Chapter 122 - 115: The Fourth Transformation’s Completion Rate Soars

Chapter 122: Chapter 115: The Fourth Transformation’s Completion Rate Soars

"Are you a fortune-teller?"

Xia Yu turned to the woman before her and asked.

"I’ve learned a little."

The woman nodded hastily. "If you wish to avert your current disaster, miss, you can find my master. He can definitely help you. My own skills are a bit lacking."

Of course, Xia Yu didn’t care about skills, nor was she concerned about her so-called omen of great misfortune.

She knew exactly what her disaster was: the upcoming Mist Event would be extremely dangerous, and even she might not survive.

That was why she planned to bring Xie Shaokun, Little Flower, and Little Nannan with her this time.

To face it together!

However, the fact that this woman could see her omen of great misfortune meant she had some genuine ability. That was why Xia Yu had stopped.

"Take me to your master,"

she said, leaving no room for argument.

From behind her, Little Flower stepped forward and untied the ropes binding the woman.

"Okay."

The woman, thinking Xia Yu wanted her master to dispel the bad omen, immediately relaxed. She even made a demand. "But before that, you need to help me teach those men from earlier a harsh lesson."

"They got handsy when they were tying me up. They took plenty of liberties!"

"What does that have to do with me?"

Xia Yu retorted.

"If you want my master to get rid of your omen of great misfortune, you have to do what I say. Otherwise..."

The woman frowned. She clearly hadn’t expected Xia Yu to be so slow on the uptake and had to spell it out for her.

"Who said I’m looking for your master to get rid of a bad omen?"

Xia Yu asked back.

"Huh?"

The woman was stunned for a moment, then thought she understood. "It’s nothing to be ashamed of, wanting my master to dispel a bad omen. Why be so coy about it?"

Xia Yu couldn’t be bothered to waste words on her and turned to leave.

"You..."

The woman was very unhappy with Xia Yu’s attitude. Just as she was about to say something, she suddenly felt herself being lifted up like a doll. "Who—?! Don’t touch me! Or else I’ll..."

She looked back and saw it was the handsome man who had been next to Xia Yu.

She immediately fell silent.

’Let him touch me, then.’

’It’s not like I’ll lose a piece of flesh.’

「Over an hour later.」

"We’re here."

The woman pointed to a standalone villa ahead and said, "My master receives guests here."

"Take me inside,"

Xia Yu commanded.

"You..."

The woman was about to say something, but then she saw Xia Yu checking the bullets in a handgun. Recalling the muffled THUD she’d heard earlier, she jumped in fright.

"Was there something you wanted to say?"

Xia Yu asked.

"Er... nothing."

The woman became much more obedient.

She took the initiative to open the door.

After greeting her master, she got straight to the point. "Master, she needs your help."

She added, "Master, she’s the one who saved me, so please, you must help her."

Her master was an old man, past fifty, who had the air of a sagely immortal. He sized up Xia Yu and asked directly, "To dispel a bad omen?"

The woman was about to nod.

"No."

But Xia Yu shook her head first. "I need you to introduce me to a Feng Shui Master, Master."

"I’m looking for places where Yin Qi gathers."

"The more, the better."

The woman: "???"

’You really don’t want to get rid of your omen of great misfortune?’

The woman’s master, however, had seen all sorts of strange clients. He remained quite calm, only asking with some curiosity, "You don’t wish to resolve the bad omen, miss?"

Xia Yu shook her head.

The woman’s master didn’t press the issue. He nodded and said, "In that case, I can help you with that as well."

"According to the going rate, it’s one million yuan per location of concentrated Yin Qi."

"Since you saved Xiao Xia, you only need to pay five hundred thousand per location."

"How about it?"

Xia Yu had lost all concept of money by now. She had over ten million yuan sitting in her bank account, and if she used it all up, it didn’t matter. She could just get more during the next Mist Event.

"No problem."

She nodded in direct agreement.

Little Flower’s transformation progress was something money could never measure.

"Good."

"These are the three places of concentrated Yin Qi that I know of."

Xia Yu’s decisiveness surprised the woman’s master as well. He didn’t ask any more questions, simply spreading out a map of Huayang City and its surroundings and pointing to three locations.

"QR code?"

Xia Yu memorized the three locations, eager to go and verify them. She immediately took out her phone to pay.

’She’s not even going to check them out before paying?’

Xia Yu’s readiness to pay surprised the woman’s master yet again. He shook his head and said, "I don’t do QR code payments. I haven’t set up one of those... codes."

"Cash, then?"

Xia Yu had Little Flower bring one and a half million yuan in cash from the car.

The woman: "..."

’Who carries that much cash around?’

Her master clearly hadn’t expected this either. He grew even more interested in Xia Yu and handed her his business card. "I will contact my colleagues for you. If you need more places with concentrated Yin Qi, you’re welcome to come back."

’Master Wu?’

Glancing at the card, Xia Yu nodded, bid her farewell, and left.

Master Wu withdrew his gaze and looked at Xiao Xia. "Xiao Xia, what really happened? She’s not just your savior, is she?"

Xiao Xia nodded and recounted the whole situation.

"Oh?"

Master Wu’s brow furrowed. "Tied up by debt collectors? The woman has a gun? Why would someone like that be looking for places with concentrated Yin Qi? Never mind. As long as she bears me no ill will, there’s no need to ask too many questions."

"Master, you didn’t have to give her such a big discount for my sake."

"Don’t worry. Five hundred thousand is just the market price."

"Er..."

...

... ℯℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

The first location was in a forest, situated in a rather low-lying area.

The Yin Qi was even denser than at that high-rise that had caught fire, and the emotions Little Flower conveyed were clearly much more excited.

After it finished absorbing the energy,

Little Flower’s fourth transformation progress jumped from 6% to 12%.

It had doubled!

"Not bad."

Xia Yu instantly felt the 500,000 yuan was worth it.

"On to the next one!"

She drove off, heading to the second location.

This was an abandoned amusement park covering a vast area. It was said that it had been shut down only seven days after opening due to a major accident. One of the children who died was even the son of some big shot.

Lawsuits followed, and it was never able to reopen.

Abandoned!

Eventually, the place was completely forgotten.

The Yin Qi here was even denser than at the first location.

Little Flower spent over an hour wandering around before it finished absorbing all the Yin Qi.

Its fourth transformation progress increased from 12% to 20%.

"Next."

The third location.

It was a deserted village.

The Yin Qi here was about the same as the first location.

Xia Yu didn’t know much about this place, nor did she care to find out.

Since the area wasn’t large, it only took Little Flower twenty minutes to finish absorbing the energy.

Its fourth transformation progress increased from 20% to 26%.

’We’re already a quarter of the way there after just one day.’

’At this rate, there’s a good chance Little Flower can complete its fourth transformation before the next Mist Event arrives!’

A thought stirred in Xia Yu’s mind.

’If Little Flower can complete its fourth transformation, does that mean the Resentful Corpse’s power can also be increased?’

Thinking of the extremely high danger level of the next Mist Event, she hesitated for only a moment before making her decision.