Chapter 2: Observing the Child of Fortune

Xiadie slowly opened her eyes; her consciousness had already returned to the outside world.

The conversation with Yilaikesi could be considered quite pleasant, and they had even reached a certain cooperative agreement.

As for why Yilaikesi had abandoned Huo Yuhao and chosen her instead — Xiadie, with her Spirit Sea and soul-sensing, could tell that the other party was hiding something; what exactly, she did not yet know.

This was not important; trust needed time to accumulate.

One person's plan is short; two people's plan is long.

She wanted to return to Wengfaluosi to see her lovely sister Bolüxiya, and without sufficient strength of her own, that was absolutely impossible. In Xiadie's view, Yilaikesi was indeed a qualified partner, and even a teacher.

What, the age issue?

Just kidding — wasn't the age of this body of hers about the same as Huo Yuhao's? Reading novels online is super convenient, ttk. tw makes it easy

Previous life?

After her elbow strike on the Iron Curtain succeeded, she perished.

Although she didn't know why she had survived, living another life was already a gain.

Moreover…

Xiadie's right hand fingers lightly traced across her left arm; a faint wound appeared, and blood seeped from the wound's location — the blood was not red, but a brilliant gold.

"Golden blood, the mark of a Golden Descendant."

This was also the reason Xiadie was confident she had a chance to return to the Bengtie Universe.

Having come, one might also return.

Xiadie gazed at the wound on her arm; the faint scratch healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Sigh!"

This time, she had come to the Douluo Dalu 2 — The Unrivaled Tang Sect era.

It might have been an accident, or it might not have been.

But no matter what, without strength, even knowing the truth would be of no help.

Due to the different worlds, her Death Authority was suppressed and could not be compatible with the local world's power system.

This was the first problem to be resolved.

"Then let's go take a look at this place's protagonist." Xiadie made her decision, and along the way lifted the barrier on Yilaikesi within her Spirit Sea, allowing him to observe the outside situation.

As a Golden Descendant, even though many of her abilities could not be used or were restricted, her physical constitution still far surpassed ordinary people; otherwise, she could not have killed a thousand-year Spirit Beast.

She sped toward the area where she sensed a sudden drop in temperature, streaking afterimage after afterimage through the dense forest.

"It should be right there."

Xiadie's toes lightly tapped a branch, and she accelerated once more.

Her purple eyes were the first to notice the ten-year Wind Baboon on the ground.

The Wind Baboon had been dead for some time, and its Spirit Ring had already dissipated.

Not far from it was a boy in gray cloth clothes with short black hair, still unconscious; he looked about the same age as Xiadie, that is, around eleven or twelve.

Xiadie was still three or four steps away from Huo Yuhao when Huo Yuhao sprang up with a kip-up, and took out from his back a dagger engraved with white tiger patterns.

His young hands gripped the dagger tightly, his face full of vigilance.

"So you're alright!"

Xiadie stopped her steps, and a look of surprise appeared on her face at just the right moment.

"Who are you?"

Tianmeng Bingcan alerted Huo Yuhao that someone was approaching.

Seeing it was a stranger, Huo Yuhao was very wary.

In a Spirit Beast forest hunting Spirit Beasts, what was often dangerous was not the Spirit Beasts, but the humans one happened to encounter.

"No need to be nervous, I mean no harm." Xiadie said with a slight smile. "My elder told me that a little friend here seemed to have had some accident, so I came by to see if I could help."

"Hello, I'm Xiadie, a physician." As she spoke, Xiadie extended her hand to shake Huo Yuhao's; even her voice sounded quite affable.

"Ah, hello." Huo Yuhao became a little shy, seemingly infected by her affability, and subconsciously extended his right hand. "I-I'm called Huo Yuhao, I'm a Soul Master, from the Star Luo Empire."

Xiadie wore a long purple dress, the dress engraved with butterfly-pattern motifs, paired with silver-purple hair; whether in temperament or appearance, the combined effect made her look like a young lady of dignified bearing.

They shook hands, and the greetings ended.

