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Chapter 38 - 37 Opportunities

Chapter 38: Chapter 37 Opportunities

The next day.

When Shi Nian woke up.

She found out.

That on this vast open space, only the three of them were left.

Li Nanfeng and a bunch of other people had all disappeared without a trace.

"Where are they?" Shi Nian asked in surprise: "Senior Brother Li gave me so many great things, and I haven’t had the chance to properly thank him yet!"

Lu Zhuoyan smiled faintly: "He probably feared that you might change your mind last minute and ask to switch the swords back, so before dawn, he stealthily left with the others."

Shi Nian: "..."

She couldn’t help saying: "Only a fool would want to switch the swords back."

After all, she wasn’t good with swords.

Apart from a plain attack, she didn’t know any other moves.

This sword was just an ordinary Spiritual Artifact.

And yet, this thing could be traded for several items in the storage rings.

Why on earth would she want to switch the swords back?

"What are you two talking about?" Mu Nanqing looked puzzled at Lu Zhuoyan and Shi Nian.

Shi Nian immediately recounted her perfect cooperation with Lu Zhuoyan in a lively and vivid manner.

Lu Zhuoyan occasionally added some details here and there.

The two were in sync, complementing each other beautifully.

Mu Nanqing was baffled.

"So you mean... you extorted a bunch of things from Li Nanfeng with that obsolete sword of yours that’s about to be discarded?"

"Senior Sister, how could that be called extortion. It was Senior Brother Li who approached me for this deal, and besides, I never said that it was Master’s Lifebound Sword. He was the one who insisted on believing it." Shi Nian hurriedly explained.

"Why did he believe it so easily?" Mu Nanqing asked.

Shi Nian spread her hands: "It was Uncle Master’s doing. He did something to my sword, and somehow, it fooled Li Nanfeng."

Lu Zhuoyan smiled faintly: "Just a little trick of the trade."

He had carved a temporary Array on the sword that mimicked the aura of the elder brother, nothing more.

Mu Nanqing fell silent.

Shi Nian grew a bit anxious.

Senior Sister has always been upright, and she wasn’t sure whether Senior Sister would disapprove of her actions with Lu Zhuoyan.

"Niece Mu..." Lu Zhuoyan started to say something.

Mu Nanqing smiled slightly: "You two are quite wicked. But I like it."

Shi Nian’s eyes lit up, and she let out a sigh of relief.

She valued her Senior Sister greatly and didn’t want to have any rift between them over this matter.

Seeing Shi Nian’s reaction, Mu Nanqing found it a bit funny and said lightly, "Xiao Nian, when Li Nanfeng asked for Master’s Lifebound Sword, he harbored the intention of endangering Master’s life. That makes him and our sect mortal enemies. When it comes to mortal enemies, there’s no need to maintain the so-called gentlemanly conduct. Any means that works is permissible to use."

Mu Nanqing kept a calm expression.

She was no fool.

If someone doesn’t offend me, I won’t offend them.

If Li Nanfeng wished for Master’s life.

Then, it’s not just a matter of conning him out of some things; even taking his life would be absolutely justified.

"Uncle Master." Mu Nanqing suddenly turned to Lu Zhuoyan: "Next time we encounter him, let’s join forces and get rid of him."

"I’m afraid we might not have the chance to meet him again." Lu Zhuoyan remarked.

Mu Nanqing looked puzzled.

Lu Zhuoyan’s smile was flawless: "After all, the Myriad Magic Forbidden Land is in itself a dangerous place."

Mu Nanqing nodded: "True. If he dies here, it actually saves us some trouble."

Lu Zhuoyan nodded as well.

Shi Nian sensed something was off and quietly asked Lu Zhuoyan, "Uncle Master, did you do something sneaky?"

Lu Zhuoyan suddenly coughed, and a mouthful of fresh blood spilled onto the ground.

Shi Nian was startled: "Uncle Master! You can’t just play the victim like this!"

