Chapter 39: The Double Fate of Tian Xia

  "My little sister was born with a weak body, plagued by illness. I've searched for many spiritual medicines to give her, but none of them have had any effect." Zhang Zhihuan replied, looking at his little sister with utmost heartache.

  "Kid, these siblings don't seem right. Their fate seems to have been tampered with. Use the Nine Mystical Dao Symbols to examine their entire body." The divine snake reminded him.

  Jiuxuan Dao Fu is the formal name of the silver characters between Chen Yuan's eyebrows.

  This symbol has nine innate divine abilities and two great dao divine abilities, a total of eleven divine abilities. Each transformation of the divine ability can be said to have the power of being unpredictable by gods and ghosts.

  The Divine Technique is a high-level technique that can only be cultivated by some powerful cultivators, with abilities such as moving mountains and seas, and overturning the sky. The Divine Technique is divided into four levels: Small Divine Technique, Great Divine Technique, Innate Divine Technique, and Great Dao Divine Technique. Chen Yuan's Silver Snake Swallowing Moon Technique is a Great Divine Technique, while his Silver Snake Plucking Star Hand is a Small Divine Technique.

  The Nine Mysterious Dao Talismans have infinite wonderful uses, and the Eleven Character Dao Talisman has mighty power that can penetrate heaven and earth.

  However, Chen Yuan still needs to make more efforts to comprehend and cultivate even one of these characters.

  A finger pointed at the brow, silver threads flashing, emitting a moon-silver glow that enveloped the Zhang siblings.

  This is the simplest application of the Nine Xuan Dao Symbol, which can use the light of the Nine Xuan's life to illuminate a person's destiny, and infer their future by observing their destiny. It is the divine ability of the 'Tian' character in the 11-character Dao symbol. If Chen Yuan successfully cultivates it, he can also manipulate others' fate palaces with the silver snake, control life and death, grant blessings, and even defy heaven to change one's fate.

  Silver light shines, the fate palace takes shape, Chen Yuan sees the problem in an instant.

  The twelve earthly branches have the following meanings: Life Palace, Wealth and Property, Brothers and Sisters, Real Estate, Spouse, Children, Slaves and Servants, Sickness and Evil Spirits, Migration, Official Salary, Blessings and Virtues, Appearance.

  The Zhang siblings were born with deficiencies, Zhang Zhiyuan was born without wealth, good fortune, official position, a house to live in, or a chance to move. He also had no wife and no children. Zhang Shuxue was born without fate, no older brother, no son, no servants, no illness, and no spouse.

  Two people together, and it's a heavenly solitary star fate!

  "It's indeed been manipulated, but this fate is hard to change. If you only take in one person, it won't affect you much, but if you take in two people, I'm afraid..." The divine snake looked at the fate palace and suddenly let out a shocked cry.

  Although Chen Yuan's face was stern, he didn't utter a word to drive them away.

  Withdraw the Nine Profound Dao Symbol Light, and ask the divine snake in his mind: "Is there a way to resolve this for them?"

  The divine snake said:

  "Before I tell you the solution, I want to remind you of two things. Firstly, this brother and sister must have a hidden origin, able to manipulate others' fate palaces, requiring not only cultivation but also the ability to cover up heaven and earth. They may have an extremely powerful enemy behind them. Secondly, these two people's fate should have ended early, yet they still have good fortune and met you, which means their fate hides a great turning point."

  "What's my luck like?" Chen Yuan asked.

  "Fortune favors the blessed, disaster turns into good fortune." The divine snake only spoke four words, and its tone was slightly acidic.

  "Actually, let's talk about the method!" Chen Yuan had not yet looked at his own fate, but he also knew the danger of the heavenly calamity, and the divine snake's reminder was nothing more than two possible meanings. Firstly, the siblings must have a background, and it is possible that they have a very powerful enemy, and to resolve their calamity, they may offend that enemy. Secondly, the siblings have great luck, and to resolve their fate, they also need someone with extremely great luck to help them.

  "The method is simple, you will refine the 'Tian' character talisman, easily and be able to change their fate."

  "Whatever." Chen Yuan couldn't help but roll his eyes. The eleven-word mantra was a technique above the Innate Divine Ability level, and the Silver Snake Plucking Star Hand was only at the initial mastery stage. If an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator could easily master an Innate Divine Ability, then that ability would be too worthless.

  "There's another way, using azurite crystals, orange stones, cloud sea stones and shadow stones to refine a talisman that can suppress their evil fate. However, you have to think it through carefully, no matter how much you suppress them, they will still bring disaster and hardship. I think it's better if you don't get involved with this girl..."

