The mountains stretched vast and dark, rising and falling without end.
Li Qingxian and Zhou Hen stood upon the dark green grass.
"How is your cultivation now?" Li Qingxian asked.
"I'm about to advance to Third Rank."
"What about Gray Falcon?"
"Similar to me."
Purple Tenuity Illumination surfaced in Li Qingxian's mind. This Fate Star was an exceedingly noble Beyond-Rank Fate Star and would, more or less, aid those around him.
"Let's go."
The two slapped several spirit talismans onto themselves. Light rippled around them, clear qi scattered, and they sprinted forward at high speed.
When they reached the foot of Wolf Head Mountain, Li Qingxian raised his right hand and stopped.
Zhou Hen looked over.
"After obtaining the Mountain Stabilization Pavilion and River-Ring Boat, both my Fate Mountain and my own power greatly increased," Li Qingxian said. "Just now, I vaguely sensed some danger ahead. Let's hide first while I deduce and investigate."
After speaking, Li Qingxian took out a pitch-black tent from his Heaven-and-Earth Bracelet. Once it was erected, he concealed it with a spell and set up an altar inside to cast spells.
After advancing to Middle Rank, he could easily use many spells, while the power of some old spells had increased as well.
Li Qingxian first used several common Fate Arts, such as Auspicious Fate Arts and supportive Fate Arts, to bolster his fortune.
Then he began using a Middle Rank Fate Art, Turning Annual Fate.
Annual Fate was divided into twelve aspects—Birth, Cap and Girdle, Taking Office, Imperial Prosperity, Bathing Fragile, Death, Tomb, Extinction, Decline, Illness, Gestation, and Nurturing—which governed one's rough fortunes in the near future or over the coming year.
In theory, Imperial Prosperity carried the strongest fortune.
But truly powerful Fate Arts Masters rarely changed their Annual Fate to Imperial Prosperity,