Published at 16th of July 2024 3:16 am

Chapter 832: Fortune

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Following Tang Jie, Yuan Chenfei really did find many rare spirit plants, and most of them were more than one hundred years old, which meant that they hadn't been gathered the last time the paradise had opened.

At first, Yuan Chenfei thought that he was just lucky. After all, most rare plants were guarded by fiends, who normally had symbiotic relationships with them. But as he gathered more and more without encountering a single fiend, and then he looked over at Tang Jie, who had completely given up on acting and was grinning like a fool, he finally understood.

As he collected an extremely rare Green Demon Vine from next to a small pond, carefully putting it away, he asked, "You again?

"You could say that not encountering any fiends on the way so far is coincidence or luck, but a ripe Green Demon Vine will give an aroma most tempting to fiends, which is why they say that you'll find fiends wherever you find Green Demon Vines. But there's not a single one here. You aren't going to say that this is all the work of that fiendish gale, are you?"

Tang Jie coughed. "Why not? It's fiendish…"

"If it's not like this, would it still be a fiendish gale?" the two sounded off in unison.

Yuan Chenfei looked at him and suddenly laughed. "Fine; since that's what you're going to say, I'll be helping myself, then."

"What are you going to do?"

Yuan Chenfei chuckled and ran off to the deepest part of the Rainbow Meadow.

Alarmed, Tang Jie pulled on him and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Stealing treasures," Yuan Chenfei boldly replied. "The spirit plants farther in are even better."

"But you're not strong enough."

"Don't I have you?" Yuan Chenfei replied. But then he corrected himself, "Oh, wait. I mean: isn't there the fiendish gale? With this fiendish gale protecting us, all the fiends in the surrounding area have vanished. Clearly, I'm a person favored by fortune. If I don't take this chance to head farther in now, when would I?"

Tang Jie was taken aback by his response.

This kid had smartened up. So he finally realized that he could be the fox borrowing the prestige of the tiger?

Yuan Chenfei recklessly flew into the depths, gathering any spirit plants he saw, not even performing the most basic scouting or defense.

He treated Tang Jie like free labor, flying here and there.

He got so excited that he even headed straight into a beast lair.

That poor fiend was directly suppressed by Tang Jie's will and could only watch with great indignation as Yuan Chenfei plundered all its belongings.

In just half a day, Yuan Chenfei's Mustard Seed Bag was full.

Tang Jie clicked his tongue. "You have a rather honest face, but who could have imagined that you were so naughty?"

"Even the honest have to eat," Yuan Chenfei boldly said. "If you were in my place and had the protection of such fortune, would you do the same?"

Tang Jie immediately replied, "You need to ask? Rather than the Rainbow Meadow, I would head straight to the Ghost Fog Region."

The moment he said this, he knew he had made a mistake.

As expected, Yuan Chenfei's eyes lit up. "Right, why not the Ghost Fog Region? Why didn't I think of that? That's the real place to get rich. Even Master and the other martial uncles don't dare to go there. There must be countless treasures there, and they've probably never been touched. Let's go!"

He was about to run off to the Ghost Fog Region when Tang Jie pulled him back. "Slow down, slow down. Are you sure that you'll be fine going to the Ghost Fog Region?"

"Of course? Why wouldn't I be? I'm protected by fortune," Yuan Chenfei loudly declared.

Tang Jie helplessly said, "But what if your fortune runs out?"

The Ghost Fog Region wasn't some theme park. Even Soul Transformation–level individuals like Yiyi and Ice Phoenix needed Tang Jie's protection in order to go in and out. This kid was far too weak. If Tang Jie was just a tiny bit careless, if this kid got into contact with the faintest wisp of Nether Fog, then he would be doomed.

Besides, he had already cleaned the area out of all the good things, so he would be getting nothing.

"It won't. Since fortune has blessed me, nothing can stop me. Since I have this opportunity, I can't pass on anything. You would do the same—am I right?" Yuan Chenfei replied.

Tang Jie's face twitched, and he said in an earnest tone, "Young man, don't get too greedy, or else the protection of fortune might become lightning from the heavens."

At this moment, a figure charged out of the distance.

Tang Jie saw it from extremely far away, identifying it as a Goldcrown Chicken fiend. An idea came to him, and he let that chicken fiend come at them. This fiend was none other than that cockscomb man who had been chasing Yuan Chenfei since earlier.

The chicken fiend followed the scent right up to the pair, and his eyes lit up. "I finally found you! Let's see where you run now!"

"A Transformation great fiend!" Yuan Chenfei cried out in alarm, sensing the immense fiend energy radiating from this being.

"What do we do now?" He looked at Tang Jie.

