Longzang

Chapter 623 Precision Operation
The young shaman stared intently at Wei Yuan, his eyes burning with fury. The eerie black longsword vibrated incessantly, emitting a low groan, a sound that seemed to reflect both vigilance in the face of a powerful foe and intense excitement and desire.

The young shaman noticed the demon blade's unusual behavior and looked surprised. He said, "See you on the battlefield tomorrow! I'll leave your vanguard and its remaining troops for another day until you come to rescue them."

He merged into the world, as if he had never existed. Even Wei Yuan couldn't see how he left. This feeling of being one with the world was somewhat similar to Su Xuejing's, yet fundamentally different.

Su Xuejing reached this level through her own cultivation, while this young witch was purely favored by heaven and earth to possess such authority.

After the young witch left, the assassins lurking in the darkness also retreated swiftly like a tide.

Wei Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief and flew to Tian Yu's side to check his injuries. Tian Yu had been hit by the giant crossbow, and his lower body had disappeared, leaving only his upper body. Black energy emanated from the severed area, and countless fleshy teeth were growing there, each layer instantly being wiped away by the black energy.

This was raw, bloody torment; even Wei Yuan felt excruciating pain just watching it. Tian Yu's ability to endure it until now truly made him a man of steel.

But before Wei Yuan could even utter a word of praise, Tian Yu let out a deafening scream. The sound was exceptionally concentrated, capable of resounding for hundreds of miles, but it was forcibly contained within a mile, causing Wei Yuan to see stars.

Looking at Tianyu's painful cries, Wei Yuan said helplessly, "Why are you only crying now?"

"With a formidable enemy at hand, saving face is paramount. Even if you die, you can't cry out! Right now, it's alright as long as you're here. It hurts so much! Quick, think of something!"

The key to Tianyu's wound lay in the black aura that possessed the ability to corrode and erode flesh. Wei Yuan endured the pain and took out a wisp of Red Lotus Bodhi aura, sprinkling it on the wound. Sure enough, the black aura dissipated piece by piece, with remarkable effect.

However, after the black energy dissipated, a very faint layer of karmic fire appeared on the wound and began to burn.

This burning caused Tianyu to let out a scream that pierced the heavens!

Fortunately, the karmic fire was not intense and was quickly burned away under the influence of the Red Lotus Bodhi aura. Tianyu's suffering finally came to an end, and he collapsed, limp as mud. Although the black aura at the wound had completely disappeared, the growth of flesh and blood became extremely slow.

Wei Yuan picked up Tianyu and headed back the way he came.

Tianyu asked, "Are you just going to let that kid go like that?"

Wei Yuan retorted, "Otherwise, you go ahead?"

Tianyu immediately changed the subject: "I didn't even know there was such a guy in the Leize tribe. Luckily, we discovered him early, otherwise, he might have caused a big problem once he grew up. By the way, this guy killed your people, can you tolerate that?"

"Didn't I challenge him to a duel at noon tomorrow?"

"He actually agreed?"

Wei Yuan said, "You are simply ignorant and incompetent. In the past few hundred years, although the number of chosen ones has not been countless, there have been quite a few. Does your tribe not have any relevant information?"

Tianyu replied, "Our tribe has never produced a chosen one."

Wei Yuan was speechless for a moment: "Just because you don't have the Child of Destiny, you don't look at information about the Child of Destiny?"

"We don't have any chosen ones, so why should we look at their information?" Tianyu replied confidently.

This reminded Wei Yuan of a time when he was giving intensive lessons and a classmate couldn't answer Feng Chutang's question. Being spoiled, the classmate said on the spot, "I wasn't even born when that happened, how would I know?"

Of course, Feng Chutang immediately used a cane to make him understand the necessity of knowing what happened before he was born.

Considering that the cooperation with the Wild Ancestor Tribe would continue for a long time, Wei Yuan patiently explained: "Many chosen ones were ordinary people before, and they experienced all sorts of unusual suffering and torment."

But they all share one thing in common: no matter how much hardship they endure, they firmly believe that great opportunities await them ahead, and the world is waiting for them to change it…

Tianyu asked curiously, "Is that a characteristic? Who wasn't like that when they were young? Don't look down on a poor young person, then don't look down on a poor middle-aged person, then don't look down on a poor old person..." Wei Yuan said irritably, "Shut your mouth first!"

