Chapter 124 The Best Salesman
Tao Yanbai: "Is the banner you made in Dazhouzhuang the one Junior Uncle is talking about?"

Pan Jun nodded: "Yes."

Miao and Miaozhen had both seen the banner, but had never seen Pan Yun carrying it to tell fortunes and cure illnesses. They were suddenly tempted and wanted to go as well.

Pan Yun directly invited them, "Let's go together, the four of us. Miaozhen and I will tell fortunes, and you and Miaohe will treat illnesses. No matter what kind of client we meet, we can satisfy each other's needs."

Miao and Miaozhen responded first, and then looked at Tao Yanbai together.

What could Tao Yanbai do? He could only agree.

The four of them cheered and then looked at the Taoist priest who was carrying a banner and telling fortunes.

We planned to observe him and learn from his experience.

The Taoist priest was holding a little woman's hand and talking nonsense. When he noticed Pan Yun and the others were looking at him, he just looked up and continued talking nonsense.

Pan Jun pricked up his ears and listened for a while, then used the Qi-watching technique to look at the young woman. It can't be said that it was completely wrong. It was indeed somewhat related, but not much was correct.

Pan Jun was confused. Was he good at calculating or not?
However, the fortune teller seemed to believe him very much. He put down the money and left happily.

Pan Yun touched his chin, shook his head after a moment, and said to Miao Zhen: "Although we have to take care of the guests' feelings, I think we still have to tell the truth. As Taoists, how can we lie to others and deceive God?"

Miao Zhen nodded in agreement.

The Taoist priest had no more customers, so he picked up his banner with a calm look on his face and walked unsteadily towards the crowd. Soon he was blocked by several people and could no longer be seen. Only the banner could be seen.

Pan Yun and the other three couldn't keep following him, so they watched him walk away with regret, "Why doesn't he tell fortunes? I think this piece of land is pretty good. There are many people coming here, and it's spacious. It's a good place for fortune-telling and medical treatment."

"This piece of land is good. Shall we occupy it tomorrow?"

"Okay, okay," the four of them agreed. Tao Yanbai also said, "I will come here to reserve a spot after I get down the mountain tomorrow. You can come later."

Pan Yun and the other two all thought this was a good idea.

The three of them were talking animatedly here, but they didn't know that the Taoist priest who had mixed into the crowd slowly exhaled, rolled up his sleeves to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and was very grateful. It seemed that those little Taoist priests were the disciples of the Sanqing Temple on Sanqing Mountain.

He turned his head and looked at the words on the banner, and was torn for a moment, wanting to change it, but also not wanting to change it.

Just as he was thinking this, a young man reached out and grabbed his hand, "Okay, I was wondering where you, the liar, had been. Turns out you're here. Come on, let's go meet the real boss."

The Taoist was stunned and panicked for a moment, but he quickly calmed down and smiled, "There must be some misunderstanding. I have never seen you, let alone told you your fortune. I don't know why you came to arrest me?"

The young man turned a deaf ear to him and the big hand dragged him away.

The Taoist struggled twice but couldn't get away. He panicked and said, "Brother, brother, please talk to me nicely. Why are you using force? Just tell me what you want."

The young man didn't care. He was sure that the man was a liar, a liar who pretended to be from their Sanqing Temple, and he was determined to catch him no matter what.

He went straight for Wang Cong. After walking only a few dozen steps, he ran into Pan Yun and four others who were sitting in a row against the wall eating buns.

Pan Yun and three other people were sitting on the wall, with a hillside covered with bamboos behind them. Their feet were dangling in the air, swaying from side to side. From their high vantage point, they saw Wang Heng, Wang Xiaojing's second uncle, dragging people over.

Miao He was the first to greet him, "Second Uncle Wang, do you want to have your fortune told, too?"

Wang Heng stopped and looked up at the four people. "What kind of fate is this? Didn't you see that he was pretending to be someone from your Taoist temple?"

Miaohe: “Ah?”

Pan Yun looked at the words on the banner and said, "Mr. Wang has misunderstood. All Taoist disciples in the world can call themselves disciples of the Three Pure Ones."

The Taoist priest was shocked, and he regained his confidence. He said confidently, "That's right, all Taoists in the world are from the Three Pure Ones. What makes you say I'm an imposter?"

Wang Heng loosened his grip slightly, feeling somewhat guilty, "Is that so?"

Pan Yun nodded, glanced at the Taoist priest who was gradually becoming proud, and said, "However, Mr. Wang was not arrested by mistake. Although he is not pretending to be a Taoist priest from Sanqing Temple, he seems to be a fake Taoist priest."

"Who said that?" The Taoist's pupils shrank and he stuttered, "I'm not a fake. I've been a Taoist since I was a child."

Pan Yun asked: "Do you have a certificate of ordination? Or have you been ordained?"

The Taoist blushed and asked back, "How many Taoists in this world have ordination certificates, and how many can be ordained? Among a thousand Taoists, only one can be ordained, and ten can get ordination certificates. Are the rest not Taoists?"

Pan Yun's eyes fell on his face, and he said earnestly: "Daoyou, we are all in this line of work, so we should at least have some professional knowledge, right? You don't have either, but when you tell fortunes for others, you should at least be able to read the qi, right?"

The Taoist remained silent.

Wang Heng didn't quite understand what he heard. He looked at this, then looked up at them, and finally let go of the Taoist's hand. "Since you are not a fake Taoist from Sanqing Temple, forget it, you can go."

He looked up at Pan Yun and the other two, and especially at Tao Yanbai, "Why are you all here? Your senior brother is busy as hell over there, and you don't even go to help."

