199: Seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune

Li Haotian's right hand trembled slightly. Under the impact of that full-strength collision just now, his arm ached a little, but fortunately, he had not sustained any substantial injuries.

The opponent's move was truly terrifying.

If he hadn't applied the great emperor cultivation experience card to himself beforehand, he likely would have been severely injured in a single blow had he been ambushed.

The heaven-rank golden magic treasure on his body wouldn't have cost him his life, but he would have at least sustained extremely serious injuries.

Li Haotian gently clenched his hand. His current strength was still not quite strong enough; he was still powerless against certain sneak attacks.

He still had a long way to go before he was truly invincible in the world.

"My goodness, this space has been beaten into a void; I'm afraid it won't recover for at least ten thousand years!"

"The Alien Race is truly ruthless. They actually mobilized so many Great Emperor Powerhouses at once, and they even possess such shocking methods!"

"Chief Li of the Heavenly Profound Sect is actually this strong. The aura emitted by that sword strike just now was at the Peak Great Emperor level—it's simply unbelievable!"

Hearing this, everyone turned their heads to look at Li Haotian. Chi Hong also looked at him with an extremely complex gaze.

"So you are actually at the Peak Great Emperor Cultivation, why did you keep pretending to be a Saint? Were you already at the Peak Great Emperor level when you defeated me before?"

Chi Hong's voice trembled slightly, her eyes filled with disbelief, as if everything she had once believed in had completely vanished.

She had always believed that he was a Powerhouse who could defeat her at the Saint level, a Powerhouse of the same Realm. Yet, the strength he unleashed today was clearly that of a Great Emperor!

"I am indeed at the Saint Cultivation level in my daily life; that is beyond doubt. Today, I merely used some special methods to barely pull my Cultivation up to this Realm. If I had such Cultivation while being this young, that would be wonderful."

Li Haotian curled his lips helplessly. He didn't speak these words aloud but instead used a sound transmission. With so many people around, he couldn't let his secret be exposed.

It was best if they thought he was at the Peak Great Emperor level; that way, they wouldn't dare to attack him. Under an attack of that magnitude just now, even a Peak Great Emperor would have perished.

If such an impressive battle record were to spread, I'm afraid no one among the Alien Race would dare to ambush him.

Chi Hong stared blankly at Li Haotian, thinking of the bits and pieces of their time together these past few days, and finally bit her lip.

"I believe you."

Upon hearing this response, Li Haotian made no reaction. If she misunderstood him and wanted to leave because of this, he wouldn't stop her. This would actually make things much easier for him, though it was a pity to have one less person to play mahjong with.

If she left, he would only be able to play Fight the Landlord every day from now on.

Li Haotian waved his hand again, and everyone flew directly toward where the Human Race was located. In less than a quarter of an hour, they arrived at the edge of the city. Since Li Haotian's Cultivation had not yet dissipated, he had to conceal himself before entering the city.

Everyone quickly returned to the residence, while the Elders of the Chiyuan Sect took their leave.

"I didn't expect you to have such methods. I'm a bit curious about your background now. The Heavenly Profound Sect definitely wouldn't have such methods, and even any of the Ten Great Sects wouldn't have them either."

Chi Hong blinked, staring intently at Li Haotian, seemingly wanting to see through his background.

"You can investigate all you want. I am Li Haotian from the Heavenly Profound Sect. The Sect Master and other Chiefs in the Sect can testify for me; I grew up there since I was a child."

Li Haotian's tone was flat, without any ripples. He did not intend to offer any explanation for his actions today; even if he did, she might not necessarily believe it.

Perhaps she didn't even know what a System was.

Chi Hong clearly didn't believe his explanation and sighed helplessly.

There wasn't a single Disciple in the residence today; only Ghost One and Ghost Two were there. After Li Haotian instructed the two of them to go drink tea, he sat at the stone table and began to flip through the ancient text in his hand.

This item was the Storage Pouch he had seized from a Great Emperor of the White Elephant Clan.

Inside were quite a few books, but unfortunately, the characters in these books were not of the Human Race, and he could not understand them.

"Where is Xue You? Go and bring her here."

As soon as Li Haotian spoke, he felt an extremely soft sensation on his back, and slender, jade-like, fair arms wrapped around his neck.

"What do you want with me?"

Xue You's voice appeared beside Li Haotian's ear.

"It's a coincidence; I just said I was looking for you, and you appeared."

Li Haotian did not turn around, his tone carrying a hint of surprise.

"That's not a coincidence, oh. Just now, while I was in the Immortal Cave, I sensed that you were going to call for me, so I walked out on my own."

Xue You walked around Li Haotian and withdrew her hands, because she was being stared at intensely by a pair of angry eyes—it was Chi Hong, who had witnessed the whole thing.

"How could you sense that I was going to call you? And can you be more specific about that ability you told me about before?"

Li Haotian suddenly thought of something. If she could know that he was going to call her, it might be related to this ability, so he immediately asked.

"It is indeed because of this ability of mine. It is like being a prophet; it can foretell things that are about to happen, but only a little bit. Just now, I had a premonition that you were going to call me, so I came over."

Xue You seemed not very clear about this ability of hers either, just waving her hand to explain.

"That's not right. Logically speaking, having such an ability should have allowed you to sense some danger before coming to our town and approaching me—just like when you first entered my courtyard and were knocked unconscious twice by my two Disciples."

Li Haotian pondered the events that had occurred before, still feeling a bit confused.

"That is true. This ability can indeed allow me to seek good fortune and avoid calamity, but it is useless against those with great Luck. For instance, you and your Disciples—each one of you has soaring Luck, and I simply cannot sense if you are going to harm me or any other situation."

"I have even discovered that this ability of mine seems to cater to those of you with great Luck, because just before you wanted to call me, it gave a prompt, which meant for me to come over."

Xue You looked very helpless. After living here for a while, her personality had restored its former liveliness.

Although she couldn't go out and wander around, being able to stay here was already considered quite good. At the very least, no one would chain her up, lock her in a dark, cold dungeon, and feed her moldy food.