"Well..."
Leng Yue was stunned for a long moment before she said helplessly, "I don't know whether that was where Calamity originated. I can't say for certain. All I know is that because I went there, the Ancient Stele I'd obtained by chance shattered..."
"What? Your Fortune-Steeling Stele shattered?"
The Snow Woman was visibly shocked.
"I've seen that Fortune-Steeling Stele of yours. Even when I was at my peak, I couldn't damage it in the slightest. And it shattered?"
"Yes... Come to think of it, I have that Fortune-Steeling Stele to thank."
"If I hadn't relied on that mysterious Fortune-Steeling Stele to seek good fortune and avoid disaster, I never could have escaped Calamity's corruption there, let alone activated the Ancient Teleportation Array..."
Leng Yue looked heartsick, her expression full of pain at the loss.
After becoming an Undying Ancient God, she had relied entirely on that mysterious stele to seek good fortune and avoid disaster as she grew stronger.
Now that the Fortune-Steeling Stele was gone, she had lost a powerful aid.
She had truly lost a priceless treasure.
The Snow Woman said with sudden understanding, "I think I finally understand... Perhaps the stele itself guided you to the Mystic Land. Maybe it never came from the Ancient Cang Divine Court at all, but from that place, whatever it is."
"Because of it, you went to the Mystic Land. And because of it, you escaped the Calamity there..."
"Every sip and every bite has its cause. It wasn't a coincidence."
Li Yun nodded too. "Is there really such a thing as coincidence? What the Snow Woman said is probably the truth. Sigh. It just goes to show how little we know."
"Though we're Undying Ancient Gods, compared to the boundless heavens and earth, we're still far too small."
"We've