Chapter 37: It Is Nothing More Than Acting Against the Heavenly Dao

Dongzhou, Mo Family.

Almost at the very instant Mo Tianming died, the bloodline on the arm of the old man sitting cross-legged in the secret chamber faded away.

He felt something in his heart, and the moment he opened his eyes, it was as if a bell toll echoed.

The old man frowned, his thoughts unsettled; he pinched his fingers to calculate, and his face, which had been calm and unruffled, suddenly changed color.

A roar suddenly erupted from the Mo Family secret chamber:

"Who is it!"

"Who dares to kill the bloodline of me, Mo Wugui!!!"

"Do not let this old man find out who you are!"

The veins on his forehead bulged; he pressed one finger onto the bloodline that was about to vanish, while his other hand began to calculate rapidly.

"No... this is not right... it is actually a child of my Mo Family lost outside? Who is it... where is he?"

"Bloodline Curse, ignite!"

Following Mo Wugui's low shout, a thin vertical line suddenly appeared between his brows; looking closely, one could see an eyeball spinning inside it.

He kept his eyes tightly shut, and that vertical eye flickered frantically. Before long, Mo Wugui's eyes snapped open, and he spat out two words, one by one, with a ferocious expression.

"Lu Ren!"

The Bloodline Curse was a unique forbidden spell of his Mo Family, used to locate children lost outside.

If the child died, one could use the Bloodline Curse to know the person the child hated most in their final moments! It must be the enemy who killed his Mo Family bloodline!

Once discovered by others in the Mo Family, they must be killed! Mo Wugui's face was gloomy as he broke out of his seclusion directly; if he did not kill the person who caused the death of his bloodline, his heart would not be at peace!

The Mo Family ancestor had thus emerged from seclusion! A white cat hidden in the clouds in the distance heard the roar drifting over the Mo Family, and it narrowed its eyes in satisfaction, covering its mouth to giggle.

It stretched out its claws, as if grabbing something, winding it between its claws, over and over, binding the Destiny Lines of Lu Ren, Feng Wuyou, and the Mo Family more firmly.

Afterward, the white cat waved its claws, clearly very satisfied with everything it had done, but after the satisfaction, the white cat recalled Lu Ren's actions, and the fur on its body stood on end.

That damned Lu Ren, why could he not follow the Destiny Line it had arranged?

Why must he break free from Fate! And that Feng Wuyou! Anything related to Lu Ren is truly no good.

It had to abandon Mo Tianming, the newly born Child of Luck, and withdraw quickly; fortunately, it did not suffer too great a loss.

It also had to bring out some of the hidden threads regarding Mo Tianming's fate ahead of schedule.

For example, the Mo Family.

This was supposed to be the icing on the cake and the mystery of his origins after Mo Tianming achieved success and fame.

The white cat shook its head and sighed, yet its glass-like cat eyes were full of malice.

It hooked its claw, and a book suddenly appeared out of thin air.

The pages of fate turned without wind in front of the white cat, rustling loudly; every page of the book was a moving image.

Scenes of people were shown, all kinds of people, and finally, the page froze on the face of Mo Tianming, who had been pierced through the heart and died a miserable death.

The white cat licked its paw and tore off this page.

The torn page ignited without fire.

In the flickering light, one could only see that the ball of yarn representing fate, which the white cat was stepping on, seemed to be even more tangled...

On the road from the Qingyun Sect back to the Lu Family, Feng Wuyou's carriage and Lu Ren's carriage traveled side by side.

In the cultivation world, especially on the Tianxuan Continent, people were keen on crafting various modes of transport; very few people ever flew on swords, except for those sword cultivators who were dirt poor.

Lu Ren's and Feng Wuyou's carriages were crafted by the same person, their styles nearly identical; from afar, they looked like twins.

At this moment, Feng Wuyou was not in her own carriage.

She sat beside Lu Ren, while Lu Daoshuang and Lu Daocheng had been shooed off to her carriage.

After hearing Lu Ren roughly recount what happened after time paused, Feng Wuyou gasped heavily.

She said in surprise: "That Qingyizi is actually also a master of the Time Law?"

"I have never heard of this before."

