Chapter 168: One with Great Luck?

"Ning Chixia, oh, Ning Chixia."

"You didn't think you'd fall into my hands, did you? When you razed Lanruo Temple back then, you were quite imposing! Do you regret it now?"

The Tree Demon laughed wildly, its Demon Qi surging to the heavens.

"Hmph, even if time were to turn back, if I encountered those man-harming female ghosts of yours, I would still slay them!" Ning Chixia let out a cold snort, his aura shaking.

"But you have harmed the ordinary mortal beside you."

Heishan looked at Yan Caichen beside Ning Chixia and said indifferently.

At the same time, he was also astonished in his heart. What was going on? The Yin Qi was so dense now that even demons like them, who lived off Yin Qi, felt as if they could barely breathe.

Then how could this mortal remain safe and sound within the Yin Qi, not being eroded, and appearing lively and full of vitality? Could it be... could it be that he is not a mortal?

Heishan could not help but feel a trace of wariness, becoming even more cautious.

Ning Chixia's expression sank.

Although it was clear that Yan Caichen could ignore the erosion of Yin Qi and clearly harbored some secret, after spending such a long time together, he was obviously just an ordinary person with no power to truss a chicken.

If he hadn't gotten involved with him, he wouldn't have been hunted down.

"Hero Ning, rest assured, I have absolutely no regrets."

Yan Caichen gripped the Qingfeng Sword in his hand and said solemnly.

"The Saint says, since ancient times, who has never died in life? Why fear it?"

"What a fine-sounding speech, but you are just an ordinary mortal, how could you know the affairs of cultivators and martial artists? Utterly laughable. I hold your life in my palm; let's see if you are afraid."

The Tree Demon sneered and attacked the two of them.

Seeing this, Heishan did not waste any more words; the demonic energy around his body surged violently, seemingly possessing intelligence as it attacked the two of them one after another.

Ma Suxuan grew anxious at the sight.

"Senior, are you still not going to act at a time like this? That Daoist cultivator named Ning Chixia might be able to hold on for a while, but that ordinary person will likely be killed by these two demons in a single exchange."

"No rush, I am here to backstop."

Li Heng said indifferently.

Generally speaking, those with great Luck can always turn bad fortune into good.

These two have great Luck; logically speaking, they should be able to easily survive this calamity. Of course, the factor in surviving the calamity is highly likely to lie in Ma Suxuan's intervention.

That was why he had stopped Ma Suxuan from acting beforehand.

As for himself, he was a transmigrator, highly likely not part of this world's Fate, so it might not depend on his intervention. Of course, this is hard to say; if this Heaven and Earth is very strong, a transmigrator like him might have long since been incorporated into the Fate of Heaven and Earth.

Therefore, to avoid interference.

He did not act immediately either.

Li Heng did not believe that with his Visualization Divine Ability and the Great Sun essence suppressing his mind, this Luck could still influence his psyche and make him unable to resist acting.

At this moment, seeing the two demons attack, Ning Chixia swung his Dharma Sword to contend with them, barely blocking them to prevent Yan Caichen, who was a mortal, from being killed in the first exchange.

However, in a life-and-death struggle, there will always be oversights.

A tiny vine from the Tree Demon bypassed the blockade of Ning Chixia's sword technique, brushed past him, tore through the air, and struck toward Yan Caichen, who was gripping his sword but looked somewhat dazed in the rear.

Li Heng calmly witnessed all of this happening.

His entire being might be within the Fate of this Heaven and Earth, but the essence of his Visualization Divine Ability was certainly outside of Heaven and Earth; this was the confidence he had to verify and test this matter.

Even if Yan Caichen died, as long as it hadn't been long.

He could still save an ordinary person.

"Senior!"

Ma Suxuan was shocked at the sight. How could this person disregard the life and death of others? It was clearly something that could be saved with a casual effort, not a difficult task at all; why did he just ignore it?

She gritted her teeth, unable to care about anything else, and wanted to act to save him. But the next moment, she was stopped by Li Heng again, and the surging aura around her body was suppressed by Li Heng, returning to calm.

At this moment, the vine reached Yan Caichen.

Suddenly, the jade pendant at Yan Caichen's waist bloomed with light, instantly forming a protective barrier that actually resisted the vine's attack, and at the same time, an ethereal figure appeared before Yan Caichen.

This figure was graceful and possessed beauty that could topple cities.

It was a woman.

Yan Caichen was stunned for a moment before realizing he had just faced life and death, cold sweat trickling down his back. Seeing that female figure, he couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment, "Miss Nie!?"

This Miss Nie smiled slightly.

"Young Master Yan, long time no see. How have you been lately?"

However, the battlefield changed in an instant. Before the human and the ghost could start catching up, five or six vines as hard as iron tore through the air and attacked Yan Caichen.

Ning Chixia, who was entangled with the two demons, could no longer block them.

He was already unable to look after Yan Caichen.

"Sigh, the Matriarch is pressing so tightly; it seems I cannot catch up with you, Young Master. Take this, this is my final strength. I am with you..."

Seeing this, Miss Nie's expression was mournful. She then waved her hand, her figure turning into wisps of light that merged into Yan Caichen's body, inexplicably combining with his Luck, causing his aura to climb step by step.

The vines had only just arrived before him.

Yan Caichen had already upgraded from an ordinary person to a Half-step Innate.

What!?

