Fate, indescribably wonderful.

Feng Wu did not believe that Lin Yun had arranged for her to be in Haizhou on a whim.

Initially, Feng Wu did not understand, but now that she saw Yuan Zidan asking her to seduce Lin Yun, she instantly had an epiphany.

A coincidence might just be a coincidence, but so many coincidences amounted to inevitability.

Lin Yun was planning one step ahead but saw thirty steps into the future.

This person was truly terrifying!

Luckily, she had seen this point early on and chose to side with Lin Yun. Otherwise, if she had become Lin Yun’s enemy, she definitely would not have had good days ahead.

"Have you remembered what this man looks like?"

Seeing Feng Wu in a trance, Yuan Zidan urged her.

Feng Wu nodded repeatedly and said, "I’ve remembered."

Not to mention Lin Yun’s rare handsome appearance, she had also met Lin Yun before. How could she forget?

Yuan Zidan showed a satisfied smile and said, "Being able to remember so quickly shows that you also have talent. To maintain your purity in such a place of worldly temptations, you must have some skills. I don’t care what you did before, but from now on, you will listen to me."

"Then may I ask what you can offer me, Young Master?"

Yuan Zidan chuckled softly, gesturing with his hand, and a green vine appeared in his grasp.

Having always lived overseas, the Yuan Clan did not know how many natural treasures they had obtained from the sea.

In terms of wealth, the Yuan Clan might be the richest in the world.

Looking at the vine, filled with spiritual energy and vibrant with life, it was clearly not an ordinary item. Yuan Zidan explained, "This Sea Heart Vine can nourish the divine soul, equivalent to a hundred years of arduous cultivation. Such a treasure should not be found in Shenzhou Land."

This treasure, which could replace a hundred years of cultivation, was given away by Yuan Zidan just like that, fully displaying his magnanimity to Feng Wu.

Feng Wu accepted the Sea Heart Vine. Yuan Zidan then boldly said, "This is just a token of my sincerity. Once you complete the task, as many spiritual objects as you want, I can give to you."

Feng Wu: "..."

Being offered so much, her resolve wavered.

But when she thought of Lin Yun, Feng Wu’s determination reinforced.

Let alone the fact that Lin Yun was more attractive and appealing, just the mere thought of Lin Yun’s capability to turn the situation around on a whim kept her from harboring any thoughts of opposing him. What Yuan Zidan was offering might be plenty, but she might not be fortunate enough to enjoy it.

Still, Feng Wu pretended to agree.

If she did not agree today, she probably would not be able to leave alive.

"Feng Wu thanks the Young Master for his recognition, may I know what you wish for me to steal?"

"You don’t need to be in a hurry to know, take this first."

Yuan Zidan opened his hand, and in his palm was a small blue pill.

Feng Wu’s expression changed slightly.

Without needing Yuan Zidan to say, she knew this was certainly a medicine that could control her.

Once she ingested this thing, she would likely be at Yuan Zidan’s mercy.

The things previously agreed upon by Yuan Zidan might not be given to her, not to mention what he might make her do!

Yuan Zidan was not considered a greatly malicious person, but neither was he someone so kind as to be bullied.

If it were Yuan Zihe sent to infiltrate Lin Yun’s side, he obviously wouldn’t need to use such measures, but for anyone else, he had to employ some safeguarding strategies.

Otherwise, if Feng Wu took his Sea Heart Vine and left, that would be the least of his concerns. But what if Feng Wu stole the Calming Sea Pearl and the Classic of Mountains and Seas and kept them for herself? That would leave him spitting blood.

Hence, there must be ways to control Feng Wu.

He was not afraid that Feng Wu would refuse. In the Cultivation World, the strong have absolute control over the weak. Unlike the Righteous Path of Central Plains, who may consider their status and not go too far, in these private encounters, the weak have no other choice.

If they don’t want to die, they have to take the medicine.

Feng Wu knew she had no choice. She took the blue pill in her hand and asked, "What is this?"

"This is called Sea’s Blue. After you take it, your spiritual power will increase a bit, but afterward, you need to take another pill every half a month, or else the spiritual energy will become a sea inside you and will suffocate you to death."

Yuan Zidan took out a small porcelain bottle and said indifferently, "Here’s enough for two months. Rest assured, if you can help me retrieve the treasures, I will help you remove the effects, and also grant you a huge opportunity."

Feng Wu knew she had no choice, swallowed the small pill, and said crisply, "Now you can tell me."

"Very good, Miss is a straightforward person. What I want you to steal, one is a bamboo slip called the Classic of Mountains and Seas. The other is a bead with the power to Calm Seas and Subdue Waves. Both are divine artifacts, and such spiritual objects have their own will, unwilling to settle in someone else’s dantian. So, these two items will definitely be carried by Lin Yun, you just need to get close to him."

"I understand."

Feng Wu said expressionlessly, and Yuan Zidan was very pleased with her response. "Then, I shall await the good news."

As his words fell, Yuan Zidan left the place.

His hearing was excellent; he had already heard the indescribable sounds of agony and pleasure from others. People’s sorrows and joys were not interchangeable, and Yuan Zidan simply thought they were being noisy.

Not long after Yuan Zidan left, a piece of seagrass floated down from him and was carried by the wind to the seashore, where it landed in the hands of a girl. That girl was none other than Yuan Zihe, who had agreed to search the deep sea for powerful sea beasts.

