Chu Ge looked at the fortune teller in shock, hearing his words, it seemed he truly knew something.

He glanced around, then found a stool to sit beside the fortune teller, curiously asking, "Old sir, how do you know where I come from?"

The fortune teller looked at Chu Ge, smiling gently, and motioned, "Have you forgotten what I told you?"

Chu Ge immediately understood, he took out silver tael from his pocket and handed it to him, "Here, I have prepared this for you."

The fortune teller looked at the silver tael in Chu Ge’s hand, shook his head slightly, "This is not what I want."

Chu Ge squinted his eyes in confusion at him, "Not this? But didn’t you say you wanted..."

"I want what you consider the most important. If you think money is very important to you, then pretend I didn’t say anything."

After speaking, the fortune teller reclined on his lounger and started basking in the sun, closing his eyes, seemingly uninterested in responding to Chu Ge any further.

Chu Ge sat there silently, pondering about what he considered important.

This question truly stumped him.

They remained silent for quite some time, and eventually, the fortune teller took a nap and woke up to find Chu Ge still in the same spot.

He sat up, looking at Chu Ge helplessly, "Shouldn’t you be looking for what’s most important to you now? Watching me sleep won’t do any good. Your time is running out."

Chu Ge looked at the fortune teller in amazement, every word this person said shocked him and touched his heart deeply.

He couldn’t quite believe that this fortune teller didn’t know some inside information.

Chu Ge pondered for a moment, then stood up, "I will be back."

Walking back, Chu Ge kept thinking about what the fortune teller said was particularly important to him, but he couldn’t figure it out.

Back at Marquis Ye Mansion, Ye Liang was not there, and Mrs. Wu approached Chu Ge, seeing his heavy-hearted expression, and asked puzzledly, "Chu Ge, what’s wrong with you?"

Chu Ge shook his head, recalling Ye Liang’s previous tracking, and asked, "Mrs. Wu, where is Ye Liang?"

"Miss went out and hasn’t returned yet. Didn’t she go out with you?"

Mrs. Wu asked.

Chu Ge shook his head, "No, I’m heading back to my room."

Mrs. Wu looked at Chu Ge puzzledly, feeling he seemed deeply troubled, shaking her head, "I clearly saw you two leave together."

She muttered to herself as she walked away.

Chu Ge heard her words, paused briefly, a thought flashed in his eyes, and finally went upstairs.

Back in his room, Chu Ge lay quietly on the bed contemplating but couldn’t come to any conclusions even after a long time.

Finally feeling helpless, he sighed, wanting to sleep, but it was still early, so he decided to sit up, cross-legged, and begin cultivating.

His health had been deteriorating these days, cultivation in martial arts left him feeling fatigued and constrained.

Whenever Chu Ge transmitted energy, a fine layer of sweat broke out on his forehead, and his body felt exhausted as if having undergone a rigorous task.

If things continued like this, it was really as the fortune teller said, not much time left.

Chu Ge thought, then took out a jade pendant from his pocket, the jade pendant he obtained from Ye Liang, he found even in this dimension, the jade pendant contained ample spiritual energy, which conveniently met his martial arts needs.

Yet jade pendants were expensive here, and given their limited finances, they couldn’t afford many jade pendants.

Just as Chu Ge was about to drain the spiritual energy from the jade pendant, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

He looked at the jade pendant in his hand, contemplating for a while, the fortune teller wanted him to offer what he considered most important, in his eyes, the most important thing was martial arts, the crux of which depended on cultivating using the spiritual energy from the jade pendant.

Could the fortune teller actually want the jade pendant?

Thinking about this, Chu Ge jumped off the bed, pocketed the jade pendant, and headed out.

Mrs. Wu was about to call Chu Ge for dinner when she saw him rushing out.

As soon as Chu Ge left, Ye Liang returned immediately, Ye Liang looked at Mrs. Wu puzzledly, "Mrs. Wu, what are you doing here?"

"Nothing, I just saw Chu Ge rush out again like he had something important." Mrs. Wu said, puzzledly, "He’s been back and forth several times today, he seems troubled, like he has something on his mind."

Ye Liang gazed silently in the direction where Chu Ge had disappeared, feeling that indeed something was off with Chu Ge today, she had followed him earlier, only to be discovered, she assumed he would confront her directly, but unexpectedly, Chu Ge left without saying a word.

This made her feel Chu Ge might be hiding something from her.

"Miss, are you alright?" Mrs. Wu asked with concern seeing Ye Liang lost in thought.

Ye Liang shook her head, "I’m fine, is dinner ready? Let’s go eat, I’m starving."

"Yes, it’s ready, just waiting for you all."

...

Chu Ge left Marquis Ye Mansion and went directly to West Suburb Village, the fortune teller didn’t expect him to return so quickly, "Back so soon, it seems you have made up your mind."

"Old sir, do you want this?" Chu Ge directly took out a jade pendant from his pocket and handed it to him, "This is the most important thing to me."

Looking at the jade pendant, the fortune teller’s eyes showed traces of surprise, he chuckled, "Looks like you know what I want, you also know what’s most important to you!"

Saying this, he accepted the jade pendant from Chu Ge’s hand, weighing it in his hand, "Indeed, it’s a good jade pendant, it’s just a pity that in our dimension, such good jade pendants are plentiful, but we don’t utilize them properly; everyone just squanders them."

Chu Ge understood what he meant, sighed slightly, "You think it’s a waste, but I’m troubled, alas, I can’t afford these things." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

The fortune teller unabashedly pocketed the jade pendant, saying to Chu Ge, "Ask, what do you want to ask?"

Chu Ge was just about to ask when he was interrupted again by the fortune teller.

"However, one prior condition, one jade pendant can only exchange for one question, I won’t answer more."

Chu Ge was speechless, feeling tricked.

"So you have to think carefully about what to ask, the opportunity is limited."

Looking at this man more cunning than a fox, Chu Ge felt aggrieved but helpless.

Taking a deep breath, he pondered for a moment, finally asking out of necessity, "Old sir, I want to know how I can return?"