Chapter 245: The Dao of Heaven’s Determination
Chai Lai didn’t know how to answer the question.
He was only twenty-three and already at the peak of the origin forging realm.
If things went as planned, he would break through to the qi transformation realm when the martial contest ended.
Although he was not a top-level genius, he was a genius nonetheless.
After considering these things, Chai Lai felt that his life was priceless. He didn’t want to put a price on it but he didn’t dare to say that.
At a loss, he looked at Lin Fu pleadingly.
He hoped the young master would help him out and clean the mess for him.
When Lin Fu saw the pleading eyes, he was disgusted.
Originally, he didn’t intervene because he wanted to help the person.
He just wanted to test the bottom line of Yang Xu’s disciple.
Unexpectedly, he was entangled in the matter and could no longer extricate himself without shedding a layer of skin.
With a sigh, he remove a box from his storage ring and handed it to Yu Nianzhen.
"If fellow Daoist Yu is satisfied, let this matter end here."
Yu Nianzhen didn’t immediately take the box.
Instead, he reached over and opened the lid.
When the lid was pulled off, a red and white light radiated from the box.
"It’s a two-coloured stone." Someone exclaimed and looked at the stone greedily.
The others in the crowd were also surprised and couldn’t wait to reach in and grab it.
"Young master Lin, you can’t give away something so precious." A girl admonished and wanted to put the lid back on the box.
However, Lin Fu moved his hand and the girl couldn’t reach the box.
"Since I have taken it out, I am naturally willing to give it up."
Although his words showed his willingness, the underlying tone revealed his grievance.
When the others heard it, they glared at Yu Nianzhen.
"How can you bully people like this?" A girl scolded.
"Young master Lin has nothing to do with this. Why does he have to hand over his treasure?"
"He doesn’t." Yu Nianzhen said firmly.
"The legs and mouth are on him. I didn’t bring him here and didn’t ask him to interfere. Any loss he suffers is what he deserves."
"Fellow Daoist Yu is right. Lin Fu has been taught." Lin Fu said but his heart was filled with anger.
In all his years, this was the first time he was so humiliated.
He wanted to take revenge but they were in public.
Lin Fu didn’t want to destroy his image so he could only endure and wait for a good time.
"Is fellow Daoist Yu satisfied with the two-coloured stone?"
Yu Nianzhen looked at the stone and pretended to think about it.
The two coloured stone was guaranteed to have a treasure but he didn’t know what it was since the treasure compass was with Jiang Yue.
However, Yu Nianzhen remembered the incident in the Great Artisan city.
He didn’t know if the stone in front of him was a real two-coloured stone or a questionable one like the one in the Great Artisan city.
It was good if the stone was real but if it wasn’t...
’It’s good either way.’ He thought.
If the stone was real, he and Jiang Yue would gain an additional treasure. They would use it if it was suitable and sell it if it wasn’t.
If the stone was fake, they would have research material.
When Yu Nianzhen thought that there may be a conspiracy involving two coloured gambling stones, his mood became a little heavy.
"Is Fellow Daoist Yu not satisfied?" Lin Fu asked.
"It’s fine." Yu Nianzhen said and took the box.
He then turned to Chai Lai and his eyes became a little sharper.
"Don’t do stupid things in the future. You may not be lucky next time." He said and walked away without another word.
Soon after, he arrived at a place that was a little further from others and sat down.
[Azhen, are you okay?] Jiang Yue asked.
[I am fine. Did you see the stone?]
[I saw it. There is a peak-grade spirit stone within.] He said and both fell silent.
Normally, the colour of a gambling stone revealed the element of the treasures within.
In this case, the treasure should have a fire and metal attribute.
However, it had an attributeless spirit stone!
This could only mean that the original treasure was removed and replaced with the spirit stone or the gambling stone itself was fake.
[A peak-grade spirit stone is priceless in our Cangxing world. It’s impossible for two to appear in questionable gambling stones.] Jiang Yue said.
