Cousin Emily Parker is different from him; she’s already in her university internship period and doesn’t go online much. Sometimes she only logs in every few days, and it’s perfectly normal for her to reply a week after he sends a message.

If possible, Ethan Brooks would prefer not to ask this question online.

After all, some things are less likely to cause misunderstandings when said face-to-face. Otherwise, what if his cousin thinks he wants to take this medicine? If he doesn’t explain in person and there’s a misunderstanding, what then? He’s afraid his mother might even fly over to check on him.

But today, he felt himself getting more and more ‘assimilated’ by the people in the group—sure enough, while reading the chat logs is fun, it’s probably best to leave the group sooner rather than later.

Since he’s never spoken up in the group and doesn’t have any connections with the members, leaving now wouldn’t make him feel much attachment.

That being said, his finger still involuntarily tapped the bottom right corner of the screen and opened the Jiuzhou No. 1 Group.

It’s actually quite easy to form habits; it only took him ten days to get used to checking the group every day.

Someone happened to be online in the group.

Logan Carter: “A Qi, the tribulation is over, right? Little Sixteen has advanced, right?”

This message was sent more than ten minutes ago, but Adam Foster still hadn’t replied.

“The lightning tribulation didn’t cause any trouble, did it?” Olivia Bennett of Bennett Island spoke up. This time, it was her herself online, not her father. Although the young girl had just joined the group, she was sweet-talking and had already made friends with several regulars.

She knew that every lightning tribulation for cultivators was not to be underestimated. Even the weakest tribulation could cause big problems if you weren’t careful.

“It shouldn’t be a problem, with A Qi there. A mere third-rank postnatal lightning tribulation—if anything goes wrong, he can forcibly disperse it.” Logan Carter said.

But since Adam Foster still hadn’t replied, he couldn’t help but feel uneasy.

At this moment, an ID Ethan Brooks hadn’t seen before popped up. It was an ID named ‘Brian Cooper’: “Don’t worry, let this Immortal Master cast a divination, and we’ll know the result.”

Logan Carter was silent for a moment, then replied, “Alright.”

Looks like this Brian Cooper guy is playing the role of a fortune-telling immortal master?

After only two or three minutes, Brian Cooper popped up again: “Haha, it’s fine. The result of my divination is the best of omens—great luck and prosperity. Adam Foster and his junior will definitely be fine. Let’s just wait for Little Sixteen to come challenge everyone!”

The best of omens—so that should be reassuring, right? Fortune-telling may not be real, but sometimes it does bring a bit of comfort. Ethan thought to himself.

But after hearing the result, Logan Carter didn’t look happy; instead, he fell silent.

A moment later, he sent a bitter smile emoji: “Looks like something really did happen to Little Sixteen, that’s why A Qi hasn’t come online. Is anyone near H City who can go check on A Qi and see if he needs help?”

Blake Miller popped up and sighed: “Since the fortune-teller predicted great luck and prosperity, then something really must have happened. But I’m far from H City—even if I wanted to rush over, it would take several days.”

“?” Olivia Bennett was puzzled.

“Olivia Bennett, you don’t know this, but this immortal master’s fortunes have never once been accurate. If he predicts great luck and prosperity, you’d better get ready, because disaster is definitely coming your way. On the other hand, if he predicts calamity and misfortune, you can actually relax, because you’re probably about to have a stroke of great luck. If one day he predicts an apocalyptic catastrophe, total annihilation, then you might as well throw a celebration, because you’re about to stumble upon a celestial artifact!” Blake Miller explained.

Logan Carter added, “From another perspective, the fortune-teller’s skills are actually quite strong. As long as you interpret his predictions in reverse, they’re basically always correct.”

Brian Cooper: “……”

He really wanted to shout in protest, but his whole life was full of black marks, so he was dying of frustration.

“By the way, Miss Olivia Bennett, could you ask your father when he’ll be coming home? He’s been a guest at my place for a long time now. Doesn’t he miss home, or his cute and beautiful daughter?” This time, Blake Miller had learned his lesson and didn’t say anything reckless.

“Okay, senior, I’ll ask my father for you when I have time.” Olivia Bennett replied very politely, but it was just an empty promise. She didn’t say when she’d ask, nor did she promise to tell her father to come home.

Blake Miller was a shrewd old hand—how could he not understand Olivia Bennett’s perfunctory reply? So, Brother Sanlang’s eyes grew moist again.

“Anyone lurking, in H City?” Logan Carter @-ed everyone in the group.

The lurkers all popped up, then all sent a head-shaking emoji in unison. China is so big, and there are only so many people in the group—it’s impossible for everyone to be clustered together.

Ethan Brooks’s area in Jiangnan is right next to H City, but he doesn’t know Adam Foster—and he feels he’s still sane enough not to go looking for a group member who disappeared after a ‘lightning tribulation’ and then had a fortune-telling result of ‘something happened.’

After all, he hasn’t been assimilated yet.