"Right now, I cannot test him by striking again."
"Those old immortals on the back mountain of the Qingxuan Sect are beyond my ability to see through for now. If I act rashly, it will only cause unnecessary misunderstandings."
"However, in two days, he will face the annihilation strike of a supreme giant from the Yuhua Dynasty. Perhaps I can observe from the shadows! I refuse to believe he truly possesses such heaven-defying combat power!"
A breeze blew, rustling the bamboo leaves on Little Bamboo Peak. The giant from Yaochi Sacred Land flickered her gaze.
After deducing several possibilities, the supreme giant from Yaochi Sacred Land looked at Xu Bingyun on the bed and quickly made a decision.
Until now, she completely refused to believe that Chen Qiye could be strong to such a heaven-defying degree.
"If this is really the case, perhaps we in Yaochi Sacred Land should reconsider our attitude toward Chen Qiye. This is a Heavenly Dao presence surpassing a youthful Great Emperor. If we secretly invest in him..."
While feeling shocked and doubtful, the supreme giant from Yaochi Sacred Land was also calculating a second possibility.
As a supreme giant of her caliber, she would naturally consider a truly inferable matter from multiple different angles.
However, just as she gradually calmed down and began considering this second possibility, she suddenly recalled something the Holy Lord of Yaochi had once told her.
"You cultivate the path of ruthlessness, but isolated yin cannot endure alone. If you wish to attain the pinnacle of the Dao, you need to engage in a night of dual cultivation with a youth who possesses the true demeanor of a Great Emperor. By borrowing the supreme fortune of that youthful Great Emperor, you will be able to break through your true limits, rise straight up against the heavens, and attain the pinnacle of the Dao!"
"Every true eternal Great Emperor is blessed by fortune, and in their youth, they are the Children of Fortune!"
Over the years, she had not taken the Holy Lord's words to heart.
She had always felt that she, Liu Ruyan, possessed a talent peerless throughout ancient and modern times, coupled with the Divine Blood Heavenly Moon physique; she alone was fully capable of defying the heavens to attain the position of Great Emperor and reach the absolute summit.
Indeed, her cultivation over the first three thousand years had been completely smooth sailing.
It was only upon reaching her current realm as a Saint Giant that she discovered she seemed to have fallen victim to some kind of curse. Just as the Holy Lord had predicted three thousand years ago, her realm had genuinely stagnated.
As the foremost genius and exquisitely beautiful pride of Yaochi, she had remained stagnant at this realm for a full thousand years—stagnant to a degree that filled her with despair.
When she went to consult the Holy Lord once more, the Holy Lord still gave her the exact same advice.
Only a youthful Child of Fortune could engage in dual cultivation and merge the Dao with her, using their fortune to defy the heavens and shatter her bottleneck so that she could truly attain the pinnacle of the Dao!
Yet she, Liu Ruyan, proud and exquisitely beautiful for a thousand years, how could she possibly use such a method to achieve a heaven-defying breakthrough? Over the millenniums that followed, she had continued to cultivate against the odds, hoping to shatter her own Heavenly Dao bottleneck through her own solitary effort.
In recent years, with breakthroughs looking hopeless, she would rather hide in a ten-thousand-year sect like the Qingxuan Sect to secretly protect her beloved niece than truly spend a massive amount of time searching for a Child of Fortune.
Moreover, she was well aware that Children of Fortune were one in a hundred million, and before a Child of Fortune became a Great Emperor, no one could see through them.
The success of a single emperor is built upon the skeletons of ten thousand proud geniuses!
A peerless prodigy was not necessarily a Child of Fortune; those peerless prodigies trampled underfoot by a Child of Fortune would all be relegated by history to the status of cannon fodder villains.
Before truly rising against the heavens, a Child of Fortune was highly likely to conceal their strength, waiting like a dormant dragon for the right time to rise up against the heavens.
Under these circumstances, Liu Ruyan understood that even if she exhausted all her efforts to search for something as ethereal as a Child of Fortune, it was highly likely she would never find it.
After all, even an entity of Yaochi Sacred Land's caliber was unable to truly pinpoint who the Child of Fortune was.
"Hidden, the demeanor of a Great Emperor, able to withstand a strike from my Saint Giant level at nineteen... Chen Qiye... if a Child of Fortune truly exists, could it be him?"
"In the history of the cultivation world over the past million years, has there ever been anyone at nineteen who could withstand the annihilation strike of a Saint Giant?"
