Stealing Fate
The young man's words struck Sang Ying so hard that she was momentarily stunned.
What does it mean to be Gu Huaiwei's only disciple? What does it mean that a great calamity is about to befall the Cultivation World? And what does it mean to be the Child of the Heavenly Dao?
Sang Ying felt that she understood these words individually, but when they were put together and heard by her, they made her somewhat confused.
Jiang Zhuoxue's eyes also deepened. The moment the phrase "dragon-slaying sword" was uttered, he knew that the prophecy referred to the Dragon Abyss Sword in Sang Ying's hands. And the identity of the Child of the Heavenly Dao" mentioned in the words was self-evident.
Seeing Sang Ying's dazed and confused expression, Jiang Zhuoxue couldn't help but move closer and half-embrace her. "Sang Ying, are you alright?"
Having spent so many years in the Flowing Light Sword Sect, even though Sang Ying never told him about her past grievances with Gu Huaiwei and Su Fuyun, he still learned a lot about the three of them from the other disciples.
At first, Jiang Zhuoxue only felt sorry for Sang Ying's injustice and oppression, but at the same time she thought Gu Huaiwei was a fool who had no taste.
But the young man's words clearly imply that Gu Huaiwei should only have one disciple, so who is the extra one?
"Fellow Daoist, do you know where your master told Immortal Venerable Yanchen about that specific place?" Sang Ying felt the warmth emanating from Jiang Zhuoxue's hand on her shoulder, as if she were also encouraged by some power, and asked the question.
The young man found this strange; couldn't she just ask herself that question?
Seeing Sang Ying's serious expression, the young man still told the truth, "Of course I remember. Because this matter is of great importance, I secretly looked at the results of my master's divination after his passing. My master predicted that you and Immortal Venerable Yanchen would meet at Fantou Mountain in the Twin Orchid Realm!"
Fantou Mountain!
Sang Ying suddenly closed her eyes. So that's how it is...
Seeing Sang Ying's increasingly grim expression, the young man couldn't help but feel nervous and cautiously asked the two, "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"
"This has nothing to do with you, fellow Daoist." Sang Ying shook her head. "It's just that you probably don't know that Immortal Venerable Yanchen has two disciples. I wonder which one you're referring to Child of the Heavenly Dao. If it's my senior sister, you'll be disappointed, because I killed her three hundred years ago."
As the sharp words fell, the bowl of water in the young man's hand crashed to the ground and shattered into pieces.
"This, how is this possible?! Immortal Venerable Yanchen only has one disciple, this was planned by my master long ago. Where did these two disciples come from?!" He suddenly stood up, his voice filled with panic.
People like the young man, who came from the Heavenly Mystery Palace, regarded divination as something more important than their own lives. As the strongest figure in divination, the prophecies made by the Old Man Buyun were regarded by his disciples as divine decrees.
Now that a mistake has been discovered, it's as if all of the young person's previous understanding has been overturned. How can this not cause the young person to break down and despair?
The young man kept muttering "Impossible" and "How could this be?" His face had lost all the color the Rejuvenation Pill had brought back.
Seeing that he was almost driven mad by this, Sang Ying had no choice but to explain, "I have no reason to deceive you, fellow Daoist. Moreover, the person who met Immortal Venerable Yanchen on Fantou Mountain in the Twin Orchid Realm was my senior sister. It was because of this fate that my senior sister was able to rise from an ordinary person to become Immortal Venerable Yanchen's disciple and enter my Flowing Light Sword Sect to cultivate Swordsmanship. As for me, I was merely someone Immortal Venerable Yanchen took in as a decoration out of desperation."
However, what she didn't tell the young man was that she had also been to Fantou Mountain before, but not voluntarily. She had encountered danger while traveling with her parents and had fled into Fantou Mountain after being separated from them.
Before that near-death experience, Sang Ying actually preferred formations. But after nearly losing her life in Fantou Mountain, she finally came to love the sword—a wonderful thing that could protect her and allow her to protect others.
Upon hearing Sang Ying's words, the young man's expression became even stranger.
He kept calculating with his hands, his expression constantly changing. When he finally stopped, the young man coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Seeing that he had weakened again, Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue reached out to help him up. Sang Ying even gave him a second Rejuvenation Pill and fed it to him.
However, this one is not the same as the previous top-grade one; it's only of medium grade.
"You're already at your limit, you should rest and recuperate. If you continue like this, you probably won't live much longer." Seeing how determined the young man was in his search for the Child of the Heavenly Dao, Sang Ying still offered a word of advice.
But the young man shook his head stubbornly and said, "We still have to calculate it, after all, time is running out in the Cultivation World."
His words once again alerted the two men; over the years, they had noticed that many of the dangers they had encountered bore traces of human intervention.
But all they wanted to do was arrest the person behind this mess; they never imagined that the Cultivation World would face annihilation.
"My master was right." The young man's gaze sharpened. "Everything he told Immortal Venerable Yanchen is true! You and Immortal Venerable Yanchen were destined to meet at Fantou Mountain, and you naturally became his only disciple, growing smoothly under Immortal Venerable Yanchen guidance and protection. In the end, you saved the entire Cultivation World, ascending to immortality with this supreme Merit!"
The young man spoke faster, his emotions gradually rising. "There's no such thing as an ordinary girl, and there's no such thing as Su Fuyun! Someone stole your luck, someone wants to replace you!"
Sang Ying's gaze gradually dimmed. Even though she had a premonition about this, she still couldn't be as calm as she had imagined when the young man said it himself.
"My divination tells me that you, as the Child of the Heavenly Dao, should have soared to great heights and been beloved by those around you. However, you clearly experienced many hardships in your childhood, and your fortune was mediocre. This is clearly a sign that your luck has been stolen by others!"
The young man grew angrier as he spoke. This was the Child of the Heavenly Dao, the future savior!
Such a person was schemed against by those treacherous villains and almost perished in those conflicts. How could the young man not be angry? He was almost driven mad with rage!
The savior is dead, and you've come to save the Cultivation World? With the luck you stole and cheated? Do you even have the ability?!
The young man's words and memories of her time with Su Fuyun flashed through Sang Ying's mind. Sang Ying suddenly remembered that before Su Fuyun appeared, she wasn't actually this cold-hearted, and the elders and disciples in the sect usually liked her very much.
The newbies always crowded around her, calling her "Senior Sister," while the older brothers and sisters would hold her hand and teach her about the strangely shaped spiritual herbs...
But all of this changed after Su Fuyun appeared. So much time had passed that Sang Ying could hardly remember anymore, making her think that she had always been so unlikable, making her forget that she had once been loved by everyone.
So, so many things were stolen from her?