The villain is right beside me

Mu Qing's plan was to hide his identity, sneak into some sects or families, and occupy a spiritual vein to practice. But now that he is wanted by the whole world, even if he hides in the mountains and forests, he will be discovered sooner or later.

This is because all the spiritual veins in the world are occupied by sects, and the world is in chaos now. If you find an ownerless spiritual vein today, it will be snatched away by others tomorrow.

Just when Mu Qing was upset, Yunxi said, "I have an idea."

"As the saying goes, small seclusion is in the wild, great seclusion is in the city." Yunxi said: "No matter how chaotic the world of immortal cultivation is, it will not involve the mortal world. It is better to hide in the world of mortals, avoid the limelight first, and feel the calamity of the world of mortals. This will also help you in your future cultivation."

"If the chaos in the world of immortal cultivation involves the mortal world, we don't have to worry. If there are demon cultivators who sneak into the capital to massacre mortals, we can deal with it accordingly. As for cultivation, you don't have to worry. The ancestor has given me all the foundation of Piao Miao Sect. Just tell me what you want. With these, we can definitely set up a new mountain sect."

Mu Qing's mind moved, and he agreed to her suggestion: "Okay, let's find a prosperous capital... I look at the map here... Not far away is the Daluo Dynasty..." Judging from the map that those people had just taken, there are many dynasties in Yinyuezhou, and there are many small countries.

The relationship between some immortal sects and mortal dynasties is very intriguing. There is a common iron rule in the world of immortal cultivation, that is, the immortal sects must never forcibly interfere with the fate of the dynasty, but this kind of thing only applies to powerful sects. As for some independent cultivators, some sects cannot control them; some simply turn a blind eye; some sects even support puppet emperors, but no idiot would become a local emperor himself.

The reason why no immortal cultivators become local emperors is that even the most greedy and scheming people understand that they are different from ordinary people, and the biggest difference is life span. Even if an emperor cultivator at the Awakening Realm can control a dynasty for a hundred years, they cannot control the rise and fall of a hundred years. The cultivators at the Awakening Realm are only slightly better than ordinary warriors. Moreover, in a world where everyone has immortal roots, even if the talent is poor, they can only cultivate to the Awakening Realm at most. What does it matter if they are stronger than ordinary warriors? In war, they still cannot avoid being hacked to death.

As for the cultivators at the Platform-Building Realm, they would not be foolish enough to become emperors. The cultivators at the Platform-Building Realm have longer lifespans, and because they have lived longer, they can see through everything. Even when the end is approaching, it would be better for them to take in a disciple and pass on their skills.

Supporting a puppet emperor and becoming a national teacher is just playing with life, living a life of drunkenness and dreams, and everything is like a dream, illusion and bubble. If you get tired of being a national teacher and retire, you will find that you have wasted your life doing nothing.

As a cultivator, you must strive for that ray of divine inspiration! Even if you will perish on the spot, it is better to be a mediocre plant and decay, which is much more exciting.

Mu Qing dressed up as a young Confucian scholar, with his long black hair tied into a knot and a sandalwood headband tied with green silk. His face was as white as jade, and he was handsome and elegant. He carried a bamboo basket behind him, and his posture was upright, exuding a scholarly elegance and style, just like a scholar going to Beijing to take an imperial examination.

Yunxi was dressed as a pretty and charming little maid, with her shiny black hair tied into two buns like an unmarried girl. She had a pair of big black eyes, fresh skin, a cherry mouth, picturesque eyebrows, and a rosy face, just like a flower bud about to bloom.

The two were walking on the official road, and in front of them was the imperial city of the Daluo Dynasty... Zhaojing.

This city is extremely prosperous, with grand buildings everywhere, and all kinds of people, beggars, merchants, scholars, warriors, hawkers, performers, storytellers, and some gorgeously decorated carriages, which are loaded with daughters of wealthy families, and there are maids serving beside the carriages. Go to the Taoist temple to burn incense to the Taoist master and pray for peace.

