. At that moment, the two of them straightened up their traveling clothes, and were about to step into this dangerous place, but suddenly at this time, next to the place of ten feet, there came a light cry with a slight sense of panic: "Oops!"
The two are startled, turn to look, Zhang Xiaofan immediately ate a shock, only to see from the right to run to two people, an old man and a young man, is not the daytime for their own fortune-telling that the grandchildren two people. At the moment, the little girl is okay, the old man is panting, where there is a little bit of the shadow of the Crane Bone Immortal Wind?
Zhang Xiaofan greeted up, stopped in front of them, said: "Two, what's wrong?"
Zhou Yi Xian is running anxiously, suddenly flashed out in front of people, startled, fixed eyes, but the day that stupid boy, which put down the heart, looked back, but see the road is quiet, not even a silhouette, a long breath, stopped, to his granddaughter Xiaohuan said: "Xiaohuan, don't run, it seems that person did not come after them."
Xiao Huan panting heavily, but the hand is still holding a string of ice candy gourds, it seems that she is very fond of these sweets, heard the words of Zhou Yi Xian, she ran forward for a period of time, before stopping, huffing and puffing.
Stone also came over at this time, standing beside Zhang Xiaofan, seeing this old and young like a lost dog, surprised: "What's wrong?"
Zhang Xiaofan had the same question, but before he could open his mouth, he heard that Xiao Huan had already complained loudly, "It's all because of you, Grandpa, cheating that fat woman is not enough, but also go to look at that young woman, I can see it early, that woman is so shrewd, where is it that we can be cheated?"
Zhou Yi Xian angrily said, "Then you didn't say it earlier, causing grandpa me to be slapped by that woman, and it still hurts to this day. If it were not for my grandfather's secret recluse technique, I would have been..."
The words did not fall, suddenly heard a clear shout from the night sky: "Old liar, where do you run!"
The crowd was shocked, only to see a white light such as electricity such as horses, refracted from the air and down, rushed straight to Zhou Yi Xian. Zhou Yi Xian would not be what cultivation method, a moment caught off guard, even if some of the side ways can not come out, look to be hit by the white light.
Zhang Xiaofan watched from the sidelines, after all, he was concerned about some friendship, he could not not save, and in the heat of the moment, although he had just listened to their words, he vaguely felt that he seemed to have been cheated by the two of them, but at this moment, where do you want to think about so much, a beckoning hand, the burning stick rushed out, such as electricity, blocked a bit for him.
"Bang", a loud sound, the white light was blocked back, the air came a slightly surprised female voice, then the white light over, a woman fell in front of the eyes of the crowd.
A moment later, Zhang Xiaofan was frozen, only to see the woman in a water-green dress, waist hanging a small small golden bell, crisp ringing, fingers also clamped a small white flower, crystal as jade.
At this moment, her face seems to smile, long ago did not look at the old man Zhouyixian, a pair of bright eyes only look at Zhang Xiaofan, softly laughed: "Really coincidental ah! Zhang Xiaofan."
But it is not that magic sect girl Baguio and who is it?
