You Are Fated with This World, Xiao Ruoyin’s Predicament, the Nihility Destiny Physique

Inside the dungeon, the light was dim and the air damp.

A stench of blood and rot permeated the air, involuntarily bringing corpses to mind.

An atmosphere of despair and terror filled the void, making everyone’s souls tremble, unable to suppress a shiver.

Jiang Chen, Niu Tian, and everyone else—when Gu Changge and Hei Yanyu stepped inside—had only felt unease and fright at the very beginning.

But as time went on, they gradually calmed down, preparing to watch how the situation would unfold.

Although they all vaguely guessed that this white-robed man before them had an extraordinary status, one even more terrifying than this queenly black-dressed woman...

They still subconsciously felt he shouldn’t be any kind of villain. After all, his immortal aura was transcendent, exuding an otherworldly, dust-free air.

His entire being seemed to glow, wisps of divine radiance shimmering brilliantly between his strands of hair. Handsome as jade, untouched by a speck of dust—nothing less than that.

It was hard for anyone to develop ill feelings toward him based on first impressions.

Then, when they heard Gu Changge ask them questions, everyone was bewildered, unable to understand what he was saying.

Only Jiang Chen suddenly sensed a kind of unease from it.

Especially when this white-robed man didn’t question all of them, but instead asked Xiao Ruoyin—he felt something had gone wrong.

It wasn’t that he thought the white-robed man had any improper intentions toward Xiao Ruoyin.

After all, judging from the man’s demeanor, the way he had looked at them from start to finish was like gazing down at ants from above the clouds.

Casual. Indifferent.

Xiao Ruoyin was beautiful, but the black-dressed woman’s looks were in no way inferior to hers.

Rather, Jiang Chen felt that Xiao Ruoyin herself was very strange, judging from her words just now and her earlier expression.

She seemed to have known about the transmigration for a long time—that was why she had accepted it so quickly.

But now, seeing the slightly paling change in Xiao Ruoyin’s expression, Jiang Chen’s heart gave a thud. This was very bad.

Xiao Ruoyin seemed to understand what the other party was saying.

And this white-robed man seemed to have noticed it the very moment he walked in.

That was Jiang Chen’s instinctive thought.

And sure enough, when he heard the strange-sounding syllables spill from Xiao Ruoyin’s mouth, Jiang Chen was shocked—and he understood.

Xiao Ruoyin seemed to have long known about this bizarre, fantastical world, and had never revealed a single bit of it to him.

This caused an inexplicable bitterness to well up in Jiang Chen’s heart.

“School Belle Xiao can understand what he’s saying?”

“Before this, she never told us any of it. What else is she hiding? She was clearly the one who invited us to come on this archaeological expedition, yet she’s kept so many things from us...”

And besides Jiang Chen, everyone else at this moment also turned to stare at Xiao Ruoyin in shock, eyes wide, hardly able to believe it.

If she claimed she’d learned it in these past few days, they wouldn’t believe it even if beaten to death.

Whose talent for language was so monstrous that they could master such a complex language in just a few short days?

That could only mean School Belle Xiao had actually known this world’s language all along.

This left them utterly shaken, their expressions turning complicated and resentful. They suddenly felt that the aloof goddess who could only be admired from afar had become even more of a stranger.

They had to remember—quite a few of their companions had lost their lives here. Why hadn’t Xiao Ruoyin explained any of this to them before?

“Ah Chen, you...”

Niu Tian also spoke in a low voice, looking at Jiang Chen with concern, knowing about the relationship between Jiang Chen and School Belle Xiao.

“I’m fine.”

Jiang Chen waved his hand. Though he couldn’t hide the shock on his face, he quickly composed himself. But the unease in his heart grew thicker and thicker.

He looked at Xiao Ruoyin, wanting to ask her what exactly that white-robed man was saying.

But Xiao Ruoyin didn’t seem to notice him. She still had her head lowered, her jade hands wringing together.

The white-robed man before her showed not the slightest ripple of change in his expression. His brows and eyes were indifferent, as if everything in this world was nothing more than mist and dust in his eyes—nothing more than that.

Jiang Chen couldn’t understand what Xiao Ruoyin and Gu Changge were saying to each other either, but judging from Xiao Ruoyin’s expression, she was clearly filled with fear and unease.

To suddenly arrive in such a mysterious, bizarre world...

Let alone Xiao Ruoyin, who was just a woman—even he, as a man, felt the same dread and unease.

He simply didn’t show it on his face. That feeling of powerlessness made one involuntarily clench their fists tight.

