Chapter 530

Xu Que was almost bewildered at this moment.

For no reason, a big lightning bolt suddenly struck down, hitting right beside him. This was too weird.

Liu Jingning was even more stunned and took a long while to come back to her senses.

She just didn't expect that as soon as she spoke, Xu Que would start to be so unlucky. She was really unable to laugh or cry, and at the same time, she felt worried about Xu Que's future path!

But Xu Que didn't care; on the contrary, he was surprisingly calm.

When a person is unlucky, they might even choke to death while drinking water. Now that he's been struck by lightning, and it didn't even hit him, what's there to be afraid of?

Besides, this King of Acting Cool isn't even afraid of Heavenly Tribulations, would he be afraid of your mere little lightning bolt?

Thinking of this, Xu Que looked proud and smiled: "Look, see? Even the lightning can't hit me, proving that I..."

*Boom! *

Suddenly, before Xu Que could finish his sentence, a loud noise erupted in the clear sky, followed by an arm-thick lightning bolt that suddenly struck Xu Que's head.

"Damn, are you done yet?"

Xu Que was immediately annoyed, his figure flashed, and he instantly dodged the lightning.

With a *bang*, the lightning missed again and slammed into the mountain rock, causing gravel to fly and blasting a giant pit.

"Damn it, if you have the guts, try one more time, I'll definitely blow you up!" Xu Que didn't even look at the ground and pointed directly at the sky to curse.

Liu Jingning was instantly stunned.

What does this guy want to do?

Is he crazy?

He's already been struck by lightning due to bad luck, and not only does he not run, but he actually dares to point at the sky and curse like this. Isn't he afraid of divine punishment?

How bold is this guy?

Liu Jingning was incomparably horrified in her heart. Fortunately, she hadn't seen Xu Que crossing a tribulation; otherwise, she might have been scared sick on the spot.

After all, in the eyes of cultivators, things like the Heavenly Dao and reincarnation exist and are very taboo. Even talking about them is inconvenient. There are causes and effects, and eventually, they will all be repaid in the Heavenly Tribulation.

But Xu Que didn't care about this at all. Ever since he embarked on the path of acting cool, even his appetite had improved.

Cultivating immortality is about cultivating the heart, and he just wants to do whatever he wants; otherwise, what's the point of cultivating immortality?

"Xu Que, don't mess around!" Liu Jingning said, not caring whether more lightning would strike, and hurriedly grabbed Xu Que.

At this moment, the sky seemed to have calmed down and didn't strike more lightning just because Xu Que cursed it.

Xu Que hummed: "Look, it doesn't work if you don't curse; it only becomes honest when you curse."

"Alright, stop talking. It's still not too late for us to leave now!" Liu Jingning said speechlessly, really afraid that Xu Que would continue to curse like this and bring about a bigger disaster!

"Ah! Leave for where? We've almost found Hongyan, how could I possibly leave!" Xu Que shook his head, put on his shoes, and prepared to continue on his way.

Liu Jingning furrowed her brows, a trace of shock in her eyes, and asked: "You still want to find her? You've only just approached the area where she is, and you've already encountered a lightning tribulation for no reason. If you truly meet her, have you thought about your end?"

"I have thought about it. At worst, a meteorite will suddenly fall and smash me to death, or I'll be smashed to death by my own handsomeness while looking in the mirror. But that would be a bad ending, so I believe this situation won't happen to me, and even if it does, I'm not afraid!" Xu Que smiled.

He had full confidence. If a meteorite really fell, at worst he would just turn on the Luck Halo to dodge it. There was really nothing to be afraid of!

Seeing Xu Que's grinning appearance, Liu Jingning couldn't help but get anxious and shook her head: "You don't know how serious it is to be entangled by bad luck at all. Otherwise, the entire Eastern Wasteland wouldn't be so anxious to kill Jiang Hongyan. Everyone is afraid of encountering what happened to her parents back then. Knowing it's a dead end, why do you insist on rushing into it?"

"Her parents? What happened back then?" Xu Que became curious as soon as Liu Jingning mentioned Jiang Hongyan's parents.

Because Jiang Hongyan never mentioned her parents. The only time she mentioned it was in the Water Origin Kingdom, when she casually mentioned her mother's relic, but didn't say anything more after that.

Now that Liu Jingning brought it up, Xu Que immediately became interested.

