492: People with great fortune

Jiang Ning went to the Secluded Bamboo Hermitage where Zhao Mianshuang had been before.

After entering.

The Hidden Guard who had been guarding the place saw Jiang Ning and emerged from the shadows.

Jiang Ning looked at the Hidden Guard. The other's aura was restrained, but a Cultivator's intuition told him that if this Hidden Guard wanted to kill him, it wouldn't take a single move—just a look would suffice.

A single look could kill someone in the Early Stage of the Soul Transformation realm. This person's strength was likely formidable even within the Body Integration Realm.

The Hidden Guard told Jiang Ning that Zhao Mianshuang had previously left instructions that if Jiang Ning came looking for her, he should be directed to a certain place to find her.

The Hidden Guard gave Jiang Ning an address.

This address was protected by a Restriction; it would automatically incinerate after being read once.

Zhao Mianshuang's current location was unknown even to such an absolutely trusted Hidden Guard stationed at the manor.

In the Cultivation World, let alone the living, even the dead cannot be trusted.

Unless a person's Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, never to enter Reincarnation.

Sometimes, when encountering harsh methods, whether one wants to speak or not is not something one can subjectively decide.

Jiang Ning glanced at the slip of paper.

The paper incinerated.

He also set off immediately.

Eventually, he found Zhao Mianshuang in a very ordinary inn.

Zhao Mianshuang had requested a tian-character room.

In the Imperial City, the "ordinariness" of an "ordinary" inn was relative to the other luxurious inns in the city.

After Jiang Ning entered, he found that this tian-character room was no different from a presidential suite on Earth. Jiang Ning had never stayed in the presidential suites often mentioned in novels; he just felt it was luxurious.

A more apt description might be a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment.

A tian-character room in an inn designed like a commercial apartment; Jiang Ning was truly broadening his horizons.

Zhao Mianshuang's aura seemed to have grown quite a bit stronger again.

These Princes and princesses had countless resources and the support of their maternal families; money and the necessary Heaven And Earth Treasures could practically be eaten like Spirit Stones.

Today, Zhao Mianshuang was wearing a fiery red long dress.

This dress was different from Shen Jinhuan's dark red; it was very vibrant. More importantly, Shen Jinhuan displayed a cold and elegant temperament, while Zhao Mianshuang displayed a "nobility" that people found impossible to look at directly.

The sense of "intensity," "nobility," and "sharpness" brought by that fiery red made anyone see at a glance that this person must have an extraordinary status.

This was the upbringing of a Princess.

Regardless of their cultivation, the Princes and princesses must not lose the Face of the Great Qian Imperial Family.

Anyone who wants to cause trouble for the Imperial Family's Face should weigh their options carefully.

For the Great Qian Imperial Family, external threats were almost non-existent. Moreover, with the current competition being among the Princes and princesses, it was impossible for any expert capable of shaking the Great Qian Imperial Family to appear within Great Qian for several hundred years.

The Great Qian Imperial Family takes matters of Face very seriously.

As long as it doesn't involve matters of Face, everything can be discussed, everything can be "delayed," and everything can be "reduced from a big issue to a small one" and "from a small one to nothing."

But as long as it involves matters of Face, even if it's just a simple matter, it must be handled "seriously," and might even involve the execution of the entire clan.

This is the most important matter!

Seeing Jiang Ning, Zhao Mianshuang smiled and said, "Brother Jiang, I received news from my subordinates that you were returning recently. How was it? Did you gain anything in Peerless Daoist's Immortal Cave?"

Jiang Ning nodded with a smile, the famous scene of Earth's "Brother By Chance" appearing in his mind. He cupped his hands, "By chance, by chance."

Although Zhao Mianshuang was a woman, she didn't have many scruples when speaking to Jiang Ning.

She was very straightforward.

"Brother Jiang, hearing your 'by chance' makes me want to spar with you now. You've obtained something that my Eldest Imperial Brother, Third Imperial Brother, and Fourth Imperial Brother couldn't get.

