Chapter 1003 - 334: Karmic Fate (2)

U Di whispered softly.

His eyes shone with excitement and hope for the future.

With this elder’s astounding understanding of the Array Dao, even if not joining the Celestial Derivation Sect, future achievements are certainly unimaginable.

Following such an elder, U Di felt that he too might have a chance to break the shackles between false core and golden core.

Truly attesting the path to the golden core!

...

Casually placing a leisure pawn, Lin Zheyu was quite in a good mood.

Not only had he received the news of the Celestial Derivation Sect’s Array Dao exchange meeting quota, but he had also recruited two subordinates.

And soon, more subordinates would be working for him.

Then, he wouldn’t need to handle many things personally and could save a lot of time for cultivation.

Returning to Flame Martial City.

Lin Zheyu sent a message to Tu Mingzhen.

Having put off his promise for so long, it was time to fulfill it.

Moreover.

His strength had hit a bottleneck at the moment.

Although he had accumulated over eight hundred Source Power, Lin Zheyu had lost direction for further enhancement.

The existence of shackles limited Lin Zheyu’s strength improvement.

He was different from ordinary Martial Artists.

Other Martial Artists needed to break just one shackle at a time.

But Lin Zheyu had to endure the pressure of seven shackles resonating while breaking one of them.

Such terrifying pressure and binding force cannot be broken by ordinary means.

Even with extensive Martial Arts Skill cultivation, it barely enhances power under the shackles’ constraints.

Likewise, it barely helps Lin Zheyu in breaking the shackles.

Sometimes, having too profound an accumulation, far beyond the level of ordinary geniuses, may not necessarily be a good thing.

Without Source Power, facing the seven solid and thick golden Heavenly Dao shackles, he would be powerless.

Of course.

Without Source Power, he wouldn’t be able to establish such terrifyingly profound foundations either.

Thus, causality is so mysterious.

"Greetings, elder."

Stepping into the library, Lin Zheyu saluted the elder on duty today.

The elder on duty in the library today was Mr. Nie Zhiyu.

Martial Artists beyond the Shackled Realm often closed themselves off for several years to forge their own Martial Dao path.

Lin Zheyu hadn’t seen her for quite a while.

"Ah, Mr. Xiao..."

"It’s been a long time, your strength is so deep now that even I can’t see through it."

"After advancing to the Shackled Realm, everyone’s journey on the Martial Dao exploration path begins, and we may address each other as fellow daoists."

Nie Zhiyu smiled and said.

She was a very gentle woman, different from other sharp Martial Artists.

"You are too kind, elder, I wouldn’t dare claim to be a daoist."

"As for strength, it’s just some fortuitous encounters, not truly my own capability," Lin Zheyu said ambiguously.

He curiously glanced at Nie Zhiyu.

Although he hadn’t used the golden Celestial Eye to observe, Lin Zheyu could vaguely perceive Mr. Nie’s strength.

In his perception, Mr. Nie Zhiyu had already broken through seven shackles and forged her own Martial Dao path.

As for how strong she was, without combat, Lin Zheyu couldn’t discern.

There’s much variability across other cultivation systems; Martial Dao after reaching the Shackled Realm lacks clear strength division.

Different Martial Artists forge different paths, resulting in vastly varied strength.

It takes a battle to understand strength more clearly.

"Mr. Nie’s Martial Dao path seems different from other elders, lacking familiar aura from Immortal Dao, Witch Race, Barbarian Race..."

"Hmm, could this be the aura of an Ancient Demon?"

Lin Zheyu mused inwardly.

He sensed a faint aura from Mr. Nie Zhiyu similar to that of the Heart Charm Demon Fox.

This aura was very weak, Lin Zheyu spent quite a while distinguishing it yet couldn’t fully grasp.

If the golden Celestial Eye were used, he likely could discern some of Mr. Nie Zhiyu’s strength.

But this would be an extremely abrupt action.

Nie Zhiyu left a good impression on Lin Zheyu, so if possible, he didn’t wish to act so abruptly.

"Elder is elder, just a title after all..."

Nie Zhiyu laughed, blinked her eyes, and curiously asked, "Was the item from last time delivered to Feng Xuanji by you?"

Lin Zheyu was a bit surprised on hearing this.

That exquisite little black box?

This happened two years ago. Why would Mr. Nie suddenly bring it up?

"Yes."

"Is there some secret inside? What exactly was inside that little black box?"

Lin Zheyu nodded and asked curiously.

"I don’t know what was inside."

"But since it successfully reached Feng Xuanji, it proves you’re a person with fate."

"Ordinary people, if they lack fate, no matter how strong they are, it’s hard to meet Feng Xuanji even once."

Nie Zhiyu explained.

She saw Lin Zheyu’s eyebrows slightly furrowed, a trace of solemnity on his face, guessing his concern.

Thus she continued to explain:

"Before you, we sent out dozens of people to escort the little black box, but without exception, they all failed."

"Their fate wasn’t sufficient; only you successfully delivered the little black box to Feng Xuanji."

"You need not worry, it’s not a bad thing."

"A great calamity is approaching, chaos will rise, and heroes will be forged by the times. Many strong figures will rapidly emerge in the future."

"Only a Cultivator like you, with great fortuitous encounter, has the sufficient fate to deliver the little black box to Feng Xuanji."

Nie Zhiyu explained: "This is a type of screening; because of you, our Martial Alliance has entered the sights of the Celestial Tao Sect."