Martial Arts, the Fairy's Cultivation

"Have you settled your score? Then come with me."

Lin Dong was about to speak when he heard Mu Zi's calm tone, which sounded like she was stating a fact, and he was taken aback.

"Go with you? For what?"

"I need your help in my spiritual practice."

The fairy's serene purple eyes gazed at Lin Dong. She needed to use Lin Dong's power to locate the origin, and before that, she needed to do some preparatory work. For the next period of time, Lin Dong would have to follow her.

"Wait!" Seeing that Mu Zi's slender hand was already on Lin Dong's shoulder, as if she was about to take him away, Lin Dong's expression changed slightly, and he quickly spoke up to stop her.

"I haven't taken my Yang Essence Stone yet!"

Mu Zi let go, and Lin Dong smiled awkwardly. He quickly walked to the light screen in the center of the hall and tapped his palm on the counter.

"What about my bet?"

The middle-aged man came to his senses, looked at Lin Dong with awe, and dared not be negligent. He immediately took out Lin Dong's blue Qiankun bag, checked it, and then respectfully handed it back to Lin Dong.

"Sir, the principal is 10,000, with a 1:2 payout ratio, totaling 30,000 Yang Yuan Stones. Please take a look."

Lin Dong took the Qiankun bag, scanned it with his spiritual power, and then casually hung it back on his waist.

Seeing Lin Dong return satisfied, Mu Zi looked at him thoughtfully: "You really like Yang Yuan Stones?"

"Of course!" Lin Dong shrugged and said matter-of-factly, "Who would turn down money when they need to cultivate and make a living?"

"Not everyone is like you, floating around in the sky, untouched by worldly concerns."

Looking at the ethereal woman in white before him, Lin Dong paused slightly, "Wait, you don't actually have a single Yang Yuan Stone on you, do you?"

Mu Zi ignored the teasing in Lin Dong's words. As a Holy Spirit, she was a treasure from head to toe, far beyond the measure of ordinary wealth in the cultivation world. Not to mention Yang Yuan Stones, even higher-grade Pure Yuan Pills would be of no use to her.

On that day, while Mu Zi was annihilating the Ancient Sword Sect, she didn't notice that the sect's inventory must have been destroyed along with it.

The Ancient Sword Sect has dominated the Great Wilderness Prefecture for many years. Although its foundation cannot be compared with the true behemoth of the Great Yan Dynasty, its wealth is still considerable. Not to mention tens of thousands of Yang Yuan Stones, it could easily buy the entire Yan City.

However, Mu Zi's standards were too high, so she was too lazy to do such meaningless things. Therefore, to some extent, Lin Dong was right. She really couldn't produce such a "low-level" thing as the Yang Yuan Stone.

"By the way, there's something I wanted to ask you. I seem to have run into some trouble lately..."

Lin Dong sounded somewhat frustrated. Who knows how he got through this past month?

Ever since he parted ways with Mu Zi that day, Lin Dong has been plagued by bad luck. First, he encountered a large number of demonic beasts attacking him in the wild, and later he was even caught up in a small beast tide, leaving him in a rather disheveled state.

Back in Yan City, things weren't much better. Attending auctions incognito always resulted in assassination attempts; anything he fancied in the market was always snatched up by unsuspecting people; even walking down the street, he was repeatedly caught in the crossfires without warning...

Everything was so coincidental, it was like encountering bird droppings when you go out, or getting stuck in your teeth when you drink cold water. Lin Dong's bad luck throughout his life couldn't compare to what he had experienced in the past month.

This level of risk must have exceeded the normal range, right?

Listening to Lin Dong's story, Mu Zi did not show any surprise, as if it was all within her expectations.

"This matter does indeed have something to do with me."

"Your luck has been borrowed by me. The cycle of heaven will naturally lead to this situation."

Luck may seem elusive and uncertain, and it rarely manifests itself in daily life, but it is closely related to every living being and is reflected in various details of daily life.

In a sense, this is what is meant by "halo," which is obvious to some and negligible to others.

Normally, a decline in luck wouldn't easily lead to a situation like Lin Dong's, but Mu Zi was forced by circumstances to "drain" Lin Dong's luck, which resulted in the current outcome.

Otherwise, the causal "destiny bond" between the person and the flower would not have been formed, and their relationship would not be as close as it is now; they might have already been separated by death.

"What should I do? I can't just keep having this bad luck, can I?"

Lin Dong's expression changed slightly. If it were just bad luck, he could accept it, but now his bad luck had reached the point of affecting his normal life and cultivation. What if one day a powerful person passed by and took a dislike to him, and slapped him to death? He would be devastated.

Seeing Lin Dong's pitiful appearance, Mu Zi raised an eyebrow and said, "What are you afraid of? With me by your side to protect you, you won't die!"

Her tone softened as she changed the subject: "Luck isn't a fixed number. Your problem can be solved. As long as you make up for the lost luck, things will naturally return to normal."

"Either cultivate to become stronger, and passively gather your own fortune as your strength increases. Your current realm is low, and even if you have more fortune than ordinary people, it is nothing compared to the strong people who stand at the peak of heaven and earth. As long as you can reach that level in the future, the fortune you have lost now will be returned in full."

Lin Dong breathed a sigh of relief. As long as there was a solution, that was good, even though it seemed that the solution couldn't be implemented in a short time.

"As for the other way," Mu Zi changed the subject, looking into the distance, "some naturally formed innate objects carry the fortune of heaven and earth. If you can find such innate objects and refine them, you will be able to gather more fortune."

"A pre-existing treasure?"

A glint of light flashed in Lin Dong's eyes, but he immediately frowned. Something that was obviously of great importance must be extremely rare. He had never even heard of it before. How was he supposed to find it?

Little Marten, however, was thoughtfully analyzing in his mind: "Lin Dong, the stone talisman has a mysterious origin, which may meet the requirements. As long as you can repair the stone talisman in the future and make it recognize you as its master, perhaps the current problem can be solved."

"And then there are the Ancestral Symbols. All eight Ancestral Symbols are divine objects born of heaven and earth. If you could obtain even one, you could easily make up for your current lack of luck, and it would only be stronger!"

"The Ancestral Symbol... I'll keep an eye out for it for you." Mu Zi said calmly. If the Ancestral Symbol was indeed a divine object born of nature, as Little Marten said, it would undoubtedly be extremely suitable for Lin Dong.

As Lin Dong's strength increases, his ability to search for the origin also becomes stronger. In this matter, helping Lin Dong refine the Ancestral Symbol is helping herself, which is perfectly reasonable.

Seeing that Xiao Diao and Mu Zi had arranged everything clearly for him with just a few words, Lin Dong didn't dwell on it. It was too early to talk about these things now; he could consider it later when he received news of the Ancestral Symbol.

"Alright, can you come with me now?"

Having answered Lin Dong's questions, Mu Zi brought up the old matter again, but Lin Dong still had something to say.

"Wait a moment. My Lin family has just arrived in Yan City. We need to deal with the aftermath of killing Wei Tong. Please give me some more time."

Mu Zi looked at Lin Dong, a glint of light flashing in her purple eyes.

"What's wrong?"