You say it's by chance; isn't that slapping our Faces?"

Jiang Ning gave a "hehe" laugh.

He also felt that Brother By Chance was quite punchable when he said "by chance."

As for why he told Zhao Mianshuang about the Legacy, it was actually quite simple. Zhao Mianshuang had once looked after the "work" of the Student Union and knew he was the Student Union's "Guiding Teacher."

When the time comes, the Incense will suddenly have a different recipient.

And he hadn't made any noise.

By then, Zhao Mianshuang would be able to guess it.

Since it was something the other party would find out sooner or later anyway, saying it now would instead increase the trust between them. Why not?

Zhao Mianshuang smiled.

She had a plan in mind.

She knew how Jiang Ning would arrange things for his Clone if he obtained the Legacy.

He would definitely take the path of the Incense Dao.

Zhao Mianshuang voiced her doubt: "Brother Jiang, I have a question and hope you can answer it. Did you already plan this step when you founded the Student Union?

But how did you know that Peerless Daoist's Immortal Cave was in the White Tiger Continent?

Your methods of planning are such that even those ministers in the imperial court would feel inferior."

Jiang Ning was helpless.

"What planning? When I was stranded in a village in Yunhai Prefecture, I came into contact with the Incense Dao. At that time, my strength was damaged and I was recovering.

Since I had nothing else to do, I thought about trying out the Incense Dao for fun. I didn't expect to actually find some tricks to it.

Who knew that upon returning now, I'd run into the emergence of Peerless Daoist's Immortal Cave.

It's all a complete coincidence."

Zhao Mianshuang gave an "en" sound.

"Actually, Brother Jiang, yours is the most terrifying kind. It proves you have Great Luck; step by step, Luck will help you move forward.

You just happened to need to handle the affairs of the Student Union, and you just happened to not want to be distracted, so Peerless Daoist's Immortal Cave opened. And you just happened to have a good relationship with Hall Master Elixir Patrol of the Spirit Pill Hall.

Which led you to the Immortal Cave.

And then you obtained Peerless Daoist's Legacy.

Everything seems to fall into place, as if it were custom-made for you.

With Great Luck assisting you, everything becomes easy. Brother Jiang's Luck makes me envious!"

"Great Luck?"

Jiang Ning had read many novels where Luck was described.

Many people say the protagonist of a novel is the "Child of Fortune." He didn't expect this title would fall on him.

"Does Great Qian also have the concept of Luck?"

"Naturally."

Zhao Mianshuang nodded. She poured a cup of tea for Jiang Ning, signaling him to take a sip, and then continued: "Although it's always said that Cultivators contend with the Heavenly Dao.

Taking a path of defying heaven to change one's fate.

But how tiny is a Cultivator compared to the Heavenly Dao? Contending with the Heavenly Dao is just Cultivators' boastful talk about their own cultivation.

Isn't every step a Cultivator takes following the Heavenly Dao? Isn't it comprehending the Heavenly Dao? The Heavenly Dao is so grand; if the Heavenly Dao doesn't want a Cultivator to achieve Immortal Ascension and ascend...

Then how could that person possibly succeed?

It's just that Undergoing Tribulation requires passing through the Heavenly Tribulation, so it seems as if the Heavenly Dao doesn't allow people to become immortals.

In reality, the Heavenly Dao is just unintentionally maintaining the balance between the Upper Realm and the Lower Realm.

The Heavenly Dao is heartless, yet it is also the most compassionate.

Because the Heavenly Dao views all living beings equally."

Zhao Mianshuang took a sip of tea and continued: "Therefore, if a person is in harmony with the Heavenly Dao and their path is smooth, advancing ten thousand miles in a single day on the road of cultivation, that is Luck.

Otherwise, with geniuses of the same talent, why do some die young while others become giants of their field?

Why are some born with overwhelming talent while others are born with mediocre Aptitude?

It's just predestined in the dark."