Chapter 835 Child of Destiny
However, this was just a small interlude.
Ye Xuanyue still had business to attend to. She looked seriously at the old man before her and asked a few questions.
The old man glanced at her, his expression turning somewhat serious.
“You want medicinal herb ingredients? The one you mentioned, I do have an impression of it. It seems… there’s a young man who has what you want.”
Ye Xuanyue’s eyes brightened slightly. She wanted to brew the potion that could allow entry into the Dragon Clan’s territory. She was only missing that one ingredient. Now that she had finally received a lead, she naturally needed to find a way to obtain it.
But the old man looked troubled. He thought for a moment before speaking.
“That young man is very sly and shrewd. He’s not easy to find. Moreover, he might not be willing to trade with a stranger.”
Yet his tone shifted, offering Ye Xuanyue a sliver of hope.
“But that young man will definitely go to the Spirit Beast Gambling Event.”
Ye Xuanyue narrowed her eyes. Will definitely go to the Spirit Beast Gambling Event? That meant this person was very likely a Summoner.
The old man chuckled and said,
“That person’s name is Wu Shi Tong. You can try to find him.”
Ye Xuanyue nodded, committing the name to memory.
The old man looked at her. This young girl probably wouldn’t leave the Wish-Granting Market anytime soon, so some words didn’t need to be said urgently. But—he thought again and still gave a reminder.
“If you plan to leave this place, come find me first. I have something to say to you.”
Ye Xuanyue knew that what he had to say later was likely important, so she also nodded seriously. She asked softly,
“How do I get to the Spirit Beast Gambling Event?”
The old man answered directly,
“Go out and turn left. The tallest building in your line of sight is the one. Just go straight in.”
He thought for a moment and tossed something to Ye Xuanyue. She was slightly startled because the item was not a Command Token but an exquisitely carved small sword replica. Most importantly, she could not tell what material it was carved from; it felt neither like wood nor stone.
It was extremely delicate.
Ye Xuanyue touched the miniature carving, then heard the old man speak.
"Oh, right."
"There's one more thing."
"In the market, if you see a wandering little squirrel, steer clear."
"You absolutely must not offend it."
"And don't try to curry its favor or feed it. Remember that."
"This is very important."
Ye Xuanyue looked puzzled.
"Huh?"
But the old man fell silent.
Ye Xuanyue thought about it. For now, the most important thing was to find that fellow named Wu Shi Tong. Speaking of which, this person's name was quite interesting. Wu Shi Tong—didn't that mean "learned without a teacher"? There was some clever thought behind the name.
...
When Ye Xuanyue walked out, Leng Moran could clearly sense that the young girl beside him was in a good mood. He gazed at her profile and faintly saw the slight upward curve of her lips.
Ye Xuanyue's mood was indeed good.
Finding a lead to the Yuling Sect was like lifting a heavy weight off her heart. Once the matter concerning Duoduo was settled, she should really go see the Yuling Sect on the Lingtian Continent.
The young girl's expression was calm and quiet. After leaving the shop, she lifted her head and looked into the distance. There, she could indeed see a very conspicuous building.
Ye Xuanyue said softly,
"Let's go."
...
Not long after Ye Xuanyue left the shop, the shop door opened. When the young man entered, he made almost no sound. Instead, the squirrel on his shoulder spoke.
"Old Man Zheng?"
The old man suddenly looked up, his expression changing slightly. His look, in respect, seemed to carry a trace of fear.
Fifteen minutes later, the young man in cyan robes took a sip of tea from a white porcelain cup. He spoke.
"So that young girl is from the Spirit Martial Continent?"
The little squirrel was happily munching on a plate of spirit energy-rich sunflower seeds. Hearing the young man speak, it suddenly looked up, its eyes darting around.
"From the Spirit Martial Continent?"
"That's interesting."
"That place, where birds don't lay eggs... I heard it's deteriorated even more in recent decades. Now, they can't even produce a single Martial Venerable anymore."
"It's quite impressive that she came up from that place."
The little squirrel cracked a pine nut, then said quietly,
"But people from that place..."
The young man patted its head, smiled, and asked,
"What's wrong? Don't you like people from the Spirit Martial Continent?"
The little squirrel hesitated for a moment before speaking again.
"It's not that I don't like them."
"It's just that, if she's from there, she'll probably be disappointed with our current Yuling Sect."
"After all, compared to the Yuling Sect back in the Spirit Martial Continent, many things are different now."
Its words carried a meaningful tone.
The young man raised his face, a faint smile still on it.
"Disappointed?"
"I have high hopes for her."
"Someone who could make it all the way here from the Spirit Martial Continent is no ordinary person. But I am curious about why she doesn't want to go to the Yuling Sect immediately—I wonder what she intends to do."
"And I'm also very curious about what Spirit Beasts she has."
"They probably aren't too bad. Back when the groups migrated, many left a small portion of their clansmen in the Spirit Martial Continent, hoping that one day the Spiritual Energy there would recover. But later, the passage between the Spirit Martial Continent and the Lingtian Continent was severed..."
"That hope turned into nothing but a bubble."
"Some Spirit Beasts, relying on their special constitutions, dared to force their way through the Spatial Passage."
He was naturally referring to top-tier Divine Beasts like the Dragon Clan.
"The others could only stay there, watching the Spiritual Energy decline day by day."
The little squirrel's voice was soft.
"Actually, those who stayed in the Spirit Martial Continent back then can't be said to be wrong. After all, we all knew then that the Spirit Martial Continent had a chance of recovering its Spiritual Energy—it's just that the possibility was extremely low."
"Unless there truly exists the kind of legendary Child of Destiny who inherits the fortune of an entire continent, only then could it be done."
"But that's just a legend."
"It hasn't happened for thousands, tens of thousands of years, and it's impossible in the future too."
Its voice carried a faint melancholy. It lowered its head. After hesitating for a while, it said quietly,
"Later, I want to secretly follow that girl for a while."
The man turned his face, looking at the squirrel who could crack its own seeds with some surprise. His eyes held a bit of astonishment.
"Really?"
"Just because she's a disciple of the Yuling Sect from the Spirit Martial Continent?"
"You've never been this attentive before."
The little squirrel paused silently, then spoke.
"It's not because of that."
"I like her aura very much. That's why I want to follow her for a while."
"Later, put on an act with me. If I want to follow her, I need a proper reason."
"She needs to believe that I'm truly a homeless, abandoned Spirit Beast."
The young man looked at the squirrel. He was genuinely somewhat shocked. He knew this squirrel's identity, which was why he felt it was really lowering itself for this human girl. But since it made the request itself, he would fulfill it.