Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

"Become an apprentice?" The fortune teller looked at Li Yinyin, who was standing right in front of him. "I only accept apprentices based on fate."

Li Yinyin was not deterred by these words: "You are both good friends of my brother and sister-in-law, and you have been a guest in my home. It is clear that we should be master and disciple."

The fortune teller thought for a moment and said, "That won't work either. For someone in my line of work, it's best to have few family ties. What we cultivate is defying the heavens and believing that man can conquer nature. Your brother and sister-in-law are both alive, and judging from their faces, they have a smooth marriage. What can you possibly achieve? Don't waste your time."

Li Yinyin thought for a moment and asked him, "Can you tell whether my destined husband will live to be a hundred years old?"

“In the past, it would definitely have been someone who died on the same day, month, and year as you. However, Li Chengming has just changed his mind, and your appearance hasn’t changed much yet, so it’s impossible to be certain.”

That's quite realistic.

“I see,” Li Yinyin said. “I think he will definitely live to be a hundred years old.”

The fortune teller became interested: "How can you be so sure?"

“Because of you,” Li Yinyin’s eyes lit up with a smile, “you said that everyone in our household except for my eldest brother was destined to die a violent death, and just now you said that he died on the same day as me, so it’s clear that I’ve implicated him.”

“As long as I don’t marry him, no matter how my family’s fate changes in the future, he will never be involved in this calamity again.”

"Therefore I am certain that he will live to be a hundred years old."

"Are you willing to give him up?" The fortune teller didn't even glance at the noodles that had just been served, staring only at Li Yinyin. "He and you are a match made in heaven. Once you're together, he will surely do everything to please you and won't let you have the slightest dissatisfaction. The kind of life you have at your parents' home will be the same kind of life you have at your husband's home. You'll never know the taste of sorrow in your life."

"Such a good family, are you willing to give them up?"

“What does it matter whether we’re willing to give him up or not?” Li Yinyin was quite insistent on this matter. “He’s a good person, and his family is good too, so we shouldn’t drag him into danger and make his family suffer the pain of losing a loved one.”

The fortune teller then looked at Li Chengming: "You also agree with her approach? You should know that without this destined match, her future marriage will inevitably be filled with many twists and turns, and she may even spend her whole life without a husband."

Li Chengming clenched his fist and finally replied, "Yinyin did the right thing. Since she knew my family would be in trouble, why drag innocent people into it?"

"As for the vacancy in the husband's palace..."

Li Yinyin quickly emphasized, "Big brother, you promised to find me a fairy godmother. If there are vacancies in my marital palace and none of them are my destined partners, can I look for a few more in rotation?"

This time, the fortune teller stared at her in surprise for a long time before finally relenting: "You're right, someone like you is fit to be my apprentice."

Li Yinyin's eyes lit up, and she immediately kowtowed to him, then held up the half-empty teacup in his hand and presented it to him: "Disciple greets Master, please have some tea."

The fortune teller didn't delay and immediately took the teacup and took a sip: "Good disciple, from now on, you will be my first disciple."

"Oh, right," he added, "he's also a close disciple."

"Our sect values ​​taking in only one disciple, so you'll have to work hard in the future!"

How could I not try?

Li Yinyin was very envious of his skill: "Master, don't worry, I will definitely learn it well!"

“Um…” Yu Qiaoyun reminded, “Is that all? No need to prepare a formal apprenticeship ceremony or pay homage to a sage?”

"When have I ever paid attention to these formalities?" the fortune teller said, mixing the noodles as he spoke. "When I put on airs, it's only to fool rich people, isn't it?"

Yu Qiaoyun and Li Chengming exchanged a glance, unable to refute each other. Neither master nor apprentice seemed to see anything wrong with it, so they decided to let them be.

From that day on, Banxian'er stayed at the Li residence. To make teaching more convenient, Li Yinyin's courtyard was also moved from the side of the main courtyard to near him.

Soon, Li Yinyin began following the fortune teller, living a nocturnal life, observing the stars every day.

Although Li Yinyin knew that stars move by rotating and revolving, and that the stars that can be observed will change due to the different rotation speeds.

But since she was learning from a fortune teller, she simply forgot all those things and instead focused on remembering the laws governing the operation of all things, the laws that follow their own methods, and the methods that can change.

On New Year's Eve, because there were activities in the village, the fortune teller wanted to join in the fun, so he took her out for a rare trip.

Leaving the Li residence, the first thing that catches the eye is naturally the snow-covered mountain scenery. Shangshui Village is beautiful, and even in winter, it has a rustic charm.

Last year, in order to create an atmosphere for searching for plum blossoms in the snow, Li Chengming ordered people to plant a few plum trees in the mountains, but they were not taken care of. Over time, they truly became wild plum trees.

At this time of year, wild plum blossoms bloom in the mountains, adding much color to the otherwise desolate winter landscape.

"Yinyin, you're out having fun! Is this your guest?"

Upon seeing that she was an aunt from the Li family, Li Yinyin nodded and said, "This is my brother's good friend, and also my master."

"Your older brother hired a master for you? No wonder I haven't seen you for so long. Hurry up and head to the village, your cousins ​​have set up a lot of fun things, it's quite lively there!"

As Li Yinyin's reputation in the village grew, relatives she encountered on the road were willing to greet and talk to her.

She responded to each one with good temper, but also noticed that the fortune teller was becoming increasingly silent.

She stopped and realized what was happening. If a fortune teller could see the fates of her entire family, how could he not understand the fates of the villagers of Shangshui Village?

“Master,” Li Yinyin asked cautiously, “why do you look unhappy?”

The fortune teller then spoke: "I am not very happy. I was wondering who could be so vicious, that from the very old to the youngest child, none of them could escape their clutches."

“My disciple, I’ve never seen anyone in your village who is destined to die a violent death.”

Not hearing her little apprentice's surprised voice, the half-immortal felt a little uncomfortable: "Why do you look like you just realized it?"

Li Yinyin explained, "Master, you don't know, this Shangshui Village is also known as Li Family Village. Apart from a few immigrant families, all the families with the surname Li in the village are my relatives."

“Although my new house is built on the edge of the village, everyone has always helped each other. There is no reason why my family members are all destined to die violent deaths, and the relatives in the village are still indifferent.”

“So,” she lowered her eyelids, casting shadows on her face and adding to her sadness, “I had a suspicion long ago, and now you, Master, have confirmed it for me.”

"As for who goes first and who goes last, I don't know, but most of my servants are skilled in martial arts. In times of crisis, they will always be the ones to rush to the front."

“Master, please teach me more skills. Look how good our Shangshui Village is, I can’t bear to see it fall into such a state.”