At that moment, as Liu Ruyan's mind flashed with the words the Holy Lord had once spoken, her heart actually wavered violently.
"This is impossible, absolutely impossible. I still refuse to believe that anyone at the age of nineteen can withstand my annihilation strike! He must have used some kind of special magical treasure."
"In two days, at the Xu family in Weicheng, I will personally go to observe the battle in secret!"
Liu Ruyan was, after all, a supreme giant. She quickly suppressed the lingering karma and distractions accumulated over several thousand years, and her gaze swiftly returned to clarity.
Even if Chen Qiye were the Child of Fortune, could she, Liu Ruyan, really engage in dual cultivation with a nineteen-year-old youth?
Besides!
Her own biological niece was even a fellow disciple of this youth!
Liu Ruyan's state of mind, which had remained undisturbed for ten thousand years, showed a trace of wavering. She spent an entire night using the Eternal Pure Heart Technique to re-stabilize her state of mind!
...
"Respected senior of Yaochi Sacred Land, I am Chen Qiye."
"I, Chen Qiye, swear by my state of mind that last night was an absolute misunderstanding. I merely saw the Junior Sister coming up the mountain, and knowing it was cold in the mountains, I instinctively invited the Junior Sister inside to escape the cold..."
That night, Chen Qiye tossed and turned as well, unable to sleep.
After much deliberation, Chen Qiye felt that the Junior Sister's aunt should not harbor any genuine murderous intent toward him. This was definitely a misunderstanding, but it was a misunderstanding that had to be resolved.
If this wasn't cleared up, who could withstand the terrifying strike of a giant appearing out of nowhere every now and then?
However, going to explain directly seemed somewhat awkward. After deep thought, Chen Qiye decided he should first write a letter to provide a thorough explanation. Chen Qiye felt this letter should have some effect, especially since he had even used the highest standard of a state of mind oath.
However, as a man suffering from an extreme lack of security, the moment Chen Qiye finished writing the first letter, he immediately started writing a second one.
"Yanyue, reading your letter is like seeing you in person."
"You've had a hard all these years! Have you received the first batch of spiritual herbs and cultivation techniques? I have now prepared the second batch of spiritual herbs and cultivation techniques for you, and they will be delivered along with this letter."
"I said I would protect your peace throughout the ages, and I, Chen Qiye, always keep my word! From this day forth, if anyone fails you, I will slaughter the entire world; if the heavens fail you, I will shatter this eternal vault of heaven! Because of you, if I one day become the Heavenly Emperor, I am willing to make flowers bloom for you for an entire lifetime..."
Chen Qiye poured his heart and blood into the second letter, burning the midnight oil until the candle was spent!
Aside from the system's explanation, the Heavenly Dao Fifty-Fifty Card had now been thoroughly verified!
Facing a heaven-defying existence of the Yaochi giant's caliber, aside from explanations, what gave Chen Qiye the most sense of security right now was having his own true trump cards.
"I used one Heavenly Dao Fifty-Fifty Card, and I have one left."
"I haven't used the Absolute Defense Card yet. According to the system's explanation, this thing can also withstand the annihilation strike of an eternal Great Emperor. So right now, apart from my own cultivation, these are the only two cards I have."
"This is definitely not enough. My Heavenly Dao Value is currently at two hundred, which means I can draw twenty more times. I'm going to draw them all."
"In addition, I must also step up my cultivation and keep a low profile. Possessing strong personal strength is the absolute truth! I wonder how much Heavenly Dao Value will be generated from my little wife's side this time..."
Chen Qiye sat on the bed, thinking calmly.
"Host has gained Xiao Yanyue's gratitude! Xiao Yanyue's strength has recovered to her peak cultivation level from ten years ago! Heavenly Dao Value +47!"
"Host has gained Xiao Yanyue's gratitude! Xiao Yanyue's first move shocked one of her genius girlfriends, Heavenly Dao Value +82!"
"Host has gained Xiao Yanyue's gratitude! Xiao Yanyue read the first letter again, Heavenly Dao Value +76!"
What the hell?
How long has it been, and my little wife has broken through again?
She's already recovered to her peak cultivation from ten years ago?
Is this damn Child of Fortune really this formidable? My Heavenly Dao Value has increased by another two hundred plus?
As Chen Qiye was deep in thought, the system's voice rang in his mind once more, leaving Chen Qiye shocked all over again!