Comprehension against the sky, creating the Five Thunders in the real world

Lin Beichen knew that Huo Rongrong had a crush on him, but he was not distracted at the moment because he still had a time-limited task to complete. He casually dealt with Huo Rongrong for a few words, and she left.

After that, Lin Beichen put aside all his affairs and began to wander around. He knew that only during his travels could he meet reliable people who could help him complete his mission.

Lin Beichen wandered aimlessly and unknowingly came to a remote mountain town. Although it was remote, there were many people in the town.

He walked on the busy streets, feeling a little confused, not knowing where to go.

Just then, he vaguely heard some talk about Taoism.

He looked in the direction of the voice and saw a blind charlatan sitting there. This charlatan seemed to have some knowledge of Taoism and could even explain a little about it.

You know, there are not many people who know about Taoism, only 30%, and Lin Beichen happened to meet such a person here.

Lin Beichen was quite interested, so he found a shady place and began to observe the charlatan's every move.

Soon, a woman came to the charlatan's stall and said worriedly, "Master, can you help me calculate my recent luck? I have a feeling that I will encounter misfortune."

The charlatan looked her up and down, then stretched out his hand to gesture, meaning to ask for money. The woman understood the rule, and without saying a word, she handed the money to the charlatan, expecting him to tell her fortune.

After the charlatan took the money, he pretended to count on his fingers. The woman saw his frowning face and asked impatiently, "What's wrong? Is it true that I said that something bad will happen next?"

The charlatan pretended to be mysterious and said: "What you said is true, but I have a way to crack it, but it must be done..." The woman immediately understood what he meant and handed over all her money to the charlatan.

The charlatan took out a golden bag and handed it to the woman, admonishing her: "When something unfortunate happens to you, open it and you will escape. Remember, never open it unless it is absolutely necessary."

The woman left after remembering the charlatan's words.

When the charlatan saw that there was no one around, he took out the money he had earned that day and began to count it.

After counting the money, he simply cleaned up his stall and walked away.

Seeing this, Lin Beichen immediately followed him. He wanted to see what the charlatan would do next.

The charlatan walked up to the three homeless children and said kindly, "Here, take it for you. Now you can go to school."

It turned out that the charlatan had sponsored them to go to school before, but due to insufficient funds, they were kicked out after just a few days. In desperation, the charlatan had to go back to his old business and earn money by fortune-telling to support their schooling and food.

The homeless children said politely: “Thank you, grandpa, but you gave us all the money, how are you going to eat?” They were worried that the charlatan would not have food to eat because they gave them money.

The charlatan stroked their heads and said, "Good kids, don't worry about me. I can make money. You are still young and can't do anything. In this society, studying is the only way out. Just study with peace of mind. As long as I make money, I will never let you fall behind in your studies or go hungry."

Lin Beichen saw all these scenes. He found that although this charlatan made money by cheating, he was actually not a bad person and was kind-hearted. He actually used the money he earned to support the three homeless children to go to school.

This touched Lin Beichen deeply. If he had not followed the charlatan here, he would not have known this. After the three street children bowed deeply to the charlatan, they took the money and went to school. They were determined not to disappoint the charlatan's expectations, and to study hard and become great people and repay the charlatan later.

After watching the children leave, the charlatan returned home. As soon as he put the bolt on the door, Lin Beichen blocked the door with his foot. The charlatan thought Lin Beichen came to him for fortune-telling, so he said without even looking at him, "I'm closing my stall now, so I won't tell fortunes anymore. Come back tomorrow."

Lin Beichen quickly explained: "Old sir, I'm not here to ask you for fortune-telling."

"So what exactly do you want to talk to me about?" He stopped what he was doing, turned his head and looked straight at Lin Beichen, and asked straightforwardly.

"Actually, I want to take you in as my apprentice. I've just observed you for a while and I think you're a nice person." Lin Beichen didn't beat around the bush and stated his purpose directly.

