frightfiction Chapter 1023 True Purpose
Chapter 1023 True Purpose
Chapter 1023: The Real Purpose
Ling Xiao led Xiao Han to the outer hall.
If the market town of the scattered cultivators at the South Heavenly Gate and the small town on West Mountain Island seem to be places where only the most honest Qi Refining cultivators in the lower realm would gather.
Then the palaces here can truly be called the abode of immortals.
Whether it's the walls or the other furnishings in the main hall, they all appear tangible but lack substance. Even the cluster of spiritual flowers hanging in the corner, emitting a delicate fragrance, seems both real and illusory.
The light inside the room didn't seem to be shining directly; it was broken up and filtered by the clouds, the light mist, and the spiritual energy, and when it fell down, it became a faint, pearly glow.
There is no harsh division between day and night, only the gentle alternation of clear moonlight and warm sunshine.
Everything here is constructed from the power of laws; they are all usable, yet they have no substance.
Ling Xiao led Xiao Han to the outside of the palace.
Amidst swirling clouds and mist.
The rocks are rounded and smooth, and gurgling spring water seeps from the rock marrow, converging into a clear, shallow stream.
The stream carries not sand and pebbles, but fine, starlight-like jade fragments and warm, lustrous stones. The flowing water emits a tranquil sound, capable of cleansing the soul.
Beneath an old pine tree, as if carved from jade, with a faint luster flowing through its veins, yet appearing gnarled and vigorous, sits a stone table and two stone stools, which also seem to have form but not substance.
"Come, sit here and try the peaches of immortality that ripen only once every ten thousand years in the divine realm. These are spiritual fruits that only gods can eat. I obtained three by chance. I tasted one, and now there are two left. Let's each have one."
Ling Xiao flicked his sleeve, and a fruit plate appeared on the stone table, containing two peaches slightly larger than a fist.
The rich spiritual energy mixed with the fruity aroma instantly made Xiao Han's mouth water and his appetite whetted.
If a mortal were to eat a bite of this, let alone achieve immortality, they might even ascend to heaven.
Xiao Han no longer cared what Ling Xiao wanted from her; she ate the peaches first.
Just as she was about to reach out, Ling Xiao suddenly remembered something, grabbed the fruit plate and pulled it to his side, then took out a plate of peaches.
This plate of peaches is clearly the same as the one served at the banquet in the town earlier.
Neither its ethereal charm nor its fruity aroma can compare to that which ripens only once every ten thousand years.
Seeing Xiao Han looking at him with a puzzled expression, Ling Xiao chuckled and said, "Eat one of these peaches first, and then you can eat this better one."
Xiao Han didn't know why he wanted her to eat the lower-grade peaches first, but since the food belonged to someone else, she couldn't insist. So she picked up a peach that was much lower grade and took a bite.
Ling Xiao didn't show it on his face, but he looked at Xiao Han with a little nervousness in his heart.
He remembered the last cultivator whose luck he had dabbed in was choked while eating the spiritual fruit. A Divine King realm cultivator was so choked by a mouthful of fruit that his eyes rolled back, and he struggled for quite a while.
Ling Xiao felt helpless.
He was a native of the divine realm, and his parents were both cultivators with extremely poor aptitude and comprehension.
After discovering that they were both rare cultivation idiots, they felt a sense of shared misfortune and became cultivation partners.
Perhaps as compensation from the Creator, their child, Ling Xiao, was a cultivation prodigy with extraordinary talent.
However, Ling Xiao's cultivation was not smooth sailing.
Whether it's advancing to a minor or major realm, it's always a matter of life and death for him.
By chance, he acquired a pair of special divine eyes that allowed him to see whether a person possessed great fortune or special luck.
He then discovered that if he came into contact with these cultivators with great fortune during a special period when he was about to advance in his cultivation, the closer their relationship was and the longer they spent together, the more he could borrow their fortune.
With this borrowed luck boost, his advancement will no longer be a matter of life and death.
That is why, at just over a thousand years old, he cultivated to the level of God Emperor and became a very famous figure in the second and third heavens of the God Realm.
However, during the period when he borrowed their luck, the cultivators who originally possessed great fortune would be extremely unlucky.
How unlucky are they? They can choke on a bite of a spiritual fruit, or get spitted in the face by a spirit beast just for touching it.
They were even chased and robbed.
Fortunately, those cultivators whose fortune he borrowed would gradually recover their own great fortune after Ling Xiao successfully advanced.
Ling Xiao also felt guilty towards the cultivators he had dragged down, and he would try his best to make amends in the future, and would not take advantage of any one of them.
After all, even if you wanted to, you couldn't. Each cultivator with great fortune could only borrow fortune once.
This time, advancing to the God-Emperor level was completely ineffective for ordinary cultivators with great fortune. Ling Xiao traveled around but couldn't find a suitable cultivator, which made him quite frustrated. That's why he decided to do some missions first.
He never expected that when he went on a mission to the Divine Palace with a few acquaintances, he would encounter a low-level cultivator with special luck.
After Xiao Han got drunk, he held her and slept with her all night. This was quite intimate. Presumably, he would slowly borrow Xiao Han's luck, while his bad luck would also fall on Xiao Han.
In this way, he should be able to advance to the God-Emperor Realm without any problems.
This is why, when Xiao Han ate that top-grade peach that only ripens once every ten thousand years, he quickly replaced it with an ordinary peach.
After all, it's fine to waste ordinary peaches, but it would be a huge waste to take out and throw away top-quality peaches.
Every bite of peach is a powerful tonic.
Xiao Han only knew that Ling Xiao must have something on his mind about her, but she had no idea that he was after her special luck.
The reason for replacing the peaches now is simply to prevent her from ruining the top-quality peaches due to bad luck.
From the moment Xiao Han started eating the peaches, Ling Xiao kept a close eye on her, ready to help her if she choked on a peach.
After all, it wouldn't sound good if word got out that a cultivator was nearly choked to death by a spiritual fruit.
Xiao Han was starting to lose her appetite under his gaze. After all, it's pretty much unpleasant to have someone staring at you intently while you're eating.
"Hehe, Fellow Daoist Ling, please eat too."
She was afraid she would get indigestion from being stared at like that.
Ling Xiao shook his head slightly, "It's all yours, you should eat it."
He watched as Xiao Han ate the entire peach without any misfortune, and for a moment he began to wonder if he was no longer able to borrow luck.
After Xiao Han finished eating an ordinary peach, he handed her the top-grade peach and then picked up the remaining one for himself.
"Follow me, and I won't be stingy with good things, so eat up."
Regardless, since he had forcibly kept Xiao Han by his side, he had to give her some benefits.
Although every cultivator he borrowed would suffer misfortune for a long time, he was never stingy with the compensation he gave them.
Then, he saw Xiao Han finish eating the top-quality peach without any trouble.
Ling Xiao couldn't help but wonder if Xiao Han's misfortune was different; it wasn't necessarily that she choked on a spiritual fruit.
Sigh! I'll just stay by her side and try my best to help her when she's down on her luck.