LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 72
Chapter 79: The Fortune Teller
Liu Shunyi was sweating profusely.
“Old Zhao, can you hold on a minute? I haven’t gotten that guy on the list yet, don’t rush!”
Liu Shunyi’s heart raced with anxiety.
However, the eight-headed serpent gave Liu Shunyi no chance to intervene.
The eight-headed serpent directly unleashed his life-bound magic treasure—a blood-red long knife.
It carried an extremely sinister aura.
As soon as the blood-red long knife appeared, the heavens and earth changed color.
Even the clouds in the sky turned crimson.
One could even see many wronged souls roaring within the clouds.
“Swish~”
The blood-red long knife struck towards Zhao Gou.
The blood light filled the sky.
The power of that strike sent chills down people’s spines.
At this moment, Liu Shunyi was ready to summon the Qīngpíng Sword.
He was about to take action.
But just then, Zhao Gou moved.
He simply extended a finger.
A point of green light blossomed from his fingertip.
“Whoosh~”
In an instant, the bloody long knife shattered.
The sky cleared up again.
The eight-headed serpent, who was now backfired by his own magic treasure, spat out a mouthful of blood.
At this moment, the world fell silent; a pin drop could be heard.
Zhao Gou then wrapped the eight-headed serpent in his spiritual power.
“Ah…”
The eight-headed serpent wailed in agony.
Then, before a crowd of awestruck onlookers, he was completely burned to ashes by Zhao Gou’s green spiritual force.
After everything was done, Zhao Gou remained silent for a long time.
Then he gracefully walked away.
That was pure mastery.
Liu Shunyi’s eyes were wide open.
Because this time, he really didn’t lift a finger.
……
The confrontation between Elder Zhao Gou and the eight-headed serpent became the talk of the town.
No one could deny it.
Zhao Gou had become the undisputed number one Golden Core cultivator.
And he was getting more outrageous by the minute.
Some even said that Zhao Gou at the Golden Core level could challenge the Nascent Soul stage.
And this wasn’t just talk.
Zhao Gou simply annihilated that eight-headed serpent.
It was practically instant kill.
Not even pulling out his life-bound magic treasure.
Of course, with Zhao Gou’s rising fame, other sect members grew even more wary of the Qinglian Sect.
It truly was alarming.
Zhao Gou’s methods were too bizarre.
Some sects had already issued orders.
Wherever Zhao Gou appeared, retreat if possible.
Under no circumstances should they confront him.
Thus, in the cultivation world, Zhao Gou had seemingly become synonymous with being invincible at his level.
Even some already renowned Golden Core practitioners who wanted to challenge Zhao Gou lost their voices after witnessing the eight-headed serpent being vaporized.
……
At this point, Liu Shunyi had restored his original identity.
Dressed in white robes, Liu Shunyi exuded a scholarly aura.
He looked like a bookish gentleman, a charming young master.
Now Liu Shunyi was walking alongside Zhao Gou.
Both looked like celestial beings.
And Zhao Gou had a very favorable impression of Liu Shunyi.
Why?
Because Liu Shunyi was an alchemist.
Though only in the early Foundation Establishment stage, being a third-tier alchemist put him on equal footing with Zhao Gou.
They got along quite well, discussing topics like medical skills and herbs, which they both shared a strong interest in.
But after getting friendly, Liu Shunyi couldn’t help but ask, “Old Zhao, I’m really curious about how you made that eight-headed serpent just… disappear without a trace!”
At the mention of this topic, Zhao Gou’s face looked as if he’d just eaten a dead fly.
Liu Shunyi chuckled.
“I’m just curious. If it’s inconvenient, you don’t have to say!”
Zhao Gou glanced around.
Finally, he sighed.
“I’m a healer; my path focuses on healing, to save sentient beings!”
Zhao Gou seemed to be explaining.
But at the same time, it felt like a farewell.
“However, things always go awry. I don’t know since when, but inexplicably, my medical skills have turned deadly.”
“At first, I thought it had nothing to do with me. After endeavoring to save everyone, I believed I must have cultivated incorrectly, but some things just feel so surreal!”
“Because when I went back to thoroughly study the path of medicine, I uncovered a truly absurd issue.”
Zhao Gou looked at Liu Shunyi and said.
“Can you believe it? The human body is a living being!”
Liu Shunyi: “???”
After a moment of thought, Liu Shunyi hesitated.
“You mean the human body is like many living entities combined, is that what you’re implying?”
Zhao Gou nodded.
“Exactly!”
“That’s the point. Of course, that’s not the main takeaway. The most essential thing is that those entities conform to a certain natural law to form an individual.”
“But some living entities disrupt this rule, leading to illness.”