[I know. I don’t believe in coincidences, something is wrong.]
[You are right. Fortunately, you got the stone. We can take our time to examine it later.]
[I am afraid that Lin Fu doesn’t intend to let me keep the stone.]
[What do you mean?]
[There is a hidden divine sense marking on the stone.]
[Bastard.] Jiang Yue exclaimed angrily.
Fortunately, Yu Nianzhen’s divine sense was comparable to that of a cultivator at the peak of the core formation realm.
If it was weaker, he would not have discovered the marking and would have become a target without knowing it.
[Are you going to remove it?]
[Not yet. I want to see what they want to do.]
[You have to be careful.]
[Don’t worry, I won’t be careless.]
[Azhen, the Cangxing and bounty lists are finally online.] Jiang Yue suddenly said.
[How do you know?]
[Just now, XiaoLan overheard it when coming back from the Ice Palace sitting area.]
[Some people have already begun to issue challenges to those on the bounty list. Do you want to do it?]
[I want.] Yu Nianzhen said without hesitation.
Since there was a chance to earn merit points, he naturally did not want to miss it.
[Okay, I also want to do so.]
After that, the two stopped talking and sent their divine sense into their sea consciousness.
’Something seems to have changed.’ Yu Nianzhen observed and frowned a little.
He first checked the Cangxing ranking and then the bounty list.
In the end, he couldn’t pinpoint what had changed. He only felt that the two lists had become a little more spiritual.
’It should be because they can now be used to issue challenges.’
After concluding that, Yu Nianzhen focused on the origin tempering section and began to peruse the list.
The list was arranged in descending order.
At the top was a cultivator titled ’one hundred flowers king’ and at the bottom was one titled ’triple tongued gambler’.
The one hundred flowers king was rated five stars which translated to five merit points while the triple-tongued gambler was rated one star which was one merit point.
’How should I do this?’ Yu Nianzhen wondered ad frowned.
After a few moments of thought, he exited the bounty list and entered the Cangxing list.
He then located the one hundred flowers king and saw that the person was ranked third.
When he saw this, he had an idea in his mind and quickly returned to the bounty list.
Without hesitation, Yu Nianzhen used his divine sense to tap on ’one hundred flowers king’.
A moment later, information entered his mind and Yu Nianzhen was a little flabbergasted.
In confusion, he returned to the Cangxing ranking and tapped on Bing Lan’s name.
However, he didn’t receive any information and he heaved a sigh of relief.
When he tapped on ’one hundred flowers king’, Yu Nianzhen received information including the name of the person, cultivation level, and their current location.
This kind of situation was unexpected and he couldn’t help but worry.
Fortunately, the dao of heaven was partial.
Only the information of those on the bounty list was readily available to everyone.
However, this outcome confirmed what Yu Nianzhen had already guessed.
’The dao of heaven is truly determined to eliminate the Death Flower Ascension Front from the Cangxing world.’ He thought.
While he was still looking through the names, Jiang Yue’s voice resounded in his mind.
[Azhen, did you see it?] Jiang Yue said.
Originally, not many people had discovered that the Cangxing and bounty lists could now be used.
However, some time had passed and the news had spread.
Some spectators had even begun to turn against each other once they discovered that the other was in the Death Flower Ascension Front.
[Maybe this is not a bad thing.] Yu Nianzhen said solemnly.
Although he was not a native of the Cangxing world, he had already regarded the world as his own.
The Cangxing world was the place where he and Jiang Yue got the chance to be together.
It was the land that favoured them and treated them as sons of luck.
When it came down to it, he didn’t want some organisation to destroy the foundation of the Cangxing world.
[I also think so.] Jiang Yue said.
[The martial contest is not over and I may encounter someone on the bounty list. I will take the chance to eliminate them.]
[Alright, but you have to be careful. Now that their identities have been revealed, they won’t stand around and wait to be slaughtered.]
