The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 281 - 280: Picked Up a Little Baby

Chapter 281: Chapter 280: Picked Up a Little Baby

What is this little milk baby?

Soon, one person and one sword figured it out.

This is the Fortune Treasury beneath the Giant Tree, and it’s also the Gongsun Family’s Semi-Immortal Artifact.

The milk baby is a small Artifact Spirit.

Xie Jiuniang picked up the milk baby and saw his clear and bewildered big eyes reaching out his arms wanting to be hugged, she was speechless, "Fortune Treasury, huh, I had already given up."

After all the twists and turns, it ended up with her again.

Xie Jiuniang poked his chubby little face with her finger, "Tell me, how did you follow here?"

"Fire fire, fire, hurt hurt."

"Oh, turns out you’re just an unlucky sod caught in the crossfire," Xie Jiuniang understood.

Immediately, she pointed in the direction away from the desert, "Let’s set off!"

As for the final outcome, Xie Jiuniang didn’t care anymore, the Gongsun Family’s foundation was ruined, and what followed had nothing to do with her.

She had examined the small Artifact Spirit of the Fortune Treasury and there was no contract. Perhaps hundreds of years ago, there had been one, but the elder of the Gongsun Family who had been undergoing Divinity Transformation had dissolved it before perishing, telling his clan they could try and bond with it, and if they gained its recognition, they could establish a contract.

The little Artifact Spirit was too proud and haughty, agreeing to no one.

However, the descendants of the Gongsun Family were allowed into the treasury by the small Artifact Spirit.

This time the Gongsun Family met with a great disaster.

The small Artifact Spirit dusted off its bum and left with a Broken Sword—nothing else to say but that the Gongsun Family’s luck had run out.

Xie Jiuniang jumped onto the Broken Sword, dragging up the milk-baby Artifact Spirit, "You damned thing, we’re leaving, away from the desert."

"Are you really not going to fish in troubled waters? There are still many good things in that city," Jian Lingyan said regretfully.

Xie Jiuniang stood with righteous indignation, "Am I the kind of person who would loot a burning house?"

"You are!"

Jian Lingyan replied promptly.

What answered him was a kick from Xie Jiuniang, "You damned thing, behave yourself and do as I say."

The Gongsun Family’s accumulated essence of over ten thousand years was on her, and why would she go back for a hair?

Even if she had nothing better to do, she wouldn’t bother with it.

So, Xie Jiuniang made her quickest escape.

Meanwhile, some nearby Cultivators were attracted by the commotion in the desert, particularly the red and green spectacle in the sky that made people wonder if it signaled the emergence of a significant treasure.

The news spread quickly.

Many Cultivators rushed towards the desert from all directions.

Before leaving the desert, Xie Jiuniang dumped Gongsun Yu and Gongsun Zuo a distance apart from each other.

Both were still unconscious.

This wasn’t a casual toss but directly into quicksand, and in a blink, they were submerged by sand.

Not personally taking their lives on the spot, Xie Jiuniang was aware that even if the two of them were lucky enough to survive and thankfully not turn into idiots, they would pose no threat to her.

Gongsun Yu never truly saw the person who harmed him other than "Gongsun Zuo," while the last person Gongsun Zuo saw was indeed "Gongsun Yu."

And then, Xie Jiuniang vanished on the spot.

Not until she was out of the desert and saw many Cultivators heading toward the desert, recalling her shabby robe belonging to Gongsun Yu, she had a thought and entered the Small Turtle Shell Space.

She changed out of her torn robe and took off her boots.

Just as she was about to put on a new Vestment robe, her gaze suddenly fell on the golden-red flame totem on her left arm.

The flame was identical to when she first encountered the mighty golden flame.

The vivid totem was imprinted on her pale skin, seductively beautiful, almost impossible to look away from, and very attractive.

When did this get here?

How could she not know?

No, it wasn’t that. She hadn’t paid attention before, a part of the robe on her arm had been burned off by flames, and at that time, she only felt grateful for her narrow escape from death, completely unaware of this omen.

She studied the totem for a moment.

No reaction?

It was a contract, yet it wasn’t.

Xie Jiuniang dressed herself neatly while pondering over the totem. Even as the Child of Destiny, her ambitions were not grand; success in her revenge would suffice.

To have such great opportunities continually crash into her...

She had never imagined such a thing.

Since leaving Yunmu City, it hadn’t been twenty years yet. Others might spend their entire lives without encountering a single great opportunity. Yet for her, opportunities were so frequent they became routine.

Xie Jiuniang asked, "You bastard, regarding luck, there was an idea, not sure if it’s reliable."

"What theory?"

Broken Sword was playing with a little baby inside the Small Tortoise Shell Space.

Xie Jiuniang took out a soft sword, using it as a belt around her waist, then tidied up her hair, cutting off the burnt ends. Spiritual power circulated within her body for a loop.

The cut-off hair grew back.

After some thought, Xie Jiuniang said, "They say that when a cultivator gains an opportunity, a part of their luck dissipates. Is that true?"

"It’s possible, but not definite."

If Jian Lingyan knew what she was thinking, he would certainly roll his eyes at her.

It might be true for others, but certainly not for her dog of an owner.

For example, the catastrophe she caused today almost destroyed the Gongsun Family, and logically, that should have burdened her with some karma. And yet, her person remained untainted, not only free of karma but also imbued with more merit.

It’s just that ordinary people can’t see this.

Jian Lingyan could see it because he had progressed recently and regained some of his memory.

Xie Jiuniang did not ask further.

Disguised as an ordinary middle-aged cultivator, she hastened day and night, returning to Tongling City with a low profile.

Along the way, no one noticed her.

With Jian Lingyan guiding, she avoided the gaze of others.

After entering the city, she changed her appearance again and went to the Rongsheng Trading Company to buy a ticket for the Flying Boat. Then, without a sound, she boarded the Flying Boat and half a month later, she returned to the Central Region.

It took her several more days, but she quietly sneaked back into the Demon Emperor’s Palace.

Back in her own palace, she put away the Puppet and obtained two Storage Bags filled with Spirit Plants, gifts from Lang Tao and Yuan Zhen. More than three months had passed since the last time.

Who would have thought that this one person would sneak out and accomplish such a significant deed.

After resting for half a day, Xie Jiuniang began her work on alchemy.

She paid no heed to the rumors of the outside world.

And as for the reports of the natural phenomenon that appeared in the northern desert of the Western Region, they spread rapidly, attracting many strong cultivators from the Cultivation World to investigate.

Even Divinity Transformation experts went to check it out.

When some arrived, the original city had vanished.

The oasis had become ruins, with scattered embers still flickering.

They saw many survivors of the Gongsun Family on the outskirts of the desert. Ordinary cultivators coming over might not discover much, but Divinity Transformation experts could find out the truth with a single investigation.

They learned that a great battle had erupted at the Gongsun Family’s territory, leaving it in ruins.

Many strong figures who found out sighed with emotion.

The Divinity Transformation ancestor of the Wu Family rushed over. Learning that the Gongsun Family had almost been wiped out, his expression was grimmer than anyone else’s. Remembering those like Wenzhong who had gone to the borders, the Wu Family ancestor still intervened, offering protection to the Gongsun Family survivors. Not because the Wu Divinity Transformation had much kindness, but rather due to the principle of mutual dependence in times of peril.

Because according to the divination, what happened to the Gongsun Family today could very well be the Wu Family’s tomorrow.