“It’s good that you can understand what I’m saying.”

Just then, while Jiang Chen and the others were worrying and letting their imaginations run wild...

Gu ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠Changge spoke again. Seeing Xiao Ruoyin admit it, a faint smile appeared on his face, one that seemed gentle and refined.

A complete change from his earlier indifference—it even gave one the feeling of basking in a spring breeze.

Perhaps sensing this change in him, Xiao Ruoyin settled down slightly and raised her eyes to look at him, though still with wariness and unease.

She had no idea how Gu Changge had detected that she could understand their language.

In Xiao ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠Ruoyin’s original plan, she would first learn some information about this world, and then find a way to escape.

What she had been about to tell Jiang Chen just now was exactly this matter—only it had been interrupted by Gu Changge’s arrival.

From Gu Changge, she felt an indescribable fear.

This man was clearly as transcendent as an immortal, so why did her heart palpitate with dread from the very bottom of her soul?

“Come with me. I have some things to ask you.”

Gu Changge’s lips held a faint smile as he looked at Xiao Ruoyin and spoke again. His words were simple, and he paid no heed to Jiang Chen and the others.

Hearing this, Xiao Ruoyin froze. Her beautiful eyes, tinged with a faint blush of color, looked at him uneasily.

In the end, she gritted her teeth, not daring to refuse, and stood up from where she was, head lowered, exuding a sense of lonely despair.

In her view, if Gu Changge had business with her, it certainly wouldn’t be anything good.

Before this, quite a few of their companions had lost their lives precisely because they were taken away.

Before exploring these ruins, she actually hadn’t anticipated such an outcome either—otherwise she wouldn’t have been so hasty.

Despair couldn’t help but rise in Xiao Ruoyin’s heart. Before this, no matter how calm and composed she had been, she was ultimately just a weak woman.

Even the spirit-energy firearm she carried for self-defense had been confiscated by them.

“Ruoyin, what did he say to you?”

Seeing Gu Changge about to take Xiao Ruoyin away, Jiang Chen, Niu Tian, and the others were all alarmed and couldn’t help asking, deeply worried.

“Ruoyin, what’s going on?”

Jiang Chen especially—his expression changed drastically, both fists clenched tight. He had a feeling Xiao Ruoyin seemed to know what she was about to face.

Yet he couldn’t understand a word of the other party’s language. This feeling was like a cat’s claw scratching at his heart.

“Jiang Chen...”

Xiao Ruoyin turned back to glance at him, her expression somewhat miserable and despairing.

Seeing her helpless, despairing look, Jiang Chen felt a boom in his head—a surge of fury and unwillingness rushed straight to his brain, reddening his eyes. He couldn’t help but shoot to his feet, his gaze full of hatred and anger fixed dead on Gu Changge.

“Whatever it is, come at me. Let Ruoyin go.”

He couldn’t help roaring. While everyone else cowered in place, not daring to stand up for Xiao Ruoyin, he chose to step forward.

“Ah Chen, calm down, don’t be reckless!”

Niu Tian was scared out of his wits and hurriedly tried to pull Jiang Chen back.

At a time like this, offending the white-robed man before them—wasn’t that courting death?

Did he not know the gap between them? The man could probably scatter their souls to the wind with a single breath.

What’s more, Xiao Ruoyin could understand the man’s words while they couldn’t—who knew what this white-robed man had said to her just now?

“Jiang Chen.”

Xiao Ruoyin looked at Jiang Chen with some emotion.

But then, as if thinking of something, she gritted her teeth, her expression becoming resolute, and said to him, “Don’t worry about me. But you must survive.”

“Ruoyin!”

Hearing this, Jiang Chen’s eyes reddened even further. Boundless fury—he felt Xiao Ruoyin’s despair and misery, and a feeling like a final parting between life and death welled up in him.

However, the rest of them, at this moment, aside from sighing, remained unmoved.

They could barely protect themselves—who had the leisure to care about anyone else?

In their view, Jiang Chen was being far too impulsive.

Sure enough, under everyone’s shocked and even terrified gazes...

“Hm?”

Gu Changge’s brows furrowed slightly, looking somewhat displeased.

In an instant, everyone felt a terrifying suffocating pressure rush at them, as if the sky were collapsing and the earth caving in. The surrounding void seemed to have been filled with molten lead, making their very skin feel like it was about to split and burst apart.

Everyone’s throat felt as if it had been seized in a tight grip.

“Wah...”

Jiang Chen bore the brunt of it. His face instantly turned ashen, his whole body feeling as if he were drowning, on the verge of suffocation.

