Chapter 808: Deep Waters
“Stealing fortune?” Ye Qing furrowed his brow. He hadn’t sensed anything like that at all. “How are they doing this?”
“According to my observations, everyone who feels reverent toward the three goddesses and offers up their knees would lose their fortune to them,” Feng Qingyou answered. “The more reverent they are, the greater the rate of loss.”
“If that’s true, then why couldn’t I sense anything?” Ye Qing asked with puzzlement. He was a Grandmaster now, and his main cultivation art was the “Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon Sutra”. He couldn’t say he could one hundred percent perceive the flow of another person’s fortune, but there was no way he would miss his own fortune flowing to the goddesses.
Feng Qingyou explained, “Fortune, fate, destiny and the like are intangible, difficult concepts that most people are hard-pressed to grasp, much less perceive. The three goddesses are also using some sort of art that makes it even harder for someone to perceive the flow of fortune than normal.”
“On top of that, the three goddesses are wise enough to steal only a paltry amount of fortune from each individual. The victim may suffer a few days of misfortune from the loss, but they would return to normal afterward. Leng Tianjue and his companions are the living example of that.”
“Of course, that isn’t to say that this theft is completely harmless. If a victim keeps returning to the Goddess Festival year after year, then it is only a matter of time before their fortune is completely stolen by the three goddesses. Such is the case for the citizens of Goddess City.”
Feng Qingyou paused for a moment before shooting Ye Qing an enigmatic smile. “As for you, you haven’t lost any fortune from the start. You are protected by the Profound Yellow Mother Qi, remember?”
“I understand now.” Ye Qing snorted in disdain. “This so-called Goddess Festival is just an opportunity for the three goddess to cut leeks[1]!”
Having listened to Feng Qingyou’s explanation, Ye Qing finally understood what happened to the fortune of Leng Tianjue’s group and everyone in Goddess City. He also understood why Goddess City went through the trouble of organizing this so-called Goddess Festival that seemed to benefit everyone except themselves.