A match struck by lightning

Seeing Luo Ningshuang's expression suddenly change and the speed at which she was molding the Medicinal Pills slow down significantly, Uncle Meng couldn't help but speak up.

"Young Mistress, is there something on your mind?"

Hearing Uncle Meng's reminder, Luo Ningshuang snapped back to her senses and quickly finished molding the remaining pills in her hand.

"I was just thinking about my time at Jixia Academy... I suddenly realized that Su Ming and I share some similarities."

As Luo Ningshuang spoke, she handed the qi condensing pills in her hand to Uncle Meng.

"It's always good for young people to communicate more. It's a pity the Young Lord is currently in closed-door cultivation. Once he returns from the Three Saints Secret Realm, Young Mistress should seize the Opportunity."

At this point, Uncle Meng kept winking at Luo Ningshuang, not looking at all like a serious elder.

After understanding Uncle Meng's implication, Luo Ningshuang's fair face flushed red.

"You can just call me by my name; I can't live up to the title of Young Mistress yet..." At the thought of what the Jade Pool Empress had said, Luo Ningshuang's expression instantly turned cold.

Seeing Luo Ningshuang's face change at light speed, Uncle Meng was a bit bewildered. He could only sigh inwardly that the thoughts of young people were hard to guess before going off to process the batch of qi condensing pills he had just received.

Seeing Uncle Meng leave, Luo Ningshuang shut down the 'xuan yang li fire cauldron' and returned to her room.

"Jade Pool Empress, answer my question. Why must I leave Su Ming's side? And why am I destined to be his enemy?"

"Because it is destined that Su Ming is not your future Dao Companion. Your partner is someone else; your Destiny has already become intertwined with his..."

"You mean you can see my Destiny? My future?"

"It's not seeing, it's sensing. Although I am only a remnant soul, my perception of Destiny remains. As my remnant soul recovers, this perception will become clearer and clearer."

"So what you're saying is that because of this so-called Destiny, I have to become Dao Companions with someone else I haven't even met yet? And this process cannot be changed?"

Luo Ningshuang's voice already carried a clear note of anger.

She personally despised such arrangements.

"Yes, Destiny cannot be defied..."

"Bullshit!" Luo Ningshuang disregarded her image and cursed directly, "My Destiny is dominated by myself; my future is for me to decide!"

"From now on, if the Destiny you speak of wants me to go east, I will go west. Since it has decided I must partner with another and be Su Ming's enemy, then I will do the exact opposite!"

"Even if I die! I will never obey that ethereal Destiny you speak of!"

Hearing Luo Ningshuang's resolute voice, the Jade Pool Empress chose silence.

The other's words reminded her of someone.

Her remnant soul had not yet recovered, so she couldn't remember that person's name or appearance. She only remembered that they also disdained so-called Destiny and were constantly working against it.

"Resisting Destiny will not end well..."

"Is that so? Then that suits me perfectly!"

"You said I would be Su Ming's enemy, also because of Destiny?"

"No, his very existence is a negation of Destiny. Therefore, anyone with a significant connection to Destiny will inevitably be guided by it to become his enemy."

"Is that so? That's wonderful..." A smile appeared at the corners of Luo Ningshuang's mouth; she seemed to have made a certain decision.

At that moment, she suddenly felt a sense of malice. It was as if a clap of thunder exploded in her ears, seemingly condemning her rebellious behavior.

Sensing all this, the smile on Luo Ningshuang's face grew even deeper:

She was unwilling to accept Destiny's arrangements, and Su Ming was born to be negated by Destiny. "It seems I couldn't be more suited to be the Young Mistress of the Su Family."

The thunder in her ears grew more intense, and the Innate Dao Pattern on Luo Ningshuang's forehead began to flicker. She gradually felt her thoughts becoming somewhat muddled.

Hallucinations began to appear before her eyes. She saw a completely strange man standing beside her, and opposite the two of them, Su Ming stood there.

"He and I are enemies..." This thought appeared in Luo Ningshuang's mind, but it was quickly rejected by her.

That was the future Destiny wanted to see.

But it wasn't the future she wanted to see.

She reached out toward the Innate Dao Pattern on her forehead, as if she wanted to gouge it out directly.

If this thing was also something Destiny intended for her to have, then she would rather tear it away from herself.

She forcefully clawed bloodstains onto her forehead, directly blurring the marks of the Innate Dao Pattern.

But this thing was an existence that coexisted with her Soul. The mark on her forehead was merely a sign; even if it was destroyed, it didn't mean the Innate Dao Pattern had disappeared.

At this moment, Luo Ningshuang suddenly felt her hand being held.

"Self-destruction like this is not the best choice for resisting it." Su Ming's voice sounded in her ear.

Su Ming, who was originally cultivating, had suddenly received a prompt from the System.

[Luo Ningshuang has developed favorable feelings toward the Host and identifies with her status as the Host's fiancée. Gained 80,000 destiny points.]

[Luo Ningshuang has realized the existence of Destiny and stirred a sense of resistance. Gained 30,000 destiny points.]

[Destiny has begun to interfere with Luo Ningshuang, attempting to twist her thinking. Does the Host wish to consume destiny points to stop it?]

The vast majority of this world's Destiny was concentrated on Luo Ningshuang and Chu Fan, which also meant that Destiny could influence the two of them to the greatest extent.

When a core Opportunity was taken away, Destiny immediately supplemented it with another core Opportunity.

As soon as the consciousness to resist Destiny arose, it began to twist her thoughts.

Su Ming had every reason to suspect that the plot points in the original work where Luo Ningshuang's intelligence dropped in front of Chu Fan were due to the influence of Destiny.

[Since Luo Ningshuang has realized the existence of Destiny and is prepared to resist, it is possible to permanently stop Destiny's interference with Luo Ningshuang, but it will consume 250,000 destiny points.]

Su Ming glanced at the destiny points he held; it was just a bit over 280,000.

This would basically send him back to square one in one go.

But Su Ming knew even more clearly that if he didn't take action, he would be watching helplessly as Destiny exerted an irreversible influence on her.

"My fiancée is not for you to order around!"

"System, teach this Destiny how to behave!"

[Please go to Luo Ningshuang's side and release the Half-step Void Realm battle spirit puppet.]

And so, Su Ming had come to Luo Ningshuang's room and stopped her from continuing her self-harm.

"Luo Ningshuang, are you willing to join me in resisting our predetermined fate?"

Facing Su Ming's question, Luo Ningshuang widened her eyes, sweeping away the hallucinations until Su Ming's face was reflected in her eyes. She answered decisively, "I am!"

The moment she spoke those words, a bolt of heavenly lightning suddenly fell, striking down directly over their heads.

They were indeed, in the literal sense, a match made in heaven, struck by lightning.