Then, under this terrifying pressure, he could endure no longer. His legs went soft, and with a putong he dropped straight to his knees.

His entire body was drenched in sweat, unable to move even an inch where he knelt.

His skin, bones, flesh, and organs felt as if they were being crushed by an overwhelming force at that moment, emitting kacha sounds as blood seeped out.

His vision was a field of scarlet; he could barely keep his eyelids open.

Everyone watched this scene in terror, frightened to the extreme.

“Jiang Chen.”

Xiao Ruoyin’s face went pale, and she couldn’t help crying out in alarm, extremely worried. But cowed by Gu Changge’s pressure, she didn’t dare move.

“My patience isn’t very good,” Gu Changge said, still in that light, casual tone.

“Ah Chen...”

Niu Tian looked at Gu Changge with a terrified expression. At this moment, he too didn’t dare move.

His whole being felt as if it had been locked onto by a terrifying beast, his soul trembling. He was about to end up just like Jiang Chen—legs going soft, prostrating on the ground.

However, Gu Changge didn’t make things too difficult for them. His gaze remained calm and rippled-free as he turned and walked toward the dungeon’s exit.

Xiao Ruoyin’s face was pale. She glanced back worriedly at Jiang Chen, not daring to linger, and hurriedly followed after him.

She had no idea how this trip would end—whether it was more ill than good fortune, or a nine-in-ten chance of death. At this moment, her heart was filled with nothing but despair and unease.

“Ruoyin...”

Seeing this, Jiang Chen forced an unwilling sound from his throat, reaching out a hand trying to grab hold of something, but utterly powerless.

Immediately after, his vision went pitch black. His eyelids fell shut, and he passed out cold.

The alarmed cries of Niu Tian and the others rang in his ears.

“Master, are we keeping these people?”

Hei Yanyu followed behind, casually shutting the dungeon as she swept a glance over Jiang Chen and the others, and couldn’t help asking.

In her view, this group of mysterious people was no different from ants before Gu Changge.

If not for their rather mysterious origins, she wouldn’t have spared them a second glance ordinarily.

“No need. Keep them for now.”

Gu Changge said offhandedly. He was still somewhat interested in them.

So he hadn’t struck to kill—otherwise, that Jiang Chen would have burst apart just now, body and soul annihilated.

Beyond that, he discovered that Jiang Chen carried a faint, hidden fluctuation of Fortuity about him, though it had yet to erupt.

If his guess was right, Jiang Chen should be a Fortuitous One—and one whose Golden Finger had yet to awaken, at that.

The System hadn’t mentioned it either, so it seemed there was still a process to go through.

That said, compared to Xiao Ruoyin before him, Jiang Chen was still far inferior. For now, though, he could be raised like a leek to be harvested later—he’d probably prove useful eventually.

On Jiang Chen, Xiao Ruoyin, and the others, Gu Changge found no trace of any Fortuitous One template.

It was just that the Fortuity Points on Xiao Ruoyin seemed absurdly high. Even if she wasn’t a Fortuitous One, she was certainly a person of great Fortuity.

At first, Gu Changge had assumed the Fortuity template would be something like the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin, the Heavenly Emperor Ye sort of deal, but after seeing it for himself, he realized he’d been overthinking it.

Moreover, Jiang Chen and the others did not come from Earth—of this, Gu Changge was quite certain, which left him slightly disappointed.

Xiao Ruoyin, who had been silently following behind the two of them, listened to this conversation, and her delicate body couldn’t help but tremble slightly, somewhat frightened and uneasy.

However, when she heard Gu Changge say that Jiang Chen and the others would be kept around for now, she still let out a small sigh of relief and set her mind at ease.

Much of her earlier unease and fear dissipated. Xiao Ruoyin felt that Gu Changge seemed to bear her no malice—he was purely curious.

After leaving the dungeon, the long-missed sunlight and fresh air outside eased Xiao Ruoyin’s mood considerably, and she quietly followed behind Gu Changge.

She could tell that this world was magnificent and grand.

All sorts of things she had never dared to imagine before now appeared before her eyes.

Strangely-shaped races, Mystic Mountains gleaming with divine light, silver waterfalls hanging upside down from the heavens, transcendent immortals untouched by worldly dust...

All these sights made Xiao Ruoyin draw a deep breath, and her state of mind gradually calmed for some reason, as if she was meant to belong here.

The feeling was strange, and it came out of nowhere.

This world, it seemed, suited her better.

Soon, they arrived at a grand palace. Gu Changge sat down casually, his gaze ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠calm, looking as if some of his immortal aura had faded, replaced by a touch of worldly flavor.