"This is no secret in the Eastern Wasteland, so it's fine to tell you!" Liu Jingning thought for a moment and began to recount it, wanting to use the events of the past to persuade Xu Que to retreat and make him understand the seriousness of the matter.

After all, being entangled by bad luck is something that cannot be seen or touched. It is often heard of in the cultivation world, but almost no one has witnessed it with their own eyes.

The only example is Jiang Hongyan's parents—Jiang Shanhe and Yi Qing'er!

Jiang Hongyan's mother, Yi Qing'er, was a person destined for misfortune. However, she was not like this when she was young. It wasn't until she became a Dao companion with Jiang Shanhe and became pregnant with Jiang Hongyan that this misfortune began to appear.

Some people say it's because Jiang Hongyan herself is a Heavenly Fiend Lone Star and a beauty calamity, so Yi Qing'er was implicated.

But this view is rarely agreed upon. The Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, the Heavenly Mechanism Old Man, once personally divined that it was Yi Qing'er's own problem, plus Jiang Shanhe's fate was not good either. When the two combined, it produced more serious consequences, and even passed all the unfortunate fates down to Jiang Hongyan.

At that time, the Jiang family ancestor had not yet gone into seclusion and attached great importance to Jiang Shanhe's affairs, specifically asking the Heavenly Mechanism Old Man to break the situation. However, the Heavenly Mechanism Old Man, who was known for his infallible calculations, also expressed helplessness because that kind of fate could only be solved through the method of defying heaven and changing fate.

So the Jiang family used great connections and power, spending decades to find the first two parts of "One Qi Transforming into Three Pure Ones." However, before the couple could cultivate it, they encountered a disaster and died!

The Jiang family ancestor was heartbroken and developed a heart demon while cultivating, almost losing his life. He had to rush into seclusion and had not asked about worldly affairs since.

Afterwards, the Jiang family suffered various blows one after another. Whether it was the prodigies who went out for training or the industries under their name, big problems appeared.

Thus, all the reasons were pointed at Jiang Hongyan. Everyone knew that she was a beauty calamity and would only bring disaster to the Jiang family.

So when Jiang Hongyan cultivated to the Golden Core Stage, she had almost no friends and left the Jiang family alone. The Jiang family improved as a result, gradually getting on the right track and stabilizing their position as the hegemon of the Eastern Wasteland!

But now, Jiang Hongyan has returned to the Eastern Wasteland, so not only the Jiang family, but other families and sects are also wary. Moreover, Jiang Hongyan's own aptitude is powerful, and other forces do not want to see her rise, and are even more afraid that she can really defy heaven and change fate, eventually affecting the situation of the entire Eastern Wasteland.

"..."

Xu Que listened to Liu Jingning finish telling Jiang Hongyan's family history and fell into complete silence.

Originally, he thought the original owner of this body was miserable enough, adopted by an emperor, only to have his spirit root plucked and be abandoned in the wilderness.

But now it seems that Jiang Hongyan's life experience is even more tragic, not only suspected of killing her parents, but also abandoned and hated by the entire family, to the point of wandering alone to the Five Elements Mountain. Now that she has returned, she is regarded as a great enemy by the entire Eastern Wasteland, and everyone is looking for her and wants to kill her!

All of this is just because her fate is not good!

"How about it? Do you still think being entangled by bad luck is just a small matter?" Liu Jingning saw Xu Que was silent and thought he was starting to waver, so she continued: "Her parents were at the Void Refinement Stage back then, but they still died inexplicably on the way back to the Jiang family without any ability to resist. Now that Jiang Hongyan has returned to the Eastern Wasteland, that ominous sign is becoming more and more intense, as if it has been completely released. If you approach her, the ending will only be more miserable than her parents!"

"I know!" Xu Que was unexpectedly calm, nodded faintly, and his gaze suddenly looked at Liu Jingning, a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth: "I know being entangled by bad luck is very serious, but so what? I said it a long time ago, it's just being entangled by bad luck, I've never been afraid!"

*Plop! *

At this moment, Er Gou, who was bored and fiddling with the recorder, accidentally pressed the play button, and the recorder suddenly rang out with a thick and loud singing voice!

"Invincibility is how lonely, how lonely!"

"Invincibility is how empty, how empty!"

"Alone at the peak, the cold wind keeps blowing!"

"My loneliness, who can understand me!"

【First update, there are two more chapters tonight!】