Chapter 236: Chapter 235: The Theory That "Dual Cultivation" Leads to Combined Luck
Within the Skeleton Array, Jingyue opened her eyes.
She felt that she had already analyzed and understood the Four Directions Guardian.
"Senior Sister, how did it go?" Su Qi asked from the side.
Jingyue said, "I’m more or less there, but it feels like something is missing."
"Missing? What is it?" Su Qi asked.
Jingyue shook her head. "I don’t know. But at the same time, it feels like there’s no problem. It’s just too profound for me to comprehend."
Su Qi was at a loss for words. ’Didn’t she say she could understand the guardian’s power through the mark? How is it now too profound to comprehend?’
Jingyue explained, "It’s a very simple principle. I completely understand how to activate the power of the Four Directions Guardian, but I don’t understand the foundational knowledge that extends from it.
The mark doesn’t provide this kind of knowledge, or perhaps this place doesn’t contain it. It depends on my own breadth of knowledge."
"So?"
"So, as a mere Tier Two, do you really think it’s possible for me to understand something this terrifying?"
Su Qi had nothing to say.
Their Cultivation was indeed a bit weak, and what they knew was pitifully little.
Although they had studied Arrays, they hadn’t even scratched the surface. With their level of knowledge, it was impossible to grasp the foundational principles here.
Forget them, even if their martial uncles came, few would be able to understand it—it was even possible that none of them could.
The complexity of this place was beyond imagination.
Su Qi asked helplessly, "So what do we do now?"
Jingyue smiled. "What do you think we should do?"
Su Qi said, "Well, since even the Island Lord is powerless, I guess we just have to take a shot in the dark."
Jingyue nodded. "That’s what I was thinking, too. If we try, there’s still a chance of success. If we let this opportunity pass, it’ll be too late.
Come on, over here. I’m going to use you as the center to activate the Four Directions Guardian. Whether it succeeds or fails... we can only pray."
Su Qi immediately waved her hands. "Senior Sister, you should find someone else. I have the Misfortune Coin on me. Even though I haven’t been that unlucky lately, it’s better not to involve me in something that relies on chance."
Jingyue shook her head. "No, no, no. I think it has to be you.
I’ve thought about it carefully. Ever since you and your husband made up, the Misfortune Coin has practically lost its effect.
I think the problem lies with ’Dual Cultivation.’ When you two sleep together, the power of the Misfortune Coin gets neutralized. And for a normal person like your husband to marry you, he must have incredible luck.
Now you’re carrying your husband’s good luck, so if we use you as the center, the success rate is bound to be high."
Jingyue spoke with such sound reasoning, as if it were all true, that Su Qi almost believed her.
"Senior Sister, I’ve never heard of luck being ’neutralized’ between a husband and wife. Just stop trying to rope me into this."
Jingyue said with great earnestness, "You must make a sacrifice for world peace! Besides, other people can’t transfer luck. Most likely, it’s because they don’t have the Misfortune Coin.
The Misfortune Coin is a vessel for bad luck, or to put it grandly, a master of fortune itself. This stuff is profoundly mysterious. How can you be sure it can’t conduct luck?
If it can’t, how do you explain not having any bad luck recently?"
Su Qi was suddenly at a loss for words again.
Finally, she asked, "There won’t be any adverse side effects, right? I can’t let anything happen to my body."
"I know, I know," Jingyue said impatiently. "It won’t affect your ability to have children, nor will it affect you and your husband... *doing your thing*. You’re a grown woman, and all you ever think about is your husband."
Su Qi laughed. "You’ll understand once you get married, Senior Sister."
At that moment, Su Qi was standing in the middle of the small island, and Jingyue was ready to use her as the center to connect to the Four Directions Guardian at any moment.
"Your husband sure is lucky, marrying a silly girl like you. Not everyone is so blessed. Not every woman is a little whiner like you," Jingyue said, shaking her head.
Su Qi replied, "You all say he’s lucky, but I think I’m lucky too. I’m incredibly happy that I got to marry my husband."
"See? That’s why I say you’re silly. Alright now, don’t be surprised by whatever you see in a moment, and stop mentioning your husband. You’ll turn into a simpleton; who knows how many IQ points you’ve already lost."
As she spoke, Jingyue waved her hand, and a beam of light descended upon Su Qi. Then, Jingyue began to use the power of the skeletons to draw upon the power of the other three directions.
She couldn’t act as the initial vessel herself because she wouldn’t be able to draw upon the four directions. Therefore, the initial vessel had to be someone else.
Since she couldn’t use herself, Jingyue had no choice but to use Su Qi.
And for Su Qi’s safety, she also had to become a vessel after drawing upon the power of the four directions.
Two people were safer than one.
’As for whether they would see the Saintess’s secrets, that didn’t matter. It wasn’t like she’d be the one telling anyone, anyway.’
Soon, the Four Directions Guardian linked up, and its power began to cover the four corners of the Abyss.
Outside, the Island Lord was completely baffled. He truly had no idea what was happening.
Moreover, he had just received a message from Lan Yue, who said that he might have also become a consciousness puppet and urged him to see if he could wake up.
Upon receiving this news, he actually found it a little ridiculous.
Then came the shock, which gave way to fear, and finally, it shattered his entire worldview.
He had woken up.
’The Abyss is too terrifying. I always thought I was normal, never imagining that it was all fake.
No wonder my Cultivation hasn’t progressed at all for so many years.’ The Island Lord could only sigh.
For years, everything he did had subconsciously served the Abyss, even while his own goal was to break free.
The moment he came to this realization, the Cultivation that had been suppressed for so many years finally stirred.
If he had taken one step further, everything related to the Abyss would have been dismantled by him, which was why his Cultivation had never progressed.
He had deceived himself.
Now that he had begun to face his true self, his Cultivation naturally began to break through.
’I’m about to face my Tribulation Crossing. I should suppress it for now. If the Abyss emerges, I’ll give it a big surprise.’
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Meanwhile, in front of the Seal, Jiang Zuo was waiting for Jian Shisan to clear the area. Unfortunately, before Jian Shisan could make a move, a beam of light suddenly appeared in the sky.
The light covered the entire Abyss, preparing to suppress it.
In an instant, the expressions on both Jiang Zuo’s and Jian Shisan’s faces turned grim.
Jian Shisan sighed. "The one behind this lacks experience."
Jiang Zuo said, "It’s not a lack of experience. It’s someone acting recklessly without any understanding at all. Still, to think there’s a mechanism here to guard the Seal—and not an ordinary one, at that. It seems this is the most critical part of the backup plan."
One reason he called it "not ordinary" was that even Jiang Zuo himself hadn’t discovered it right away.
Jian Shisan looked at the curtain of light. "I don’t really understand this thing. What is it?"
"Just a backup component of the grand cosmic design. Nothing that impressive. What’s truly formidable is the grand design itself, connecting heaven and earth, interwoven with causality." As he spoke, Jiang Zuo headed toward the Seal.
The activation of the Four Directions Guardian’s power had caused the Seal to be protected, which made things very difficult for Jiang Zuo, who needed to open it.
Although the other party was trying to do a good thing, by not opening the Seal, they were actually doing the worst possible thing.
Once the guardian’s power was fully activated, the Seal would be much harder to open. This would essentially secure the Abyss’s position, allowing it to rest easy.
That was why neither Jiang Zuo nor Jian Shisan looked pleased. This was just adding to their workload, and failure meant they would have inadvertently helped the Abyss. The thought irritated them both.
