Tianyan

After greeting everyone, Zhou Xiaohe turned around, picked up two prayer mats, and sat down with Li Erzhu in another corner of the dilapidated house.

Li Erzhu began cultivating without saying a word.

Zhou Xiaohe then took out a bound novel from her bag and began to read it.

For a time, the wind and snow continued, but the only sound in the world was the howling of the mountain wind.

Honestly,

Xu Yuan disliked listening to ghost stories, especially not in this kind of environment.

The weather was cold, the stove was warm, but Xu Yuan felt his heart was cold, ice-cold.

After a moment of silence, Xu Yuan tentatively turned to look behind him.

Nothing else,

He saw a pair of delicate, fair bare feet.

It's not Ran Qingmo's, and it's excessively small.

Upon seeing this, Xu Yuan did not turn back, but silently turned his head back.

I'm not scared, but I feel like cursing.

Shouldn't the difficulty of leveling up by fighting monsters increase progressively? Why does he always encounter super-powerful bosses that are currently insurmountable?

From the Flame Spirit Python at the beginning, to Ji Qingyue, then to the main characters and the old man, and now to this little girl.

The stronger the background, the stronger the boss, right?

Can't we let him feel a little involved?

In the silence, wisps of meaty aroma gradually wafted out from the black jar.

The White Fierce Bird meat is ready.

Xu Yuan took a deep breath, used a cloth to remove the black jar from the campfire and let it cool for a while. Then he took out a pair of bamboo skewers made of Purple Gold Bamboo and personally skewered the marinated White Fierce Bird meat piece by piece.

Three pieces of meat on a skewer, ten skewers in total.

Take out a grill, place half of the meat skewers on it to smoke, and sprinkle cumin and pepper on them from time to time.

Soon, the aroma of meat filled the entire dilapidated house.

Xu Yuan picked up a skewer of grilled meat and turned his head away for the first time.

That's consistent with what Zhou Xiaohe said.

There really is a very cute little girl behind him.

She wore a light red palace dress, hugged her legs with both hands, buried her face between her legs, revealing only a pair of beautiful pale golden eyes.

And those beautiful eyes were staring at him intently, without blinking.

They looked at each other for a few seconds.

The little girl's golden eyes made Xu Yuan feel a slight unease.

It was somewhat similar to the scene when he honed his sword intent on Heaven Gate Mountain, but upon closer inspection, it was quite different.

It felt like some information had been forcibly inserted into my head.

After a brief silence, Xu Yuan handed the skewers he was holding forward.

Under the flickering firelight, the grilled meat was tender and sizzling as it rendered its own juices.

The little girl glanced at Xu Yuan, then at the meat skewers in his hand, but didn't move, remaining in her squatting position with her legs tucked in, showing no intention of taking them.

This gave Xu Yuan a strange feeling of seeing a strange old man coaxing a little girl.

After a pause, Xu Yuan said softly:

"Eat first, then we'll talk about other things."

"Tianyan."

He deduced that this woman was Tianyan, Ran Qingmo had mentioned earlier, because her golden eyes were too distinctive.

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Upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in the little girl's golden pupils as she slowly lifted her face from between her legs.

Her face was still quite young, but the way her golden eyes sparkled subtly gave her small frame a divine quality.

Upon seeing this scene, Xu Yuan's heart sank slightly.

It really is the Tianyan.

Looking at the divine aura emanating from her, Xu Yuan even felt that this woman was the GM of this world.

Of course, this was just a rant.

If he really is a GM, why doesn't he appear in front of Xu Changge?

Are GMs afraid of cheaters?

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan shook his head slightly.

It's an old problem.

Whenever he's in a tense situation, if circumstances allow, he always tries to relieve stress by thinking about random things.

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Tianyan stared at Xu Yuan for a few moments, nodded slightly, said nothing, and directly reached out his small hand to take the meat skewer.

Under Xu Yuan's watchful eye, she began to eat in small bites.

After staring at Tianyan for two seconds, Xu Yuan slowly turned around and glanced to the side, where he saw Zhou Xiaohe looking at him expectantly.

Or rather, looking at the skewers of meat on the grill in front of him.

Xu Yuan found it somewhat amusing.

Xun Ge'er was right; human joys and sorrows are indeed not all the same.

He's struggling to survive, and this woman is still thinking about eating meat skewers.

If she knew that the little girl behind him might be a second-grade Origin Beginning, or even First-Grade Mortal Shedding, would she still have the heart to eat his meat skewers?

Exhaling gently, Xu Yuan said, "Let's eat together," and used his Source Qi to deliver two skewers to Zhou Xiaohe and Li Erzhu.

Li Erzhu withdrew his Cultivation Method, thanked him, but didn't eat it; he gave it directly to Zhou Xiaohe.

Zhou Xiaohe ate a meat skewer in each hand with relish, and took the opportunity to chat with Xu Yuan with a smile.

Xu Yuan wasn't in the mood, and just gave a perfunctory, half-hearted reply.

However, this did not dampen the enthusiasm of the big bear-like loli in the slightest; in fact, his aloofness only made the woman more passionate.

From the very beginning, Xu Yuan had noticed the way Zhou Xiaohe looked at him.

People like Ran Qingmo, who are oblivious to beauty, are always a minority. Men are attracted to women, and women are equally attracted to men. If a woman is not attracted to men, it is probably because she is not handsome enough.

I'm starting to think about all sorts of random things again.

suddenly.

A deep, resonant middle-aged male voice echoed in my mind:

"Young Xu, the girl behind you is no ordinary person."

