"Damn it! It vanished at the crucial moment." Lu Chen could not help complaining.
Lan'er rolled her eyes. "What do you know? For us, this is the perfect opportunity! If Master had kept the Seven-Treasure Exquisite Pagoda activated, how could the two of us have escaped alive?"
"You mean... if we act now, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King will have no idea?" A sharp gleam flashed through Lu Chen's eyes.
"What else?" Lan'er raised a brow. "The Seven-Treasure Exquisite Pagoda can suppress countless peerless fiends only because it possesses the foundation of an innate spiritual treasure and the blessing of supreme fortune.
But as the years piled upon years, the great fiends within the pagoda grew ever more numerous. Even an innate spiritual treasure could not escape the calamity of dwindling fortune.
That was why Master had long ceased to keep the pagoda unfurled at all times, merely to slow the dissipation of its fortune.
But once the pagoda is sealed, Master cannot sense what happens inside it. Would that not give us our chance?"
"So that's how it is." Lu Chen suddenly understood.
"By the way, do you know that exotic treasure's true name?" Lan'er abruptly changed the subject.
"How would I recognize such a divine object?"
"This treasure is called—the [Destiny-Fixing Soul-Calming Lotus]. It is said to have been the core spiritual material used to refine the Exquisite Pagoda back then. It had supposedly not been seen for ten thousand years, yet by a twist of fate, one stalk has appeared now. That is why Master was so anxious, willing to pay any price to obtain it... Who would have thought you, of all people, would emerge as an unexpected variable?"
"Destiny-Fixing Soul-Calming Lotus..." Lu Chen mulled over the name. "It sounds like something that gathers the fortune of