Chapter 504: Card: [Predictor of Fate]

After having a good meal and getting a lot of useful intel, Gu Qing Shan happily returned to his room.

Sitting in the middle of Orchid Hall, he suddenly chuckled a bit.

Who could’ve thought there would be a day where I of all people get to go on a sightseeing trip and take treasures back for free.

Barry and Kitty valued items from the Mystic Zones very highly.

And during this call of the Bramble Bird, those that answer the call get a ‘meeting gift’.

Entering the Bramble Bird world gets you a ‘participation gift’.

Doing a good job gets you a ‘ranking gift’.

And as you leave, there’s a chance for a ‘parting gift’ as well.

That much should be enough to pay back all their debt.

Worst case scenario, I’ll just try a bit harder to get a high rank and get some better treasures.

Thinking that, the uneasiness Gu Qing Shan felt before went away without a trace, enough for Gu Qing Shan to regain his composure.

That’s good then.

He took out and swallowed another pill, then picked up [Xie Dao Ling’s cultivation notes] again.

A line of glowing text showed up on the War God UI.

[Remaining Soul Points: 299400/400]

[To comprehend Xie Dao Ling’s cultivation notes’ method of breaking through to Sainted realm late stage, 1400 Soul Points is required. Would you like to comprehend it?]

“Yes, I’ll use 1400 Soul Points”

A huge amount of warmth flowed from the jade tag into Gu Qing Shan’s body from his arm, finally settling at his Thought Sea.

This was Xie Dao Ling’s final understanding and comprehension of cultivating at Sainted realm.

She didn’t have any time to record her experience after breaking through the Wind and Lightning dual Tribulation to reach Projection realm.

After sensing himself, Gu Qing Shan couldn’t help but felt a bit at a loss.

Being as brilliant as Shifu is, she has probably already reached Projection realm.

Perhaps, after witnessing Qi Yan’s attempt at refining the world, she had already thought of a way to merge Shen Wu world and the cultivation world as well.

The highest level of cultivation for Shen Wu world used to be Virtualized realm, so after fusing the new world’s cultivation limit would surpass Virtualized realm as well.

It should at least reach Cryptic realm right?

Gu Qing Shan sighed.

I wonder how Shifu is now.

And also Xiao Lou, Xiuxiu, Ning Yue Xi, Leng Tian Xing, Sun Gong Zhi…

I hope that everyone is fine.

Gu Qing Shan closed his eyes, crossed his legs and entered a meditative state.

He began his breakthrough.

There seemed to be no problem with the Bramble Bird’s call.

But Gu Qing Shan still decided to seize the moment and get stronger!

He wouldn’t relax his requirements for himself just because the external situation didn’t demand much of him.

One day later.

Gu Qing Shan opened his eyes again.

Shannu was in front of him.

As she felt the waves coming from Gu Qing Shan’s body, she couldn’t help but feel a bit expectant.

The stronger Gu Qing Shan was, the stronger she got.

Having the power of a cultivator was a wonderful experience unlike anything she had felt before.

“Congratulations, gongzi, your total spirit energy seems to have increased by 40% from before” Shannu smiled.

“Indeed, I’m now a Sainted realm late stage cultivator”

Gu Qing Shan waved his hand, grabbing the Chao Yin sword.

Silently sensing it, he muttered: “I feel… my swordsmanship will output more power than before”

“Of course, you can use more spirit energy so your attacks would naturally be stronger” Shannu replied

“But I’m still too weak” Gu Qing Shan sighed.

He had already seen a Cryptic realm cultivator, so even after breaking through, he didn’t feel satisfied for even a little bit, instead feeling like he couldn’t catch up quick enough.

Shannu encouraged him: “Gongzi, a person can only eat so much in one sitting, from what you’ve told me about cultivation common sense, your current speed is already very fast”

Gu Qing Shan nodded, but then shook his head.

A knock came from the door.

Shannu turned back into the Six Paths Great Mountain sword and hid into Gu Qing Shan’s Thought Sea.

Gu Qing Shan stood up and opened the door.

The old man was standing outside, smiling: “I’m here to inform you that we’re about to reach our destination in about half a day, if you have things that you consider treasures, you can prepare to exchange them with the Bramble Birds for some items from the Mystic Zones”

Gu Qing Shan was a bit surprised.

The old man already mentioned this once before, but seeing how he was here specifically to remind him about it, this must be quite important.

Sure enough, the old man went on to explain: “To the Bramble Birds, our precious items are probably not worth much. But if something happens to catch their eyes, they will trade for them with items from the Mystic Zones——- all of which are true treasures”

“Thank you, I understand” Gu Qing Shan replied.

