Jiang Yi smiled. “The Formation in your shop has been broken, so it won’t gather yin energy anymore. The feng shui has returned to normal.
As for your ex-husband and the people behind him, they’ll suffer backlash when the Formation is broken, and their dantian will be completely destroyed.
For those who practice cultivation, once their dantian is destroyed, they can no longer harm others.
Losing their cultivation and falling from the altar to the bottom is worse than killing them.
As for your ex-husband, he’s just an ordinary person. If his dantian is destroyed, he’ll likely become listless, plagued by illness until he dies.
This is karma.”
Sister Chen’s expression was filled with immense satisfaction as she said, “Serves him right!”
He chose the wrong path.
After saying this, Jiang Yi stretched out her hand, palm facing up.
Sister Chen, understanding the cue, quickly handed over five thousand yuan.
Jiang Yi took it, spat a little on her hand, and began counting the money with a clattering sound.
Sister Chen pressed her advantage. “Master, although the problem has been dealt with, the news about my small inn being haunted has already spread.
Business will probably be hard to revive.
Since you’ve helped me this far, could you give me some guidance on changing the feng shui of the shop?
Of course, of course, I won’t let you work for free. I’ll give you another five thousand yuan.”
When Sister Chen withdrew the money earlier, she had left herself a way out, taking five thousand from each of two cards.
She quickly stuffed the other five thousand she had been clutching into Jiang Yi’s hand.
Jiang Yi held the money, still warm from Sister Chen’s body heat, feeling as if she were dreaming.
City folks are so generous!
She had just been thinking that she had asked for too much money this time and planned to offer a feng shui arrangement as a bonus.
She never expected the other party to offer more money.
Hmm.
If they’re giving it, she’ll take it. Good thing she didn’t reveal her plan to offer the feng shui arrangement in advance.
She stuffed the money into the back pocket of her pants.
Since these pants had been with her, they had never been this prosperous.
Now they were truly pants with substance, feeling heavy when she walked.
In fact, when Jiang Yi returned in the evening, she had already noticed the problems with the shop.
But she couldn’t let Sister Chen think she earned the money too easily, so she looked left, looked right, even went outside to check, and even pretended to calculate with her fingers.
Sister Chen stood anxiously beside her, not daring to breathe too loudly, afraid of disturbing the master’s train of thought.
Finally, Jiang Yi looked up. “Hmm, your inn faces south, which is very auspicious in terms of direction.
But the building in front of you is much taller than yours, and the main entrance of your shop happens to face the narrow gap between two tall buildings. This is called the ‘Heavenly Chopping Sha.’
Secondly, because the inn is narrow, the main entrance directly faces the back door, causing wealth to leak out.
Thirdly, when opening a business, it’s auspicious to have taller buildings behind you, providing support and stability.
Unfortunately, behind your inn are only low, messy bungalows, creating a pattern of weak backing.”
The more Sister Chen listened, the more anxious she became.
It turned out the feng shui of the shop was already this bad, and she had been completely unaware.
“Master, what should I do? Can it still be saved?”
Jiang Yi patted her chest. “Leave it to me.”
She went back to her room, took out the unused paper and pen, and spread them on the front desk.
Calm and composed, she began writing, completing it in one go.
Sister Chen watched intently without blinking.
Just as Jiang Yi finished writing, Sister Chen seemed to see the cinnabar strokes suddenly detach from the yellow paper, then dart back into the paper like little spirits.
Sister Chen was stunned. She had already experienced too many unbelievable things tonight, but seeing this still left her deeply shocked.
Jiang Yi folded the Talisman into a triangle and handed it to Sister Chen.
Sister Chen’s hands trembled.
“Place this at the main entrance to ward off the Heavenly Chopping Sha.”
This one is to be placed on the back wall, to resolve the lack of support behind the seating area.
As for this last one, press it under the cabbage ornament on your front desk.
Tomorrow, place a large flowerpot between the front and back doors to prevent wealth leakage caused by the two doors echoing each other.”
Sister Chen quickly nodded, bending over to escort Jiang Yi back to her room. This was her ancestor, to be properly taken care of.
After settling Jiang Yi, Sister Chen didn’t dare delay for a minute and went to place the talismans.
Once the three talismans were in position, Sister Chen, for some reason, felt the anxiety in her heart swept away.
Moreover, an inexplicable confidence arose within her.
Her shop could become popular!
Her shop was indeed quite “popular.”
On a certain hotel booking platform, dozens of people had all left negative reviews in the past month.
The comments were all about hauntings, warning everyone not to go.
Some had even started threads on forums, recounting their experiences, though they didn’t gain much traction.
Just after Sister Chen finished placing the talismans, a major influencer inadvertently came across one of these posts.
Based on the evidence listed by netizens, the influencer searched and found dozens of comments about hauntings.
His recent traffic had been lukewarm, and seeing this, he immediately felt he had grasped the key to virality.
His team worked through the night, contacting the user who posted the thread, having them recount their stay in detail, and taking screenshots of various comments.
The team worked all night and released the video the next day at noon.
With millions of followers, his video caused a huge stir, sparking endless debates and spreading rapidly online.
A large number of streamers who explored “haunted houses” had run out of places to investigate.
This influencer’s video directly provided them with material, and they had to ride the wave of hype.
After placing Jiang Yi’s talismans, Sister Chen was full of confidence. However, when she opened the shop the next day, it was still deserted.
She felt both anxious and thought she might have been too hasty—how could things change so quickly?
But as it turned out, they could change that fast.
At 3 p.m., three hours after the influencer’s video was released, her platform system began sending notifications.
One booking.
Then another booking.
Within just an hour, all rooms from that night to the next seven or eight days were fully booked.
Sister Chen immediately rushed to arrange for potted plants to be delivered and walls to be fixed, eagerly awaiting the guests’ arrival.
Of course, she didn’t dare book out Room 103.
The master could stay as long as she wanted.
The neighbors, seeing Sister Chen buying potted plants and putting up wallpaper, sneered in disdain.
With her shop haunted, who would still come to stay?
But by evening, they were proven wrong.
Huashi was less than three hours’ drive away, and some people, eager to catch the first wave of traffic, arrived with their team members carrying cameras.
A middle-aged woman with ill intentions pulled one of them aside and whispered mysteriously, “Young man, I advise you not to stay at her place.
You don’t know, but recently… her place has been haunted!
Just yesterday, I saw that woman bring in a Taoist priest to perform rituals!”
The young man retorted, “So her place really is haunted?”
“Of course! We’re neighbors, how could we not know?!”
“Then that’s perfect. If it weren’t haunted, we wouldn’t be here!”
His words left the woman speechless.
Watching the young men carry their camera equipment inside, the woman spat toward their backs.
“No good deed goes unpunished. If they get haunted, they deserve it!”
As these ghost hunters entered, they felt somewhat disappointed.
This small inn was no different from the countless others tucked away in the city’s corners.
The space was cramped, with rooms partitioned by cheap wooden boards that offered no sound insulation at all. The short corridor stretched plainly in view from one end to the other.
Yet, given the exaggerated praise circulating online, they decided to give it a try and checked in anyway.
At first, there wasn’t much of a noticeable difference.
After a while, one person spoke up first, “Whether this room is haunted or not aside, I feel like ever since I stepped in, my mood has improved a lot, and my mind feels incredibly clear.”
“I didn’t realize it until you mentioned it, but I was feeling a bit carsick earlier—uncomfortable and nauseous.
After staying here for a bit, I feel refreshed and energized!”