After organizing everything, Xiao Shou felt extremely irritated.

He had always wanted to stay far away from the plot and focus on cultivation, yet every time he moved or took a step, he would inevitably encounter people and events tied to the storyline.

It felt as if no matter how hard he tried to avoid it, under the will of the heavens he would ultimately become nothing more than a stepping stone, cannon fodder, or a pawn for the female lead.

Was destiny arranged by the Heavenly Dao truly impossible to change?

Xiao Shou who had always been confident that he could change his own fate began to doubt himself.

Yet he pretended that nothing was wrong and calmly said to the others, "From what you’ve said, this matter is indeed important and cannot be decided in a short time. Let me think about it. I will give you an answer tomorrow."

After speaking, Xiao Shou could no longer keep up the act.

He turned around, retrieved the formation disk, and left the study.

He quickly returned to the guest room, lay down on the bed and stared blankly at the ceiling with a discouraged expression.

The more he thought about it, the more these encounters seemed anything but coincidence. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

It felt as if no matter where he went or what he did, everything would somehow become entangled with the female lead.

A few days ago, he had almost been turned into cannon fodder by two male leads and his intended disciple had also gone missing without a trace.

So, Heavenly Dao, what are you planning this time?

At that moment, the jade pendant hanging from Xiao Shou’s storage belt suddenly lit up.

It floated up and suspended itself in front of him.

The light and shadow on the pendant slowly stretched outward.

Xiao Shou stared at it in surprise.

This jade pendant was a pair of communication jade artifacts he had accidentally fused.

As long as both holders were within the same world, pouring a large amount of spiritual energy into it would allow audio-visual communication with the other holder.

He had only refined this pair.

Before Young’er left the sect, he gave him one in case of emergencies so they could contact each other if something went wrong.

But this... it had only been a little over half a month.

Why was Young’er already using so much spiritual energy to contact him?

And he was not even at Snowy Cave Mountain.

In an instant, he forgot about the Heavenly Dao and fate entirely.

He only felt a strong sense of guilt.

He hurriedly set up a formation barrier and clumsily tried to shut down the communication jade.

However, the communication jade was faster than him.

Just as his hand was about to touch it, Fu Young’s handsome face appeared within the glowing light of the jade.

He looked like a teenager, expressionless, and upon closer inspection, there seemed to be a faint dark aura around him.

"Master, where are you? Please give me a reason why you are not at Snowy Cave Mountain."

"Uh, how do you know I’m not at Snowy Cave Mountain?"

Xiao Shou who had originally felt extremely guilty,relaxed a little the moment he saw his disciple’s face.

He even felt a little strange about himself.

He was the master.

Why should he feel guilty toward his disciple?

In the cultivation world, there was no rule that a master had to report when going out to their disciple.

Even in modern times, elders did not need to report their movements to juniors, unless they were married couples.

Seeing Xiao Shou’s unconcerned expression, Fu Young’s face on the communication jade darkened further.

He said word by word, "Because I am currently at Snowy Cave Mountain."

"Huh? Why did you return so quickly? It has only been a few days. Can training end that fast?"

Xiao Shou did not take Fu Young’s dark impatient expression seriously.

In his mind, Young’er was not someone who held grudges.

No matter how many times he teased him, he would still come back and stick to him afterward.

So instead of answering his question, he asked about his situation instead.

Looking at Xiao Shou through the communication jade, Fu Young immediately understood that his master’s usual lack of awareness had flared up again.

If he did not explain clearly, he would never realize what he was asking.

He sighed helplessly while putting on a slightly mature tone.

"Anyway... things outside went badly. First I ran into a madman. Then I got hit by some strange random object. It became troublesome, so I had to come back first."

"Uh, Young’er, can you explain properly? I do not understand what you are saying. What madman? What strange object? Be clear!" Xiao Shou nearly panicked.

He completely could not understand what Fu Young was talking about.

Fu Young stared at Xiao Shou for a moment, then suddenly broke into a bright smile and showing his teeth as he said, "On the way, I ran into a disciple of the prominent Gou family from Azure Origin City. He was a super clingy lunatic. I finally shook him off. When I reached Ten Thousand Beast Mountain and just started hunting demonic beasts, I got hit by a bunch of people and a huge fragment of a broken medicinal garden falling from the sky."

"Ah~~!" Xiao Shou was shocked upon hearing this, and completely ignoring the so-called "madman" for the moment.

A ridiculous thought surfaced in his mind.

That broken medicinal garden and those people could not be what he was thinking, right?

His throat immediately went dry as he asked, "Explain more clearly. What medicinal garden? And what do you mean by people falling from the sky?"

If it really was what he suspected, then Fu Young’s luck was truly... First he picked up the Water Qilin belonging to Xiao Ran, and now he picked up the Nine Abyssal Gate master’s medicinal garden and some cultivated assassins.