Tang Jie spread out his arms. "Run!"

As if waking from a dream, Yuan Chenfei turned and ran.

The chicken fiend laughed. "Where do you think you're going?"

He shot over like a bolt of lightning, and as he passed Tang Jie, he reached out a claw, thinking to take him as well.

When restraining his energy, Tang Jie seemed like an ordinary mortal, so the fiend thought nothing about killing him.

But he found that he couldn't pull back his claw.

The chicken fiend froze, unable to advance a step farther.

He turned his head in shock and saw Tang Jie holding his claw. "Hey, what's the meaning of this? I was just standing here minding my own business and you try to kill me? Don't you know that I hate guys like you that randomly kill bystanders the most! You senseless and immoral creature! Don't you realize that it was because of a bastard like you that I ended up transmigrating here in the first place? Of course, you don't understand what transmigrating even is, but it's precisely because you don't understand that I'm even telling you…"

The chicken fiend was dizzied by Tang Jie's tirade. He looked at Tang Jie, and then he looked at the fleeing Yuan Chenfei, after which he struggled out, "You… let… me… go!"

"And what if I don't? Humans have to be reasonable. Oh, right, you're not a human, you're a fiend. What do fiends care about? Right, their fist." Tang Jie slapped the chicken fiend on the forehead again and again as if he was reprimanding a child. "You understand me now? Huh? Huh?"

The chicken fiend was furious and wanted to fight back, but he found that all of his strength had drained away, and he couldn't move a muscle. This hand holding his claw seemed ordinary, yet it was like a steel vise, completely entrapping him.

Tang Jie continued to slap his face, and while the slaps didn't hurt him physically, they damaged his pride.

"Enough!" he shouted, the cockscomb on his head glowing golden.

But a moment later, the light vanished without a trace.

Tang Jie shouted, "Even if you've had enough, you still have to take it!"

He continued to slap and slap, scolding words coming from his mouth.

In the distance, Yuan Chenfei had stopped running and was cautiously making his way back, and what he was seeing left him dumbfounded.

He knew what that golden light had been. It was an action that fiends did only when they had no other choice, an attempt to bring their foe down with them. But this so-called servant student and part-time woodcutter was able to prevent even a Transformation great fiend from committing suicide.

Violet Palace! This guy had to be at Violet Palace!

He finally understood why there was no trace of fiends in the surrounding area.

After slapping the chicken fiend for a while, Tang Jie finally stopped.

Without looking, he said, "Kid, are you done watching or what?"

Yuan Chenfei awkwardly walked back.

Given what he had done to the chicken fiend, Tang Jie couldn't be bothered to keep acting. "We've gathered enough from this region. It's about time to leave."

"Mm, it's about time to leave." Yuan Chenfei nodded in agreement.

Tang Jie slapped the chicken fiend again, and he began to shrink, eventually turning into a large rooster.

Tang Jie stuffed the rooster into Yuan Chenfei's hands, leaving Yuan Chenfei so surprised that he almost threw it away.

Tang Jie indifferently said, "There's no need to be scared. I've put a seal on this chicken, so it can't do anything. Let's go."

"Oh." Yuan Chenfei started on the way back.

The entire way, Yuan Chenfei had his head lowered in thought.

Tang Jie couldn't help but ask, "Hey, what are you thinking about?"

"I'm thinking about how my senior brother is doing."

Tang Jie was stunned. "He treated you like that, and you're still thinking of him?"

Yuan Chenfei embarrassedly said, "He's still my senior brother. Although he's done wrong, if possible, I hope that he doesn't have to die. But he still has to be punished for his crimes, so I will report this matter back to the sect and have Master handle it."

Tang Jie really wanted to say that Yuan Chenfei was being too inflexible, and that his sect might not even do anything.

But a moment later, he realized that while the smart who knew to adapt to circumstances were common in the world, those stubborn and inflexible people were exceedingly rare.

To Tang Jie, being clever and smart was no longer a positive trait. Only stubborn people like Yuan Chenfei earned his attention.

Wasn't all he had gained precisely because he had been so stubborn?

Besides, I don't understand his sect, so how can I be so sure that his sect will protect that Senior Brother Du?

It wasn't right to draw conclusions so soon.

He put away his earlier words and gazed into the distance. After a while, he said, "He isn't dead. He seems to have some sort of life-protecting treasure, which he used to escape, but he was heavily injured."

"That's good," Yuan Chenfei sighed in relief.

"Since that's the case, shouldn't we hurry up?" Having already swept through the entire estate, Tang Jie had completely lost interest in the place.

"Mm." Yuan Chenfei set off together with Tang Jie.

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