I really am a fortune teller

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"Is it a vengeful ghost?"

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"Can I summon heavenly lightning to destroy the opponent?"

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How come it's only 80%? You said before that you'd get rid of Fang Jiamo 100%.

The biggest weakness of fortune tellers is that they are not very good at fighting. Apart from some fortune tellers who know some family martial arts, most fortune tellers will not stand on the front line. Since they already have the ability to predict the future, they will naturally seek good fortune and avoid misfortune.

Wei Chen was now somewhat regretful. If he had known that he had used the system to calculate the future as soon as he entered, he probably wouldn't have fallen into such a low-level trap.

"System, summon lightning to deal with that vengeful ghost."

"The system cannot determine the location. Sorry, host. Please find a solution yourself."

Wei Chen almost cried: "Big brother, you're a system!"

"The system can only identify ghosts that the host can see. Right now, you can only hear the sound, but you can't pinpoint the ghost's location," the system said lazily. "Host, is there anything else?"

As expected, it's a lazy system.

You might as well change your name.

Wei Chen almost burst into tears. He took out a talisman drawn by Wei Qingshan. It was a one-star ghost-suppressing talisman, which was practically useless.

He dared not run too far. Clearly, the entire room had now become a ghostly realm; otherwise, it wouldn't be pitch black. This was created by an array. Someone was deliberately trying to harm him.

Suddenly, a pale, ghostly face appeared in front of Wei Chen. It was covered in blood, with dark circles under its eyes, and its eyeballs looked like they were about to pop out of their sockets. It had a gaping maw and was staring intently at Wei Chen.

Wei Chen was startled.

A loud "Kucha" sound.

A bolt of lightning struck down from outside the window, curving at a 90-degree angle before hitting the vengeful spirit beside Wei Chen.

The vengeful ghost let out a miserable scream and its soul was instantly scattered.

At this moment, the system notification sounded: "Congratulations, host, you have dealt with a vengeful ghost with 20 years of cultivation, and have gained 300 merit points."

Only 300 points.

The 20 years of cultivation here are not equivalent to time. The amount of cultivation only represents the depth of one's cultivation level; the longer the years, the higher the cultivation level. It's unknown how long this vengeful ghost has cultivated, but it still has at least 20 years of cultivation. In reality, if a one-star fortune teller were to be a demon or a vengeful ghost, their cultivation level would probably be equivalent to about 30 years.

But the merit points given are too few.

However, Wei Chen guessed that a vengeful ghost's merit points were not only linked to its own cultivation level, but also to the number of people it had harmed. This vengeful ghost hadn't harmed many people, hence its low merit points.

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Even if Wei Chen only thought about it in his mind, the system could sense it and even gave a response, which was both funny and exasperating.

Wei Chen took a deep breath. After the vengeful ghost disappeared, the surroundings became much brighter. However, with the lights on, he could clearly see that the room was filled with ghosts all around.

Big and small, tall and short.

And these ghosts were all staring intently at him.

But they did not go forward directly.

It's probably because the previous vengeful ghost disappeared inexplicably that these ghosts are hesitant to move forward.

"Congratulations, host! You've discovered many ghosts. Would you like to carry out their humane extermination? You'll gain a lot of merit, mwah!"

"Can't you speak normally?" Wei Chen was speechless; the system's last sentence gave her goosebumps.

"Host, this system reminds you that only by upgrading this system can you obtain more rewards," the system's cold voice rang out. Utterly ruthless.

Wei Chen looked annoyed. It turned out that this damned system was only after him and didn't care about leveling up. Normally, this system was just lazing around.

"Destroy them all."

Just as Wei Chen finished speaking, another bolt of lightning struck outside.

The lightning bolt passed the window, made a 90-degree turn, and flashed quickly into the room.

All the ghosts in the room were touched by the lightning, and with the power of the lightning, they vanished the instant they touched it.

Nothing is left.

Wei Chen stared wide-eyed at all of this, and suddenly felt like laughing.

At the same time, he also heard the system's notification:

"Congratulations, host. You have eliminated 999 ghosts this time, including 570 vengeful ghosts and the rest were wandering souls or living souls. You have gained a total of 30 merit points. You now have 50 merit points. Would you like to upgrade the system?"

"Such a small room, yet there are so many ghosts? And aren't the merit points they give a bit too high? I know your system has a special calculation method." Wei Chen sighed and continued, "But I didn't expect there to be so many. It's truly an unexpected surprise."

"Upgrade the system?" The cold, unyielding system voice continued, determined to get to the bottom of things.

In the end, Wei Chen could only sigh and say, "Upgrade, upgrade."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the system say to him, "Upgrade complete."

"How come it's so fast? Did you want to upgrade yourself from the beginning? Is it true that no matter what I say or what I answer, you will still upgrade yourself first, regardless of whether I live or die?" Wei Chen was stunned for a moment and quickly asked.

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Sure enough, this damn system, I shouldn't have believed your nonsense!

Wei Chen hugged his chubby little brother with heartache.

"The system upgrade is complete. From now on, all items in the store will be discounted for the host."

How much discount?

Wei Chen laughed heartily, but when he opened the system panel, he was stunned. The system shop hadn't changed at all: "You didn't offer a discount, did you?"

"There are only three discounted items in this upgrade. As for how much of a discount you get, it depends on your luck. You'll need to draw a prize. If you're lucky, you might get a 0.1 discount, and if you're unlucky, you might get a 9.9 discount," the system replied calmly.

The fact that we still need to draw a lottery shows how unfair the system is. Wei Chen doesn't have any merit points right now, so why should he risk his life to earn them?

Wei Chen thought so too, when he heard the system say, "That Fang Jiamo in your family is worth 1 million merit points."

"Get lost, I said that won't work." Wei Chen rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Didn't you say you'd have special functions after the upgrade? Besides discounts, are there any other useful ones?"

After searching for a while, Wei Chen finally found a new skill on the skill panel.

"Five Thunderbolts Seal: Summons heavenly thunder from the sky with one's own power, capable of striking any evil entity. Its power is immense; ghosts below the Ghost King level will die instantly upon contact. No skill cooldown, no limit on the number of uses, and no cost." Wei Chen almost jumped for joy after reading the skill description. Who said fortune tellers have no self-defense capabilities? Anyone who dares to approach will be struck by lightning, and if they don't die, they'll change their surname to yours.