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Chapter 68 The way to win is to lose more!
Although Mr. Wang said no, Feng Xue still paid for a piece of Hetian blue and white seed material priced at 15 guan based on the principle that one should not ask in vain.

On the way home, he was still thinking about the several possibilities mentioned by Old Man Wang, but after thinking about it, none of them seemed particularly reliable. Whether it was a big demon that turned dead objects into spirits, or a real immortal playing in the human world, it seemed unnecessary to have anything to do with him.

It's impossible that I am really a one in a million genius in cultivating immortals, right?

Feng Xue muttered as he walked home, but he didn't notice that there was a figure following behind him in the distance.

"Sure enough, this guy can't detect my tracking. He has to see me directly, or use a spell like the Sky Eye Technique to see me, in order to find out that I'm abnormal."

Keeping a sufficient distance from Feng Xue, the demon cultivator used his stronger spiritual perception to lock onto Feng Xue, while also thinking about what to do next.

According to the usual logic of demon cultivators, if they found someone threatening them, they would definitely kill him. But if it involved a realm-breaking calamity, then that was another matter entirely.

Because he had to consider whether his disaster was caused by this little ghost or the sect that might emerge from behind the little ghost.

In the Xuan Xiu lineage, the younger ones are always the better. It would be fine if it was an ordinary disciple, but if a direct disciple like this, who has a hundred-year-old spirit ghost and a thousand-year-old monster around him, really died, the elders behind him would probably go crazy.

If a disciple who has not yet entered the Tao can sense his peculiarity, then those elders who have entered the Tao behind him, and even the ancestors in the underworld, will be able to find him out without a doubt, right?

But no matter what, in just two days, the two sides have had so many interactions, intentionally or unintentionally, that it is obvious that some kind of cause and effect has been formed. If this is left unchecked, this cause and effect will inevitably increase.

The demon cultivator recalled the experiences of many demon cultivator predecessors who had overcome human tribulations, and felt helpless. Unlike the righteous, there was no harmony among the demon cultivators, so these experiences were basically not narrated orally by their predecessors. Most of them were reviewed based on someone's experience after realizing that he had overcome human tribulations.

Among these successful cases, no one dared to claim to be perfect, or in fact, from the perspective of later generations, most of the demon cultivators who survived the human tribulation made many low-level mistakes.

Before overcoming the human tribulation, most demon cultivators, including him, believed that such low-level mistakes were the impact of the human tribulation on their fortunes. However, after experiencing it firsthand, this demon cultivator gained a new understanding.

"Could it be that these seniors are deliberately suffering losses?"

Although this idea sounds a bit ridiculous, after all, if you know that you are going to survive a tribulation, wouldn't it be courting death to make mistakes on purpose?
But if you think about it carefully, it does make some sense.

Human calamity, after all, is an obstruction from humanity to the demonic cultivators when they break through the realm, but this obstruction is not infinite. Instead, the calamity that will befall you is equal to the amount of evil karma you have committed. The amount of evil karma a person has committed is limited, so the calamity that will befall you is naturally limited.

The reason why those demon cultivators who try to avoid human disasters often encounter terrible disasters at the last moment is precisely because their evil karma is not neutralized by the disaster, so that at the last moment, it bursts out all at once.

"So that's it! This is the key to surviving the human calamity!" The demon cultivator only felt a flash of inspiration from behind his head, and his whole thinking suddenly became clear.

Just like the principle of no double punishment for one crime (Note ①), no matter whether those predecessors did it intentionally or unintentionally, as long as they continue to be unlucky and suffer losses during the period of tribulation, it is equivalent to having been punished by karma, and then this part will be deducted when the human tribulation is calculated. Therefore, as long as the karma is cashed out in advance, the intensity of the human tribulation when it finally breaks out will be lower, and the chance of surviving it will be higher!
With this understanding, the demon cultivator's thinking immediately became clear, and all the previous conspiracies and calculations were completely overturned by him, because he had now realized that the more he won now, the more miserable he would lose later.

So, he is going to lose!
But losing also requires skill. If you mess up and lose everything at the beginning, that would be suicide.

Thinking of this, the demon cultivator couldn't help but focus his attention on Feng Xue again, because his intuition told him that this kid was the key to his tribulation, regardless of life or death!

……

"Mr. Feng!" When Feng Xue returned to the door of his house, he saw a familiar face. He was already nervous and his face suddenly turned dark. It was not until he saw the life span above the other person's head that he relaxed a little.

