Ning Fan was in no hurry to leave.

He was very curious about how the old chestnut roaster in front of him, who was suspected to be the Ziwei Immortal Emperor, would deal with someone who came to pick a fight.

The gangsters were still smashing up the old man's stall, but the old man ignored all this and didn't even look at these people.

That's a kind of indifference! Just like when humans walk, they don't care about a few grains of dust on the ground. Everything that happens in front of them cannot affect the old man in the slightest.

Although the old man did not give any response, the consequences caused by this group of rogues became more and more serious!

When those causes and effects accumulate to a certain extent, it seems as if there are pairs of invisible hands reaching out to these rogues in the world.

Then, all the gangsters suddenly became confused. For some unknown reason, their bodies suddenly shattered and turned into wisps of starlight, flying into the old man's frying pan where he was frying chestnuts, and turned into new chestnuts.

vomit.

Bai Ling, who vaguely sensed what was happening, started retching.

[Teacher, senior brother! These, these chestnuts are so scary and disgusting! Could it be that this big pot of chestnuts...are all transformed by humans? Could it be that what you and I ate was...]

"..." Ning Fan patted Bai Ling on the back, as if to make him feel better. He looked helpless, and for a moment he didn't know how to comfort this girl with mysophobia.

For Ning Fan himself, eating a few chestnuts transformed from living people would not make him feel nauseous. After all, he has eaten bad things along the way... But for a girl who is not familiar with the world, this

The ingredients at this level are indeed a bit too exciting.

"Interesting, if this junior is not mistaken, the reason why these people turned into chestnuts was not because of senior's action." Ning Fan's eyes flashed with green light, he looked at the pot of chestnuts and asked.

"As you can see, I did not take any action. It is the cause and effect order in the world that protects me. Even if I die here, even if I no longer exist in the world, I still cannot easily mess with my cause and effect." The old man.

His tone was calm, as if he was stating a fact. This time, he no longer regarded Ning Fan as an airhead, because the green light in Ning Fan's eyes aroused his interest.

Looking at each other, there is a pair of eyes that have gone through many vicissitudes of life, and another pair of bright eyes with flashing green light.

This time when they looked at each other, Ning Fan did not feel the deep oppression of time in the old man's eyes. It was obvious that the old man had deliberately restrained the pressure.

"You are not far away from completely opening the third gate of heaven. What you lack is just an opportunity. So, how much did you understand all this?" The old man narrowed his eyes and asked.

"I only understand a little bit, but I can't understand it." Ning Fan pondered for a moment and then answered truthfully.

"That's pretty good. I thought it was just a drop of water that trespassed here, but maybe it was actually a violent storm. I can't calculate it. Sure enough, it still can't be calculated. Between heaven and earth, it really is.

Only the variables of practice are the most difficult to calculate, interesting, interesting..."

The old man laughed at himself, and his whole body, together with the chestnut stall, suddenly turned into purple starlight and dissipated little by little in place.

At the moment when the old man disappeared, a pair of invisible hands seemed to wipe out the entire trial time and space, erasing all traces of the old man's presence here.

Almost as soon as the traces of the old man were wiped away, the market, which was originally in chaos due to the commotion of the chestnut stall, suddenly calmed down.

The onlookers in the market all had blank eyes. After a moment, their eyes returned to clear, but they all felt as if they were lost.

"Why are we... all gathered here?"

"I remember, a fat sheep who spent money like water came to the city. He bought a lot of things with Tao Yin, bought pastries, bought candy figures, bought kites, yes, he finally bought... what did he buy?

…”

"I can't remember..."

"Hmm? Was there any stall here before? Who sold something here..."

"Sure enough, did you remember it wrong?"

In an instant, all the onlookers here forgot what happened here, and even forgot that there once was a chestnut stall here and there was an old chestnut roaster.

Even Bai Ling forgot everything that happened before and no longer remembered that he had eaten some kind of disgusting chestnut.

So he no longer retched, but felt a little confused.

[Senior brother? Why did I suddenly retching just now? Hey, why do I have a bag of chestnuts in my hand? 】

The sweet smell of chestnuts entered his nose, and Bai Ling subconsciously wanted to peel one off and try it.

But Ning Fan waved his hand to stop him.

"You'd better not eat these chestnuts..."

[Eh? Is it true that you can’t eat it? Not even one? Why? 】

"Because...because I'm hungry and want to eat all the chestnuts." Ning Fan didn't intend to tell Bai Ling the truth.

[Pfft, senior brother can’t even lie well... Although I don’t know why senior brother lied, but since senior brother said so, I’d better not eat it. Give these to senior brother. 】

Bai Ling handed the chestnut paper bag to Ning Fan.

