Chapter 84: Johnny’s guidance (Part 2)

I really couldn’t understand what Johnny meant by this. Could it be that the beads were the reason why Jennifer wanted me to find Johnny?

It is very precious to me, but the most precious thing about it is its commemorative value. It was passed down by my master, and it was also my master’s birthday gift to me! Although I also know that it is very valuable, for cultivators, this is definitely not a reason to pay special attention to it!

If I hadn’t experienced the battle at the Lake of a Thousand Demons, I would have thought that Johnny was hiding some secret in his words. But after experiencing the battle at the Lake of a Thousand Demons…

As if he could see my confusion, Johnny laughed and said, “How can you be so stupid? Haven’t you figured it out yet? I just said that only your master and I know the real purpose of the beads. This involves a very important and secret past event. It was in this context that your master made the beads. It foreshadows a fate. Only the successor who opens this fate can know the real purpose of the beads! The beads you gave me have already been used…”

Even if I am stupid, I understood what Johnny meant when I heard this. I looked up at him and said, “I understand. What you mean is that seeing the beads used means that I have already met certain conditions. What you just said doesn’t mean that Jenny asked me to come to you because of the beads, but rather the conditions behind it, or the fate, right?

As I spoke, I couldn’t help but think of the remnant soul of my master’s spirit that was left in the stone tablet. The four major powers were chasing me because of this. Could it be that Jenny asked me to find Johnny because of this?

Johnny nodded, his eyes became distant, and he took another sip of wine before saying, “It seems that you’re not very stupid. I’m afraid you know something in your heart! I’m drunk, and it’s not suitable to talk to you too much today. If I talk any more, I’ll become a boring old man who talks endlessly and constantly brings up the past… Tomorrow, come back tomorrow.”

Huh? An inexplicable dismissal! Things have clearly reached a critical point, and now we are being asked to leave… I was a little unwilling, or perhaps it was because of the circumstances that made me anxious, so I couldn’t help but say, “Uncle Johnny, why don’t you stop drinking and let’s continue talking? I’ll go buy you something to sober up?”

“Hahaha… Uncle Johnny, that’s a good name! That’s a good name! Do you think there’s Chinese hangover soup here? The most common thing here is curry… I miss Chinese food the most! I miss the British beauty, Alina… Do you know that your master once made a hangover soup? Fresh fish soup… thick soup, minced fish, melted in the soup… one bite…” Johnny didn’t pay any attention to what I said, and suddenly he started to babble nonsense on the table, talking about things that made no sense at all.

Who is Alina? Did my master make fish soup? I’m going crazy! I don’t know if Johnny did it on purpose!

He wanted to say something else, but Johnny was already holding a bottle of wine and lying on the table, snoring loudly. It was even more exaggerated than acting!

“Forget it, Chengyi, come back tomorrow.” Seeing that I was unwilling to give up, Chengqing, who had been very quiet, suddenly spoke up.

“But…” I looked at Johnny and wanted to say that he was obviously acting. I have seen so many drunk people, but I have never seen someone who was fine one second and suddenly drunk the next. It must take a process.

But Chengqing suddenly pulled me up and said, “I can understand your anxiety, but Johnny is a friend of the master, so we should respect him no matter what! Besides, he probably remembered some sad memories. Can’t you see that people don’t want to talk at times like this?”

I nodded and stopped arguing. When it comes to emotional intelligence and the ability to read people’s expressions, Chengqing is better than me and Chengxin!

So we quietly walked out of the door, and Chengzhen even carefully helped Johnny close the door.

Outside the door, the drizzle had stopped, and the sun was shining brightly in the sky again. It was just that everything looked a bit gray in the slums.

I looked up and looked at the gray sky. Suddenly, I had a strange thought. It seemed that everything would be different tomorrow. It seemed that from tomorrow on, the many things I had experienced in the first half of my life, the clues and puzzles that I could not solve, would begin to be solved.

And Master, can I find you?

The next morning, we got up early! Because we were worried about Johnny, we didn’t even have time to eat the delicious breakfast made by the Wal-Mart housekeeper, and we rushed to the slums.

The morning was misty, and when we reached Johnny’s house, the mist not only did not dissipate, but it became even thicker.

