Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, King Monkey Shi had already spent three years in the human world. On this day, he learned a piece of exciting news from an old beggar. There was a small town eight miles ahead. In the town, there was a blind fortune-teller with the nickname "Immortal Match". This person made a living by divination, predicting good or bad luck for others, pointing out the wrong path, and the results were all effective. Although he lived in a remote town, there was an endless stream of people coming to his door every day to seek divination. The old beggar also told King Monkey Shi that this "Celestial Match" had a strange temper and must have a strange rule. They only received three people a day. The first was an official, the second was a rich merchant, and the third was a rich merchant. The third person was the poor. Moreover, the fees they received were also different. Rich merchants took five taels of silver, while poor people not only didn't take a penny, but sometimes they would also give the divinatory money of officials and rich merchants to the poor. As there was an endless stream of people coming to his house to seek divination, there would be three lines of people lining up at his door every day all the way out of town. These people never stopped, no matter whether it was windy or rainy, day or night. He and his disciple lived together in a small courtyard with three thatched cottages. Around his house, there were more than ten high-end hotels, tea houses, and hotels, and every one of them was doing well.
After hearing the old beggar's words, King Hou Shi was filled with joy. He reached out and took out the scattered silver that he had accumulated from begging every day and stuffed it into the old beggar's arms. Then, he ran every three steps and jumped every five steps toward the small town.
After years of training in the human world, King Hou Shi had already mastered the language of human communication. Because of his intelligence, coupled with his ability to somersault and perform some simple tricks, he would get more food and silver than those professional beggars who showed off their broken limbs and physical defects to gain sympathy or simply pretended to be pitiful. In the past three years, he had gone through all kinds of hardships, but he had not heard a single piece of news about immortals. At night, he spent most of his time camping on the trees in the wild. When he closed his eyes, he would dream of the tragic deaths of his kind in the Flowerfruit Mountain and the monkey soldiers and generals whose lives were unknown. Once, in the middle of the night, he was woken up by a nightmare and fell from a tree, breaking his tailbone from his butt. He gritted his teeth and pulled the tail off an empty hill. After another nightmare, he fell from a tree and broke a leg bone. He held on to a stick for three months before his broken leg completely healed. If not for the fact that King Hou Shi was born from heaven and earth and was not in the five elements, he would have died long ago and reported to the King of Hell.
When he heard from the old beggar that there was such a "Celestial Match" who could tell his fortune, King Monkey Shi was overjoyed. He decided to look for "Celestial Match" to tell him where he could find a divine master with great powers. As long as he had a clear direction, he would not be searching aimlessly and in vain like now. Thinking that he would be able to find his master soon, he suddenly felt a hundred times more energetic. He bounced along the way and soon arrived at the town.
When they arrived in town, everyone knew about the " competition of immortals ". Very soon, King Monkey Shi found the home of the "Immortal Competition". Just as the old beggar had said, the home of the "Match Immortal" was a small courtyard with a thatched cottage. Surrounding his house were indeed some inns, restaurants, and teahouses with carved beams and painted buildings. There were three rows of people standing neatly in front of his house, all the way to the corner of the street. Based on King Hou Shi's experience of begging in the human world for the past three years, the three rows of people standing in the queue all looked like poor people. There was not even a single official or wealthy merchant.
Looking at these three rows, King Hou Shi did not know which row he should stand. In the end, he thought to himself, since all three teams were poor, he should be considered poor since he was now a beggar who had mixed into the world, right? Therefore, he skipped to the front of the line and sat down. Before he could even sit properly, King Monkey Shi was slapped hard on the head. A muffled voice shouted from behind him,""Where did this flower come from? How dare you steal my queue number and break the rules of the industry. Do you want to die?”
King Hou Shi hurriedly turned around and saw a burly, sloppy man looking at him with a scowl. It was obvious that he was the one who had slapped him on the head. King Hou Shi jumped up and was about to argue with him when he heard the people in the queue pointing at him and shouting in unison,""Beat this beggar to death! Kill him…Kill him!" King Hou Shi never thought that his casual sitting would incur the wrath of the crowd. He was so frightened that he jumped to the side and stood far away, not daring to approach the formation again. Fortunately, the people in the queue only shouted loudly, but no one crossed the line to chase after him.
King Hou Shi had been slapped for no reason, but he didn't know what had happened, so he decided to find someone to ask about it. He didn't dare to ask the people in the queue for the reason, so he walked forward while begging. In front of a restaurant, he saw a female beggar holding a broken bowl being pushed out by the waiters in the hotel. He quickly went forward and placed a hot bun he had just asked for into the middle-aged beggar's bowl. The female beggar glanced at him and thanked him. Then, she handed the bun back to him. King Hou Shi saw that the female beggar looked haggard and was staggering. He hurriedly helped the female beggar to sit down under a big locust tree by the roadside and put the steamed bun back into her bowl."Old mother, you don't have to be so polite. Eat the bun first, then I have something to ask you.”After the female beggar finished eating the bun, she looked at King Monkey Shi with a grateful expression and said in confusion,""I'm just an old woman. What can I help you with? If you have anything to say, just say hello."
