Lin Huanhuan asked, “Did I hear wrong? What are you talking about?”
Huyan Yazhi sneered directly, “Of course I’m making you understand our respective positions. I now have the ability to see through other people’s talents. The reason you were able to display formation talent is entirely because I saw your talent for you—otherwise, you wouldn’t have known how much longer you’d have been dormant.”
“As thanks, you’d better kneel down quickly and thank me, then offer me a few hundred Spirit Stones, and I won’t hold your previous rudeness against you. Otherwise, you should know what the consequences will be, right?”
Hearing this, Lin Huanhuan was stunned for a moment, then said in disbelief, “I don’t understand why you’ve suddenly become like this, but I think I get it now—your brain has suddenly gone wrong. It’s okay, I have a way to fix you.”
Lin Huanhuan’s brow twitched as she listened, and she couldn’t help but smile.
Huyan Yazhi sensed something was off. A bead of cold sweat dripped from her forehead, and she took a step back, saying, “What are you trying to do? I’m warning you, don’t come any closer, or I’ll call someone to beat you up!”
“Don’t come near me! Ow! Don’t hit my face! It really hurts!”
A flurry of thuds and smacks.
Lin Huanhuan released Huyan Yazhi’s collar, clapped her hands together, and looked at Huyan Yazhi’s face, which was now swollen like a pig’s head. She snorted lightly, “Are you back to normal now? Do you see reality clearly?”
Huyan Yazhi nodded like a chicken pecking rice and quickly said, “I’m awake now! Don’t hit me, please don’t hit me!”
Afraid that answering slowly would get her slapped again.
Then Huyan Yazhi explained what had just happened to Lin Huanhuan. Lin Huanhuan listened and exclaimed, “Holy crap!”
“Is scamming people this easy these days? Or do you really have some talent? You actually managed to swindle those people from Array Peak so smoothly. If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I’d never believe it.”
“Well, maybe it’s your good fortune. I can’t be bothered to care about it anymore.”
Huyan Yazhi quickly stepped forward and said, “Lady Lin Huanhuan, in the future, if anyone asks whether your formation talent was seen by me, please help me out and say that I was the one who saw it. Otherwise, I’ll be exposed.”
Lin Huanhuan shook her head.
Huyan Yazhi hastily continued, “Lady Lin Huanhuan, I still have to work for you for a while, right? How could I possibly screw you over?”
“We’ll split the money earned with this method fifty-fifty. You only need to give a vague answer when people come to ask you, saying that I indeed saw your talent. That’s all—no extra effort needed.”
“Opportunities like this won’t come again.”
“Lady Lin Huanhuan, please think it over carefully. If we do this, you’ll have a large influx of Spirit Stones every month. Why not go for it?”
Hearing this, Lin Huanhuan felt her heart stir.
She turned to look at Huyan Yazhi’s smug expression, and her gaze suddenly changed.
Originally, Lin Huanhuan had only seen Huyan Yazhi as free labor who would work for her for a while. But now, she clearly looked like a little golden pig.
Every month she could produce Spirit Stones for her—so satisfying.
Huyan Yazhi, with an air of certainty, said with a faint smile, “Judging by Lady Lin Huanhuan’s expression, I don’t think you’ll refuse. So let’s settle it. I need to go back and keep conning… ah, no, I mean keep reading people’s talents for the rest.”
“Wait.”
Lin Huanhuan hesitated but still chose to stop Huyan Yazhi.
After all, this matter now concerned Lin Huanhuan’s own interests, so she couldn’t let Huyan Yazhi continue messing around like before.
“Your method is okay, but it’s a bit too crude. It might work for a while, but over time it’ll definitely collapse. Come, let me teach you some long-term strategies.”
Lin Huanhuan began recalling the scams she had suffered from businesses in her past life—those painful lessons of blood and tears. Combined with the basic techniques of pyramid schemes, she summarized a bit.
Lin Huanhuan cleared her throat twice before speaking, “First, you need to understand: you’re not deceiving people. You really are helping them discover their talents. It’s just that their understanding isn’t good enough, and they haven’t developed that talent to the level you described. That’s not your fault, right?”
“There are so many untalented people in this world. Countless of them can’t even eat because of their mediocrity. You’re telling them that they actually have talent, and motivating them to work hard. Over time, they might really make it. So this is actually a good thing—all they pay is a small consultation fee.”
“To be honest, everyone has some talent for anything—it’s just a matter of degree. Before telling them their talent, you can ask them a few questions and combine that with their usual performance to see what they’re really good at, then steer them in that direction.”
“Then, you must state in advance that your judgment isn’t one hundred percent accurate. Say there’s a certain probability of error—that’s fine.”
“Also, you can find some accomplices. For example, pick some disciples who are doing poorly in the sect and ask them to act as shills. That will attract more people.”
“And you must set clear boundaries: don’t test anyone whose cultivation exceeds the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, or it’ll be too easy for things to go wrong.”
“You can also set up a membership system: ordinary members, silver members, gold members, and supreme members. Each tier has monthly, quarterly, annual, and lifetime cards. Just say that opening a membership makes the testing more accurate, and add some perks.”
Lin Huanhuan rambled on and on, telling Huyan Yazhi a whole bunch of things.
At first, Huyan Yazhi was a bit confused, but once she understood, she felt as if she had been enlightened. She looked at Lin Huanhuan with eyes full of admiration.
At that moment, in Huyan Yazhi’s eyes, Lin Huanhuan had transformed into the God of Deception herself—able to trick a ton of people with just a few words.
“Alright, that’s enough for now. If you don’t understand something in the future, come to me anytime.”
Lin Huanhuan patted her shoulder and smiled, while reminding her, “Remember to send over my half every so often, or you know the consequences.”
“Don’t worry, I’d never dare to forget.”
Then Huyan Yazhi tried out the small methods Lin Huanhuan had taught her on the remaining Array Peak disciples who hadn’t been tested yet. She found that the methods worked ridiculously well.
After another half day, everything was finally done.
Huyan Yazhi then followed Lin Huanhuan back to Xiaozhu Peak, as she still had to work for Lin Huanhuan for a while.
Sensing Lin Huanhuan’s presence, Dong Yuner quickly came over: “Miss, you’re ba—”
Dong Yuner stopped mid-sentence when she noticed Huyan Yazhi.