"Alright, then I'll take care of getting the serpent out of the cave. You all wait for me to send you a message."
Seeing that the plan was settled, Tang Yu swept his divine sense over the entire Feihua City and finally located Lin Xuan's position.
That guy was wandering around a magical treasure shop.
That's how the protagonists of cultivation novels are: they always end up encountering all sorts of strange treasures, and dealing with auction houses or treasure shops is part of everyday life.
Even more so if they carry an old man... or the remnant soul of an incomparable celestial empress.
Yes, these days, even traps have to be updated; the old masters are no longer in fashion.
What's popular now is having a goddess as your "golden finger," achieving the effect of "if there's a problem, let the goddess solve it; if not, just keep the goddess company."
Once he found the guy's whereabouts, Tang Yu set up a fortune-telling booth on the path the man took back to the inn, and changed into a Taoist robe.
In the fortune-telling business, the older and more immortal-looking you are, the more confidence you inspire in clients.
With his youth, it was hard for anyone to trust him just by seeing him sitting there.
But the good news was, he had a face that people could tolerate.
So it wasn't long after he sat down when a beauty with an oval face sashayed over and sat in front of the booth, speaking in a sweet voice:
"Little Taoist, have you just arrived in Feihua City? You look like a newcomer."
"Yes, this humble Taoist just arrived and set up this booth to earn some money for expenses."
Tang Yu immediately recognized that devouring look the woman gave him. Back home, daughters of prominent families also looked at him like that.
"Have you had your first client yet?"
The oval-faced beauty asked with a charming smile.
"Not yet. Does the benefactor want me to read something for her?"
"Your palm, let's see what your reading says about my love fate."
The oval-faced beauty offered her hand naturally.
Tang Yu took it and genuinely started calculating with a divine art of deduction. When bored, he often learned all kinds of strange techniques.
After a while deducing, Tang Yu improvised:
"Miss, you have an excellent love fate. In three years, an ideal gentleman will come to ask for your hand. This gentleman will be full of academic fortune and will be at least a regional governor in the future."
"A scholarly official? I don't like scholars at all, too vulgar. I prefer men like you, little Taoist."
The oval-faced beauty began casting suggestive glances at Tang Yu.
Tang Yu pretended not to notice and kept chatting with her without commitment.
They stayed like that for a while until the woman realized this little Taoist was a blockhead without common sense, left two taels of silver, and walked away frustrated.
After she left, Tang Yu picked up the silver indifferently and began playing with it in his hand.
During the reading, he had noticed the woman was surrounded by bad romantic relationships. To put it bluntly: she was a floozy.
Though he had a weakness for beautiful women, he wasn't the kind to accept just anything put in front of him.
Compared to normal women, she could be considered beautiful.
But compared to his elder sisters in his Sect... she was clearly nothing but vulgar dust.
Not long after the beauty left, a burly young man approached angrily and sat opposite Tang Yu.
Behind him were two servants, clearly a young master from a rich family.
"What were you talking about with Juan'er just now? Reading palms is one thing, but why didn't you let go of her hand? What's wrong? Never seen a woman? Want me to break that dog's hand of yours?"
The young man sat with a furious face, glaring at Tang Yu while clenching his fist on the table.
"She only came to ask me to read her love fate. This humble Taoist did not take her hand with any intentions; I am a man who has renounced the pleasures of the world."
Tang Yu answered calmly, with total confidence.
Maybe it was his carefree attitude, but the young man was a little taken aback, and his expression softened.
It seemed true that this guy hadn't shown the slightest reaction; unlike other men who melted just by looking at Juan'er.
"And what did you tell her?"
The young man asked angrily.
"Heaven's design must not be revealed."
Tang Yu smiled and extended his hand: "Unless you pay more."
The young man snorted coldly and ordered the servant behind him to take out ten silver coins and throw them on the table saying: "Is this enough?"
"Yes, yes, enough."
Tang Yu put away the silver and said: "Honestly, you shouldn't hit anyone. Aren't you and that young lady almost engaged already?"
The young man nodded.
"Has she been doing that to you for a while now?"
Tang Yu made a fist with his left hand and with the right, repeatedly pushed and pulled his index finger.
The young man's face darkened at the gesture, but he still nodded.
He and Juan'er loved each other deeply and were inseparable; once they started, they were like dry wood and a lit fire, unstoppable.
"Did she tell you three afternoons ago that she was going to the city god's temple?"
Tang Yu asked again.
"Yes, did she tell you?"
The young man nodded.
"She went to meet a man there. If you don't believe me, go ask at the city god's temple and you'll know. That woman has love debts everywhere. This humble Taoist didn't dare expose her earlier, but today I decided to tell you because I can't bear to see you suffer."
Tang Yu looked at him with pity.
He was wearing the green hat of cuckoldry from head to toe and still didn't realize it, thinking his girlfriend was a saint!
"Are you looking... for something to eat? I know an inn with good food, I'd like to invite the Taoist master to grab a bite."
The young man looking for death hadn't finished speaking when a small sharp flying sword stopped in front of him.
Realizing he had run into a cultivator, the young man immediately changed his tone, with a hint of flattery.
Fight an immortal? That would be like a healthy old man taking poison because he had too much life.
"Don't look for food. Don't rush to break up with her either. This humble Taoist will leave you a pearl of wisdom."
"Please, Taoist master, tell me."
"Good women should be treasured. Bad women should not be wasted."
"Huh? Not wasted?"
The young man was puzzled. He understood treasuring them, but what did he mean by not wasting them?
"Rotten wood cannot be carved."
Tang Yu waved his hand disdainfully, signaling him to leave.
The young man turned to leave, but quickly returned and left all the silver he had on the table.
Although he had heard that the great figures of the cultivation world had established rules prohibiting cultivators from killing mortals without reason...
But who in their right mind would risk their life to check? If you can avoid offending, better not offend.
Just after sending off that poor unfortunate with the green hat firmly in place,
Lin Xuan came out of the magical treasure shop.
By then, he had used a magical treasure to disguise himself as a mediocre-looking middle-aged cultivator, and his aura was also hidden and restrained.
Seeing him pass by, Tang Yu hurriedly shouted.
"Brother, please stop!"
"What's wrong?"
Lin Xuan glanced sideways at Tang Yu and asked with an indifferent tone.
"I see your brow is darkened, brother. Surely you've been caught up in blood calamities lately."
"Superstitions!"
Lin Xuan frowned coldly and was about to leave, but a phrase from Tang Yu stopped him.
"This blood calamity is a love calamity. If you don't do something to resolve it, I fear you will soon suffer a great disaster."
Hearing "love calamity," Lin Xuan was slightly startled inside, and his gaze toward Tang Yu became more alert.
A love calamity… indeed, he had been caught in one recently.
A crazy woman named Li Susu, who attacked him without warning at the auction. He barely escaped and then she called a group of experts to surround and kill him.
If not for the intervention of his celestial sister, he surely would be dead by now.
But the problem was… he didn't even remember when he had offended her!