Eternal Life through Drawing Lots

A most auspicious sign?!

A Tier Seven opportunity?!

In that instant, Fang Yang’s pupils constricted violently.

His heart skipped a beat, and even his breathing grew slightly ragged.

He would have considered trying for this Tier Seven opportunity even if it wasn’t a most inauspicious sign promising certain death, let alone a most auspicious one.

And now, a Tier Seven opportunity had actually turned out to be a most auspicious sign!

With things as they were, Fang Yang had no reason to refuse Lin Tianxue.

This was a Tier Seven opportunity, a treasure from the Saint Realm!

As for the other three fortunes, Fang Yang paid them almost no mind.

Compared to an opportunity from the Saint Realm, any non-Saint Realm opportunities seemed far less important.

WHOOSH. Fang Yang took a deep breath, suppressing his excitement.

He said slowly, "A new Mysterious Realm has appeared? How rare. But since you’ve asked, I’ll agree. I will keep them in line."

A smile bloomed on Lin Tianxue’s fair face. "Good. There’s no time to waste. In that case, let’s leave in a bit. After I accompany you on this treasure hunt, I’ll have to leave this place."

Fang Yang didn’t know Lin Tianxue’s plans, nor did he want to.

But if she was willing to talk, he was willing to listen.

Lin Tianxue was now also being deployed as a great general for battle.

In fact, because her cultivation had reached Tier Two Middle, she was regarded as second only to Fang Yang, having surpassed Zhang Ye.

The move her elders made that day to seize the Thunder Sparrow Essence, a Spiritual Object, had ultimately helped her just barely overtake Zhang Ye.

However, according to Lin Tianxue herself, while she had surpassed Zhang Ye in cultivation...

...she was very uncertain if she had surpassed him in terms of combat power.

While listening to Lin Tianxue’s chatter, Fang Yang arranged for Fang Duanhai and the others to set up camp around the Wind Sparrow Bronze Tribe’s territory.

They were actually short on materials for the camp, but fortunately, the Wind Sparrow Bronze Tribe was willing to help out a little.

"Centurion, all of you will wait here for now. I’m heading out for a bit but will be back soon," Fang Yang ordered decisively.

In truth, Fang Yang’s heart was burning with impatience.

He wished Lin Tianxue would just take him directly to that newly appeared Mysterious Realm immediately.

But he also knew that haste makes waste.

Besides, the fortune had made it clear: he had to act in secret to avoid future trouble and have no lingering worries!

A Tier Seven opportunity was far too precious.

The Fang Clan was not strong enough to protect him.

If word got out, his most auspicious sign would turn into a most inauspicious one in a heartbeat.

"We understand," Fang Duanhai and the others acknowledged. They took the reins of their horses and slowly withdrew, not encroaching on the Wind Sparrow Bronze Tribe.

Seeing this, another smile appeared on Lin Tianxue’s cold and beautiful face.

Afterward, she led Fang Yang and two Guardians, striding quickly toward the Mysterious Realm.

...

"Ma Dachun, oh, Ma Dachun, you useless piece of trash! You can’t even take care of a horse! What good are you?" a steward berated the horse slave.

In a fit of rage, the steward kicked out, sending the horse slave named Ma Dachun flying.

SPLASH! Ma Dachun was kicked into the river and began to sink.

A slave’s life was worth less than a horse’s.

A useless slave was even more wretched than a pig or a dog.

GLUG GLUG... Ma Dachun struggled desperately, but he couldn’t escape the pull of the river’s vortex.

Carried by the current, he was swept forward, gradually disappearing from the steward’s sight.

The steward paid him no mind and simply returned to the Wind Sparrow Bronze Tribe on his own.

’Am I... really going to die like this?’ Ma Dachun was filled with bitter resentment.

He flailed his limbs wildly, thrashing at the water’s surface.

Then, he unknowingly touched something.

The water’s surface suddenly warped, and his body vanished along with it.

"Is that... the aura of the True Blood of the Vermilion Bird?!" On a high mountain, Wu Zhou, who had been searching for the lingering dao intent left by Shengkai, happened to witness this scene.

Wu Zhou gritted his teeth and frantically surged the True Essence in his body, then charged straight into the river, wanting to enter the Mysterious Realm.

Most opportunities were unique; once someone claimed one, it was difficult for another to get it.

With no powerful backing, he had to fight for every opportunity he could get!

...

