Chapter 00481: Everyone Has Great Fortune
# Everyone Has Great Fortune
Chapter 481
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 481: Everyone Has Great Fortune
Xin Wuyuan took out a ring and approached Zhuan Yi, handing it to him.
"Brother Zhuan Yi, I was blinded by greed for treasures. Besides returning your belongings, I've added some compensation. Please accept it."
Feng Shuting was completely stunned.
She hadn't expected the crystal ball to actually work—not only did it work, but Xin Wuyuan had even severed his own arm.
Watching Xin Wuyuan, now missing an arm, holding the ring out to Zhuan Yi and herself, Feng Shuting felt as if she were in a dream.
...
Lan Xiaobu had already returned to the Immortal Emperor Village at the bottom of the Mo Xuan Canyon.
This time, he didn’t enter through the village gate but instead went straight to the brown mound behind the village.
As if sensing his arrival, the mound opened on its own, and Lan Xiaobu stepped back into Zha Yu’s underground cavern.
"Prepared so quickly?" Zha Yu asked in surprise when he saw Lan Xiaobu enter.
"Indeed, everything’s ready. Now, let’s discuss how to make our move."
Seeing that there wasn’t even a stool inside, Lan Xiaobu sighed and took out a chair to sit down.
"Vampire... Never mind, since we’re allies now, I’ll call you by your name. Zha Zha, you really have it rough. On the surface, you seem like the boss here, but you live in a dirt hole. Not only that, but guests have to bring their own chairs."
Lan Xiaobu couldn’t resist mocking him.
Zha Yu gave him a helpless look.
"Lan Xiaobu, just call me Vampire. I’m more used to that name. As for my living conditions, do you think I chose this? My original residence was taken by Ji Yun. Sigh, anything decent I have gets snatched away."
"Don’t worry, Zha Zha, I promise we’ll take it back for you later. For now, let’s discuss our plan. Before that, tell me where Ji Yun is staying."
Lan Xiaobu patted Zha Yu’s shoulder, ignoring his request to be called Vampire.
In Lan Xiaobu’s eyes, Zha Yu was scum.
The Immortal Emperors in the village were nothing but food to him.
Even Lan Xiaobu himself had nearly become a meal.
Zha Yu didn’t even try to dodge Lan Xiaobu’s pat—he knew it was pointless.
Since he couldn’t avoid it, why bother?
"Fine, I’ll stake my life on helping you this time," Zha Yu said with resignation.
Lan Xiaobu corrected him immediately.
"Zha Zha, you’ve got it wrong. You’re not helping me—you’re helping yourself. To be precise, I’m the one helping you. I can leave this place anytime, as you’ve seen. But you? Without my help, you’ll die at Ji Yun’s hands. And that’s the best-case scenario. If something unexpected happens, death might be the least of your worries."
Zha Yu shuddered.
His greatest fear was being trapped in a fate worse than death.
"Speak. I’ll give it my all. My original cave was at the Juesheng Pond. That’s where Ji Yun is staying now," Zha Yu said, mustering some determination.
Juesheng Pond? Lan Xiaobu was surprised.
He had passed by that pond several times but never noticed Zha Yu’s cave was there.
"Does he have some kind of technique that makes him immune to death energy?" Lan Xiaobu pressed.
After learning that Ji Yun had broken his seal, Lan Xiaobu had suspected as much.
This place was saturated with death energy—no spiritual energy, not even a trace of vitality.
In such an environment, Lan Xiaobu had even set up a Vitality-Severing Immortal Formation.
Logically, after being trapped in the Fortune Formation Disk for years, Ji Yun should have been weakened—so much so that he had to rely on trash like Shi Qi.
Yet, after Lan Xiaobu brought him to the bottom of Mo Xuan Canyon, Ji Yun had escaped and subdued Zha Yu.
Zha Yu snorted.
"Ji Yun practices the Life-Death Wheel technique. For others, this place is a death trap. For him, it’s a paradise for recovery. In the early stages of his recovery, his Life-Death Wheel requires vast amounts of death energy—not just any death energy, but death energy imbued with rules. And this place is filled with rule-bound death energy. Need I say more?"
Lan Xiaobu froze.
He had unwittingly helped Ji Yun by burying the Fortune Formation Disk here.
Not only that, but he had even set up a Vitality-Severing Immortal Formation to ensure Ji Yun couldn’t recover.
Yet, Ji Yun’s luck had been too good.
No—it wasn’t luck.
It was the Fortune Formation Disk.
That thing could alter fortune, turning bad luck into good.
Thinking back to the mark left by the Fortune Formation Disk, which had threatened him before he left—telling him to discard it somewhere or regret it—Lan Xiaobu now realized how ridiculous that had been.
He had been manipulated, yet he had felt smug about it.
