The moment Yue Wen got out of bed that morning, he noticed something was slightly wrong.
Normally, he performed a daily task as soon as he opened his eyes: using the Dragon Pool Carp-Pincering Art to check his fortune for the day. After he advanced to the Appearance Realm, his uses of the art had increased to five, giving him more chances to catch Fortune Beasts.
Today was his first time making five attempts, yet all five came up empty!
Not a single catch?
Yue Wen knitted his brows, sinking deep into thought.
Since obtaining the Dragon Pool Carp-Pincering Art, this was the first time he had caught absolutely nothing. Normally, three catches out of five meant a small gain, two meant a small loss, and one meant a major loss. Zero catches out of five... that probably meant terrible misfortune.
The sort where one careless move could bring on a Death Tribulation!
What should I do?
Yue Wen dared not act rashly. With his luck this bad, he feared that anything he did might bring disastrous consequences.
In simple terms, he might miss a step going downstairs, choke while eating, or have his takeout stolen... even a stroll around the lobby might implicate his family at the Agency.
In more complicated terms, karmic misfortune could emerge in any unimaginable way. If someone could guess where their bad luck would strike, it would hardly be bad luck.
Trouble only appeared where one never expected it.
The safest thing now should have been to fly straight to Perfected One Nagiko and cling to her for protection. But then he reconsidered: could that very act be the source of his misfortune?
Would Perfected One Nagiko suddenly grab him by the throat and say, "We've investigated everything. Your parents are undercover agents for