Fang Yinuo hurriedly picked up the pen and, with painstaking care, neatly wrote a single character: live!
"Live..."
Zuo Xiaoduo studied it from every angle, his expression growing increasingly grave. "Live... a thousand mouths beside water. First, there's living; second, there's work... Old Fang, you need work to live. To get work, you have to rely on someone, and that someone must possess fortune. So, if you want to live..."
He pondered for a moment, then said, "Old Fang, let me be frank with you. Your current physiognomy shows nine chances of death and one of survival. In other words, you have only one path to survival now, which is... hurry to the seaside and lie low. If you can do a little work for me while you're there, your chances of survival will increase dramatically."
Fang Yinuo's eyes went wide. "If I do a little work for you by the sea, I'll survive?"
Zuo Xiaoduo said, "It doesn't necessarily have to be me. There are two conditions if you want a way to survive: water and fortune. Only somewhere near water, under fortune's protection, offers you a way out. As it happens, besides possessing fortune, my upcoming travels all have something to do with water, so I'm an excellent choice for you. If you have someone else in mind, though, that's fine too."
Fang Yinuo nodded repeatedly and said solemnly, "Of course I trust you, Boss. Just tell me what I should do next."
"Go to Fenghai, conceal your identity, and find any sort of work near Fenghai Hidden Dragon High Martial Arts School. Then wait patiently, and a turning point will come naturally," Zuo Xiaoduo said.
"Fenghai Hidden Dragon High Martial Arts School? A turning point?" Fang Yinuo was bewildered and uncertain.
"As long as you do as