Chapter 828 - 831: Who Comes Out on Top

"Old Huang Pi, didn’t you promise Wu Tian not to seek revenge?" Lord Crocodile snorted, "Moreover, the death of your grandson was your own choice."

"I don’t care; anyway, Wu Tian isn’t here." Old Huang Pi thought of himself bowing and scraping before Wu Tian, clenching his teeth with hatred, "Wu Tian must die."

Master Li the Fortune Teller and Miaoshan were furious. Wu Tian was a friend to them, and this Old Huang Pi actually wanted Wu Tian dead?

Truly an old fool ignorant of self-preservation.

"It seems a lesson is in order for you." Miaoshan stepped forward. She had never cultivated the Martial Path; her father feared losing control over her and thus forbade her from it.

Yet, she was born with an inexplicable power.

"Little girl, you want to teach me a lesson? Heh heh heh, come on then."

Old Huang Pi saw that she was just a young girl and felt no fear; if it were Lord Crocodile or Master Li, old-minded and experienced, he might worry about not being able to defeat them.

But Miaoshan?

Too young,

not within his realm of concern.

Just as Old Huang Pi finished speaking, Miaoshan slapped him, and it seemed as if thousands of hands struck at him simultaneously.

"What is this?"

Old Huang Pi hadn’t yet realized what happened, being struck and sent flying.

Now Lord Crocodile approached to knock on the door, and the courtyard gate opened,

"Go inform the Ancestor of Blood Refinement that we wish to see him," Lord Crocodile declared straightforwardly,

"He’s not here," Bo Gu said indifferently.

Meng Tian followed up, "You can wait outside."

Wait outside?

Master Li the Fortune Teller and Miaoshan both furrowed their brows slightly. This wasn’t any kind of hospitality.

Bo Gu and Meng Tian, however, felt their tone was normal; the courtyard wasn’t a place that anyone could enter as they wished.

The Blood Refiners Guild currently had no branches; the Ancestor of Blood Refinement stated they were pursuing a high-end, premium route.

"We should leave then. Remember to tell the Ancestor of Blood Refinement when he returns that we’ve been here; I’m Lord Crocodile, they are..." After saying so, Lord Crocodile, Master Li, and Miaoshan departed.

After they left,

Bo Gu said, "I can tell they have significant backgrounds."

"Yes," Meng Tian nodded but then smiled slightly, "However, now we Blood Refiners are no longer as we once were; even they must seek us out."

Bo Gu also smiled happily.

Since the appearance of the Ancestor of Blood Refinement, the status of Blood Refiners has steadily risen.

... "When the Ancestor of Blood Refinement returns, I’ll bring you again to see him, to let you understand the Ancestor of Blood Refinement is indeed not of falsely inflated reputation," Lord Crocodile couldn’t help but say so on the road.

Worried that Master Li and the others would doubt the Ancestor of Blood Refinement further. Lord Crocodile, secretly also a Blood Refiner, felt gratitude for the Ancestor of Blood Refinement bringing forth the Art of Blood Refinement,

"What do you think?" Miaoshan suddenly turned to Master Li the Fortune Teller and asked.

"That Ancestor of Blood Refinement is indeed a person of high stature. Likely not beneath Mr. Wu Tian," Master Li nodded seriously.

"Hmm?" Although Lord Crocodile hoped Master Li and the others would recognize the Ancestor of Blood Refinement as distinguished,

but having not met,

how did Master Li know?

Lord Crocodile was puzzled, wondering if Master Li was being perfunctory with him?

"I have no intention of being perfunctory; what I said is heartfelt," Master Li glanced at Lord Crocodile, "I haven’t seen the Ancestor of Blood Refinement, but I observed the physiognomy of the two who opened the door."

"Their physiognomy? What about it?" Lord Crocodile grew more curious. He didn’t understand why Master Li had suddenly changed his tune.

"Their physiognomy is easy; I can see it clearly," Master Li stated solemnly. "Their physiognomy is inherently empty, also known as life-empty, meaning a lifetime of toil, a life of dedication, only to end retaining nothing. They wish for the Art of Blood Refinement to emerge; it’s purely delusional, entirely impossible."

"But the Art of Blood Refinement did emerge," Lord Crocodile hesitated for a moment, then said.

Miaoshan also nodded, wondering if Master Li misread them?

Bo Gu and Meng Tian anticipated the emergence; why would theirs be a life-empty physiognomy?

"You needn’t doubt; what I observed is unquestionably correct. Their physiognomy is certainly empty; their outcome shall resemble other Blood Refiners in history, striving all their life for the Art of Blood Refinement to no avail, incapable of success... Yet now, their physiognomy remains unchanged, but their lives are altered. Physiognomy represents life, but in their case, it has been entirely overturned; such a reversal of fate is impossible for ordinary fortune tellers, including my teacher, the Shen Xiang Sect’s Sect Leader, to achieve."

A person’s physiognomy represents the fate of a lifetime. This is the foundation of physiognomy. Master Li also knows this saying is undoubtedly correct.

However, nowadays?

There exists a defiance of this saying.

Bo Gu and Meng Tian’s fate,

has it been altered?

Who altered it?

The one who altered their fate,

is it human?

Or...

"If my guess is correct, it was the Ancestor of Blood Refinement who helped them reverse their fate; encountering the Ancestor thus unknowingly changed their fate. These two are quite fortunate, blessed indeed." A person’s fate is ordained by heaven; those who can alter it are ever rare.

For instance, a poor boy suddenly rises against heaven to become a Divine King.

The starting line itself is a boundary set by the Heavenly Dao for the Human Clan,

The Human Clan, born with vastly superior spiritual wisdom compared to the Beast Clan. The Human Clan is the most prosperous race on this land.

Having gained benefits naturally entails enduring some karmic drawbacks, such as this starting line,

The starting line limits countless individuals; it’s like a shackle tying up one’s fate, locking it in place.

Children of wealthy, powerful families leisurely live even as wastrels.

Whereas a child from a poor family, possessing talent beyond ordinary people, struggles to change destiny,

can only serve as servants, subordinates,

"I didn’t expect the Ancestor of Blood Refinement to have such capabilities," Lord Crocodile marveled before suddenly laughing, "Now you admit that the Ancestor of Blood Refinement I introduced surpasses Wu Tian you’ve introduced, right"!

"Not necessarily." Master Li shook his head and again gazed at Lord Crocodile, "Rare individuals are seldom seen. A person on this continent seeing one in their lifetime is already fortunate. Yet I have unwittingly seen two rare individuals in the same place."

"You mean Wu Tian can too?" Lord Crocodile was astonished.

Reversing one’s destiny.

Such a person,

exists?

Perhaps?

Yet unexpectedly, there are two in the Xiuyuan Realm?

"It’s unknown which of these two destiny-altering individuals is superior." Lord Crocodile suddenly opened his mouth for a long time, finally feeling compelled to utter this statement.