“What? A fraud?”


Qin Gang was stunned, completely taken aback.


The only person who had recently examined the Qin family’s feng shui was Ye Chen.


Qin Gang had great trust in Ye Chen, so he quickly said, “Master, are you sure? A certain Master Ye did help me resolve an issue before, and his methods were very effective. I don’t think he’s a fraud.”


Master Yu scoffed and said coldly, “Fraudsters are best at deceiving the ignorant. If you insist on believing him, then I shall take my leave!”


“Master Yu, please wait!” Qin Gang panicked and quickly stopped him. “Please enlighten me, what exactly is wrong with Master Ye’s methods?”


Without even looking at him, Master Yu pointed towards the hall. “Bring me a bowl of water.”


Qin Gang immediately had someone fetch a bowl of clear water.


Master Yu chanted some incantations, traced a few symbols on the water’s surface, and then flicked some of it onto Qin Gang’s eyelids.


As soon as Qin Gang opened his eyes, he was instantly horrified and staggered back.


“Master, t-this… what is this?”


He saw that his house was shrouded in an eerie black mist!


Even worse, wisps of gray deathly aura rose from the heads of his family members, making their faces look ashen—almost like a group of walking corpses.


Master Yu snorted, “I have opened your heavenly eye. What you see is the yin energy enveloping your home, while your family members are covered in deathly qi—they don’t have much time left.”


Qin Gang collapsed into a chair, mumbling in fear, “W-what should we do?”


“Do not worry. My visit here today is fate,” Master Yu said as he pulled out a Safety Talisman and handed it to one of the Qin family members.


Qin Gang immediately noticed that the talisman emitted a faint golden glow, which dispersed some of the deathly aura above the family member’s head.


Master Yu then waved his hand in front of Qin Gang’s eyes, and in an instant, everything returned to normal.


“This… this…” Qin Gang broke into a cold sweat and quickly bowed. “Master, you are truly a living immortal! Please save my family! No matter how much it costs, I am willing to pay!”


“Saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-story pagoda. I came here for this exact purpose,” Master Yu said as he took out several more Safety Talismans. “Have your family members wear these at all times, and the misfortune will be dispelled.”


Qin Gang gratefully accepted them but hesitated. “Master, how much do you charge for these?”


Master Yu waved his hand. “Dispelling misfortune is an act of virtue. I do not charge a single cent. However, if another fraudster comes to deceive you, asking for a hefty sum in exchange for so-called magical artifacts, do not accept them. If you do, at best, all my efforts will be in vain; at worst, your family will be ruined!”


At this moment, Qin Aodong couldn’t hold back any longer and interjected, “Second Uncle, I’ve been saying all along that Ye Chen is a fraud! He took our family’s money and who knows where he’s off enjoying himself now! We must get our money back, or we should sue him for fraud and let him rot in prison for the rest of his life!”


However, Qin Aoshuang frowned slightly. For some reason, she felt that this Master Yu seemed more like a fraud instead.


That Ye Chen—aside from being a bit arrogant and seemingly lacking emotional intelligence—didn’t actually seem like a bad person. In fact, he often gave off an air of mystery, like a deep, unfathomable lake.


“Shut up!” Qin Gang glared at Qin Aodong, then turned to Master Yu and respectfully said, “Thank you, Master, for your guidance. I will be cautious in the future.”


Master Yu nodded meaningfully and then took his leave.


As soon as Master Yu left, Qin Aodong spoke up, “Second Uncle, Master Yu is a renowned figure from Xuanji Hall! How could someone like Ye Chen, a street scammer, compare to him? With Master Yu’s help, all our problems are now solved—and the best part is, it didn’t cost us a single penny!”


“Master Yu didn’t take a cent from us, but Ye Chen scammed our family out of more than a hundred million! He spent an entire billion just to buy a worthless clam shell—this is outright fraud! And yet, you gave him so much money. If word gets out, the entire Jinling city will laugh at our Qin family for being fools!”


Qin Gang remained silent, but his face showed hesitation.


Master Yu was indeed very well-known, and the visions he had just witnessed were undeniable.


More importantly, Master Yu didn’t charge a single cent, while Ye Chen had spent one billion at the auction…


The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something about Ye Chen seemed suspicious!


Just then, the Qin family’s butler knocked on the door. After receiving permission, he stepped inside.


“Master Qin, you have a package.”


He handed over a small cardboard box.


Frowning, Qin Gang opened it, only to find a small token inside.


It was thin, about the size of a matchbox, and strung with a cheap red cord. It looked no different from a trinket sold at a tourist stall.


Checking the sender, he saw the name Ye Chen.


The note attached read simply: “Frightening Evil Talisman. Hang it in the main hall to dispel misfortune.”


Upon seeing this, Qin Aodong immediately erupted in anger. “Damn it, Second Uncle, Ye Chen is taking you for a fool! Just look at this piece of garbage—it’s probably something he picked up from a street stall! And he dares to claim it can dispel misfortune?”


“Not to mention, he spent our family’s billion just to send this? And he couldn’t even deliver it in person—he mailed it! If he’s not a fraud, then what is he?”


Qin Aodong was livid. “Second Uncle, we need to go after Ye Chen right now and get our money back! If he runs away, our loss will be massive!”


“Shut up and let me think.” Qin Gang rubbed his temples, staring at the Frightening Evil Talisman, unable to see anything special about it.


After a moment of hesitation, Qin Gang gathered the Qin family members and said in a somber tone, “This concerns the life and death of the Qin family—it is of utmost importance. Tomorrow, I will go find Ye Chen and get to the bottom of this! In the meantime, keep Master Yu’s Safety Talismans on at all times, and do not remove them!”


“Understood!”


“Second Uncle, I want to go too!” Qin Aodong gritted his teeth. “That bastard Ye Chen has caused me so much trouble. Now that we’ve caught him in his lies, I must personally break his legs!”


“You? You think you can take him on?”


Qin Gang frowned but then said, “If you really want to go, bring more bodyguards and find out where Ye Chen will be tomorrow—just in case.”


Then he added in a stern voice, “Remember, I’m not asking you to take action against Ye Chen. I just don’t want you to act recklessly and get beaten up again!”


Qin Aodong was overjoyed. “Understood!”


Qin Gang’s expression turned cold. “Our Qin family may not be the most powerful, but we do not tolerate being trampled on. If someone dares to deceive us, we will repay them in kind! I will get to the bottom of this, and if Ye Chen is truly a fraud, I will not spare him!”