King Hou Shi quickly told her what had happened. After listening, the female beggar said,""Little brother, you just came here, right? It was not strange that he did not know about these things. "I'm from my hometown, so I definitely know about these things. I'm also here to seek divination…" At this point, she sighed, and her eyes were already filled with tears."My man went out to do business and has been away from home for many years. His friends have long returned home, but my man has not returned. There are rumors that my man has been killed. There are also rumors that my man made a fortune in business and found a young woman outside. I didn't believe such rumors, so I came to find the 'Match Immortal' to read my fortune and see if my man was alive or dead…I didn't expect that I couldn't get in line even after coming to town from the countryside for more than a month. Unfortunately, I got sick and spent all my money. I had no choice but to ask for some food and go home…"
The female beggar's eyes were filled with tears. She wiped the snot that had flowed to her lips and continued to speak to King Hou Shi," These people who stand in line, other than a few truly poor people from their hometown, the rest are all professional people who rely on standing in line to get a number. They were all cliques, and outsiders could not stand on the team at all. They sold the queue numbers they got to high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen who came to ask for divination at a high price. One queue number could be sold for 5 to 10 taels of silver.”
The female beggar stretched out her hand and opened her fingers in front of the monkey king. She flipped it over and said,"Those officials and wealthy merchants don't need to line up at all. They're just having fun in hotels and inns, waiting to buy queue numbers. But the truly poor can't get in the queue, let alone a foreigner like you.”
"If that's the case…if I want to find the 'Match Immortal' for a divination, even if I can get in the queue, I need to have 10 taels of silver?”After saying that, King Hou Shi pondered for a while and thought,"If you want to earn enough money for divination, it will take at least half a month. Moreover, even if he had money, it would be useless if he couldn't queue up.”"If that's the case…if I want to find the 'Match Immortal' for a divination, even if I can get in the queue, I need to have 10 taels of silver?”
" Little brother, if we poor people have ten taels of silver, we don't need to come here to seek divination…" The female beggar sighed again,""Sigh! Most of us poor people come here to ask for a divination because our families are poor and often cause trouble. We want to ask for a divination to see if there is any hope of luck. Therefore, the worries of the poor were most likely related to money!”
After thanking the female beggar, King Monkey Shi had an idea. He walked to the outskirts of the town and looked around. He quickly climbed up a big tree with branches and leaves to hide. In the middle of the night, he sneaked behind the courtyard wall of the " Immortal Competition "'s house, jumped over the wall, and jumped into the courtyard of the " Immortal Competition "'s house. He hid behind a water tank.
After an unknown period of time, King Hou Shi, who was napping behind the water tank, was suddenly awakened by the sound of the door opening. When he opened his eyes, the sky was already bright. He saw a 12-or 13-year-old youth walking out of the thatched cottage. The youth walked straight to the back of the courtyard and was busy pulling the bolt to open the door. He did not notice that King Hou Shi, who was behind the water tank, had already leaped up and jumped to the door. King Hou Shi looked into the room and saw a white-haired old man sitting in the room. There was a mahogany table in front of the old man and he was " looking " at him. King Hou Shi thought to himself, This person is blind, he must be the Celestial Race. I first tricked him into helping me read my fortune. After reading my fortune, I didn't have any money to give him, so I turned around and ran. I don't think the master and disciple would be able to catch up to me.”Thinking of this, he stepped forward and squatted down in front of the " Match Immortal ". He patted the table with his hand and said loudly," Match Immortal, quickly help me read my fortune. I'll pay you double the amount of silver after you read my fortune."”At this moment, King Hou Shi's pocket was empty, but he generously opened up the 'empty banknote.'
" Celestial Match " rolled his blind eyes. He pondered for a while and asked instead of answering," You have so much money. Why don't you stay in the inn but sleep in my yard?"”
King Hou Shi had wanted to deceive the "Match Immortal" by saying that he was blind, but he did not expect that this blind old man in front of him would even know that he was hiding in his courtyard at night. As such, King Hou Shi was afraid of the foresight of the "Celestial Race", so he did not dare to hide it. He quickly told the story of his search for the Celestial Master in detail, but deliberately concealed his identity as a foreign species. As soon as he finished speaking, he heard footsteps coming from the courtyard. He hurriedly turned around and saw the young man who opened the door leading a fatty in silk clothes and holding a folding fan in his hand. Seeing King Monkey Shi, the youth and the fatty were both stunned. The youth pointed at King Monkey Shi and said,"" You…You…" She was so shocked that she couldn't speak.
Fatty covered his nose with one hand and pointed at King Monkey Shi with his folding fan with the other. With a disdainful expression, he asked "Celestial Match" in dissatisfaction,"I'm number one today, so why is this beggar here before me?”
The expression of the "Celestial Match" did not change. He did not answer Fatty's question. He only rolled his eyes and pinched the fingers of his left hand as he muttered. All of a sudden, the 'Match Immortal' glared at Fatty with a pair of dead fish-like eyes and said with a cold expression,""Don't try to guess. Run for your life! Your family members have already been captured and thrown into prison. The officer who captured you is already on his way here. After I catch you, I'll execute your entire family.”
Fatty's expression changed drastically when he heard this. He immediately threw away his folding fan and knelt on the ground with a plop. Bean-sized sweat rolled down his forehead as he kept shouting,"Match Immortal, save me." Seeing that the "Celestial Match" was indifferent, Fatty suddenly straightened up and took two steps forward. He hurriedly took out a red packet from his pocket and placed it on the table with both hands. He stuttered,"Old Immortal, this is my divination fee. "And…and this…" As he spoke, he hurriedly took off a gemstone ring from his finger and stuffed it into the hands of the God of War."Old Deity, this is a gemstone ring. I'll give it to you as well. Quickly think of a way to escape for me!”In just a few moments, Fatty's attitude was completely different.
"Celestial Match" expressionlessly pushed the ring Fatty handed over and said,"If you deserve it, you deserve it. If you don't deserve it, you will suffer. I only take divination fees, not unearned wealth. You used to be an official more than you deserved, that's why you're in trouble today. Unfortunately, your entire family will die because of you. What a sin! Sins!
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