Chapter 84: Stealing Opportunities

“Guests are here, guests are here! Hurry up and go pull people in!”

Inside the cave abode, Lu Yuan sensed with his divine sense that someone had entered the cave abode, and he quickly urged the Treasure-Seeking Tower, which was salvaging the Mirage Yin Pearl by the lake.

Ever since it had missed that treasure pearl that day, after its daily licking of the Red-Footed Golden Crow and the Python-Sparrow Eel, the wooden tower had added another must-do task.

That was to come to the lakeside and use its pair of long hands to salvage the Mirage Yin Pearl.

Although it returned empty-handed every time, the wooden tower persisted tirelessly and insisted on checking in by the lake every day.

Only after hearing Lu Yuan’s urging did it reluctantly hurry back to the peach blossom forest at the outer edge of the cave abode, retracting its long arms and legs and transforming into an Immortal Fate Treasure Tower within the peach blossom forest.

There were three cultivators who entered the cave abode.

The cultivator in the lead had a huge tumor growing on his head. There were many tiny openings on the tumor, from which strange hissing sounds came from time to time.

At the base of the tumor, several dark-red blood vessels extended outward, plunging deep into the back of the cultivator’s head, beside his ears, and into his forehead.

The second was a female cultivator. A two-headed white snake was tied around her wrist. It had fine, dense white-jade scales, like a jade belt looping around her waist and coiling around both arms.

The two-headed white snake crossed its necks and entwined together. As the two heads rubbed against each other affectionately, tiny insect eggs kept falling from them. The insect eggs dissolved in midair, leaving behind a unique scent.

The last was also a young cultivator. He carried an enormous broad sword on his back. The broad sword was wrapped in cloth, and black-red blood occasionally seeped out from it.

“Senior Brother, among the three of us, your cultivation is the highest. You have many friends in Black Jade Tower and the widest connections. Can you reveal some information about this mission to the two of us?”

The female cultivator with the two-headed white snake stepped forward two paces and asked the tumor cultivator at the front.

“Do not worry. This mission to explore the secret realm will not be very dangerous.

“I learned from an acquaintance who records and organizes information on secret realms that this secret realm is the kind with relatively low threat. Under normal circumstances, it will not actively attack cultivators.

“Besides, the secret realm is now sealed by a restriction. We do not need to enter it either. We only need to explore the surrounding area properly.”

The tumor cultivator spoke indifferently.

“Good. Then for this exploration mission, we will follow Senior Brother’s lead. If we discover any spiritual herbs or spiritual medicines, Senior Brother can distribute them as you see fit.”

The female cultivator with the two-headed white snake said with a smile. The broad-sword youth behind her nodded in agreement.

The three of them proceeded cautiously the entire way and entered the peach blossom forest.

“Strange… I remember the intelligence said there was a peach grove inside the secret realm. Now that the secret realm is covered by a restriction, how could a peach blossom forest appear here?”

“Oh, Senior Brother, there is no need to care about that. It is only a peach blossom forest. What difference does a little more or less make?

“Hm? This is… Immortal Fate Tower? Enter my treasure tower, and you shall be granted an opportunity?”

The three cultivators walked before the Treasure-Seeking Tower. The female cultivator was the first to notice the Treasure-Seeking Tower, half-hidden amid the peach blossoms that filled the sky.

The wooden tower was over one zhang tall, and three sheets of eerie white paper were pasted onto its body.

“The Evil-Repelling Talisman has no reaction.”

The broad-sword youth held a talisman in his hand and spoke indifferently.

The Evil-Repelling Talisman could sense and purify weird entities. If there was no reaction, then at the very least, it meant there was no weird entity inside the wooden tower.

“I will test it first and see whether it is a trap or someone playing tricks.”

As for any immortal fate, the tumor cultivator did not believe a single word of it. If opportunities appeared so easily in the wilderness, then it would not be the dangerous and uncanny wilderness in the eyes of cultivators.

He lightly patted the huge tumor on his head. One tiny opening suddenly expanded two or three times, and a four-winged strange insect flew out from within.

The strange insect was dark red, as if formed from several lumps of rotten flesh piled together. It flapped its four transparent wings and flew toward the wooden tower.

An opening slightly larger than the strange insect appeared on the wooden tower.

Under the tumor cultivator’s control, the strange insect passed through the opening and entered the wooden tower.

Very soon, the four-winged strange insect smoothly flew out of the azure-black wooden tower, with a round, plump spirit liquid bead clamped in its mouth.

“Hm?” The tumor cultivator was somewhat surprised. His spiritual sense continuously communicated with the strange insect.

“My spirit insect tells me there is no danger inside.”

After vaguely obtaining this information from the strange insect, the tumor cultivator told his two companions behind him.

The three of them glanced at one another and decided to enter the wooden tower together. If anything unexpected happened, they could still help one another.

“So many spiritual herbs and talismans, and ritual implements too. That is… a cultivation method jade slip?”

