The faceless woman's voice was as dry and rough as sandpaper, unable to express the grief and anger in her heart. Only her trembling hands echoed her resentful heart.

The faceless woman had tried her best to make her story short and concise, but halfway through, she was overcome by emotion and couldn't continue.

I didn't urge her, but waited quietly by her side.

The faceless woman's trembling hands gradually turned into a trembling body. To calm herself down as soon as possible, she grabbed the teacup on the table, clutching the half-filled cup tightly.

The teacup was hot, and although the tea inside was no longer scalding, it still had an uncomfortable temperature.

The faceless woman seemed completely unaware of the temperature of the teacup, holding it tightly. The tea spilled out due to the shaking of her hands, scalding her skin red, but she didn't seem to feel it at all, still clutching the cup tightly, as if clutching a lifeline.

I didn't stop her, letting her spill all the tea on her hands. After five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes, the faceless woman finally calmed down and placed the empty cup steadily on the table.

"Sorry," the faceless woman said, apologizing for spilling the tea earlier.

I didn't say anything, but took out a box of burn cream and gave her a simple treatment for the burns on her hands.

"Continue your story."

"Okay."

After venting her emotions, the faceless woman's narration was much steadier.

The faceless woman's parents knew that the source of all sorrow and misfortune was poverty, and that money was the only thing that could save them. With money, their son's marriage would no longer be a problem, their living conditions could be improved, and those who had looked down on them before would be trampled under their feet.

The parents wanted to marry the faceless woman to a fool for money, and they sold her face for the same reason.

Because marrying a fool required the faceless woman's consent, otherwise she wouldn't live well with the fool, and the in-laws would still make trouble for them, even demanding a refund. So, they came up with a way to sell the faceless woman without her consent: selling her face to a fox.

To be honest, when I first heard this, I shuddered. I was especially worried that it was related to Eighth Sister. If Eighth Sister had taken the faceless woman's face, Eighth Sister would inevitably be entangled in karma, and even I couldn't help her.

Fortunately, after listening to the faceless woman's subsequent description, her face was taken by a fox, but that fox was not Eighth Sister, and I breathed a sigh of relief.

The faceless woman's family desperately needed money, but none of the four of them were capable people. They couldn't get rich through legitimate means, and their daughter didn't agree to being sold, so they began to delve into unorthodox ways.

As the saying goes, nothing is impossible to a willing heart. Their sincere desire for money finally led them to a way to get rich: worshiping the fox spirit.

Fox spirits have many uses, such as enhancing charm in front of the opposite sex, protecting the peace of the home, and treating illnesses and disasters. But the faceless woman's parents chose the simplest and most direct method: seeking wealth, worshiping the fox spirit every day, and asking the fox spirit to bless them with wealth as soon as possible.

Can fox spirits make people rich? It can't be said that they can't, but the way fox spirits make people rich is different from the God of Wealth.

If the God of Wealth is properly worshiped, he can bless you with prosperity, making those who do business make money, those who work get a raise, and even those who gamble win money. But fox spirits are different. Fox spirits don't have the ability to make your business prosperous, nor can they bless you to win the lottery. They can only directly bring you money or valuable things.

And this money or valuable things are not created by the fox spirit itself, but transported from other places. Transport is a nicer way of saying it; in fact, it's stealing, enriching one family at the expense of another.

Fox spirits all have妖法 (yao fa – demonic powers), so it's easy to get some gold and silver from ordinary people's homes. In the past, many foxes used this trick to get incense, but now that various technological means have risen, not many foxes are doing this anymore, because even if your妖法 (yao fa – demonic powers) are magical and you can steal things without anyone knowing, it's easy to get caught when you sell them.

In the end, not only can they not help the worshipers get rich, but they also often get them into trouble with the law. Not only do they stop worshiping them, but many have their statues smashed, and even find法师 (fa shi – Daoist priests) to subdue them.

In the past, fox immortals could steal some cash, but now it's all electronic payments, and ordinary people don't keep much cash at home. Foxes can't directly change the balance on your bank card. Their methods of transporting wealth can't keep up with the times, and they often cause trouble. They can only cut off this business and focus on other items. Under normal circumstances, foxes generally don't accept this kind of business.

But the faceless woman's parents were very persistent. They kept nagging in front of the fox spirit statue, saying that they didn't need anything else. Their daughter was already beautiful enough, but this beauty couldn't be sold for money. What was the use of being beautiful? They would rather their daughter be ugly and hope their son could have money. After all, with money, they could live a good life. Their daughter had a good face, but she didn't know how to use it, and her parents couldn't get a penny out of it. It would be better if she didn't have it.

They said the fox immortal could have anything they wanted, as long as it could bless their family to get rich. They needed money, especially money. They didn't need anything else besides money.

The fox had hinted to them that it could help the faceless woman's brother enhance his attractiveness to the opposite sex, making him more pleasing to women. But the faceless woman's parents still had no interest, saying that the young girls nowadays were very realistic. Even if the young girls weren't realistic enough, their parents were even more realistic than them. They were also parents of daughters, and they were very clear about this. It was meaningless for their son to enhance his attractiveness to the opposite sex. Without money, a car, or a house, it was useless to have a hundred young girls who liked him. He couldn't marry them at all, let alone sleep with them.

Most importantly, their son's high attractiveness to the opposite sex had nothing to do with them. With money, the old couple could also enjoy it. Their son's high attractiveness to the opposite sex wouldn't give them any extra weight.

Anyway, they needed money, money, money, money, money. They didn't need anything else. They were willing to burn as much incense as Hu Daxian (Great Immortal Hu) needed. They could burn incense non-stop for twenty-four hours a day. They could offer Hu Daxian anything else it needed, as long as they had it. They were willing to offer it to Hu Daxian, as long as Hu Daxian could bless them with wealth.

They needed money, money, money. Hu Daxian must make them rich.

Although Hu Daxian didn't really want to do this kind of business, this family was so persistent and said they were willing to give any offering. After a long time, it couldn't resist and finally gave the family a dream.