Oh my god, this is a bolt from the blue! A true heiress of metaphysics!

"What? Don't want to?"

Shi Xiaxia slowly stood up, her expression turning sinister as she looked at Master Qingyun. She threatened, "My secret... is not something others can simply find out!"

Master Qingyun had already experienced a lot, and in a short while, he had already restrained all his emotions.

He grinned and said in a sinister tone, "Young friend Shi... one should have some patience!"

If we really fight, you're no match for me!

Shi Xiaxia scoffed dismissively, "That's not necessarily true!"

The two then stood on opposite sides of the table, neither moving nor uttering a word, simply facing each other in silence.

The teacup that was originally on the stone table suddenly started to ripple with tea. In just two or three seconds, with a "crack", the small teacup shattered in the middle, and the tea spilled all over the table.

After a long while, Master Qingyun suddenly laughed and said weakly, "I really am getting old!"

Shi Xiaxia took two steps back and said calmly, "Master Qingyun, my sincerity is very strong. You can reconsider."

"No problem! No problem!"

Master Qingyun laughed heartily and readily agreed: "Young friend Shi is so capable, perhaps your joining us will be a turning point for me!"

Upon hearing Master Qingyun's reply, Shi Xiaxia secretly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, saying, "Master Qingyun, I was very rude just now."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!"

Master Qingyun waved his hand, then turned around and walked into the house: "There's no time like the present, young friend Shi, come with me!"

"Okay." Shi Xiaxia responded and followed.

The interior is also decorated in an antique style, exuding an atmosphere of nobility and elegance.

Shi Xiaxia calmly surveyed the room, finding everything spotless and devoid of anything superfluous.

If we disregard Master Qingyun's identity as a metaphysician, others would surely assume that this is the residence of a cultured person.

Master Qingyun led Shi Xiaxia to the room where miscellaneous items were stored. He went behind the storage cabinet and made two "click" sounds. It was unclear what Master Qingyun had turned, but the previously seamless wall suddenly began to shake.

Soon, a small door, big enough for one person to pass through, appeared.

"Follow me." Master Qingyun glanced at Shi Xiaxia again and then went inside first.

Shi Xiaxia stood outside the dark room, her brows slightly furrowed, before stepping inside.

The room was dimly lit and rather rudimentary.

Shi Xiaxia followed Master Qingyun step by step up the stone steps, carefully looking around, but did not notice any traps or mechanisms.

Soon, the stone steps came to an end, leading to a basement that was neither too big nor too small.

In the center of the basement was a magic circle, and around it were four stone platforms, on which burned candles that emitted a fishy smell.

Shi Xiaxia poured spiritual power into her eyes again. As the golden light flashed, the wisps of fortune that had gathered in the courtyard all converged into this formation.

Around the formation, there were two or three workbenches and several shelves.

But on both the workbench and the shelves, there were lucky charms exactly like the ones in Tang Jingxue's hands.

really!

Shi Xiaxia thought to herself.

"It took me decades to figure out why we can't escape the human realm and why we can't become immortals!"

Master Qingyun stopped and turned around to look at Shi Xiaxia, who was standing at the other end of the formation. He said excitedly, "It's not just because of the world's suppression! It's also because of our own insufficient luck!"

I have developed the Luck-Changing Doll and this formation, so that the luck of those who possess the Luck-Changing Doll can be used for our benefit!

I believe that as long as our own fortune continues to grow, one day we will be able to transcend the realm of mortals!

After Master Qingyun finished speaking, he took a deep breath, raised his hand in a gesture of invitation, and looked at Shi Xiaxia expectantly: "Whether what I said is true or not, young friend Shi can enter the formation and feel it for herself!"

Shi Xiaxia simply looked at Master Qingyun without moving.

Master Qingyun saw that Shi Xiaxia hadn't moved for a long time and knew that she didn't trust him.

His expression immediately darkened: "I have shown my utmost sincerity!"

"Young friend Shi, didn't you say you came with utmost sincerity? I haven't seen any sincerity from you yet!"

After Master Qingyun finished speaking, he snorted coldly, his expression turning somewhat ruthless: "Young friend Shi, your secret cannot be known to others casually. Coincidentally, my secret is the same!"

"Ah!"

Shi Xiaxia couldn't help but chuckle. She gently raised her hand and swung it at the stone platform closest to her. The stone platform shattered with a crash, and the scarlet candle on it was also smashed into pieces.

The fortune that was originally gathering in the center of the formation suddenly began to scatter.

"What are you doing?!" Master Qingyun's eyes widened in fury.

"Do you really think I don't understand?"

Shi Xiaxia laughed sarcastically: "If I listened to you and stood in the center of this formation, I'm afraid my luck would be drained by it too, wouldn't it?"

Master Qingyun was exposed by Shi Xiaxia, but he was not guilty. Instead, he grinned maliciously.

After all, no matter what Shi Xiaxia said, the only reason he lured her here was to drain her of her luck.

"Now that you know, I won't hold back!"

After he finished speaking, he attacked Shi Xiaxia directly with ruthless and deadly moves.

Shi Xiaxia easily dodged the attack. She moved backward smoothly, pointed two fingers at a sword, and chanted incantations. The talismans immediately flew out of her backpack and attacked Master Qingyun in unison.

Master Qingyun knew how powerful the talisman was, so he didn't dare to take it head-on and could only keep dodging.

However, the basement was only so big. Although Master Qingyun managed to dodge it, his workbench and shelves were smashed by the talisman paper, and fragments of the lucky dolls on them fell to the ground.

Master Qingyun didn't care about the heartache, and also feared that the noise of the fight would attract the attention of others, so he thought of finishing the battle quickly and took out his most treasured magic weapon - a sword that was flashing with runes.

Master Qingyun brandished his longsword while chanting incantations.

Then, the longsword instantly transformed into several sword shadows, rushing towards Shi Xiaxia like a gentle breeze rustling willow branches.

Wherever the sword's shadow passed, the air hissed as it was sliced, as if space itself was being torn apart.

Seeing this, Shi Xiaxia dared not delay and instantly summoned dozens of talismans, which instantly transformed into golden light shields to block the sword energy.

The sword shadows struck the light barrier, sparking bursts of sparks, but failed to penetrate it even slightly.

"Truly impressive!" Master Qingyun exclaimed softly, unleashing an even more ferocious sword technique once more.

The longsword drew graceful arcs in the air, each arc containing powerful spiritual energy.

Dozens of sword arcs intertwined, forming a huge sword net that enveloped Shi Xiaxia.

Wherever the sword net passed, space seemed to be imprisoned, and the air became unusually heavy.