These words made the charlatan stunned, and he almost thought that he had heard it wrong because of his old age and poor hearing. But looking at Lin Beichen's expectant face, he knew that he had heard it right, and Lin Beichen really wanted him to be his apprentice.

The charlatan began to look at Lin Beichen carefully, and found that he was quite young. He wondered in his heart: This young man doesn't know his place. He actually dares to ask an old bone like me to be his apprentice. This is a joke!
"Young man, did you get it wrong? You should be my apprentice." said the charlatan.

"It's not the other way around. I just want you to be my apprentice. You can consider it carefully." Lin Beichen reiterated his meaning.

The charlatan became unhappy when he heard this, and said angrily: "You little bastard, you are so young and you want me to be your apprentice? No way!" As he said that, he picked up a stick and was about to hit Lin Beichen, wanting to drive him out of the house.

Seeing this, Lin Beichen dodged quickly, and while dodging he shouted loudly: "Think about it carefully, do you want to be my apprentice?"

The more the charlatan listened, the angrier he got, and the harder he moved his hands, but Lin Beichen was agile and managed to dodge every time. After a few rounds, the charlatan was exhausted and out of breath, after all, he was old and his health was not as good as before.

"How about this, how about we have a competition?" Lin Beichen suggested when seeing this.

"Comparing what?" asked the charlatan.

"Of course it's a competition of Taoism. I see you're quite knowledgeable in this area." Lin Beichen said.

The old charlatan claimed to be the only heir of Taoism, but he didn't expect that the young man in front of him also knew a lot about Taoism and dared to challenge him. He thought: This kid is really asking for trouble, and he will cry when the time comes.

"Okay, I agree to the competition." The charlatan agreed readily.

"Okay, then it's settled. If you beat me, I will willingly be your apprentice and be at your disposal. But if you lose, you have to agree to my request and be my apprentice." Lin Beichen put forward the conditions for the competition.

The charlatan was confident about this competition, so when Lin Beichen proposed these conditions, he did not object at all, but supported them. He thought: If I win, Lin Beichen will become mine, and the two of us can make money together to help more street children go to school and their daily expenses.

Afterwards, Lin Beichen left the charlatan's house and spread the news in the town. After some publicity, the people in the town became very interested in this competition.

For a long time, there was only one fortune teller in the town, and he was quite knowledgeable about Taoism, so he claimed to be the only successor of Taoism. Now someone wants to compete with the fortune teller, how can everyone miss this exciting competition?
Some people even started to place bets. Almost everyone bet on the charlatan. Everyone was very optimistic about him and believed that he would definitely win. Only a few people bet on Lin Beichen because they were not familiar with this outsider and did not know how strong he was. On the morning of the competition, the entrance of the vegetable market was crowded with people. Lin Beichen and the charlatan stood at the two ends of the stage, and the people in the audience began to cheer for them. Most people were shouting the charlatan's name, which made him more confident that he would definitely win.

There were also people cheering for Lin Beichen, but their voices were relatively quiet and drowned out by the crowd. However, Lin Beichen was not affected by this, and he remained calm and prepared for the game.

As the countdown ended, the competition officially began. The first round of the competition was about drawing talismans. The old charlatan drew a lot of random talismans, which looked a bit like a talisman, but they were not real talismans at all. Unfortunately, no one present understood this aspect of Taoism, and outsiders could not see it at all. It was useless for Lin Beichen to see it. If he said it out loud, he would definitely be accused of being a scoundrel.

So in this round of competition, they barely tied. The second round of competition was a physical competition, and Lin Beichen was as light as a swallow, easily leaving the magician behind.

The charlatan knew that if Lin Beichen won this round, then even if he won the next round, it would only be a tie with Lin Beichen, and it would be impossible to tell who won. What was even worse was that if Lin Beichen won the next round, he would lose completely.

So he couldn't let Lin Beichen win the game, so he started to make excuses...

Lin Beichen is young and agile, but I am old and out of breath after walking a few steps. This competition is too disadvantageous for an old man like me. Seeing this, the residents of the town stood up to defend the old charlatan.

