Ni Yang spoke in a gentle tone, there was no hint of jesting in his words.
It took a while for Sir Du to process this fact.
He was only saved as an afterthought...
"Can you really tell fortunes?" Sir Du asked again.
"Yes." Ni Yang affirmed with a serious nod.
Sir Du toyed with his Buddha beads, "Then, can you predict my fortune too?"
"No." Ni Yang shook his head.
"Hmm?" Sir Du raised an eyebrow.
Ni Yang pinched his fingers, putting on the air of a hermit above worldly concerns, "Sir, have you ever seen a hermit, I mean a real one, casually predicting fortunes for others? Besides, fortune-telling involves breaking the heavenly secrecy, which could backfire and harm oneself. If it weren't for the fact that Wang Zeqi is my elder martial brother, I would not have risked my life to predict his fortune."
Ni Yang, who had also been an important figure in his previous life, was quite adept later at cajoling others.