Chapter 63
[The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect is a Nascent Soul sect.]
[For Yuan Chenxing, who only had Qi Refining cultivation at the time, to escape from an enemy of that level was honestly an astonishing feat.]
The moment those words landed, everyone looked toward Yuan Chenxing with unconcealed admiration.
If it had been them, they definitely would not have dared make an enemy of a Nascent Soul sect so decisively.
Wasn't that basically courting death?
If someone had told them this story before today, they would have dismissed it as drunken bragging.
Yet somehow—it was all true.
Feeling everyone's gazes gather on him, Yuan Chenxing smiled modestly.
Back then, he had only managed something so outrageous because youth made people fearless.
Still, after years of wandering through the cultivation world, he had gradually come to understand exactly what kind of terrifying force the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect truly was.
Sometimes, when he thought back on it, even he felt a lingering sense of unease.
Fortunately, so much time had passed.
And he was already far away from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect now—like a single drop of water vanishing into the sea.
The odds of them finding him again were incredibly slim.
Everyone thought the gossip was finally over.
Then Lou Yuqing's inner voice rang out once more.
[Yuan Chenxing is both unlucky and ridiculously lucky. Because every time disaster strikes him, he somehow stumbles into a good ending afterward.]
[Take Jin Du for example.]
[If an ordinary person were targeted by someone with that level of power and status, they'd usually get manipulated completely, drained dry of all value, then discarded once they became useless.]
[But Yuan Chenxing somehow found a path out of that dead end.]
[Not only did he abduct the enemy's natal spirit beast, he even survived and paved himself a smooth cultivation path afterward.]
[The Silver Moon Wolf's potential is immense.]
[As long as nothing unexpected happens, Yuan Chenxing's future should be full of easy, comfortable days.]
[Unfortunately, there are two great mountains in Yuan Chenxing's life.]
[Jin Du... and the Charming Maiden.]
[He had only just escaped Jin Du—and immediately ran straight into the Charming Maiden.]
Everyone immediately looked toward Yuan Chenxing with strange expressions.
A beautiful woman?
Could this finally be some kind of romantic destiny?
Yuan Chenxing saw through their thoughts instantly and could only smile bitterly.
If only it were that simple.
The Charming Maiden was not human at all.
Of course—at first, he genuinely thought she was.
[The Charming Maiden is a special kind of existence—neither human nor ghost.]
[Her cultivation method relies on devouring the obsessions of others to strengthen herself.]
A chill silently spread through the crowd.
Devouring obsessions?
Even without fully understanding what that meant, nobody felt it could possibly end well.
Ruan Qingzhu subconsciously glanced at Yuan Chenxing.
Yuan Chenxing merely smiled reassuringly.
The fact that he was still standing here alive already proved the outcome.
[Yuan Chenxing drifted downstream for a long time before finally leaving the territory of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.]
[Only after that did he crawl ashore to treat his injuries. Unfortunately, because the delay had been too long, he lost too much blood and eventually fainted.]
[When he woke again, he found himself lying in bed. A beautiful young woman sat beside him, carefully feeding him medicinal soup.]
[Yuan Chenxing didn't know her identity—but seeing that she had saved him, he immediately believed there were still good people left in the cultivation world.]
Everyone: "..."
Wait.
He actually believed that?
Yuan Chenxing coughed awkwardly.
At the time, he had genuinely thought so. After all, he had been dirt poor back then.
Other than the clothes on his back, he barely possessed enough valuables to exchange for a few spirit stones.
There was no reason for anyone to target him.
Besides, if the woman truly wanted him dead, she could have simply killed him while he was unconscious.
Why bother nursing him back to health first?
And on top of that, he had already checked her condition using his divine sense.
Although she was technically a cultivator, her cultivation only appeared to be at the first layer of Qi Refinement.
Under those circumstances, it was perfectly reasonable for him to lower his guard.
Ling Yunxiao glanced at Yuan Chenxing's expression and more or less guessed what he was thinking.
He silently sighed.
