Chapter 109: First Look
The outcome of this divination was pretty clear. Danger was waiting for Wei Yuan. The white-bearded immortal had been ambushed from behind and killed by a powerful blood curse. The blood curse also contained potent effects such as contamination and fortune-piercing. Your average curse-shielding Dao arts could not hope to block it.
However, Wei Yuan let out a sigh of relief. As long as he knew the source of the danger, it was manageable. He had always been the cautious type, and he trusted no one on this journey. Anyone thinking of ambushing him would find it nearly impossible to do so. As for the blood curse, the Palace of Absolute Beginning had taught him many ways to handle it. Although the blood curse was imbued with contamination and fortune-piercing effects, one of the minor items the Immortal Lord had granted him was a jade thumb ring that specifically shielded one from contamination effects.
As for fortune-piercing, Wei Yuan laughed at the very notion of it. Not even a True Lord could pierce his fortune. Everyone else was welcome to try.
The reason the divination went without a hitch was mainly thanks to the array disc he had placed at the center of the array. Forged by an Immortal Lord, the array disc had single-handedly elevated the array’s level of existence so much that it was almost a true Immortal Inquiry Method.
That said, Wei Yuan wasn’t going to succumb to recklessness or overconfidence. Just because he knew what was coming didn’t mean he wouldn’t make the necessary preparations. He retrieved a small cloth doll from his thread space, squeezed out a drop of blood from his fingertip, and smeared it onto the doll. The doll, also bestowed by the Immortal Lord, could serve as a substitute when smeared with the user’s blood. It would bind itself to Wei Yuan and share whatever damage he took.
In other words, anyone who tried to curse Wei Yuan would be cursing the Immortal Lord as well. He would like to see if anyone could bear thatkarma.
After he was done with his preparations, Wei Yuan finally put away the array disc and scattered the array diagram on the ground, erasing the traces. Yin rain poured in this region every day. It wouldn’t even take a day before all traces were washed away by rainwater.
While Wei Yuan was busying himself, Xu Wenwu looked desperate to voice his opinion and kept twisting back and forth on the ground like a worm. Alas, his prayers were destined to be unanswered.
Moments later, the trio mounted their horses once more. Just like before, Wei Yuan empowered them all with wisps of black qi and raced for the Swelling Water God Palace. Two hours later, they arrived at the mountain gate.