Tao Yanbai couldn't sit still when he heard this, so he jumped down the wall and said, "Little Master, I'm going to help Senior Brother."

Pan Yun also jumped down immediately, "I'll go too!"

Miaozhenmiao responded and jumped down together.

Wang Heng took the initiative to lead them, and the Taoist priest followed them silently.

Wang Heng turned around and looked at him, "Why are you still following us? I told you to go."

The Taoist glanced at him without saying anything, then looked at Pan Yun.

Pan Yun: "Why are you looking at me? I don't mean to arrest you, do I?"

The Taoist said, "Fellow Taoist, can we be friends?" Pan Yun blinked and looked at him quietly.

They happened to walk to Wang Cong's stall, where he was introducing toothbrushes and how to use them.

When the Taoist saw the Taoist robe on the man and heard Tao Yanbai call him "big brother", he understood. He stood and listened for a while and knew how to use the toothbrush. It was similar to a willow branch, but because the bristles were finer, softer, and denser, there were some differences in how to use it.

He stepped forward, grabbed a toothbrush and said, "I'll help you."

Tao Yanbai widened his eyes and reached out to grab him, but was held down by Pan Jun.

"Little uncle?"

Pan Yun said: "Let him go."

Miao Zhen said: "I always feel that he has a connection with our Sanqing Temple."

Tao Yanbai was shocked and said with trembling lips: "You don't want to say that he could become my junior fellow apprentice, do you?"

Pan Yun glanced at him and said, "What are you thinking? There are thousands of predestined relationships in the world. Why did you skip so many possibilities and choose the one closest to you?"

She said, "We are destined to be together, but we won't be so deeply involved."

Miaohe was curious: "What is that fate?"

Pan Yun said in an unfathomable way: "We will know in the future. Just do what you want to do, and fate will come naturally."

Miaozhen translated, "It is because we are not talented enough and have not mastered the skills to the fullest, so we cannot calculate it."

Pan Yun: "Miaozhen, we can just talk among ourselves. You can't tell the truth when there are outsiders around, otherwise you will be beaten like Third Brother and Fourth Sister."

Miaozhen: “Oh.”

Tao Yanbai and Miaohe also calmed down. It turned out that they couldn't figure it out. That was fine then.

Everyone gathered together to watch the Taoist priest selling toothbrushes.

I don't know what he said, but in less than a quarter of an hour, when he came back, he had sold all the toothbrushes in his hand and brought back a lot of money for Wang Cong.

Wang Cong, who was explaining in detail to the villagers the differences between toothbrushes and willow branches, as well as the advantages of toothbrushes, was stunned for a moment before taking the money.

He was about to ask the Taoist priest, but was stopped by a villager and asked, "How often should you change your toothbrush?"

Wang Cong said, "You can keep using it until you are not bald. It costs ten cents a stick, which is not cheap. I estimate that it can be used for at least two to three years. When brushing your teeth, be gentle and don't use too much force, otherwise you will hurt your gums."

Villager: “Two or three years~~” He was even more excited.

Wang Cong advised him, "That's right. Using a toothbrush for two or three years is better than picking willow branches every month. Willow branches are free, but they have to be replaced every once in a while, which is troublesome. Moreover, they don't brush cleanly and are easy to hurt your teeth and mouth."

When the villager heard this, he reluctantly counted out thirty coins and said, "Then give me three. This toothbrush is good, but it's too expensive."

Wang Cong: "Once you use it, you won't think it's expensive. If you take good care of it and use it for three years, it will only cost you three and a half cents a year. Isn't that a great bargain?"

When the villagers thought about it, it was true and they finally felt less sad.

The Taoist priest grabbed another toothbrush and left. In less than a quarter of an hour, he came back empty-handed.

After he grabbed another handful of toothbrushes and left, Wang Cong finally had some free time. He took the bun handed to him by Pan Yun and started eating it while watching him go around trying to sell it to people. He sold one bun after another.

Wang Cong himself was numb.

He turned around and asked Pan Jun, "Master Junior, where did you find this person from?"

Pan Yun: "He was in the crowd. We didn't find him. He came here on his own."

Wang Heng, who was squatting nearby selling homemade wooden stools, dustpans and other things, felt guilty when he heard this, and he opened his mouth several times but couldn't get a word in.

Wang Cong: "If someone shows his kindness to you for no reason, he is either a traitor or a thief. You better be careful."

Pan Yun and the others nodded.

Wang Cong, "I'm not really worried about Junior Uncle and Junior Sister Miaozhen, I'm just worried about Third Junior Brother and Fifth Junior Sister."

Tao Yanbai: "Big Brother, I am older than all of them."

Wang Cong: "But you are more stupid than them."

Miaohe looked at Tao Yanbai happily.

Wang Cong turned around and said to her, "What are you laughing at? You are the same as him."

Miaohe: ...

Pan Yun and Miao Zhen burst out laughing.

Everyone sat behind the stall and watched the young Taoist priest busying himself around. Soon he sold thirty or forty toothbrushes.

He alone accomplished the work that five people at Sanqing Temple took one hour to accomplish.

Pan Yun was full of admiration, and so was Wang Cong. “I thought I was good enough in business, but I didn’t expect I was far from it.”

Pan Yun: "Sure enough, a Taoist priest with a smooth tongue is the best salesperson. This guy is good in everything except fortune-telling. If he learns the art of looking at qi and can tell fortunes, he will be invincible, right?"

　Today's lucky number is the number ending in 0, as shown in the screenshot
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