"That's right, this match is so unfair! One is in his prime, and the other is old. How can they compete? This match doesn't count!"

"That's right, why didn't they take the age difference into consideration when arranging the match? How can it be fair with such a big difference?"

The residents of the town all sided with the old charlatan, so the second round of the competition could only be considered a draw.

Lin Beichen began to get anxious. He had said before that if he won, the old charlatan would have to be his apprentice; if he lost, he would have to be the old charlatan's apprentice. If he really lost this game, it would be embarrassing, after all, he was the one who proposed this game.

The old charlatan was secretly proud of himself. In the first round, he saw that Lin Beichen's spell was obviously better than his. At that time, he felt cold in his heart and thought he was going to lose. But fortunately, apart from the two of them, no one else knew Taoism, so it was a tie. In the second round, because of the big age gap, it was a tie again.

Now it's time to wait for the third round. Who will win? Or will it end in a tie?
Before the third round began, Lin Beichen directly said, "The first two rounds were all about the basic skills of Taoism. In this final round, of course, we have to show our true abilities."

"This round of competition is the key to determine victory or defeat, so we all have to show our real skills." The old charlatan also echoed.

"In that case, let's have the third round of praying for rain!" When Lin Beichen said this, everyone was stunned.

Look at the sky, there are no clouds in the sky and the sun is shining brightly. How can it look like it’s going to rain?
At this time, Lin Beichen proposed a competition to pray for rain, and the people below questioned it.

"Can we pray for rain in this weather? Are you kidding me?"

"He must have felt that he couldn't win, so he proposed such a difficult competition."

"Even if the river god came, it might not work, let alone Lin Beichen."

Lin Beichen kept hearing doubts, and even the old charlatan wondered if Lin Beichen was crazy for asking for rain.

After listening to Lin Beichen's proposal, the referee wanted to ask the old charlatan if he agreed. Before the referee could speak, the old charlatan took the initiative to say yes.

To be fair, Lin Beichen let the old charlatan come first.

"You are my elder, I respect you, you go first, so that others won't say the game is unfair."

After the old charlatan had some things prepared, he began to pray for rain. He sang and danced, and everyone thought that it was finally going to rain in the town, and they all looked expectantly.

However, after an incense stick of time passed, there was still no movement in the sky, and not a drop of rain fell.

The townspeople were as disappointed as they were excited just now.

"It's your turn." The old charlatan thought to himself. He couldn't even pray for rain, so Lin Beichen might not be able to do it either. This round of competition was likely to end in a tie again.

Lin Beichen did not use the props they prepared. Instead, he took out a yellow talisman and a pen from his arms, quickly drew a rain-praying spell, and then began to pray for rain by stepping on the Five Elements Steps.

Unlike the old charlatan, Lin Beichen did not shout loudly, but recited silently in a low voice.

Everyone thought he looked quite capable, but they didn't expect him to bring rain. It hadn't rained in the town for several years, so it would be great if it rained, but the old charlatan couldn't bring it, let alone Lin Beichen.

In their hearts, they always feel that older people understand more about Taoism.

Seeing that the incense stick time was about to expire, everyone prepared to leave.

At this time, the sky still did not change at all.

The old charlatan also concluded that this round would end in a draw. They had been competing from morning to noon, but there was no winner, so it was a waste of time.

But at this moment, the sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, blocking the sun completely.

One drop, two drops... Under Lin Beichen's operation, it actually started raining!

Everyone was stunned. Lin Beichen, whom they least expected, actually prayed for rain!

"Oh my God, Lin Beichen is so amazing! The crops in the field are saved now!"

Everyone praised Lin Beichen and thought he was amazing. Praying for rain was something Lin Beichen was good at. He had prayed for rain for others before, and it was his special skill.

If he had no confidence in his rain-making skills, he would not have proposed to pray for rain in the third round. Seeing that the balance of victory in the game was already leaning towards Lin Beichen, the old charlatan on the side was not happy. (End of this chapter)