Translator: CinderTL
Jiang Ye extended his palm, slowly approaching the fiery red vortex.
Whoosh!
As if possessing spiritual essence, the vortex instantly surged toward Jiang Ye's hand, burrowing into his body.
It transformed into a strand of strange energy, coursing up his arm and into his sea of consciousness.
"What's this?!" Jiang Ye exclaimed in surprise.
"Don't panic," Bai Gui's voice echoed. "Leave the rest to me."
"Alright," Jiang Ye nodded.
The moment the fiery red vortex entered his body, Jiang Ye felt a faint unease, as if something within him was being drained away.
Is this my luck being absorbed?
The civilization fireseed truly does devour fortune, Jiang Ye thought, his heart tightening.
The sensation was subtle and fleeting. Had he not known beforehand, he likely wouldn't have noticed it at all. Even if he had, he probably wouldn't have given it much thought.
Changes in luck rarely manifest in tangible ways.
Most people would never connect such a vague discomfort to their fortune.
They would simply attribute it to their own poor condition.
"Jiang Ye, you're quite lucky," Bai Gui said with a laugh. "The technique I've mastered can decipher the Luck Cipher within this fireseed."
"What a coincidence!" Jiang Ye exclaimed, surprised.
He realized that the so-called 'Luck Cipher' wasn't the kind of code he had imagined. Otherwise, it couldn't have been cracked so easily.
Jiang Ye didn't press further. This was a secret of a third-tier civilization, far beyond his comprehension.
In a sense, third-tier civilizations existed on a different dimensional plane from first and second-tier civilizations.
"Done," Bai Gui announced. "I've deciphered the Luck Cipher. You should be able to sense it now, right?"
"Sense it?" Jiang Ye's heart stirred.
Almost immediately, an indescribable sensation spread through his body.
"What's this?" Jiang Ye felt a peculiar energy within his Sea of Consciousness Space. He hadn't been able to perceive this 'energy' before.
"The civilization fireseed?"
Sensing the strange energy, Jiang Ye quickly confirmed it was indeed the civilization fireseed that had burrowed into his body earlier.
"This civilization fireseed contains a vast amount of civilization fortune," Bai Gui said.
"After deciphering the Luck Cipher, I can draw out a small portion of it," she explained. "This fortune is currently being absorbed by you."
"I'm absorbing civilization fortune?" Jiang Ye asked, slightly stunned.
How come he couldn't feel it?
"Senior Bai Gui," Jiang Ye pressed, "do I need to activate some kind of cultivation technique to absorb civilization fortune?"
"No," Bai Gui replied.
"Your body itself is a vessel for fortune, actively absorbing it," she explained. "You can't sense it because fortune is intangible and formless."
"But in reality," Bai Gui added with a smile, "even during this short conversation, your body has already absorbed a significant amount of fortune."
Jiang Ye was taken aback.
He genuinely felt nothing.
"What impact will absorbing so much fortune have on me?" Jiang Ye asked.
"Impact? It's hard to say," Bai Gui replied.
"The effects of fortune are subtle and gradual," she explained. "There's no need to overanalyze it. Deliberately seeking it out might even diminish its influence."
Jiang Ye nodded.
He knew far too little about fortune.
"Even if someone's luck were reduced to zero instantly, it wouldn't necessarily lead to immediate disaster," Bai Gui explained. "However, their future would undoubtedly be fraught with peril, and they might face a fatal calamity within days."
"Similarly," she continued, "a sudden surge in your luck won't trigger immediate changes. The effects of this fortune will manifest gradually, influencing your cultivation, battles, and overall path forward."
"I understand now," Jiang Ye said, his realization dawning.
This concept of luck truly was profound and mysterious.
Judging by Bai Gui's tone, even she couldn't fully explain it.
"Alright," Bai Gui suddenly announced. "You've finished absorbing it."
"What?" Jiang Ye blinked in surprise. "That's it?"
Though the conversation had felt lengthy, it had only lasted a few seconds.
"Didn't you say the civilization fireseed contained a vast amount of luck?" Jiang Ye couldn't help but ask. "How could I have absorbed it all so quickly?"
"The civilization fireseed itself is a vessel for storing luck, and it does indeed contain a vast quantity," Bai Gui confirmed. "However, the Luck Cipher I unlocked could only extract a tiny fraction—less than one ten-thousandth of the total."
"Of course, it's already quite substantial for you," Bai Gui said with a smile.
Jiang Ye's eyes lit up. "Bai Gui, have you sensed the location of the next civilization fireseed?"
"Mm, I've detected some traces," Bai Gui nodded.
"Great!" Jiang Ye's heart leaped with joy.
Without hesitation, he turned and flew back to the cliff's edge.
"Junior Brother, was that a civilization fireseed just now?" Liu Shishi asked with concern, having witnessed Jiang Ye's earlier actions.
"Yes," Jiang Ye confirmed.
With a thought, a crimson vortex materialized, hovering above his palm.
"Senior Sister, take this," Jiang Ye said.
"Huh? You're giving it to me?" Liu Shishi blinked in surprise, her beautiful eyes widening in astonishment.
She knew the immense importance of civilization fireseeds.
They were the key to entering the Divine Temple! Hard-earned and precious, yet Jiang Ye was offering one to her?
Seeing her hesitation, Jiang Ye immediately transferred the fireseed into Liu Shishi's hand with a thought.
Whoosh! The crimson vortex swiftly burrowed into her body.
"You—?"
Liu Shishi was startled and instinctively tried to refuse, but she found herself unable to control the civilization fireseed.
In truth, Jiang Ye had originally been unable to control it either.
It was only after Bai Gui partially deciphered the Luck Cipher that Jiang Ye gained some degree of control.
"Junior brother, you're being too polite," Liu Shishi said helplessly.
"You gifted me a Fourth-Tier Upper A-Grade Opportunity once, didn't you?" Jiang Ye replied with a faint smile.
His actions were simply to repay the favor.
Without that Fourth-Tier Upper A-Grade Opportunity, Jiang Ye wouldn't have reached the mid-stage fourth breakthrough so easily.
Hearing this, Liu Shishi shook her head with a resigned sigh.
"Let's go to the next one," Jiang Ye said.
"Alright," Liu Shishi nodded, not bothering to ask where they were going.
At that moment, she only wanted to stay by Jiang Ye's side.
Whoosh! Whoosh! The pair transformed into streaks of Flowing Light, rapidly departing the canyon.
(End of the Chapter)
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