“And all I need to do is cure those that break the rules, and the person’s body will suddenly explode or turn to liquid!”
“Of course, I can also make a person’s wounds continuously expand, tearing them apart, ultimately reducing them to ashes.”
“That eight-headed serpent is a prime example!”
After hearing all this, Liu Shunyi felt a chill run down his spine.
Holy crap, am I witnessing the birth of an exceptionally terrifying talent?
After contemplating, Liu Shunyi suddenly asked, “So, do you still plan to treat and heal people in the future?”
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Regarding this question, Zhao Gou pondered for a long time.
But in the end, he still said.
“I suppose I will, but now I’m a bit hesitant; I have some psychological scars!”
Liu Shunyi: “…”
He could only silently express an apology in his heart.
But suddenly…
Zhao Gou’s expression turned furious.
Because he spotted someone.
“Hey, you fortune teller, stop right there!”
Zhao Gou dashed out directly.
Meanwhile, the fortune teller, with a patch on his eye, noticed Zhao Gou from afar and, with his pupils constricting, abandoned his stall and sprinted away.
But in the end, when Zhao Gou uttered one sentence, the fortune teller trembled all over.
“If you run again, I might just treat you!”
That fortune teller nearly kneeled in fright.
Once Zhao Gou stood before him, the fortune teller forced a pained grimace.
Zhao Gou’s face was filled with rage.
“You old scammer! Because I listened to you back then and chose to pursue healing, I thought I could achieve greatness and have abundant fortune, but now I…”
At this point, Zhao Gou suddenly froze.
The fortune teller awkwardly chuckled.
“Ahem, Elder Zhao, but didn’t you achieve greatness already? And you are a respected elder of the Qinglian Sect, isn’t that abundant fortune?”
Zhao Gou’s expression shifted slightly.
Because, well, the fortune teller seemed to have a point.
However…
That wasn’t what Zhao Gou wanted.
Zhao Gou lowered his voice and asked, “Can I change my methods of attaining abundance?”
The fortune teller looked exasperated.
“I am a fortune teller, not a deity. What I say just reflects part of your fate. Moreover, if I had those skills, I’d have ascended to the upper realms by now!”
Zhao Gou chuckled.
“Looks like you have issues!”
The fortune teller was drenched in cold sweat.
“Wait! I do have a method! But fate is unpredictable, so I can only change it once, randomly. Good or bad is uncertain. Are you sure you want to proceed?”
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“But remember, it’s random, and I can’t control good or bad!”
Zhao Gou was taken aback.
And then fell into deep thought.
But in the end, Zhao Gou decided to decline.
“Forget it; I won’t change it. Besides, I feel like my luck has been terrible, especially after getting involved with you; it’s just gotten ludicrously worse!”
The fortune teller chuckled.
But suddenly, he turned his attention to Liu Shunyi.
He looked a bit dazed.
“Kid, what’s your name?”
Liu Shunyi was momentarily stunned.
Then he smiled.
“What? You want to tell my fortune?”
The fortune teller sized Liu Shunyi up, his eyes filled with astonishment.
“Your fate is erratic; I sense you’re always on the brink of disaster. If you trust me, I…”
“Slap~”
“Hey!”
Before the fortune teller could finish, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his face, as if something had slapped him.
“Who? Who’s sneaking an attack on me?!”
Zhao Gou looked around, bewildered.
While Liu Shunyi was slightly confused.
This old man just got smacked by a brush.
He couldn’t identify the attacker.
The fortune teller then grinned at Liu Shunyi.
“Honestly, I observed you—the disaster clouds loom over you, and a blood disaster is imminent! But if you just give me some money, I can…”
“Slap, slap, slap…”
The fortune teller shook his head like a drum.
Finally, he plopped down onto the ground.
“Damn, who’s plotting against me?!”
The fortune teller scanned his surroundings again.
But still found nothing.
He scratched his head in confusion.
“Could it be… some malevolent entity?”
At that moment, he suddenly sensed a very dangerous aura hovering over him.
The old man looked up.
But saw nothing.
Liu Shunyi, however, was a bit baffled as he stared at the brush floating above the old man’s head.
Because that one comment about a malevolent entity had made the brush furious.
Now, the brush began to emit golden light.
The golden light gathered into a sword.
“Whoa, hold on! Golden Brush, come back!”
Liu Shunyi anxiously thought.
The Divine Dao Golden Scroll trembled slightly.
The brush instantly flew back.
But the handle was still vibrating, clearly furious.
The fortune teller was now gulping nervously.
“Why do I feel like I just danced on the edge of death?”
Zhao Gou chuckled.
“Looks like your skills are inadequate. You’re randomly divining people’s fates. Heaven has seen enough and wants to smite you.”
