782: Chapter 778: Meeting Wu Chen Again 782: Chapter 778: Meeting Wu Chen Again Ye Tian extended an invitation to Yun Xinyan, but she pouted her lips and said, “I don’t want to go!
If you won’t accompany me shopping, I will ask Liu Fei’er and the others to go with me!”
As a woman, Yun Xinyan had several close girlfriends.
Since her husband Ye Tian wouldn’t go shopping with her, she naturally found others to accompany her.
“Wife, please be careful, and don’t hesitate to call me if you need anything!”
Ye Tian spoke with concern, but Yun Xinyan didn’t bother to engage further, replying, “Go worship your Buddha!
I’m going to change my clothes!”
Saying this, Yun Xinyan left the living room to go change her clothes in the bedroom.
Meanwhile, Ye Tian didn’t linger at home and headed straight for the Laojun Temple.
Using his Qinggong, Ye Tian moved as fast as a speeding car and it didn’t take him long to reach the Laojun Temple.
The Laojun Temple was still bustling with devotees, and Ye Tian didn’t dally.
He went directly into the Dustless Hall of the temple.
The inner sanctum of the Dustless Hall was precisely where Master Wu Chen resided.
Ye Tian walked in and entered the inner sanctum.
Inside the inner sanctum, there was still no light at all, pitch black everywhere.
If it weren’t for Ye Tian’s night vision abilities, he would probably have trouble finding his way.
“The layman has come again?”
Right as Ye Tian entered, an aged voice sounded.
It was the voice of Master Wu Chen.
Using his night vision, Ye Tian closely observed the appearance of Master Wu Chen, who still looked disheveled, like a beggar.
Who could imagine that this scruffy-looking Taoist possessed such profound abilities?
“You knew it was me?”
Ye Tian asked in surprise.
Master Wu Chen did not look at anything, and as they hadn’t met for a long time, why did he recognize him as soon as he entered?
“Of course, I knew it was the layman!
Last time, the layman came with a female layman, and this time, he came alone!”
Master Wu Chen spoke as if listing treasures, stunning Ye Tian.
Indeed, as Master Zhang had said, Master Wu Chen’s ability in divination was peerlessly advanced, far surpassing Master Zhang!
“Hehehe~~~~ Master Wu Chen, long time no see!”
Although he was somewhat mindful of Master Wu Chen’s previous words, Ye Tian held great respect for such a Taoist, and thus he made himself at home by sitting down.
“Master, although you don’t need a light, could you light a candle for me?”
Ye Tian requested, and Master Wu Chen immediately lit a candle in the inner sanctum.
Although the light remained dim, one could now see.
“Master Wu Chen, a few days ago, my wife sought to have a child and invited your junior, Master Zhang, to rearrange the furniture in our home.
From your junior, I learned about your relationship!”
Ye Tian brought up Master Zhang, but Master Wu Chen had quite a bit to criticize about his own junior!
Master Wu Chen shook his head and said, “My junior, although he has some skills, squanders his prowess on his eloquence, often giving people the impression of a charlatan!
If my junior has done anything, I hope you and your wife will forgive him!”
Master Wu Chen spoke well of Master Zhang, showing they indeed had a deep brotherly bond!
But Ye Tian, of course, did not come here to complain about Master Wu Chen…
“Master Wu Chen, your junior did nothing wrong; on the contrary, my wife and I are quite thankful to him.
Thanks to your junior, the Feng Shui in our home has improved a lot!
Master, in conversation, your junior speaks very highly of you.
Thinking that we have some connections, I decided to come and visit you!”
Ye Tian spoke freely, but his words didn’t fool the blind Master Wu Chen.
“Layman, do not speak falsehoods.
In truth, why you came to see this blind Taoist is very clear in my heart!
As they say, no one visits a temple without cause; speak whatever is on your mind!”
Master Wu Chen said magnanimously, and Ye Tian also smiled.
The other was an expert in divination who had mastered his craft, and even if Ye Tian intended to hide something, he likely couldn’t deceive Master Wu Chen.
So, Ye Tian no longer held back and directly said, “Master Wu Chen, you’re right.
I came here with many questions that I need you to answer.
Please make sure to tell me!”
“I must tell you, layman, I’m afraid I no longer possess that ability!”
Though Ye Tian desperately wanted to know some things from Master Wu Chen’s mouth, the master’s ambiguous response left Ye Tian quite astonished.
“Master, what do you mean by that?”
Ye Tian asked curiously, and Master Wu Chen sighed, saying, “Layman, please do not blame me!
In the past, when I used to divine futures by feeling the bones, the reason it was accurate was partly due to my abilities and partly because those who came for divination were ordinary people, forecasting their destinies without divulging any heavenly secrets!”
“Doesn’t that count as revealing the secrets of heaven?”