  "If they were to be separated, brother and sister, I'm afraid one of them would die within seven days. Although the Heavenly Executioner Star can harm others, it doesn't harm itself. If we were to separate them, it would undoubtedly lead to the death of one of them. I won't do it, and Zhang Zhihuan wouldn't agree either. My destiny is higher than theirs, and they're lucky to have met me, which means my good fortune can suppress their bad luck." Chen Yuan didn't want to give up on Zhang Zhihuan just yet, having finally found someone with talent, only to discover that it was a pair of Heavenly Executioner Star destinies.

  Chen Yuan looked at this pair of siblings who relied on each other for survival, and actually felt a slight headache.

  "You have obtained the Supreme Jade Stele, this stele is a treasure that can seize the creation of heaven and earth. The small heavenly calamity of the lonely star's fate should not affect you. After the two people's fates are dissolved, it may also be a great opportunity."

  After a moment of deliberation in their minds, Zhang's siblings naturally couldn't hear it, but they were hanging in their hearts and felt a little tense.

  Chen Yuan looked at them and said, "Don't worry, I will take care of Shu Xue's illness. However, your fate is a bit special, after arriving at Shanling Manor, you can only stay together in a separate place. Before solving the problem of your fate palace, you cannot come into contact with other members of the manor."

  Zhang Zhihuan and Zhang Shuxue exchanged a glance, they also vaguely knew that their fate was not right, but did not understand what the reason was.

  "Master, what is the fate between me and Shu Xue?"

  "The two of you together is a heavenly calamity, solitary star fate. The two of you relying on each other for life can ensure longevity and not die, but if you are separated for more than seven days, one of you will surely perish." Chen Yuan also did not hide this, in order to avoid future disasters.

  "What...". The siblings' faces changed color, a hint of hatred floating in their eyes. But they tightly grasped each other's hands, as if suppressing this hatred.

  Chen Yuan knew this was a secret in their hearts and wouldn't be easily spoken of to themselves.

  "I'll also buy some zhuque wood, after I've finished buying it, come back to the manor with me!"

  "Yes!"

  ……

  The purchase went smoothly, Chen Yuan bought enough Zhuque wood and brought Zhang family siblings to fly towards Julong Fortress.

  In mid-air, Zhang's siblings behind him seemed very quiet. After learning about his fate from Chen Yuan, the two siblings looked somewhat heavy-hearted.

  Chen Yuan was driving the flying shuttle while unfolding the painting he had bought and admiring it carefully.

  From a painter's point of view, the brushwork and ink are actually not top-notch, and the inscriptions also appear somewhat mediocre.

  However, Chen Yuan's spiritual energy wandered inside and clearly felt that there was a mysterious spiritual path hidden within.

  "Hmm? This doesn't seem like a pure formation, but rather a map." After carefully sensing it several times, Chen Yuan finally judged that the hidden spiritual path in the character painting was not a formation, but a special 'spiritual path' drawn by a cultivator of formations, which formed a map. Chen Yuan planned to draw out the inner middle-grade map according to the spiritual path when he returned.

  When I returned to Shanzhuang Village, after three days, the valley seemed much more lively. The gate of the mountain city also looked even more majestic.

  The flying shuttle did not stop directly at the door, but flew into the inner courtyard and chose a well-made small yard to give to Zhang's brother and sister.

  "You first refine a few demon-suppressing talismans, and I'll come to guide you tonight."

  After ordering Zhang Zong to call out, Chen Yuan left the yard. He notified Zhang Sheng and others, strictly forbidding them from disturbing this yard.

  Then he inquired about the progress of the past six days, and 108 holes had been drilled, and the construction team had built 50 small courtyards. Fang Shiluan also recruited five more people, bringing the population close to 50.

  That night, Chen Yuan didn't waste any time either. He refined and transformed the Huoshe Arrow Tower diagram, absorbing stone materials, Zhuque wood, and fire-elemental crystals.

  "The sun and moon are dry and empty, the formation method is a divine diagram. The divine power creates things, and the spiritual law takes shape."

  The law sounded, and the fire snake arrow tower transformed into a one-zhang red silk, suspended like a flame behind the first city wall of the mountain valley. A red light was projected from the formation diagram to the ground, and the law condensed, piling up stones into a tower. Before long, a majestic arrow tower stood in the valley, with a mighty fire snake coiled at the top, spitting out stars of fire.