Published: March 8, 2025
Dong Wushang's robust figure sat like a mountain, his expression serious, yet the intent of the blade flickered in his brows and the corners of his eyes at this moment.
There’s such a place!
I absolutely must go check it out! Definitely!
Rui Butong raised his head, yet in his heart he thought, if my brothers can go up, then I will go check it out too. But if my brothers don’t go up, then I won’t go either. No matter how good the place is, what’s the point if I’m the only one there…
Zixie Qing quietly observed the changing expressions of everyone, slowly stating, “The reason I gathered everyone today is that those present here all possess the potential to go there!”
“Including... these two little girls. Qingwu, Le'er.”
At this point, Zixie Qing finally turned to look at Chu Yang. The complexity in her eyes was extreme.
Upon hearing Zixie Qing's words, Bu Liqing and Fengyue were somewhat astonished. There were eleven people here, aside from Zixie Qing, there were ten others. The three of them posed no problem, Chu Yang should be fine, Qingwu should be fine too, and Qianqian has that potential. Dong Wushang, with his intent of the blade, and his wife also possess this capability.
But… how could that ordinary Rui Butong, who despite having an innate body cannot cultivate due to his chronic ailments, possess such potential?
Zixie Qing looked at everyone present, smiling faintly, and said, “However, having potential doesn’t mean having strength, nor does it guarantee that one can go! There are countless people with potential who fall midway! In fact, some have enough potential to push themselves to the supreme position among the strongest in the world… yet may be killed by a weaker person at a very young age! So… the next thing to look at is luck!”
She gazed at everyone present, softly saying, “Everyone, I must remind you that luck… is strength; and it is the most important aspect of strength! Luck can allow you to meet the right person, have the right goal. Then you must strive to reach the peaks you are meant to achieve!”
“Luck can also give you the potential to be number one in the world, yet when you embark on your journey, you may encounter a decisive battle with an extreme expert. You don’t need to participate, nor even need to know what happened. Just the turbulent wind alone can reduce you to ashes.”
“That is luck.”
“Bad luck, and the prodigies also suffer. Good luck, and even the mediocre can rise!”
Zixie Qing spoke lightly.
Everyone was thinking cautiously.
Luck.
It is something elusive. How can one grasp it? Zixie Qing’s words, at this point, became somewhat profound.
“Luck, we mortals can only think of it as a gift from heaven, a series of coincidences. It can be luck, or misfortune. Or good fortune,” Zixie Qing said softly, “but this is not the case… For ordinary people, luck is merely coincidence, but for those with great divine power, it can be controlled! Controlled to influence others' luck.”
“Controlled! Controlled luck?” Bu Liqing was dumbfounded.
Zixie Qing replied lightly, “There’s nothing strange about it. You may not have heard of controlling luck, but you should have heard of things like dragon veins, national fortune, heaven and earth fortune, and family fortune, right?”
Everyone nodded.
Yes, these notions often exist, and are familiar. Now, everyone was in Heaven’s Secret City, the Zhuge family is among the Nine Heavens, capable of utilizing mysterious power to probe heaven's secrets and alter fortune.
Moreover, this is the most mysterious and unfathomable discipline.
“Fortune is a form of luck,” Zixie Qing said calmly, “the so-called heaven's secrets are hard to gauge, actually refer to the vein of fortune. Saying this, you should understand a bit more.”
Everyone nodded in realization.
Previously, they had not connected 'fortune' with 'luck' in their thoughts, believing that fortune is grand while luck is merely individual. But hearing Zixie Qing's explanation, they found it reasonable.