Chapter 81: Meeting is fate

"I saw it!"

Mu Yi's gaze crossed the vast distance, and he realized what the thing that had been faintly calling him was.

The thing calling him was not in the material plane at all, but in the ethereal spiritual plane.

"Is it to the north?" Mu Yi opened the map, gauging the approximate direction of the spiritual fluctuations.

"Let's go, Chuyi; it looks like we're going on a long trip!"

Mu Yi sensed the fluctuations from the spiritual plane, knowing this journey would likely take some time.

Unable to pinpoint the source of the fluctuations, he could only estimate by feeling; this was a huge undertaking.

Chuyi blinked her eyes, then leapt into Mu Yi's arms.

Mu Yi held Chuyi as they left the house, watching her curiously look around; he rubbed her head, thinking maybe he should hurry up and give her a bloodline enhancement, so she could see more wonderful scenery.

The change in mindset made Mu Yi's travels easy; previously, trips always had various restrictions—time, money, place… countless factors mixed together, making people irritable.

Now there was only one direction, yet Mu Yi found even more enjoyment.

"Ah, what an adorable cultivation dog!"

Chuyi's handsome looks drew praise; even though Mu Yi emitted an aura that kept strangers away, people still couldn't resist her charm and approached to chat.

"Ah! It's you! Thank you for saving my life last time!"

Just as Mu Yi was troubled by people always coming up to talk to Chuyi, and frantically messing with her head...

Another girl approached, but this time it was actually because of himself.

Mu Yi looked at the girl before him in surprise; she was one of the girls he had heroically rescued from the clutches of the Killer Youth thugs, a black-long-straight type he liked, and he hadn't expected to meet her here.

"It's you; I never expected to meet you here!"

Mu Yi was also somewhat surprised; unlike before, when his perception wasn't outstanding, this time he sensed spiritual light from the girl, indicating she was of the same kind as him.

Strangely, Mu Yi had a feeling that he would see this girl again in the future; perhaps she would also become a member of the Comprehensive Net?

"I didn't expect getting lost this time would let me see you again!" the girl exclaimed happily. "Last time you said, if we meet again by fate, we can add contact information!"

Rubbing Chuyi's head, he never thought his offhand remark would actually come true.

But as the girl said, being able to meet in the vast sea of people is indeed a kind of fate.

"Just call me Mu Yi!" Mu Yi told the girl his contact information, and also learned her name.

"Then I'll call you Big Brother Mu; I'm Zhiwei!"

After a brief chat with Zhiwei, Mu Yi realized that the manifestation of spiritual light varied from person to person.

In Mu Yi's case, it manifested positively—he was more perceptive, more easily empathic, and better able to understand certain things.

But in Zhiwei's case, it manifested as a completely negative effect; getting lost was completely routine for her.

Mu Yi understood that ordinary people sense the directions southeast, northwest, but what Zhiwei sensed were the southeast, northwest of the spiritual plane; this wasn't just going in the opposite direction—it was utterly mismatched, like a donkey's lips on a horse's mouth.

In ancient times, she would likely starve to death in the deep mountains and old forests within a couple of days.

Fortunately, modern society has advanced positioning; even if she can't find her way herself, her friends can always locate her via positioning.

Well, from a certain angle, this trait in a girl could be called a 'beautiful fool,' and it might even be considered a bonus?

"No wonder you showed up in that kind of place last time!" Mu Yi suddenly realized. "This time, why didn't you bring friends along?"

Mu Yi sized up Zhiwei, judging from the suitcase she was carrying that she might be traveling alone.

"Just wait for me at the station! We plan to go south to play!" Zhiwei explained.

"South?" Mu Yi eyed Zhiwei skeptically, then glanced at his train ticket.

"This train is probably heading north, right?"

"What!" Zhiwei stared blankly, then looked devastated; according to her past experience, there was no doubt she had gotten lost again.

"If you get off now and let the station staff help, there should still be a chance to fix it!" Mu Yi kindly reminded Zhiwei.

"Big Brother Mu, let's keep in touch by phone!"

Upon hearing that, Zhiwei hurriedly ran off the train, not forgetting to shout back at Mu Yi.

Fortunately, the train stopped long enough this time; otherwise, Mu Yi estimated they might have to change their travel destination.

"She should be able to arrive safely, right? Probably?"

Mu Yi faintly felt the fluctuations of the spiritual plane…

"Forget it; meeting is fate, let me give you a hand!"

Mu Yi stretched out his hand, gesturing toward the direction Zhiwei had left.

As Zhiwei was sprinting, she suddenly felt a mental clarity; the previously vague southeast, northwest, like a mist, suddenly became real.

"Today my luck is really good!" Zhiwei muttered to herself, looking at the incoming call on her phone, and she eagerly answered.

"A Ming, do you know who I met today?!"

"Seems like it worked?"

Mu Yi felt the spiritual plane's fluctuations subside, and he gave a knowing smile.

The effect of will distorting reality was greater than he had imagined.

To some extent, this thing is truly omnipotent; perhaps it could be called 'do as one pleases'?

He had merely been thinking about helping Zhiwei solve her problem, and then he actually rewrote reality through will.

But it seems to be only temporary?

After the little incident, Mu Yi used will to distort reality, shielding himself and Chuyi's presence; thus, as long as there wasn't close contact, there would no longer be a disturbance caused by Chuyi.

Having mastered omnipotent reality distortion, Mu Yi's speed in seeking spiritual fluctuations suddenly increased greatly.

Soon he found his target on the vast expanse of land.

There were no complications.

In the material world, naturally no treasure‑guardian‑type beings will be born.

"This location was probably the frontier before?"

Mu Yi arrived at the center of the spiritual fluctuation, curiously scanning the surroundings; even in the modern world of steel jungles everywhere, this place still looked rather desolate.

Mu Yi closed his eyes, projected his will outward, and began searching for weak points between the material world and the spiritual world here, hoping to pull out whatever had called him.

The moment his will fully sank into the spiritual world, Mu Yi saw the past melee of frontier soldiers fighting bloodily on this land, and also heard the anguished cries of pain and despair under the burning, slaughtering raids of the Hu people.

Mu Yi remained completely unmoved, unperturbed; his will turned into a massive hand that leapt across the barrier of the material world, seizing the source that had called him.

"A cauldron?"

When Mu Yi opened his eyes, he found a large cauldron materializing in his hand, emitting a certain bright sheen.

Even without any inscription, Mu Yi still sensed the cauldron's name, with no origin, as if it were meant to be called that.

"Jiuzhou... cauldron?"