Xuanxia

Chapter 564: Misfortune and blessing depend on it

Fu Qingzhou was not in a hurry to find Yan Yidong.

When he entered the palace today, he didn't even have time to eat the breakfast made by Tang Jiao, and he is still hungry now.

Although one can go without food or drink for a long time after practicing to this level, the stomach will still feel empty. When the stomach is empty, the whole person will have an uncomfortable feeling of emptiness. This has nothing to do with practice, but is the instinct of being a living being.

Therefore, as soon as he left the imperial city, he found the nearest small restaurant, ordered a bowl of hot porridge and some fried cakes, and began to eat and drink with a gusto.

Compared with last night, the snow was much lighter, but there was still a lot of snow on the streets. Every household was sweeping the snow in front of their doors, and there were fewer carriages and pedestrians on the streets.

Fu Qingzhou was concentrating on eating when suddenly something blocked his vision. He turned his head and saw someone appear at the table and sit down directly at his table.

He thought it was a group of people eating at a shared table, but when he looked closely, he was stunned.

"Uh, Mr. Exiled?"

Fu Qingzhou blurted out.

The man who suddenly appeared at his table was none other than the old fortune teller and swindler from the Wulin Alliance, Mr. Exiled.

"Hey, young man, long time no see."

He smiled and said, "How are you?"

Fu Qingzhou was a little dazed. He had never expected to see the exiled old man here.

more importantly……

"its not right?"

He glared and said, "Didn't Mingjian Pavilion put all the people from your Wulin League under house arrest? Why did you come out?"

"You also said that the people under house arrest are members of the Wulin League." The exiled old man smiled and stroked his beard: "I left the Wulin League at the end of last month. Now I am just an idle person in the world~"

“Disengaged?”

Fu Qingzhou's eyes rolled, as if he had thought of something: "Did you expect that something bad had happened to the Wulin Alliance?"

"Hey, young man." The exiled old man said leisurely, "What do you mean by 'maybe'? I know the secrets of heaven and destiny, and I knew in advance that the Wulin Alliance was going to suffer a disaster. Is that a strange thing?"

Fu Qingzhou looked at him suspiciously.

It's not that he didn't want to believe the exiled old man, it's just that he didn't like charlatans from the bottom of his heart. After all, he had spent half of his life hunting down charlatans... What's more, when they first met, the exiled old man behaved like a genuine charlatan.

If he was not one of the three great masters of the Wulin Alliance, Fu Qingzhou would have already sent him to the government office.

"so……"

Fu Qingzhou blinked and asked, "Mr. Old is so powerful, so it's no coincidence that you met me today, right?"

"of course."

The exiled old man smiled and said: "I came here today to have a few serious words with you."

After saying this, he reached into his arms and rummaged around, took out three copper coins, and shook them in his hands. After shaking them, he looked through the gap between his hands and continued shaking them.

After six times of this, the exiled old man narrowed his eyes and said calmly: "A gentleman has an understanding, which is auspicious. A villain has faith, which is interesting...Misfortunes are closely related to blessings."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and asked, "What do you mean?"

"that is--"

The exiled old man shook his head and said, "Although this gentleman is in trouble now, he will eventually convince the villain and get out of trouble. This is a good omen."

Fu Qingzhou was startled, pointed at himself and asked, "Am I in any trouble? Is there any villain around me harassing me?"

"Who said I was telling your fortune?"

The exiled old man glared at him and said, "I'm telling fortunes for Alliance Leader Jiang!" "Huh?" Fu Qingzhou also glared, "You come to me and tell fortunes for Jiang Baichuan?"

As he spoke, he lowered his head and took another bite of the fried dough cake - the weather was too cold, and after chatting for a few sentences, the fried dough cake had become a little cold and hard, so he had to eat it quickly.

"What's the matter?"

The exiled old man said leisurely: "Although it cannot be said that it is entirely because of you, but after all, it is because of you that he merged the two identities. If I don't talk to you about this, who can I talk to?"

Fu Qingzhou was stunned.

He slowly raised his head and swallowed the crumbs of oil cake in his mouth with force.

"You... know about this?!" he asked in shock.

The exiled old man smiled and said, "I've already said that I can see the secrets of heaven and understand the principles of fate. Do you know that this is strange?"

Fu Qingzhou raised his brows: "You knew about this! Why didn't you tell him?! And you even hid it for him?!"

"Oh, oh, young man, don't get excited." The exiled old man kept smiling and patted Fu Qingzhou on the shoulder: "Destiny has its own fixed track, which cannot be easily changed by human power... Rather than going against the trend, it is better to take advantage of the trend and find a good strategy to achieve a happy ending."

After that, he put on an unfathomable expression and said leisurely: "Many things cannot be changed if they are not changed at will. It is better to find the one who will end up with good results so that everyone can get good results~"

Fu Qingzhou frowned tightly.

After thinking for a moment, he put down the bowl of porridge and fried cakes in his hands and said in a deep voice: "Okay, I'll listen to what you have to say."

"That's right."

The exiled old man smiled with satisfaction and said, "Young man, let me ask you, I have taught you twice before, do you still remember?"

"Guidance?" After a brief recollection, Fu Qingzhou said speechlessly: "That's also called guidance?"

The first time, he wanted to find Master Wu, but the exiled old man took him to squat near the toilet, and he almost became a knight on the beam.

The second time, he didn't want to participate in the Hidden Dragon Hundred Outstanding Conference, but the exiled old man deceived Tang Jiao, causing Tang Jiao to say "I want to see big brother win the championship", allowing Fu Qingzhou to win the title of Hidden Dragon... Well, the exiled old man also took ten taels of silver from him afterwards.

"It seems that you remember."

Mr. Ze smiled and said, “If I hadn’t introduced you to Wu Lian for the first time, he wouldn’t have thought highly of you, let alone given you the Thunder Tribulation Pill to help you break through the Sixth Realm… Although you will eventually break through, in doing so, you will lose the chance to win the Hidden Dragon Hundred Outstanding People Conference.”

"But even though you have the ability, without my guidance and instruction, you would not be able to compete for the top spot as your junior sister expects, let alone... become a hidden dragon."

Fu Qingzhou paused when he heard this.

This may sound a bit far-fetched, but if you think about it carefully, it seems to be true...

Amid all the coincidences, this exiled old gentleman casually intervened twice and made everything inevitable?

"so what?"

He asked: "I am Qianlong, what does that have to do with Jiang Baichuan?"

"It will be relevant." The exiled old man grinned and said, "I came here today to remind you that Jiang Baichuan can still be saved. Next time you meet him, I hope you can give him a chance. That chance can not only save him, but also save many, many people."

Fu Qingzhou was shocked.

At this moment, the owner of the small restaurant handed a small paper bag to the exiled old man and said, "Old man, the buns and fried cakes you wanted are fifteen cents."

"okay!"

The exiled old man smiled happily, took the paper bag, and pointed at Fu Qingzhou: "He paid."

Fu Qingzhou was startled. Before he could say anything, the exiled old man stood up and ran away swiftly. When Fu Qingzhou followed the breeze that caused him to stand up and looked in the direction he was heading, he had disappeared.

(End of this chapter)