Chapter 1

At dawn, the morning glow broke through the clouds and shone upon the Yue Mountain Great Temple in the South City, adding a wisp of ethereal, mortal atmosphere.

In recent years, the economy has been in a downturn; people no longer pray for raises, only to avoid being fired. The once-popular Marriage Hall has been abandoned by tourists, who have turned instead to worshipping the God of Wealth.

Under this cultural trend, the Yue Mountain Great Temple happened to become an "internet-famous temple."

The reason is simple: the deity in its main hall is the "True Lord of Enlightened Great Dao," with the Daoist name "Sea Toad Child," who is a quasi-God of Wealth who scatters money to help the poor.

Scatter, money, help, poor.

Everyone who hears this has to give a thumbs up and exclaim, "How fair!"

Among the crowd of tourists who had come early to "grab the first incense," there was a young girl wearing a black hoodie with a cartoon cat printed on it, paired with long black trousers, a black hat, and a black mask. Wrapped up tightly, she sat on a small wooden stool.

She had thought this would not attract attention, but little did she know that in the eyes of the tourists, she stood out from the crowd like a crane in a flock of chickens.

Stop.

The real reason she was so eye-catching was: this girl, dressed all in black, was first in line!

Seeing Jin Li bore the scorching gazes from behind, shifted her feet, and remained as steady as a mountain. Even though she was wearing too many clothes, causing fine beads of sweat to form on her forehead, she did not take off her hat to wipe them away.

Whispers came from the middle-aged women behind her.

"What time did you come to line up?"

The second woman said proudly, "My child has an interview at a big company these days, so I specially got up very early and arrived at the mountain at three in the morning."

The third woman asked curiously, "Then why aren't you first?"

The second woman choked on her words and said with great regret, "After all, I don't have the stamina of a young person!"

She pointed to Seeing Jin Li in front, "Do you know when she started lining up?"

Without waiting for the others to answer, the woman couldn't wait to announce the answer: "I asked the cleaning lady, and she told me this girl started lining up when the temple closed yesterday!"

"Wow!" Everyone looked sideways in astonishment.

Even in this era where everyone is competing, this girl's spirit is worth a comment: "Truly hardcore!"

"Dong—" The melodious bell rang, and the Yue Mountain Great Temple opened its doors!

Seeing Jin Li picked up her small wooden stool and dashed into the temple. She had long since prepared three sticks of incense. The women behind her were also racing to catch up; everyone was racing against time, hoping to steal the luck.

It wasn't until Seeing Jin Li sat down on the first prayer mat—the only one—that this war without gunpowder finally ended.

Seeing Jin Li's mind, however, did not relax. She adjusted her posture and called out the True Lord's name in her heart, hoping to get a response.

She was originally a carp who had good luck in her early years and cultivated into a spirit.

Then, with more good luck, she accidentally swallowed a celestial herb, attained the Dao, and became an inconspicuous Koi Immortal Official in the Heavenly Realm.

Finally, with even more good luck, she had the fortune to be accepted as a disciple by the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord and became a child attendant under his seat.

But success comes from good luck, and failure also comes from good luck.

One day, her master told her that her cultivation journey had been too smooth; although she was ranked among the immortals, her Dao heart was not complete, and she still needed to experience the hardships of the human world.

So, he kicked her into the mortal world, where she transmigrated into a girl with the same name and surname, and even the same appearance.

That would have been fine.

Seeing Jin Li had been in the human world for seven days, and every night she dreamed, discovering that this body of hers was actually a minor character who died early in a book, and the only mention of her was that she was once a teammate of the book's female lead.

These past few days, she had been dizzy and palpitating, panting after walking a few steps. After flipping through all the medical records in the house, she realized that this body had congenital illnesses; no wonder she died so early.

So, as soon as she found the most popular Daoist temple nearby, she hurried over to seek help from the various Daoist Lords.

Seeing Jin Li didn't want to take any shortcuts; it was just that if she didn't do something, the death date for this body would soon arrive.

Braving the knife-like gazes from behind, she bowed and prayed on the prayer mat for a full ten minutes. It was only because she couldn't get any response that she had to get up and leave.

Walking out of the main hall, Seeing Jin Li suddenly felt a sense of relief in her body, as if some power was pouring into her. This power was...

Divine power?

She suddenly turned her head to look at the True Lord's statue. The statue was majestic and solemn, built entirely of gold, and was exceptionally opulent.

An ethereal voice resounded in her mind, as clear as shards of ice hitting the ground, asking her what she was seeking.

Seeing Jin Li silently recited in her heart: "I want my body to get better."

That voice did not respond.

Seeing Jin Li added another sentence: "I'm a bit poor, can the God of Wealth give me some money?"

The ethereal voice resounded again. The two words "Granted" echoed in Seeing Jin Li's ears. For a moment, she couldn't tell if it meant granting some money or if both were granted.

Thinking about the matter, Seeing Jin Li had just walked out of the temple when a piece of demonic, brainwashing music drifted over—

"You love me, I love you, scratch-offs are sweet~"

"You love me, I love you, scratch-offs are so sweet~"

Her footsteps turned, and she walked into the lottery station involuntarily.

The lottery station was exquisitely decorated, and a huge screen hung in the middle, playing the latest current events news.

【Lottery draw results in six sixes, where is the justice in the human world?】

【Five thousand tickets purchased in a single bet, emptying the two-hundred-million prize pool, what is the reason for tax evasion?】

【Scratch-offs solemnly promise here:

You may not believe in the lottery, but you can absolutely believe in scratch-offs!

No one knows the amount of each scratch-off when it leaves the factory, and the winning cards are all shuffled and distributed, with the top prize reaching five million!

Scratch-offs have reported to the "Lottery Anti-Fraud" insurance, and those found to be colluding internally or privately leaking information will compensate the public cause with one hundred million!】

Thinking of the "Granted" the True Lord had just said, Seeing Jin Li resolutely decided to take out the remaining five thousand yuan in her bank card and purchased one hundred scratch-off cards of different amounts.

In this day and age, who hasn't had a beautiful dream of "taking a gamble to turn a bicycle into a motorcycle," not to mention that she was originally a koi, carrying "peerless good luck" with her.

Of course, the real confidence supporting her in doing this was that there would be a new basic salary coming in tomorrow, so she wouldn't be penniless.

Seeing Jin Li bought the scratch-off cards, thought for a while, then took a turn and walked back to the Yue Mountain Great Temple.

She lined up the scratch-offs one by one at the entrance of the main hall, intending to borrow some of the God of Wealth's luck to scratch them one by one.

This scene aroused the curiosity of passersby, who took out their phones to film and watch.

Some middle-aged women and grandpas who had already finished burning incense gathered around, happily calling out the numbers for her.

"Oh my, bad luck, thanks for your patronage."

"Okay, okay, this 10-yuan one turned into 30!"

"Won 50!"

"Won 100!"

"Didn't win!"

Sweat flowed wetly down Seeing Jin Li's forehead, and her small face was flushed, but her eyes were bright and brilliant.

With someone helping to call out the numbers, she didn't even need to look; she just had to keep scratching.

After the last scratch-off card was finished, Seeing Jin Li breathed a sigh of relief, finally able to rest, when a loud clamor came to her ears:

"Holy crap, this one won 200,000!"