Spring-Heralding Bird
Two figures emerged from a drooping branch, stepping over layers of green vines.
When Sang Ying looked up, she was met with Wuyue Qing's face, which was full of fragility and pitifulness.
The other person seemed somewhat surprised to see her. Before Sang Ying could ask, Wuyue Qing smiled at her and said, "We are truly destined to meet, Fellow Daoist Sang, to meet in the secret realm."
"Indeed, it's fate." Sang Ying continued, "I just don't know, since we were traveling in the opposite direction, how did Fellow Daoist Wuyue manage to meet us?"
Wuyue Qing only realized her mistake after saying those words, but she had long since developed a thick skin. Even though Sang Ying pointed out her inappropriateness, she could still laugh and say, "That's exactly why we're said to be destined to be together."
Realizing that the person in front of her was far more shameless than they could match, Sang Ying lost all interest in continuing the argument.
"Although there's no rule against the two sides traveling together during the competition, given our relationship with the Moonless Household, it's best if we go separately." Sang Ying's words contained a subtle threat, which the other party naturally understood.
Wuyue Qing was alright; she had already suffered quite a bit at Sang Ying's hands and was used to her being so impolite. But the young man beside her wasn't used to it yet, and immediately showed displeasure:
"Where did you come from, cultivator? How dare you be so rude! Our young master is already doing you a favor by agreeing to travel with you; how dare you refuse!"
They might have considered traveling with Sang Ying, but she shouldn't have been the one to refuse first.
Jiang Zhuoxue was already in a bad mood, and then that young man from the Moonless Household spoke rudely to them.
He touched the small vine hidden in his sleeve, intending to find an opportunity to teach the young man a lesson.
However, Sang Ying was clearly not angry. "I am a cultivator from another world, and I am not under the Moonless City. If you two Fellow Daoist Wuyue want to use the Moonless Household to pressure me, I'm afraid it won't be so easy."
"You!" The young man was so angry that he wanted to teach the female cultivator in front of him a lesson.
Fortunately, Wuyue Qing intervened in time to stop him. "Wenren, don't be impulsive!"
The young man then angrily withdrew his hand.
"Are you two so resistant to us because you're worried that my Moonless Household will steal your treasure?" No matter how much Sang Ying resisted them, Wuyue Qing had already made up her mind to follow behind the two.
After all, before entering the secret realm, the people from the Moonless Household Head had already secretly checked everyone's luck.
Of these one hundred people, only these two have the strongest luck!
Wuyue Qing's gaze swept over Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue, lingering on them briefly. Finally, she tried her best to suppress the jealousy that was about to freeze in her heart.
Indeed, the Moonless Household dared to gamble with the next ten years, so they must have made contingency plans long ago.
The Moonless Household Head once obtained a treasure that could reveal a cultivator's fortune. Fortune is a vague and ethereal thing, but it is a key factor that cultivators care about a lot.
It is precisely because fortune is so elusive and unpredictable, yet so crucial to cultivators, that the Moonless Household Head carefully hid the magical Law Treasure after obtaining it.
Over the years, if the Moonless Household Head hadn't taken the initiative to reveal this to his daughter, probably no one else in the entire Moonless Household would have known about the existence of this treasure.
The Moonless Household Head had also considered whether to offer this treasure away to secure a stronger backer for his family.
But looking at the entire Hidden Nether Realm, which force is the true overlord?
Besides, this treasure can only exist for a little over ten years at most, and in reality, it's not very useful.
After some thought, the Moonless Household Head's initial excitement completely subsided. He then hid the treasure in the deepest part of the Lineage treasury; if it weren't for this bet, he probably would never have taken it out in his entire life.
To avoid truly losing his decade-long control, the Moonless Household Head secretly scanned all his disciples participating in the competition with his Law Treasure, only to regretfully discover that the lucky ones were the five cultivators he had recruited from outside.
And the aura above their heads was merely a pale red.
Still feeling uneasy, he took another look at all the people from the Yin Mountain Sect, and this look immediately made him nervous.
It was for no other reason than the dark purple aura above Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue's heads!
While others might not know, the Moonless Household Head was well aware that the darker the color of the luck cluster, the stronger that person's luck.
For someone like him, having a bright red aura would be enough to make the Moonless Clan flourish.
The immense fortune of Sang Ying and her companion suggests that even if they don't ascend to immortality, they will undoubtedly become powerful rulers in their own right.
Knowing all this, the Moonless Household Head regretted his rashness even more. If he had entrusted the task of recruiting them to his daughter instead of his incompetent son, even if he couldn't befriend them, at least he wouldn't have made enemies with them!
With the assistance of someone so blessed with great fortune, how could the Yin Mountain Sect's future be anything but bright?
With this thought in mind, the Moonless Household Head became even more worried.
His greatest wish in life was to bring glory to the Moonless Clan, but now he saw the Yin Mountain Sect about to take advantage of the situation and trample on them. The Moonless Household Head simply could not accept this.
The unacceptable result was that he revealed this information to Wuyue Qing, who had been designated as the next head of the family, and confided his deepest thoughts to this daughter on whom he had placed high hopes.
Wuyue Qing carefully exhaled, recalling her father's instructions before he left, her anxiety growing even stronger than before.
Sang Ying noticed the inexplicable seriousness in her expression, but she didn't intend to pay attention to it.
While Wuyue Qing was still deep in thought, she led Jiang Zhuoxue to continue searching in the previously agreed-upon direction.
Wuyue Qing, reminded by her subordinates, snapped out of her daze. Seeing that the two figures were about to disappear from her sight, she hurriedly led Wuyue Wenren to chase after them.
Just as the two caught up with Sang Ying and the others, a loud cry pierced the silence.
Invisible wind blades, carrying sand and dust, pierced towards them. All they heard was a sharp cry, and the next second, Wuyue Qing's dress was slashed with many cuts by the wind blades.
This was only because Sang Ying promptly deployed her defensive array, blocking most of the attacks.
This sudden attack clearly angered Sang Ying. Realizing that this Demon Beast was no pushover, Sang Ying had no intention of being polite and immediately drew her sword, slashing fiercely at the direction from which the wind blades were coming!
The cries grew increasingly shrill, but the thick smoke and dust in front of them dissipated considerably, and a few beautiful blue feathers drifted gently down from the sky.
Having already recognized all the Demon Beast within the secret realm, Wuyue Qing immediately realized that those were clearly the feathers of a third-tier Spring-Heralding Bird!
The Spring-Heralding Bird is also known as the Treasure-Seeking Bird.
She turned to look at Sang Ying, who was radiating fighting spirit. Was this the advantage of someone with great fortune?