Chapter 159 The Fat Boy's Accounting Disrupts Heavenly Secrets! Black and White Impermanence Apply for Jobs
In the eastern wing of the Mortal Dwelling, the atmosphere presented a bizarre polarization.
In the back row, Goudan and Tiezhu were soaked in cold sweat, clutching the edges of their chairs tightly. Watching the scene on the podium, they didn't even dare to breathe heavily.
On the podium, Zhang Xiaopang was standing on his tiptoes, reaching out his chubby little hand—which still had a bit of grease on it from lunch—and, without any psychological burden, touched the 'creation life-death disk' made of [ancient karma dao beads].
"Xiaopang, calculate the problem from just now. If you have five copper coins and spend three to buy meat, how many are left?" Lin Yuan encouraged from the side.
"Okay, Teacher!"
Zhang Xiaopang's head was full of that half-jin of fragrant pig offal. He grinned and muttered, "Five coins..."
He extended his chubby index finger and flicked down a Karma Dao Bead representing 'five'.
*Clack.*
A crisp sound rang out.
To Lin Yuan, this sound was just the ordinary collision of abacus beads.
But within the Nine Nether Underworld!
The Ten Yama Kings, who had just experienced the great ups and downs of life and death and had finally stabilized the collapsing [Heaven and Earth Book of Life and Death], hadn't even had time to drink a cup of Yin Tea to calm their nerves.
"Buzz—!"
The Book of Life and Death erupted with a blinding light once again!
"Again?! Has that Great One started channeling his power again?!" King Yama's hand trembled in fear, his teacup shattering as he scrambled and crawled toward the Book of Life and Death.
But this time, no terrifying imagery of billions of lives being erased appeared on the Book of Life and Death.
Instead, on the supreme page originally used to record the Karma of all living beings, a giant, shimmering golden character bizarrely emerged!
[5]!
Immediately after, Zhang Xiaopang's voice resonated directly throughout the entire Yamas Precious Hall through the resonance of the Great Dao of Karma.
"Spend three to buy meat..."
On the podium, Xiaopang's finger fumbled with the abacus beads below. Because he wasn't very skilled, he flicked them down one by one.
"Minus one, minus two, minus three..."
In the Underworld.
The Ten Yama Kings stared at the Book of Life and Death in dumbfounded silence.
Following Xiaopang's movements, that giant golden number [5] began to count backward: [4], [3], [2]!
Finally, the page of the Book of Life and Death froze at:
[5 - 3 = 2]!
Silence.
The entire Yamas Precious Hall was dead silent.
The ten supreme Kings of Hell who controlled the Six Paths of Reincarnation looked at one another, their foreheads filled with giant question marks.
"This... what kind of supreme Dao deduction method is this?! Why can this King not understand the profound meaning of these symbols?!" King Qinguang tugged at his beard, his face full of shock.
"Five minus three equals two..." King Chujiang said thoughtfully, "Could it be that this secretly aligns with the numbers of the Primordial Five Elements, strips away the changes of the Three Talents, and ultimately evolves into the supreme truth of Yin and Yang?"
King Yama took a deep breath of extremely cold Yin Qi, his eyes filled with reverence and fanaticism.
"No! Listen to that echo of the Dao just now! 'Spend three to buy meat'! This is clearly that Great One using the most mundane of Mortal trivialities as a guide to teach his Disciple the supreme Dao method of manipulating Karma and fate!"
"The Great One is teaching his Disciple that the fate of all living beings is just like the pork on a chopping block; to strip it away is merely a matter of moving a few fingers!"
The Ten Yama Kings collectively gasped.
Using a supreme Divine Artifact that governed the Karma of the Universe to teach a Mortal child how to calculate the price of pork?! This Realm of treating the Laws of Heaven and Earth like playthings and returning to simplicity had completely surpassed the limits of their imagination!
"Pass down the order!" King Yama made a prompt decision. "That New Immortal Court in Qingyun City has become the supreme Holy Land where that Great One preaches the Dao! To prevent any blind wandering ghosts from disturbing the Great One's class, we must send our most capable generals to guard it in secret!"
"Where are Black and White Impermanence!"
In a corner of the hall, two eerie ghostly shadows—one black and one white, radiating the cultivation of the Peak Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm—instantly flashed forward.
"Your subordinates are here!"
"You two, immediately discard your divine ghost-messenger gear, Seal your cultivation, and head to Qingyun City in the Eastern Desolation! You must find any way possible to infiltrate the vicinity of the Great One's school and act as night watchmen! Even if you have to be guard dogs, you must never let a single trace of evil Qi defile that small courtyard!"
"As you command!!!"
