“Daily Intelligence refreshed!”
【Intelligence 1: The reason you were rejected by Mount Bixia's Qi Lineage is due to Luo Tangyin of Changyun County working behind the scenes to sabotage you.】
【She has been taken in as a trusted confidante by Wei Wusheng, the Punishment Executioner Eunuch of the Xuanjing Division. She was ordered to submit herself to spy on the Child of Destiny, Xiao Wu, and monitor his every move from the shadows!】
'Luo Tangyin...'
'It was actually her!'
Shen Xiuhan's eyes shrank rapidly, a wave of shock and astonishment surging in his heart.
'To think that she... is actually a spy planted by Xiao Wu's side!'
'No wonder Wei Wusheng of the Xuanjing Division inexplicably appeared in Changyun County and relentlessly pursued my Brother Zuo...'
'It turns out the imperial court had targeted Xiao Wu, this Child of Destiny, from the very beginning!'
'First planting a spy to monitor him, then sending a Gangjin Rank expert to control the situation... They must have a massive plot!'
'Zuo Muxian was an outsider. He came at my invitation and disrupted their plans. They didn't want him interfering, so they drove him away...'
'Wait!'
Before his thoughts could settle, another question arose in his mind.
'The system once said that a Child of Destiny can subconsciously sense fortune and disaster, seeking good fortune while avoiding harm...'
'Since Luo Tangyin was staying by Xiao Wu's side to spy on him, she must harbor malicious intent. Otherwise, she wouldn't have secretly let Bai Jing escape, ruining Xiao Wu's plans...'
'If that's the case, Xiao Wu's destiny should have made him alert and given him some sort of premonition long ago.'
'Yet, from my several interactions with him, observing his words and deeds, not only is he completely unguarded against her, but he even dotes on her... Why is that?'
Shen Xiuhan felt like he was grasping at threads of an idea, but he still couldn't fathom the most crucial point.
He took a deep breath, putting the matter aside for now, and turned his gaze to the second piece of intelligence.
【Intelligence 2: The reason Xiao Wu's destiny has been clouded, preventing him from sensing danger, is because his destiny is being obscured by the Destiny Divine Ability, 『Ignorant Populace』, cast by Qi Lianshan—the ancestor of the Qi clan, Daoist Master Tongyuan, and the Boyuan Marquis of Great Qi.】
【Under this Divine Ability, all living beings act like ignorant rabble, causing their spiritual senses to spin out of control and stripping them of their ability to make independent judgments. Aside from Xiao Wu and his companions, the targets of this technique also include you and Zuo Muxian, both of whom have already fallen under its influence...】
'One's destiny can be obscured by a Destiny Divine Ability?'
'And I have fallen under a Destiny Divine Ability?'
Shen Xiuhan felt a sudden chill run up his spine!
'Where are the signs of me being under a Destiny Divine Ability? Haven't I been perfectly fine from start to finish?'
'But the intelligence system cannot be wrong... Which means, I really am under a Destiny Divine Ability?'
'But the question is, how has this 『Ignorant Populace』 actually affected me?'
'Why can't I feel even the slightest bit of abnormality?'
'So... am I affected by the technique or not?'
'I can't tell... I really can't tell!'
“Wait!”
Suddenly, Shen Xiuhan froze on the spot!
Several clues he had forgotten suddenly surfaced in his mind, as if an invisible force had swept away the fog.
In an instant!
Numerous memory fragments violently pieced themselves together in his mind.
'That night, when I was being hunted by Duan Xiao, I clearly knew through the intelligence that there was something fishy about Luo Tangyin secretly letting Bai Jing escape...'
'Yet in the days that followed, I forgot about this extremely crucial matter entirely!'
'Even when Xiao Wu sent me a message saying he needed to hide for a few days, I didn't connect it to this matter at all. This is abnormal... completely abnormal!'
'And!'
'When we were on Yunyi Island, Luo Feng personally told me that Luo Tangyin had joined Bixia Villa.'
'Yet after I arrived at Mount Bixia, I couldn't remember her existence for the life of me!'
'Even when I was rejected by Mount Bixia for no reason, I mistakenly followed Zuo Guangshu's line of thought, assuming I had somehow offended some grand figure on the mountain...'
'Most importantly...'
'That night, when I snuck out to assassinate Bai Xiuan and Bai Fufeng.'