Lu Ren omitted the matter of the Ascension; he shook his head and said casually: "There are millions of experts in the world, it is not strange that there are some I do not know."

Feng Wuyou paused slightly and nodded in agreement. "That is true."

"I almost forgot, thank goodness Second Brother reminded me; I haven't had a chance to congratulate Second Brother on advancing to Supreme Saint. I didn't bring many resources with me on this trip, but I happened to capture a Spirit Vein a few days ago, so I shall use this to congratulate Second Brother on your advancement!"

She reached into her Storage Ring, pulled out a ball of scales, and handed it to Lu Ren.

That little thing, curled into a ball, had a back covered entirely in top-grade crystals; if others saw it, it would surely incite greed and cause a massive uproar.

This was not a Spirit Vein.

It was a Spirit Vein Spirit.

A treasure so rare in the world that even among ten million Spirit Veins, one might not find a single one.

Lu Ren was slightly surprised, then heard Feng Wuyou say wistfully: "I originally intended to give this to Mo Tianming to contract, but how hateful, I cannot believe I could be so stupid!"

She did not hide it from Lu Ren; on the way back, she had explained her dream-tracing experience to him in detail.

Feng Wuyou was exceptionally resentful.

"The person in the dream is simply not me, as if I were possessed!"

"The Feng Wuyou in the dream would actually dismiss her harem for Mo Tianming!"

She sneered, "I must have been insane to discard my cultivation and start over!"

Those were not her harem; they were subordinates she had beaten into submission with her own strength, her civil and military officials, and a part of her own power.

Lu Ren also felt it was absurd.

Although he had already seen the plot regarding Feng Wuyou once, hearing her say this again, he still felt the deep malice of the Heavenly Dao.

Feng Wuyou is like this, but wasn't the original Lu Ren the same? In the original plot line, when faced with an adopted daughter who betrayed the family, he not only failed to punish her, but didn't even make Yu Ruowei hand over everything she possessed, and even allowed Yu Ruowei to use the Lu Family's name to stir up trouble outside.

After Yu Ruowei died, he acted as if he had lost his mind, his heart and spirit left in turmoil over an adopted daughter, eventually overturning the entire Lu Family and becoming nothing more than an experience pack for Qin Yuan.

Lu Ren wanted to slap that version of himself to death.

He did not reveal his own fortuitous encounter to Feng Wuyou, only saying, "So you also had this kind of fortuitous encounter..."

With just this one sentence, Feng Wuyou immediately widened her eyes, realizing what he meant.

"Could it be that you, adoptive brother, also..."

Her expression turned cold, and her brows furrowed tightly, "This isn't right."

As her thoughts turned, Feng Wuyou pursed her lips.

"Adoptive brother, I suspect this is a conspiracy. Now that both you and I have fallen into the trap and found a glimmer of survival, what about eldest brother and the others..."

Lu Ren shook his head.

"Do not tell them. If you and I had not awakened, we would likely still be lost in the dream."

"I will send the Dark Pavilion to conduct more surveillance on them. Remember to keep this matter strictly confidential; do not tell anyone else."

The Dark Pavilion is the Lu Family's intelligence agency, which is also responsible for assassinations.

The five siblings almost all know about the Dark Pavilion. With the Great Dao as witness, the five of them would never do anything detrimental to one another; as long as the others discover they are being monitored by Lu Ren, they will be able to sense that something is wrong.

This is also a form of warning.

An unspeakable warning.

Feng Wuyou immediately reacted, suddenly recalling the Heavenly Punishment when Mo Tianming was killed.

An incredible thought jumped into her mind.

With all the clues connected together, Feng Wuyou suddenly felt a sense of trepidation.

Could it be the Heavenly Dao...

The moment she had this thought, she immediately felt something in her heart; it was as if something in the dark had locked onto her, and if she were to blurt it out, disaster would surely befall her.

Feng Wuyou immediately wiped the thought from her mind and nodded solemnly.

"I understand. Don't worry, Second Brother, I will certainly not feign compliance while acting in opposition."

Lu Ren sat cross-legged, tapping his fingertips against his knees; hearing Feng Wuyou take it so seriously, he shook his head and chuckled softly.

He said indifferently, "No need to be nervous."

"It is merely... acting against the heavens."

(End of chapter)