The abbot spoke slowly and told a story passed down from generation to generation in the ancient temple.

This happened three hundred years ago, when the abbot of the ancient temple met a wandering alchemist.

The two hit it off immediately. The alchemist was very good at Yili and physiognomy. He could know everything about someone just by observing him for half a minute.

"My ancestor learned from the female fortune teller Xu Fu and handed down a book on fortune telling." The alchemist said, "Now that I live, eat and sleep in the temple, I have no money to repay the abbot, so I wrote down half of the knowledge in this book. The abbot master can let his disciples learn.”

He also said that after reading this book, you will not only be able to see what happened in this life, but you will even be able to explore people's past lives and future lives.

However, there was no way to verify these things, so he didn't know whether his judgment was right or wrong.

After a while, the alchemist said goodbye to the abbot and went to travel to other places.

Seven or eight years later, the abbot was already very old. He missed his old friend very much, so he went to the alchemist's hometown.

It's really a good place with beautiful mountains and clear waters. The alchemists are a big family in the area and the population is prosperous.

From local officials to farmers and traders, they all have his relatives.

They warmly entertained the abbot and said that unfortunately, the alchemist also wanted to visit the abbot, so he went to the imperial capital a few days ago.

The two of them happened to miss it.

The abbot did not stay long. After resting for a day, he immediately returned.

He often hears rumors about the alchemist on the road. Some people say that this man is really powerful and can tell his experiences in detail with just one glance.

Some women asked him about marriage matters, and he told them one by one. Some women were afraid that he would know that they had done something unfaithful, so they covered their faces with cloth.

However, the closer they got to the imperial capital, the reputation of alchemists became worse and worse.

"Are you asking that weirdo? Oh, I'm afraid he's crazy!"

"That's right, I took my daughter to ask him about his longevity a few days ago, and he actually said that my whole family doesn't have many days left to live!"

"I asked him about his business, and he said he didn't make a loss but didn't make a profit. In business, there are always goings in and outs, so how can it be possible to make neither a loss nor a profit?"

"What a crow's mouth! He also said that my son will be a bachelor for the rest of his life! Who knows that my son is this year's Jinshi..."

The abbot was full of doubts. The alchemist he knew was not a casual talker. Something must have happened to him.

The abbot hurriedly returned to the imperial capital. He asked people to ask various restaurants, but could not find the alchemist himself.

When he was almost giving up, one day, he met the alchemist on the street.

He shouted the alchemist's name, but the alchemist turned a deaf ear and walked straight past him as if he hadn't seen him.

The abbot chased after him, but unfortunately he was too old and had poor legs and feet, so he could only watch the alchemist disappear into the crowd.

"Alas..." The abbot returned to the ancient temple in despair. He didn't understand what happened.

"Master, someone sent you a 'monster' this morning. Do you want to go and see it?" the disciple asked.

The abbot nodded, but he did not expect that the "monster" the disciple called was actually a huge stone wall, more than three feet long, with many small characters densely carved on it.

Having said this, Bai Ningle asked: "Stone wall? Isn't it the one in front of the ancient temple? But there are no words on it."

The abbot did not answer her question, but said: "This stone wall was sent by the alchemist."

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