'With my usual caution, I didn't even use the intelligence system to investigate beforehand in such a major matter!'
'Instead, as if my mind had been clouded and my intelligence forcefully lowered by the heavens, I recklessly and brainlessly charged right in!'
'I only remembered to use the intelligence system when my life hung by a thread...'
'This isn't right. There is no way I could be this careless!'
'So... is this the effect of 『Ignorant Populace』?'
In an instant!
Shen Xiuhan's clothes were drenched in cold sweat, his eyes filled with absolute dread.
He had become wary of 『Ignorant Populace』 to the absolute extreme!
'Silently erasing memories, disrupting the mind, and making a person who is normally meticulous walk toward destruction like a marionette, all while believing they are perfectly sober.'
'If not for the intelligence system's reminder, I would probably still be kept in the dark right now...'
'This Destiny Divine Ability is truly bizarre and venomous to the extreme!'
But alongside his wariness...
A sliver of anticipation also rose in the depths of Shen Xiuhan's heart.
If his 『Dragon Gate Attraction』 advanced another step, it could evolve into 『Old Man of the Creek』!
Both were Destiny Divine Abilities...
He wondered which of the two would prove superior when compared to 『Ignorant Populace』?
【Intelligence 3: Head north from the inn, scale Biqiong Peak, and cross the two nameless small peaks behind it. There, you will find a low, rugged hill strewn with jagged rocks.】
【Beneath the ley lines of this hill lies a sealed Xiantian-level protective array named the 『Qingyang Broad Sword Flowing Cloud Grand Array』.】
【Anyone who enters the array must pass the trial left by its creator: only those under the age of thirty who have comprehended "sword-yuan" may step into the array to obtain the legacy left behind by the Xiantian Divine Ability Rank Qingyang Sword Immortal, Feng Qingyang!】
The Qingyang Sword Immortal!
Feng Qingyang!
Two brilliant beams of light suddenly erupted from Shen Xiuhan's eyes!
With his current experience and knowledge, which far surpassed his days as a novice, he naturally understood the weight of the title "Sword Immortal."
For sword cultivators in this world, sword talent was divided into four tiers!
Sword-glow, sword-qi, sword-yuan, and sword-intent!
Only those who achieved "sword-intent" were qualified to be revered as...
A Sword Immortal!
Furthermore, this Feng Qingyang was a supreme expert of the Xiantian Rank who possessed divine abilities!
His true legacy...
...was enough to make the sects, prestigious clans, and noble families of the entire prefecture and provincial capitals fight to the death!
“Phew...”
Shen Xiuhan exhaled slowly.
He shifted his gaze, looking through the wooden window toward the mountain range hidden behind Biqiong Peak.
There, a faint golden speck of light was constantly flickering.
“Under thirty... and comprehending sword-yuan... Heh, it seems this legacy is fated to be mine!”
Shen Xiuhan suppressed the turbulent emotions in his chest and turned his attention to the final piece of intelligence.
【Intelligence 4: Zuo Muxian was heavily injured by Wei Wusheng. He returned to the Star-Plucking Sect to recuperate for many days, but before his injuries could fully heal, he came out of seclusion and set off for Changyun County, intending to bring you directly into the Star-Plucking Sect to cultivate!】
【Unbeknownst to him, upon arriving in Changyun, he learned that you had already traveled far to Mount Bixia. He immediately set off without rest and is currently rushing here day and night...】
“Hmm?!”
After reading this, joy instantly washed over Shen Xiuhan's face!
Zuo Muxian was coming?!
And he wanted to bring him into the Star-Plucking Sect?
This truly was... a silver lining!
Before Shen Xiuhan could fully recover from his surprise, a slow, rhythmic sound of footsteps echoed from the wooden stairs outside the attic.
The sound drew closer and closer, finally stopping right outside Shen Xiuhan's Private Room Yi.
Knock, knock, knock.
The three knocks caused Shen Xiuhan's heart to skip a beat.
'Could it really... be this coincidental?'
Shen Xiuhan took a deep breath, stepped up to the door, and pulled it open!
Whoosh!
Outside the door.
A young man dressed in a moon-white long robe stood with his hands behind his back, bearing an aura like an immortal descended to the mortal realm.
His face was handsome, albeit with a trace of sickly paleness. Upon seeing Shen Xiuhan, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he couldn't help but tease:
“Yo, little cat... What, did you stop recognizing me just because I got beaten half to death?”
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