Lu Beixue was a bit bewildered.

  She, a beautiful woman, had personally e to deliver something, only to be met with a closed door.

  Where could she possibly go to reason with this?

  Lu Beixue touched her exquisite face, doubting her own charm for the first time.

  Oher side of the door.

  Li Qinghai, hands behind his back, was whistling without a care.

  As he walked into the house, he muttered to himself.

  "Hmph, no one will bee a stumbling bloy path of rebirth!"

  Hmm?

  Why was the Book of Good Fortuing now?

  Li Qinghai took a look.

  The Book of Good Fortune read:

  [You refused the opportunity gifted by others, clearly showing you do not favor such ces.]

  [Your as have influehe evolution of fortune, weakening your destiny as the favored one.]

  [In your cycle of rebirth, you will receive fortune, but as a minor favored one, with the ability to seek fortune and avoid camity.]

  Li Qinghai was stunned on the spot.

  My destiny as the favored one.

  Weakened.

  Damn it!

  I'll take it, I'll go and take it, alright?

  Li Qinghai quickly turned around, sprinted back to the door, and flung it open.

  Having just shut her out, he now had to take her elixir.

  Even with his thick skin, Li Qinghai felt a bit embarrassed.

  "Ahem..."

  Li Qinghai cleared his throat twice, anizing his words a bit.

  "Earlier, I closed the door because I truly didn't want to accept your elixir, Dao panion. But leaving you waiting outside, I couldn't bear it. Ah, well, I'll accept it."

  Lu Beixue blinked, dazedly extending her hand to pass over the elixir.

  Li Qinghai took the elixir, "Alright, Dao panion, you should hurry back. It's dangerous outside; don't linger."

  With that, Li Qinghai shut the dain.

  Lu Beixue looked at the tightly closed door once more, but this time, a slight smile appeared on her lips.

  So, you came back for the elixir because you were worried about me, afraid I'd be in danger outside.

  Hmph, at least you know how to care for a beauty, showing some sce.

  With a hint of delight in her heart, Lu Beixue finally turned a.

  After obtaining the elixir, Li Qinghai returo his small wooden house.

  He kept his eyes on the Book of Good Fortune, hoping for his destiny as the favored oo return to its inal state.

  But after waiting for a long time, the minor favored oatus remained unged.

  Li Qinghai was utterly disheartened and casually tossed the Qi densing Elixir onto the ground.

  "Ah, my fortune."

  Just then, the Book of Good Fortued again.

  Li Qinghai was thrilled, had it returned?

  He opehe Book of Good Fortune for a look.

  [You treat opportunities like dirt, discarding them like old shoes, clearly showing you do not favor such ces.]

  [Your as have influehe evolution of fortune, and your destiny as the favored one has pletely vanished.]

  [In your cycle of rebirth, you will receive fortune, with the ability to seek fortune and avoid camity.]

  "!!!"

  Ah!

  My protagonist's halo!!

  Li Qinghai was sed that he bcked out and fainted.

  ***

  Elsewhere.

  Liu Yaoyao ran all the ushed open a door, and rushed into a room.

  Liu Daoyuan, who was meditating, opened his eyes and lightly scolded.

  "You're a girl, you should be more reserved, not always so hasty."

  "I must have something urgent." Liu Yaoyao pouted.

  "Did something happen to that young man?"

  Liu Yaoyao propped herself on the bed edge with her small hand and sat down.

  "Father, let me tell you. That Ye Feng is a big bully; he ig on a female disciple named Lu Beixue. No one dared to stand up for her, and I was about to step in to save her. Then Li Qinghai stood up, and he wasn't afraid at all..."

  Liu Yaoyao spoke animatedly, full of excitement.

  Despite her limited vocabury, Liu Daoyuan listetentively, pying the role of a good listener.

  Liu Yaoyao chattered on for quite a while before finishing the story.

  She added o thing.

  "Father, you should send someoo lock that bad guy Ye Feng up at Refle Cliff."

  Liu Daoyuan smiled slightly, patted Liu Yaoyao's little head, and ged the subject.

  "Is Li Qinghai really that righteous?"

  "Of course, I saw he wasn't even afraid of death, and I admire him."

  Liu Daoyuan pondered slightly.

  Holy, if these words had e from any other disciple, he wouldn't believe a word.

  He didn't believe anyone would truly be unafraid of death, willing to sacrifice for justice.

  But these words came from Liu Yaoyao, and she wouldn't lie; things are as they are.

  Liu Daoyuan was moved, no wonder even Junior Brother Jian Jiu looked at Li Qinghai differently, it seemed he truly was a righteous person.

  Perhaps, he really was suited to practice that secret method.

  With that thought, Liu Daoyuan willed a book into his hand.

  The cover bore five rge characters.

  "Five Element Breathihod"

  This "Five Element Breathihod" was not the true secret method.

  The true secret method was the "Five Element Loy Scroll," which sisted of five volumes.

  The Five Element Breathihod was merely the first volume, its name secretly ged to avoid attention.

  Jian Jiu had previously said that the secret method was gathering dust in the secret chamber, never practiced, which wasirely accurate.

  Only the sect's aors and successive sect masters khey had always been searg for a cultivator with the Five Element spiritual roots to practice the secret method.

  Every decade or so, the curre master would find a disciple with the Five Element spiritual roots to practice the first volume of the Loy Scroll and observe the results.

  But sihe founding of the seo disciple who practiced the Loy Scroll had survived.

  This Loy Scroll seemed not to grant loy but rather to be a scroll of short life.

  Such secrets were not even known to the sect elders.

  Liu Daoyuan looked at the manual in his hand, hesitating.

  He could tell that Junior Brother Jian Jiu liked Li Qinghai very much.

  If Li Qinghai were to die because of this, he would feel guilty towards Jian Jiu.

  But he couldn't reveal the secret of the Loy Scroll to Jian Jiu.

  And Jian Jiu wanted Li Qinghai to learn the Loy Scroll.

  Fet it, let the boy decide for himself.

  Liu Daoyuan opehe "Five Element Breathihod," took a brush from his Ste Bag, and wrote a few lines.

  [For a cultivator with Five Element spiritual roots, the path to the great Dao is extremely difficult.]

  [However, this teique is precisely suited for such cultivators, a fortuhat defies the heavens, not tolerated by the world.]

  [Anyone who practices this teique, unless blessed with great fortune, will stantly face crises and ultimately perish.]

  [Exercise utmost caution if you wish to practice this method!]

  After writing these lines, Liu Daoyuan closed the book.

  The words he wrote were simir to the warning recorded at the beginning of the Loy Scroll.

  The general meaning was that if a practitioner's fortune was insuffit, they would suffer backsh.

  If not for Jian Jiu's regard for Li Qinghai, Liu Daoyuan would never have opehis back door.

  Liu Daoyuan hahe manual to Liu Yaoyao beside him.

  "Find a ce to give this teique to Li Qinghai."

  "Okay!" Liu Yaoyao, thinking of the opportunity to secretly observe Li Qinghai again, grabbed the manual and dashed out of the room.

  Liu Daoyuan sighed softly, speaking to himself.

  "Hopefully, you'll know when to retreat and not practice this short-lived scroll."