Heavenly Eye Art

As soon as Chen Hao rushed downstairs, he hurriedly pulled out his phone and started scrolling, barely able to contain his excitement!

Come on, those people were actual immortals! If he managed to latch onto even one of them, wouldn't he be set for life?

As luck would have it, the moment Chen Hao opened the WeChat group, he saw Supreme Lord Lao send a red packet.

With sharp eyes and quick fingers honed by years of snatching red packets, Chen Hao tapped it in an instant.

Ding! You have received one Tribulation-Transcending Pill!

A Tribulation-Transcending Pill!

Muttering to himself, Chen Hao hurriedly opened his favorites and checked. Sure enough, there was a red pill in his WeChat favorites.

He tapped it to view the details. "Tribulation-Transcending Pill: a fifth-grade immortal pill that greatly improves the chances of successfully transcending tribulations for immortals below the Heavenly Immortal rank."

Holy crap! Heavenly Immortals? Tribulations? What the hell was all this?

Although he had no idea what a Heavenly Immortal actually was, one look told him this thing was definitely no use to him.

Seeing Supreme Lord Lao send a red packet, everyone in the group scrambled to grab it. In an instant, the previously silent group erupted.

Chang'e: "Oh my, Lord Lao finally sent a red packet! Everyone, hurry up and grab one!"

Thunder God: "Fuck, how can my luck be this bad? I only got ten points of Daoist Merit."

Lightning Goddess: "Every little bit counts. Hand it over as soon as you get home, and don't even think about stashing away any secret spending money."

Thunder God: "..."

Heavenly King of Vast Vision: "Hey, Supreme Lord Lao, aren't you playing favorites? Why did that Little Charlatan fellow get a pill, while the rest of us only got a few points of Daoist Merit?"

Seven Fairies said, "Vast Vision, WeChat red packets are random. If you didn't get one, that just means your karma's lousy."

Heavenly King of Vast Vision: "Uh..."

Supreme Lord Lao suddenly spoke up. "I will be away on business shortly, leaving only the Alchemy Boy at Doushuai Palace. The pills I promised my fellow immortals may be delayed, so I sent a red packet as a small gesture."

Reading the immortals' mentions of Daoist Merit, Chen Hao thought, Could this Daoist Merit be Heaven's currency? This is incredible.

Just then, a new WeChat message arrived from his girlfriend, Sun Jiaqi. "Honey, are you busy?"

Sun Jiaqi had been Chen Hao's classmate at university. Since she was originally from Zhonghai City, the two of them had come here together after graduation to make their way in the world.

Compared with Chen Hao, a boy from the countryside, Sun Jiaqi came from a much better-off family. She was a Zhonghai City local, her family owned an apartment, and after graduation she had found a job paying over ten thousand yuan a month. She had no worries about making ends meet.

In every respect, her circumstances were worlds apart from those of the penniless Chen Hao.

But Sun Jiaqi wasn't the sort of girl who chased material comforts. Even knowing that Chen Hao delivered takeout and worked as a designated driver, she remained very supportive.

Even though her parents vehemently opposed her relationship with Chen Hao, she still held fast to her love for him. That had touched Chen Hao deeply.

Chen Hao smiled and replied, "I'm not busy. What's up, honey?"

Sun Jiaqi replied, "Nothing much. Don't work too late, and take care of yourself. I won't be coming over tomorrow. There's an urgent project, so I have to work overtime."

Although Chen Hao and Sun Jiaqi both lived in Zhonghai City, their homes were in different districts.

Normally, Sun Jiaqi came over to Chen Hao's place every Friday. It looked like Chen Hao would be spending this week alone again.

A little disappointed, Chen Hao replied, "Okay, got it. Don't push yourself too hard either."

Just after he sent the message to Sun Jiaqi, another WeChat message popped up.

He opened it and found that it was from Erlang Shen!

"Esteemed Immortal Little Charlatan, are you there?"

Seeing that form of address, Chen Hao was exasperated all over again. He would have to change his group nickname when he had a chance. It was far too indecent.

"My name isn't Little Charlatan."

Erlang Shen replied almost instantly. "Oh, Esteemed Immortal Charlatan, I heard you received the Tribulation-Transcending Pill that Supreme Lord Lao sent out. Could you give it to me?"

Chen Hao was utterly helpless. Damn it, forget it. He wasn't going to keep arguing about the name.

"How could I simply give away something as precious as a Tribulation-Transcending Pill?" Although he didn't know whether the pill was important to immortals, Chen Hao still put on an air of mysterious wisdom.

Erlang Shen said, "Hehe, of course I know that. My Howling Celestial Dog will be facing a tribulation soon, so I'm trying to get a Tribulation-Transcending Pill to improve his chances!"

Chen Hao considered it. Although he really wanted to fleece Erlang Shen, building good relationships with these immortals would surely benefit him enormously in the future. He needed to take the long view.

After a moment's thought, Chen Hao replied, "Oh, so Howling Celestial Dog is about to face a tribulation. In that case, I'll give it to you free of charge."

Erlang Shen immediately replied with a laugh, "Thank you, thank you!"

