When the shopkeeper saw Zhou Yixian, his expression became extremely respectful and admiring.
"An old immortal?"
Zhang Xiaofan and the others exchanged glances, their eyes filled with confusion.
Judging from Zhang Xiaofan's expression, Li Yao could tell that Zhang Xiaofan and Zhou Yixian did not know each other.
In the original novel, after Zhang Xiaofan left the Ten Thousand Bats Cave, he ran into Zhou Yixian near Xiaochi Town and was swindled out of a lot of money by Zhou Yixian.
"Yes, that old immortal is amazing. Thirty years ago, I received guidance from the old immortal and planted a wealth tree in the 'Dragon's Lair of the East Sea.' That's why my business has always been booming, and Haiyun Tower has reached its current scale."
The shopkeeper said excitedly.
Zhou Yixian, standing to the side, smiled slightly, exuding an air of elegance. He reached out and lightly brushed the dust off his clothes, saying with a faint smile, "It was nothing."
Zhou Xiaohuan, who was next to him, was eating a candied hawthorn while pouting.
Upon hearing the shopkeeper's words, Zhang Xiaofan and the others immediately felt great respect for Zhou Yixian. They had never expected that Zhou Yixian possessed such extraordinary abilities.
Li Yao feigned curiosity and said, "Old sir, you have such great abilities. I wonder if you could read my fortune?"
Zhou Yixian squinted at Li Yao, smiled slightly, and said, "Of course, let's talk over there!"
As he spoke, he pointed to an empty table in the lobby.
At that moment, he was overjoyed, thinking to himself, "I've run into another sucker."
However, he didn't notice that Xiao Huan was looking at him with a puzzled expression and kept giving him strange looks.
Li Yao followed Zhou Yixian to an empty table and sat down.
Out of curiosity, Zhang Xiaofan and the others followed.
The shopkeeper, busy with his own business, went off to attend to guests.
After Li Yao sat down, he stretched out his hand in front of Zhou Yixian and said, "I would like to trouble you to take a look at my palm."
Zhou Yixian gently patted his robe, exuding composure, and subtly winked at Xiao Huan, indicating that she should read Li Yao's palm.
It turns out that he was not proficient in physiognomy, while Xiao Huan was exceptionally gifted and could see the first half of a person's life.
He always had Xiao Huan read other people's palms for him, and then Xiao Huan would secretly tell him how he could swindle money by deceiving others.
However, he noticed that Xiao Huan was acting strangely today. She shook her head slightly while giving him meaningful glances.
He couldn't quite figure out what Xiao Huan meant, but he kept giving her winks, signaling for her to read Li Yao's palm.
Li Yao noticed the subtle actions of the grandfather and grandson and chuckled, "What? Doesn't the old man know how to read palms?"
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Zhou Yixian's expression changed for a moment, but he quickly regained his dignified and otherworldly demeanor and said, "Uh, of course this old Taoist can read palms!"
After saying that, he pretended to look at Li Yao's palm.
Xiao Huan, standing to the side, looked extremely nervous. She peeked at Li Yao's palm, her expression changed drastically again, and she looked at Li Yao with suspicion and uncertainty.
Immediately, she grabbed her grandfather's clothes, trying to pull him aside.
Zhou Yixian looked embarrassed and quickly explained, "My granddaughter is naughty, please don't take offense, young man..."
As he spoke, he and Xiao Huan went to a corner.
Zhang Xiaofan and the others were completely baffled, having no idea what the grandfather and grandson were up to.
Li Yao, however, wore a smile and remained calm.
Reaching the corner, Zhou Yixian frowned and said angrily, "Xiao Huan, what's wrong with you today...?"
Before Zhou Yixian could finish speaking, Xiao Huan said, "Grandpa, that person is very strange. I can't see any 'rebirth appearance' in him at all."
The "form of rebirth" refers to the first half of a person's life, their past experiences.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yixian looked suspicious and said, "How is that possible? You've always been able to see the signs of anyone's passing, so why can't you see them today? Are you deliberately lying to me?"
Xiao Huan said earnestly, "Grandpa, I really didn't lie to you. That person's appearance and palmistry are very strange. He... he doesn't seem to be from this world."
"Nonsense!"
With an angry expression, Zhou Yixian said, "He is clearly a living person, not a ghost. How could he not be a person of this world?"
Chapter 353 Fair Trade
Zhou Yixian and Zhou Xiaohuan went to a distant corner to talk.
However, Li Yao, whose five senses were exceptionally sharp, still heard their conversation clearly.
He was amazed by Zhou Xiaohuan's extraordinary talent, which allowed her to see that he was not from this world.