High above, Ma Suxuan could not help but exclaim at this sight. What was this? An ordinary person directly upgrading to Half-step Innate?

Li Heng's expression was calm; he didn't even blink.

Stay calm, stay calm, this is the basic operation of those with great Luck; as long as there is a sufficient reason, they soar straight to the sky. Even though the aura of this female ghost, Miss Nie, was only at the Body Forging realm...

Don't ask, asking means it's Luck!

The fact that two bolts of lightning didn't descend from the sky to strike these two demons dead could already be considered sufficiently restrained.

However, this was not the thing he wanted to verify.

Yan Caichen felt himself filled with power and immediately saw the extremely fast tree vines that he had previously been unable to react to; then, he reached out, grabbed, and pulled, and the vines actually snapped directly.

He immediately realized what was going on, his expression filled with compassion.

"Miss Nie, thank you..."

Immediately, he looked toward the Tree Demon and Heishan, who were entangled with Ning Chixia. "Damned demons, pay with your lives!" he shouted in anger, his hair standing on end, and charged toward these two demons.

"So this is the reason why the senior would not strike?"

"This scholar actually possesses such a fortuitous encounter."

Ma Suxuan said with emotion.

She saw through what was happening at a single glance.

This scholar had actually received a gift from a female ghost, though this female ghost's strength was very poor, and logically speaking, it should not have allowed this scholar to grow to a Half-step Innate.

But she only thought, perhaps this scholar's natural talent was very high?

Li Heng remained silent; he continued to observe Yan Caichen. Finally, after Yan Caichen had flown out a few steps, the Heavenly Eye finally perceived the anomaly on Yan Caichen's body.

The Luck on Yan Caichen's body was undergoing a mysterious change!

He did not know how to describe this kind of change.

In any case, it was not what should come from the favor of Luck; there was a kind of malice?

Just as this thought arose, Li Heng saw that after Yan Caichen had charged halfway, his foot actually kicked a medium-sized stone, and he fell flat on his face.

Although Yan Caichen stood up quickly, the two demons, the Tree Demon and Heishan, took advantage of Yan Caichen's failure to provide timely support and joined forces to strike a blow, causing Ning Chixia to vomit blood and fly backward.

Seeing this, Ma Suxuan shook her head, feeling it was a pity.

"Although the scholar has such a fortuitous encounter, he was after all just an ordinary person a moment ago; now that his cultivation has risen sharply, he is somewhat unaccustomed to it and didn't even notice the stone under his feet. Otherwise, there would be no need for us to intervene."

Li Heng's expression was calm.

Was Ma Suxuan's statement reasonable? It was very reasonable.

Cultivation rising sharply, just somewhat unaccustomed to it.

But combined with the change in Luck seen by the Heavenly Eye, this was extremely unreasonable; it was simply not the performance that someone favored by Luck should have!

He recalled the drastic change in his own Luck back then.

A thought arose.

Sure enough, a problem had appeared, or had Heaven and Earth developed a problem?

"Heh, I didn't expect that little bitch to still have a trick up her sleeve."

"But so what if you have cultivation now? A moment ago you were just a mortal without the strength to truss a chicken, with absolutely no experience in life-and-death combat, and now, under such dense Yin energy, can you beat us?"

The Tree Demon sneered.

Heishan nodded.

In his view, in an environment where Yin energy was so dense, even if the two had cultivation, they could not escape; what was happening now was merely a trapped beast fighting, like bones in a tomb, not worth worrying about.

"Pretty boy, now that you have cultivation, you should know its wonders. Then let me ask you, are you still willing to die now? You say 'who has ever escaped death since ancient times,' but which of those on the path of cultivation does not have a long lifespan? Can you bear to part with this long lifespan?"

The Tree Demon laughed loudly.

A person with nothing can give up everything, because he has nothing. But if you ask a rich man to give up everything, that is much harder.

"Stop talking nonsense, finish off the two people quickly; don't you forget the words of that lord!" Heishan, who was to the side, reminded him.

"Fine, let's go together."

Immediately, Heishan and the Tree Demon charged toward the two people again.

Ning Chixia, who had vomited blood, caught his breath and charged forward again. Yan Caichen gritted his teeth, his face showing anger, and also charged toward the two demons together, becoming entangled in combat with these two demons.

However, the Yin energy was so dense that it was the demons' home turf.

The two could not outlast the demons at all and were beaten back repeatedly. The most miserable was Yan Caichen, who had just ascended to the heavens in one step; because he was unaccustomed to the struggles among cultivators and martial artists, he was beaten by the two demons in an extremely miserable fashion, his whole body covered in wounds, his Original Qi severely damaged.

Seeing this, Ma Suxuan shook her head.

"Although he has such a fortuitous encounter, the situation is still too difficult."

"Senior, should we intervene now? These two have been able to fight two Half-step Innate demons for so long in an environment with such dense Yin energy; they are clearly two good seedlings and must not die."

Li Heng's expression was gloomy.

He had seen too much through the Heavenly Eye.

During the fight just now.

Every time the Luck on Yan Caichen's body changed mysteriously, he himself would be wounded by the two demons. Some injuries even should not have appeared, yet he was still wounded.

It was as if he were being targeted.

This further verified his previous guess.

Heaven and Earth had a problem; the greater environment had a problem!

Pressing the verification results and various guesses into his heart, he spoke slowly. "Hmm, we can intervene now..."