Hei Yanyu brought him tea, standing obediently and demurely at his side.

Had she not witnessed that terrifying, ferocious might back then, Xiao Ruoyin might have believed this black-dressed woman really was that obedient and docile.

Of course, she also understood that the black-dressed woman acted this way entirely because of the man before her, whose every gesture exuded extraordinariness.

“What is your name?”

Gu Changge lowered his eyes, blowing at the steam rising from his tea, his gaze mild as he asked her casually.

Xiao Ruoyin stood where she was, not daring to hide anything, and answered, “Xiao Ruoyin. Xiao as in ‘desolate,’ Ruoyin as in ‘music.’”

This was her usual way of introducing herself—before this, people had constantly mistaken her surname Xiao for the other Xiao.

“Oh, Xiao Ruoyin? That’s quite a lovely name.”

Gu Changge nodded, then continued, “I’d like to know about the world you all come from.”

If these people’s souls were a bit stronger, he could have simply used Soul Search directly, sparing himself the trouble of asking.

After all, they were people of a modern society, their entire civilization leaning toward the technological side, which meant their soul strength was many times weaker than even the mortals of the Beyond.

Hearing Gu Changge ask this, Xiao Ruoyin’s pupils shrank slightly. She hadn’t expected him to open with such a question.

He didn’t ask how they had arrived here, nor how she had come to know this world’s language.

It caught her somewhat off guard.

She could tell that Gu Changge seemed to know quite a bit about their origins and wasn’t particularly surprised.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ruoyin’s expression quickly recovered.

She knew Gu Changge had ways to tell whether she was lying, and she didn’t dare utter a single false word, so she began to explain truthfully.

“Before this, we all lived on an azure planet called Azurine. It’s completely different from here. The people there have very short lifespans. There’s no such thing as Qi cultivation. Even with all kinds of technological and medical means, very few live past a hundred years...”

0·······Seeking flowers·····

She didn’t know whether Gu Changge could even understand these words.

However, Gu Changge didn’t interrupt her.

He sipped his tea while watching her with great interest, seemingly engrossed, quite curious about that world.

Seeing this, Xiao Ruoyin let out another sigh of relief and relaxed considerably, no longer as worried and uneasy as before.

“Master, this is a weapon found on her earlier. I tested it—its power isn’t great. It can’t even pierce the hide of an ordinary fierce beast, but it can penetrate common wild animals.”

Just then, as if remembering something, Hei Yanyu took an item out of her Storage Ring and handed it to Gu Changge.

Its appearance was nearly identical to the pistols Gu Changge was familiar with.

Only, he sensed faint spiritual energy fluctuations within it—it seemed different from ordinary firearms.

“This is a Psionic Gun. Even in our world, it’s very rare. It requires a special kind of bullet...”

Seeing this, Xiao Ruoyin didn’t know whether Gu Changge could understand, but she explained anyway.

If not for her special status and her family’s considerable power in that original world, she wouldn’t have possessed such a Psionic Gun.

“Interesting.”

Gu Changge smiled, examined the pistol for a few moments, then handed it back to her.

From Xiao Ruoyin’s explanations, he had more or less figured out what kind of civilization the world behind her was.

It looked quite similar to Earth, except that there seemed to exist stones containing special energy, which Xiao Ruoyin called Spiritual Stones.

Their transmigration to this world this time, as it happened, ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠was related to her accidentally touching the Spiritual Stones beside an altar back then.

“Spiritual energy, hm? So it went from the cultivation path to the technological path. I wonder if there’ll be a spiritual energy revival...”

Gu Changge laughed casually, but these words made Xiao Ruoyin’s pupils shrink once more, her expression shifting slightly.

She could naturally understand what Gu Changge meant.

She just couldn’t figure out why Gu Changge would know these things.

“Actually, before this, I’ve encountered people with origins like yours. They also came from some Overworld.”

Gu Changge spoke with perfect composure. As for those people’s origins, he didn’t elaborate.

Xiao Ruoyin was taken aback at his words, though she didn’t doubt them.

She just hadn’t expected that, besides them, there were actually others in this world with the same kind of origin.

No wonder Gu Changge hadn’t seemed surprised by their origins earlier, and instead wanted to know about the world behind her.

...........

“Your world seems quite interesting. If there’s a chance, I’d rather like to go see it.”

Then, as if something had occurred to him, Gu Changge sighed with faint emotion.

Xiao Ruoyin stared at him blankly, not expecting him to say such a thing.

