Chapter 56: Divination, Bai Wuxi

Daoist Outrageous first examined your palm, then studied your face.

Then he began muttering words you could not understand.

Suddenly, Daoist Outrageous's eyes flew wide open, staring straight at you.

"Uh, Senior, if you have something to say, just say it." Being stared at by Daoist Outrageous made you uncomfortable.

Daoist Outrageous's expression turned solemn, and he slowly spat out three words: "The price goes up!"

"Hey, you stinking Daoist, what do you mean by that? What kind of business is it to raise the price halfway through a reading?" Bai Ruoxi was displeased off to the side, and she spoke angrily at Daoist Outrageous.

Daoist Outrageous paid Bai Ruoxi no mind at all, his gaze fixed dead on you, waiting for your answer.

You could not quite hold it together. Daoist Outrageous's words reminded you of some past events. You immediately took out ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones. Now that you carried a million mid-grade spirit stones, naturally you did not lack this little bit.

"Hahahaha!" Daoist Outrageous was no longer solemn. Delighted, he tucked the spirit stones into his pocket and continued divining for you.

"This journey will be frightening but not dangerous, and the thing your heart seeks will surely be obtained."

"But!" Daoist Outrageous changed the subject and spoke again.

"The thing you seek, young friend, is truly inauspicious!"

"This old Daoist advises you with one sentence: rice must be eaten one bite at a time, and the road must be walked one step at a time!"

"Never, for the sake of a brief shortcut, bury your future path!"

"That is all I have to say. Young friend, take your leave. This old Daoist is packing up his stall." Daoist Outrageous gathered his things, ready to flee.

"Hey, hey, hey, I haven't had my reading yet!" Bai Ruoxi hurriedly blocked Daoist Outrageous, refusing to let him leave.

"The wish in your heart will be fulfilled before long!" Daoist Outrageous glanced at Bai Ruoxi and said slowly.

Then Daoist Outrageous's figure became ethereal, vanishing from your sight.

"What does that mean? Hey, where did he go?" Bai Ruoxi lowered her head in thought. When she looked up again, Daoist Outrageous's figure was already gone.

You felt somewhat surprised at Daoist Outrageous's departure, but not shocked, because you had long suspected he was no ordinary person.

"This, just what methods are these?" Watching Daoist Outrageous vanish, even the Spirit Transformation cultivator Li Wuyou was shaken, and he could not help but ask you.

You shook your head, indicating you did not know, while silently pondering Daoist Outrageous's words.

An inauspicious thing? You silently mulled it over. The only thing you sought was the Nascent Soul Breaking Pill. Could the pill itself be a problem? Or was the person refining it the problem?

As for burying the future path, you thought of the path of cultivation.

Only by laying a solid foundation could one walk further on the path of cultivation. This was what you had seen in the Immortal-rank cultivation art, the Boundless Longevity Art.

And you had coincidentally done exactly that.

For a time, you thought of many things, but in the end it all came down to tonight. What exactly would happen?

You looked at Bai Ruoxi beside you, who was likewise lost in thought, and smiled. "Let's go."

"Coming, coming!" Bai Ruoxi said happily.

Night fell, at Bai Ruoxi's small courtyard of the Bai family in Yun'gui City.

"Begin," you said, standing to one side and watching Bai Ruoxi's performance, while your hands quietly set down the Five Elements Phantom Spirit Formation, encompassing the entire small courtyard.

With a single stir of your thoughts, the entire formation could activate instantly, just in case.

"Understood." Bai Ruoxi nodded, took out an incense stick, and planted it in the garden before lighting it.

"This is God-Summoning Incense, used specifically for contact. Once the pill refiner smells this fragrance, he will naturally come over." Bai Ruoxi explained to you, then sat to one side and waited patiently.

An hour later, the God-Summoning Incense was about to burn out. Before you could say anything, Bai Ruoxi grew restless instead.

"This shouldn't be. It's been an hour, why hasn't he come?" Bai Ruoxi stood up, looking left and right.

Just as the God-Summoning Incense was about to burn out, you sensed an aura rapidly approaching.

"He's here!" Li Wuyou transmitted to you.

"Overthrow the Purple Empyrean's tyranny."

"Our duty brooks no delay!" Bai Ruoxi whispered.

The next second, a man in black appeared. At a glance, you could tell he was at the seventh layer of Nascent Soul.

"Junior Sister, you've finally come back!" The man in black no longer hid himself, arriving before Bai Ruoxi.

"Senior Brother, long time no see." Bai Ruoxi greeted him, then said, "Enough nonsense. I've come to find you to refine a pill."

Bai Ruoxi came to your side and introduced you to the man in black. "This Fellow Daoist needs the Nascent Soul Breaking Pill refined. When can you finish it?"

The man in black's mouth twitched. He feigned anger. "A stranger? You actually brought a stranger to see me, and you want me to refine some Nascent Soul Breaking Pill for him?"

"Have you lost your mind!"

"Just tell me whether you'll refine it or not?"

"…I'll refine it!"

After the man in black agreed, he sized you up twice and said disdainfully, "Pretty boy!"

Hearing this, you immediately wanted to teach the man a lesson, but on second thought, you still needed him to refine the pill, so you temporarily let him off. Once the pill was done, you would settle it!

Before you could speak, Bai Ruoxi hurriedly pulled the man in black to a corner and said in a low voice, "Do you have a death wish? You dare say anything!"

"A mere Golden Core cultivator. Would I fear him?" The man in black said disdainfully, but his voice was not loud.

"I saw it with my own eyes. He punched an Nascent Soul cultivator of the same cultivation as you to death," Bai Ruoxi said seriously.

"Hiss!" The man in black sucked in a cold breath, hurriedly ran before you, and bowed. "This humble one is Bai Wuxi, Ruoxi's cousin. I was greatly offensive earlier. Please forgive me, Fellow Daoist."

You were somewhat speechless. Two cousins, in their own home, still going through all this. Truly… interesting!

Just from the secret signal earlier, you would have thought this was some dark organization.

"Ahem, it's fine. As for the Nascent Soul Breaking Pill…"

"Leave it to me!" Bai Wuxi patted his chest in guarantee. Then, not knowing what he recalled, he added, "Only, the pill-refining spirit medicine…"

"All the spirit medicine for refining the Nascent Soul Breaking Pill is already prepared. Afterward, another hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones will be offered!" You took out a storage bag and handed it to Bai Wuxi.

"Hahaha, Fellow Daoist is straightforward! No time to lose, I'll fire up the furnace tonight!" Taking the storage bag, Bai Wuxi was overjoyed.

Listening to the two of you, Bai Ruoxi stood to one side and hummed twice, saying nothing.

Bai Wuxi glanced back, then said to you, "The Nascent Soul Breaking Pill is rather special. When I refine it later, I will need Fellow Daoist to stand guard for a while."

"Fellow Daoist, please lead the way."