Lu Zhuoyan glanced at her, his face bearing a fragile expression: "In your eyes, is Uncle Master that kind of person?"

A breeze blew by.

Lu Zhuoyan’s hair fluttered gently.

He looked frail and pale, with the corners of his lips still tinged with a trace of blood that seemed almost imperceptible.

It looked utterly broken.

Shi Nian’s heart ached in an instant, she hastily said, "It was my fault for saying the wrong thing."

Lu Zhuoyan patted her shoulder, heaving a sigh, "I know, you think I schemed against Li Nanfeng, maybe thinking I’m the calculating sort. But, all that I’ve done, it’s all for the sake of protecting my fellow disciple, protecting all of you."

Lu Zhuoyan gazed ahead, with a touch of strength in his vulnerability.

He resembled a delicate white flower swaying in the wind.

Shi Nian immediately declared her stance, "Senior Uncle, I absolutely did not mean that!"

Lu Zhuoyan continued to sigh, and he said gently, "It’s okay. As long as I can help you all, even if I have to be utterly cunning, even if it dooms me to eternal damnation after death, I have no regrets."

Boo hoo hoo.

Shi Nian was so moved she almost wanted to take out a small handkerchief to bite on.

"What are you two whispering about? Come over for breakfast." Mu Nanqing had cooked a pot of porridge and was calling them at this moment.

Shi Nian instantly cast everything aside, and contentedly began to drink her health porridge.

Lu Zhuoyan walked over unhurriedly, his gaze casually glanced in the direction where Li Nanfeng and the others had left.

He was adept at calculations, and ever since they left the Dead Silence Prairie, he had a premonition that those undying oldies might plot against him.

After all.

The last time, he caused an upheaval and even uprooted all the medicinal herbs they had cultivated for a million years.

This time, they took great pains to get him here, they wouldn’t possibly let him leave easily.

Therefore.

Lu Zhuoyan only did one thing.

He used some tricks to briefly shift his aura onto Li Nanfeng.

In the Cultivation World.

Changing appearances is a piece of cake.

Hence, appearances are not trustworthy.

Identifying a person mostly relies on their aura.

If those undying oldies search by his aura, they will likely find Li Nanfeng.

He also calculated it right. Due to guilt, Li Nanfeng would choose to separate and act on his own initiative.

Thus, even if Li Nanfeng were unfortunate, it wouldn’t implicate the rest of them.

Utterly perfect!

Meanwhile.

Shi Nian and the others had breakfast and continued their carefree picnic journey.

On the other hand.

Li Nanfeng was not faring so well.

He was clearly following the map given by Old Mo, which was said to be very safe.

But.

He hardly took a few steps before he encountered a group of Demon Beasts at the Divinity Transformation Stage!

He and other Cultivators were immediately scattered by the rush.

Those Demon Beasts, as if drugged, ignored everyone else and persistently chased after him alone.

In his panic, Li Nanfeng inadvertently entered an Array.

Inside the Array, there were storms, lightning, mountains of knives, and seas of fire; everything imaginable, Li Nanfeng was tormented to the brink of death numerous times.

He barely managed to escape from the Array with the help of Old Mo.

Outside, he was met with a Demon Beast at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage.

Li Nanfeng had no choice but to start fleeing in a desperate, scrambling manner...

"System, any discoveries?" Shi Nian asked in her mind.

With Li Nanfeng gone, she couldn’t follow him to find that opportunity.

Shi Nian could only seek help from the system.

After recycling some of her items, the system activated its detection function.

If it detects a place with particularly abundant Spiritual Energy, it could likely be a place of opportunity.

These past few days, following the system’s guidance, Shi Nian also found several places rich in Spiritual Energy and indeed gathered some treasures, but compared to the legendary opportunities that could result in becoming an immortal, they were far from that.

Could it be.

That the protagonist’s opportunity really can’t be stolen?

Shi Nian also started to become anxious.