However, that's all Xiao Huan can see.
At this moment, Xiao Huan was also completely confused.
Although she could tell that Li Yao was not from this world, she couldn't explain why.
After all, such a thing as traveling to another dimension is unbelievable to anyone.
No one would have imagined that there would be someone in this world who could travel through different dimensions.
Although Zhou Yixian found Xiao Huan's words very difficult to understand.
However, after some discussion, he found that Xiao Huan was serious and did not seem to be lying.
Therefore, Li Yao is indeed a rather peculiar person.
Is there really someone in this world that Xiao Huan can't see through?
It seems he has no choice but to reluctantly give up this big fish today.
Otherwise, his reputation would be ruined.
After thinking it over, he decided to make a quick getaway.
So he and Xiao Huan prepared to leave quietly.
But just as they were about to slip away, they heard Li Yao shout, "Old sir, you haven't finished reading my palm yet, why are you leaving already?"
Zhou Yixian and Xiao Huan froze.
In the past, they would chase after people and tell their fortunes.
This time, however, others are seizing on them and won't let go.
However, since they were in a public place, they couldn't very well sneak away.
Zhou Yixian had no choice but to bite the bullet and return to the table.
Li Yao extended his palm again, allowing Zhou Yixian to read his palm.
Zhou Yixian looked at Xiao Huan with a bitter expression, while Xiao Huan had a gloating smile on her face.
Her grandfather didn't study physiognomy properly; he only knew how to use her talent to swindle and cheat people.
This is so embarrassing!
Zhou Yixian could only glare fiercely at Xiao Huan in response to her gloating.
However, Zhou Yixian was, after all, a seasoned veteran who had weathered many storms and was extremely skilled in the art of deception.
So he pretended to look at Li Yao's palm, then squinted and pretended to be deep in thought.
A moment later, under everyone's gaze, he opened his eyes and began to bluff: "Ahem, the so-called eight trigrams and twelve palaces in the hand, everything is in the palm of your hand..."
Zhou Yixian used his silver tongue to spout profound and mysterious physiognomy terms, leaving Zhang Xiaofan and the others completely bewildered.
Even he himself didn't know what he was saying.
Unexpectedly, as Li Yao listened, he looked very surprised and suddenly patted him and Xiao Huan on the shoulder.
That slap was quite powerful; it almost broke his shoulder.
What Li Yao said next left him and Xiao Huan speechless.
All that could be heard was Li Yao saying, "Amazing, absolutely amazing, sir, what you said is so accurate."
Zhou Yixian and Xiao Huan exchanged a glance and simultaneously picked at their ears, thinking they had misheard.
The next moment, Li Yao took out a gleaming gold ingot from his pocket, which immediately blinded Zhou Yixian's old eyes.
Li Yao stuffed the gold ingot into Zhou Yixian's hand and said with a smile, "Old sir, you calculated it very well. This is your fortune-telling fee."
Zhou Yixian held the gold ingot in his hand, looking completely bewildered, as if he were dreaming.
Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his arm, which made him scream in pain.
Looking down, he saw that Xiao Huan had pinched his arm hard.
To everyone's surprise, Zhou Yixian did not get angry. Instead, he looked down at his hands and found that he was still holding a gold ingot.
So it's real, not a dream!
Zhou Yixian's eyes immediately lit up. He took a bite of the gold in his hand, confirmed that it was real gold, and immediately put it away.
Then, he reverted to his otherworldly, detached demeanor and said calmly, "Young man, you're too kind. I'm just giving you a few pointers."
Actually, he was wondering to himself that he had just made something up on the spot, but he hadn't expected that everything he said would come true. He was so lucky!
Xiao Huan also thought her grandfather had guessed correctly and was amazed by his luck.
As for Zhang Xiaofan and the others, they all naturally believed that Zhou Yixian's physiognomy skills were superb, and they all admired Zhou Yixian even more.
What they didn't know was that Li Yao knew Zhou Yixian was spouting complete nonsense, not a single word of it was true.
The reason he gave Zhou Yixian gold was simply a 'fair trade'.
He patted Zhou Yixian and Xiao Huan on the shoulder earlier, using subtle force.
Although this hidden force does not cause any damage, it can cause Zhou Yixian and Xiao Huan to drop attribute orbs.
Sure enough, after Li Yao slapped them, several attribute orbs fell from Zhou Yixian and his grandson.
The items that fell from Zhou Yixian's body were long-lost spells such as the 'Five Ding Golden Armor', 'Little Ghost Transport', and 'Earth Escape'.
Among them, what excited Li Yao the most was the 'Earth Escape' technique.