Tianyu muttered, "Shutting up won't stop me from speaking."

Wei Yuan forcibly suppressed his anger and continued, "Later, after being blessed with good fortune, he basically had a series of fortuitous encounters, and everything he did went exceptionally smoothly. Even if he encountered a powerful enemy, there would be important figures passing by who couldn't stand it and would lend a helping hand. Then they would find this chosen one of good fortune particularly pleasing to the eye, and so on. If this person's fortune were even stronger, the important figures would be replaced by the sons or daughters of important figures."

Tianyu muttered to himself strangely, "That's not right. Why wasn't it like this when I was a child? I remember being beaten by my older cousin every day. I would say she was ugly, and she would beat me for more than ten years."

"You're not a chosen one."

"Were you like this when you were a child?" Tianyu asked in return.

Wei Yuan said expressionlessly, "When I entered the Taichu Palace, I naturally encountered many important figures. Then, on the day I completed my cultivation and descended the mountain, these important figures gave me an IOU for 20 million."

Tianyu was shocked: "You really are the chosen one!? I was wondering why you could achieve such success instead of me, it turns out you're just lucky!"

Wei Yuan was furious: "I achieved everything through my own hard work!"

In his rage, he suddenly noticed a corner of the human world where a dozen people were secretly discussing something in a secret room, each one filled with righteous indignation: "The world has suffered under the Creator Immortal for too long! Today we shall act on behalf of Heaven!"

"That's right! The Creator Immortal Venerable is a lazy bum who does nothing but occupy immortal plants! Today, he should be replaced!"

"Let's go! Let's go bury the bronze statue!"

The crowd looked at each other, none of them able to move the bronze figure.

So everyone went into the inner room and silently burned incense in front of a memorial tablet. The tablet had the three characters "In the Wind and Rain" written on it.

The Creator Immortal Venerable now has another crime to his name.

Wei Yuan had no time to deal with this small group of people who couldn't see reality and insisted on trying to stop a chariot like ants trying to shake a tree. He continued to teach Tianyu:
"...That's why the chosen one, after rising to power, loves to display his strength in front of everyone; he's unwilling to fight in battles with few onlookers. Just now, it was dark, and there weren't many people lying in ambush around, so the fight wasn't very interesting. I challenge him to a decisive battle tomorrow at noon, a life-or-death duel in front of thousands of troops. How many people will be watching? He'll definitely agree!"

Furthermore, those born under the chosen one of destiny are all fond of lecturing others, enjoying imparting life's wisdom. If you encounter one in the future, be sure to listen carefully to what they have to say; whether you understand it or not is unimportant. The chosen one of destiny simply considers everyone around them a bunch of dull fools, and their instruction is merely a way of sharing their thoughts, not a genuine intention to make you understand anything.

Tianyu was stunned: "Isn't this insane?"

Wei Yuan felt a surge of anger rising within him again, but he managed to suppress it and said, "Can you shut up?!"

Tianyu raised his hand: "I didn't open my mouth, I spoke with my hands."

Wei Yuan finally understood what it meant to be hopeless. Tianyu was good in every way, except that he talked too much, and now he also had a "talking" hand.

Wei Yuan stopped beating around the bush and directly stated his plan: a head-on battle tomorrow to crush Lei Ze's army and weaken their luck in the process.

The chosen one of the Leize tribe was almost shattered by the attack from the Three-Eyed Bird Head across the realm. If the Leize army is defeated tomorrow, his luck will collapse on the spot, making him easy to kill.

Moreover, his luck has greatly declined at the moment, so Wei Yuan is not afraid that he will not come for the decisive battle tomorrow.

If he retreats in the face of battle, he will lose the hearts and minds of the people. Even if his fortune doesn't collapse on the spot, it will be exhausted within the next few years, turning him back into an ordinary person. This is far more painful for a chosen one than killing them.

This series of ingenious maneuvers regarding fortune was beyond explanation to Tianyu, and Wei Yuan had no interest in explaining it either. The premise of it all was that the three-eyed bird head had severely damaged the opponent's fortune. But Wei Yuan would naturally never tell Tianyu this.

(End of this chapter)