Chapter 1387 - 1383: Entangled with Karma

Yun Ran has always been shameless, but she still manages to continually surprise the Dragon Spirit.

If the Azure Dragon weren’t here, the Dragon Spirit would have really wanted to ask Yun Ran if she was seriously that okay with being so two-faced?

The Azure Dragon had gotten used to Yun Ran’s way of speaking, totally devoid of the initial frustration that almost made him puke blood.

"When ordinary people encounter things, it might be a coincidence, but for Xuan Sect members, coincidences are harder than deliberate actions."

This was true; even those in the Xuan Sect who aren’t skilled in divination possess some ability to avoid danger.

Even calamities can be avoided; dodging coincidences is nothing but child’s play.

"Do you have any suspicions?"

Yun Ran nodded: "I went through some things before, so I know that some events, while seemingly coincidental, are actually cause and effect.

So, I want to ask, what exactly is that Fallen God Seed? We’ve just set off to find it and we’re already facing such immense cause and effect!"

Others might never possess Yun Ran’s sharpness, even up to their death.

Ever since arriving in this Dream Realm, the Life Chart that the Heavenly Dao had forsaken in Yun Ran seemed like it was being suppressed.

Even the bottleneck that had held her back for years was broken due to Chi Yao’s potion.

Thus, Yun Ran knew clearly that everything they encountered this time had nothing to do with her Life Chart.

Everything happening now looked very similar to the troubles she faced after being heavily injured and unable to suppress her Life Chart.

It seemed like they were encountering coincidences that could cause harm: simpler troubles like walking down the street and either stepping into a pit or getting splashed by dirty water.

More serious ones were unexpected accidents, such as a falling tree nearly hitting her or a flowerpot dropping off someone’s balcony aiming for her head...

Overall, these injuries wouldn’t severely affect Yun Ran’s life safety, but they were particularly annoying.

If not for Yun Ran’s own cultivation enhancing her, the original Life Chart, rejected by the Heavenly Dao, would have exploded, causing unforeseen disasters.

Having gone through these experiences, when similar events occurred again, Yun Ran detected them very keenly.

The only difference was, this time the troubles were more life-threatening, far more exaggerated than the backlash from being rejected by the Heavenly Dao.

Azure Dragon didn’t expect Yun Ran would immediately connect these issues to the Fallen God Seed; he was somewhat surprised, but his gaze quickly steadied.

"Are you saying all these incidents are due to us preparing to set off to find that Fallen God Seed, thus attracting these seemingly coincidental troubles?"

Yun Ran nodded.

Many in the Xuan Sect avoid major cause and effect because it brings endless troubles.

Those unrelated troubles, or disasters, might not occur even once in a lifetime.

But because they are involved in cause and effect, these issues ultimately converge until the cause and effect dissipates.

Azure Dragon was silent for a while; earlier, he hadn’t thought in this direction, assuming someone had set traps on the road.

"I’ll verify this first; then I’ll decide whether to tell you more of the truth!"

Yun Ran had no objection, and naturally, neither did the Dragon Spirit, as they watched Azure Dragon lift the curtain and hurriedly dismount.

The Dragon Spirit raised his hand to activate the anti-spy, anti-eavesdropping Array Yun Ran had set up inside the carriage.

"What you just said, how sure are you? Do you think we’re really entangled with this cause and effect?"

The Dragon Spirit had witnessed Yun Ran’s terrible misfortunes after failing to suppress her Life Chart.

Being a powerful Life, Dragon Spirit wasn’t particularly concerned about danger, but Yun Ran’s misfortunes had cast a severe shadow over him.

"Eight or nine times out of ten, but the previous troubles I was entangled with are completely comparable to the ones we’re facing."

Comparatively, it’s completely different—the former is minor next to the latter.

At this moment, Yun Ran finally understood why all her previous divinations resulted in empty hexagrams.

Entangled with major cause and effect, many things lose their certainty, and no one knows what will happen next or if they’ll suffer due to these cause and effect.

The Dragon Spirit quickly reacted, a belated realization flashing in his eyes: "You couldn’t determine our journey’s fortune before; was it because of this?"

As he spoke, Dragon Spirit suddenly had the urge to cry; entangled with such troubles, reversing fate is extremely difficult!

"It’s over, it’s over. Previously, just having the Life Chart rejected by the Heavenly Dao, you couldn’t shake off troubles; if this is major cause and effect, then what are we going to do?"

If cause and effect could be shed so easily, their group wouldn’t have been accompanying Yun Ran, fighting their way from the outside world to this Dream Realm.

It was all in hopes of removing the forsaken fate rejected by the Heavenly Dao from Yun Ran.

"What do we do now?"

Yun Ran’s fingers unconsciously tapped lightly against her lap—that was her habitual thinking action.

Being caught up in this, escaping was impossible; even trying some behind-the-scenes manipulation was unlikely.

Cause and effect, this thing is pervasive. Even if separating the soul, seeking a moment of peace is difficult.

Unless one finds an absolutely isolating place and never comes out again, that might be the only chance to avoid it.

But a place capable of isolating cause and effect is either dark and sunless or utterly dangerous; staying there forever is no different from being imprisoned.

It’s just instant retribution compared to slowly being tortured by imprisonment.

Thinking of these consequences, Yun Ran couldn’t help but shiver.

The Dragon Spirit, observing Yun Ran’s poor expression, evidently thought of similar situations, and his face darkened!

But to blame Yun Ran for involving him in such troublesome affairs, he couldn’t say a word; he wasn’t the type to ignore loyalty.

"How about we try asking for ancestral help?"

At this point, Dragon Spirit truly didn’t see himself as an outsider, suggesting seeking aid from ancestral help so readily.

Yun Ran sighed: "It’s useless. Even Immortals cannot completely remove cause and effect. They can’t intervene openly; otherwise, the retribution of cause and effect will be even stronger!"

Now Dragon Spirit was out of ideas too; if even the ancestors couldn’t help, a wild Life like him certainly couldn’t.

"Let’s wait for news from Azure Dragon; once we know the specific situation of that Fallen God Seed, maybe we can find a way out."

Since these troubles are unavoidable, solving it from the source is the way. Anyway, she has enough problems already; one more won’t matter!