Chapter 26
She’s This Beautiful, So Why Does She Tell Fortunes?
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“When I saw her yesterday, this beauty was telling a fortune for a male college student. With just one look, she could tell that he and the girl he liked shared the same feelings and were a fated match.”
Chang Jiayan frowned. How could that be possible?
Even his grandfather—the vice president of the Taoist Association, known as one half of the ‘Mo of the South, Chang of the North’[1]—would have to compare the birth charts of both parties before he could confirm a fated match.
To do it with just a single glance? Absolutely impossible!
It was likely just another one of those streamers using Feng Shui as a gimmick to gain followers.
However, she really was beautiful enough.
Never mind the Paranormal section; even looking at the entire Shark Platform, there probably weren’t many who looked better than her.
“Don’t be so skeptical.”
His roommate noticed his expression.
“She even predicted that the girl was going to take the initiative to confess to him!”
Hearing this, Chang Jiayan was even more speechless.
This was too obviously fake.
Seeing that he still didn’t believe it, his roommate hurriedly pointed at the screen and said, “If you don’t believe me, see for yourself.”
Chang Jiayan looked thoughtful and nodded after a long moment.
Ji He adjusted the camera.
She picked up a writing brush, dipped it in some cinnabar, and began to draw on a piece of yellow talisman paper.
On the screen, her wrist was agile, turning naturally. With just a few strokes, she finished drawing an Exorcism Talisman.
“Done.”
Ji He folded the talisman paper and went to look for Tang Jiajia’s address. When she opened her private messages, she saw that Tang Jiajia had sent several messages in a row, the last of which had just been sent.
“Master! Look at me, I want to connect with you!”
Ji He invited her to join the stream.
As soon as Tang Jiajia’s face popped up on the screen, her excited voice rang out.
“Master! You told me yesterday to bury the bracelet in the dirt, and that ghost really couldn’t find me! You’re amazing! I’m going to cheer for you! From now on, I’m your die-hard fan!”
Tang Jiajia’s excited voice was heard clearly by everyone in the livestream.
Ji He gave a faint smile. “I have already booked a courier to pick it up. Once you receive the talisman, burn it just as I told you before, and that ghost will never come looking for you again.”
“I understand. Thank you, Master.”
As she spoke, Tang Jiajia sent Ji He several gifts and then disconnected from the stream.
The comment section exploded instantly, with people one after another claiming that Ji He had hired an actor. Seeing the tone of the bullet comments getting more and more ridiculous, Tang Jiajia, who had just finished changing her nickname, couldn’t sit still anymore.
There were many haters, but there were even more fans who trusted Ji He. With Tang Jiajia’s guarantee, the two factions were suddenly at each other’s throats.
In front of the tablet, Chang Jiayan and his roommate looked at each other in silence.
The former was quiet, and the latter was equally speechless.
“That’s it? It’s finished? Why do I remember you needing to prepare so many things when you practice drawing talismans? And you usually spend a whole afternoon on it, yet you never end up with a single successful one.”
The roommate looked completely bewildered.
Was drawing talismans really that simple?
Then why…
He glanced at Chang Jiayan out of the corner of his eye.
Could it be that Xiao Chang is just too much of a noob?
Perhaps his suspicious gaze was too obvious, for Chang Jiayan’s face turned even darker.
A talisman required ink made from a mixture of cinnabar and chicken blood, channeling the Taoist laws of heaven and earth into the body, completed in one continuous stroke.
Any slight error in the process would turn the entire talisman into scrap paper.
Even his grandfather couldn’t draw a talisman so easily while chatting.
He stared intently at the talisman on the screen, his mind quickly comparing it to the patterns in the Feng Shui Records.
His grandfather had said that the talismans recorded in the Feng Shui Records were considered the most comprehensive collection in the world, a gold standard for all Taoists.
But the talisman she drew wasn’t in there at all!
She was just scribbling nonsense!
It was precisely because there were so many scammers that Feng Shui and Six Lines were so heavily criticized.
Chang Jiayan snorted coldly, took out his phone, and logged into his Shark account.
As soon as Chang Jiayan posted his comment, the bullet comments completely exploded, covering the screen in a dense layer.
Originally, there were too many bullet comments, and Ji He hadn’t bothered to stare at the screen constantly, so she happened to miss Chang Jiayan’s comment.
It wasn’t until the screen was later flooded with “Crown Prince of Taoism” that she noticed.
Her eyes lit up slightly.
In this world, Xuanxue was in decline and charlatans were rampant. For someone to hold the title of Crown Prince of Taoism, they should have some real skill.
But when she quickly scrolled with her mouse and saw Chang Jiayan’s comment, she sighed heavily in her heart once again.
This so-called Crown Prince of Taoism couldn’t even recognize a basic Exorcism Talisman.
“This Exorcism Talisman only exorcises evil; it doesn’t attract ghosts.”
Seeing that Ji He was stubborn and still making excuses, Chang Jiayan couldn’t help but laugh out of anger. That lady just now was clearly encountering something filthy, yet she was still bluffing like this. For money, she really dared to do anything!
More importantly, there was a group of brainless fans following suit and believing her! Wasn’t this just harming people?
He quickly typed out a comment.
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