Liu Shunyi’s eyes widened in surprise as he glanced at Zhao Gou.
Damn, not quite accurate, but what Zhao Gou said made some sense.
Upon hearing Zhao Gou’s words, the fortune teller felt a realization dawn on him.
He quickly performed a calculation and instantly turned pale.
“Apologies, gentlemen! I don’t know what caused my ancestral grave to blow up! I must hurry back!”
Zhao Gou and Liu Shunyi exchanged glances.
Both were silent.
After some time, the two said they had urgent matters and parted ways.
……
The fortune teller wasn’t just rambling.
His ancestral grave really exploded.
Not only that, but even the tablets exploded.
When the fortune teller returned home, his face was full of fear.
In the main hall, there were three skeletons dressed in robes sitting.
“Holy crap!”
The fortune teller turned to run.
But as soon as he turned around—
Bang…
The door shut automatically.
The fortune teller gulped again and slowly turned around.
But as soon as he did, he was less than five centimeters from the faces of the three skeletons.
The old man grinned, showing a very forced smile.
Ultimately, with eyes rolling back, he collapsed to the ground.
The three skeletons looked at each other, and one of them squatted down and pinched the old man’s pressure point.
Before long, the old man woke up.
Then the three skeletons formed a triangular formation, staring at the old man.
The old man instantly straightened his body.
With a slight tilt of his head, he fainted again.
The three skeletons scratched their smooth skulls.
Finally, they had no choice but to carry the old man away.
Where they went, no one knew.
But they ultimately disappeared into a thick cloud of smoke.
……
Zhao Gou had no worries; in fact, life was even better than he imagined.
Liu Shunyi wasn’t concerned about Zhao Gou either.
He had now arrived at the Heavenly God Sect’s stronghold.
Which was basically the area surrounding a gathering lake.
After a few days of observation, Liu Shunyi noticed one thing.
The Heavenly God Sect beneath the lake was absorbing the spiritual energy from the water.
To be exact, it was the spiritual energy emanating from a milky-white pearl lying within the lake.
Furthermore, with that pearl present, the lake water had transformed into a liquid form of spiritual power.
“Oho, so you folks are relying on this lake to survive, huh?”
Liu Shunyi chuckled and promptly dropped his pants to relieve himself.
At that moment, the members of the Heavenly God Sect who had been observing the situation from the shore turned pale.
“Kill him!”
Someone shouted.
But just when they were about to charge forward, Liu Shunyi grinned deviously.
He swiftly took out a sealing formation, trapping all the members of the Heavenly God Sect inside.
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The moment the group dashed toward the lake’s surface, they were blocked by the sealing formation.
“Bastard! You’re asking for death!”
Liu Shunyi stood on the water’s surface, gazing at the little sakura blossoms with a wicked smile.
Liu Shunyi left, and shortly after, he returned with a bunch of boars (male pigs).
Then he fed all those pigs some Bi Shui Pills and a few He Huan Pills.
The members of the Heavenly God Sect instantly figured things out.
“Damn it! That bastard! If I catch you, I swear—wait, what are you doing?!”
Following that, they witnessed Liu Shunyi pour a pink-colored, smoke-emitting liquid into the water.
After finishing this, Liu Shunyi kicked all the pigs into the water!
Then he took out a crystal ball.
And projected everything happening there into the sky.
So that everyone in Qīngzhōu could see the Heavenly God Sect members in action.
Meanwhile, Liu Shunyi wrote on the crystal ball.
“Creator: A Bag of Rice Taro!”
After doing all this, Liu Shunyi disappeared in an instant.
……
Elsewhere in a different Heavenly God Sect stronghold.
Abe Luoxue watched the projection in the sky, chilling coldness radiating from her.
Especially when she saw Abe Guiche being unable to contain himself, hugging a pig.
No—being hugged by a pig; her face turned a deep shade of green.
Furious, she smashed her table to pieces.
“Get to the bottom of this! Find out who did it! And who is this ‘A Bag of Rice Taro’? I want him captured alive! I want him to wish he’d never been born!”
However…
Not only was Abe Luoxue furious.
Because of Abe Guiche, the entire Abe family was enraged.
Even the whole Heavenly God Sect began to stir.
They started searching for Liu Shunyi’s whereabouts.
And at that moment, Liu Shunyi was absolutely exhilarated.
Because now he had nothing to worry about.
There were many new things added to the Divine Dao Golden Scroll.
“Abe Family (Golden Inferior), Abe Qing Tian (Golden Superior), Senbon Tea Tea (Golden Inferior), Senbon Matsushita (Golden Inferior), Rizhào Baixa (Golden Determinant)! Heavenly God Sect (Golden Determinant)!”