Chapter 146 Another Chosen One

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the Primordial Origin of the Daughter of Luck, Sect Leader Yun Yin. villain points +20,000.]

[Currently, Sect Leader Yun Yin's attachment level to the Host is 90, achievement Rank S. The Host can choose to settle now or continue to stack.]

Lin Xiao did not hesitate and decisively muttered in his heart, "Continue to stack!"

From Sect Leader Yun Yin's life script, he learned that she would marry the pill king, Pill King Ji Boduan, in two weeks.

As long as he showed up at the Lanyun Sect to crash the wedding on that day, wouldn't the final ten attachment points be easily within his grasp?

When he thought about how he only had to face some small sects whose highest cultivation was merely at the Nascent Soul stage, Lin Xiao couldn't help but want to laugh.

He wouldn't even need Ye Li and Ao Xi inside the Teaching Tower to take action; he could sweep through this region all by himself.

One day, at dawn.

A few glowing red embers remained in the campfire.

Beside Lin Xiao, there was already no one left.

He was not surprised by this.

With the help of the Pure Yang power, Sect Leader Yun Yin not only neutralized the violent Spiritual Qi of the Spirit-Tail Chicken but also took the opportunity to break her Seal ahead of time.

As the Sect Master of the Lanyun Sect, coupled with that unavoidable marriage contract, she was destined to be helpless in many matters.

Lin Xiao sat up, his gaze falling on the pink Storage Pouch beside him.

As his Divine Sense probed inside, it was surprisingly filled with some mid-to-Low-Grade Spirit Stones, as well as some low-cost Medicinal Pills and ordinary Magical Artifacts.

In addition, there was also a transmission Jade Slip inside.

Lin Xiao immediately took out the Jade Slip and poured spiritual energy into it.

A voice then drifted out:

"Xiao Lin, please forgive my leaving without saying goodbye."

"I don't know how to thank you for helping me twice."

"Here are all the savings I've accumulated over the years, consider it a little compensation for you."

The voice in the Jade Slip paused for a moment, accompanied by a heavy breathing sound, as the speaker was clearly trying her best to suppress her emotions.

"In two weeks, I might hold my wedding with the pill king, Pill King Ji Boduan."

"As the Sect Master of the Lanyun Sect, there are many things I cannot run away from."

"If I really marry him in two weeks, I hope you can forget this absurd experience and just treat it as a dream."

"If, in the end, I do not marry him, I will naturally repay your life-saving favor in person."

"Lastly... the roast chicken you made was really delicious."

"I hope that in this lifetime, I will have the chance to eat it again."

The voice stopped abruptly, and the light on the Jade Slip dimmed as well.

Although these Spirit Stones and Medicinal Pills were somewhat shabby for Lin Xiao,

what he sought had never, ever been these worldly possessions.

"You think you can buy my innocence with just these things?"

Lin Xiao stretched and slowly walked out of the cave.

Greeting the dazzling morning sun, his eyes narrowed slightly as he whispered softly:

"What pill king Pill King Ji Boduan? I'm the Saint Ji Bochang!"

"I'd like to see just who on earth you are!"

...

Wuqi City, a city on the border of the Eastern Region.

Heavy, dark clouds pressed down on the city walls, casting a depressing atmosphere over the vast compound of the Nalan Family.

Inside the room, cloaked Alchemists walked out shaking their heads from time to time.

Although they could not alleviate the fire poison of the Nalan Family's old patriarch inside the room, the head of the Nalan Family, Family Head Nalan Xiao, still arranged for servants to present each of them with one thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones as a consultation fee.

Walking at the very back was a thin, withered old man with white hair and beard. He was Yi Zhonghai, a highly prestigious Tier Three Peak Alchemist of Wuqi City, known as Great Master Yi.

Great Master Yi took the Spirit Stones and sighed heavily.

"Even Lord Pill King Ji Boduan, the pill king, was helpless against this poison. Forgive this old man for speaking bluntly, but rather than wasting your efforts, you might as well prepare for the old master's funeral early."

The courtyard was dead silent; no one refuted him.

It seemed that was the only option.

Just then, a delicate shout rang out:

"You're talking nonsense!"

A young girl wearing a tight-fitting, moon-white dress walked into the courtyard with her eyebrows raised in anger.

She had a slender figure, skin as white as snow, and her autumn-water eyes were filled with rage.

This person was the Young Sect Master of the Lanyun Sect, Young Sect Leader Nalan Qingyi, who had a Three-Year Agreement with Ye Bufan.

She stared intently at Great Master Yi, her eyes rimmed with red.

"Old man, if you dare to speak nonsense again and curse my grandfather, watch out or I'll rip your mouth apart!"

"Qingyi! Do not be rude!" A cold-faced middle-aged man who exuded authority without being angry immediately scolded her in a deep voice.