There were many things people could covet besides money and lives.
Sometimes—keeping someone alive was far more useful.
Several thoughts flashed through Ling Yunxiao's mind before quickly fading away again.
Compared to that, he was more curious how Yuan Chenxing eventually discovered the Charming Maiden's true identity—and how he escaped afterward.
Because one thing was certain.
That woman's true cultivation level was absolutely not low.
[Yuan Chenxing drank the medicinal soup the Charming Maiden prepared for him every single day.]
[He persisted for an entire month, hoping to recover faster.]
[The soup was unbelievably bitter. So bitter that Yuan Chenxing occasionally wanted to throw up after drinking it.]
[But every time he saw the Charming Maiden watching him nearby, he felt too embarrassed to waste her "kindness."]
Lou Yuqing glanced sideways at Yuan Chenxing. Classic suffering-for-face syndrome.
[Still young. Still na?ve.]
[That medicine was obviously problematic. It contained ingredients that suppressed spiritual energy.]
[You drank every drop daily without question. Not only did your body fail to recover, you actually became weaker and weaker.]
Yuan Chenxing: "..."
Fine.
He admitted he had been somewhat reckless back then.
[But the Charming Maiden wasn't trying to kill him. She simply wanted to cultivate feelings with him.]
[Once he genuinely fell in love with her, she would leave behind an obsession and depart.]
[Before Yuan Chenxing, she had already used this exact method on more than a dozen people. Every single time, it worked perfectly.]
[Also, her cultivation wasn't actually at Qi Refining. She was already at Foundation Establishment.]
[She deliberately lowered herself to "date" Yuan Chenxing. Honestly, aren't you moved?]
Lou Yuqing looked toward Yuan Chenxing meaningfully.
The instant those words fell, everyone turned toward him with extremely obvious teasing in their eyes.
Yuan Chenxing silently lowered his head.
He refused to meet anyone's gaze.
Then suddenly—Lou Yuqing burst out laughing.
[HAHAHAHA this is killing me.]
[The woman kept flirting with Yuan Chenxing, but this guy completely misunderstood everything.]
[At one point she was deliberately acting pitiful and trying to seduce him, and Yuan Chenxing seriously asked if she had suffered some kind of mental problem.]
[She got so angry she nearly killed him on the spot.]
[Another time, she deliberately pretended to twist her ankle and sweetly asked him to massage it.]
[And Yuan Chenxing responded by saying he didn't understand medicine and suggested she rub it herself.]
[There were countless incidents like this.]
[A whole month passed. Their relationship never progressed beyond "patient and doctor."]
[Yuan Chenxing single-handedly destroyed every trace of romantic ambiguity.]
Everyone stared at him in complete shock.
Incredible.
They genuinely thought he would have fallen for her long ago.
Instead—this man had somehow dodged every single flirtatious advance with absolute precision.
Yuan Chenxing scratched the back of his head awkwardly.
At the time, he truly hadn't realized she was seducing him. He only thought his savior seemed unusually fragile.
One day it was her hand hurting.
The next day it was her ankle.
It honestly looked exhausting.
[Because the Charming Maiden kept getting "injured," Yuan Chenxing eventually felt it was inappropriate for her to constantly lie around doing nothing.]
[So he got up to ask what tasks she was actually capable of doing.]
[Coincidentally, the Charming Maiden happened to be cultivating inside her secret chamber.]
[Yuan Chenxing searched everywhere for her and couldn't find her at all.]
[He immediately panicked, thinking something had happened to her. So he rushed outside to search for her in a hurry.]
[And during that frantic search—he accidentally left the Charming Maiden's territory.]
Ling Yunxiao: "..."
He fell silent.
Had he overcomplicated everything?
That was it?
No schemes? No battle of wits?
Everyone else also stared at Yuan Chenxing with stunned expressions.
So this was the "luck" Lou Yuqing had mentioned.
Once luck started flowing, it practically became unstoppable.
Lou Yuqing's inner thoughts continued echoing.
