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Xie Jiuniang did not intentionally try to hide.
In this life, she was not familiar with Lin Wangchen, having only briefly met him a few times. She had already disguised herself before coming out. Now, let alone Lin Wangchen, even Xie Siniang might not be able to recognize her here.
Besides, behaving furtively would only arouse more suspicion.
Lin Wangchen and his companion left.
Xie Jiuniang took a glance at the man with graying hair. His face was very young, and his entire demeanor was as gentle and soft as the moon reflected in water.
She had not seen this person in her previous life.
However, his elegant white robe made of ice silkworm silk, with blue star patterns embroidered along the edges, along with his prematurely graying hair, allowed her to instantly guess his identity.
He was from the Tianji Pavilion![1]Tianji Pavilion: An organization specializing in astrology and divination, known for their ability to uncover heavenly secrets.
Everyone in the cultivation world knew that the Tianji Pavilion was a group of lunatics dedicated to researching astrology and divination. Leaking heavenly secrets would harm oneself, including sacrificing one’s own lifespan.
No sane person would study it!
Xie Jiuniang successfully entered the private room they were in earlier. This was precisely her goal in coming to the Immortal’s Abode.
She dismissed the waiter, closed the door of the private room, and even lowered the windows before taking out the Time Leaf.
Time rewind—
[About three-quarters of an hour ago, Lin Wangchen and the white-robed man with graying hair sat in the private room. They had already ordered a pot of spiritual tea and were sitting across from each other.
The white-robed man said, “The Wu family and the Gongsun family have also found their way to Yunmu City. I’m afraid they will soon lock onto the Xie family.”
“That’s not a problem. Since we can find this place, they will come sooner or later.”
“You’re not arranging for someone to obstruct them?”
“No need. Everyone relies on their own abilities. We can’t break the rules.” Just as Lin Wangchen finished speaking, he suddenly received a sound transmission talisman.
After crushing the sound transmission talisman, a man’s voice immediately rang out, “Reporting to Young Master, the recent abnormality in the Xie family has been investigated. It’s Xie Haoran’s younger sister, Xie Ying, who suddenly mutated to a single fire-attributed spiritual root.”
“How could it be Xie Ying?” Lin Wangchen was surprised.
The white-robed man said, “Could she be the person you’re looking for? Going from a dual spiritual root to a single spiritual root requires immense luck. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call her a child of fortune.”
Lin Wangchen remained silent for a moment before saying, “It might not be her. I implore Senior Brother Gong to lend a hand once more.”
“Are you sure? If I help you again, the favor I owe you will be cleared.”
“I would be much obliged, Senior Brother Gong.”
Then, the white-robed man took out a tortoise shell that looked smooth and ancient. He cleansed his hands, lit some incense, and began to divine.
Suddenly, a silver light flashed inside the tortoise shell.
Crack! The tortoise shell split open from the inside out.
The white-robed man spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and his face visibly turned two shades paler.
Lin Wangchen hurriedly asked, “Senior Brother Gong, are you alright?”
“I was inadvertently hit by a backlash. Fortunately, I interrupted it in time. I’ll be fine after some rest.” The white-robed man waved his hand, motioning for him to sit down. “I apologize, Brother Lin. I found nothing.”
Lin Wangchen asked in surprise, “How could this be?”
“In such a situation according to the ancient records, either the destined one has awakened, or they have obtained a heaven-defying opportunity to change their fate…”
The two chatted for a while longer.
Lin Wangchen said, “Defying the heavens to change one’s fate? Then Xie Ying is indeed the most likely candidate to be the destined one. But regardless of whether it’s true or not, the matter of a single spiritual root appearing in Yunmu City must be promptly reported to the sect.”
“Brother Lin is indeed thoughtful. As long as you’re in the same sect as the destined child, there will be no shortage of opportunities to interact with them.”
Next, one said he was going to contact the sect, while the other said he had to take his leave.
The two walked out of the private room without saying anything else of use.]
The silver light in the private room dissipated, and Xie Jiuniang’s figure was completely revealed. At this moment, she was utterly shocked.
The destined child?!
In the cultivation world, it was said that the heavens’ favored child would have great fortune protecting them, with profound luck, always able to turn misfortune into blessing.
The Tianji Pavilion had calculated that the destined child would come from the Xie family in Yunmu City? And some people had already received the news and set their sights on them.
Recalling the various events that had occurred in her previous life, Xie Jiuniang’s expression became increasingly inscrutable.
The destined child, also known as the heavens’ favored one or the child of fortune.
In her previous life, she had once read a strange tale in a miscellaneous book. It described how a certain family in the cultivation world had relied on guarding and hunting down one destined child after another for countless years. It was also written that when the destined child’s fortune was at its peak, they could not be killed. Forcibly killing them would invite heavenly retribution; injuring them would cause a backlash. But where there are rules, there are loopholes. As long as the method was appropriate, the opportunities and destiny belonging to the destined child could still be seized.
In her previous life, apart from Lin Wangchen, after leaving Yunmu City, she had also met some peerless talented friends, most of whom were figures on the Genius Rankings.
The process of getting to know them varied, and she never suspected anything. They were all easy to get along with. Whenever she encountered trouble, they would be the first to rush out and solve it, and they would often find excuses to give her gifts.
Sometimes, due to etiquette, she had no choice but to reciprocate. She would often give away the things she had just obtained…
Hehe!
Xie Jiuniang laughed silently.
Her laughter gradually turning into tears as the bitter realization sank in.
What was there to be unclear about now? Xie Jiuniang did not believe what Lin Wangchen and the white-robed man said about the destined one awakening and the divination facing a backlash.
The silver light that shattered the tortoise shell clearly only carried a hint of the aura that the Time Leaf would have. It was the Time Leaf that had timely concealed the heavenly secrets for her, avoiding the other party’s malicious probing, and even took the opportunity to counterattack.
Therefore, the real destined child was not Xie Ying, but Xie Jiuniang herself.
Very good!
The Tianji Pavilion is truly revolting!
How ignorant was she in her previous life?! She was surrounded by wolves without even realizing it after being exposed by the Tianji Pavilion.
As long as she became powerful in the future, she would definitely repay grievances with grievances and avenge grudges with grudges. She would make them taste the feeling of having their opportunities stolen and their path to immortality severed, using their own methods against them!
Merely cutting off their path to immortality was not enough to resolve her hatred!
However, the Lin family, Wu family, and Gongsun family were all top families with a thousand-year heritage in the cultivation world. They openly had at least two or three Deity Transformation stage cultivators, and there would only be more in the shadows.
It was impossible to confront them directly.
Even dragging the entire Xie family into it would not be enough to oppose them!
Revenge still needed to be planned for the long term and carried out in secret.
Now, these people had mistakenly assumed that her cousin Xie Ying was the destined child… Perhaps this could be used to her advantage? With the Time Leaf concealing her, she wouldn’t need to expose herself.
Hiding in the shadows would allow her to seize the upper hand and act when the opportunity presented itself.
“Knock, knock knock.”
There was a knocking sound at the door.
The waiter called out, “Young Master inside, I’ve brewed a pot of tea for you. May I open the door now?”
“Oh.” Xie Jiuniang composed herself and adjusted the expression on her little face before walking over to open the door. “Come in. If there are delicious signature dishes, have the kitchen prepare two or three of them first.”
“Alright, I’ll go and inform them for you right away.”
“Be quick about it…”
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