After being reborn, the villain comes with a spoiler tag.

After leaving the city, Huo Yu picked up Long Yucheng and sped off in a certain direction.

Before Long Yucheng could react, he felt the familiar sensation of his feet leaving the ground and being slapped in the face by the strong wind.

Only after confirming that the little tails behind him had been far off did Huo Yu put Long Yucheng down in a secluded valley.

Long Yucheng first experienced the reshaping of his views on money at the auction, and then was dragged around by Huo Yu and given a good scolding. Under the dual torment of his mind and body, his face turned a little pale.

Seeing this, Huo Yu simply carved out a cave in the mountain wall behind him and threw some arrays inside, making it his place of rest for the night.

Long Yucheng originally intended to go directly to the cultivator's ruins so that he could finish things quickly and return to his sect as soon as possible.

After all, although he himself was all alone, Huo Yu was a man with 105,000 spirit stones in his possession!

The thought of Huo Yu spending 105,000 spirit stones without batting an eye only increased Long Yucheng's admiration for Huo Yu.

However, as soon as he landed, Long Yucheng almost collapsed to his knees in front of Huo Yu.

In this state, Long Yucheng was too embarrassed to suggest that they could go and search for the cultivator's ruins now. He obediently entered the "cave" that Huo Yu had dug, found a corner to sit cross-legged, and quickly entered a meditative state.

Huo Yu did not immediately sit down to recover his spiritual power—he didn't need to recover it anyway—but instead took out the crystal radius bone he had obtained at the auction.

The absorption of the seven-leaf hibiscus would take some time, so Huo Yu did not take it immediately on the spot. He could only turn his attention to studying the radius bone, which did not seem to have anything special about it.

However, when Huo Yu took out the radius bone again, even though he held it tightly in his hand, the palpitation from the depths of his soul did not reappear.

Subsequently, Huo Yu tried to input spiritual power and probe with his divine sense, but all his efforts were in vain.

Just as Huo Yu was in trouble, Long Yucheng, who was standing to the side, seemed to sense something and slowly opened his eyes.

"Senior Brother Huo, what is this?"

Long Yucheng asked curiously. Over the past few months, Huo Yu had become an omniscient and omnipotent being in his mind.

"I don't know."

Huo Yu's honest answer instantly shattered Long Yucheng's unrealistic fantasies about him.

"..." So you traded sixteen Nascent Soul Pills for this piece of junk?

Long Yucheng almost blurted it out.

Although he didn't know what the Infant Transformation Pill was, judging from the reactions of everyone present, it must be incredibly valuable. Is this the capriciousness of the wealthy?

To avoid revealing his inner turmoil, Long Yucheng quickly changed the subject:

"Besides causing heart discomfort to those around it, does this thing have any other purpose?"

Huo Yu astutely caught the key words in Long Yucheng's words and asked:

What discomfort do you feel about it?

"I just feel a sudden, inexplicable heart palpitation..." like I'm about to have a heart attack.

Long Yucheng answered honestly, inwardly complaining.

"Senior Brother Huo, don't you feel the same way?"

Huo Yu did not answer, but instead put the radius bone back into the jade box and asked:

"now what?"

"I don't feel anything now."

Long Yucheng answered truthfully.

Huo Yu took out the radius bone again.

"here we go again."

As if sensing something, Long Yucheng reported immediately.

Huo Yu stared intently at the crystal radius bone, lost in thought.

Seeing that Huo Yu had entered his "reclusive tech geek" mode again, Long Yucheng wisely refrained from disturbing him and continued meditating.

Originally, Huo Yu thought that the strange sensation was unique to him and the bone, but this conjecture was overturned by Long Yucheng.

Long Yucheng could also feel the chilling aura emanating from the bone. Unlike Huo Yu, who only felt it for a moment, Long Yucheng could continuously feel it as long as he was in the same room with the bone.

Although Huo Yu didn't know if everyone could feel this palpitation, judging from the reactions of those present at the time, it shouldn't be the case.

Even if such a person did exist, it could only be the foreigner who was bidding against him.

If only he and Long Yucheng could sense it, then why?

Moreover, his own perception was significantly weaker than Long Yucheng's.

Thinking about it from another perspective, the similarities, or rather the intersections, between Long Yucheng and himself—

Only the Gate of Heaven.

Upon careful reflection, I realized that I first saw myself in other worlds, then inexplicably lived a second life, and even gained the ability to probe the Heavenly Dao.

All of this seems to be related to the Gate of Heaven in the previous life, or rather, to the "Heavenly Dao".

Long Yucheng, on the other hand, is someone who practically wears the title of "Heaven's Favorite" on his head.

If their similar feelings towards this piece of bone were related to the Dao of Heaven, it would seem plausible.

However, what Huo Yu couldn't understand was how the Heavenly Dao could be related to this piece of crystal bone.

If what he has in his hand is not a crystal bone of unknown origin, but a fragment of the Gate of Heaven, then it seems reasonable.

Huo Yu stared at the bone in his hand, and an absurd idea flashed through his mind like a candle flame in the dark:

"What if 'the Way of Heaven' is actually a kind of living being?"

Judging from various signs, the Heavenly Dao seems to possess its own will, and even likes and dislikes. If the Heavenly Dao was a being from the very beginning, then everything seems to be reasonably explained.

However, if the Heavenly Dao is a being with its own will, then what exactly are these cultivators who are governed by the Heavenly Dao?

Huo Yu dismissed this somewhat unorthodox idea, calmed his mind, and put the bones and the box back into his storage bag.

The next day, as dawn broke, the two set off to search for the remnants of the cultivator's residence.

In Long Yucheng's eyes, Huo Yu was like a walking 105,000 spirit stones; the impact of this number on him was simply too great.

As a result, he was suspicious and paranoid the whole way, constantly on guard with his surroundings, feeling that criminals might suddenly appear from somewhere and rob his senior brother along with his storage bag.

Driven by this inexplicable sense of urgency, Long Yucheng even put aside his long-standing concern about dignity and offered Huo Yu a ride.

Huo Yu, on the other hand, seemed completely different, as leisurely as a wealthy young master going out for a spring outing. However, since Long Yucheng had offered to hitch a ride, Huo Yu naturally wouldn't refuse.

"Um, Senior Brother Huo,"

Long Yucheng stared at Huo Yu, looking hesitant, but finally mustered his courage and uttered the words that had been hidden in his heart for so long:

"Could you perhaps use a different method of carrying me, other than simply lifting me up?"