Chapter 278: Chapter 279: When Can I Get Rich Quick?
The man was dumbfounded too. If he couldn’t speak, see, or hear, what meaning would his life have left?
Su Nian reminded him again.
"It’s not about seeing, speaking, and hearing in the traditional sense. It’s about not prying into other people’s privacy. Simply put, you can’t have even a sliver of curiosity. As long as you can abide by this agreement, these human-face sores won’t return."
"But if you ever pry into someone’s privacy again, they will come back."
The man’s emotions stabilized somewhat. He wasn’t a curious person to begin with, and after Su Nian’s warning, he was even less likely to be nosy.
But as he looked at his hands, he could still see the dense cluster of faces.
He hesitated. "This stuff is still on my hands. It’s not completely gone."
Su Nian nodded. "If you can still bear it, we can do it again. It only takes five sessions in total to completely remove these human-face sores."
Recalling the recent agony, the man hesitated for a moment, but then he gave a firm nod.
Screams continued to pour out of the room, even scaring away many of the worshippers.
Meanwhile, Su Nian was calmly beginning to burn the fifth piece of talisman paper for the day.
With each piece of talisman paper Su Nian burned, the smoke in the room grew thicker.
The marks of the human-face sores on the man’s body could be seen gradually fading.
By now, many had faded away. Only the face on the back of his head remained, staying perfectly clear and unchanged.
"It hurts too much... It really hurts too much... Can we take a break? I want to rest for a bit."
The man’s voice trembled. During the burning of the talisman paper, he had already screamed, cried, and begged for mercy hundreds of times, but Su Nian hadn’t listened once.
Now, the pain was so intense he could barely breathe. He felt like he was about to stop breathing altogether.
His body couldn’t take it anymore. The smoke looked so gentle.
But to him, it felt like tens of millions of needles, genuinely piercing into his body.
It felt like they were striking his very bones and blood. The pain was truly indescribable.
To him, a death sentence probably wouldn’t be much worse.
If someone had used this method for an interrogation, he probably would have bitten his own tongue off and committed suicide long ago.
When the final piece of talisman paper finally burned to ashes, the marks on the man’s face and body at last disappeared completely. Only then did he dare to gasp for air in relief.
His face was pale, and his clothes were drenched in sweat. The black, bulky outfit he had worn in was now exceptionally loose on him.
It hung on his frame like a sack. When he finally stood up, sweat actually dripped from his clothes.
His body should have given out long ago under such terrifying power, yet he remained conscious.
Su Nian looked at the man with a hint of admiration. It was safe to say his willpower was the strongest she had ever encountered.
Although she hadn’t experienced the pain firsthand, she knew it wasn’t something an ordinary person could endure.
But not only had the man withstood it, he hadn’t even passed out.
[OMG, when the host started burning the third piece of talisman paper, I started to feel how terrifying it was. It looks so painful, everyone.]
[Can you believe it? He actually endured it. I seriously thought he was going to die just now.]
[Right? I saw him almost convulsing, but the host just kept burning the talisman paper. I was scared to death.]
[Yeah, I was worried too. I wanted to quickly tell the host to stop. I was afraid she was going to kill him like that.]
[I mean, just looking at all the sweat on him, I know how much pain he was in. This guy is a real man.]
The man was oblivious to the praise the netizens were lavishing on him in the comments.
Tears were streaming down his face. Overcome by the extreme pain, he couldn’t stop the physiological tears. It was a long while before he slowly climbed up from the floor.
He looked at his body, saw that the marks of the human-face sores were gone, and before he could even let out a laugh, he passed out cold.
Fortunately, Su Nian had anticipated this and had already called for an ambulance.
The man actually had companions with him, but he didn’t dare let them see the things on his body.
Seeing an ambulance carry someone away from the Daoist Temple, the worshippers waiting in line were rather shocked.
It was the first time they had ever seen someone come for a fortune-telling and end up going to the hospital.
In an instant, quite a few of the worshippers left.
After the man was taken away, Su Nian began to receive her next client.
This time, a very pretty young woman walked in. She was exquisitely dressed and made up; even her eyebrows were drawn with each hair perfectly defined.
She was so impeccably polished she looked like an artificial doll. The moment she entered, she gave a sweet smile and even bowed gently to Su Nian.
"Hello, Host. My name is Xiao Rou. I came today because I’d like you to see if I have any chances to get rich quick."
[Finally, someone’s asking what I want to ask! Can you really find out your chances of getting rich?!]
Su Nian nodded. "I can get a general sense of your fortune with money."
"But please pay the divination fee first."
A look of immense surprise blossomed in the girl’s eyes, the light of greed almost spilling out.
Holding the latest model phone, she quickly scanned Su Nian’s QR code.
Her eyes were filled with excitement.
"Master, tell me quickly! I really want to get rich. I’ve been dreaming of striking it rich for a long time."
Su Nian looked at her face and began making calculations with her fingers, preparing to talk about her family and then what opportunities for wealth she might encounter.
"You grew up by the water. Your father died at sea. When you were three, your mother remarried, and you have a decent relationship with your stepfather."
As Su Nian said this, she frowned.
"Yes, yes, yes! That’s all correct. But Host, I’m more interested in my financial luck. Can you just talk about that first?"
Although everything Su Nian said was correct, a flicker of disappointment still showed in the girl’s eyes.
Compared to all that, she was more interested in when she would get rich.
Su Nian nodded and continued her analysis. "Your academic performance was average. You’re smart, but you don’t like to study. You didn’t even get into college."
"That’s right, I really didn’t get into college. But whatever, forget that. I’m more interested in when I’ll get rich."
Hearing the girl mention getting rich yet again, Su Nian’s smile faded slightly.
In her opinion, this girl simply wasn’t fated to be wealthy, yet she was incredibly greedy.
She would have many opportunities to make money, but she was incapable of seizing any of them.
Su Nian shook her head. "You will have opportunities for wealth, but I can only remind you that you must pay more attention to your own character."
After the girl brought up her financial luck twice without getting a straight answer from Su Nian, she was already frowning.
Hearing Su Nian’s latest comment, she completely lost her temper.
"What kind of fortune-telling is this? Do you even know what you’re doing? And what do you mean, ’pay attention to my character’!?"
Seeing Su Nian’s expression darken, she quickly changed her tune.
"How about this, how about this... why don’t you just tell me... what the winning numbers for the next lottery draw will be?"
