After saying this, Lin Tianchen walked over to the patient, raised his index and middle fingers together, channeled the spiritual power within his body, and pressed it against the center of the patient's brows while quietly chanting the Exorcism Incantation. A stream of golden light was immediately seen surging toward the patient's head. One minute later, he withdrew his energy, stood up straight, and said, "It is done. The patient will wake up right away."
The surrounding people chimed in:
"It's almost two minutes already. Why hasn't she woken up yet?"
"This guy is definitely a fraud."
"I never thought scammers these days would be so bold. How utterly brazen!"
At this moment, Lin Tianchen raised five fingers: "Five, four, three, two, one. Wake up."
The female assistant suddenly shouted, "Miss, you're awake! This little divine doctor saved you," and pointed her finger at Lin Tianchen.
The patient, who possessed an peerless beauty, got up with the support of her maid and bowed to Lin Tianchen, saying, "Many thanks, sir, for saving my life. There are ten million in this card; I hope you will graciously accept it." As she spoke, she handed a bank card to Lin Tianchen with both hands.
Lin Tianchen glanced at the beautiful woman, accepted the card, and said, "Very well, I'll take this card. However, although your illness is currently being treated, if the root cause of the evil spirit is not found and eradicated, the same situation may happen again later on."
"I am Qin Qingyao—that is my name. May I ask the honored name of sir?" said Qin Qingyao.
"Lin Tianchen."
"I humbly ask sir to leave your contact information. Later on, my Qin Family will surely offer a generous reward, and I also boldly ask sir to take the time to visit my Qin Family and track down the source of the evil spirit."
After exchanging contact information, Lin Tianchen and Su Shanshan turned around and left.
Divine Doctor Tang accepted his defeat gracefully in this wager, and before Lin Tianchen left, he also handed the jade pendant over to him.
Looking at the bank card in his hand, Lin Tianchen thought to himself that this could be considered his first pot of gold, and he could step up his investment efforts in the stock market.
Seeing that it was getting late, Lin Tianchen and Su Shanshan promptly headed back home.
After returning to his room, Lin Tianchen took out the elixir furnace and channeled spiritual energy into it, but found no reaction. After repeatedly testing various methods, he still failed to make any changes to the furnace. However, feeling that there was a certain amount of energy inside it, he was certain he must be using the wrong method. After pondering for quite a while, could it be that it required recognizing its master with a drop of blood?
He immediately squeezed a few drops of blood from his finger and let them fall onto the elixir furnace. He noticed that after the furnace absorbed the fresh blood, the black color on its surface slowly receded, revealing a hint of bronze color. At the same time, a piece of information appeared in his mind: The Source Cauldron of All Things was an ancient divine artifact.
However, it had been severely damaged during the ancient War of the Sorcerers and Demons, and its whereabouts had since been unknown. This cauldron could be used for refining elixirs and also for forging weapons. At its peak, channeling this cauldron would cause the manifestations of all things in the world to appear on its surface—vast lands and mountains, flowers, birds, insects, and fish, as well as ancient ancestors paying homage in worshipping postures...
Right now, the interior of the cauldron was severely damaged, retaining only its elixir-refining function. To restore its full power, a certain stroke of fate and fortune would still be required in the future...
Afterward, Lin Tianchen took out the five pieces of jade along with the jade pendant won from Divine Doctor Tang, sat cross-legged, and began to cultivate...
Inside the Qin Family's villa in Jizhou, Qin Qingyao made a phone call: "Investigate the background of Mr. Lin Tianchen for me. I want all his information."
A smile appeared on her peerless and breathtaking face. "Lin Tianchen, if you are indeed the destined noble person in the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion's prophecy, then I will certainly not let you slip through my fingers, nor will it have been in vain that I waited bitterly in Jizhou for half a year..."
Half an hour later, her subordinates handed Lin Tianchen's background information to Qin Qingyao: Dragon King Village... living in the Rose Garden together with Su Shanshan and Gu Yanzi, Jizhou University... his parents left when he was very young, suspected to be both deceased...
"I never expected Lin Tianchen's romantic luck to be quite so flourishing..." A slightly jealous little expression appeared on her face, and she unconsciously stamped her foot.
Then, knowing what she had thought of, her expression cleared up. She instructed her subordinates to prepare the No. 1 Villa in Half-Mountain Villas and gift the finest villa in the entire city to Mr. Lin to repay the debt of gratitude for saving her life.
