Chapter 39: If you don’t listen to the Taoist priest, you will suffer!

The young man then realized that something was wrong. "Retreat! Retreat! Let's retreat!"

But it was too late. The young man had been standing at the stern, monitoring whether his brothers cast their nets in the position he said.

The wind was now so strong that it was swirling around, completely blocking everyone's vision. They had no choice but to use their sleeves to protect their heads.

However, the young man somehow slipped and fell backwards. He didn't have time to reach out and grab the side of the boat, and the strong wind made him fall into the sea.

The moment he fell, he recalled the words that the old Taoist priest who was pretending to be a ghost had warned him before he went out to sea.

Even if he could swim, the waves were so rough that he couldn't stretch out his arms or control his body.

At first, he tried hard to keep his balance, and when the waves became a little calmer, he took the opportunity to use his arms to paddle and get closer to the shore.

There is always a time when people’s strength is not enough. He finally felt a little exhausted and looked at the shore which was so far away from him, feeling extremely disappointed.

The waves surged again, he was completely out of strength, and accidentally choked on the sea water. He lost his composure in an instant and was submerged by the sea water.

Before he lost consciousness, he suddenly felt a little regretful. If he had known this would happen, he should have listened to the Taoist priest.

Suddenly he felt his buttocks getting hot, and he seemed to be in a black space, which was also fleeting. A moment later he felt the waves of the sea again.

It was this moment of pause that made him want to survive again. When he wanted to take the opportunity to paddle, he seemed to touch the sand.

He was very surprised. Could it be that he had been washed up on the beach? He opened his eyes and was a little confused by what he saw.

After being dazed for several seconds, he began to swim forward with all his might. The shore that was so close to him suddenly gave him motivation.

He swam to the shore with all his might, gasping for breath, as if he were reborn.

After his breathing returned to normal, he reacted and reached into his back pocket, but all he got out was wet talisman paper ashes.

At this moment, he couldn't wait to get up from the island and stumbled all the way towards the market.

"Aren't you leaving? It's almost noon, time to go home and eat. You have no business sitting here, it's really a waste of time."

The lady who was buying groceries nearby saw her sitting there for the whole morning, and tried to persuade her while packing her things.

"Don't worry, my destined person will be here soon."

Qi Xu kept turning the brush in his hand and answered slowly.

Sure enough, within ten minutes, she saw a young man soaked to the skin from afar, leaving wet footprints behind him as he walked towards her.

“Plop!”

The man knelt down straight in front of Qi Xu, "Benefactor! Great benefactor! It's my fault that I didn't recognize the great man."

After saying that, he kowtowed several times.

"Hey, hey, hey, boy, I can't bear your gift."

Qi Xu was a quick-witted person and stood up and moved to the side when he was about to kowtow. When he wanted to continue kowtow, he quickly helped him up.

The vegetable farmers around were all stunned. It was the first time they saw this little bully kowtow so sincerely.

"Your Excellency is so magnanimous. Please forgive my previous disrespect. Now my brother is in distress at sea. I beg you to help me."

"Master, rest assured. From now on, I, Zou Yaojie, will fully protect your safety in this market."

Zou Yaojie clenched his fists, lowered his head and bent his body, his tone was extremely sincere.

"Since you apologized so sincerely, I will reluctantly tell you your fortune. What do you want to ask?"

"I, can my brother return safely?"

After hearing his question, Qi Xu took out the tortoise shell he had taken out earlier and started shaking the copper coins.

After six times, she looked at the hexagram and said, "Don't worry, it will be a safe bet. Just go to the dock and wait."

"Thank you, Master. Thank you, Master, for your kind words."

Zou Yaojie finally let go of his worries. "Oh, then, the divination fee and the talisman money..."

"No problem, take care of the important things first. I'll be here this afternoon. If you're interested, it won't be too late to send it over in the afternoon."

"Also, young man, not all of your brothers are real brothers. Be cautious."

Qi Xu thought that his bloody disaster that morning seemed to be man-made, so she kindly reminded him.

Zou Yaojie's expression stiffened. "Thank you for the reminder, Master."

After Zou Yaojie left, people started walking towards her stall.

"Master, can you help me calculate my marriage fate?"

The first person who came forward was a half-grown girl, probably around eighteen or nineteen years old. She spoke shyly and asked cautiously.

Qi Xuyi could see her uncertainty about her current relationship and said, "Girl, sometimes your sixth sense isn't necessarily wrong."

The little girl looked shocked, "Master, it's not really what I think, is it?"

"It's almost certain. It's better to believe it exists than not to believe it exists."

After Qi Xu finished speaking, the little girl's eyes instantly turned red. She took out two big unity notes from her wallet and said, "Thank you for the reminder, Master."

"We are destined to be together. I will accept this fortune-telling fee."

Qi Xu only took the big unity card on top and pushed the other one back to the little girl's position.

The little girl bowed her head in thanks, took the money back and ran over with tears in her eyes.

"Is it really that effective? Master, can you tell me something too?"

When Qi Xu looked up again, she saw an adult in elegant clothes standing in front of her stall, testing her.

"If you don't believe it, why are you saying that? If I want to tell you this fortune, I'll charge you eight pieces of money, right?"

Qi Xu could clearly feel that he didn't believe it at all, so he opened his mouth wide.

"Master, do you think I'm easy to cheat, so you let me pay so much?"

"That's wrong. It's only natural for me to charge you for fortune-telling."

"Then why do other people only charge ten dollars, but mine costs eighty?"

"Sir, you're such a joke. That girl came to me with sincerity. I can only extract your sincerity from somewhere else."

The man was speechless after hearing this, and after a while he hesitated, "Okay, eight is eight. I'm a man of my word."

"What do you want to ask, sir?"

Qi Xu was delighted when she heard this. If there were a few more people who didn't believe in divination, wouldn't she become rich?

"I don't have anything to ask at the moment. Master, please decide for yourself."

Okay, so you are trying to make things difficult for her here. It’s a piece of cake. Who’s afraid of who?

Qi Xu picked up the tortoise shell and started shaking the coins again. When the hexagram came out, she couldn't help laughing.

"Master? What does this hexagram say? Why are you smiling so happily?"

"Sir, let me advise you, greed will eventually lead to disaster, and doing too much evil will eventually lead to self-destruction. It is best to choose the most righteous love."