Seriously? He'd actually found a Beast Tamer for a tarot reading.
After getting a free reading and drawing The Fool Card, Zhou Mingrui couldn't help muttering a complaint.
But he had gone out this time to buy materials for the luck-transfer ritual. He hoped to use the strange ritual that had brought him here to return home, and the ritual required staple food ingredients.
At the "Lettuce and Meat" market, he spent 7 copper pennies on a pound of mediocre lamb, then bought tender peas, cabbage, onions, potatoes, and other items. Including the bread he had bought earlier, he had spent 25 copper pennies in total—2 sule and 1 penny.
"Money really doesn't last. Poor Benson."
Zhou Mingrui couldn't help sighing. After all, the money had been earned by his older brother, whom he had gotten for free.
That was also his good fortune. He had some savings he could use, allowing him to buy the materials right away without having to immediately worry about making money. That was already quite good.
He stopped overthinking it and hurried home.
With the staple food, he could perform the luck-transfer ritual.
He pulled four loaves of rye bread from the paper bag. He placed one in the corner where the coal stove had originally stood, one against the inner side at the base of the dressing mirror, one atop the cabinet near the junction of the two walls, and one to the right of the desk amid the piled clutter.
Taking a deep breath, Zhou Mingrui went to the center of the room. He calmed himself for several minutes before solemnly stepping forward and walking a square counterclockwise.
As he took the first step, he softly recited:
"Prosperous Life Profound Yellow Immortal Venerable."
On the second step, he silently recited with sincerity: