"There was still a sliver of hope," Lu Xiaotian said gravely.
"Alas, you don't understand how cunning Ye Qianxun is. I calculated every possibility, yet in the end I still couldn't escape the cage he'd laid for me. Look where it got me." Huoyun Guai's voice was heavy with dejection.
But a moment later, Huoyun Guai looked at Lu Xiaotian in confusion. "Wait. It seems you haven't been affected by this black stone."
"I was lucky, that's all. I nearly fell into Ye Qianxun's trap too. It was only because I happened to obtain a rare treasure that I avoided being trapped and killed by this black stone. If I had to rely on my own abilities, ten of me wouldn't be enough to deal with this strange stone."
Lu Xiaotian answered honestly. Of course, he would never reveal a single thing about the Green Fruit Barrier to Huoyun Guai.
"That's true. You really are blessed with extraordinary good fortune, you brat."
Huoyun Guai fell silent for a long while before speaking slowly, his voice full of envy. "Your strength still falls far short of that of some Integrated Body Late Stage Cultivators who have practiced for many years, or of those old monsters with even deeper cultivation. But with fortune like yours, it's not impossible for you to turn danger into safety."
Huoyun Guai hadn't believed much in destiny before. Yet Lu Xiaotian had made it all the way here, something that seemed inconceivable even to Huoyun Guai, who had once been a Mahayana cultivator. If Lu Xiaotian kept going, even stranger things might happen.
Huoyun Guai couldn't think of any other way to describe Lu Xiaotian besides saying he was lucky. He knew Ye Qianxun's methods better than most. They were practically flawless. Even Huoyun Guai had only