He glared fiercely at the girl, then cupped his fists towards Great Master Yi, bowing respectfully:

"Please calm your anger, Great Master Yi. My daughter was anxious to save her grandfather and spoke out of turn. It is my, Family Head Nalan Xiao's, failure to educate my daughter properly. I hope the Great Master can be magnanimous."

Great Master Yi snorted coldly, his face turning ashen.

Family Head Nalan Xiao then continued:

"As the saying goes, every profession has its specialty. Although Great Master Ji is known as the pill king and is a Tier Five Alchemist expert, he ultimately specializes in the art of pill refinement and is not adept in the way of poisons."

"Although my father's fire poison is strange, before the dust settles, we as Juniors must do our utmost."

"Even if there is only a sliver of hope, we do not want to give up easily."

Great Master Yi remained noncommittal, immediately flicked his sleeves, and strode away.

The people in the courtyard looked at each other, their expressions growing increasingly gloomy.

This was already who-knows-how-many waves of Alchemists.

Hope was ignited time and again, only to be shattered repeatedly.

Everyone was well aware of Old Master Nalan's fire poison.

Even the pill king, who was a Tier Five Alchemist, was helpless. How could anyone else have the power to reverse the situation?

Although Family Head Nalan Xiao had already prepared himself for the worst in his heart,

he still hoped that the Nalan Family would be favored by the Heavenly Dao and wait for a hidden expert skilled in the way of poison to arrive.

Just as the atmosphere was depressed,

a rush of hurried footsteps came from outside the courtyard.

An old man dressed as a butler hurriedly entered the courtyard.

"Reporting to the Family Head, two more young men have just arrived, both claiming they can cure the old master's fire poison!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the courtyard was startled.

Family Head Nalan Xiao immediately questioned, "Whose Great Master's Disciples are these two? What tier of Alchemists are they?"

The butler looked troubled and stammered, "This... neither of them has an Alchemist badge."

"However, one of them has an extraordinary temperament, appearing like a Disciple of some great sect traveling abroad, though I cannot see through his cultivation."

"As for the other, he has a Foundation Establishment cultivation and seems rather ordinary."

The Grand Elder hearing this, immediately snorted in disdain, his face full of sarcasm.

"They are probably another two shameless scoundrels trying to fish in troubled waters and get Spirit Stones for nothing!"

"Our Nalan Family's Spirit Stones are not something any random cat or dog can take."

"Send them away quickly!"

The butler nodded submissively and was about to bow and withdraw.

"Wait."

Family Head Nalan Xiao suddenly raised his hand, stopping the butler.

"Take me to see these two."

Everyone, including the Grand Elder, showed expressions of confusion.

The Grand Elder furrowed his brows and said in a deep voice:

"Family Head, these two brats are clearly trying to get our Nalan Family's Spirit Stones for nothing. Why waste time on them?"

Family Head Nalan Xiao did not refute him, but his footsteps did not stop either.

He knew very well that the butler's judgment of people had always been sharp.

For the butler to describe him as having an extraordinary temperament meant the visitor's identity might truly be simple.

Even if the other party could not treat the old master, they must absolutely not offend them lightly.

If the visitors were indeed frauds, it would at most waste a bit of time.

Seeing that Family Head Nalan Xiao insisted on having his way,

the Grand Elder's face darkened, and he secretly grumbled in his heart:

"The old master's fire poison has attacked his heart, and even Lord pill king has no way. It is clearly his fate!"

"But you, Family Head Nalan Xiao, are throwing out one thousand Spirit Stones after another. Do you really think our Nalan Family is a charity?"

"At this rate of squandering, it won't be a few years before our Nalan Family is completely squandered away by you, this spendthrift family head!"

He looked coldly at Family Head Nalan Xiao's back, secretly calculating in his heart:

"Next time the Elders' Council is convened, this old man will definitely list out your spendthrift actions in detail!"

Soon, the large group of people arrived at the side hall.

Sitting inside the hall were two young men, one in black and one in white.

The youth in black had a handsome face and a slightly thin build. A trace of arrogance lingered in his eyes, as if nothing in this world was worthy of his concern.

This person was named Baili Yunce. Just like Ye Bufan, Qin Hao, and the others, he was also a Son of Luck.

As a qualified Son of Luck, he was well-versed in the essence of "playing the pig to eat feed," clearly possessing a Core Formation Great Perfection cultivation, yet insisting on disguising himself as Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

He had come this time firstly to seek cultivation resources, and secondly because he had heard that the Nalan Family's Young Miss, Young Sect Leader Nalan Qingyi, was exceptionally beautiful, and he intended to see her for himself.

In all fairness, his appearance was absolutely outstanding among male cultivators.

But unfortunately, the white-robed youth sitting opposite him was none other than:

The Saint of the Primordial Holy Land, the leader of the Eastern Region's Righteous Path who naturally exuded a Noble Spirit, the number one incubus of the cultivation world, the one known as the harvester of Daughters of Luck, and the ultimate possessor of the Supreme Bone and the Pure Yang Sacred Body—Lin Xiao!