I really am a fortune teller

"No, that's not it." The system suddenly became sweet and coquettish, its voice exceptionally pleasant, like a rare orchid in a secluded valley. The cuteness it displayed was a bit unusual, as the previous systems were always cold and aloof, and extremely lazy.

"Speak like a human." Wei Chen was speechless.

"No, you can indeed acquire skills every time the system upgrades, and they are all high-level skills. However, you can also purchase them in the shop with merit points. The shop has all kinds of spells and skills that you can use. A true fortune teller is a master who has mastered many aspects of Taoist arts, magic, incantations, talismans, etc. You are far from reaching that level yet. Therefore, upgrading the system is the only way for you to find the right path."

This was the first time the system had spoken so much. However, Wei Chen knew that the system would only say so much to explain itself when it concerned its own interests.

Wei Chen asked, "How many merit points do you need to level up next?"

"Dear, it requires 5000 million merit points."

Screw you, you're insane.

Wei Chen almost cursed out loud.

It costs 5000 to go from level one to level two, and a whopping 50 million to go from level two to level three! If I really had 5000 million merit points, wouldn't I just buy intermediate upgrade pills to boost my urgency instead of buying a system? I'm not exactly bored. Wei Chen thought to himself, but didn't say it aloud.

"In addition, this upgrade also unlocks the Life System for you," the system continued. The scene in front of Wei Chen changed again, and three small icons appeared in front of him.

The first icon is a pill furnace. The system says this thing is called a level one pill furnace. As long as you throw the herbs into it and spend some merit points, you can refine a one-star pill. It can be upgraded according to the proficiency level, and the highest level you can refine is a four-star pill, which is the current host's level.

The second is a talisman. By putting cinnabar and yellow paper into the system panel, you can create a one-star talisman. It can be upgraded according to proficiency, and the highest level you can create is a four-star talisman, which is the same as the host's level.

The third is magical artifacts, which are based on the same principle as above, but the materials used to refine them are quite rare and unusual. It would probably be quite difficult to collect all of these materials.

However, Wei Chen's gaze immediately fell on the talismans. These talismans could fetch a high price if taken out; they were four-star talismans.

There are many kinds of talismans, and some of them are even bizarre types that Wei Chen has never heard of before, such as preservation talismans, light-illuminating talismans... What the heck are these?

But anything produced by the system is guaranteed to be of high quality. How could anything provided by the system be bad? It must be top-notch.

Wei Chen carefully examined the system panel and noticed a blue object next to the merit value display box. It looked like a small bean, and there was another display box behind it. He wondered what it meant.

Wei Chen inquired with the system, which only mentioned that it would be the next product upgrade and urged Wei Chen to upgrade as soon as possible.

"Where am I going to get so many merit points?" Wei Chen said with a worried look. He then realized that he had taken away all the ghosts in the room and the room had returned to normal.

He tried turning the doorknob and easily pushed the door open.

However, standing at the door was a Taoist priest dressed in a yellow robe. When the priest saw Wei Chen, a smile appeared on his lips: "It seems you really have been hiding your abilities. It was truly our fault to drive you out of our family back then. If we had kept you under our noses, we would have known what you were doing today."

The Taoist priest's hostility was palpable, making Wei Chen uneasy. He couldn't help but ask, "Who are you? I don't think I've ever seen you before."

"You actually forgot about me?" the other person said angrily.

Wei Chen scratched his head. Something seemed off. The other person's tone was like that of a lonely woman who had been abandoned. Could it be that the original owner had done something beastly to this guy?

Just thinking about it makes me feel a little scared.

Wei Chen sighed and continued, "My memory hasn't been very good lately. I've basically forgotten everything that happened in the past."

The man looked at Wei Chen with a smile and said, "Since you've forgotten, let me help you remember."

As the Taoist priest spoke, he drew his sword, which gleamed with a cold light. Wei Chen asked in surprise, "Is this thing real? You're actually using a sword against me?"

Wei Chen waved his hand.

A loud "Kucha" sound.

A bolt of lightning struck down from the sky.

The Taoist priest couldn't dodge in time and was struck squarely, his clothes were charred black, and even his hair stood on end.

The Taoist priest fell to the ground, staring at Wei Chen in astonishment, and said, "Impossible! How do you know this move? This is indoors, why did it strike me?"

Looking at the Taoist priest whose face was covered in soot, Wei Chen breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems the power wasn't very strong. I was really afraid I might have hurt you. I have something to do now, so I'll take my leave first."

The Taoist priest lay on the ground, stunned for a long time. He could only watch Wei Chen run further and further away. He trembled slightly as he took out his phone, about to make a call, when lightning crackled all over his body and black smoke billowed from his phone, rendering it useless.

"What exactly happened?" the Taoist priest asked through gritted teeth.

After Wei Chen came out, he kept calling Lin Xueyao. Earlier, when Wei Chen entered that house, his call with Lin Xueyao was automatically cut off. Now, Wei Chen hurriedly called back, but Lin Xueyao did not answer.

Wei Chen made another call.

Just when Wei Chen was about to give up, Lin Xueyao finally answered the phone.

Before Wei Chen could speak, he heard an extremely cold voice from the other end of the phone: "You're that kid from the main branch of the Wei family, right?"

The speaker was a middle-aged man. Wei Chen was slightly nervous because, according to the original owner's memories, this man was Lin Xueyao's father.

Suddenly meeting your father-in-law, who wouldn't be nervous?

I haven't even met my dear wife yet, how did I end up meeting her parents out of the blue? Wei Chen was incredibly frustrated, but he didn't show it.

Wei Chen said respectfully, "Hello, Uncle, that's me."

There was a barely audible sigh from the other end. Wei Chen was about to ask what the other person meant when he heard the person say calmly, "Young man, come out for a coffee. I'll send you the address. Don't worry this time, no one will stop you."

After hanging up the phone, Wei Chen was still in a daze.

Wei Chen went to a nearby coffee shop, which was also the place chosen by Lin Xueyao's father. Lin Xueyao's father, named Lin Xiao, was a three-star fortune teller who had been stuck at the three-star level for many years without making any progress. In the original owner's memories, Lin Xueyao's father was a very kind uncle.

However, that was only when Wei Chen was still a genius. Who knows what he's like now?

Having witnessed the fickleness of human relationships, Wei Chen didn't expect Lin Xiao to treat him kindly at all.