Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 563: A Different Kind of Aura
Chu Tai took the lotus, and the originally blooming petals closed instantly, locking the three lotus seeds inside. At the same time, a point of spiritual light communicated with Chu Tai, trying to make him establish a connection with the lotus. This action also made Chu Tai feel the peculiarity of the magic ban.

"It's not just the Buddha's light and magical power. Is this thing itself a treasure formed by the combination of causes and conditions?"

"That's right! This lotus itself is the embodiment of the cause and effect of one-third of the Reclining Buddha Temple as the core, and three of its magical powers as an exchange, asking you to handle the affairs of the sentient beings down the mountain. It is a witness to the transaction between you and me, and it is also a spiritual treasure that carries our vows."

"It can only be unlocked by fulfilling the promise. If I can't solve the problem at the foot of the mountain, I won't be able to retrieve the method inside. If I force it, it will either self-destruct or escape. If I don't deal with it for a long time, my fate with this thing will gradually diminish..."

"What do you mean, fellow Daoist?"

Chu Tai looked at the Handan in his hand and smiled, "Overall, it's fair. I naturally won't refuse."

After nodding in agreement, Chu Tai took a step back. Ripples appeared all around him. Chu Tai slowly walked out of the mural at the mountain gate, left Cangyan Mountain, and walked down the mountain.

During this time, Changfa opened his eyes wide and wanted to say something, but was stopped by the old monk.

"Don't stop him, don't pay any attention. Since this fellow Taoist has already taken on part of the cause and effect, you should be prepared to rescue him later."

Upon hearing this, Changfa's eyes slightly widened and his lips moved slightly, but in the end, nothing happened. He just put his hands together and chanted the Buddha's name in a low voice.

On the other side, Chu Tai came to the outside of Cangyan City. Before entering, he felt a energy burning above the city and took a quick look.

'A blazing fire, a blooming flower?'

This thought suddenly flashed through Chu Tai's mind, and he continued to walk into the city.

Before I took two steps, I saw two people arguing, and their words were full of resentment.

Chu Tai realized something was wrong at a glance; their fate was changing.

In his early years, Chu Tai already knew that the essence of fate is to include astronomical information, geographical information and cultural information, forming a unique blessing that affects people's personality traits and various fortunes.

Tracing back to its essence is the blessing of the three elements of heaven, earth and man to the individual.

The destinies of the vast majority of people are confined to one place, and the power of blessing is very limited.

This is also the reason why the Tao Fruit of the Wealth Immortal can trade a person's destiny with the help of the statue. Its inner logic is the prototype of the Tao Fruit in the realm of heaven and man, which interferes with the individual's birth date, the influence of the earth veins, and the destiny of human connections.

But now, the changes in the fate of these two people are not directly affected by external forces, but are more like changes in the fate brought about by changes in the surrounding environment.

Chu Tai raised his eyes to look at the rising destiny above. As he walked, his appearance changed and he turned into a middle-aged Taoist priest, holding a long banner with densely packed spells written in the center like ghost paintings. White cloths were hung on the left and right, with the sentences "Analyzing Yin and Yang and Predicting the Five Elements" and "Measure Feng Shui and Explore the Six Combinations" written on them respectively.

Many people who saw him were curious. After asking a few questions, Chu Tai revealed their curiosity and invited him to tell fortunes for them.

"Master, can you tell me how my fortune is these days? I want to lend out some money. Do you think I can make money?"

A middle-aged man who looked honest and simple scratched the back of his head embarrassedly when he said this, and looked at Chu Tai with a little hope in his eyes.

Chu Tai could tell at a glance that the man in front of him had already made a decision, but was just unable to make up his mind. That was why he thought of looking for him, hoping to get good news from him to help him "make up his mind."

Taking a look at this person's luck, he should have a life of neither wealth nor honor, but a stable and peaceful one. However, at this moment, he is influenced by the luck around him, and there are vague signs of wealth. However, the burning luck also carries some hidden dangers. Once you enter it, it is very likely that the wealth brought by the luck will disrupt your foundation and ruin your destiny.

Chu Tai thought for a moment and said, "Although the wealth star has been on the top of the mountain recently, it is not in your main palace. If you force your way in, you need to enter and exit quickly. You can get a little extra money, but once you sink, you will be doomed."

