89: Is Qin Feng, the chosen one?

However, just as Qingxin Peak was filled with a charming atmosphere, flirting, warmth, and jealousy flying about.

At the summit of the distant Main Peak of the Tianxuan Sect.

Inside the Sect Revered Master's Grand Hall, shrouded in mist all year round and symbolizing supreme power.

A pair of eyes as sharp as a Phoenix, seemingly able to pierce through the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, were quietly watching everything through a Mystic Light Mirror shimmering with watery light.

Bai Luoli sat upright upon the throne carved from Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Jade Marrow.

There was no expression on her face.

That breathtakingly beautiful face was as cold as the eternal ice beneath the Nine Netherworlds.

The scene of Qingxin Peak was clearly reflected in the Mystic Light Mirror.

Reflecting that young man.

Scene after scene, event after event.

Everything fell into her eyes without the slightest error.

She did not use her Divine Sense.

With Qin Feng's current strange concealment methods and his Nascent Soul Stage cultivation, even she would find it difficult to detect his tracks unless she deliberately swept every inch with her Divine Thought.

What she used was the core of the Tianxuan Sect's Mountain-Protecting Array—the Mirror of Material Dao.

This mirror was connected to the eye of the Sect's grand array, monitoring every inch of the Tianxuan Sect's land.

Unless there were special Restrictions set by someone of her Rank, nothing within the Sect could hide from it.

As for Qingxin Peak, except for Zhao Muxue's bedchamber which had an isolating Restriction she personally set years ago, other places were almost defenseless against the Mirror of Material Dao.

Bai Luoli watched quietly.

Watching that young man.

This man... was even more extraordinary than she had imagined.

His methods, his Heart-Nature, his grasp of women's psychology... he didn't seem like a young man in his early twenties at all!

What made her heart race even more was his cultivation!

Overnight!

From the Early Golden Core Stage to the Nascent Soul Sixth Layer!

Although he used that strange Cultivation Technique to perfectly disguise his aura as the Early Golden Core Stage.

But under the mystic light of the Mirror of Material Dao that saw through to the Origin, the brilliant golden Nascent Soul sitting atop a golden Divine Elephant within his Dantian and Qi Sea was so dazzling! So eye-catching!

This could no longer be explained by the word "Genius."

This was... a Prodigy!

Bai Luoli's narrow phoenix eyes narrowed slightly.

A demonic nature that pointed straight to the heart, making it impossible to resist!

Bai Luoli's slender fingers, resting on the armrest of the throne, tapped lightly and unconsciously.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

Each sound was like a hammer of the Heavenly Dao, striking her heart.

Having been in charge of the Tianxuan Sect for hundreds of years, she had seen countless brilliant individuals.

There were sword dao geniuses born with innate Sword Bones who could resonate with heaven and earth at the age of three.

There were peerless Revered Masters with clear Dao Hearts who attained enlightenment in the Mortal World and underwent Ascension on the spot.

But no matter who it was, in the face of Qin Feng's Heaven-Defying growth speed, they all seemed so... mediocre.

So insignificant.

A thought uncontrollably sprouted from the deepest part of her heart, occupying her entire mind.

The Child of Destiny!

Only the legendary Child of Destiny, favored by the Luck of the entire world and born in response to a tribulation, could possess such unreasonable fortune!

Bai Luoli's phoenix eyes suddenly contracted.

For the first time, her breathing showed an extremely slight disturbance.

She thought of the scattered records about the "Child of Destiny" in the Sect's oldest classics.

[Blessed by Luck, turning misfortune into auspiciousness.]

[Taking opportunities when met, gathering women when encountered.]

[Growing stronger with every battle, destined not to die.]

[No Bottlenecks in cultivation, invincible among peers of the same Rank.]

Each and every point actually fit perfectly with Qin Feng's behavior and everything that happened to him!

His "Qi Deviation" was supposed to be a certain death situation, but he gained a blessing in disguise and his cultivation skyrocketed.

Zhao Muxue, Ye Nianxin, Lin Yao—which one of them wasn't a favored daughter of heaven with great Luck? Yet in a short time, they were willing to revolve around him and nourish his Luck.

And that strange and overbearing Cultivation Technique, that incomparably powerful physique... everything pointed to that answer that made her feel both absurd and slightly terrified.

Bai Luoli slowly raised her hand.

On her fair wrist, half of a phoenix token tied with a red string quietly slid into her palm.

The token was warm, seemingly sensing its owner's mood, and faintly emitted a nearly imperceptible warmth.

Her gaze seemed to pierce through the hall's dome and the heavy mist, seeing Qin Feng's chest once again.

There, the other half was hidden.

The phoenix tail.

This was the only keepsake the Revered Master had given her before passing away.

And left behind a prophecy that she had not yet deciphered.

"The Phoenix cries on Mount Qi; the mandate of heaven returns."

"When the phoenix tail appears in the world, it will be the day the Tianxuan Sect soars to the sky, or... falls into eternal damnation."

For many years, she had always thought this was just a vague expectation or a beautiful vision the Revered Master had for the future.

But now... the phoenix tail had truly appeared.

Appearing on a young man she completely couldn't see through or control.

On a young man suspected to be the "Child of Destiny"!

Kill?

This thought coldly jumped out of Bai Luoli's mind immediately.

An uncontrollable Child of Destiny was an immeasurable and huge threat to her and the entire Tianxuan Sect.

If he were an enemy, given his growth speed, the Tianxuan Sect would be in imminent danger.

If he were a variable, the grand plan she had schemed for the Sect for hundreds of years could be destroyed in an instant.

With her cultivation at the Peak of the Undergoing Tribulation stage, if she struck with all her might, she was ninety-nine percent certain she could nip this dangerous seed in the bud before he fully grew!

However, this thought only lasted for a moment.

Before she forcibly extinguished it with her powerful Dao Heart.

Kill the Child of Destiny?

The backlash from the Heavenly Dao that she would have to endure was likely something even she couldn't afford.

At best, her cultivation would regress; at worst, her Dao Foundation would crumble, and she would perish.

Moreover... what if the Revered Master's prophecy pointed towards "soaring to the sky"?

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