Fellow Daoist! That scoundrel has written a new book again.

Hearing his boss's sigh, Lei Piao asked with some concern:

"We dare not offend her, much less expose her secrets."

"We can only pretend we didn't recognize it and exchange it for such a troublesome item as an ordinary object. What if it causes trouble later?"

"Do you want……"

No sooner had Lei Piao finished speaking than an old woman immediately said:

Absolutely not!

"Not to mention that the Juque Sect's outpost has been destroyed and there is no place to expose the person, even if the Juque Sect comes to ask again later, you must swallow this news!"

She had wondered who the Silent Taoist Priest was.

Today, I found that Master Wuyan is much younger than I had guessed.

Those who are adept at interpersonal relationships value practical benefits. If they offend someone, they can simply apologize and both parties can understand that they have to pay a fine to avoid further trouble.

If you've cheated a naive newcomer to the world and he comes to your door, you can simply reason with him, explain your grievances, and satisfy his sense of pride and self-satisfaction, and that will be the end of it.

Among those you absolutely cannot offend, there is a category like this—

Trapped like a beast at its wit's end, with no ties to it, a reckless wanderer of the martial world.

The people here are unaware of Zhu Wuyao's innermost concerns, but as bystanders, they have already seen through her predicament.

"This person has offended the Juque Sect, yet he hasn't fled. He must have other important matters to attend to. We must not invite trouble upon ourselves and become an obstacle on the road."

Lei Piao nodded, looked at the pile of things, and said:

"She's relieved to have the trouble left to us."

"Fortunately, we still have some reserves. We'll store them in the warehouse for now and deal with them after this storm passes."

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afternoon.

Zhu Wuyao found a place and set up his fortune-telling stall.

If there is turmoil, no egg remains intact when the nest is overturned; thus, one can see the big picture from small details, and glimpse the whole situation from the fate of one person.

Now we are heading to Phantom Butterfly Mountain.

Before setting off, let's take a look at the fortunes of Tongzhou.

This place was found for her by Luo Budao; there was a teahouse behind her, and the sound of storytelling was coming from there.

Let's not discuss this other people's business!

"That Li family girl is kind and righteous, but who knew that the impoverished family would become so arrogant, all because they received a divination that said, 'A good wind can help you soar to the heavens.'"

"That fortune teller was right!"

"If this young man from the Wang family is a promising talent, he will naturally be able to rise to prominence and become wealthy by taking advantage of Miss Li's influence."

"But if you become an ungrateful coward, don't you think about how such a strong-willed person as Miss Li defied her parents' wishes to repay the life-saving grace by marrying an unknown boy?"

"If we get bitten back, how could we not send that kid to his doom!"

"..."

This story, "Zhang the Diviner's Clever Judgment of Marriage Debts," was fabricated by Luo Budao.

They said they wanted Zhu Wuyao to use his influence to open the divination stall.

It has to be said that Luo Budao's ability to make up stories is truly remarkable. Everyone who passes by doesn't even glance at her fortune-telling stall; they all rush inside to listen to her storytelling.

Only after the storytelling session ended did a few people come to watch the excitement at Zhu Wuyao's place.

She took the stick from a sugar figurine, scanned it with her celestial vision, and, recalling all the "destinies" of the past, Zhu Wuyao offered a different way of reminding her:

"Young lady, I see a vendor selling savory pancakes on North Street. If you wish to make a purchase, walk there at this time tomorrow and buy one. You'll know what to expect then."

The person who came to seek divination read the note but was still skeptical.

I felt that the fortune teller in front of me was just a scammer who would run away after swindling someone, moving on to a new place after each job, so I was talking nonsense and not afraid that she would come back to haunt me.

Zhu Wuyao is indeed going to leave tonight.

But he didn't talk nonsense.

This girl's partner is a fraudster; he will meet his accomplice near the Jiangxiangbing (savory pancake) area tomorrow.

The reason for going through several detours without explicitly stating it is because fate is hard to change, and the idea that "the business of selling savory pancakes will succeed" is clearly a "mistake."

Since it was a wrong divination, then Zhu Wuyao was never involved in the cause and effect of others.

As for what this girl encountered on her way to buy savory pancakes and what decision she made, that is a consequence of her own actions.

It has nothing to do with Zhu Wuyao, who misread the divination.

Zhu Wuyao wanted to try and see if there was any possibility of "self-generated cause and effect".

The girl handed over a copper coin with some skepticism.

Although the fortune teller was being deliberately mysterious, the divination fee was just a copper coin, so it wasn't worth arguing too much. Even if one was fooled, there was no real loss.

Zhu Wuyao casually accepted the copper coin.

After that girl left, just as he was about to ask the next person what they wanted to know...

She paused as she put the copper coins into her purse.

If it was a wrong divination, then in terms of cause and effect, did I cheat her out of a penny and owe her a penny?

If she hadn't avoided cause and effect, wouldn't this copper coin be the connection between the two of them, the medium through which she became involved in the cause and effect of others?

Or is it a symbol of settling the cause and effect between the two?

"Hey! Do you even count for anything?!"

Zhu Wuyao didn't understand the meaning of "fortune-telling money" and temporarily put the matter aside.

Several more divinations were performed.

Some people are lucky, some are unlucky; it's all a matter of fate. There was no "unexpected disaster," so it seems the turmoil caused by this trip won't have too far-reaching consequences.

He moved the fortune-telling stall to a secluded spot and put it away in his storage bag.

Zhu Wuyao and Luo Budao turned into an alley and returned to their hiding place.

Ge Mingsheng was deep in thought.

"What are you thinking about?"

Zhu Wuyao asked a question, and Ge Mingsheng came back to his senses, greeted the Daoist Wuyan, and then replied:

"I was thinking about how to find a place to live in such chaotic times."

She had already realized that Master Wuyan had other important matters to attend to.

Luo Budao protected her earlier only to use her as a messenger to make contact with Daoist Wuyan.

Now that the two have reunited, they may be heading to another adventure, so it's impossible for them to stay here and protect each other.

For the mother and daughter, Tongzhou was already fraught with crisis.

The two had already settled down in Tongzhou.

However, he encountered a Juque Sect cultivator who provoked him and threatened him with a knife. In order to save his life, Ge Mingsheng had no choice but to reveal his connection with Daoist Wuyan.

Although they were saved by Luo Budao under the name of the Silent Daoist, it was precisely because of this incident that the mother and daughter came into the sight of the Juque Sect.

Even if one obtains the basic methods of cultivation, it is not something that can be achieved in a day or two by drawing qi into the body.

In other words——

The mother and daughter were a burden to Master Wuyan.

Ge Mingsheng did not evade the matter.

She had been thinking about these things before Zhu Wuyao returned.

“Master Wuyan, my mother and I wish to leave Tongzhou first and find another place to hide. We will wait until the turmoil subsides before we go to seek immortality and ask questions.”

Zhu Wuyao frowned slightly, feeling that something was amiss.

Luo Budao whispered in his ear:

"Aren't you good at fortune telling?"

"Tell her a fortune!"

"If the divination indicates that everything is peaceful, let the two of them find their own place and meet again later; if the divination indicates any ominous signs, then we will keep them with us."

"If you're worried about putting people in danger, then I'll stay a few more days until your senior sister arrives, then I'll come find you!"