Hearing this, a hint of anger suddenly emerged on the middle-aged man's face, and the anger in his heart manifested itself in his destiny, like a flame burning around the man and spreading outward, trying to make him say something in anger that he must borrow, and then coordinate with the changes in the surrounding destiny and speech to shake his fate.

But before the man could make any move, Chu Tai gave him a look that was like a bucket of ice water being poured over his head.

"Am I wrong? You are actually afraid, aren't you? You have been hesitating these days. Do you think you really can't make up your mind, or is your spiritual sense warning you?"

Hearing this, the man felt that the future seemed really unpredictable, and the anger that had originally crept onto his face turned into a thoughtful expression.

Some people watching nearby noticed the change in the man's expression and couldn't help but start talking about it.

"What happened to Lao Du? He is usually very kind and gentle, why did he get angry today when someone said that? I thought he was going to hit someone just now."

"Why else? It's because the Fei family has been forced by the other families recently and can't stand it anymore. They also want to pray. But the other families entered the game earlier and each of them has occupied a large territory. Now the Fei family wants to get involved, so they will naturally have to pay more. But the Fei family only has so many people, and there are only so many things they can get in exchange for praying. So they want us retail investors to help sign the petition, saying that they will return it after a certain period of time and give us 25% interest."

"so much?"

"There's nothing we can do. Now, apart from Lao Du and other guys who didn't have the courage to follow, how many people in the city haven't helped other families with joint names? With fewer people, the price can't be low. I heard that 30% interest is only the most basic one. If you are willing to help with joint names for three or four years, the interest can reach about 55%. The difference between the two is more than double the interest, and several years are reduced. Do you think Lao Du will not be angry?"

"That's right. If it were me, I would be angry too. But does the Fei family still have a chance to join the game now? That must cost a lot."

Faced with the question from his companion next to him, the person who answered earlier was also a little confused and didn't know how to answer.

A small man at the side suddenly came out and said, "This is why you are so ignorant. Although the big families in and outside the city have taken the lead with the help of this east wind, the land they control has not increased, and the money they can pray for is limited, so it won't cause any serious damage to the Fei family."

At this point, the little man lowered his voice and said, "And everyone knows that there is another way to pray. If the Fei family is really pushed to the limit, what will they do if they fight to the death? At that time, the officials will laugh, and the masters of the Fei family will cry. Now that the other families have already had a bite of meat, and the Fei family is willing to cede some interests, they will naturally let them join in..."

The little man's deliberate lowering of his voice actually made the people around him listen more attentively and think that what he said made more sense.

Chu Tai took a look and immediately understood where he came from. "Are you from the Fei family? It looks like the Fei family is about to collapse."

While Chu Tai was thinking in his mind, another scholar in a coarse cloth gown came to Chu Tai and asked him to help him with fortune-telling.

He also looked at the luck first. After just one glance, Chu Tai couldn't help but concentrate and look at it carefully.

In his sight, the luck of the scholar in front of him was like a huge hole, constantly devouring the rolling wealth and luck around him, which continuously gathered into his body, and then were absorbed by something, filling his gap bit by bit.

The scholar was not in a hurry, but just smiled and asked: "My future is so unlucky, do I need the Taoist priest to observe these carefully? Please tell me frankly whether I can get what I want. I can bear it."

Hearing this, Chu Tai did not answer immediately, but the others around him started a new round of discussion.

"Isn't this Mr. Lou? I remember he suffered a huge loss last time. If it weren't for the few acres of good farmland at home, I'm afraid he would have died sooner."

"What a few acres of good farmland? It was because his wife accidentally fell into the water and died, so the Wealth Fairy didn't pursue him. By the way, the reason why Mr. Lou almost lost his life was not because he suffered a huge loss, but because Mr. Lou thought he saw through the Wealth Fairy's plan and deliberately deceived him."

"I heard that he made a lot of money in the beginning, and that's when he lived the most carefree a while ago. But who is the God of Wealth? He's a god, and in the end, he made this scholar Lou lose everything but a shabby house. In my opinion, the God of Wealth is still merciful. For such a person, he should be left with nothing."

"Ah! I just heard that this scholar Lou is not very capable, and it turns out that he wants to cheat the God of Wealth! He really doesn't know how to live or die. And you said that his wife really fell into the water by accident?"

The conversation between the few people did not affect Lou Shusheng's expression, but Chu Tai could feel that this guy's emotions were constantly distorted. He didn't need to sense it specially. Some of his thoughts had already spread outward with the burning anger in his heart and fell into Chu Tai's ears.

