Regarding Lin Ji's words, Daoist Pingxin obviously agreed deeply.
After the meal was served, he didn't seem reserved at all, indulging in a mix of meat and vegetables.
Seeing this, Lin Ji no longer had the intention to exchange words with him.
One couldn't have prepared a table full of good dishes only to have them all end up in someone else's stomach.
So Lin Ji also started eating in silence.
During the meal, Lin Ji had to send the steward to the restaurant to buy two roast chickens, which only then made him feel satisfied.
After the meal, a maid served tea, and Lin Ji enjoyed it.
Sitting lazily in his chair, he casually asked Pingxin, "Where did Daoist go after leaving last time?"
"I wandered around various places in Liangzhou. This Daoist is carefree, going wherever the wind takes me." Daoist Pingxin smiled.
"So you returned to Liang City again?"
Lin Ji squinted slightly.
He had just arrived in Liang City, and this Daoist immediately came knocking on his door. It didn't seem like a coincidence.
"If Lin didn't remember incorrectly, when we met in Qingyang County last time, Daoist mentioned that he couldn't stay in Liang City, so he escaped, why did he willingly return to suffer now?"
Daoist Pingxin smiled slightly, as if he had been prepared for Lin Ji's questioning.
"I am here to repay the favor Brother Lin showed me in Qingyang County."
As he spoke, Daoist Pingxin smiled bitterly and continued, "Who would have thought that the favor from last time was not repaid, and today I had another meal with Brother Lin. This is truly..."
"Don't beat around the bush. I can afford a few meals! Just say it, what does Daoist Pingxin want from Lin?" Lin Ji was not in the mood to banter with Daoist Pingxin.
However, Daoist Pingxin still had a smile on his face.
He reached into his tattered Daoist robe and took out five copper coins, placing them on the table.
"Please toss them for me, Brother."
Seeing this scene, Lin Ji was stunned.
"Are you really here to divine? Isn't that just a trick to deceive people?"
Lin Ji remembered that when he first met Daoist Pingxin in Qingyang County, this Daoist was not honest, pretending to be blindfolded, muttering about calculating five hundred years before and after, a complete charlatan.
If it weren't for knowing that this person had cultivation, and this trick was probably just a hobby, Lin Ji would have had his men deal with him long ago if he were an ordinary fraudster.
But who would have thought that at this moment, Daoist Pingxin was not joking.
"Please toss them for me." Daoist Pingxin repeated with a smile.
Lin Ji looked deeply at Daoist Pingxin and said, "Then I will divine once to see if your calculations are accurate."
As he spoke, Lin Ji picked up the copper coins on the table and tossed them into the air.
The coins quickly fell back down, spinning on the table, and after a moment, they finally stopped.
However, one of the coins happened to fall into a inconspicuous depression on the table, half lying and half standing, looking quite awkward.
Lin Ji also saw this scene and shook his head, "What's the meaning of this? Let me toss them again."
"No need, everything is fate." Daoist Pingxin stopped Lin Ji's movement and kept his gaze on the copper coins on the table.
Lin Ji didn't disturb him and waited on the side.
After a full moment passed, just when Lin Ji was starting to get impatient, Daoist Pingxin finally spoke.
But it wasn't about divination.
"Do you know the significance of these five copper coins, Brother?"
"I don't." Lin Ji replied.
Daoist Pingxin smiled lightly and said, "These few copper coins have quite a background, but seeing that Brother is a bit impatient, I won't elaborate. Brother, don't be anxious, put down your teacup! These coins are called Three Life Coins."
"Three Life Coins?"
"Two coins represent the past, two coins represent the present, and two coins represent the future."
"That should be six coins, shouldn't it? Why are there only five?" Lin Ji curiously asked.
Daoist Pingxin didn't explain but just looked at the coin divination on the table.
"In the past life, it was stable, but met an untimely end."
Lin Ji was stunned and remained silent.
"In the future, there is only one coin, not very accurate, but that coin happens to fall between the present and the past, which is interesting."
"What does that mean?" Lin Ji asked.
Daoist Pingxin chuckled twice.
"This kind of divination is not uncommon, often appearing on those who are reincarnating or undergoing rebirth. The past life was not completely severed, and now it restarts in this life, so the future is connected to both, the path ahead is unclear."
Lin Ji took a deep breath, noncommittal.
Daoist Pingxin continued, "Of course, it's just one future coin, so the accuracy of this divination is debatable."
"What about the present?" Lin Ji asked again.
"It should have been stable, but there are ripples." Pingxin pointed to the coin that fell in the depression and was still swaying.
But when Lin Ji looked over, the coin, for some reason, suddenly stopped swaying and stabilized.
Seeing this scene, even Daoist Pingxin was somewhat surprised.
He continued, "The positions of the five coins vaguely correspond to the current days, Brother has great luck."
"More talk of great luck." Lin Ji chuckled.
The Grandmaster of the Lunatic Lineage had also said this.
His great luck was nothing but the Book of Karma.
But just when Lin Ji thought Daoist Pingxin would say something complimentary, Daoist Pingxin shook his head and changed the subject.
"Success and failure are determined by the will of heaven. Brother's luck aligns with the will of heaven, originally meant to be a divine figure. If in government, then a high-ranking official; if in business, then the wealthiest in the world; if cultivating, then reaching extraordinary levels! However..."
"However?"
"Now that the will of heaven has changed, your luck is entwined within the greater trend. It's not as straightforward as a divine figure in a prosperous era."
"What do you mean?"
"The trend is like a raging storm, you, me, and even all the people in the world are just floating weeds under this storm. Brother has deep blessings, but within the trend, it's just a bit more foundation."
Upon hearing this, Lin Ji smiled, "Having a foundation is better than not having one like others."
"In a raging storm, what's the difference between a rooted weed and an unrooted one?" Daoist Pingxin sighed lightly.
"So, are you suggesting that I go with the flow and leave it to fate?" Lin Ji asked in return.
"Your choice depends on yourself."
Lin Ji pondered for a moment and shook his head.
"Daoist's divination is inaccurate."
"How so?" Pingxin was quite curious.
"I have a foundation, and I dare not say I will grow against the wind, but I can still find a place to shelter from the rain."
Lin Ji lightly tapped the table.
"Although the Celestial Monitoring Bureau seems to be in turmoil, behind it is the court controlling the world. Where else is more suitable for shelter than the Celestial Monitoring Bureau?"
"That makes sense." Pingxin pondered.
Lin Ji continued, "If the court falls, the world will be in chaos. Whether I have a foundation or not, it will be a situation of a fallen nest."
"But if the court doesn't fall."
(End of this chapter)