Chapter 232: Divination (Part 2)

Who speaks matters.

And to whom it’s addressed matters as well.

Mr. Liu wasn’t wrong in a single point, his accuracy was one hundred percent.

Li Zhi had always loved water, indulging in mountaineering and swimming, how free he felt! And indeed, as a child, he had been punished for playing in the water.

If it weren’t for his love of mountains and rivers.

In his previous life, he wouldn’t have traveled to the Atlantic and then to Senegal, only to die in the infamous sinking of the “Joola” ferry, along with 1700 others, at the bottom of the sea.

Moreover.

This plan had been buried in his heart for many years, unknown to others.

Yet Zhao Qingfeng knew.

Because in their past lives, they were close friends, constantly sharing drinks and conversations, with no topic off-limits.

Upon hearing this.

Li Zhi was immediately stunned, as if in a dream.

Was this real?

Now, looking again.

How did this old man appear so mystical?

Around his head, there seemed to be a halo of light!

Whether it was an illusion or not, it no longer mattered.

Because Li Zhi was 99% convinced by Mr. Liu, given his interests, especially as someone who deeply believed in fate.

“Do you have a Taoist name?”

Li Zhi’s manner of speaking had completely changed, extremely polite.

Divination was profound and mysterious, and he wanted to inquire about its origins and principles.

“Ha ha ha!”

Mr. Liu’s act was soaring!

With a hearty laugh, he offered, “To avert a catastrophic disaster, I have a solution for you. Go north, find a person…”

Mr. Liu quickly disclosed most of Zhao Qingfeng’s information.

Of course, without mentioning a name or specific location; how else could it remain mysterious?

Li Zhi was puzzled, “Old man, there are so many people in the world. You only tell me the birthdate and a general direction, how am I to find him?”

Mr. Liu said no more.

He only added, “In the vast world, everything is predestined. Right and wrong, fortune and misfortune, all lie within the heart!”

With that.

He turned and left gracefully, not even taking the five hundred yuan Li Zhi had offered him.

Because Zhao Qingfeng had already agreed, regardless of how much Li Zhi gave, he would double it.

Li Zhi watched Mr. Liu leave, frowning.

All he could hear were the memorable and meaningful verses Mr. Liu shouted, which seemed profound.

“Heaven as the canopy, earth as the mat, sun, moon, and stars accompany my sleep.”

“Who casts the net of fame and wealth, riches and poverty are not the same.”

“Some ride horses and sit in sedans, others push carts and carry burdens.”

“Riding horses and sitting in sedans are for those with cultivated fortune; pushing carts and carrying burdens is fate’s command.”

“A fine horse carries a fool, a beautiful wife sleeps beside a clumsy husband.”

“An octogenarian stands at the door, a three-year-old child dips into the yellow springs.”

“It’s not that heaven is blind, karma follows a cycle of retribution!”

What a statement on fate.

Li Zhi deeply felt he had encountered a true sage.

In his astonishment, Mr. Liu’s figure had already vanished around the corner.

In less than half an hour, arriving and leaving without a trace, as if coinciding with the laws of fate.

But.

Li Zhi, a scholar and professor, was no fool.

He was 99% convinced, but that 1% doubt remained.

Back home, he didn’t even eat, lost in thought.

Finally, he was certain that the old man was a sage, for he even knew about Li Zhi hiding in a cesspit, a secret known only to himself. On a dark and windy night, he had crawled out of the cesspit, bathed, and dried off before returning home the next day, unseen by anyone. Unless… unless divine beings indeed watch over us!

“Li Zhi!”

Just as he was pondering, a bicycle bell rang from downstairs.

The dorm was not far from the university.

Teacher Wang Chongming, riding his bicycle, excitedly shouted from below, “Come down, I’ll take you to meet someone!”

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