"Er..." The scholar nodded repeatedly in amazement. "There are actually people with such a fate? Describing it as a destiny full of unpredictable twists and variables would not be an exaggeration. But then again, people with such a fate must be exceedingly rare! Could they be called people with a special destiny?"
Ming, the Holy Maiden of the Netherworld, nodded slightly. "One theory says that such people eke out a living in the cracks of the Heavenly Dao. It is as though they have been given a path entirely different from ordinary people and left to fend for themselves. Whether they can walk that path to the end depends on them. No one knows whether such people have received the Heavenly Dao's favor or been cast aside by it. That is precisely why they are said to be full of variables."
The scholar said with a laugh that was more bitter than amused, "Yet you gave the token to someone like that. By your reasoning, how could he count as some noble benefactor? Could it be that you wanted to see whether he could make it to the end?"
After some thought, Ming still did not reveal that she had not given the token to Yue Qianchou. She merely said blandly, "I was only speaking hypothetically. Whether someone is another's noble benefactor is relative. I was simply guessing whether someone who ekes out a living in the cracks of the Heavenly Dao might be able to pull those whose destinies have already been fixed onto another fork in the road of fate."
The smile on the scholar's face gradually froze. Narrowing his eyes at her, he said, "You mean he may be able to change my destiny?"
He suddenly had a faint suspicion. The reason she had unprecedentedly told him