Chapter 147 : Attraction? (Full Chapter)
[Today, I happened to encounter some interesting matters.]
[Though Tianyuan City is small, it has no shortage of stories—of course, those are not important.]
[What matters is that this Tianyuan City has actually given birth to a Son of Fate! Truly, one finds it after exhausting effort without result, yet gains it effortlessly when least expected.]
[I merely lent a hand to Jue'er, a pitiful soul who had suffered calamity, yet never imagined that the Tianyuan City Lord she slew in revenge would draw out a Son of Fate like Lin Dong—utterly unexpected.]
Inside the room, Chu Ge was recording his diary.
Outside the room, Yuan Jue—having just finished washing up and preparing to once again go serve Chu Ge—quietly stopped in her tracks the moment she sensed movement from the diary copy within her mind.
After checking the newly updated diary contents, Yuan Jue was instantly shocked. She clapped a hand over her mouth in disbelief, nearly letting out a sound.
As someone who possessed a diary copy, Yuan Jue was naturally no stranger to figures like Sons of Fate. She had read every word of Chu Ge's diary without omission and thus understood well.
But she had never imagined that such a figure would exist in her own tiny Tianyuan City—one she could even say she knew.
Back when the Yuan family had not yet been destroyed, she had accompanied her elders several times to celebrate the birthday of Lin Kang, the city lord. During those occasions, she had briefly interacted with Lin Dong a few times.
Though they could hardly be called familiar, they had at least crossed paths several times.
"Come to my room."
At that moment, a pleasant female voice sounded in her mind.
Yuan Jue was very familiar with this voice—it belonged to Ying Qingjue, the woman who had once made her feel ashamed of her own insignificance, a woman noble as a goddess.
At present, Ying Qingjue was the only person on her diary friends list.
Without much thought, Yuan Jue guessed that Ying Qingjue's summons must be related to the diary's contents.
Without hesitation, she changed direction and headed toward Ying Qingjue's room.
Chu Ge, of course, was unaware of all this.
[As for Lin Dong, though his exact path is still unclear, judging from his deeds since childhood and his various performances after joining the Sky-Spporting Sacred Sect, he is undoubtedly a genius.]
[In this regard, he differs from Ye Chen, who rose after a broken engagement, and Su Mo, who returned through rebirth. Instead, he resembles Luo Lingtian, who possesses a profound background—both are exceptionally gifted, with smooth and unhindered paths.]
[And if Lin Dong is a Son of Fate, then Jue'er's side of things can also be speculated upon somewhat. Let me think… a pitiful woman whose family was exterminated by the father of a Son of Fate, wandering for years and mastering assassination techniques…]
[Wait, I recall that the reason Lin Kang wiped out the Yuan family seemed to be due to an opportunity.]
[But afterward, Sister Qingjue once used divine sense to probe Lin Kang and found nothing unusual, and even thoroughly searched the entire city lord's residence. Aside from some ordinary cultivation resources, there was nothing particularly noteworthy.]
[This clearly doesn't qualify as an opportunity… Could it be that this opportunity is now in Lin Dong's hands? Or perhaps Lin Kang destroyed the Yuan family in order to help Lin Dong seize that so-called opportunity?]
[Moreover, the timing of the Yuan family's destruction and Lin Dong's entry into the Sky-Supporting Sacred Sect were almost back-to-back. That makes things rather intriguing…]
[Thinking about it, if I had not intervened today, Jue'er's revenge would not only have failed, but it would also have drawn over Lin Dong, a Son of Fate who has already grown formidable.]
[As for the outcome… either she would be mercilessly killed to completely eliminate this hidden danger, or she would be influenced by the Son of Fate's halo, ultimately abandoning revenge and even turning to Lin Dong instead?]
[Seen this way, Jue'er's fate might actually be that of a female villain destined to love and kill a Son of Fate?]
[That would be quite fitting. As a villain myself, the very first maid I take in is also likely fated to be a villain. No wonder her attitude toward me is especially deferential and reverent—she treated me as an emotional anchor from the very first meeting. So that's the reason hidden behind it all…]
What Chu Ge did not know was that this final speculation of his was somewhat off the mark.
Yuan Jue's feelings toward him were primarily due to the diary copy.
Of course, whether there was also an element of attraction between two "villains" was something no one could say for sure.
Chu Ge's guess was not entirely impossible.
On the other side.
Both Yuan Jue and Ying Qingjue were currently reading the newly written diary entries.
Ying Qingjue was relatively calm, her expression showing little change.
Yuan Jue, however, was both shocked and furious.
She was shocked that she might actually have such a destiny, and furious because of Chu Ge's series of conjectures—she realized that the true culprit behind her family's destruction might be someone else entirely?!
Lin Dong!
This prodigy, now dazzling and highly regarded within the Sky-Spporting Sacred Sect, might be the true mastermind behind the annihilation of her family!
Thinking about it, without the help of the diary copy, she didn't know how long it would have taken her to reach her current level of cultivation.
Her natural aptitude was extremely poor.
This Blood Spirit Body constitution had only been forged postnatally, after she had nearly died nine times out of ten while obtaining a rare opportunity.
Even with this spiritual body, her cultivation speed was still not particularly fast.
Before obtaining the diary copy, she had barely reached the Third Heaven realm.
And that was only because the Blood Spirit Body cultivated in a special way—she had fought ferocious beasts day and night in desolate, dangerous lands to achieve it.
After obtaining the diary copy, however, the daily cultivation rewards and the highest-tier reward—the Heart of Rakshasa—caused her cultivation to skyrocket.
The Heart of Rakshasa came with its own inheritance, first allowing her to comprehend an extremely profound cultivation technique.
Then, because it was unlocked for the first time, it directly brought her to the peak of the Aperture-Opening Realm and opened hidden apertures.
Her cultivation surged from early Aperture-Opening all the way to mid–Fourth Heaven.
All of this was thanks to the diary copy, transforming her almost completely.
Without such a divine aid, achieving the conditions necessary for revenge would likely have taken her at least five years—if not more.
And that was without even considering Lin Kang's own cultivation growth due to having Lin Dong as his son.
By then, what level would Lin Dong have reached?
A Son of Fate, monstrously talented, backed by a major power…
For Lin Dong five years later, even reaching the realm of great power experts would not be impossible.
At that point, facing such a Son of Fate, her only outcomes would likely be death—or capture, ending with her fate no longer in her own hands.