These old monsters were too cunning.
Seeing Lan Xiaobu lost in thought, Zha Yu sighed.
"You understand now, don’t you? Bringing Ji Yun here was like delivering him to a recovery paradise. In this land of death, with no heaven-and-earth immortal energy, I could only barely survive by feeding on the essence and blood of Immortal Emperors. But Ji Yun..."
"Like a wild dog falling into a cesspit, right?" Lan Xiaobu said, irritated at having been used by Ji Yun.
Fortunately, he had returned early.
If he had waited longer, and Ji Yun had regained more strength, how could he possibly fight him?
Zha Yu nodded.
"You could say that. For Ji Yun, it was exactly like that. Do you know why his luck is so good? Because he has the Fortune Formation Disk. Even now, do you still think the two of us can take him on?"
"So to deal with Ji Yun, the first step is to seal the Fortune Formation Disk, right?" Lan Xiaobu asked.
Zha Yu agreed.
"That’s correct. Only by sealing the Fortune Formation Disk do we stand a chance against Ji Yun. Otherwise, we don’t even qualify to fight him. But sealing something like the Fortune Formation Disk is nearly impossible. It’s an ancient treasure—to suppress it, you’d need another treasure of equal caliber. Do we have that? Not even the Life-Death Cauldron would work."
Lan Xiaobu smirked.
"Ji Yun practices the Life-Death Wheel, so the Life-Death Cauldron is a perfect match for him."
Zha Yu glanced at him.
"Ji Yun has two treasures: the Fortune Formation Disk and the Life-Death Cauldron. The one I had originally belonged to him. Now you see how strong Ji Yun’s luck is with the Fortune Formation Disk? Not only did he find a place filled with death energy to recover, but he also retrieved the Life-Death Cauldron. The only thing I didn’t expect was for you to steal it. Logically, that shouldn’t have happened—yet it did. That means you, too, have great fortune. That’s why I’m willing to risk my life to ally with you."
Lan Xiaobu stared at Zha Yu speechlessly.
He hadn’t realized the Life-Death Cauldron truly belonged to Ji Yun.
These old monsters were all master actors—he had genuinely believed he had stolen it from Zha Yu.
Since Ji Yun cultivated the Life-Death Wheel, death energy was like the richest spiritual energy to him.
That meant, in this place, Ji Yun was the host.
How could they possibly deal with Ji Yun? After a long silence, Lan Xiaobu asked, "If I’m here, will Ji Yun know?"
Zha Yu shook his head.
"He shouldn’t. Not because he can’t, but because he doesn’t need to. This place is saturated with death energy—anyone who comes here would be crippled. He doesn’t bother keeping tabs. Right now, all his focus is on recovering his strength."
Lan Xiaobu understood Zha Yu’s meaning.
Once Ji Yun regained his power, the first person he’d come for would be Lan Xiaobu.
"Have you considered trapping Ji Yun with a killing formation and then ambushing him inside?" Zha Yu suddenly suggested as Lan Xiaobu pondered.
Lan Xiaobu looked at him like he was an idiot.
"You think a formation can kill Ji Yun?"
"Probably not," Zha Yu admitted without surprise.
Lan Xiaobu realized Zha Yu was testing him again.
If he had agreed to set up a formation first, Zha Yu would have backed out of their alliance.
"One more thing—was it Ji Yun’s idea to control an immortal domain through Gu Xu?" Lan Xiaobu asked.
Zha Yu wasn’t surprised by the question.
"It was his plan. The reason, as you’ve probably guessed, is that the Life-Death Wheel requires both death energy and vitality. Once Ji Yun reaches a certain stage, he’ll need the life force of an entire realm’s cultivators to sustain himself."
Though Lan Xiaobu had suspected as much, he was still horrified by Ji Yun’s ruthlessness.
To these people, human lives were as insignificant as insects.
"I have a plan, but I won’t tell you. Because I can’t guarantee you won’t betray me at the last moment," Lan Xiaobu said.
He didn’t ask Zha Yu to swear an oath—what was the point? If someone was facing soul annihilation, oaths meant nothing.
"Go on," Zha Yu said calmly.
"I’ll hide in a True Spirit World. You’ll carry it to Ji Yun. Once we’re close, I’ll use a sudden method to trap him, and then we’ll attack together," Lan Xiaobu explained.
Zha Yu replied indifferently, "A True Spirit World can’t conceal you. Ji Yun will detect it with a single sweep."
Lan Xiaobu waved it off.
"If I couldn’t manage even that, I wouldn’t bother teaming up with you. Just take me there. I guarantee Ji Yun won’t notice. Tell him your people have taken control of the entire Mo Xuan Immortal Domain. The rest will be up to me. Deal?"
(That’s all for today’s update.
Goodnight, friends!)
(End of Chapter)