"What... happened to me?" Fu Manman asked, blushing.
Fan Wubing said,
"You look even more beautiful."
"Donât say such embarrassing things," Fu Manman looked up at the sky, "I feel like... these days, after some serious thinking, Iâve realized I might actually like you."
"Ah?"
"Ah?"
Fan Wubing was stunned. He hadnât expected that Fu Manman, who was usually so reserved, would come right out with a confession!
Fu Manman was also stunned. She cried out in her heart, Fu Manman... why did you suddenly voice your innermost thoughts!
She turned around and quickly ran away,
"You should go find your fortune! Iâm going back to see Junior Sister Qingyao!"
Fan Wubing stood there dumbfounded, like a wooden stake.
Fu Manman was different from Luo Qingyao... when Luo Qingyao showed affection, Fan Wubing could remain indifferent, but Fu Manman... in his view, wasnât someone who usually revealed her emotions so easily, yet she did it just like that.
It felt like a sneak attack.
"Forget it, forget it... theyâre just young girls!"
In Fan Wubingâs mind, a certain someoneâs image flashed by.
...
Fan Wubing wanted to gather some fortune.
Then he discovered, at some unknown point, there was already a silent fortune standing in his Purple Mansion.
He thought carefully... this fortune seemed to have been obtained after slaying the Soul Daoist. At that time, his will was too weak to notice.
He directly used the Unwarranted Qi Creation Skill to digest this fortune.
["Lotus Dao Intent" one thread]
"Thatâs it?"
Fan Wubing waited for a moment. Waiting for another notification, but nothing happened.
"Really, thatâs it?"
Is that all?
I toiled hard, racked my brains, plus a bit of luck to slay that Soul Daoist, is that all?
Not asking for some super-powerful cultivation technique, but at least it should be something like "Ash Immortalâs Blessing" level, right?
"Lotus Dao Intent" one thread?
You canât even bother to write a little more description?
Fan Wubing sighed. Better to have something than nothing.
He tried to comprehend this thread of "Lotus Dao Intent."
The moment his spirit touched it, the world turned upside down, seas became mulberry fields... everything around him rapidly collapsed and reformed... but the reformed world was no longer the Peach Blossom Spring, no longer Nanlai City, but a lotus pond.
Beside the lotus pond, there was a gigantic Parasol Tree. Under the Parasol Tree, there was a study, viewed through a round window. Inside the study, a white-bearded old man was sitting in a lecture hall, teaching.
"Narrow at first, just enough for a person..."
Below the lecture hall, a group of four to five-year-old children were dozing off.
Such a scene again?
But this time, it didnât seem to be an illusion, it was... real.
After a moment of hesitation, Fan Wubing began to move.
He stood next to the study, patiently waiting.
He didnât know exactly what he was waiting for, just that he knew he should wait.
In the lotus pond, several lotus flowers were in full bloom. Some fish swam leisurely among the lotus stems, appearing to be suspended in space.
At dusk,
a chime sounded.
The children in the study dispersed noisily, brushing past Fan Wubing one after another.
They canât see me? Fan Wubing slightly furrowed his brow.
At this time, a voice came from inside the study,
"Do you... want to hear me give a lecture?"
Fan Wubing shook a little, looked over,
"Old gentleman... are you talking to me?"
"Last time, I spoke to a fragment of the heavenly soul. This time, itâs you," the elderâs gaze was kind.
Fan Wubing looked into his eyes... they seemed to contain the entire starry sky, the entire world. Without doubting, he walked in, found a seat, and sat upright.
Before the lecture began, Fan Wubing asked,
"Are you the Dao Ancestor?"
The old man smiled,
"You are the Dao Ancestor."
"Me?"
"In this world, either there is no Dao Ancestor, or everyone is a Dao Ancestor."
"I donât understand."
"Then... listen to my lecture."
"Wasnât it just âPeach Blossom Springâ?"
The old man was puzzled,
"âPeach Blossom Springâ? You know it?"
Fan Wubing recited it,
"Narrow at first, just enough for a person..."
This text, like "On Learning," was memorized fluently. Even after so long, Fan Wubing still remembered it.
After listening, the old man smiled,
"You have awakened from your big dream; you donât need me to lecture you anymore."
"Why donât you tell me more about other things? Like the Great Dao, Divine Techniques, Immortal Path?"
The old man answered,
"This study contains only one âPeach Blossom Spring.â Just like this Peach Blossom Spring, there are only forty-nine fortunes."
"But the rumor says there are fifty."
"Well, guess what the fiftieth one is?"
"You?"
"I am the forty-ninth," the old man smiled.
"Then what is the fiftieth?"
"Once you understand, you will obtain it."
The old man closed the yellowing book.
As the book closed, all things collapsed... everything reformed.
Fan Wubing found himself back on the streets of Nanlai City.
Unknowingly, he was already standing in front of the Parasol Tree. In his sight, a hint of purple light flashed by.
A notification appeared before his eyes,
[You have obtained a thread of "Lotus Purple Qi," which can be used to evolve the Unwarranted Qi Creation Skill. Evolve?]
Ah?
Lotus Purple Qi?
Was it... obtained from that recent illusion?
Fan Wubing suddenly realized,
Unknowingly, he had already acquired six fortunes.
The first one, slayed the Umbrella Demon, obtained the "Seven Luminaries Rain Control Skill";
The second one, slayed the Mouse Demon, obtained "Ash Immortalâs Blessing";
The third one, slayed the Parrot Demon, obtained "Parrot Tongue Technique";
The fourth one, slayed the Snake Demon, obtained the "Great Oblivion Heart-Burning Technique";
The fifth one, slayed the Soul Daoist, obtained a thread of "Lotus Dao Intent";
The sixth one, entered the Peach Blossom Illusion, obtained a thread of "Lotus Purple Qi."
But... didnât the fifth fortune repeat the sixth one?
After thinking carefully, he concluded it wasnât so.