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

Chapter 55 This kind of person is perfect for being a sucker (5th update)
Jiang Ruo reached out, wanting to grasp Yun Ran's hand to express her gratitude and eagerness.

With a "smack," Jiang Ruo's hand immediately turned a large red patch.

"Speak your mind, or shut up. Why are you hitting me? Believe me or not, I'll chop off your paws!"

A feeling of grievance immediately surfaced on Jiang Ruo's face. He was just a little agitated; he really didn't have any bad intentions.

Yunran knew this, of course; otherwise, she wouldn't have just slapped him.

"Master, do you know why my classmate is having such bad luck? Can you help resolve it?"

Yun Ran's gaze fell on Jiang Ruo's face again. This guy is really lucky. He was with someone as unlucky as Yang Ye and he wasn't affected at all.

The key is that this person is pure of heart and kind-hearted; well, this kind of person is perfect for being a sucker.

“That’s another price!”

Jiang Ruo: ...

Seeing Jiang Ruo's discomfiture, Yang Ye quickly said, "Master, how much will it cost to resolve this? I'll pay."

"8888."

The two, who had initially thought Yunran would ask for an exorbitant amount, immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

This time, Yang Ye took out his phone to scan the QR code to pay.

Yun Ran took out the glass bead that had sealed the Ghost King and threw it into Yang Ye's hand.

"Wear it for three days, and all the messy, dark energy that has accumulated on you will dissipate."

However, this dark energy is just the fuse, causing you to be plagued by bad luck, leaving you with no way to save yourself when you encounter problems.

The real trouble is yet to come. You've blocked someone's path, and all the things you encountered before were merely attempts to disrupt the magnetic field around you.

Your reputation, your connections, your resources, even your future—all have been destroyed one by one. Next, it's your life that's at stake.

Yang Ye, the person involved, had not yet reacted, but Jiang Ruo's face turned pale.

He was just well protected by his family, but he was still a top student. Yunran's words made this good boy face the darkness and cruelty.

The thought that those people wanted Yang Ye dead suddenly sent a chill down his spine.

"However, you are also a bit lucky. According to the dark energy you were previously tainted by, it took half a month to completely destroy your original magnetic field."

"Something on you must have resisted part of the black energy's corruption, but it ultimately failed."

Yang Ye thought for a moment and suddenly remembered that when he was in college, his 100-year-old wife said that he was the reincarnation of the God of Literature.

She gave him a wood carving, saying it was carved by an old scholar her family had commissioned when she was a child.

Two days ago, the wood carving cracked without warning. He felt extremely distressed, but he didn't think too much about it, assuming that it had been sitting for too long and had rotted.

So, it was that wooden carving that had protected him for so long?
He had already resigned himself to his fate, but now he realized that he had been framed, and that person even wanted to kill him!

The fire that had almost died out in Yang Ye's eyes reignited: "Master, what should I do now?"

"If you hadn't met me today, tomorrow you would have been robbed and stabbed to death by thugs in an alley."

Yang Ye's trust in Yun Ran had reached its peak. Although anger was about to consume him, he still maintained his last shred of rationality.

"Thank you for your guidance, Master. I know what to do now."

Yunran smiled immediately. She liked talking to smart people, and only needed to touch on the point.

Those dark energies disrupt his own magnetic field and fortune, so even if you call the police, it won't do any good. But murder for money is a different story.

Since he knew how the other party intended to kill him, he decided to lure them into a trap, catch them red-handed, and settle all his scores at once.

As Yang Ye pulled Jiang Ruo to leave, Yun Ran added, "Remember to return that bead to me in three days, or else you'll face the consequences!" Yun Ran wasn't going to gamble with human nature; the allure of a treasure was something not everyone could resist.

"Don't worry, Master."

After a while, no merit points were credited, and the ginseng fruit began to wilt: [Host, shouldn't we pick someone with whom we have a connection?]

Their goal is to accumulate merit!

Do you know why it's so hard to accumulate merit?

The Ginseng Fruit is just a system disguised as a magical artifact; it has no knowledge of such things.

"The prerequisite for accumulating merit is to have a kind and benevolent heart. If one chooses specific people with whom one has a predestined connection just to accumulate merit, then one's purpose is impure."

A person with excessive ambition will accumulate limited merit, no matter how many good deeds they do. Some things can be judged by actions, not intentions, but others must be judged by intentions. Do you understand?

Ginseng fruit: ...

Although it doesn't understand, it just needs to listen to its host.

Yunran was leisurely waiting under the overpass for the next person to take the bait.

The situation at the Haicheng branch of the Special Administration Bureau is already in complete chaos.

As expected, the Ghost Domain handed over by Shen Zhe and his team caused a huge uproar throughout the Special Administration Bureau.

All eighteen branch offices sent people to Haicheng overnight to compete for this now-unclaimed territory.

Xie Xuzhi sat at the head of the table without saying a word, watching the people below using their hands and feet, spitting everywhere, their voices almost lifting the roof off.

Gu Yuan leaned closer and muttered softly, "Are we just going to watch them make a scene like this?"

"if not?"

“We in the Northwest Branch are hardworking and resilient every day. You people have it much better than us. This territory should be given to us no matter what!”

"Have you no shame? What do you mean by 'you're hardworking'? Who among us doesn't work hard? Who isn't risking their life? If you ask me, this should be a matter of rewarding merit!"

"I disagree. In terms of merit, everyone has contributed. In my opinion, it's best to distribute according to need. Whoever needs it most should get it!"

……

These guys with gray hair, when they started arguing, were full of energy, making Gu Yuan feel like a pitiful little thing in comparison.

Seeing that it was getting late, Xie Xuzhi tapped the table, and the noisy crowd seemed to be paused.

Their ferocious expressions hadn't faded, and they all turned to look at Xie Xuzhi.

"Director Xie, please be the judge!"

Gu Yuan almost couldn't help but laugh. These old guys were still most afraid of his boss.

If it were anyone else, they would have been silenced by these old men taking advantage of their seniority, and wouldn't have needed the boss to judge the situation.

"I'll give you one more day. If you still haven't reached an agreement, this Ghost Domain will fall under the control of the headquarters."

Everyone:...

They strongly suspected that Director Xie did this intentionally, but they had no evidence.

But everyone knows each other. If they can't get the benefits, none of them want their sister units to get them. They'd rather the General Administration take them, so everyone can start on the same starting line again.

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End of 10,000-word update

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