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The moment Xu Feng heard "Lost-Trace Forest" and "tell you the truth," he snapped wide awake.

He sat up straight, even rubbing his hands together until they were warm before rubbing his face to wake himself up.

Once he was sitting properly, he said, "Master, go ahead. I'm listening!"

Yin Virtue Protection was incredibly useful!

It never bothered with small favors.

In fact, Xu Feng felt that compared with the obvious, direct help it gave him, Yin Virtue Protection more often worked a stroke of genius!

And Xu Feng had accumulated very little Yin Virtue so far.

Yet Yin Virtue Protection already seemed to be changing his luck, putting him in the right place at the right time to become involved in events that benefited him.

If that wasn't changing his luck, what was?

Xu Feng settled in to listen.

Seeing his disciple awake, Master belched, smacked his lips, and finally said, "There's nothing particularly remarkable to tell. I just want to be honest with you about something.

"I did have selfish reasons for taking you to Lost-Trace Forest.

"Lost-Trace Forest has always been a dangerous, ill-omened place. A harmful miasma hangs over it.

"Taking you there now wasn't a good idea. But I thought you had a tough fate and were already skilled for your age, so there'd be no harm in letting you try.

"What if you could do it?

"What if your fate really was tough enough for you to enter Lost-Trace Forest?

"Who knew that selfish thought of mine would nearly cost you your life? You saw it yourself tonight. That corpse came for you.

"People who go to Lost-Trace Forest do pick up some of its ill fortune. Normally, that shouldn't matter. Not everything is drawn to the foulness in that forest; at least, I've