"What's the matter?" Seeing Feng Xue's unhappy expression, the broker's face also looked a little ugly, but he still spoke:

"Today's train is late. I heard they encountered bandits along the way, but they only stole some valuables. Your refrigerator is fine, but the train broke down, so they have to have it towed back. I'm afraid it won't be delivered until tomorrow. When will you be free tomorrow?"

Feng Xue didn't really care when he heard that. Although he was used to having a refrigerator, he didn't really need one in the middle of winter. However, he also knew that he couldn't show a good face at a time like this, so he said with a stern face, "I'll be fine tomorrow, but those large appliances are expensive. If you bring me a broken one, you'll have to think about the consequences!"

"No, no! Definitely not! If it doesn't work, our agency will buy you a new one at our own expense! If you don't keep your word, I will be struck to death by lightning when I leave!" As the brothel man spoke, he raised his right hand and began to swear, but Feng Xue did not stop him. Instead, he watched him finish his words with interest. This scene made the brothel man break out in a cold sweat. Until this moment, he remembered that the person in front of him seemed to be a master of playing with lightning.

He felt sad in his heart, but he had to maintain a positive appearance on the surface, and all of this was seen by the demon cultivator who was watching from afar.

"It sounds like they bought something big from the dealer? A refrigerator...what is that?"

The demon cultivator thought about it and put it aside for the time being. He just waited quietly for Feng Xue to enter the house, then cast an invisibility spell on himself and quietly moved towards the house.

Actually, for a "superhuman mortal" like him, casting an invisibility spell was actually more risky than not casting one. But who had made him deliberately act so foolishly? If a great demon or ghost noticed him as he approached, and then pursued him all the way, taking a few spells from them, wouldn't that be considered a disaster?
Of course, he couldn't expose himself intentionally. Even if it was an invisibility spell, he had to perform it properly. However, he believed that even if he suppressed the fluctuation of his magic power to the lowest level, he would not be able to hide from the perception of the thousand-year-old demon!
however……

"What's going on? Where's the big demon? Where's the ghost?" The demon cultivator who was already sticking to the courtyard wall was confused. It was hard for him to understand why no one came out to beat him up even though he was so far away.

"Are they practicing dual cultivation?" Thinking of the strange clothes that the snake demon wore during the day, the devil cultivator couldn't help but think that way. He said "Pooh" in his heart, but he concentrated his magic power on his fingertips and climbed in along the courtyard wall like a gecko.

then……

"No, why does your ghost have a circular mirror? No wonder I climbed up the window and was not discovered!"

　Note 1: This mechanism is easy to understand, just like paying back a debt.

　　Karma is the debt you owe, and disaster is your repayment of the debt.

　　Renjie is the final repayment execution date.

　　The more you pay upfront, the less you will have to pay on the execution date.

　　But if you have refused to repay the loan before, you may not be able to afford the sudden payment on the execution day.

　　This theory may look familiar to some old readers, because this is the explanation I gave for the Holy Master's stupidity when I wrote fan fiction related to Jackie Chan's Adventures.

　　Simply put, the Holy Lord wasn't incapable of using the Shadow Legion to find the talisman, the magic encyclopedia, and the Pangu Box. Instead, he deliberately chose a bunch of fools because only by their continued foolishness could the righteous energy rise, allowing the balance to reduce the suppression of the evil energy (actually, the yin and yang energies), and only then could he successfully resurrect at the stroke of the New Year. If he succeeded right away, his yin energy would be too strong, causing his yang energy to counterattack, reducing his chances of success. Of course, the facts proved that he wasn't unlucky enough.

　　On the other hand, Xiaolong was unlucky enough, so in the end he gathered the eight evil spirits, and in the end he could only fight evil with evil, and let the Holy Lord drag him to hell.

　　ps: If you don't like this book, you don't have to read it. Don't jump out to seek attention. If you are discussing the plot normally, where is unreasonable, where is stupid, where are the loopholes, feel free to criticize, it doesn't matter if your tone is a bit aggressive, old readers will understand this. But if you want to express your emotions, highlight your presence, think you are so awesome that you want to teach people how to write books, then go ahead and don't affect my mood.

　　Finally, regarding the topic of "water", if I lay out the settings before putting it on the shelves and charging for it, is that also called water?
　　
　
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