Taking his place might not be a bad idea, either.
Pei Ling's gaze darkened, but Qiao Ranran was thinking about something else. "Then should we help?" She hadn't forgotten that Wei Huai was still affected. If his fortune fell to rock bottom and no one like her stepped in, he might not survive.
"I wouldn't call it helping." Pei Ling took Qiao Ranran by the shoulders and turned her around. "I'm interested in this Exotic Treasure."
Qiao Ranran: I knew it would come to this.
They still had no idea what was happening with Yu Mingxuan, yet Pei Ling was already keenly interested in an "Exotic Treasure" that might not even exist, as though its existence were certain.
"What are you going to do?" Qiao Ranran asked curiously. "Do you need me to do anything?" By now, she was used to Pei Ling "borrowing fortune."
Pei Ling smiled. Once he saw through the mechanism behind it, this sort of thing wasn't difficult. The strand of Zen Essence in the Heartbond Stone on his wrist made the perfect catalyst. He flicked his fingers, forming a spell seal with one hand and a Formation with the other. Having seen Qiao Ranran form seals with both hands and layer Spell Arts, he had found the method interesting and quickly made it his own, to excellent effect.
The Spell Art in his right hand drew golden Zen Essence from the Heartbond Stone and wrapped it into the Formation in his left palm. Its miniature Formation Patterns radiated a peaceful golden glow. Pei Ling made a slight adjustment, then moved his fingers. The Formation vanished from sight and, with another subtle motion, shot unseen toward Yu Mingxuan's back.
Qiao Ranran: That's it?
Forcibly shaking another person's fortune was, in truth, defying the heavens. Even with