Cultivating immortality relies on spatial abilities; defying fate to become the protagonist.

Chapter 21 Confrontation
Gu Shihan smiled at the middle-aged man, took out a thousand spirit stones and placed them in the wooden box for storing spirit stones next to the stall, and said, "I'll take everything on this stall. Will you sell it for a thousand spirit stones?"

The elderly cultivator glanced at Gu Shihan, nodded, and began to gather the items on his stall, handing them, along with the cloth used for setting up the stall, to Gu Shihan before getting up and disappearing into the crowd.

Gu Shihan was holding the cloth bag and was about to put it into her storage bag when a hand reached out from the side: "Fellow Daoist, I want these things, I'll give you double the spirit stones."

"Ding-dong! Activate the dungeon quest. Preserve your opportunity. Fate-changing value +3. Lose Fate-changing value -4," a mechanical voice announced.

Gu Shihan was taken aback, her heart tightened, and she instinctively hugged the cloth bag, coldly saying, "I won't buy it!" She turned to leave.

"Fellow Daoist, Yufei is very polite. Yufei loves collecting stones and such. You can resell the things you bought to me for two thousand, no! Three thousand spirit stones. You definitely won't lose out!" the woman in white said gently.

"I'm not buying!" Gu Shihan's mind was still preoccupied with the dungeon quest, and she only gave a dry reply.

"Stop! It's your honor that Fairy Yufei wants your things. You'd better hand them over obediently!" A haughty male voice rang out.

Gu Shihan looked up and saw that the person's information had been added to the panel.

Name: Lei Luo

Age: 35
Spiritual Roots: Metal and Fire Dual Spiritual Roots
Qualification: Intermediate

Constitution: Ordinary

Fortune: Below average (green)

Comprehension: Medium (Green)

Appearance: Superior (Blue)
Realm: Mid-stage foundation building

Fate Attribute: Cannon Fodder +++
Since she was just cannon fodder, Gu Shihan wasn't afraid. But the woman she had just met was Gu Yufei, the chosen one. How could she protect what she had?
With a quick dart of her eyes, she said, "Fairy Yufei, you're beautiful and kind, you definitely wouldn't snatch things from others, right everyone?!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Who doesn't know that Fairy Gu is gentle, kind, and generous? Fellow Daoist, why don't you thank Fairy Gu? What good things doesn't the Gu family have? Why would they fight with you for these junk?" A voice rang out from the crowd.

Everyone was confused. They looked at each other, not knowing who had said it.
Gu Shihan gave Xingbai a thumbs up, bowed to Gu Yufei, and disappeared into the crowd.

Gu Yufei was furious. She had a strong premonition that there was something she needed in that cloth bag, something that might be related to her path to immortality, and she wanted it.

Actually, she had already placed tracking powder on Gu Shihan when she reached out. She wasn't in a hurry; the item definitely wouldn't escape.

Gu Yufei maintained a gentle smile, exchanged a few words with the people around her, and then left with her entourage.

"Ah! My goddess, she's so beautiful and kind, I want to give her a thumbs up!"

Me too, me too! Fairy Gu smiled at me today, I'm so happy!

The market was even more lively. Gu Shihan squeezed into the crowd, and Xing Bai's words reached her ears, "Hanhan, someone has put tracking powder on you. Quickly use this to remove it, and change your appearance while you're at it!"

Gu Shihan was startled. Could it be Gu Yufei who did it? It could only be her; the place she just touched was exactly where the tracking powder was located.

It seems I'll have to make some strange and special powders myself, just in case.

Gu Shihan's eyes were dark. He removed the tracking powder from his body, quickly put on a robe, changed his appearance using the Thousand Illusion Ring, and then continued to stroll around the market with an air of nonchalance.

Originally, he planned to leave the city quickly, but after a moment's thought, he realized that Gu Yufei would definitely have set up an ambush outside the city, which would be disadvantageous to him. There were many people in the city, making it easier to hide, and since the item was inside the Moonbeam Bracelet, the female lead definitely wouldn't be able to sense it.

Gu Shihan didn't leave the city; instead, she went to the restaurant. What she didn't know was that Gu Yufei had indeed laid an ambush outside the city, and having failed to find anyone, she turned her attention back to the city.

Seeing that Gu Yufei had evacuated everyone back into the city, Gu Shihan then left the city and headed to the next one.

Passing through a village, it was very quiet. A quick scan with my divine sense revealed that the villagers were dull and lifeless.

Another strange phenomenon is that there are no women in the village, no children under the age of fifteen, neither men nor women.

Gu Shihan glanced at the sky and hesitated at the village entrance, wondering whether to enter the village.

"Ding! Instance mission complete. Preserve your opportunity, Fate Change Value +3. Next mission: Save the villagers of Huaxi Village, Fate Change Value +5, Failure reduces Fate Change Value by 8." A mechanical voice sounded.

"Xingbai, when will we ever get a hundred points of Fate-Changing Value?" Gu Shihan looked at the five Fate-Changing Values ​​on the panel and felt a little frustrated.

"Hanhan, no rush! We'll be at ten o'clock by the time we finish this task, good luck!" Xingbai jumped onto her hand and said with a smile.

"Okay!" Shi Han walked towards the village, and with one step, she arrived at the square.

There is a stone statue in the square that looks like a person, but not entirely.

"A half-demon?!" Xingbai exclaimed in surprise.

"Half-demon? What's that? Is it a descendant of humans and demons?" Gu Shihan asked.

"You could say that humans and demons can actually intermarry, provided the demon can transform into human form. Of course, if a human and an untransformed demon have a child, there's a 50% chance the child will be a half-demon, a hybrid of human and demon," Xingbai explained.

"I see. Are half-demons more troublesome than simple humans?"

“That’s for sure! But half-demons are unpopular among demons, and probably in the human realm as well. Their situation is somewhat awkward, and most of them struggle to grow. However, those who do grow are beings that cannot be ignored. I seem to remember someone like that, but I can’t recall them,” Xingbai said, frowning.

"Xingbai, I understand. Once half-demons grow up, they will definitely be time bombs for both the demon and human races. If things go wrong, they could cause disaster!" Shi Han said thoughtfully.

“Indeed, this stone statue looks sinister. You should be careful!” Xingbai warned.

Gu Shihan approached the stone statue step by step. The entire village was extremely quiet, as if the villagers were all ghosts, their movements completely silent.

"Hanhan, a silencing spell has been cast inside, so no sound can get out. This stone statue is a bit eerie. Do not touch it with your body or your spiritual power, lest something unexpected happen!"

"Xingbai, thank you! With you, I feel more confident in this cultivation world. I will be careful!"

Gu Shihan took out a piece of black iron ore and threw it at a dark bowl in the stone statue's hand.

With a "ding!" sound, the entire village seemed to be awakened. The previously dull villagers looked around blankly, exchanging glances and asking each other what was wrong. But no one could answer their questions, and the worry on their faces was genuine.

"Look! There's a woman in the square. How did she get into the village? Chase her out! If the stone statue comes back, she'll be dead!" a middle-aged man said.

(End of this chapter)