All of a sudden, she felt that this ethereal, immortal-like man before her had gained a touch of mortal warmth, no longer so detached from the world as before.

Much of her earlier fear of Gu Changge dissipated.

He seemed to bear no malice—he was simply curious about the world behind them.

“With... with Gongzi’s status, why would you care about these trifles of mortals?”

After thinking it over, Xiao Ruoyin didn’t know how to address Gu Changge, and in the end could only call him Gongzi.

She didn’t know where she found the courage to speak to him like this.

“You wouldn’t understand.”

Hearing this, Gu Changge glanced at her, seemingly smiling, then sighed softly again, as if a thousand thoughts weighed on his mind.

Xiao Ruoyin stared at that handsome face—one that would have driven countless women mad in her previous world—frozen in place.

From that sigh of his, she heard a hundred emotions, and for a moment she seemed to glimpse a different kind of immortal.

Could an immortal so transcendent in her eyes also have troubles and sorrows?

“If there’s a chance in the future, Ruoyin would actually like to take Gongzi to see that world. It’s really not as interesting as you think...”

Xiao Ruoyin gently pinched the corner of her clothes, her voice calm.

She didn’t know how she had mustered the boldness to finish saying those words.

Given her current status, saying such a thing to Gu Changge was clearly outrageous insolence.

After saying it, her heart was somewhat apprehensive, though she forced herself to remain composed.

“Interesting. This is the first time anyone has dared to speak to me like this—and a mortal, no less.”

Hearing this, Gu Changge didn’t seem angry at all. Instead, he laughed casually, appearing quite approachable.

Hearing him say this, Xiao Ruoyin froze again, and then her delicate, snow-white face reddened slightly as some storyline suddenly came to mind.

But Gu Changge didn’t blame her, which finally made her believe one thing.

Gu Changge bore no malice toward her, nor toward Jiang Chen, Niu Tian, and the others behind her.

Then, Xiao Ruoyin took a deep breath and spoke again.

“Actually, back in that world, ever since I was little, I would have strange dreams. I dreamed I became an immortal who could fly through the skies and burrow through the earth, capable of anything. Sometimes I could even dream of scenes from the future.”

“Back then I was terribly worried, thinking there was something wrong with me. Then later, I happened upon an ancient book that no one could read, yet I could recognize all the writing in it. Later I even majored in archaeology, trying to find the world that existed in my dreams...”

This was also why she knew this world’s language.

She had never spoken these words to a second person—not even to Jiang Chen, with whom she’d been on good terms back in university.

Xiao Ruoyin didn’t know why she was saying all this in front of Gu Changge, a man she had only just met.

“Oh? Such a wondrous thing? It seems you may possess the wisdom of a past life.” Hearing this, Gu Changge looked at her with great interest.

“Wisdom of a past life?” Xiao Ruoyin didn’t understand. She felt her emotions suddenly grow agitated, her heart pounding fast. “Could it be that in my past life, I was actually someone of this world?”

He seemed to notice the longing and yearning in her eyes.

Gu Changge smiled and said, “How else would you explain your affinity with this world?”

“I have an affinity with this world?”

Xiao Ruoyin was stunned, a strange emotion spreading through her heart.

“Yanyu, take this Miss Xiao to freshen up. Being locked up for so many days hasn’t been easy on her...”

While Xiao Ruoyin was lost in thought, Gu Changge spoke again, though this time his smile seemed somewhat odd.

Hearing this, Xiao Ruoyin suddenly came back to her senses—she had been locked up for several days, and the stale smell on her body seemed rather strong.

In her previous world, before everyone, she had always been the aloof, unsmiling Ice Goddess, to be admired from afar but never approached.

There had never been a day like today, so utterly embarrassing.

In front of Gu Changge, being disdained for smelling bad? Had he actually been enduring it this whole time?

Thinking of this, Xiao Ruoyin suddenly felt rather embarrassed, her face reddening slightly.

Her goodwill toward Gu Changge also grew considerably. After all, a man of his status had endured that smell to chat with her for so long—such grace and self-cultivation, how many could compare?

Receiving her instructions, Hei Yanyu acknowledged and then led Xiao Ruoyin away, leaving Gu Changge alone in the palace.

Unhurriedly, he drained the tea in his white jade cup in one sip, his smile rather thought-provoking.

“The Nihility Destiny Physique. Now this is truly interesting.”

“So she’s the reincarnation of the Immortal Palace’s High Priestess of Destiny? The so-called Nihility of Destiny—controlling all of time and space, all causality, all that is inconceivable, unfathomable, and ineffable...”