Starting from the two realms, cultivating immortality by taming beasts

Chapter 80 The Use of Luck

"Come in," Zhu Qiong said without looking up.

Upon hearing this, a female cultivator dressed in a loose black Taoist robe pushed open the door of the private room and walked in.

The female cultivator stood before Zhu Qiong and bowed slightly according to sect etiquette. Then she removed her veil, revealing a pair of long, narrow eyes that looked exceptionally sharp and heroic.

"What urgent matter do you want with me?" Zhu Qiong's voice was cold.

"This is the standard for choosing the month this year, as stipulated by the sect's rules. Please correct me if I am wrong." Shu You handed over a jade slip with both hands, her tone respectful.

The Mirror Moon Palace has thousands of disciples, but only a hundred cultivators can be ranked as true disciples.

Each true disciple is a potential Golden Core cultivator, holding a status far above that of inner disciples, second only to Golden Core elders.

And Zhu Qiong's true teachings are even more extraordinary.

She was a guardian killing god determined through the sect's true inheritance trial, and countless Foundation Establishment cultivators from other sects had fallen at her hands.

Faced with such a fierce and ruthless person, Shu You didn't dare to reveal even the slightest thought.

"Just for such a trivial matter?" Zhu Qiong frowned slightly.

She knew that the Mirror Moon Sect had complex factions and that people liked to use personal connections and social skills when doing things, employing a three-pronged approach of "spiritual medicine, spiritual pills, and spiritual furnaces" to get things done.

It is no exaggeration to say that 10% of the disciples recruited by the Mirror Moon Sect each year do not meet the sect's selection criteria, but are still successfully admitted, relying on family connections and nepotism.

She didn't agree with this survival rule, but she had no intention of challenging it.

Seeing Zhu Zhenchuan frown, Shu You's heart tightened.

She has already reserved ten inner sect candidate positions for the Selection of the Moon Envoy as usual. Could it be that she has given too few?

"Just follow the sect's standard for choosing the month; no modifications are needed." Zhu Qiong fiddled with the water arrow talisman, not even glancing at the jade slip.

Her journey this time was not to recruit disciples or choose the brightest full moon, but to travel through the mortal world and find an opportunity to break through to the Golden Core stage.

Although this water arrow talisman is of low grade, only first rank, the concept of "the great way is simple, water transforms all things" that it carries is something she greatly appreciates and even feels a little touched by.

"Understood, thank you for your guidance."

Shu You felt a sense of relief, and glanced almost imperceptibly at the talisman in Zhu Zhenchuan's hand out of the corner of her eye.

……

"Slip away."

Noticing the persistent orange glow emanating from the second floor across the street, Chen Beiwu immediately lost interest in gathering intelligence.

He finished setting up his stall and rushed back to his cave to cultivate, lest he be targeted by a Foundation Establishment level monster.

After quietly cultivating for a day and a night, and confirming that no orange-colored aura had appeared outside the cave, Chen Beiwu activated the Ten Directions Gate and returned to the Immortal Alliance.

"It's good to work hard in cultivation, but you can't skip meals."

As soon as he went downstairs, he heard his mother's nagging. Chen Beiwu smiled and said naturally, "I have some fasting pills in my storage bag. I can go without them for a day or two, or even if I go into seclusion for several months, there won't be any problems."

After dinner, Chen Beiwu started a live broadcast from Jingyuan West Lake that evening.

[Missing person returns.]

[Unfollow, unfollow! Fish run away, how can you possibly catch any fish? And a Jade Scale Fish at that, something you can brag about for a year!]

Wow, Yu Paopao has finally become popular! This is the first time I've seen so many people in a live stream.

[Two years of fishing went unnoticed, but one day selling goods brought fame worldwide. The ultimate goal of live streaming is indeed selling products.]

After casually glancing at the live stream chat, Chen Beiwu cast his fishing line, sat on a small stool, and began interacting with the audience.

"Don't ask where the streamer has been all this time. The streamer is a student and needs to practice regularly. Streaming is just a part-time job."