The old man nodded to him and turned to leave.

Gu Qing Shan closed the door and sat down back on his cushion.

Treasures huh?

He thought briefly.

Do I have something that can be considered treasure?

Resources of Bai Hua sect?

Materials from a Scattered world are probably not considered treasures.

The armor?

He took out the You Ji General armor.

After going through the battles of Shen Wu world, there were already quite a few cracks on it.

Bramble Birds probably wouldn’t like a damaged item like this.

—–the Earth sword, Chao Yin sword and Six Paths Great Mountain sword?

I’d kill anyone that even thinks about taking them away, so no treasure is worth as much as they do.

What else is there?

Ah, the card.

Gu Qing Shan couldn’t help but smile.

The old man of the Spire Keeper Association said that it is a real treasure that couldn’t possibly be found in a Scattered world.

But I really do have it.

Such a precious thing can probably exchange for a few things at least.

This way, part of the Justice Iron Fist Club’s debt would be dealt with.

With some luck, I might even completely clear it!

Thinking for a bit, Gu Qing Shan took out the [Predictor of Fate] card again.

Depicted on the card was a large eye.

Endless white fog was spiraling around the eye, forming a maelstrom.

A line of glowing text popped up on the War God UI.

[Predictor of Fate, rare card]

[In moments of hesitation, you may observe this card in order to see a possibility of your own fate]

…

[This is a rare and precious card, you will be able to trade it for anything your heart desires in many worlds]

Gu Qing Shan stared at the card.

It seems it was finally time for this card to be useful.

When he looked at the card, the eye on the card was also looking at him.

After a short breath, the eye disappeared.

It made another telling of his fortune.

A skeleton dressed in rags once again showed up on the card.

The skeleton was pacing back and forth nervously, as if it sensed something.

Normally, the skeleton represented death, this was common sense for card reading.

Gu Qing Shan just smiled when he saw this.

Back in the Suspended world, the card also depicted a skeleton to represent his death.

He had never really believed in such things, so he didn’t think too much of it.

Gu Qing Shan was about to put the card away.

At this moment, a change occurred on the [Predictor of Fate] card.

The scene depicted on it changed.

The skeleton opened its jaws wide, screaming in fear.

Its voice even escaped the boundaries of the card, reverberating in the entire room.

The skeleton was making a mad dash trying to run away, but it couldn’t get out of the card no matter what.

All its struggles were futile.

Then Gu Qing Shan saw himself on the card.

However, the one depicted didn’t seem like the real him.

His eyes were gone, replaced by two black holes.

His mouth was full of sharp fangs, drool dripping down from the corner of his mouth.

The ‘him’ inside the card lunged towards the skeleton, quickly pushing it to the ground.

While the skeleton wanted to retaliate, it was held down completely by Gu Qing Shan.

‘Gu Qing Shan’ opened his jaws wide and bit down on the skeleton’s head.

Crunch, crunch!

The sound of broken bones.

The head was quickly chewed to bits and swallowed.

‘Gu Qing Shan’ looked down and continued to eat the bones.

The sound was him chewing the thick, brittle bones could be heard.

As he kept eating, darkness slowly filled the face of the card.

Until it became completely dark.

“How strange, how would I turn into something like that?” Gu Qing Shan stared closely at the card as he muttered.

He had never seen such a strange scene on the card ever since he got it.

Gu Qing Shan tried shaking the card, then flicking it.

But no matter what he did, the face of the card remained completely dark.

“Gongzi, the card made me feel a bit anxious” Shannu muttered.

It was the first time she had ever felt such a thing.

Gu Qing Shan also had the same faint sense of unease, but at the same time a bit cloudy.

It wasn’t like before.

This time, Gu Qing Shan really felt that something was off.

Ever since he got onto the ship, his spirit sense has been reminding him over and over that something out of the ordinary was happening.

Spirit sense was a special type of intuition unique to cultivators.

Xie Dao Ling’s spirit sense was so powerful that she was able to see the scene of her own death before it happened.

Because of his spirit sense, Gu Qing Shan couldn’t concentrate at all and even needed two sittings to breakthrough.

What exactly is going on?

Gu Qing Shan stood up, pacing around Orchid Hall.

He was very confident in his spirit sense.

If he could tell what this card was saying, then he would be able to gather more accurate intel.

But he was a sword cultivator, not a card user.

While he had a crude understanding of cards, when the card itself changed to show such an obscure thing, he had no way to tell what it was actually saying.

Gu Qing Shan stood there completely clueless.