Black and White Impermanence trembled with excitement; this was a peerless opportunity to be close to the Great One! The two transformed into two streaks of light, one black and one white, and charged straight out of the Underworld.
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Mortal Dwelling, Eastern Wing.
"Mm, you flicked them correctly. Five minus three is two."
Lin Yuan looked at the two remaining beads on the abacus and patted Zhang Xiaopang's head with satisfaction. "Your abacus skills are pretty good. You definitely won't get cheated when buying meat in the future. Go back to your seat."
Xiaopang happily ran back to his seat.
Meanwhile, Goudan and Tiezhu looked at Xiaopang as if they were looking at a peerless badass who had just finished a pole dance in front of the Gates of Hell and managed to walk away unscathed.
"He actually... used the creation life-death disk to calculate the price of a jin and a half of pork..." Goudan swallowed hard, thinking that this fat little kid was definitely a natural darling of the Dao. That kind of pure 'ignorance' was precisely the most perfect protective talisman for wielding such a Karmic divine object.
"Alright, today's arithmetic class ends here. Class dismissed."
Lin Yuan tidied up the podium and casually stuffed that terrifying 'abacus' back under a broken wooden box to gather dust.
After seeing the children off, the sky had gradually darkened.
After eating dinner, Lin Yuan sat on a rocking chair in the courtyard to enjoy the cool air, gently waving the [Emperor Fan] in his hand.
"Old Wan." Lin Yuan looked at the courtyard. "There are more and more things in our yard now. We have chickens and a cat, and there's a patch of flourishing bean sprouts in the backyard."
Demon Venerable Wanhua stood to the side, thinking to himself: *Those are a Half-Step Immortal Emperor level Divine Phoenix, a Chaos Tiger at the Great Perfection of the Immortal King Realm, and a patch of Primordial Astral Dao Trees. How could they not be valuable?*
"Although the security in Qingyun City is decent, one can't be too careful."
Lin Yuan rubbed his chin. "I was thinking, should our school recruit two night-shift guards? For night watching and patrolling, so we don't have weasels coming to steal chickens or thieves climbing over the walls in the middle of the night."
When Demon Venerable Wanhua heard this, his heart tightened.
The Young Master felt that having Holy Lord Zixiao and the others sweeping the floors during the day wasn't enough; he even wanted to establish a security System for the night! He was planning to turn Qingyun City into an impregnable fortress!
"The Young Master is absolutely right. This old servant will post a notice in the city tomorrow to recruit two strong guards." Old Wan replied respectfully.
Just as he finished speaking.
*Knock! Knock! Knock!*
The gate of the Mortal Dwelling was gently knocked upon.
Demon Venerable Wanhua frowned. In the middle of the night, who would dare knock on the Young Master's Daoist field?
He walked over and opened the gate.
Standing outside were two middle-aged men as thin as bamboo poles. One wore a white robe washed until it was pale, his face deathly white; the other wore tattered black clothes, looking as black as charcoal.
Each held a battered copper gong and a wooden clapper, looking exactly like destitute night watchmen.
But in the eyes of Old Wan, a Mahayana Stage old devil, although these two had their auras suppressed tightly, the pure, extremely cold Yin Qi unique to the Underworld that seeped from their bones could not be hidden!
"Soul-hooking messengers from the Underworld?!" Old Wan was startled.
Outside the gate, Black and White Impermanence were also shocked to see Demon Venerable Wanhua opening the door.
"A Peak Mahayana Stage old devil?! Actually serving as a butler and taking out the night soil in this courtyard?!"
Both sides saw shock in each other's eyes.
"Who is it, Old Wan?" Lin Yuan called out from the courtyard.
Hearing this voice, Black and White Impermanence were so scared they knelt directly onto the bluestone slabs outside the gate. The thin man in white (White Impermanence, Xie Bi'an) shouted at the top of his lungs in his most humble and flattering voice:
"Replying to the Great One! We two brothers are night watchmen who fled here from out of town! We heard the Great One's school was lacking two guards, so we have come to apply! We don't want wages, just some leftovers will do! We guarantee to guard this courtyard so well that not even a fly will get in!"
Lin Yuan walked out carrying a lantern and was amused to see these two strange-looking 'thin bamboos'.
"Oh, speak of the devil. I just said I wanted to recruit guards, and you show up at the door."
Lin Yuan sized them up. "Though you look a bit thin, staying up for the night watch doesn't require much strength. Fine, the night security of this courtyard will be handed over to you two brothers from now on."
Black and White Impermanence were so moved that tears streamed down their faces as they kowtowed vigorously on the ground.
"Thank you for taking us in, Great One! Even if we are reduced to ashes, we will never let a single evil spirit come within half a step of the school!"