Mistakenly recognized as a cousin, thousands of pampered

"That's right. I see that the young master is surrounded by noble aura. However, despite the noble aura, there seems to be a dark aura pressing down on his head." The Taoist said with a solemn and serious face.

After hearing what the Taoist said, Tao Jiuxi couldn't help but feel a strong urge to roll his eyes.

She wondered why this rhetoric hadn't changed since ancient times. Did she look like a rich fool?

"Let me make it clear to you first, I don't have any money. With your level of knowledge, you still come out to tell fortunes? Can't you even tell the material of clothes?" Tao Jiuxi said as he sat in front of the fortune-telling stall carelessly.

When the Taoist heard this, he did not get angry, but continued to stroke his beard leisurely.

He has been setting up a stall here for some time. When he sees someone with a sad face, he says that they are under a dark cloud. When he sees someone with a radiant face, he says that good fortune will come to them in the near future and that they will be more successful if they do such and such, and so on.

As long as he wanted to, he would take the initiative to talk to everyone he passed by, always feeling that there was a chance he would meet someone he could deceive.

"Young master, I was originally practicing in the immortal mountain and should have achieved enlightenment and ascended to heaven. However, I tried too hard to try to understand the secrets of heaven, so the Immortal Lord Taiyou punished me to return to the human world and convert ten people before I can complete my merits. I have already converted nine people, and today I have a connection with you. If I can convert you, I will also be complete. This is not my intention to cheat you out of your money." The Taoist said seriously.

"Okay. I have no money anyway, so why don't you tell me how to get me across?" Tao Jiuxi was already tired from shopping, so it was a good opportunity for him to take a break here.

It was broad daylight, and the Taoist priest didn't dare to rob the money. Even if he did, it wouldn't matter, after all, he didn't have many coins on him.

"Sir, don't always emphasize the issue of money. I'm telling you, you and I are destined to be together." The Taoist priest had seen many people who said they had no money. To him, a copper coin was not too little, and a silver ingot was not too much.

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

"I have observed your face and see that you have a full forehead and a square chin. You must have been doing well in the past. But lately, due to the pressure of evil spirits, everything has gone wrong. Is this right or wrong?"

Tao Jiuxi listened carefully to the Taoist's words. Looking at his own appearance and skin, he could tell that he must have been a person who had lived a life of luxury for a long time. And seeing that he looked sad just now, this explanation was applicable.

"Go on." Tao Jiuxi said.

"It seems that what I said was right." The Taoist saw that Tao Jiuxi did not refute, and thought that he was recognized, and felt a little proud.

Then he began his usual speech.

"This year, the capital has been blessed with good weather, but from Golden Fox Mountain outside the city, terrifying howling sounds are often heard at night. I believe that the young master must have passed by Golden Fox Mountain and picked up some of the evil spirit."

Outside Jinhu Mountain, there's a temple called Jian'an Temple, which is incredibly popular. Many roads have been built around it, and it's bustling with pedestrians. The nearby Jinhu Mountain stretches for miles, and there's talk of strange howling coming from it, but there's no way to verify it.

“I haven’t been there.”

"Then it must have been someone close to the young master."

"nor."

"Then...it must be someone you met on the road, and the evil spirit on his body followed you." The Taoist saw that Tao Jiuxi denied it again, but the reason had already been given, so he had to come up with one.

"Okay. That's a bit far-fetched, brother. Please continue." Tao Jiuxi wanted to laugh but held it back.

"Sir, do you wish to get rid of this evil spirit?"

"It's all fine. It depends on your performance."

"If it is not removed, it will harm the young master's blessings. I have not yet achieved success, so I can only cast a spell to find my senior brother who has achieved it, and pass on the talisman paper and incantation to drive away the evil spirit."

"Okay, then you and I are destined to meet. Please cast the spell quickly. I'll be waiting." Tao Jiuxi pretended to look anxious.

"Okay, okay." The Taoist priest agreed readily, then stood up and gestured with his hands, as if he was trying his best.

Tao Jiuxi watched from the side, trying to hold back his laughter. When he was about to give up, the Taoist priest stopped casting the spell, looking embarrassed.

"Young Master... I really want to help you today and will never charge you a penny. But..." The Taoist looked embarrassed and hesitated to speak.

"Why is it installed again? If you don't tell me, I'm leaving."

Tao Jiuxi stood up and was about to leave. The Taoist priest immediately became anxious and said, "Young master, please stay. My senior brother is annoyed with me because he always comes to him for talismans, so he wants me to buy him some wine. I am a cultivator, so how can I have such worldly things on me? I can only trouble you to give me some worldly things..." The Taoist priest pretended to be embarrassed.

"How many vulgar things?" Wouldn't it be better to get straight to the point? I've been curious for a long time, wondering how much money this Taoist priest wants to cheat.

"Twelve taels."

"I'm leaving." After knowing the specific price, Tao Jiuxi lost interest and stood up quickly.

Seeing Tao Jiuxi about to leave, the Taoist priest immediately changed his words and said, "My senior brother is not picky. Five taels is fine. He is not picky about wine."

"Five taels? Didn't I just say I don't have any money?"

"Four ounces..."

"Three taels? One tael is okay?"

The Taoist priest lowered the price again and again.

Tao Jiuxi slowly sat down and said, "Brother, I really don't have a penny, let alone a tael. I can't even find a copper coin on me. And your cheating method is really not very clever."

"I only want to convert you. I am not trying to cheat you. I am just your senior brother..." The Taoist still refused to admit it.

Tao Jiuxi pointed out the Taoist's ways of cheating one by one, with reason and evidence. When the Taoist heard it, he knew that he had met another clear-headed person and was immediately deflated.

"Then you let me perform with you for half a day..."

"I'm just bored and have nothing to do. You don't look that old, why can't you find a proper job..."

"I used to own a bakery, but the rents on the street went up dramatically, and business became difficult, so I closed it. I don't know how to do anything else, so I had to keep this stall a secret from my family."

"You're not setting up a stall, you're clearly cheating."

"If there is a decent job to do, who would be willing to do this? It's just that I owed a lot of money when I bought the shop before. If I can't make money, they will definitely come to my house and sell my daughter." The Taoist said, his tone full of helplessness and embarrassment.

Tao Jiuxi understood that most people had their own frustrations in life, and he couldn't interfere. After all, his own situation wasn't much better.

"Then you have deceived the wrong person today. I'm leaving..." Before Tao Jiuxi finished speaking, he heard several anxious shouts coming from far away, and they stopped when they reached them.

A man in a coarse winter coat came running up, panting, and said to the Taoist priest, "Brother Li, your wife is about to give birth. Come back with me quickly."

When the Taoist heard this, his originally dejected expression immediately turned into a nervous one: "Isn't it still a few days? How can it be so soon? Let's go quickly."

He ran out, but after a few steps he turned back, took off his Taoist robe and threw it on the table, then said to Tao Jiuxi: "Young Master, my wife doesn't know I'm doing this. I'm in a hurry to go back now, so please help me watch the stall for a while. My brother will come to help me close the stall later, and I will definitely repay you then."

Before Tao Jiuxi could answer, the fake Taoist priest ran away.

Tao Jiuxi wanted to leave, but then he thought that if he didn't take care of it, the business would be lost, so he had no choice but to sit down.

She thought to herself, if there were some sunflower seeds, she could still sit still. Tao Jiuxi was getting more and more bored as she sat there. Gradually, she felt a little cold. She thought about how weak her body was. If she got cold, her elder sister would be worried again.

So she could only sit where the Taoist priest had sat and use the chess sail to block some of the wind.