Mu Qing just stood on a street in this city, and the strong worldly atmosphere hit him. With a slight movement of his ears, all kinds of sounds entered his mind, and in an instant, he clearly felt the diversity of the world.

"Hot sesame cakes, freshly baked hot and fragrant sesame cakes, both sweet and salty..."

"People from the south and north, those who are traveling for business, all come to stay at my inn. We have plenty of wine and delicious food here, and I guarantee you'll feel right at home!"

It was very lively and bustling. Perhaps the Tang Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty were also so prosperous.

"Ah, so it's you, brother Wang. Are you going to Beijing to take the exam as well? I heard that the chief examiner of the Imperial Academy is Lord Bao Wenzheng. He is upright, impartial, and has a strong writing style. He hates flashy and flowery articles the most. When we write our articles, we must carefully consider Lord Bao's preferences, otherwise we may fail."

"Brother Zhang is right. We have studied the books of sages for ten years, all for the sake of getting a good name on the list of successful candidates and becoming famous all over the world. Brother Wang, let's go. Today we meet an old friend in a foreign land. Let's drink and have fun together. Don't waste this precious time."

"Sir, I would like to ask for a fortune today to predict my career prospects. I hope you can help me."

"Okay, okay. I have lotteries, fortune-telling, fortune-telling, and drawing lots here... I wonder which one you would like to try?"

Recently, the imperial examination was approaching, and many Confucian scholars from far away came. Mu Qing saw a young man sitting opposite an old man in front of him. The old man seemed to be around 60 years old. He was wearing a blue shirt that had been washed so much that it turned white. He had a thin face, a few pointed whiskers under his chin, a few sparse gray hairs on his head, and a haggard complexion, like a consumptive patient who had been hungry for several days.

Beside it stood a lush green bamboo pole with a tattered white cloth sign on it, with the words "Know five hundred years ahead, know five hundred years behind" written in a crooked manner that seemed to be in no order.

At first glance, he is just a poor scholar who has no choice but to make a living by being a swindler. Looking at his character, he is not credible at all.

The young man chose the word "play" (play).

He is wearing gold and silver, and looks like a rich young man. But when you look at his handwriting, you can tell that he is a dandy boy.

The old man took the word, held it in his hand and studied it for a while, then raised his head and looked at the young man's face, and said, "Young man, you want to use the word to predict your career. But with me, I usually say what I see, and if there is anything unpleasant to hear, please don't blame me."

The young man said indifferently: "You are not guilty."

The old man said, "The word 'play' is composed of two parts. The 'king' in front has both strength and momentum. It can be seen that you are used to being bossy and are very conceited."

The young man's face changed, but he didn't say anything, which showed that the old man was not wrong.

The old man continued, "The word 'Yuan' at the end has a sense of freedom and unrestrainedness. It seems that you often spend your days in dissipation and drunkenness."

Although this did not mention the word "dandy", it clearly told him that he was a dandy young man.

The young man's face was covered with sweat. He straightened his expression and said, "Please give me some advice, sir."

"Haha, I just divided your character into 'king' and 'yuan'. If you want to be a king, you must bear the weight, and the weight is power. This yuan is money, so it is wealth. Only with power and wealth can the two characters be combined, and you can enjoy the character you are pursuing. Your career is nothing more than these two things, but it is not easy to get them."

After hearing this, the young man changed his condescending attitude and asked, "I wonder how I can get these two things?"

The old man twisted his already sparse beard and said seriously: "Let me tell you something. If your heart is strong and the road is difficult, you will achieve great things. But if power is more important, you will not be able to take off the hat of money."

The young man is not a fool. The character “元” with a hat on top of it looks like the character “完” in “完了”.

He snorted coldly, threw down a piece of silver, and left without looking back.

The old man excitedly took the silver, raised his head, looked at everyone, and said, "Who else needs fortune telling? I know everything about the past, and I can tell good and bad luck, predict marriage, avoid disasters and blessings, and seek official careers... I only need ten taels of silver per person."

