Longevity, starting from traveling and telling stories

Chapter 64: Unpredictable Secrets

On the way, the two of them were following Ye Beixuan not too far away, whispering to each other.

"Senior Brother Zhang, why are you following this person?" the gloomy-faced man asked in a low voice.

"Why should I, Zhang Kun, explain to others what I have done in my life?" The fortune teller said loudly with an arrogant look on his face.

Junior Brother Li's expression remained gloomy, but he spoke with a hint of sarcasm, "I remember fifty years ago, you and I came here to distribute the Heavenly Secret Tokens. Senior Brother casually gave the tokens to beggars, and was punished by the sect to face the wall for ten years."

"Ah, ah, ah, junior brother, if you don't tell me and I don't tell you, who will know?" Senior Brother Zhang seemed to have his thoughts exposed, his confidence disappeared in an instant, and he quickly laughed it off.

But his eyes suddenly rolled, a smooth smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Hey! How about you and I make a bet, I promise it will be right this time, and then we can each read his fortune, how about that?"

"Okay," Junior Brother Li replied with a gloomy expression.

Ye Beixuan had no idea that someone was following him. He had just finished reading a book and was about to do one of his daily activities - grilling fish at the beach.

Soon, he strode to the beach, and then displayed his specialties, catching fish, killing fish, and grilling fish, all in one smooth move.

In a short while, the fire and the grill were set up.

A wisp of green smoke slowly rose in the darkness, accompanied by flickering flames, illuminating the surroundings with incredible brightness.

The firelight, accompanied by bursts of fragrance, rushed straight into the nostrils of the two people who followed, and reached their foreheads, along with the wind.

"It smells so good! How many years have I been waiting for this kind of enjoyment?!"

"It does smell good," Junior Brother Li said expressionlessly, "I'm afraid it's been around for over fifty years."

"How about the two of us put our mission aside for now and go get some food?" Senior Brother Zhang suggested with a smile.

"Yes." Junior Brother Li said without any expression.

So the two of them walked slowly towards the fire in almost the same pace. Ye Beixuan raised his head and looked at them with a puzzled expression.

Senior Brother Zhang said with a smooth smile on his face, "Little brother, do you have any unique secret recipe for grilled fish?"

"It's not really a secret recipe. It's just a way of grilling fish passed down from my ancestors among the country folk. It's not something that can be presented to the public." Ye Beixuan responded with a smile, without stopping the movements of his hands at all.

"Can you give some to us two brothers?" Senior Brother Zhang said with a hint of flattery in his tone, "But don't worry, we two will never eat your fish for free."

"My name is Zhang Kun, and this guy is Li Zhe. We're both incredibly accurate fortune tellers. If you eat your fish, we can tell your fortune for free."

Fortune telling? Ye Beixuan didn't believe in fortune telling and just thought the two were just greedy.

"Ye Shiluo." He responded with a cupped hand and said in a heroic tone, "It's okay. I can't finish all these fish by myself. Go ahead and eat as much as you want."

It is a rare fate to have someone to eat with you late at night.

Zhang Kun immediately showed joy and said, "Then I will wait, and I won't be polite."

After saying that, Zhang Kun and Li Zhe slowly walked to Ye Beixuan's fire and sat down side by side with him.

The three of them started grilling fish together uncomfortably.

"Wow! It smells so good."

Zhang Kun picked up the fish on the stick and couldn't wait to bite it, as if he was not afraid of the hot fish meat at all.

Ye Beixuan and Li Zhe also started eating. They were like a long-awaited rain, and they didn't want to stop eating. No one wanted to talk and waste time swallowing.

Ye Beixuan's eating manners were pretty good, after all, he often grilled fish for himself.

Halfway through the meal, Ye Beixuan sighed, "What a pity, there's fish but no wine!"

"liquor?"

"Would you like to drink?" Zhang Kun glanced at him. "Yes," Li Zhe replied expressionlessly.

Zhang Kun took off the wine gourd from his waist and said, "There's wine."

Upon hearing this, Ye Beixuan jokingly said, "But once you drink, I'm afraid you two won't be able to tell fortunes for me."

"You can't just do random fortune-telling." Zhang Kun said with a smile as he took a bite of fish.

Ye Beixuan asked in a puzzled tone: "Why?"

Zhang Kun suddenly slowed down his speech and said, "It is said that the secrets of heaven cannot be revealed. If we reveal the secrets of heaven, our lives will be shortened."

Then he changed the subject and said, "But today, little brother, you treated us to a meal. This is the cause, and we are fortune-telling for you. This is the result. This cycle of cause and effect, even if it shortens our lives, we two brothers will accept it."

Ye Beixuan was speechless. He was completely annoyed. He spoke so righteously, but how could he act like a charlatan? Even more so than me fooling those ghosts and demons.

However, he still spoke calmly, "That's great. I wonder what fortune-telling requires? Face reading? Palmistry? Or birth date?"

"Of course, the more you know, the more accurate your divination will be. Combining your birth date, physiognomy, and hand reading is the best."

"In that case, how about calculating Ye's horoscope?"

To be honest, few people can remember their birth date completely nowadays. At most, they can remember the day, but almost no one can remember the exact hour, minute and second. However, Ye Beixuan knew his own birthday by coincidence, because one time he happened to see his medical birth certificate while rummaging through boxes at home.

When the two heard his fortune, they were stunned at first, then looked at him carefully, and finally paced back and forth on the beach.

Soon, the beach was covered with their footprints, like a beautiful painting carefully painted on the sand.

After a while, Zhang Kun looked up and asked seriously, "Are you sure this is your horoscope?"

"Sure, what's wrong?"

"Impossible." Li Zhe said expressionlessly.

Zhang Kun also said seriously, "It's indeed impossible. If this is your horoscope, then you shouldn't belong here. But if you don't belong here, doesn't that mean you're dead? But you're still alive and well! Or maybe you are..."

Even this could be predicted? Ye Beixuan was shocked. He really didn't belong here! This fortune telling really has some tricks!
"Junior brother, you protect me, I am going to use the divine prediction." Zhang Kun said seriously.

Although Li Zhe had a blank expression on his face, he rarely agreed this time.

Zhang Kun took out a piece of ancient tortoise shell with a solemn look on his face.

He quickly formed seals with his hands, and a faint light seemed to be able to communicate with the stars through the void.

As his seal-making movements became faster and faster, the tortoise shell began to emit a slight sound, trying to explore Ye Beixuan's destiny.

At this moment, Zhang Kun seemed to have merged with the heaven and earth, making Ye Beixuan feel a strong sense of oppression.

Click!

A crisp cracking sound was heard.

The tortoise shell suddenly cracked without any warning, and with a snap, the entire tortoise shell exploded into powder.

Zhang Kun's hands, which were forming seals, were suddenly attacked back, as if they were forcibly pulled apart by an invisible force. At the same time, he was sweating profusely and took a step back.

"Senior Brother." Li Zhe called out urgently with an expressionless face.

"No problem, I."

Before he finished saying the word "I", Zhang Kun's steps immediately became weak and his body spun uncontrollably like cotton.

puff.
Zhang Kun spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground. Before he lost consciousness, he muttered, "Heaven's secrets are truly unpredictable."

(End of this chapter)