The fortune telling was so accurate that I accidentally accumulated a huge amount of merit!

Chapter 171 I'm calling you, do you dare answer? (2nd update)
"I'm sorry, the evaluation of the Helian family's projects has never been restarted."

The Helian family only acts as angel investors and strictly screens projects. Isn't that also a way of selecting suitable teammates? If just anyone could join their ranks, that would be terrible.

Hosono Nako never imagined she would fail. Her expression was somewhat unpleasant, but she still managed to force a smile.

"May I ask why the Hosono family's assessment failed?"

Many families have asked this question, and of course they have official answers.

Anyone who takes it seriously is a fool.

"Insufficient comprehensive assessment."

Naoko Hosono: ...

For the first time, I realized how annoying it is when someone speaks to her in a bureaucratic tone.

There was clearly no need to stay any longer, so Hosono Naoko could only stand up and put the Nine Yang Grass in her hand on the table.

"It's a pity that the Hosono family didn't pass the Helian family's evaluation..."

After a pause, Hosono Naoko continued, "This is the Nine Yang Grass I bought at auction before. Consider it an apology for bothering me today."

Looking at the Nine Yang Grass, whose value had been artificially inflated countless times, the butler thought that the young lady of the Hosono family was truly cunning.

Very few people could possibly get close to the Helian family. This Nine Yang Grass, at a normal price, would be worth no more than 20 billion. Even if it were auctioned, it would only soar to 30 billion at most.

But Miss Hosono knew that this amount of money was nothing to the Helian family, and it wouldn't be a significant bargaining chip.

They actually raised the price of the Nine Yang Grass to 100 billion to increase their leverage.

In the end, the Helian family ended up being the ones who paid the bill, but unfortunately, the Helian family never did anything that would lose them money.

After accepting the box of Nine Yang Grass, the butler said indifferently, "Since Miss Hosono is so generous, I will accept it on behalf of the master. I will have someone send a return gift to your residence later."

Of course, the return gift wouldn't be something worth 100 billion, but rather shares in a sunset industry company worth around 20 billion.

The deficit in this case is none of his business.

Having failed in her attempt to steal a chicken and ended up losing more than she gained, Hosono Naoko could only leave the manor with a stiff smile. She only saw three people at the manor the entire time.

Yun Qing didn't dare to breathe loudly the whole time. As Hosono Naoko's little follower, she witnessed the details of Hosono Naoko's 'humiliation', and she had a vague feeling that she was going to be in trouble.

After seeing the person off, the steward brought the Nine Yang Grass to the main courtyard.

Throughout the entire process, he didn't dare to look up at the old lady even once; his head was always slightly lowered, for fear of offending this ruthless old lady.

"Madam, I have prepared a return gift based on the actual value of the Nine Yang Grass."

The old lady nodded in satisfaction.

The steward put down the Nine Yang Grass and then nimbly withdrew.

Tan Chengbi curiously examined the Nine Yang Grass, but it looked like a malnourished weed, and he immediately lost interest and looked away.

Even if my aunt is a "brother-supporting demon" and extends that love to everything related to her, giving him more influence than many others in the Helian family, it's still best to avoid gossiping about the Helian family's affairs.

Now, he only has one thing on his mind: to bring all the wonderful ideas in his head to life. Now, he also has a 'confidant'. Yun Ran returned to her hotel room and inexplicably sneezed several times in a row.

[Host, could it be that the curse from that evil cultivator yesterday made you catch a cold?]

"It shouldn't be. I'm not cold. It's just that I have this feeling that someone is thinking about me. Hmm, I'm probably overthinking it."

Unwilling to give up after failing to acquire the Nine Yang Grass, the blind Taoist priest used all his skills and finally found a seller of the Nine Yang Grass through an intermediary.

Then it took a full 10 billion to get the location of the Nine Yang Grass they had found from the other party.

Since he couldn't get a picture, he should go find one himself; it's better than slinking back home.

When Yunran heard the news, she was unusually silent. What kind of sucker would spend that much money?

"You should have said so earlier! I'm very good at fortune telling. I can solve your problem for just 2000 yuan!"

When Yunran said this, her expression was one of utter heartbreak.

That's 10 billion! More than her entire fortune! And she just spent it all like that. What a blatant spendthrift!

Blind Taoist Priest: ...

Could he say he had forgotten Yunran's fortune-telling skills? Regret suddenly overwhelmed him like a raging storm; all his wealth was gone!
The ginseng fruit was also infuriated by the blind Taoist priest's outrageous actions: [Host, let's stop playing with him. This stupidity is probably contagious!]

All I can say is that the person who sold the Nine Yang Grass really made a killing.

With Naoko Hosono, a sucker, driving up prices, and then scoundrels like the blind Taoist priest rushing to give away money, it's hard for them not to get rich.

Another billionaire has been born with ease.

Yunran silently comforted herself: It's okay, it's okay, she wasn't envious (jealous) at all o(╥﹏╥)o
The blind Taoist priest silently shattered at that moment.
Yunran hadn't decided whether to comfort the blind Taoist priest who had become penniless.

Suddenly, a seductive voice drifted through the air: "[Clouds dyed, clouds dyed, clouds~dye~~~]"

Yunran instinctively wanted to respond, but immediately swallowed her words, her brows furrowing slightly. Who the hell was calling her soul back?

The voice calling her name over and over again seemed to keep calling until she answered.

The ginseng fruit immediately thought of a scene from Journey to the West: "If I call you, do you dare to answer?"
Is there really such a dark magic that allows someone to be summoned and then captured if they answer?

The ginseng fruit suddenly felt a strong urge to see, and pleaded, "Host, please just say yes! I want to see if you'll be put into the gourd."

Yunran: 6
Sure enough, when there is no external danger, the ginseng fruit, this idiot from the higher world, is the most dangerous!
"Why won't you agree!"

Inside Kuroki Renki's dojo, an old man dressed as a monk was casting a spell with his eyes closed. Two little devils stood on his left and right.

The voice calling Yunran came from their mouths. The two little devils seemed to have no sense of fatigue, calling Yunran's name one after another.

Hisao Segawa's face was deathly pale, his eyes filled with malice. With the teacher's intervention, his senior brother's death wasn't in vain.

After a long while, the old monk opened his eyes. His face did not appear strangely sinister because of the many killings he had committed. On the contrary, he looked exceptionally kind and benevolent, and had nothing to do with being a bad person.

"He is indeed a capable person. He was able to withstand my spells for so long without responding. He is a good material for refining weapons."

(End of this chapter)