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Chapter 861 - 861 861 I Hope You Can Understand

861: Chapter 861: I Hope You Can Understand 861: Chapter 861: I Hope You Can Understand “One reading, ten bucks!

Straight to the point!”

The old Taoist didn’t seem to mind.

He adjusted his already tattered Daoist robe and raised his voice to shout.

But despite his efforts, no one stepped forward.

After wandering around some more and buying a few snacks, Bai Xiaofan and Xiao Mei found themselves in front of the old Taoist’s stall while munching on their food.

“Come on, give me a reading!”

Bai Xiaofan, holding a skewer of grilled squid in his hand, said to the old Taoist in front of him.

The crowd around them, seeing someone else sit down at the old Taoist’s stall, immediately grew curious.

Someone had just beaten up the old Taoist earlier, and now another person was coming?

Why?

A group of bored onlookers decided to stay and watch, curious about what the old Taoist could possibly say.

The old Taoist looked at Bai Xiaofan and Xiao Mei, who were sitting across from him, and slowly shook his head.

“Young man, your fate…

I can’t see through it.

You should leave.”

Can’t see through it?

The crowd, hearing the old Taoist’s words, looked doubtful.

What the hell?

Based on their understanding of the old Taoist, he should’ve started by spouting some vague nonsense to convince Bai Xiaofan first, right?

This was completely unlike the old Taoist’s usual style.

“Fine, don’t tell me about my fate.

Just tell me something else, like how my luck has been recently?”

Bai Xiaofan hadn’t expected the old Taoist to say that.

With a dramatic wave of his hand, he slapped a ten-yuan Huaxia currency note onto the table in front of the old Taoist.

That ten-yuan note was slammed down with the attitude of ten thousand yuan.

Seeing Bai Xiaofan’s posture, if it weren’t for that ten-yuan note, people would have thought he had just slapped down a stack of ten thousand.

Damn!

That swagger was unparalleled!

“Very well, I’ll give you a reading!”

The old Taoist’s aged eyes fixated on Bai Xiaofan as he took the ten-yuan note.

“Your luck’s been decent lately, but you’re prone to frequent calamities marked by bloodshed.

Pay attention—’frequent’ is the key word here.

For example, by dusk tonight, you’ll encounter a bloody calamity.

However, these events won’t pose any real danger to your life.

Just remember, ‘The tree wants to be still, but the wind won’t stop.’ Some things might not go your way.”

As his gaze lingered on Bai Xiaofan, the old Taoist spoke slowly.

When he mentioned that Bai Xiaofan had already faced a bloody calamity earlier that evening, a sharp glint momentarily flashed in his aged eyes.

The surrounding crowd, hearing the old Taoist’s cryptic words, collectively rolled their eyes.

What nonsense!

Those vague predictions—seriously, anyone could come up with that!

Ten yuan for this?

What an easy way to make money!

“And what if I insist on protecting this tree from being disturbed by the wind?

You should know, the tree I’ve planted isn’t just any tree; it’s a towering one.

Not just any breeze can affect it!”

Bai Xiaofan’s eyes narrowed slightly, his tone resolute as he stared at the old Taoist and voiced his question.

He knew that the old Taoist in front of him must’ve figured out that he had been near the forest earlier.

In fact, he strongly suspected that the old man’s parting comment about doing fortune-telling at the overpass had been a message directed specifically at him.

If the old Taoist was truly skilled in divination, then seeing through formations would come as no surprise.

What Bai Xiaofan couldn’t figure out was, if the old man had known all along, why hadn’t he exposed them on the spot?

“You know better than I do what kind of wind we’re talking about here.

Even if you are…” The old Taoist paused, pointing a finger upward before continuing.

“Sometimes, sticking to a path is the right choice, but more often than not, it’s the wrong one.

When your opponent is too powerful, why not change your approach?

Take me, for instance.

I couldn’t overpower that woman who beat me earlier, so I revealed her secrets and forced her to leave without daring to linger.”

With that, the old Taoist pocketed the ten-yuan note, pulled out a cigarette, and began puffing away contentedly.

“If you two have nothing else to ask, you can leave now.

But as a favor to such a dashing gentleman as yourself, I’ll give you an extra piece of advice: don’t interfere in things that don’t concern you.

It’ll only lead to trouble.”

Saying that, the old Taoist stopped paying attention to Bai Xiaofan, crossing his legs and leisurely enjoying his smoke.

Bai Xiaofan took one last deep look at the old man before turning to leave with Xiao Mei.

The old Taoist watched their departing figures and sighed softly to himself.

“Hope you understand…

consider this my repayment of a past debt.”

Bai Xiaofan didn’t hear the old Taoist’s final words.

Xiao Mei called Li Yufen and told her they wouldn’t be coming home tonight, as they’d be staying over at a friend’s place.

Then the two of them made their way to a small estate.

“Bai Xiaofan, what do you think that old Taoist meant?

Could he already know we were near the forest earlier?”

Xiao Mei handed Bai Xiaofan a bottle of water and asked in confusion.

“He definitely knows.

But don’t worry, he probably doesn’t mean us any harm.”

Bai Xiaofan unscrewed the cap and handed the bottle of water back to Xiao Mei.

If the old Taoist had malicious intentions, he could’ve exposed them by disrupting the formation outside the forest earlier.

Given the other three’s strength—borderline Divinity Transformation levels—even if Bai Xiaofan broke his seal and summoned the tribulation lightning, he still wouldn’t stand a chance against them.

What Bai Xiaofan couldn’t wrap his head around was what the old Taoist’s words actually meant.

Deep in thought, Bai Xiaofan sat unmoving for the entire night.

Initially, Xiao Mei had planned on staying up with him and resting together.

However, after waiting for a long time and seeing that Bai Xiaofan had no intention of sleeping, she decided to start meditating instead.

And so, the long night passed with the two of them keeping to themselves.

As the first rays of morning sunlight spread across the land, a faint realization finally dawned on Bai Xiaofan.

The old Taoist’s warning about not meddling in other affairs wasn’t referring to the Song family but to something he had mentioned outside the forest—a future event that would occur in due time.

As for what exactly was meant by “in due time,” Bai Xiaofan had no idea.

However, the metaphor of the wind and the tree still eluded him.

“Hurry up and get ready.

Song Wei and the others will probably be here soon!”

Seeing Bai Xiaofan snap out of his daze, Xiao Mei lifted one of her perfect legs and delivered a swift kick to his shoulder.

“Do you always have to be so rough?

Can’t you be a little gentler?”

Getting up from the ground, Bai Xiaofan asked, exasperated.

“Gentleness won’t fill my stomach.

Hurry up, I’m starving!”

Xiao Mei raised her fist menacingly in warning.

Not long after, Song Wei arrived, driving up with Lengxue beside him.

Aside from the two of them, Song Wei hadn’t brought anyone else along.

In just one day, Song Wei had managed to consolidate his authority within the Song family.