Gambling with the Fortune Technique

"It's you again?"

Within the illusory light emitted by the mirage pearl, Zhang Xuezhou felt as if Hongjun's voice was coming from within, but the voice sounded extremely dissatisfied, clearly indicating that the other party did not want to see Zhang Xuezhou.

How do I use the Void Heaven Palace?

Zhang Xuezhou muttered something.

His head was indeed a little dizzy. After all, this was the place where Celestial Venerable Yuanshi was meeting. He didn't know if Hongjun was conducting a test or if this was the only way to communicate. Zhang Xuezhou felt that he couldn't hold on any longer.

"It's about releasing and then taking back; you've taken the Investiture of the Gods text and you're releasing and then taking back!"

Hongjun's voice seemed to be gesturing, as if he was having a headache trying to explain it clearly, but in the end he was unable to do so.

"Where are those idiots?"

"Will the Investiture of the Gods of the Gods be the death of me?"

"No, definitely not!"

"Swear it!"

I'm the kind of person who never makes oaths!

He asked a few questions in Zhang Xuezhou daze, feeling dizzy and unable to stay awake.

When he regained consciousness, Zhang Xuezhou's soul was already in the greenhouse.

"It's not moving at all? Oh no, the ancient tree has run away! The giant tree's movement seems to be lacking guidance!"

The journey through time felt extremely long to him at the moment, but after waiting for a while, Zhang Xuezhou felt that the greenhouse was moving at almost no speed in the void, and time as perceived by his mind had completely stopped.

If the greenhouse is likened to a car, Zhang Xuezhou sees himself as the passenger and the ancient tree as the driver, for even if the tree is asleep, he at least has the instinct to control it.

The driver has now absconded, and this passenger has been left stranded here since boarding, with the bus not moving as planned.

"What am I supposed to do? Should I just teleport my soul back to Sinkhole No. 2? I shouldn't die from teleporting through the void, but wouldn't the duck be dragged to its death in the void?"

Faced with the giant tree, Zhang Xuezhou was like Laojun of the Tushita Palace facing a semi-automatic forging furnace—completely at a loss and could only bang and knock randomly.

Zhang Xuezhou's soul collided within the greenhouse, then looked at the giant tree branch that did not exist in the void. He felt that the giant tree branch supporting the greenhouse seemed to be very far away, yet also very close at hand. He could reach the end of the search in just a moment.

He didn't dare to casually step his soul out of the flower room, but instead kept probing and inquiring.

I've never seen anyone as stupid as you guys!

At some point, a voice came from the greenhouse, and Zhang Xuezhou saw a young man in a blue robe appear.

"Teacher, please help me!" Zhang Xuezhou.

"You don't want me to swear anymore?"

Hongjun looked at Zhang Xuezhou with great interest.

What appears glamorous to outsiders is actually a mess for everyone.

Everyone in the Three Realms thought that Hongjun had transcended worldly concerns and was living a good life from then on, but he never had a moment of peace in his life.

Even the Celestial Venerable Yuanshi Gaogao couldn't prevent things from becoming a complete mess.

As for Zhang Xuezhou's life, it was all patched up and mended, and Hongjun felt sorry for him.

Every year, hundreds, if not thousands, of cultivators become trapped in the void and cannot extricate themselves. Hongjun ignores these pitiful creatures, after all, they are responsible for their own lives. He is not some benevolent savior, so how could he keep helping them?

Moreover, after Hongjun helped them repeatedly, he discovered that those who court death will continue to do so. Even if he saved them once, these people would still believe in their own luck and abilities, thus falling into the quagmire of the void again.

Under normal circumstances, he would not treat Zhang Xuezhou any differently, but the problem is that Zhang Xuezhou is not normal; the other party took the Void Heaven Palace inscribed by Houtu.

"You must first swear you won't harm me," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"Then I'll go," Hongjun replied.

"If you're going to leave, then hurry up and leave. Anyway, Donghua has already killed Zhu Jiuyin. After he destroys the Three Pure Ones Heavenly Venerables and then welcomes Houtu, the Three Realms will become a paradise for the Demon Race," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"Even a mudfish that can run so fast was killed by Donghua?"

