Breaking the Rules

The pangolin climbed over the hill ahead and was overjoyed when it saw the new territory appear.

I felt that this time I could start over.

However, before it could be happy for long, it saw a ragged old man appear not far ahead.

The pangolin glanced at him and thought the old man was just an ordinary person, except for the fact that he smelled a bit bad.

Seeing this, he ignored it and prepared to walk past.

However, the next moment, the old man looked up and glanced at the pangolin.

That one glance made the old man grin and laugh out loud. "You little devil, you're probably in for some bad luck lately! How did you end up running into me in this deep mountain forest?"

The old man looked at the pangolin, and the more he looked, the more he shook his head.

The pangolin was startled by this. It looked at the old man carefully for a few more moments, but still couldn't figure him out.

At first glance, he seemed to be just an ordinary old man.

But the other party actually saw through my background at a glance; this person is definitely not ordinary!

Who are you?

The pangolin looked at the old man warily, then glanced around and felt something was amiss.

Putting everything else aside, this is a remote mountain forest with no roads or anything, so how did they end up here?

Just now, it thought of itself as a demon and didn't think much of it.

Now that I think about it carefully, I realize that something is not quite right.

"Me? Few people know my name anymore. But anyone who encounters me, or is a fairy or something, will basically be plagued by bad luck and misfortune for the rest of their life."

"You managed to run into me in a place like this? You little devil, you can forget about ever continuing your cultivation for the rest of your life."

The old man's gaze turned somewhat strange as he spoke, "It's really strange, what did you do, you little devil, to have run into me?"

In the places he frequents year-round, he almost never encounters any demons or humans.

However, if you encounter this, the bad luck you'll experience for the rest of your life will be extremely severe.

If you encounter a demon, you can basically forget about making any progress in your cultivation.

"It's you!!"

Upon hearing this, the pangolin was first taken aback, and then its expression changed drastically.

He stretched out his finger, trembling, as if to call out the other person's name, but after hesitating for a moment, he swallowed it back.

It dared not call out the other person's name, because this person was too eerie.

Even simply calling someone by their name can bring bad luck.

Even among the fairies, this person was someone they all avoided and kept at a distance.

There are many rumors circulating in spiritual practice, and some of these rumors are actually true.

For example, there is a legend that when a demon was still unenlightened, it happened to encounter an immortal cultivating, absorbed some Spiritual Qi, and was thus able to gain wisdom and cultivate.

Some demons, by chance, received guidance from cultivators and were able to attain enlightenment.

There are also some rumors about this old man.

It is said that once someone meets the other, their future demon life will be incredibly miserable.

One's cultivation cannot progress, and everything goes wrong, etc.

Such a wicked person would be avoided by both demons and cultivators.

They dared not even mention the other person's name lightly, lest they bring misfortune upon themselves.

If cultivators are blessed with good fortune, then there are also those who are blessed with bad luck, like the guy in front of me.

So unlucky that people are afraid to even mention the other person's name.

"How could this be? How could I possibly meet someone like you?"

The pangolin realized what was happening and tried to escape, but then didn't move; it knew.

Now that we've already run into each other, it's too late to run.

It just didn't understand how it had ended up meeting the other person.

The old man in front of him found it somewhat amusing, but just as he was about to speak, his nose twitched. "You have a smell I don't like. Have you ever seen a cultivator?"

Two extreme groups.

He didn't dislike those cultivators, but he simply disliked the aura of good fortune they exuded.

Basically, these two groups will never meet.

The smell emanating from the pangolin was very strong, making him feel somewhat uncomfortable.

"We just happened to run into each other last night. Aren't cultivators supposed to be blessed people who bring good fortune when they meet them? How come after meeting those cultivators, I ended up running into you?"

The pangolin's face was extremely pale; he couldn't understand how this could have happened.

It's clearly saying that cultivators are people with abundant good fortune. If you encounter these cultivators, even if you don't inherit their good fortune, you certainly won't immediately encounter bad luck, right?

"Cultivators are naturally people with abundant blessings. The fact that you were able to meet them is a blessing of yours. However, it seems that you didn't seize the opportunity and instead encountered me."

"It seems you've done something that has exhausted your last bit of Yin Merit."

The old man, with his keen insight, looked the pangolin up and down before saying something.

Upon hearing this, the pangolin couldn't help but think of what Fang Zelin had said the night before.

"I had previously used some methods to secretly cultivate through the Dao of Incense, and so far, all had been peaceful. But then a demon came to the village."

"That demon was too powerful; it tried to harm the village. I was no match for it, so I packed up and left."

The pangolin was getting anxious; it wanted to know why it had run into this creature.

Is there any chance this situation can be salvaged?

Upon hearing this, the old man's eyes widened as he stared at the pangolin in front of him. After examining it for a long time, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.

"You cultivate yourself with incense and practice the methods of Orthodox God, yet you weren't struck dead by heavenly lightning?"

The old man's eyes were filled with astonishment and disbelief.

The pangolin was stunned upon hearing this. "Is this matter really that dangerous?"

"Hmph, you demons, all you ever think about is stealing the Human Race Karmic Fortune to cultivate, or eating other demons to increase your own power."

"They all think there's nothing wrong with these cultivation methods, and now they all feel they can also cultivate those methods used by Orthodox God, right?"

The old man shook his head as he spoke.

He knew that these fairies were never good at following rules, and it was normal that they didn't know about this.

Because any demons who overstepped their bounds had already died under the heavenly lightning, the other demons naturally wouldn't know.

This method won't work.

The pangolin was strange, though; it actually survived unharmed.