Mu Qing was watching with great interest, but Yunxi suddenly walked out of the crowd, took a big step, and threw out five taels of silver: "I want to see. If you can't predict it, forget about the money."

"Ah! Xiao Yun..." Mu Qing was about to go over, and no one knew what was wrong with her. Yun Xi stopped Mu Qing from speaking and looked at the old man calmly.

Mu Qing couldn't help but glance at the old man a few times, but no matter how he looked at it, he was indeed an ordinary person.

The old man smiled and said, "I wonder what the girl wants to predict. Marriage? Past life or present life? Life or death? Or... something else?"

Yunxi looked up and said, "The future."

People around were surprised. Why would a woman predict her future? She must be here to mess things up.

The old man stretched out his hand and pointed at a few words written on the table: "Girl, choose one."

Yunxi picked up the ink, paper and pen beside him and said with a smile, "Sir, can you guess what I will write?"

The old man was stunned, then smiled and said, "Young lady, you don't trust me. You look so outstanding and extraordinary, like a banished immortal. I guess you are thinking about your own name."

Yunxi was startled, then he waved his brush and the word "Phoenix" appeared before his eyes with flying dragons and phoenixes.

The old man smiled slightly and said, "Since the young lady wants to predict her future, then I will tell you about it."

As he spoke, he took out a straw stem and compared it with the word written by Yunxi.

He closed his eyes and said slowly, "This 'Phoenix' that the girl has is majestic and done in one go. Its form is like a flying dragon, its energy is like a dancing phoenix, its strength is like a fairy mountain, and its intention is in the sky. Haha, what a great momentum, it's like entering the vast fairyland, so vast and boundless."

After hearing this, Mu Qing also moved closer.

The old man took out a grass stalk and compared them, muttering, "The so-called phoenix, when a divine phoenix is ​​born, should sing to the ninth heaven and soar into the sky. But I see that you, young lady, may not have spread your wings. You are more like a young bird, still searching and waiting for the day of nirvana and rebirth. By then, the sea will be wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky will be high enough for birds to fly."

Yunxi lowered her eyelids, as if she was in deep thought, or as if she agreed.

"Young girl, rather than predicting your future, you are more likely to be looking for a method. In fact, this method is not difficult." The old man coughed twice.

Yunxi had another five taels of silver in his hand and said, "Please give me some advice."

The old man took the money with a playful smile, and then put on an immortal look and said slowly: "The girl has a feminine body, but wrote the word masculine. Yin alone cannot grow, and yin alone cannot produce. It needs yin and yang to succeed each other. The true phoenix needs to be paired with the divine dragon. Then you can go to heaven and travel outside the universe."

Mu Qing on the side was stunned after hearing this.

This old man is truly extraordinary. He was able to say so much from just one word. You know, there is a lot of knowledge in fortune telling, but the most important thing is a little vague!

Seemingly true, but actually pointing south and hitting north, this is the truth about fortune-telling.

You asked him to calculate your fortune, and he seemed to be sure, but you lost money and came back to trouble him. He was able to find a reasonable explanation from what he had said to you. I told you this a long time ago, so why do you think you have made a fortune? Look at this sentence, look here... here... so everything is fine!

Therefore, fortune-telling in the world depends entirely on one's mouth.

Being both true and false, real and fake, is the highest realm. As for the truly great and powerful ones, they are never willing to reveal the truth easily. How can the secrets of heaven be easily revealed?

But every word the old man said was true!

There was no ambiguity. It was crystal clear, absolutely unambiguous! Moreover, what he calculated was almost the truth.

Yunxi also gradually turned to asking: "May I ask how to find the person who is the most yang?"

The old man hesitated, sighed and said, "I can only say a few words to the girl."

"Please say."

"Why stumble and fall without complaint? Floating and drifting without a place to stay, experiencing the calamities of yin and yang, life and death, and the dangers of the six paths of reincarnation, my heart has not changed. When the dragon and phoenix are proud of the world, you ask where to find it ahead? This person is right in front of you."