vstars Chapter 120 You are going to die
Chapter 120 You are going to die
"Eyes like stars, a heart brimming with demonic destiny, boy, your path ahead is not easy."
Ignoring Xiao Xingchen's fierce glare, the fortune teller spoke bluntly. He put down his cane and took something out of his pocket with one arm.
“Scatter the sand around him once,”
Ruoxue, who had just returned, quickly took the sand and began to circle around Xiao Xingchen, using the sand to create a circle that perfectly enclosed Xiao Xingchen.
"Ha, you old charlatan, let's see what kind of nonsense you can come up with,"
Xiao Xingchen scoffed inwardly. He might not be confident about other things, but he could easily fool this charlatan with modern knowledge and a few random lines from the Book of Changes.
He even told his fortune, to see who was fooling whom. But one thing puzzled him: Ruoxue didn't doubt him at all; she trusted this old man too much.
Suppressing his doubts, he continued reading the fortune teller's book.
Because the fortune teller was missing a leg, he sat down directly on the ground, and then... he didn't move. His gaze remained fixed on the man, making the fortune teller feel uneasy.
"Do you even know how to do it? If you can't, don't waste my time."
"Oh, oh, sorry, I was daydreaming."
The old man's response made Xiao Xingchen pout helplessly, and she rolled her eyes at Ruoxue in dissatisfaction.
Ruoxue seemed to realize the old man's unreliability and immediately reminded him.
"Could you please stop playing around and do a proper calculation? This is a task assigned by the host, so don't try to dodge it."
"I know, I know. I'm just watching. This kid is really strange. I need to be more prepared so he doesn't get me killed."
"Nonsense, fortune telling can kill you, so don't bother with it."
Xiao Xingchen immediately panicked. He hadn't forced her to have her fortune told, and now it seemed like he was trying to harm her by doing so.
He was about to get up and leave, but Ruoxue seemed determined to have him do the divination, so she pressed him down on the spot with one hand on his shoulder and said solemnly,
"Don't move, let him take a look at you,"
"Alright, I'll give you face, but if this old man can't say anything, let me go. I really have something to do."
"Leave? Young man, still leaving? Your life is coming to an end, where do you think you're going?"
Xiao Xingchen's lips twitched. Was this old man here specifically to curse her? She wasn't going to tolerate him and immediately retorted.
"Old charlatan, if I wanted to, I could live for at least another twenty years, and still be second only to the emperor. Do you believe me?"
"Don't believe my nonsense. Your three yang fires are almost extinguished, which is a sign of death. If you leave here, you will die within three days. Do you believe me?"
Xiao Xingchen's eyes turned cold. He was reborn, and he had experienced the next twenty years after his rebirth. Now someone was telling him that he was going to die. How could he believe that?
"Ruoxue, this is a charlatan. I don't think it's worth wasting time on him."
"Young man, don't disbelieve me. I'm just giving you a friendly warning. Otherwise, if you go out for three days, you'll definitely be in a dead end. Although it's strange that you have the marks of many important figures on you, once the Three Yang Fire is extinguished, even a god can't save you."
Ruoxue was also taken aback for a moment, then quickly comforted him.
"Don't rush, let's talk after the fortune telling is finished."
He offered a word of comfort, then looked at the fortune teller again, urging him on.
"Sir, please stop beating around the bush. What exactly happened?"
The old man also dropped his nonchalant attitude, straightened his eyes, and spoke.
"When a person is born, life and death follow the cycle of the Heavenly Way. The first cry startles the heavens, the second cry shakes the earth, and the third cry enters the natural way. This is the cycle of reincarnation. However, the Great Way is fifty, and the Heavenly Way is forty-nine, leaving one for the spirits of all races! The three cries determine the three fires of a person!"
"The three yang flames—the shoulders, the top of the head—represent a person's fate. But this young man has already extinguished two of his three yang flames, and only the flame on his head is still flickering, showing signs of going out at any moment. This is a sign of death. Once the three yang flames are extinguished, even a god cannot save him."
"Moreover, from what I've observed, his Three Yang Fires were extinguished, which means someone wanted him dead. Do you understand now?"
These words made Xiao Xingchen somewhat doubtful. Did the Three Yang Fire really exist? He had heard of these folk tales before, but they were only in stories. This made him unsure whether what the old man was saying was true.
"Shot out?"
On the contrary, Ruoxue believed these words without reservation, and even began to wonder who had extinguished her two flames.
"You believe me?" Xiao Xingchen continued, still questioning.
"I believe you, but you've been with me the whole time. Who could have extinguished your life force and wanted you dead?"
In the end, Xiao Xingchen shook his head again. He had the experience of the future, and Xiao Jianren's life could not be taken away now. He firmly believed in his judgment. As for Yang Huo, who knows if something that cannot be seen is real or fake?
"Still don't believe me?" This made the fortune teller anxious.
“Girl, I advise you to stay away from this boy as soon as possible. He is a menace. Everyone associated with him will suffer a terrible death. Really, they will all die.”
"Also, I'm not going to pay for it; I'm afraid I'll be dragged down by him."
The fortune teller suddenly hopped up on one leg, a complete contrast to when they first met; he had been eager to tell his fortune just moments before, but now he had simply given up.
"Master Xin, this is the Lord's order. I hope you won't act recklessly."
Suddenly, a murderous aura emanated from Ruoxue. The fortune teller, who was hopping away, paused abruptly, then revealed a helpless expression.
"Why bother? This kid is really not someone we can mess with. Go tell the owner that we can't afford to offend him. I misjudged him earlier, I apologize."
Ruoxue slowly walked forward, took the old man's left arm, and regardless of whether he was willing or not, helped him walk back.
Xiao Xingchen could see clearly that the fortune teller's attitude had changed 180 degrees, but he was very afraid of Ruoxue. Moreover, he was becoming more and more confused. Why did the old man's attitude suddenly change so drastically?
"Old man, you'd better give me a straight answer, or I won't let you off the hook. Do you know what you're doing? This is slander! You're slandering me, do you know that?"
Ruoxue covered her face, deeply feeling that the old man and the child in front of her were both extremely awful. If the master hadn't asked her to bring people over before leaving, she would have absolutely been too lazy to get involved in these matters.
"Hmph, me slandering a dying man? I don't have the time for that. Kid, I'm warning you, I'm not lying to you at all. You really are going to die. A supreme being has shattered your yang fire, and you will die silently. Even the expert next to you can't save you."
"You have broken a taboo; heaven and earth will not tolerate you."
The old man paused for a moment, then added another sentence.
"Perhaps it's not that heaven and earth cannot accept you, but that you simply do not belong here."
If Xiao Xingchen thought the first few sentences were nonsense, then upon hearing the last sentence, his heart stirred, and he asked solemnly,
"You said someone shattered my yang energy, do you know who it was?"
"Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed. You can carefully recall what you have experienced recently, and perhaps you can find the answer."
After hearing these words, both Ruoxue and Xiaoxingchen's memories were pulled back to the underground of the ancestral temple.
The two of them thought at the same time that if something really went wrong, it must have happened at the Silent Temple, because only there had things beyond their comprehension occurred.
"Could it be that phantom?"
Ruoxue asked with some doubt, "The so-called descent of immortals is the most shocking thing. Moreover, their Yang Fire was shattered without them noticing at all. This is not the work of ordinary people."