Chapter 53: The Gravitational Force of Fate
Chen Yan widened his eyes, his heartbeat accelerating as if it might leap from his throat at any moment.
Like Newton watching an apple fall from a tree, a flood of information poured into Chen Yan’s mind.
He simply hadn’t been paying attention before.
Why had he only realized this now?
Fate could be changed.
Just like Qi Yadong, who shouldn’t have died in the outer court competition, and Qin Yue and Lu Li, who shouldn’t have died in the prince’s manor.
Including Zhang Xishun, who was personally captured by Elder Fu Qian, and Lin Qifeng, who was imprisoned by the sect master at the rear cliff of Kongyuan Mountain.
Their experiences undoubtedly declared the same thing.
That their fates had all changed.
And the only variable causing these fate changes was his own reincarnation.
It was the butterfly effect and direct impact generated by Chen Yan’s reincarnation that had led to all this happening.
“Why so slow?”
Lu Li asked Chen Yan while applying slight pressure with his true energy.
Chen Yan had already experienced this.
In the previous reincarnation, he had dealt with Lu Li’s questioning in a perfunctory manner.
In this life, he didn’t plan to do that again.
Instead, he would take a more radical approach.
The reincarnation evaluation he achieved in the previous cycle was B rank, the highest level he had attained so far.
Chen Yan recalled the comments from the reincarnation evaluation.
Promoted multiple nodes, commendable.
If he wasn’t mistaken, the so-called nodes in the reincarnation evaluation should refer to reincarnation record points.
That year at fifteen, being awakened by Cheng Ziying in the outer court residence courtyard was one node.
That late night when he was startled awake by nightmares and coincidentally met Chu Xiyao at the peak pavilion counted as a node.
During the outer court competition, when Zhang Xishun showed weakness and tried to curry favor with him, that should be considered a node.
And then came now, this afternoon in Taiyun City’s prince manor where everyone would be poisoned, also a node.
The evaluation said that in this reincarnation cycle, he had promoted multiple nodes, thus earning the B rank evaluation.
This was important intelligence.
And the reincarnation evaluation reward was also the most generous Chen Yan had received so far.
Chen Yan’s current cultivation level had already reached the middle stage of Martial Spring Realm.
If he were to rely on his own talent and cultivate by himself, even given a thousand years he would have little hope of breaking through to the middle stage of Martial Spring Realm.
Relying on the high-evaluation reincarnation rewards, he might truly have hope of breaking through to Qi Sea Realm.
Even ascending to immortality wasn’t completely impossible.
Setting aside these thoughts, what Chen Yan needed to face most urgently right now was Lu Li’s questioning.
“Instructor Lu.”
Chen Yan made a bowing gesture:
“This disciple went to the Immortal Gambling Den in Taiyun City on the way back.”
“Gambling Den?”
Lu Li’s eyebrows raised slightly:
“What did you go there for?”
“That was the last place Steward Song Mingde of the outer court Merit Hall visited before his death. This disciple is investigating this matter under the orders of Martial Elder of Qingchan Peak.”
Chen Yan said.
He revealed everything without concealment, completely disregarding the relationship between Lu Li and True Dharma Elder Bai Qiming of Qingchan Peak, as well as Bai Qiming’s suspicious nature.
Chen Yan wasn’t worried at all about information leakage.
Because no one would survive tonight’s banquet.
If everyone died, it would be as if nothing happened.
“……”
Lu Li didn’t speak, and his expression showed little fluctuation.
Instead, Zheng Fei beside them widened his eyes, wearing an expression that said “Is this something I should be hearing?”
Moreover, Steward Song had actually died?
This wasn’t something to spread around, better pretend he heard nothing.
Zheng Fei thought this way.
“Did you find out anything?”
Lu Li asked.
“Perhaps, I found some clues.”
Chen Yan replied.
“Then remember to report to Elder Fu when we return.”
Lu Li said.
In fact, Lu Li’s position fell under Fu Qian’s jurisdiction.
Lu Li was an instructor at Qingchan Peak’s Scripture Hall, his direct superior was the Scripture Hall steward, and the Scripture Hall steward’s superior was the Qingchan Peak Scripture Hall Elder Lan Wei whom Chen Yan had met before.
Elder Lan Wei was Elder Fu Qian’s direct subordinate.
Chen Yan didn’t detect anything unusual from Lu Li’s reaction, unsure whether he genuinely knew nothing or was pretending to know nothing.
“Honored Immortal Masters.”
Steward Yang walked into the courtyard with a beaming smile, saying to Lu Li and the others:
“His Highness the Prince invites all Immortal Masters to a banquet in the main hall at You hour today to welcome and honor you all.”
The show was beginning.
Chen Yan thought to himself.
……
The main hall was bustling with noise and excitement.
Everyone in the prince’s manor was elated about Qin Yue soon joining Kongshan Sect, with joy evident on every face.
Because the princess entering Kongshan Sect wasn’t just her own personal matter.
Although after Qin Yue entered the sect, her relationship with the prince’s manor would be officially severed, everyone still knew that Cloud Prince Qin Ming had a cultivator daughter.
Chen Yan sat in his seat, quietly witnessing all this.
The more cheerful the atmosphere in the hall became, the more horrifying Chen Yan found it.
Before long, everyone present would become corpses.
“……”
Qin Yue also remained silent, sitting to the left of the main seat, watching the people in the hall.
Then she shifted her gaze to Chen Yan sitting opposite her.
Ever since the Kongshan Sect cultivators arrived at the prince’s manor today, Qin Yue couldn’t help focusing her attention on him.
His handsome appearance was one thing, but mainly Qin Yue inexplicably felt that this senior brother had a strange attraction about him.
This afternoon, she had asked Li Xiuxiu about him.
His name was Chen Yan, a personal disciple of the Kongyuan Mountain sect master, and Lin Qifeng’s disciple.
Not long ago, he was just an outer court disciple.
Reportedly, both his opportunity to become an inner disciple and his performance in the outer court competition were quite controversial.
Even now, Qin Yue found it difficult to shift her attention away from him.
Because just moments ago, Chen Yan’s gaze had swept over her.
For some reason, she felt that when Chen Yan looked at her, it was like he was looking at a dead person.
What a strange person.
After she entered the sect, she must definitely stay away from such people.
Qin Yue certainly wasn’t some love-struck fool—otherwise, even as Bai Qiming’s personal disciple, she couldn’t have reached the chief disciple position so quickly in the future.
She just thought Chen Yan’s appearance was quite good, and the aura about him was different from those around him, which made her curious, nothing more.
“Everyone!”
Until Cloud Prince at the main seat stood up, this banquet was about to be officially announced as beginning.
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