「At the same time.」

Within the same Mysterious Realm, the entrance to a cavern was heavily guarded.

Lin Tianxue led Fang Yang and the two Guardians inside.

They followed a well-carved stone staircase down into a subterranean karst cave.

The cave was magnificent, its stalactites glowing with three colors: fiery red, violet lightning, and watery blue.

Continuing downward, they could hear three distinct sounds.

Like the crackling of a Fierce Flame, the roar of thunder, and the rush of a mighty river.

Such a scene was truly bizarre, befitting a newly emerged Mysterious Realm.

"Although this Mysterious Realm just appeared, according to a geomancy master, it will likely collapse and vanish completely within seven days."

"What’s even stranger is that this place is filled with numerous Insect Beasts, as if Wan Chong Ridge itself was turned upside down and dumped here."

"Oh, right. Besides those, there are also Fierce Beasts made of flames. You could call them Fire Beasts. They’re very troublesome..."

Lin Tianxue softly explained the situation here to Fang Yang.

He didn’t need her to say much more; he could already see Insect Beasts flying by and Fire Beasts flickering in the distance.

But whether it was Insect Beasts or Fire Beasts, Fang Yang’s mind was solely focused on that Tier Seven opportunity.

Anxious! Very anxious! Extremely anxious!

At this moment, Fang Yang felt that the three people with him were completely superfluous.

In truth, such an impatient mindset was absolutely detrimental.

But this Tier Seven opportunity was just too important!

Back during the Enlightenment Ceremony, Fang Yang had also had a chance at a Tier Seven opportunity, but it had been a most inauspicious sign promising almost certain death.

In the end, he hadn’t chosen the Tier Seven opportunity. Instead, he chose a Tier Three opportunity, which allowed him to achieve Enlightenment and form his Fire Eagle Spirit Body.

But Sen Wei, who had obtained a Tier Seven opportunity, had transformed her constitution in a single leap, acquiring the perfect-grade Cyan Lotus Saint Body. She had even come close to attaining an Immortal Body!

Of course, just as there were differences between Dao Seeds, there were also differences between Tier Seven opportunities.

Perhaps this Tier Seven opportunity wasn’t as good as Sen Wei’s, or perhaps it was even better.

But no matter what, Fang Yang believed that a Tier Seven opportunity was still a Tier Seven opportunity.

The divine might it possessed was beyond anyone’s imagination!

Right now, Fang Yang didn’t want Lin Tianxue or Lin Qianying to find out about this Tier Seven opportunity, and he didn’t want his own second uncle to know either.

With a great treasure at stake, greed could cloud the mind.

Even if his uncle had an exceptionally strong will, Fang Yang didn’t want to test the bonds of their kinship.

’So, how am I going to hide this from them, especially from Second Uncle?’ Fang Yang wondered.

At this very moment, he felt a renewed sense of urgency to break through to Tier Three Elementary.

If he broke through to the Tier Three Elementary realm, his uncle wouldn’t have to follow him around constantly to protect him.

Of course, Fang Yang wasn’t saying his uncle’s protection was a bad thing.

It was just that when a child grows up, they inevitably want a little private space of their own.

"Follow me to the left."

"Follow me to the right."

"There’s no end to them. Try to avoid getting entangled with them as much as possible."

"Oh, right. If I remember correctly, you have a Fire Eagle Illusion. You might be able to sense the changes in the Fierce Flame..."

Lin Tianxue said in a soft voice.

Under her guidance, their approach toward the Insect Beasts and Fire Beasts was to avoid them whenever possible, only fighting when they couldn’t.

In the midst of this, Fang Yang carefully sensed the changes in the Fierce Flame as the Fierce Flame Pill Cauldron inside him burned.

In reality, the Flame Skill was just a basic technique that could be modified into other, High Tier techniques.

This would be especially true once he entered Tier Three.

However, the most important thing right now was to raise his cultivation realm. It wouldn’t be too late to study techniques later.

’Tier Seven opportunity, Tier Seven opportunity...’ Fang Yang chanted in his mind.

The Carp Eagle Divine Feather in his Void Acupoint True Essence Sea seemed to be faintly radiating a divine light, as if resonating with something somewhere in the subterranean cave.

But this sensation was extremely faint.

In contrast, the Fierce Flame Pill Cauldron was rumbling louder and louder, causing his Fire Eagle Illusion to stir restlessly as well.