The previously tense atmosphere eased somewhat.

"Little brother Yuhao, why are you alone in the Star Dou Great Forest?"

"It's very dangerous here, you know!" Xiadie's voice carried a hint of curiosity. "Where are your teacher and classmates?"

"I'm all alone, I didn't go to a Soul Master academy." Huo Yuhao's expression fell.

"Eh?" Xiadie tilted her head. "That shouldn't be! The dagger in your hand seems to be a Soul Guidance Device; a Soul Master who can produce a Soul Guidance Device should logically be a student of some academy."

"Or, didn't the elders of your family come with you?"

"I…"

Huo Yuhao fell silent, not knowing how to answer Xiadie's question.

"My mother has passed away, and father — no, I don't have a father." Huo Yuhao thought of that nearly blurred man, and even his dejected expression turned ferocious.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked so much." Xiadie said apologetically.

"What about you, big sister?" Huo Yuhao came back to himself, and knowing his emotions had run too strong, changed the subject. "Why is big sister in the Star Dou Great Forest?"

"I came to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a Spirit Ring, and along the way to gather some medicinal herbs. My elder is watching from the shadows, but usually won't show up unless danger appears."

"How nice!" Huo Yuhao sighed with feeling, thinking of how he had fought desperately to kill a ten-year Wind Baboon — without Tianmeng Bingcan, his first Spirit Ring would probably have been the Spirit Ring of a ten-year Spirit Beast.

He became all the more certain that the girl before him was a young lady from a wealthy family.

Suddenly, Xiadie's expression changed slightly.

"Big sister Xiadie, what's wrong?" Huo Yuhao said, reading her face.

Xiadie hesitated a moment, then said, "The spirit beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest may be going berserk. My elders told me to leave as soon as possible."

A spirit beast rampage!

Huo Yuhao's pupils contracted. In his mind flashed Tianmeng Bingcan's mention that he had fled out from the core region—those terrifying spirit beasts in the core region might be searching for their own Brother Tianmeng.

"Little Yuhao, you really did come to the Star Dou Great Forest too."

A familiar voice interrupted Huo Yuhao's thoughts.

A man and a woman stepped over the low grass, hurrying over three steps at a time.

"Sister Xiaoya, Brother Bei."

The slightly surprised voice made Huo Yuhao's happiness audible.

Xiadie quietly watched the three of them talk, like an outsider.

Information about the two of them also surfaced in her memory.

Tang Sect Master Tang Ya, and Beibei, the great-great-grandson of Mu En, the Level 99 Limit Douluo and Pavilion Master of the Shrek Sea God Pavilion.

Whether it was shaking hands with Huo Yuhao or Tang Ya's appearance now, Xiadie had not sensed Tang San's aura.

Has Tang San not yet confirmed that Huo Yuhao is the Child of Luck?

"Little friend, what are you scheming?"

Yilaikesi's voice rang out in Xiadie's mind.

"Yi Lao, do you know about the Child of Luck?"

Xiadie did not keep him in suspense and sent a transmission back.

"Child of Luck?"

Whether from surprise or something else, after a long silence, "That little fellow called Huo Yuhao—is he the Child of Luck here?"

Uncertainty and astonishment colored Yilaikesi's voice.

"Most likely so." To return to Wengfaluosi, Xiadie needed to recover her strength, and even advance further. She would inevitably become a variable that the controlling Tang San would not allow to appear.

She was very weak right now, far from reaching the level of "I don't eat beef."

If Tang San had noticed Huo Yuhao early on, and she interfered with him too much, she might end up getting a boxed lunch.

Xiadie was still hesitating over whether to alter the Child of Luck's trajectory.

"Yi Lao, I know some things that will happen in this world's future." Xiadie thought it over and transmitted to Yilaikesi, "The Huo Yuhao before us is a chess piece a high-level deity wishes to control. I'm not sure whether this child has been targeted yet."

"I see." Yilaikesi did not ask how Xiadie knew the future. After a silence, his voice continued, "Do you want to help this little fellow, or deal with that deity?"