Yuan Zidan thought that Yuan Zihe’s request for his Deep Sea Seven-Colored Crow was to make him take a more cautious approach, not to be overzealous or reckless, but he underestimated her keenness.

Yuan Zihe knew her brother well—too competitive and fond of showing off.

When he hesitated repeatedly, Yuan Zihe suspected that matters were not so simple. And when he suddenly asked her to search the deep sea for sea beasts, she became certain that Yuan Zidan was lying.

To figure out the reason behind everything, Yuan Zihe pretended not to notice anything but took the opportunity to secretly leave an interesting sea beast on Yuan Zidan’s body while he handed her the Jade Talisman that controlled the sea beasts.

It looked like a strand of seaweed, but it was actually a little sea beast with considerable intelligence.

However, most sea beasts tend to evolve towards great size and physical strength, but this seagrass’s evolution went in the direction of intelligence.

Although it was very small, it could hide and sneak around, making it one of Yuan Zihe’s secret weapons.

The seagrass couldn’t speak like humans, but it could project everything it saw, including sounds, into the mind of its owner.

Having received the reports from the seagrass, Yuan Zihe had a clear idea of the situation.

After getting the control Jade Talisman for the Deep Sea Seven-Colored Crow, she had already questioned the crow about what happened to Yuan Zidan when he returned to Shenzhou alone. The sea beast’s intelligence was very low, roughly equivalent to that of a human five-year-old child, but they could still communicate.

When Yuan Zidan returned to the island, he didn’t mention the difficulties he encountered in Shenzhou, only claiming that he had retrieved the Sea King’s Trident. He kept silent about the Classic of Mountains and Seas and Dragon Blood. Yuan Zihe had her suspicions, but she didn’t address them directly.

Now, piecing together all the information, she could draw a conclusion.

Yuan Zidan had suffered a setback at the hands of Lin Yun and lost the Classic of Mountains and Seas. Not only that, but the other party also had the nemesis of the Sea King’s Trident, the Calming Sea Pearl.

This time, Yuan Zidan returned with reinforcements intending to take back his treasures, but being restrained by the Calming Sea Pearl, he could only try to steal them back.

At this point, it wasn’t hard for Yuan Zihe to guess that originally, Yuan Zidan probably wanted her to make contact with Lin Yun.

"It seems like brother thinks this Lin Yun is even more dangerous than the sea beasts of the deep sea, huh? I actually want to meet him now," she said.

Yuan Zihe put away the seagrass and then ordered the Deep Sea Seven-Colored Crow, "You go hunt in the deep sea. Don’t come back unless I call you."

The Rainbow Crow happily slapped the water surface with its tentacles. Not having to work and just eating was an opportunity it wouldn’t refuse!

Thus, the Deep Sea Seven-Colored Crow happily swam towards the depths of the sea, while Yuan Zihe, seeing that it had gone far, put away the Jade Talisman and flew towards the Central Plains.

At this moment, Lin Yun was unaware that two female spies had set their sights on him; he was strenuously climbing up Dragon Head Peak, repeating the mechanical motions step by step, almost forgetting why he was climbing the mountain and how long he had been doing so. All he knew was that he kept climbing, slowly but steadily.

Until he took a step and finally felt not the cold snow under his foot, but the softness of a grassy meadow.

Lin Yun paused, taking a closer look; indeed, it was a meadow, green as far as the eye could see.

Turning back, he saw the unmelting ice mountains; looking forward, green hills stretched upwards.

"This makes no sense!" he exclaimed.

This clearly defied the laws of nature, and all Lin Yun could say was that it was unscientific, but inside he was thrilled.

A change was better than no change.

It meant that he might have reached his destination. The grass was soft, and the pressure that had been on his body was gone. Lin Yun felt light and almost wanted to sit down in the meadow and rest for a while.

But remembering that Bai Jiaojiao’s whereabouts were uncertain, Lin Yun forced himself to continue plodding onward through the tiredness.

In front of the meadow was a vast sea of flowers.

The altitude here was unknown, but there was a place that was like eternal spring. Lin Yun could only marvel inwardly at how cultivators liked to showcase their high-level cultivation by defying the natural order.

Why bother?

Why not go with the flow of nature?

But to be fair, a sea of flowers in the high mountains did indeed have more cachet than a snowy white expanse.

What is cachet?

To do what others cannot, that is cachet.

As Lin Yun predicted, reaching this sea of flowers meant that one had passed the test.

Before the sea of flowers, Lin Yun felt a thought.

Unlike the description on the monument, this thought communicated information more directly and quickly than any inscription, and it didn’t matter if people couldn’t understand it.

"Congratulations for passing my test. Reaching this place proves you are one who does not fear hardship or death. Only when acting without intent does one recognize intent; only having known fear does one understand fearlessness. Looking at the world, those who go from fear to fearlessness are motivated by nothing but love and hate.

I possess three divine skills. Of these three, two can be performed only when there is love in one’s heart: one is called ’Bearing Heaven and Carrying Earth’ and the other, ’Unyielding Spirit’. The third skill, called ’Mountain Shifting Power’, can be performed only when there is hate in one’s heart.

You have traversed an Illusionary Realm, experienced immense pressure, and braved wind and snow to come here; you may choose one," the voice harbored a dignified and commanding tone, ending as three stones appeared on the ground, two white, and one aqua.

Lin Yun: "..."

I struggled so hard to get here, and now you’re making me choose?

Can’t I have them all?