Ke Ding's expression changed wildly upon hearing this. He could even drag this onto me?!
"Damn it... I still underestimated him."
His heart skipped a beat as his thoughts churned frantically. He slowly forced out a strained smile. "Dao Ancestor, karma bears no weight and cannot be grasped in all its mysterious profundity of Heaven and Earth."
"Karma has never been something living beings can scheme against. Across countless ages, it descends unwittingly... it does not follow the will of cultivators like us."
Wearing the air of an old scholar, Ke Ding actually began discussing the mysteries of the Dao with Chen Xun. Before he could continue—
Chen Xun raised a brow and calmly cut in. "Then it seems it is priceless. Even giving this Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace to This Dao Ancestor would not repay it?"
"Dao Ancestor!" Ke Ding changed faces with astonishing speed, his emotions rising and falling in a spectacular fashion. He returned to that timid immortal appearance. "What exactly do you require? The Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace owes you a favor—what could we possibly refuse to give?!"
"Heavenly Secret Dao Arts."
Chen Xun murmured, narrowing his eyes as he finally stated his purpose. "I want to borrow them for a look. To calculate fortune and fate whenever I have nothing to do."
"I have examined countless cultivation methods from every race, yet this Dao alone is hard to find. You know that I did not find a Storage Ring on that Jiang Family Immortal."
"And those ancient inscriptions of yours—I want to look at those too when I have time. Learn more, enrich myself."
A faint smile appeared on Chen Xun's face. "If one does not read more, the years ahead will be far too hard to endure. For immortals like us to study Dao