But the strange thing was that the doors to Johnny’s tin shacks were open, and when we called out from outside, there was no response from Johnny.

Could it be that something else had happened? My fate had always been bad, and this scene made me think of a lot of things. Was something wrong with Johnny? Or was it those killers…? My face was as gloomy as a thunderstorm was coming, but I wouldn’t think that Johnny had run away. Thinking of Johnny’s clear eyes, I felt that he wouldn’t be the kind of person who would lie.

Seeing my face, Cheng Qing walked up to me. His face was also rather ugly, but he still said to me with a forced calm, “In that case, we’ll have to go in and take a look.”

With that, we walked into the tin houses. Outside, it was still a mess, but inside, I found that the innermost tin house was unlocked.

This scene made my breathing a little difficult. I quickened my pace and walked into the innermost metal room. Then I saw an empty room, without the portraits of the Three Purities, without the altar, the low table, and the black cloth had been torn off, revealing a large empty wall behind the black cloth, as if we had not come here at all yesterday.

“What’s going on here? Did Johnny run into a debt collector?” Xiao Chengqian was the first to lose his temper and shouted.

It was better that he didn’t say anything, but when he did, I felt my whole heart grow cold.

But at this moment, a voice came from outside the house: “If I owe money, can you help me pay it back? Is this the courtesy of the younger generation? How dare you slander me for being in debt?”

It was Johnny’s voice. When I heard it, I was so excited that I almost lost my balance and nearly fell over!

I can’t blame myself for being so unpromising. I’ve been having a rough time, and I thought this time would be the same. But things took a turn for the better, and I was truly happy from the bottom of my heart.

Accompanied by Johnny’s loud, somewhat irritable voice, the Johnny people also walked into the tin house.

After entering, his first action was to give Xiao Chengqian a hard knock on the head and say, “I will be in debt. I have more money than you can count, but it is meaningless to me! I am not a good-tempered person. If you dare to speak nonsense, you will have to endure my anger.”

This blow was not clear. We all heard it. It was obvious, like the muffled sound of a watermelon being smashed. Poor Xiao Da Shao, who was so arrogant, could only hold his head and hunch his neck in shame when faced with such a strong and irritable old man like Johnny.

I couldn’t help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, and I was glad that I wasn’t the kind of idiot I used to be. I was able to calm down a little, otherwise I might have been the one getting hit.

And Wal-Mart also said, “I absolutely believe in the words of Lord Johnny. With the noble surname of Sharma, Lord Johnny is destined not to be poor. I swear!”

What nonsense! I didn’t bother to pay any attention to Wal-Mart, but instead took a look at Johnny. Compared to yesterday, today’s Johnny was a completely different person. His beard had been shaved clean, his hair had been carefully combed up, his suit was neat and tidy, his collar was white, and the elegant aristocratic air that had once been in the photos had returned to him. From any angle, there was no connection to the middle-aged man who had experienced vicissitudes and poverty yesterday.

“Uncle Johnny, what are you doing here?” I couldn’t understand what Johnny meant, so I couldn’t help but ask.

Jonny straightened his suit and said, “Do I still have to live here? Your appearance means that I have to start a new journey in my life. I’m leaving here, and you have to go with me.” He paused for a moment and then added, “I like the name ‘Jonny’ and I want you to keep calling me that.”

After that, he walked out of the house at a brisk pace.

I was so surprised that I couldn’t help but ask, “Go? Where?”

Jonny didn’t answer me at all, but said loudly, “What kind of question is that? Hurry up and keep up. If I’m even a minute late, will I not tell you?”

We looked at each other, but in the end we quickly followed Johnny’s footsteps.

When we walked out of the slum, we realized that some people were already loading luggage into a pickup truck. Johnny was waiting nearby. When he saw that we had caught up, he turned and said, “Fortunately, I had a feeling that you would come early, so I went back to take a look. Otherwise, you would have had to wait for me for a long time. At least until the luggage was packed. At that time, you wouldn’t think I ran away, would you?”

I looked up at the sky helplessly. What a strange and grumpy old man. It was obviously his fault for moving without telling us, but he acted as if we were being petty.

But where will he take us? What different secrets will he reveal to us?