"I also want to take control of my own life, but in the Jianghu, one is often powerless!"
I tried to keep my eyes looking confused, mimicking the tone Ma Shuai used when he enlightened me that day.
"What if I have a way for you to take control of your destiny someday in the future?" Deng Wenwen said calmly.
"Can you?"
I looked at Deng Wenwen blankly and asked.
"I can!"
Deng Wenwen stood up, supporting herself on the table, and the ruby necklace hanging around her neck reappeared before my eyes.
Compared to earlier, the gemstone was even redder, as if blood was flowing inside it. My vision blurred, and I felt as though my consciousness was being sucked in. My chest first felt hot, followed by a slight cracking sound, and then my mind went blank.
Looking at Deng Wenwen again, I felt that everything she said was right, her words were the truth, and her face became more beautiful.
She told me to use the resources in Mrs. Xiao's hands to get close to famous male and female stars in the entertainment circle, to understand their weaknesses through methods like health conditioning, and report these weaknesses to her.
She also wanted me to start a traditional Chinese medicine wellness class, first targeting celebrities, then using their influence to attract wealthy people, teaching them wellness methods, and facilitating deep interactions between these celebrities and the wealthy. Then, capture their interactions on video and use it as leverage for cooperation.
In this way, I would transform from a pawn into a player, gaining the power to make others powerless.
"Why are you helping me?"
I was so excited that I almost wanted to bow down to her.
"Because we have similar experiences, both starting from humble beginnings, both forced to do things we didn't like!" Deng Wenwen said slowly, gazing into my eyes.
In her eyes, I saw nothing but sincerity.
"So what can I do to help you?" I asked instinctively, wanting to assist her.
"Doing what I just mentioned is the greatest help to me!" Deng Wenwen said.
"Then we..."
Deng Wenwen extended her hand, and I extended mine, shaking hands with her.
At the moment of the handshake, Deng Wenwen smiled smugly, making her look uglier, but this ugly face seemed like a Heavenly Immortal to me at that moment.
After Deng Wenwen left, I was still immersed in the grand vision she painted of controlling my destiny and becoming the player in life, unable to extricate myself, until my phone rang.
"Hello?"
I glanced at it; it was Fatty Lin.
"Heaven and Earth, the origin of all energy. Cultivate through countless eons, witness my divine powers. Within and beyond the three realms, only the Dao is revered. My body is covered with golden light, enveloping and reflecting upon me. Invisible to the eye, inaudible to the ear. Encompassing the universe, nurturing all living beings. Recite it ten thousand times, and the body will shine with light. Guardians of the three realms, the Five Emperors welcome. All gods pay homage, commanding thunder and lightning. Ghosts and demons lose their courage, spirits and monsters vanish. Within is thunder, the Thunder God conceals his name. Wisdom penetrates thoroughly, the five energies surge. Golden light appears swiftly, protecting the true person. Urgent as a decree."
After picking up, Fatty Lin's robust voice came through.
At the end of the Golden Light Incantation, I felt a jolt, regaining some clarity. Deng Wenwen's face in my memory seemed a bit uglier, but still very beautiful.
"Damn it, Dead Thirteen, who the hell did you provoke? Quickly dissolve the Universal Solution Talisman I gave you in water and drink it, and put me on speaker, follow my instructions!"
Before I could figure out why Deng Wenwen seemed a bit uglier, Fatty Lin's exasperated voice came through.
"Oh, oh!"
I nodded instinctively, opened a drawer, found a small wooden box, opened it, and took out a yellow talisman, saying, "Found the Universal Solution Talisman!"
"Pour a glass of water, dissolve the talisman!"
Fatty Lin instructed.
"Oh!"
I nodded again, found a cup, poured water, and dissolved the talisman.
After dissolving it, I said, "Done!"
"Drink!" Fatty Lin said.
"Oh!"
I responded again, tilted my head back, and drank the talisman water.
At the same time, Fatty Lin's voice came through the phone again, "On Mount Sumeru, there is a grass, seen to grow but not to age. Growing in the deep mountains, useless there, the disciple pulls the Solution Grass, one resolves the heavenly law, two resolves the earthly law, three resolves the Thunder God official's law, four resolves the Dragon and Tiger Flower King's law, five resolves the Yellow-Eyed Taoist's law, six resolves the begging monk's law, seven resolves the pregnant woman's law, eight resolves the cowherd boy's law, nine resolves the Immortal's mouth and eye law, ten resolves the various artist's law, all kinds of evil laws are resolved. Come, come, come, let's walk into the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord's hall, the worldly law is originally the law of the Lord King, a thousand Grand Supreme Elderly Lords offer incense, your law is one foot high, my law is three meters high, your law is three meters high, my law is in the heavens, I invoke the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord, urgent as a decree." New chapters come out on g.com first.
As the word "decree" fell, I was jolted again, and the Deng Wenwen in my memory reverted to her original ugly appearance.
"Damn it, Dead Thirteen, ever since I met you, nothing good has happened!"
"Back then, you begged me to take you to Da Fuhao to see the world, and ended up getting blocked by your grandpa in a private room. You played the victim, and I got a beating!"
"Later, you said you wanted to make money with me, bragging that you could settle things with the Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles, but things didn't settle, and you almost got possessed. I saved you by biting my tongue and spraying tongue-tip blood!"
"Then your grandpa took advantage of the situation, using the opportunity to treat my grandpa's illness, forced me to burn yellow talismans, cut chicken heads, drink blood wine, and become sworn brothers with you, even putting a peace talisman for you on my family's altar!"
"If it weren't for your talisman falling off the altar today, and me divining a hexagram for you, you'd be in big trouble this time!"
Listening to Fatty Lin's voice on the phone recounting old grievances, I inexplicably felt a sense of closeness, and a silent smile spread across my face.
"Are you dead? Why aren't you speaking?"
After talking for a long time and seeing no rebuttal from me, Fatty Lin's voice suddenly rose.
My smile widened, and I replied, "Didn't you benefit? Every time we went to Da Fuhao, wasn't it me who paid? And during my university years, half of my living expenses were borrowed by you to spend at Da Fuhao, while I was eating steamed buns in the dorm every day, why don't you mention that!"
"Alright, alright, let's not argue about the past. Tell me, what happened this time!" Fatty Lin asked.
"Alright, you can help me analyze it!"
I started recounting my experiences from when I gave acupuncture to Mr. Hua's son.
"Damn, you made so much money, why didn't you tell me?"
Fatty Lin exploded after hearing it.
"Didn't you say you wanted to bless me with the Beifeng Ghost-Slaying Seal? I wanted to wait for you to come over and then tell you, but it's been almost two months, and you haven't finished the blessing, and you still have the nerve to blame me for not saying anything?" I retorted.
Fatty Lin is the typical type who fears his brother living poorly but also fears his brother driving a Land Rover.
"Alright, alright, it's my fault. I'll book a ticket to the capital tomorrow to find you, okay?" Fatty Lin said.
"I don't care if you come or not!"
I snorted and asked, "Tell me, how did I get caught?"
"Thirteen, I suspect that ruby necklace of Deng Wenwen's contains a drop of fox spirit blood, and the scent you smelled might be a kind of incense made from fox urine!" Fatty Lin said in a deep voice.