Ning Fan glanced around and found that the number of chestnuts in the paper bag was wrong.

It was not the amount that the old man had given Bai Ling before. The pot full of chestnuts that had disappeared with the stall had all flown into the paper bag at some point.

"Before, this senior said that I was not worthy of eating his chestnuts, but now he gave me a pot full of chestnuts as a gift..."

Ning Fan's expression suddenly became strange, and he suddenly felt like he was being tested and recognized by senior experts. What was going on?

And these chestnuts…

No matter how you look at it, the ingredients selected are just ordinary chestnuts, but after seeing the scene before, Ning Fan didn't know that the chestnuts in the paper bag were actually the unlucky ghosts who came to provoke the old chestnut roaster for various reasons.

.

[So, how much did you understand about all this just now? 】

【I only understand some of it, but I can’t understand it.】

In my mind, I inadvertently remembered the previous exchange with the old man.

The old man asked him if he could understand how a living person turned into a chestnut.

He said that he understood something. In this scene, a living person turned into a chestnut. It was not only the shape that changed, but also its existence.

Because the existence of living people has truly turned into chestnuts, no matter how Ning Fan looks, he can only see a pot full of chestnuts.

He could understand this, but he could not understand the magical powers involved in changing existence.

The matter of changing existence is indeed too profound, far beyond what Ning Fan can understand and master today.

But even so, being able to see the key point in this matter was enough for the old man to look highly at Ning Fan.

Therefore, the old man rewarded Ning Fan with the useless pot full of chestnuts, which was regarded as recognition of Ning Fan's existence.

"Human existence can be gained, lost, maintained, or changed..." Ning Fan seemed to have realized something.

Then he peeled open a chestnut, his face remained as usual, and put it into his mouth.

I have carefully understood the Taoist secrets of Ziwei in Chestnut, but I no longer dare to pry into the origin of the Taoism. That is extremely reckless and dangerous.

…

After wandering around for a long time, Ning Fan and Bai Ling found a 'guesthouse' to stay overnight.

Shi Gandang said that a place to stay could be found north of Fangshi. Ning Fan heard this and came too.

But, can anyone explain why there is not a single serious hotel in Fengmanfang City, but only a bunch of Qinlou and Chuguan hotels?

Ning Fan will never forget that when he took Bai Ling into an 'inn' to stay, the madam of the 'inn' showed a look of surprise and hesitated to speak.

"Well, sir, according to the rules of our store, you are not allowed to bring your own 'drinks'..." Well, that's what the madam reminded me at the time.

[Bring your own drinks? Have we brought drinks? What a strange rule.] Bai Ling obviously didn’t know that he was the drink in the other person’s mouth.

"Two rooms, the money will be enough for you." Ning Fan replied indifferently, and handed the Madam a small piece of Tiandao Silver.

"So you are the one in the market legend..." The Madam's eyes suddenly lit up, and she didn't know that a big fat sheep had entered her inn.

In an instant, the Madam didn't mind Ning Fan breaking the rules and bringing his own drinks. After all, this small piece of silver was enough for Ning Fan to enjoy the drinks in this store thousands of times.

However, Ning Fan had no intention of enjoying the drinks in this hotel.

This made the madam mistakenly think that Ning Fan only wanted to drink her own wine.

Late at night.

Ning Fan sat cross-legged in the room, eating a chestnut from time to time, and carefully comprehending the mystery.

Bai Ling lives next door. Although they are next door, the two rooms are actually connected to each other and there is no restricted barrier. Apparently, the madam considered that Ning Fan might "accidentally" enter the female companion's room in the middle of the night, so she deliberately closed the partition between the two rooms.

Prohibition.

From time to time, the sound of chess pieces being played reached Ning Fan's ears from Bai Ling's room.

Obviously, even though he had been shopping all night, Bai Ling still didn't plan to go to bed too early and didn't forget to finish the unfinished score today.

The sound of the chess pieces was so peaceful and peaceful that it attracted all of Ning Fan's attention for no reason. It was difficult to concentrate on comprehending the mysteries of Taoism.

Situations like this were rare in Ning Fan's cultivation career. Very few things could disturb his heart. Even landslides and ground cracks were not as touching as the sound of the light chess pieces.

The sound of the little chess pieces was not the inner demon, but better than the inner demon, which made Ning Fan suddenly reach out his hand and put it on his heart.

Yes.

In his heart, there is always an inner demon that he is reluctant to kill...

But the root of the inner demon is Zhihe, so why does it resonate with Bai Ling at this time and place...

"Bai Ling, who is she...Senior Chaoli told me that human existence can be changed, so can this be regarded as a hint..."
To be continued...