[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-cannon-fodder-heiress-turns-the-tables-by-fortun":3,"chapter-cannon-fodder-heiress-turns-the-tables-by-fortun-cannon-fodder-heiress-turns-the-tables-by-fortun-chapter-1023":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Cannon-Fodder Heiress Turns the Tables by Fortune-Telling",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1647553,2110,"Chapter 1023 - 1019: A Pawn in Someone Else’s Game","cannon-fodder-heiress-turns-the-tables-by-fortun-chapter-1023",1023,"\u003Cp>Some were so immersed in their own cultivation, completely ignorant of the happenings outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, the protective array of Qingfeng Temple was activated, a measure only used in the face of unforeseen troubles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know what’s going on?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No idea, did Qingfeng Temple provoke someone they shouldn’t have?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unlikely, Yun Ran is quite powerful, and after all, she came from the Special Administration Bureau, which carries some connections.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who knows, but if Qingfeng Temple really has a major problem, shouldn’t we leave to avoid getting involved?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people were unaware that Junior Master activated the protective array precisely to guard against them, fearing internal sabotage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for those who came knocking, Junior Master completely disregarded them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not that Junior Master is arrogant, but his real power has long reached unfathomable levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, where Junior Master is merely a Spirit Puppet, the strength shown is less than his true self, but enough to defeat all those who came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The preparations now are merely to prevent anyone from having the chance to destroy Yun Ran’s hard work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The construction of Qingfeng Temple then had exhausted Yun Ran’s private assets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Connections and resources also took significant tolls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just every brick and tile here, but even the flora at the foot of the mountain, in Junior Master’s mind, are more important than those Xuan Sect people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the protective array completely cover Qingfeng Temple, including those flowers and plants within its protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Junior Master finally turned back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for those here to exchange and learn at Qingfeng Temple, quite a few now wish to avoid any trouble and start packing to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though cultivation here yields twice the result with half the effort, provoking someone they shouldn’t would render gains worthless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never did they imagine that in seemingly unobstructed space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how they walked, they couldn’t get out, just like hitting a ’ghost wall.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If ordinary people encountered such a situation, it might be explainable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they are Xuanmen people!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And exceptionally skilled Xuanmen people at that, encountering a ’ghost wall’ in a place where everything is visible?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s absurd, who would believe it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon enough, more people discovered this peculiarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, it was no misunderstanding, but a deliberate act by Qingfeng Temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s Qingfeng Temple up to, are they using us as hostages? That’s so despicable!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wrong, we have no stake with Qingfeng Temple, why would they target us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who received the news could no longer feign ignorance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With expressions as if they swallowed flies, they voiced out the information they knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps, even they know very well, no matter how justified the excuse, exploitation amid opportunity is entirely indefensible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously unspoken, merely to retain a shred of dignity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, Qingfeng Temple’s people are venting anger on them, reluctant to let them go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, they are utterly innocent; this matter, from start to end, had nothing to do with them, nor did they initiate it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those unaware of the facts were stunned upon hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if someone thought it unjust, the majority of Xuanmen people aimed to snatch opportunities from Yun Ran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People overpower circumstances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, anyone stepping up to criticize those would inevitably self-embroil in conflict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yun Ran might have some confidence to resist, they had none whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they held opinions on it, no one spoke a word of fairness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most they did was not meddle, preserving neutrality, which already leaned favorably toward Yun Ran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s akin to the situation where, in a dispute, your friend’s neutrality equates to betrayal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And your enemy’s neutrality suggesting secret support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reasoning is plain as that!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yun Ran currently remains oblivious; she merely glimpsed someone centuries ago deduced the current situation, even herself a manipulated piece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fearing being set up, she asked the ancestor to descend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which triggered such chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Yun Ran enveloped in fiercely blazing Merit Golden Light, Little Paperman and Ginsengfruit couldn’t stay idle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They dashed over, protecting Yun Ran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anyone disturbs Yun Ran now, severe injury would be the least consequence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those Divine Hall folks busy working in the courtyard, witnessing such potent Merit Golden Light erupt from their small yard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one dumbstruck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to heritage and resource limitations, they only practiced the array left by the High Priest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that doesn’t mean they lack knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This...is just too exaggerated, how can there be such powerful Merit Golden Light, anyone bearing this could be deemed an Immortal!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Tree Spirit, feigning death these past days, lost its usual cautiousness feeling such immense Merit Golden Light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wished desperately it weren’t rooted here and had its own body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it could rush over to bask in some Merit Golden Light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tree Spirit had always pretended it hadn’t gained sentience, merely for self-preservation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fearing detection of its aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if it could absorb Merit Golden Light, it might consider attempting transformation, perfectly avoiding discovery then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the entire yard, perhaps only Er Dan remained calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, Yun Ran also shared some Merit Golden Light with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, compared to Merit Golden Light, it preferred devouring these Yin Sha Qi laden with consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unaffected, Er Dan continued absorbing the Yin Sha Qi extracted from the Divine Cauldron Spirit’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally expanded slightly, the egg now grew larger, almost as big as a basketball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Divine Cauldron Spirit watched Er Dan, unfazed, curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That’s Merit Golden Light, aren’t you tempted? If you devour that, you might crack your shell!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Er Dan didn’t know how the Divine Cauldron recognized its identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But toward this Divine Cauldron, Er Dan holds little cordiality.\u003C\u002Fp>",933,"2026-06-06T11:49:18.744Z",1,"novelbin.me","9dba8aff23bc0efebb40b89e858e1218c1bc778167f687c8f4c94bd50f0b80fc","cannon-fodder-heiress-turns-the-tables-by-fortun-chapter-1024","cannon-fodder-heiress-turns-the-tables-by-fortun-chapter-1022",1219,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcannon-fodder-heiress-turns-the-tables-by-fortun-cover.jpg"]