Chapter 16: 016 Jianghu shaman?

Chu Jin quickly shuffled the cards while calling the auntie to sit down, "Auntie, please take a seat."

The auntie sat across from her as instructed, looking at Chu Jin with a complex expression, "Girl, what are you..." Wasn’t she supposed to tell her fortune? Why has she started playing with playing cards? Was she going to play the card game Fight the Landlord with her?

Chu Jin was in no hurry to explain, continuing to shuffle the cards she said, "Auntie, you have a kind face and generous features, you are a person with an enduring fortune."

The auntie glanced at Chu Jin, realizing that she shouldn’t have any expectations for a young girl.

It was but a common opening line for jianghu shamans.

Chu Jin smiled and added, "In your youth, you were a decisive leader. You and your husband have been married for 35 years and had a son in middle age, your destiny bears a son but no daughter."

Her voice was light and indifferent, but the auntie looked at her in shock, because what she said was too accurate. In her youth, she had been a leader in a government agency, too busy with her career to have children until she gave birth to a son at the age of 36.

It appeared this young girl really had some skills?

In the auntie’s shock, Chu Jin had already arranged the Tarot cards in the layout known as the ’Sacred Triangle.’

"Auntie, what would you like to ask?"

[Ding! 1% Faith Value harvested.] The system notification rang in her mind.

With the gained Faith Value, it meant the auntie had started to believe in her.

The auntie paused for a while before saying, "Then... help me calculate my fortune."

Chu Jin nodded, "Alright, please randomly flip over three cards."

"Ah?" The auntie looked at her with some surprise, "With... playing cards?"

The auntie had lived for over sixty years and had never seen anyone use playing cards for fortune-telling.

The Tarot cards belonged to Western culture, while shamans on China mainland traditionally practice fortune-telling by reading one’s Bazi, facial features, or palm lines. When it came to divination, they generally used things like tortoise shells or copper coins.

Thus, it was normal for the auntie to be unfamiliar with Tarot cards.

Chu Jin shook her head, explaining, "These are Tarot cards, used for divination."

The auntie nodded, half-understanding, and then flipped over the first card.

The upright Empress: on the card, a dignified and majestic empress sat on her throne, her right hand holding high a scepter. Golden wheat fields lay at the Empress’ feet, with a dense forest behind her.

"You have done many good deeds in your life and accumulated considerable merit. This virtue will protect your descendants for generations to come."

The auntie nodded in approval and flipped over the second card.

The reversed Temperance: On the card, an angel was pouring water from one holy cup into another, with a flowing river below the angel’s feet. One foot of the angel was in the water, while the other was on the shore.

Chu Jin’s lips curled up, "Auntie, as long as you continue to follow your heart and persist in doing good deeds and giving alms, the days ahead will be smooth sailing for you."

The auntie lifted her gaze to Chu Jin, her eyes twinkling with admiration, then she turned over the third card.

The upright Ten of Swords: on the card, a person lay face down on the ground, pierced with ten swords through the back and neck, while the distant sky was shrouded in darkness.

Upon seeing this card, Chu Jin’s expression changed, and she pursed her lips without speaking.

The aunty looked at her in this state and immediately panicked, "Miss? What’s wrong? Is this card bad...?"

"Indeed, it’s not an auspicious card, aunty. I’m afraid you might have... a blood omen," Chu Jin frowned. Logically speaking, the aunty should have a fortune that was extended through her blessings and was a person who enjoyed doing good deeds. She shouldn’t have such calamities in her fate.

"You’ve met me, haven’t you?" Zi analyzed the host’s emotions while munching on sunflower seeds, "You are the noble person in this human’s life. All you have to do is find a way to resolve her blood omen."

Blood omen?

The color drained from the aunty’s face, and her voice trembled as she spoke, "What should I do then? Master, do you have a way to resolve this?"

The aunty’s attitude changed quickly; her address went from the previous ’little girl’ to ’miss,’ and now to ’master.’

Chu Jin said nothing as her mind raced, searching for a way to solve the issue. These days, she had read many books about the metaphysical.

Seeing her like this, the aunty didn’t dare to disturb her.

After pondering for a moment, Chu Jin spoke, "Aunty, do you have a hundred yuan?"

The aunty was stunned for a moment, then realized what was being asked of her and took out her wallet, "Yes, I’ll give it to you right now. If that’s not enough, I also have a bank card. Tell me how much you need, and I’ll withdraw it for you."

As she spoke, the aunty laid all the banknotes from her wallet in front of Chu Jin.

Chu Jin took one and pushed the rest back toward the aunty, "One is enough."

As she spoke, she folded the hundred yuan into a triangle and, at the end, bit her fingertip, dropping a drop of blood on it, then handed the money back to the aunty, "Aunty, this is a peace charm for resolving the issue. You must keep it with you at all times, so it can turn misfortune into good fortune when necessary."

The aunty carefully accepted the peace charm, placing it in the pocket of her jacket, and asked, "Master, is that it?"

Chu Jin nodded, "Yes, as long as the charm is with you, the blood omen can be resolved," and after a pause, she added, "I don’t deserve the title master, aunty. My name is Chu Jin; just call me Jin."

The more the aunty looked at Chu Jin, the more she liked her, and she felt an increasing fondness in her heart, "Alright, Jin, how much do I owe you? Aunty will pay you."

Chu Jin smirked, "Aunty, I’ve said before that I won’t take money for this. You are my first client; I should be thanking you for your trust in me."

"Well then, I won’t stand on ceremony," the aunty replied, tidying up the money on the table, ready to leave.

After the aunty departed, Chu Jin also began to pack up, ready to leave as well.

Just as she bent down to arrange the cards, she suddenly felt a darkness overhead and the surrounding atmosphere dropped in temperature. Then, the Tarot cards were pulled from her hands, and a deep and chilly voice came from above her head, "Do a reading for me as well."

Chu Jin was startled for a moment, then slowly lifted her eyelids, plunging into a pair of deep, cold eyes.

Their gazes met, and ripples danced in their eyes. His stare was too deep and too cold, almost penetrative, as if seeing right through someone.

Especially with that devastatingly handsome face, just one glance was enough to make one fall.

It was him, the man who inspired extreme reverence in Li Hanjiang.

This kind of person.

She couldn’t afford to provoke him.

Chu Jin recovered from her brief daze, her eyes slightly narrowed, "I’m sorry, sir, but I’ve already closed up shop."

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