"." Xu Yuan.

Dude, are you a sloth?

You've been here so long, and it's only now that you've realized it?

Composing himself, Xu Yuan answered in his heart:

"I know, you didn't sense her just now?"

The sage Luo Daofan said with a smile:

"I wasn't paying attention. I was just studying the Heart Demon Knot that brat planted in me. Tsk tsk. Planting a restriction is one thing, but to pull this stunt, didn't you even consider whether you'd still be alive if I untied this Heart Demon Knot?"

Luo Daofan's voice was crisp, clear, and unreserved.

If you're less skilled than others, you'll be put in a difficult position and have to accept your fate.

But if he were to break free from this mental block and restriction, this kid named Xu Changtian would naturally realize he wanted to live.

Xu Yuan didn't care at all about the saint's decisiveness, and simply thought to himself:

"What rank is her cultivation? Can you sense it?"

Luo Daofan chuckled and replied, "I've already said this girl is strange. Maybe she's a second-rank, maybe a first-rank, hmm. Maybe she's even a saint, who knows?"

Xu Yuan hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Are you confident you can escape?"

It was all too easy to guess why Tianyan come to see him.

As someone who can foresee the future, if the future were to change unexpectedly, Xu Yuan would personally go to investigate as well.

Xu Yuan had no idea whether the other party would eliminate him as a variable.

"You want to escape?" Luo Daofan asked.

"If we don't run away, do you think you and Ran Qingmo can beat her?"

"Maybe we can win, maybe we can't."

"What are you doing here?"

"Can't young people these days have any respect? Qin is just a kid, and you're just a kid too."

"Alright, alright, sir, can you help me escape?"

"Hmm, maybe I can escape, maybe I can't."

"." Xu Yuan.

Luo Daofan sighed:

"They didn't mean to hurt you, why are you so nervous?"

Xu Yuan took a deep breath and thought to himself:

"Old Man Luo, have you heard of the Yantian Art?"

Luo Daofan's eyes narrowed slightly as he asked:

"Kid, you mean this little girl is cultivating the Yantian Art?"

"Her name is Tianyan, and she can predict the future. Do you think she cultivates the Yantian Art?" Xu Yuan.

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As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Daofan abruptly ended the call.

After a long while,

He then sighed softly:

"So, the Heavenly Oversight Pavilion is still there."

Xu Yuan immediately asked, "The Heavenly Oversight Pavilion? You mean, the Heavenly Oversight Pavilion is related to the Heaven Derivation Art?"

Luo Daofan smiled enigmatically.

"Of course there's a connection. The Heaven Derivation Art isn't something just anyone can cultivate. Back then, only the Heavenly Oversight Pavilion Master and the Holy Maiden or Holy Son who would inherit the position of Pavilion Master could cultivate this Heaven Derivation Divine Art. Even other Saint Venerable weren't allowed to study it."

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This sentence contained a lot of information, causing Xu Yuan to think of many things in an instant, but he forcibly suppressed them for the time being.

After Luo Daofan finished speaking, he remained silent for a moment, then asked:

"Hmm, you've jumped out of this girl's predicted future?"

Xu Yuan was taken aback upon hearing this, but then replied in a low voice:

"I'm not sure, but it should be."

"Oh, I see. No wonder she came looking for you." Luo Daofan's voice carried a hint of schadenfreude.

Xu Yuan frowned and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"This is very simple; she came to you naturally."

Luo Daofan paused mid-sentence, his voice tinged with a hint of teasing, and changed his words:

"Heh. How so? Just say it however you see fit, figure it out yourself. Kid Xu, we're enemies now, do you expect an enemy to answer your questions? This old man is going to continue researching that Heart Demon Knot, you figure it out yourself."

Having said that, the Saint's Remnant Soul didn't give Xu Yuan a chance to speak and simply left the chat room on its own.

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Xu Yuan's eye twitched.

Riddler, may you die a horrible death.

However, although the key information was the riddle, Luo Daofan's previous words had already provided Xu Yuan with a lot of useful information.

Even though the Heavenly Oversight Pavilion was destroyed ten thousand years ago, its name still lives on.

The fact that he alone governed all cultivation realms in the world demonstrates the grandeur of his past.

However, the Yantian Art is almost inextricably linked to the Heavenly Oversight Pavilion.

Even a centipede with a hundred legs doesn't die easily. If a bug-level Cultivation Method like the Yantian Art is related to them, does the appearance of Tianyan confirm that the Heavenly Oversight Pavilion, which was destroyed ten thousand years ago, still has remnants in the world?

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan suddenly paused.

He suddenly recalled a fleeting idea he had once had.

Will this world reveal a vast, hidden power lurking in the shadows?

The Heavenly Oversight Pavilion Heavenly Oversight Pavilion never appeared in Cangyuan, and based on the current information, it has not been completely destroyed.

Since that's the case,

In the storyline of Cangyuan,

Were those timelines where the old man was killed off by the plot due to this mysterious Heavenly Oversight Pavilion?

With this in mind, Xu Yuan didn't dwell on it any longer.

Because it's useless.

If his father were here with him, he could think whatever he wanted, and then just hand over this mess to him to clean up.

"Oh, right, kid."

Luo Daofan had just left the chat room, seemed to have thought of something and suddenly spoke up again.

"What?" Xu Yuan frowned.

Luo Daofan chuckled and reminded him:

"If it really is the Heaven Derivation Art Technique, then this girl must have overheard everything we just said."

There will be another chapter tonight, before midnight.