An Rugu looked at Liang Jing in front of her, as if she was looking at something through her.

Facing such a gaze, Liang Jing couldn’t help but raise her right hand and hug her left arm. She felt as if she had no place to hide in front of An Rugu.

An Rugu’s eyes were like gems immersed in ice and snow. She blinked lightly and recited a Qi-Concentrating Technique: ‘The soul is clear, the spirit is clear, and the essence is condensed, open my eyes to see, Supreme Lord Taishang, as the Law requires it.’

Now, the strangeness of Liang Jing’s luck became more obvious to her.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Her luck was like an hourglass with its sand gradually decreasing. The translucent luck continuously flowed out in the air into the distance, and she didn’t know where it drifted to.

An Rugu looked cold as usual. This was not the first time she had seen someone borrowing luck. This method of borrowing luck was actually very common.

People have a magnetic field. For example, if someone was short of gold, and this person got along well with someone who was rich in gold, their magnetic fields would become more compatible—which meant they have borrowed the other person’s luck.

There used to be a child in the village who was weak and sick, and the parents didn’t know what to do. They went to Cloud Rise Temple and the master told them to find someone who would agree to be the child’s godfather.

If the magnetic fields of the two match and their fates complement each other, the child would have no more physical problems.

The folk saying that ‘a wife’s life is good then the husband’s life is also good’ is also based on borrowing luck.

This kind of borrowing luck did not cause any serious harm to the person being borrowed from. Since someone borrowed something, then of course they must also return it—it would then have the effect of mutually supporting each other. It was a good way to use metaphysical knowledge to supplement the luck of both parties.

This was the first time An Rugu had seen such a malicious way of borrowing luck. It couldn’t even be called ‘borrowing’ at all, because while something was being taken, nothing was being repaid. It’s more like stealing luck, which was extremely damaging to yin and virtue, and harmful to heaven and earth.

A hint of disgust flashed through An Rugu’s expression, and she raised her eyes to look at Liang Jing. “I think your luck is actually not bad. You should have accumulated a lot of virtue in your previous life, and everything will be smooth sailing in this life. It’s not normal for you to be so unlucky. Think about it, has anything strange happened recently?”

When Liang Jing heard this, she was speechless and felt a little at a loss. She had never thought of her string of bad luck as a result of having her luck stolen.

Hearing what An Rugu said, it made her realize there were landmines hidden beneath her peaceful-seeming life, and it made her feel a little scared.

She thought hard and couldn’t think of anyone or anything unusual. She was about to shake her head, but at this moment, a strange idea appeared in her mind.

After being stunned for a moment, she said thoughtfully, “…There seems to be something strange about something. It may be a bit narcissistic to say this, but it is really true that my life used to go pretty smoothly

“I have been a school beauty since childhood. When I was taking the entrance exam at the film school, someone took a photo of me and posted it online. They called me the goddess of first love. After that, I became famous.

“Although I was completely unknown before, I became one of the most high-profile students in that class. The teacher was very strict with me and asked me to seriously hone my acting skills so that I would definitely become popular in the future.

“I wanted to make more money so that my family could live a better life, so I studied very hard, and my grades in various courses were among the best in the class.

“When I was a sophomore, I participated in the audition for that idol drama that made me popular, and I stood out among more than 30,000 people. Well, although the director said that my appearance was the most suitable, I felt very lucky indeed. After all, there were more than 30,000 people.

“After filming the idol drama, I became famous. The entertainment industry opened doors for me. My students and teachers were all happy for me and thought I would have a bright future.

“I thought this, until I went to audition for the third female lead in a big-production fairy tale drama. The director was very satisfied with me. Although he didn’t say it directly, he meant that he wanted me for the role. But after a while, I didn’t get any news. After asking, I found out that the sponsor had arranged for someone else  to get the role and excluded me.

“I felt uncomfortable, but I understood it, so I went to audition with other good production crews. However, either I was squeezed out by sponsors, or the director was satisfied but other people pointed out that I was not all that satisfactory.

“In that year, I hit the wall more than ten times and got the title of ‘Failing Goddess’. It’s true that the crew looked down on me, so I could only take on those terrible dramas. There would only be a few scenes in the whole show, and I wouldn’t even be able to find them if I didn’t look carefully.

“But… my friend has been very lucky. “

“Very lucky… to what extent?” An Ru asked curiously.

Liang Jing took out her mobile phone and showed a photo to An Rugu. “Master, you should know Zhu Tingting. She is my classmate in college and also my friend.”

An Rugu took the phone and took a look: it turned out that she had an impression of this person.

Her former college roommate, Yang Yang, liked Zhu Tingting very much and often watched Zhu Tingting’s drama in the dormitory. She also talked about this person to their two other roommates—that’s why An Rugu remembered the name.

Zhu Tingting was indeed very popular in the entertainment industry recently, but her way of becoming popular was quite unique.

She didn’t rely on hard work or acting skills to gain popularity: she relied on her salted fish persona to create popularity.

I Livestream Divination to the World translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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T/N: Read enough c-novel translations and you should be familiar with the phrase ‘salted fish’ by now. It’s a person who lives a lazy life—just like a salted fish, lying there unmoving basking under the sun.