"If Mr. Lin moves into the Half-Mountain Villa, won't he be away from those two women? Hmph!" she thought to herself.
On Saturday, while Lin Tianchen was cultivating alone at home, he heard the doorbell ring.
Lin Tianchen got up to open the door, wondering if someone was looking for Su and Gu...
After opening the door, he saw an exceptionally beautiful woman standing at the entrance, looking like a fairy who had stepped out of a painting, with a luxury car parked behind her...
"Hello, Mr. Lin. Qingyao has come on an unannounced visit and hopes you will forgive her. Qingyao is here to present the No. 1 Half-Mountain Villa to Mr. Lin as a token of gratitude for saving my life, and at the same time to invite Mr. Lin to our home for a chat. Would that be acceptable?" said Qin Qingyao.
"Didn't Miss Qin already pay the consultation fee? There's no need for all this," Lin Tianchen said.
"I hope Mr. Lin will not decline. That little bit of money falls far short of Mr. Lin's life-saving grace. Besides, I must still trouble Mr. Lin to help Qingyao find the source of the evil spirits at my home."
Seeing that he could not refuse, Lin Tianchen accepted it. Afterward, he accompanied Qin Qingyao to the Qin Family villa.
As soon as he stepped through the gates, he saw faint wisps of black mist lingering over the roof of the villa. It looked like someone had meddled with things here.
"Miss Qin, has your family ever invited a Feng Shui master over?" Lin Tianchen asked.
"How did Mr. Lin know? My second uncle invited a Feng Shui master to visit because Qingyao has had a weak constitution since childhood, saying it could help with health. Is there a problem?"
"Viewing it through the Daoist art of Qi-observation, there is dark Qi surrounding Miss Qin's house. Dark Qi is malevolent Qi; living in it for a long time will cause a person to be possessed by evil forces and ultimately meet an untimely death. The reason Miss Qin fainted at the antique market the day before yesterday was precisely because of this."
"Does Mr. Lin have a way to break this? I ask Mr. Lin to help Qingyao once again."
"Such evil arts can be broken by me with a wave of my hand. Miss Qin, have people dig up the four corners of the villa and unearth the things buried inside, and then check whether there are any items recently added to your bedroom," Lin Tianchen said.
Qin Qingyao immediately ordered her people to search. Before long, four pottery jars were dug up from the four corners of the villa, each sealing a straw figurine inside with Qin Qingyao's name written on it. A hidden bronze mirror was also found embedded in the bedroom ceiling.
"That settles it. This formation can gather evil Qi from all four directions and then focus it onto Miss Qin through the bronze mirror. Sleeping in malevolent Qi for a long time—it would be a miracle if nothing went wrong!" Lin Tianchen said.
"There are no problems now, Miss Qin. Such issues will not arise again in the future," Lin Tianchen said.
The two came to the living room and took their respective seats as host and guest.
"Mr. Lin, please don't call me Miss Qin anymore. Just call me Qingyao," Qin Qingyao said.
"Very well, Qingyao. You don't need to call me Mr. Lin anymore either; just call me Tianchen," Lin Tianchen said.
"Tianchen, I have already ordered all the furnishings in the Half-Mountain Villa to be fully prepared. You can move in at any time," Qin Qingyao said.
Just then, Lin Tianchen received a phone call from the securities firm, stating that his futures trading account had been successfully opened and the details had been sent to his mobile phone.
This was what Lin Tianchen had notified the securities firm about yesterday; he hadn't expected their efficiency to be quite acceptable.
He sold his Dongfang Energy shares after five consecutive daily limit-ups, netting a 60% profit after deducting transaction fees.
Although the money he earned wasn't much due to his small principal, it also made Lin Tianchen realize that this path was viable. Perhaps he truly could accumulate his initial capital through finance, laying the economic foundation for his future hegemony.
Afterward, Lin Tianchen stood up to take his leave, declining Qin Qingyao's invitation to have lunch together.
Qin Qingyao stood at the entrance, watching the car carrying Lin Tianchen drive away. A smile bloomed on her flawless face, causing the surrounding flowers to pale in comparison and lose their color.
Behind her, the female assistant asked, "Miss, should we inform the head of the family about the Second Uncle plotting against you?"
"There's no need. Let's not alert the enemy for now; we'll slowly settle accounts with them later," Qin Qingyao said.