[Ding, Ye Fan, Lord of the Heavenly Court, has joined the group chat!]
Ye Fan?
At the sight of those two words, the group owner, Immortal Wang, jumped with excitement, even the fat on his body jiggling along.
Once his initial excitement passed, he reached out with trembling hands to send a welcome message.
He considered himself a fast typist, but he still couldn't beat the other members of the group.
[Never Self-Castrating Yue Buqun: Welcome to the Myriad Worlds Chat Group, newcomer!] [Xiong Ba of the World Society: Welcome to the Myriad Worlds Chat Group, newcomer!] [Romantic Eunuch Wei Xiaobao: Welcome to the Myriad Worlds Chat Group, newcomer!] [First Emperor Qin Shi Huang: Welcome to the Myriad Worlds Chat Group, newcomer!] [Gu Clan's Strongest Dou Emperor Ling Ying: Welcome to the Myriad Worlds Chat Group, newcomer!]
Apart from Chen Beixuan, the king of showing off, who hadn't come out to welcome him, everyone was present.
[Omniscient and Omnipotent Great Immortal King: @Ye Fan, Lord of the Heavenly Court, welcome, Fellow Daoist Ye. You can ask me anything. This great immortal can solve any problem for you.] [Ye Fan, Lord of the Heavenly Court: Really?]
One second after that message arrived, Immortal Wang followed his usual routine and uploaded the relevant original novel to the group.
[Ding, Omniscient and Omnipotent Great Immortal King has uploaded "Shrouding the Heavens" to the group files!] [Omniscient and Omnipotent Great Immortal King: @Ye Fan, Lord of the Heavenly Court, your future is recorded here. This great immortal has divined the first portion for you. If you want me to continue divining the rest, there will be a fee.]
A moment later, several lines of small blue text popped up in the chat window.
[Ding, Gu Clan's Strongest Dou Emperor Ling Ying has downloaded "Shrouding the Heavens"!] [Ding, Never Self-Castrating Yue Buqun has downloaded "Shrouding the Heavens"!] [Ding, Xiong Ba of the World Society has downloaded "Shrouding the Heavens"!]
The group fell silent as everyone read through the file.
Under the moonlight, Ling Ying leaned against a tree trunk, eating Weilong Spicy Strips with one hand and holding a copy of "Shrouding the Heavens" in the other.
After just two or three chapters, he was captivated by the book's sweeping grandeur.
Even an outsider reacted that way, let alone Ye Fan, the man at the center of it all.
With every page he turned, his body trembled, as though his past experiences were unfolding before his eyes once more.
Upon first arriving in Beidou, he had been pursued by the Jiang Family's knights and, with nowhere left to turn, entered the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Land.
After escaping the forbidden land by the skin of his teeth, he had fallen into Elder Han's hands. The ancients truly hadn't lied!
He hadn't finished the first volume, but he already believed in Immortal Wang's identity one hundred percent.
This really was an immortal!
No matter how the wheels of history turned, one habit had been passed down since ancient times: when people were happy or excited, they were especially prone to impulse spending.
At this moment, Immortal Wang was truly sitting at home while blessings fell from the sky.
[Ding, you have claimed the red packet from Ye Fan, Lord of the Heavenly Court!] [One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones] [Description: Incomplete. Can only manifest one incarnation possessing the original body's full combat strength...]
Holy shit!
Jackpot! Jackpot!
Clutching the cultivation method and unwilling to let it go, Immortal Wang was already fantasizing about life after mastering it.
"Once I have this incarnation, I can send him to work in my place. That way, I can fleece the capitalists too. I'm a genius."
After imagining his future, he knew that, as the group owner, he ought to offer something in return.
So he decided to splurge today and treat the group members to Zhong Xuegao ice cream.
Twenty yuan apiece.
Then he sent ten of them...
Right after he finished sending them, Qin Shi Huang also sent out red packets containing the fine wine he had mentioned earlier.
With the newcomer's welcome ceremony over, the members left the group chat one after another, and Ling Ying followed suit.
He drank Qin Shi Huang's fine wine, ate Immortal Wang's Zhong Xuegao ice cream, and gnawed on his own chicken feet.
At that moment, how he wished time would stand still.
He was happily enjoying his food.
A nimble figure appeared in the East Courtyard. It was Xiao Yan.
"It's almost midnight, and the boy's only just getting back. He's pushing himself far too hard." He had probably seen this so often that it no longer surprised him.
After confirming that Xiao Yan had returned, he began quietly enjoying his food, as though his task were complete.
Back in his room, the first thing Xiao Yan did was soak in a Spirit Liquid bath.
Next, he brought up the system interface and prepared his Dou Techniques.
To prevent any mishaps, he had deliberately chosen three techniques with matching attributes for this experiment.
With practiced ease, he placed the Dou Techniques into the slots.
Just as Xiao Yan had expected, when he inserted the second Dou Technique, a third slot appeared.
"Three into one?" Honestly, that was the absolute limit of what he could afford. If any more slots appeared, he might abandon this fusion method.
Fortunately, he wasn't disappointed. After he inserted the third Dou Technique, no more slots appeared.
[Shattering Fire Palm + Cloud-Covering Palm + Howling-Breaking Palm = ?] [Accept or decline?]
He pressed confirm.
The scene before his eyes abruptly shifted.
Amid waves of white light, Xiao Yan finally saw the product of the fusion clearly.
[Howling Fire Cloud Palm] [Grade: Advanced Yellow Tier] [Description: A single palm strike can unleash the power of Shattering Fire Palm, Cloud-Covering Palm, and Howling-Breaking Palm...]
By that calculation, this kind of fusion doesn't result in any overall loss. Xiao Yan silently worked through the numbers.
The Dou Technique produced by the three-in-one fusion not only possessed the power of all three original techniques, but also rose in grade. It was truly killing two birds with one stone!
Sitting in the bathtub, Xiao Yan immersed himself in cultivation.
Before he knew it, dawn had arrived.
Instead of heading to the mountain behind the estate to train as usual, he went straight to the Market District.
No matter the hour, Immortal Chen's stall was always bustling.
Among the crowded throng, he spotted a familiar figure again: Jia Lie Ao.
"Beaten up again?" Seeing him limp along, Xiao Yan wanted to laugh, yet also felt sorry for him.
Naturally, Jia Lie Ao noticed Xiao Yan struggling to hold back his laughter. He desperately wanted to march over and curse, What the hell are you laughing at? I accidentally hurt myself in a fall yesterday! Nobody beat me up!
Just then, Jia Lie Ao's body jolted, and several thoughts suddenly sounded in his ears.
This fellow again. Looks like yesterday's lesson wasn't enough. He just won't learn!
The thoughts came from none other than Ling Ying.
"Heh, that old bastard really did come. Good. Just like that." Everything was proceeding according to his plan.
Hmph. If the young lady hadn't specifically instructed me to protect Young Master Xiao, I'd beat that obnoxious shill until he was searching the ground for his teeth.
Jia Lie Ao had considered that as well.
Before devising his plan last night, he had considered two possibilities: whether Ling Ying would take the bait or not.
If Ling Ying didn't appear in the Market District today, he would have to postpone his plan to kill Immortal Chen.
If Ling Ying did appear, he would certainly be there on a mission to protect Xiao Yan. In that case, every part of the plan could proceed perfectly.
But before that, he had to do something to change Ling Ying's current thinking...
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