[The Charming Maiden had originally placed a formation around the area.]
[The formation required periodic maintenance. Otherwise, it would temporarily fail.]
[But these past few days she had been too busy failing to seduce Yuan Chenxing.]
[And after repeated failures, she became so angry that she completely forgot to maintain the formation.]
[So when Yuan Chenxing rushed outside, the formation just happened to be inactive.]
[He walked straight out without encountering a single obstacle.]
[Absolutely ridiculous luck.]
Under everyone's envious stares, Yuan Chenxing proudly lifted his chin slightly.
Yes.
His luck really was that outrageous.
Everyone was welcome to admire it.
Unfortunately, Lou Yuqing's next sentence immediately dragged him back to reality.
[But the devil is always one step ahead of the saint.]
[Although Yuan Chenxing escaped successfully, the Charming Maiden had already secretly tampered with him.]
[After realizing he was gone, she quickly woke from cultivation and used the mark she left behind to track his location.]
[The funniest part is that the Charming Maiden thought Yuan Chenxing had already seen through her true identity.]
[So she stopped pretending completely and confronted him directly.]
[Meanwhile, poor Yuan Chenxing remained utterly confused.]
[He had absolutely no idea why the woman suddenly changed personalities.]
[Later, after getting tied up by the Charming Maiden and listening to her furious accusations, he finally realized he had nearly become food for someone else's obsession.]
[At this point, we sincerely recommend Fellow Daoist Yuan Chenxing join an anti-fraud organization.]
[This man gets scammed in a completely different way every single day.]
Hearing Lou Yuqing's merciless teasing, Yuan Chenxing awkwardly rubbed his cheek.
It wasn't that he lacked vigilance. The enemy had simply been too strange.
He had never imagined creatures like the Charming Maiden even existed.
Fortunately, this particular woman cultivated through love-related obsessions.
And fortunately—Yuan Chenxing himself was unbelievably dense in that regard.
If she had approached things differently, it was honestly difficult to say whether he could have escaped intact.
[Fortunately, heaven favored Yuan Chenxing once again.]
[After spending an entire month failing to seduce him, the Charming Maiden's mentality suffered a catastrophic collapse.]
[Even after capturing him, she didn't immediately kill him. Instead, she angrily began accusing him of all his crimes.]
[Taking advantage of that opportunity, Yuan Chenxing secretly summoned the Silver Moon Wolf and launched a sneak attack.]
[After a fierce battle, he successfully killed the Charming Maiden and seized all of her belongings.]
Ruan Qingzhu instantly felt jealous.
Senior Brother Yuan really was absurd.
No matter how terrible things became—he somehow always profited in the end.
Meanwhile, Yuan Chenxing finally relaxed.
At last.
The story was over.
After experiencing Jin Du and the Charming Maiden back to back, he swore he would never trust strangers so casually again.
As a rogue cultivator afterward, he relied on earning spirit stones to support both himself and Zhizhi.
After all, the Silver Moon Wolf was far too precious.
Letting Zhizhi appear openly in public would only attract dangerous greed.
Years passed in the blink of an eye.
Eventually, Yuan Chenxing successfully reached Foundation Establishment.
Unfortunately, his cultivation resources gradually became insufficient.
That was when he decided to join a sect with decent treatment and a good reputation.
And so—he found the Wendao Sect.
Originally, Yuan Chenxing intended to participate in the Spirit Testing Conference.
But along the way, Zhizhi was stolen.
Terrified and frantic, he used a compass to track the spirit beast dealers down—only to nearly die beneath a Thunderfire Pearl.
Fortunately, Elder Shi Hua rescued him and extended an invitation to join the sect.
That incident completely solidified Yuan Chenxing's determination to enter the Wendao Sect.
And once again—he chose to place his trust in others.
Now, after staying here for so long, Yuan Chenxing genuinely believed the Wendao Sect had not disappointed him.
Then suddenly—Lou Yuqing's shocked inner voice exploded through everyone's minds.
[Yuan Chenxing's luck was stolen?!]