The sun

"We're here, we're here!"

The sight of the Taoist temple ahead immediately lifted everyone's spirits, and they hurried toward it.

The temple gates stood open, but when they approached, there was no one inside.

"Where's the Taoist priest?"

Everyone glanced around but saw no one inside.

"No idea. Let's offer incense first."

Lin Feng saw no one either, but the words "Free incense offerings" hanging to one side gave him an idea.

An Weiyan had told him before that if his divination proved accurate, he should bring more people to offer incense.

At that thought, Lin Feng hurried into action.

He called over the friends he had brought, lit incense, bowed three times, and placed the incense in the burner.

Seeing this, the others began offering incense as well.

In their eyes, since the Taoist priest here was so accurate with his divinations, the temple should be very efficacious too.

Every one of them was therefore extremely sincere as they offered incense.

With over a hundred people making offerings, there was no room left in the incense burner at the front, so they ended up placing their incense in the large burner outside.

A little while later, everyone looked around, still searching for An Weiyan.

But An Weiyan had already gone to Linbei County. How could they possibly find him here now?

"Where is he?"

They searched everywhere, and when they still could not find An Weiyan, they began to grow anxious.

"Looks like he's gone off to cultivate."

Lin Feng looked around and soon spotted the sign hanging to one side. The sight left him feeling rather helpless.

After An Weiyan had finished his divination for him before, he had also said he was going to cultivate, then hung up a sign.

It was this very sign hanging to one side, with "Cultivating" written on it.

Everyone froze for a moment at his words.

Then they began to feel that things were getting tricky. "Then when will the priest come out?"

Since the priest had said he was cultivating, they could hardly disturb him.

But they still wanted him to tell their fortunes.

"How would we know? Someone with genuine abilities like his is rarely seen in ordinary times. That's normal."

Naturally, Lin Feng had no idea when An Weiyan would come out, but remembering how accurate his divination had been, he naturally spoke up for him.

The others nodded at this, all finding his words very reasonable.

For someone as capable as the priest, appearing and disappearing like a ghost certainly suited his standing.

Only those with far too much time on their hands would be so idle.

"But if we can't see the priest, what about our fortunes...?"

That was all well and good, but they still wanted the priest to perform a divination for them.

"Just come more often. If you visit regularly, your chances of seeing him will definitely increase quite a bit."

Lin Feng thought it over and felt this was their only option.

Everyone was disappointed to hear this, but there was nothing else they could do.

Some stayed behind, hoping to see whether the priest would appear by noon.

Meanwhile, amid the crowd, Feng Haixuan remained extremely calm as he watched the scene before him.

"Is this Taoist priest really that uncanny?"

The friend beside Feng Haixuan frowned and asked him.

"I think he's pretty impressive. He really did identify those fugitives through divination before, and he could tell at a glance that my family was better off than the others. And now there's Lin Feng right here as another example."

"I checked before coming. Lin Feng and that An Weiyan really had no prior connection at all, but now, thanks to his guidance, Lin Feng has been promoted."

At this point, Feng Haixuan's expression also turned a little odd.

After helping spread the word about An Weiyan, he had kept an eye on things here.

When he learned that An Weiyan had performed another divination for someone, he paid particular attention.

After hearing that he had been right again, he had brought his friend over today.

This friend of his had suffered terrible luck for the past six months. He wanted An Weiyan to take a look and see whether he could turn his friend's luck around or something.

"I believe you, but the problem is..."

The friend beside Feng Haixuan still could not help frowning, feeling that there was something a little too uncanny about all this.

"Enough with your ifs and buts. The priest's already gone off to cultivate. There's no hope of seeing him today. We'll probably have to come try our luck another time."

Seeing his friend frown, Feng Haixuan could not help sighing.

They had not even met the man, and he was already full of ifs and buts.

As for whether An Weiyan really was that capable, he had wanted his friend to give it a try, as another test of An Weiyan.

Unfortunately, their timing had been rather poor.

Wang Youxian, standing beside him, wanted to say something more, but his phone rang just then. A little while after answering, his expression suddenly changed.

"No, I've got something to deal with. I have to leave. I can't stay any longer."

Wang Youxian spoke hastily and immediately turned to leave.

"What, has something happened again?"

Seeing his friend in such a hurry, Feng Haixuan could not help frowning too.

Lately, his friend had seemed to have the god of misfortune protecting him, suffering every kind of bad luck imaginable.

Wang Youxian nodded, his face filled with worry.

"Seeing you like this, why don't you stay here a little longer and wait for that priest to come out so he can take a look? I helped spread the word about him before. Whatever else, getting him to take a look should be possible."

Seeing his friend in such a hurry, Feng Haixuan could not help trying to persuade him.

He hoped his friend would stay and wait for An Weiyan to appear and perform a divination.

"Let's leave that for next time. This really isn't something I can afford to rush. I have to go back myself."

Wang Youxian shook his head. Rather than pin his hopes on something as nebulous as fortune-telling, he might as well go back and see whether he could find some people he knew to help him through this crisis.

With that, Wang Youxian hurried away.

Watching his friend turn and leave just like that, Feng Haixuan sighed as well.

Seeing that An Weiyan did not seem likely to come out anytime soon, he turned and left too.

"Ahh!"

An Weiyan opened his mouth wide and let out a huge yawn.

At that moment, An Weiyan was looking up at the sun in the sky. The longer he stayed, the more he felt that something was slightly off about it.

It could not compare with Earth's sun at all. Its scorching heat was clearly inferior.

If he really had to describe it, the sun in this other world was like an old man in his twilight years, while Earth's was like a burly man.

He did not know whether his impression was mistaken, but this sun really did feel feeble and listless to An Weiyan.

An Weiyan shook his head. After looking at the sun for a while, he still could not help yawning.

Rubbing his nose, An Weiyan headed toward the government office. The carpenter named Cheng Er had said that the table and chairs he was making for him were finished, so An Weiyan was going back to see how they had turned out.