Hongjun was taken aback, and then couldn't help but curse, unable to hide his dissatisfaction.

"I can't defeat Donghua right now, and in my other world, there's a powerful cultivator nearing dimensional assimilation who's carrying out targeted eliminations, which will soon reach me," Zhang Xuezhou sighed. "I originally wanted to do something in the Three Realms, but I was bewitched by your Mirage Pearl. Now that I've done something in my other world, I can't go back. It seems my luck is waning, I'm facing a double attack, and you're even using the Investiture of the Gods to scheme against me. Life is meaningless!"

"No, cheer up! You have to believe that tomorrow will be better!"

Hongjun looked Zhang Xuezhou up and down, then clicked his tongue in amazement and stared at him several times.

"You even use Fortune Technique?" Hongjun asked in surprise.

"If I were unlucky, I would have died long ago," Zhang Xuezhou said lazily. "Now that my luck has declined, I can't do anything right, and I can't do anything well. Your conflict with Houtu will inevitably bring me trouble. I won't live to see tomorrow; I'll never recover!"

"Those who rely on Fortune Technique are all gambling addicts. Today they're high and mighty, tomorrow they're lying on the ground as corpses. I didn't know you were so good at gambling on luck, you've actually gambled your way to this point!"

If a minor cultivator were to defeat Donghua through his own efforts, capture Houtu's Void Heaven Palace, and be safely welcomed into Hongjun's Purple Cloud Palace, no one would believe it. They would mostly assume that the minor cultivator had a powerful cultivator behind him.

Once Zhang Xuezhou explained the reason, Hongjun's eyes lit up, and he felt that everything that seemed unreasonable had been explained.

There are some people in the world who are good at controlling their destiny, so everything seems to go smoothly and effortlessly. No matter how much protection they have from their ancestors or how hard they work, they can't compete with these people who can manipulate the tides of the times.

There's no logic to this; you have to accept it whether you like it or not.

"The Fortune Technique gambling is about getting big returns with small probabilities. Since you know that my conflict with Houtu will inevitably harm you, have you considered the potential benefits for yourself?"

Seeing that Zhang Xuezhou did not respond, Hongjun spoke again.

"I can't figure it out," Zhang Xuezhou shook his head and said, "You possess the power of Principle, and I have no power to contend with it!"

"Then think carefully about what I want to gain?"

"Take away the Void Heaven Palace, and kill Donghua!"

"What are Houtu's demands?"

"Kill Donghua!"

Zhang Xuezhou pondered for a moment before cautiously responding.

His gaze swept over Hongjun, and he had already figured out the general uses of the Investiture of the Investiture of the Gods.

"I won't kill you, I'll only take the Void Heaven Palace. The one who will truly kill you is Houtu," Hongjun said seriously. "You don't need to treat me as an adversary; you only need to treat Houtu as an enemy!"

"You took the Void Heaven Palace, and I couldn't explain myself, which is why I was..."

"No, you couldn't explain it before, but now you have a chance to Fortune Technique!"

Zhang Xuezhou found it hard to criticize Hongjun's behavior of putting others down. If Hongjun hadn't tried to seize the Void Heaven Palace and had instead allowed him to peacefully kill Donghua, Zhang Xuezhou wouldn't have needed to fight against Houtu.

He was about to persuade Hongjun to abandon the plan when Hongjun suddenly offered a possibility and pointed in a direction.

"You cannot withstand our power of Principle. But what if you also possessed the power of Principle?" Hongjun laughed. "Even a half-step into the Principle would be enough for your survival!"

You mean to say?

"Take it! Take the very essence of your world!" Hongjun emphasized. "If you can seize this fortuitous opportunity, your soul will remain immortal, you won't fear Houtu reaching into the Three Realms, you won't provoke or anger her, and you'll even have a supremely extraordinary destiny!"

"I really can't beat that half-step ascendant who obtained the origin of the world," Zhang Xuezhou shook his head and said, "There's no way we can compete with that!"

"Hey-hey!"

Hongjun gave a dry laugh.

You can only truly understand something once you've actually possessed it.

Hongjun wouldn't talk nonsense; he had experienced all of this and was well aware of the various aspects of the transformation.

The only problem now is whether Zhang Xuezhou can remember the relevant information.