[An 18-year-old sexy female cockroach gifted the streamer a sports car*1 - Can the streamer stream for four hours today?]

"Thank you for the sports car when I turned eighteen. Don't worry, everyone, I'll be streaming until 11 PM tonight."

Just then, the fishing float bobbed, and Chen Beiwu pulled it up forcefully.

"The goods have arrived, guys!"

As soon as the words were spoken, a fish with a round body, eyes that were black and white in a yin-yang pattern, and gills that glowed like fireflies landed on the shore, sparking a barrage of comments.

[Holy crap, is FishRunner cheating? Last time he caught a Jade Scale Fish, and this time he caught a Bighead Carp!]

[Seriously, if this fathead fish kicks the bucket, the streamer's in jail for at least two years.]

[Maru, Fish Run Run is going to wear a silver bracelet!]

Chen Beiwu had no energy to pay attention to the comments at this moment; all he could see was the fathead fish with its mouth turned up, a natural "smiling" expression.

The Two-Element Sturgeon, commonly known as the Fathead Fish, prefers to live alone, but sometimes it will travel in groups. It usually inhabits the main stream of Jingyuan River and is a prohibited fishing species in Jingyuan River. It is also a first-level protected spirit fish of the Immortal Alliance.

These spirit fish have natural Yin-Yang Dao marks in their eyes, formed from the union of the essence of rivers and the energies of Yin and Yang. The adult fish is only a little over six inches long, symbolizing a trace of good fortune in the Jingyuan River.

In ancient legends, cultivators who can catch the Yin-Yang Sturgeon are all destined for water and have extraordinary fates.

Thinking of this, Chen Beiwu's pupils contracted slightly, and he quickly removed the fishhook and released the fish.

The latter turned its head several times reluctantly before disappearing into the water.

"call!"

Chen Beiwu exhaled a breath of stale air, looked at his phone screen, and discovered that the live stream had already been banned by the platform for violating regulations.

The next instant, a rainbow light suddenly appeared in the distant night sky, and then the rainbow light disappeared, revealing a human figure.

The newcomer had white hair tied in a topknot, prominent brow bones, and a divine light in his eyes; he was clearly no ordinary cultivator.

"Where is that Yin-Yang Sturgeon?" the old man asked, stepping forward.

"They've been released." Chen Beiwu glanced almost imperceptibly at the orange aura above the old man's head.

"Let them go!" Upon hearing this, the old man was slightly taken aback, then said angrily, "Why didn't you release them a little later?"

"The Two-Element Sturgeon is a species prohibited from fishing in the Jingyuan River, so I have no choice but to release it," Chen Beiwu said tactfully.

"What a pity." The old man shook his head, too lazy to say more to a mere Qi Refining junior, and disappeared in a streak of rainbow light.

Watching the old man disappear into the rainbow light, Chen Beiwu breathed a sigh of relief.

The newcomer had an orange aura above his head, and his presence was as deep as an abyss. He couldn't tell whether he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator or a Golden Core cultivator. He only knew that he was no match for him.

"Something's not right. Could it be that the fishing spot is really hindering my skills?" Chen Beiwu frowned slightly.

He caught all sorts of random things in the Pearl River.

Jingyuan West Lake only visited twice, and he caught the Two-Element Sturgeon, a sight that most anglers never see in their entire lives.

and many more!

Chen Beiwu suddenly remembered something, his mind sank, and he looked at the wisp of golden fortune swimming in the depths of the Nine Breaths Chaos.

"Could that Yin-Yang Sturgeon have been attracted by this wisp of golden fortune?" Chen Beiwu's eyes lit up slightly at the thought.

If that's the case, it means that his previous use of supernatural powers to turn luck into fortuitous encounters was too simplistic.

The fortune accumulated through nine breaths of breath-taking practice can not only suppress one's own fortune, but may also be used to attract auspicious beasts to submit.

The reason he hadn't noticed this usage before was likely because the quality of the accumulated fortune within the chaotic world was too low, hardly qualifying as great fortune, let alone attracting auspicious beasts like the Yin-Yang Sturgeon.

(End of this chapter)