'What do these fools know? They only know the call of Wealth Fairy, Wealth Fairy all day long. They have no idea where Qingli Wealth Fairy came from, nor do they know what I am doing? As long as a period of time passes, when I have eaten the luck of this Taoist priest and collected some luck, I will be able to replace the statue of Wealth Fairy here, obtain some of the immortal records of Qingli Wealth Fairy, and follow him to ascend to heaven. At that time, I will make these fools poor and destitute, and have no food to eat for the rest of their lives.'

"Wait, why hasn't this Taoist answered yet? Could it be that he has seen something? Damn it, it's so hard to see a Taoist monk with a relatively pure destiny. If it weren't for his destiny, it would be so difficult for me to obtain the immortal record..."

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it, why can't this guy follow my ideas? I have clearly exchanged the method of becoming an immortal from the Immortal of Wealth, and I have also sacrificed so much, why, why......"

Seeing the growing anger and lust in Lou Shusheng, Chu Tai said, "You are asking for too much, and the chance of success is very small. If you force it, you will surely die. The only way to survive is to retreat."

Hearing this, Lou Shusheng asked again: "Is there no way to crack it?"

"Scholar, you know the solution very well, but you just don't want to. Even if I want to save you, I don't know where to start."

After saying that, Chu Tai waved his hand and let him leave.

Lou Shusheng wanted to ask more, but Chu Tai looked like he didn't want to pay any attention to him at all and raised his hand to push him away.

The scholar was overjoyed when he saw this scene. He let himself be pushed down by Chu Tai on purpose. While falling to the ground, he pretended to pull Chu Tai, leaving a scratch on the back of his hand. Then he fell to the ground in a mess, got up with a gloomy face, and turned away.

The next moment, Chu Tai felt an inexplicable force falling down, trying to integrate into the false destiny he had created.

At the same time, the luck that originally only affected the local residents began to have an impact on Chu Tai.

One of the external manifestations was that some local people who had originally intended to watch the fun suddenly wanted Chu Tai to tell fortunes, and they came forward to communicate with him, one after another, leaving Chu Tai with no time to perceive or think.

After half a day passed and Chu Tai finished fortune-telling for the last guest, the false luck that Chu Tai had fabricated expanded a circle, but a small part of the ownership was also replaced.

Somehow, Chu Tai could feel the aura of Lou Shusheng.

But he didn't have the heart to pay attention to it for the time being. Compared to Lou Shusheng, he was more curious about the changing destiny of the local people.

According to Chu Tai's divination for half a day, he found that the people here only cared about money, and cared very little about family, friendship, and love. They even wanted to exchange these things for wealth.

'The fate of reaching or number is like firewood, used to light up the power called wealth star, but most of them are just partial wealth, and the few regular wealth are also floating in the regular palace at the moment. Without external forces, it is difficult to maintain. And once this opportunity is interrupted, the upward trend of the entire city...'

Chu Tai looked at the rising fortune of the city and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

It was also at this time that the false energy filled by external forces began to wriggle slightly, as if it was merging with the energy somewhere outside the city.

In the perception of ordinary cultivators, this kind of change in aura is somewhat similar to the feeling that a certain place or object has a connection with themselves.

He didn't even need to sense it, he knew that the source of this change came from the scholar Lou.

With the intention of first seeing what the void in the scholar's body was, Chu Tai packed up his things and headed out of the city.

Not far from the city gate, Chu Tai walked under a big tree.

This is a Feng Shui tree where some people outside the city pray for blessings, but now the surface is hung with decorations similar to copper coins, and there is also a small, crudely made wooden statue.

At first glance, it looks a bit like the statue of the god of wealth, but if you look closely at its eyebrows, you will find that this wooden statue is more like the previous Lou Shusheng.

After taking two steps forward, Chu Tai didn't waste any words and reached out to grab the small wooden statue. Lou Shusheng, who was hiding behind, was stunned for a moment. He didn't have time to move at all as he was pulled out of the darkness by Chu Tai again.

"How could you figure out my plan?"

Chu Tai didn't even look at him, but just reached out and placed the small wooden statue on his chest. After feeling that there was no direct connection between the wooden statue and the void in his body, Chu Tai crushed the wooden statue in front of Lou Shusheng's horrified eyes.

(End of this chapter)