Ye Tian was stunned.
He had thought that fortune-telling always involved divulging heavenly secrets, but apparently, the fates of ordinary people didn’t count as revealing heavenly secrets?
“Yes,” Wu Chen, the Taoist, nodded.
“The fates of those ordinary people are insignificant to the Heavenly Dao.
Even if their fates change slightly, the sky remains the sky, the earth remains the earth, the stars remain the stars, the moon remains the moon, and everything continues as usual.
As a fortune-teller, I will not be greatly affected!”
“However, it’s different for some people, such as the emperors in the mortal world!
The emperor’s fate affects everything around him; a single step can determine life or death.
If an emperor’s fate changes, it is akin to the heavens and earth moving in reverse, which brings no benefit to the Heavenly Dao!
As a fortune-teller, I would also be implicated and may die an untimely death!”
“Really?”
The words of Wu Chen, the Taoist, left Ye Tian utterly astonished.
He had not expected that seeing Wu Chen for fortune-telling could be a matter of life or death.
“Indeed, it is true!” Wu Chen, the Taoist, continued, “In fact, when my master taught me fortune-telling, I already knew that I would end up dying a terrible death because I had revealed the secrets of heaven!”
“After my fortune-telling skills were fully developed, I went blind by scrutinizing things I shouldn’t have, which resulted in my blinding myself.
These eyes, which saw what they shouldn’t have, have been aching to this day!”
“So, sir, if you really have many questions to consult me about, let me preface by saying that if there are things I should not speak of, I will not speak of them!”
“…”
Ye Tian was suddenly at a loss for words, not expecting that his visit to Wu Chen, the Taoist, would lead to such a stipulation.
How is it fortune-telling if you only tell half the story?
Isn’t that just like a storyteller teases with cliffhangers?
However, at the moment, Ye Tian wanted to find clues, and he had no choice but to start with Wu Chen, the Taoist; thus, regardless of how harsh the conditions laid out by Wu Chen were, Ye Tian had to agree!
“No problem!
Taoist, I came here just to dispel the doubts in my heart.
It would be best if I could find answers from you; if not, ignorance is also a form of bliss!”
Ye Tian said magnanimously, and Wu Chen, the Taoist, immediately replied, “In that case, sir, please talk about the questions you’d like to ask!”
“Well…”
Ye Tian thought carefully, indeed having countless inquiries for Wu Chen, the Taoist, but he decided to check the waters first with a careful question.
“Taoist, may I ask what you saw before you blinded yourself that you should not have seen?”
No sooner had he spoken these words than Wu Chen, the Taoist, waved his hand, saying, “Cannot say, cannot say!”
“…”
Ye Tian’s face expressed his speechlessness; it seemed that as long as it might divulge the secrets of heaven, Wu Chen, the Taoist, would respond this way!
Therefore, Ye Tian changed his approach and asked directly, “Wu Chen, the Taoist, I noticed you started being considerably more cautious after meeting me!
But since I am just an ordinary person, why can’t you clarify the doubts of this ordinary person?”
Wu Chen, the Taoist, shook his head and said, “Sir, you are not an ordinary person, and I believe you’ve noticed it yourself.
How can someone like you possibly be ordinary?”
Faced with such a straightforward response, Ye Tian was also startled.
According to Wu Chen, the Taoist, if he was not an ordinary person, then what kind of person was he?
Indeed, his power was immense.
He stood at the pinnacle of the Martial Arts World, but merely being powerful wasn’t enough to label him as ‘extraordinary’.
“Taoist, am I really not an ordinary person?
I’ve grown up never feeling that there was anything special about myself!
Aren’t people like me just a dime a dozen on the streets?”
Ye Tian joked, but Wu Chen, the Taoist’s face, remained somber.
“Sir, you are indeed not ordinary.
I only need to feel your bones to know!
And one day, you will discover this on your own, so there is no need for me to elaborate further here!”
“Am I really not ordinary?”
Ye Tian was slightly taken aback, the words of Wu Chen, the Taoist, carried an undeniable significance, and with Wu Chen’s abilities, he definitely knew what kind of person Ye Tian was.
“Then, Wu Chen, the Taoist, can you tell me if my wife and I have been unable to have children because I am not ordinary?
Could my unique physique be causing my wife’s infertility?”
Ye Tian asked with concern, as numerous signs indicated that his unusual physiology was the primary reason for Yun Xinyan’s continued infertility.
Wu Chen, the Taoist, did not hide the truth and said directly, “Sir, that is indeed the case because you are not ordinary, and your wife is ordinary.
Naturally, the combination of the two cannot conceive offspring!”
These words struck Ye Tian like a bolt from the blue, causing his mind to buzz!
He and Yun Xinyan had hoped for a large family, and it certainly couldn’t be that such a reason would render them childless!