I really am a fortune teller

As it was getting dark and street stalls were being set up outside, Wei Chen was about to go out, thinking of the delicious barbecue stalls nearby, when Zhou Bapi stopped him.

"Hey Wei Chen, tonight I'm treating everyone to barbecue. We finally got rid of that plague Li Lijiao. But you're really good at conning people. Zheng Yi heard that your fortune-telling skills have improved recently and wants to have a contest with you. Consider it a prize for tonight's dinner. What do you think?" This was the first time Zhou Bapi had spoken to Wei Chen so kindly.

But Wei Chen couldn't be bothered to pay him any attention.

Who's your lucky draw winner?

Do you expect me to do whatever you tell me to do?

Who are you, scallion?

But Wei Chen didn't show it. He smiled and looked at Zhou Bapi and said, "No need. I won't be on duty tonight. I have to go home and be with my sister."

"Don't go." Just as Wei Chen was about to leave, Zheng Yi's voice came from behind: "I heard that the Wei family's former genius has actually made a move. I was so scared that I didn't dare to complete my mission and came back immediately. When I was a child, your name was very famous. I am happy to have the opportunity to fight with you."

"You're already a two-star fortune teller, is it really necessary?" Wei Chen really didn't want to talk to him. If they went late, Uncle Jiu's barbecue stall would be sold out. His sister loved Uncle Jiu's chicken wings the most.

I finally earned so much money. Tomorrow I'll buy some clothes for my sister and dad, and we can also move to a different place so we don't have to squeeze into that cramped apartment building anymore.

Wei Chen's thoughts had already wandered, and he didn't listen carefully to what Zheng Yi was saying.

Just as he was about to walk out the door, he heard Zheng Yi say, "...Or is this all the courage the former genius of the Wei family has? No wonder Lin Xueyao wants to marry someone else."

Wei Chen stopped in his tracks, suddenly turned around, and grabbed Zheng Yi by the collar: "What did you just say?"

Zheng Yi wasn't afraid at all. He shrugged and said, "I'm telling you, you piece of trash, even if you manage to complete a case by luck, it doesn't prove anything. You've made no progress all these years. That marriage contract of yours is no longer valid. Lin Xueyao is going to marry someone else in three days. Maybe that person will be me. Don't you think so?"

"You're the boss!" Wei Chen was furious and punched Zheng Yi in the nose. Zheng Yi fell to the side, blood flowing from his nose.

Zhou Bapi was startled and rushed forward to help Zheng Yi, who had fallen to the ground. He angrily pointed at Wei Chen and said, "How could you hit someone?"

The other men nearby also criticized Wei Chen.

"Come on, let's have a competition." Wei Chen looked at them calmly and said, "You just want to compete with me, right? Come on, even if I'm good at deceiving people, I still managed to close the case that's been bothering you for half a year, didn't I? Didn't Zhou Bapi say that my performance is not as good as a fortune teller without a star rating? That person is good at deceiving people."

There are still quite a few fortune tellers without stars in the shop. Although fortune tellers and Taoist sects are much more developed in this world than in the original world, not everyone has the talent to truly enter the first star, let alone advance to the second star.

Therefore, Zheng Yi absolutely has the right to be proud throughout the entire Star Pavilion.

But the most important thing for a fortune teller is whether their predictions are accurate; everything else is secondary.

Therefore, Zheng Yi was the most displeased after Wei Chen made a big splash today by solving Li Lijiao's case. That's why he proposed the competition. With Wei Chen's level of skill, he can fool people, but as for a competition, forget it.

Zheng Yi arrogantly raised his head: "Fine, let's have a competition, one round to decide the winner. Zhou Bapi, go and prepare the things."

Zhou Bapi's smile was somewhat forced, but he quickly prepared everything—two tables covered with red silk cloth, and on the tables were two large bowls with something upside down.

Competitions between fortune tellers are generally quite amicable.

This time, the competition is about guessing objects.

What was placed under the large bowl depended entirely on Zhou Bapi's mood; no one else knew. Although Zhou Bapi usually sided with Zheng Yi, he was still fair and just during the competition, so Wei Chen wasn't worried about that.

After all, they were all fortune tellers from the Star Pavilion, so who won or lost had absolutely no impact on Zhou Bapi.

Zheng Yi stepped forward, looking at Wei Chen with an arrogant expression, holding a large copper coin in his hand: "I'll go first."

The fortune tellers gathered around whispered among themselves:

"My God, he only took out one copper coin. What exactly is Zheng Yi trying to do?"

"I told you, Zheng Yi is the most skilled in our Star Pavilion. This one-character divination is not something an ordinary person can calculate."

"But I heard that this is the threshold for a one-star fortune teller? This is the simplest method of divination, and it's precisely because it's so simple that it's not very accurate."

"It seems that Zheng Yi still has the demeanor of a gentleman. He did not bully Wei Chen, a one-star fortune teller, in terms of cultivation level, and used the simplest one-word divination."

"I told you long ago, Wei Chen isn't even as good as one of Zheng Yi's fingers."

……

Those people didn't know how to be discreet when they spoke, and their voices were extremely loud, so Wei Chen naturally heard them all. He just smiled and didn't say anything. He wanted to see who was whose finger.

However, Zheng Yi was too overconfident this time. The one-character divination method is the simplest divination method, and it is precisely because it is too simple that it is particularly inaccurate. Not many people will continue to use this divination method.

Zheng Yi calmly walked to the table on the left, threw a copper coin in his hand, which tumbled in the air before quickly falling down.

But just as the copper coin was about to fall to the ground, Zheng Yi calmly took out another copper coin from his sleeve. This copper coin struck the first one directly, and both copper coins fell to the ground at the same time.

Clang, clang.

The only sound in the entire Star Pavilion hall was this voice; everyone was stunned, and a few dozen seconds later, they exploded:

"Holy crap, what am I seeing? Am I seeing things? Someone actually knows this kind of fortune-telling method?"

“My master once said that the most taboo thing about a single-character divination is to do it a second time. What exactly does the second copper coin mean? Isn’t it said that the accuracy rate of the first divination is 90%, but the second time it’s only 50%?”

"Who told you this is the second time? Two copper coins landed at the same time. This is the superposition method. The superposition method is not calculated like this. Zheng Yi is really too amazing. The algorithm of a two-star fortune teller is terrifying!"

"Genius! This is absolutely genius! Only a three-star fortune teller can use this kind of fortune-telling technique skillfully. I never expected Zheng Yi to have this talent. He is definitely the second greatest genius in the Wei family after Lin Xueyao!"

Amidst the various opinions, Zheng Yi held his head high, looking down at the people around him with an air of superiority, and said calmly, "According to the divination, the thing inside the red cloth belongs to water, which has the effect of gathering and converging, as well as the effect of nourishing and benefiting people. So in my opinion, it should be a teapot."

"Pfft..." Wei Chen couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of water. He had talked so big before, and he thought there was some precious treasure hidden under the red cloth, but it turned out to be just a teapot. He really was a stingy person, as always.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Yi immediately exploded: "Wei Chen, what are you laughing at?"

"I wasn't laughing at you." Wei Chen looked innocent, and clapped his hands as he did so. "Well done."

These words were not pleasant to Zheng Yi. He narrowed his eyes and said, "Come on, if you dare. I'm telling you upfront, if you lose, you'll be in big trouble."