The long sword slipped from Gu Qingshan's hand. With a gentle tap, it flew into the air.
She and the World-Defining Divine Sword hid in the void on either side of Gu Qingshan, remaining alert as they guarded him from the shadows.
All the strange phenomena vanished.
Gu Qingshan turned and looked at Fei Ying.
"Fei Yue, I can sense that power on you..."
He spoke vaguely, but Fei Ying understood.
—True Luck!
Among the many mysteries and laws, luck was something best left unspoken.
"Yes. The other you was worried something might happen to me while I was delivering the sword, so he bestowed this power upon me," Fei Ying said.
Gu Qingshan smiled. "That was the right thing to do."
Fei Ying swished her tail, which transformed into a pair of legs, and she landed lightly in front of Gu Qingshan.
"Your next move seems very important. In that case, I won't leave," Fei Ying said.
As if afraid Gu Qingshan would refuse, she continued:
"I've been reborn as a member of the Time Clan. I possess both fate and time powers, and the power the other you gave me has only just begun to take effect—I'll definitely be able to help."
Gu Qingshan considered it and realized she was right.
Never mind fate and time. True Luck alone possessed unparalleled power.
"All right. Let's go—"
Gu Qingshan had barely begun speaking when his heart gave a sudden leap.
Wait.
Wait, wait.
True Luck had only recently taken effect, and already Fei Yue had been caught by Xie Shuangyan's ultimate art of time and sent straight to him.
Certainly, that had been Xie Shuangyan's decision—
But who could say luck hadn't played a part?
Luck...
If Fei Yue's arrival before him was a stroke of luck, then the