The Arrogant Immortal-Chapter 51 - Opportunity Comes Knocking

In her previous life, she had bought some things in the Fangshi, which were later either gifted to others or lost over time.

From the Wooden Hairpin’s situation, these people, regardless of good or bad, true or fake, all wanted it.

What kind of mentality was that?

Everyone feared being a step behind, missing out on a significant opportunity.

And regardless of the item’s authenticity, they needed to secure it first to be sure.

Xie Ying took the people following her on a stroll, much like walking a dog.

She would occasionally enter a shop or squat in front of a stall, touching this and looking at that.

Once in a while, Xie Ying would pick up something with apparent delight, but just when others thought she was about to make a purchase, she would put it down again.

She wandered through most of the Fangshi alone, not spending a single Spiritual Pearl, yet her behavior was no different from that of a normal child.

Only for those surveilling her, it was a form of mental torture. Every time she picked something up, it inevitably drew many onlookers, and just as their hearts were in their throats, she would let go and not buy it.

She was almost home.

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As she passed a street corner, she saw a noodle stall doing good business.

Xie Ying sat down and ordered a bowl of noodles, slurping them eagerly.

One bowl wasn’t enough, so she had another.

She had the group of trackers completely speechless.

Gongsun Yu couldn’t help but doubt internally and subconsciously mutter softly, “Wandering for half the day just to eat two bowls of noodles, not buying a single thing, it doesn’t quite seem like that…”

“Young Master, do you want to eat noodles?” A servant leaned in close to him and asked quietly.

Gongsun Yu pushed him away disdainfully and scolded, “Get lost. Why on earth did I pick you to be my attendant? I must have had dirt in my eyes back then.”

The servant felt quite aggrieved, being scolded for no apparent reason.

Another attendant acted like a wooden figurine, his eyes dull and without spirit.

Almost at the same time.

Just like Gongsun Yu, those attracted by Mo Chuan’s cunning operations were equally harboring doubts.

Everyone had originally locked onto Xie Ying.

However, some had suddenly received benefits, and from a little girl with the same surname Xie, who also came from Yunmu City.

There was an additional suspect to consider.

Adopting the attitude of ‘better to kill the wrong than to miss the right,’ it was no trouble at all to arrange for someone to keep watch.

Take Gongsun Yu for example.

Gongsun Yu held an intermediate position within his clan, always overshadowed by a genius elder sister, towards whom the family resources were inclined.

Initially, when the Child of Destiny emerged, the family first sent his sister to Yunmu City and she made the acquaintance of Xie Ying. Had Xie Ying not come to the Tianxu Sect, and had his sister not already entered the Minghua Sect, he wouldn’t have been sent to the Tianxu Sect.

Lin Wangchen and Mo Chuan were, at this moment, sitting together.

Mo Chuan’s starry eyes smiled, “I haven’t yet thanked you for last time, allowing me to pick up a bargain.”

Lin Wangchen’s expression remained as solid as Mount Tai, as if with a touch of sentimentality, he said, “Mo Chuan, your luck is truly good, good enough to make people envious. Had I not had Tianji Building calculate it, I would really suspect… that you are the real Child of Destiny.”

Mo Chuan’s smile suddenly turned dangerous, “You actually had me calculated?”

“There’s no need to be angry. Many besides me have calculated your fate, but none as openly as I have,” said Lin Wangchen, and his words were true.

Mo Chuan had been exceptionally lucky since childhood, whether he had a grand stroke of fortune was unknown, but his minor fortunes never dried up, such as the previously mentioned Soul-Nourishing Wood, which truly made others envious.

Would the aristocratic families that specifically targeted the Child of Destiny let him go? More than a decade ago, some had already attempted to divine the secrets of fate, and the answer was naturally in the negative. Otherwise, Mo Chuan might not have been able to live such a carefree life.

Mo Chuan was about to speak when a Sound Transmission Talisman flew in through the window.

Almost at the same time, Lin Wangchen also received one.

The content for both was roughly the same, talking about Xie Jiuniang sitting at a food stand eating noodles.

An unkempt old man appeared.

Xie Jiuniang invited him for a bowl of noodles.

When the old man left, he gave Xie Jiuniang a broken-lantern base.

Such a situation was too similar to what the classics described about a person of destiny, who would receive treasures just by going out.

Those observing Xie Jiuniang from the shadows, one after another, were excited and agitated, almost rushing forward to snatch the lantern base.

Even if it looked old and broken, and not worth a few Spiritual Pearls.

But if she were indeed the Child of Destiny they suspected, then the lantern would surely be a treasure!

Xie Jiuniang sat on a wooden stool, her eyebrows lowered and eyes constraining, her hands hidden in her sleeves trembling slightly, only managing to conceal her discomfort by finishing the soup in her bowl.

In a past life, she had bought a broken-lantern base, identical to this one. Don’t ask her why she bought a broken lantern in her past life; she wouldn’t understand if you did.

Was it later bought for a high price by someone?

But in that past life, it was she who went to buy it, not like today where someone had brought it to her door.

Xie Jiuniang barely calmed down and put the lantern base into her Storage Bag.

The owner of the noodle stand, a stout woman, seeing Xie Jiuniang putting away the lantern base, pursed her lips and chuckled, “Young girl, don’t really believe that old man’s nonsense. He often comes here looking for a free bowl of noodles, and who knows how many lantern bases he has given out already, but yours is the most broken.”

Xie Jiuniang’s agitated heart suddenly felt as if it had been doused with a bucket of cold water.

Just now, she was somewhat grateful to the old man for kindly giving her a treasure when in fact, to the old man, she was just an easy target?

Xie Jiuniang knew an opportunity was at hand, she rolled up her sleeves, furrowed her fine eyebrows, and indignantly said, “What a good fellow! So that old man was deceiving me, he even said the lantern was once used by the Buddha Ancestor and had already attained spirituality. He said that for just one bowl of noodles, I was getting the bigger advantage.”

“Ah, I’ve been fooled!”

Xie Jiuniang fished out the broken-lantern base again, still furious.

The other patrons at the noodle stand laughed, kids are so easy to deceive.

A spiritual lantern that could be considered a Spiritual Artifact, could it be exchanged for just a bowl of noodles?

“Young Daoist friend, sell me the lantern base, I’ll give you a Spirit Stone? My young master fancied its antiquated look, as if it’s an old item, just right to take back and deceive the elders.”

At this time, Gongsun Yu walked over.

The one who had spoken was an attendant from the Gongsun Family, who was often scolded.

Xie Jiuniang’s large eyes, dark as black gems, glanced at Gongsun Yu’s attendant as if looking at a big fool.

It was unclear if it was disdain for the attendant’s notion of buying the lantern, or the absurd idea of him trying to swindle her with a single Spirit Stone.