Inside the wooden tower, the three of them stared dazedly at the constantly flowing river of light overhead, working hard to identify the treasure contained within each point of light.

Just then, three light clusters flew out of the river of light, each flying toward one of the three cultivators. Immediately afterward, the three of them were sent outside the tower.

The moment they appeared outside the wooden tower, the three of them crowded forward at the same time without prior agreement, surrounding the wooden tower and carefully searching every part of it.

But the wooden tower was seamless and tightly shut, without the slightest gap, as if the entrance that had just appeared had been nothing but an illusion.

The three of them were at a loss and retreated to the side.

“It is only a wooden tower containing treasures. It poses no threat to the three of us.

“Why do the three of us not work together to break open this wooden tower and divide the treasures inside?”

“What if there is danger? After all, for an abnormal wooden tower like this to appear in the wilderness often means something extraordinary.” The female cultivator with the two-headed white snake spoke worriedly.

“It is only a dead object. What is there to fear? Even if something unexpected really happens, with the combined strength of us three high-level Qi Refining cultivators, what is there to be afraid of?”

Thinking of the river of light he had glimpsed inside the wooden tower, the tumor cultivator’s courage rose from greed, and he planned to use brute force to break the wooden tower open.

The female cultivator with the two-headed white snake and the broad-sword youth hesitated for a moment, but in the end, they could not resist the temptation of the treasures and gritted their teeth in agreement.

Just as the three of them were about to make a move, the wooden tower suddenly rose upward in an instant. Striding on two long, slender wooden legs, under the dumbfounded gazes of the three cultivators, it disappeared into the dense white fog in a few steps.

…

Before the three of them could react, the wooden tower had already vanished. The three quickly chased after it, but nearly lost themselves in the white fog.

“Damn it, a wooden tower can grow legs and run away by itself? What the hell is that thing?”

The tumor cultivator could not help cursing angrily. Thinking of all those treasures flying away just like that, even the tumor on his head seemed to grow a little heavier.

“I wonder what treasures the two Senior Brothers obtained inside the wooden tower just now? I only received two stalks of Spirit Firefly Grass and one Sword Qi Talisman.”

The female cultivator with the two-headed white snake asked with a smiling expression.

“I took one Snow Condensing Fruit, one Blood Spirit Leaf, and one damaged ritual implement,” the broad-sword youth answered.

Hearing that her companion had obtained two first-rank spiritual medicines and one damaged ritual implement, the smile on the female cultivator’s face instantly froze.

“What I obtained was one Essence-Nurturing Pill, one Evil-Repelling Talisman, and one cultivation method jade slip. Inside it is a set of cultivation methods for the Crimson Flow Flame Art.”

The tumor cultivator spoke smugly.

When the two heard that the tumor cultivator’s gains were so abundant, jealousy immediately arose in their hearts.

“Senior Brother, I remember that inside the wooden tower just now, the nine light clusters flew toward us together. It was only that Senior Brother moved faster and obtained the best three portions of opportunity.

“Now that we have left the wooden tower, does Senior Brother not think you should give us an explanation?”

The female cultivator with the two-headed white snake spoke faintly. The white snake entwined endlessly around her wrist raised its heads and let out bursts of hissing.

“What do you mean, flew together? It was clearly each according to their opportunity. What, now that you see I obtained a heavy treasure, you want to jump out and take a share?”

The tumor cultivator sensed that something was wrong and secretly retreated a few steps.

“And Junior Brother, what about you? Do you think the same as her?” He looked toward the broad-sword cultivator.

“I think the same as Junior Sister. Since the three of us entered the Immortal Fate Tower together, the treasures we obtained should be divided equally among the three of us.”

The broad-sword youth glanced at the female cultivator and made his decision in his heart. Blood gurgled along the broad sword on his back, dyeing the cloth a vivid red.

“Hmph! What equal division? You are merely jealous because the opportunity I obtained is better than what the two of you got!”

The tumor cultivator snorted heavily, yet he could not bear to spit out the fat meat already in his mouth.

“Since you want the treasures, then come take them with your own ability!”

The tumor on his head instantly burst apart, and countless rotten-flesh strange insects flew out, blotting out the sky.

The struggle among the three instantly entered a white-hot state.

Lu Yuan looked at the three cultivators who were fighting each other to the death and sighed leisurely.

“The opportunities for the three of them were all bestowed by me according to their rewards. For things to fall to this point is also because all three of them wanted to fight for even more opportunities. How complicated…”

“Forget it. Time to watch the show.”

Lu Yuan cast the thoughts in his mind aside and calmly watched the show from the side.

The three of them displayed all sorts of methods one after another: ritual implements, talismans, spells, insects, beasts… Working together, they staged a grand xianxia special-effects blockbuster right in front of Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan opened white light orbs to liven things up while shouting that it was wonderful!

They brought him rewards and even screened a live-action blockbuster for free. There were still more good people than bad in the cultivation world…

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