Meanwhile.
Lin Fan returned to his shop and placed the seven pieces of jade on the rosewood table.
"I hope I can get it right on the first try."
Lin Fan was nervous. This was his first time using Artifact Refining. Although the system had poured all the necessary experience into his mind, he had never put it into practice even once.
Chapter 27: A Fated Visitor
The dream was beautiful; reality was harsh.
Lin Fan had thought he would fail three times at most, but refining artifacts turned out to be extremely difficult.
Of the seven pieces of jade, six crumbled into powder.
He successfully refined only one piece into a magical artifact, which hovered in midair, giving off a faint glow.
"I'm too weak."
Lin Fan sighed. It was not that he lacked refining experience, but that he lacked strength.
It seemed he needed to save up more Heavenly Secrets Points to exchange for a cultivation technique. Only then could he grow stronger.
"Still, one piece of jade is enough."
Following the layout of the Seven-Star Soul-Confusing Formation, Lin Fan placed the jade in a specific spot.
Meanwhile.
Outside the feng shui shop on Taihe Street.
"Thank you for the hundred rockets, big bro!"
"Since you've been so generous, I'll go knock on the door and wake Master Lin!"
A streamer named Xiao Tuantuan walked toward the door, phone in hand.
When she came within a meter of it, she seemed to see a bank of mist rise before her.
The next instant.
Xiao Tuantuan found herself ten meters away from the door.
"Wh... what's going on?"
Xiao Tuantuan rubbed her eyes, wondering whether staying up too late had made her vision go funny.
[Number One Hater: Is the streamer an idiot? Why is she walking backward?]
[Ultimate Contrarian: Hmph, she's obviously afraid of offending Master Lin. She got right up to the door, then suddenly backed away!]
[Xiao Bai: You're just riding his popularity, aren't you? You don't dare wake Master Lin at all!]
Comments streamed across the screen.
The viewers had all seen Xiao Tuantuan suddenly start walking backward when she reached the shop entrance.
"I didn't!"
Xiao Tuantuan could not defend herself. She had clearly intended to knock on the door, and she had not felt herself walking backward at all.
Just then.
The door opened, and Lin Fan slowly stepped out, setting a large wooden sign by the entrance.
Then he addressed the crowd calmly. "Starting today, those with a fated connection may enter the shop."
"Those without one may leave."
With that said.
Lin Fan paid them no further attention and went straight back inside.
"I came all this way, and now you're telling me I need some fated connection to get in? That's going too far!"
"Heh, what a load of mystical nonsense. Only fated visitors can enter? I'm going to force my way in and see for myself."
Many thought Lin Fan was deliberately putting on a mysterious act. If they wanted to enter his shop, could he really stop them by force?
A short while later.
The streamers gathered around reached an agreement to charge into Lin Fan's shop together.
After all, the law could not punish everyone. Even if Uncle Cop showed up, they would be fine.
[Number One Hater: Xiao Tuantuan, everyone else has gone over. Why aren't you getting closer?]
[Xiao Bai: So you really are a trash streamer who just rides other people's popularity. The other streamers are way braver than you.]
Xiao Tuantuan ignored the comments and stared at the dozen or so streamers ahead of her.
The next instant.
Every viewer in her livestream froze.
The dozen or so streamers who had been so arrogant just moments ago were all walking backward, right back to where they had started.
[Ragdoll Cat: Master Lin is mighty!]
[Money to Burn: Hahaha, don't you people love trashing Master Lin? He's someone you'll always have to look up to!]
[Brother Duan Who Found His Son: Master Lin is awesome! These streamers actually thought they could bother him. What a joke!]
There was no shortage of Lin Fan's diehard fans in the livestream.
Seeing the streamers retreat in defeat felt immensely satisfying to them.
As for the haters in Xiao Tuantuan's livestream, none dared say a word now.
"I told you it wasn't my fault!"
Xiao Tuantuan huffed, a trace of shock in her eyes. If she had not seen it herself, she would never have believed something so miraculous could happen in this world.
[Tuantuan-Loving Apple Flavor: Can you try again? Maybe you're one of the fated visitors!]
[Chu Yi: Yes, yes, give it another try!]
[Blackie: Don't chicken out. Just go for it!]
The tone of the comments abruptly changed.
Viewer after viewer urged Xiao Tuantuan to try again.
Xiao Tuantuan hesitated for a moment. She had failed the first time, so she probably would not succeed on the second attempt either.
With so many viewers egging her on.
Xiao Tuantuan could only hold up her phone and approach Lin Fan's shop entrance step by step.
This time, however, she did not walk backward. Instead, she reached the door without trouble.
"No way. I did it?"
Xiao Tuantuan's eyes widened. She glanced at her phone, only to find that it seemed to have broken-the screen was filled with static.
What's going on?
Looking bewildered, she fiddled with her phone, but it did no good.
"Come in."
Just then, Lin Fan's voice came from inside, and the door slowly opened.
Looking at the cute Xiao Tuantuan, Lin Fan smiled warmly. "I didn't expect you to be today's first fated visitor. Come straight in, and your phone will return to normal."
The doorway was precisely where the core of the Seven-Star Soul-Confusing Formation lay.
That was why all electronic devices stopped working near the door.
Xiao Tuantuan did not answer. As if drawn by some unseen force, she walked into the shop. The next instant, she noticed that her livestream had returned.
[Ragdoll Cat: The stream's back! That's... Master Lin! Xiao Tuantuan made it!]
[Chu Yi: You're awesome! I never thought you'd be a fated visitor!]
[Number One Hater: That's it, I'm turning from a hater into a fan. From now on, I'm Xiao Tuantuan's diehard fan!]
Seeing Lin Fan on the screen, the viewers could not help feeling envious.
They wanted to be fated visitors too, so Lin Fan could tell their fortunes.
"Master, I... my name is Xiao Tuantuan."
Xiao Tuantuan was a little restless. When she first arrived outside the shop, she had thought Lin Fan was nothing more than a charlatan.
Having just witnessed what Lin Fan could do, she knew he was a genuine master.
"Liu Yan, born in 1996. From birth until now, you've never experienced any major calamities. Your grandparents and parents are all alive, and you've never suffered the pain of losing a loved one."
"Moreover, you've never had a real romantic relationship. You've had three online romances, but after you were scammed out of several hundred thousand yuan, all three ended in nothing."
Lin Fan calculated on his fingers, easily divining Xiao Tuantuan's past.
[Number One Hater: Three online romances? Hahaha, who knew such a big streamer had kept so much hidden!]
[Chu Yi: Don't you host relationship advice streams all the time? You've never actually been in a real relationship!]
[Apple Flavor That Likes Eating Tuantuan: Sorry, I couldn't help laughing. Three online romances, and you got scammed out of several hundred thousand yuan? How innocent and easy to fool can you be!]
Countless viewers burst out laughing.
They had never expected such a popular streamer to have online romances, let alone lose several hundred thousand yuan in the process.
Just then, Lin Fan sighed. "Unfortunately, this is your zodiac year."
Chapter 28: The Yin-Yang Tai Sui Talisman!
"Your zodiac year is also known as a year of offending Tai Sui."
"Normally, if things go well in your zodiac year, everything goes well. Fortune smiles on you, and nothing can stand in your way."
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