As soon as he sent the Tribulation-Transcending Pill over, Erlang Shen gave Chen Hao something in return. He opened it, and his eyes instantly lit up.

"Heavenly Eye Art: a sixth-grade immortal technique. Opens the heavenly eye, granting X-ray vision, the ability to observe the sun, moon, and stars, the workings of heaven and earth, and the principles of geomancy..."

The description of the Heavenly Eye Art was actually quite long, but once Chen Hao saw the words "X-ray vision," how could he possibly care about reading further? Practically drooling, he tapped Learn.

The moment he tapped it, Chen Hao felt warmth spread through his eyes. An incredibly pleasant sensation filled his entire head, while a notification chimed in his mind: "Level-one Heavenly Eye Art acquired."

Hehe, with my heavenly eye open and X-ray vision, won't I be able to look at anyone I want, anywhere I want?

Hehehe...

Thrilled beyond words, Chen Hao blinked twice and prepared to find some "prey"!

Just then, a young woman in revealing clothes sashayed past Chen Hao.

Chen Hao gave a lecherous chuckle, narrowed his eyes, and silently declared, You're the one. Heavenly eye, open!

Then the world before Chen Hao's eyes underwent an unbelievable change. The scenery slowly faded, while the clothes of the woman he was focusing on turned transparent, one piece at a time, exactly as he had imagined.

Chen Hao was overjoyed. His eyes widened like brass bells, and he nearly started drooling.

But barely a second later, his whole body jolted and his face froze. His heart nearly leaped out of his chest.

What a fucking rip-off! This Heavenly Eye Art didn't just let me see through clothes—it was practically an X-ray! It saw way too damn far, right down to the bones!

Holy shit!

But Chen Hao refused to give up. He kept his heavenly eye open, trying various ways to make the Heavenly Eye Art see through less. After more than a minute of trying, however, everything he saw still looked like an X-ray: all black and white, and even a little frightening.

Just then, a sharp pain shot through Chen Hao's head, and his eyes suddenly began to ache terribly.

He hurriedly closed his eyes. It seemed he couldn't use the Heavenly Eye Art without restraint, or it would place a considerable strain on his eyes.

Having gained such an incredible ability as X-ray vision, how could Chen Hao still be interested in working as a designated driver? He closed the designated-driver app and walked straight into a lottery shop.

"Boss, do you have scratch cards?"

With a cigarette dangling from his mouth, the owner watched the frequent-draw lottery on the television and replied listlessly, "Five yuan each. Scratch them and collect your winnings on the spot."

"I'll take twenty." Chen Hao took out a hundred yuan and handed it over.

The owner accepted the money without even looking, then pulled a large basket containing several hundred scratch cards out from below the counter. "Pick any twenty you like."

Pretending to browse, Chen Hao silently said, Heavenly eye, open!

After looking through them, Chen Hao picked out twenty cards. "I'm done. These twenty."

Still absorbed in the frequent-draw lottery, the owner put the remaining scratch cards away and paid Chen Hao no further attention.

Seeing someone scratching cards, several veteran lottery players sitting in the shop gathered around with cigarettes in their mouths.

Chen Hao scratched off the first card. It won nothing.

By the time Chen Hao had scratched nearly ten cards without winning a single cent, the veteran players beside him began commenting.

"Young man, your luck's no good. Ten cards in a row, and not a cent."

"Yeah, I wouldn't bother scratching the other ten. They'll turn out the same."

"With luck this rotten, you still dare to walk into a lottery shop? Young man, you're just not destined to win."

Naturally, Chen Hao ignored their comments and simply kept scratching with a smile tugging at his lips.

After ten straight losing cards, two or three of the players lost interest in watching and returned to their seats to study their own lottery tickets.

"Boss, do you have a calculator?" Chen Hao asked once he had scratched all the cards.

The owner gave him a disdainful glance and muttered, "Can't even add up a few yuan?" Despite his words, he still handed Chen Hao a calculator.

After punching some numbers into the calculator, Chen Hao let out a soft breath and said to the owner, "Boss, twelve thousand in total."

At first, the owner didn't register what he meant. Turning around with his cigarette in his mouth, he gave Chen Hao a puzzled look. "What twelve thousand?"

Without a word, Chen Hao simply smiled and tossed six scratch cards in front of him.

The owner squinted at them, then jumped in shock. "What?" The cigarette in his mouth fell to the floor.

His startled cry drew the attention of everyone in the lottery shop. When they saw the six scratch cards worth over ten thousand yuan combined, the crowd immediately erupted.

"Holy shit, this kid's luck is insane! He won over ten thousand in one go?"

"Yeah, are the odds of winning on scratch cards really this good now?"

"Move, move! I'm buying a few to try."

"Boss, give me a few too."

The owner no longer had any attention to spare for the others. Only after checking the scratch cards several times and confirming there was nothing wrong did he shake his head with a sigh and transfer the money to Chen Hao.

Watching everyone scramble to buy scratch cards, Chen Hao chuckled and thought, I've already picked out all the big prizes. Take your time hunting for the few-yuan and ten-odd-yuan prizes left over.