Cold Ice Swaying

Chapter 316: Deal with the Man in Black (Five - s Today)

Chapter 316: 316: Deal with the Man in Black (Five Chapters Today)

"Sir, they really know nothing. Even if you kill them, it’s useless!" the leader of the men in black pleaded, trying to negotiate a way out for himself.

Who would act like her, resorting to killing at the slightest disagreement?

Well, in the cultivation world, offending someone you shouldn’t—especially an immortal—could result in a massacre to uphold their dignity. It’s not such an unusual occurrence.

Mu Qiuniang, with a cold expression, used the same technique to kill one of the men in black who was hiding in the corner, trying hard to reduce his presence.

Hmph! Those who talk too much and only say useless things deserve to die!

Those who try to say nothing and hide secretly also deserve to die!

"Sir, what is it exactly that you want to ask? Just ask directly, if you kill us without asking anything, you’ll learn nothing even if you kill us all..." the leader of the men in black hurriedly said.

"Speak. Who sent you?" Mu Qiuniang actually stopped her hand.

"Sir, I really don’t know. Our organization is all single-line contacts. I don’t even know who my contact is or what they look like..."

The leader of the men in black explained everything honestly. Their organization operates like secret agents, usually using coded exchanges without recognizing anything else.

This time, as usual, he went to the newsstand to buy newspapers. After selecting carefully, he indeed found a newspaper marked with a code and bought it.

According to the previously agreed "cipher rules," he decoded it quickly, finding information about arranging his subordinates to capture the international superstar Jiang Nuo.

Hence, he immediately began to organize it.

Then he received new information that someone would assist him "**** Nuo."

Subsequently, after successfully capturing, he received new instructions to send to a certain place, which was the current cave. Here, another group of men in black was waiting.

Upon reaching the cave, he received new information explaining how to activate this array. Although unsure of what the array was used for, he vaguely felt that—since the people behind the scenes worked so hard to capture Jiang Nuo not to kill him but just to place him into the array—this array was certainly not ordinary.

An array? When Mu Qiuniang arrived at the cave, Jiang Nuo was under attack. She didn’t initially notice what array it was.

Upon paying attention, she found it to be a "Luck Robbery Array Formation"?!

Some people are naturally favored by the heavenly dao, with astonishing qi fortune, achieving results beyond others in whatever they do.

Especially for cultivators, if one is a heavenly dao’s favored, they can not only cultivate faster than other cultivators but also easily encounter treasures that invoke awe and envy.

One could say that due to their innate qi fortune, some evil-minded people might harbor sinister intentions towards them. The "Luck Robbery Array Formation" was thus born, forcibly taking the qi fortune from one and transferring it to the robber.

However, when she met Jiang Nuo back then, he was in such dire straits that he hardly seemed like a qi fortune teller at all?

If it weren’t for her help later on, Jiang Nuo’s luck was abysmal, to the point where he would encounter a thief when just stepping out, getting all his money stolen, let alone living a normal life with a job, spouse, and children.

If someone’s bad luck reached such an extreme, likely, no one would want to be friends with them. Usually, those who approached him had ulterior motives, seeking to exploit him.

With this cycle, Jiang Nuo’s situation could only worsen, potentially worse than a street beggar in the end.

Mu Qiuniang saw that his luck was unbearably poor, so she intervened by giving him lucky charms and doing many good deeds to gather blessings upon him, slowly changing his fate.

Could it be that she accumulated so much fortune for Jiang Nuo that others became jealous and wanted to rob the qi fortune he developed afterward?

Then, who exactly is this person going around "robbing" others’ qi fortune?

Seeing that the men in black didn’t seem to know, Mu Qiuniang wasted no more time asking what organization they belonged to, then with a flick of her hand, she resolved them all.

Countless white rose vines quickly grew, enveloping the group of men in black completely, and shortly after, the white flowers were stained red, spitting out a string of pristine white skeletal remains.

Mu Qiuniang flicked her hand again, and the white rose vines rapidly retracted, dragging the skeletal remains along with them, reducing in number until disappearing into the air.

Meanwhile, Mu Qiuniang released the barrier around Jiang Nuo.

Jiang Nuo turned around to find that not only were the men in black gone, but even the previously cave-filling white rose vine had disappeared. With a slight astonishment, he roughly guessed what happened but stopped himself from thinking further.

"Wife, did you find out who wanted to capture me?"

Mu Qiuniang shook her head: "They were single-line contacts; beyond the code, they didn’t even know who their contact person was."

"Really? Wife, who do you think wants to catch me? Could it be to deal with you?"

"Since my master and senior brother ascended, I rarely show myself. Aside from people from the master, very few outsiders know about me."

"Not knowing your existence means they aren’t capturing me to deal with you. In that case, does that mean they still want to harm me? But I just started cultivation, and not many people know about me; what could they gain from me?"

"Qi Fortune."

"Qi Fortune?"

"Although the concept of qi fortune is intangible and unseen, it is extremely important to a cultivator. For instance, a qi fortune teller can pick up a random wild grass and turn it into a treasure, while a non-qi fortune teller could find their hard-earned treasure turning into a mere wild grass."

"It’s somewhat like good luck?"

Mu Qiuniang nodded: "Yes! Qi fortune includes good luck, but it is more than just good luck."

"So my good luck is because of my qi fortune!" Jiang Nuo chuckled, saying, "My qi fortune is indeed quite good. My greatest luck is having met you, my dear wife!"

"Before you met me, your qi fortune was like a street beggar. After meeting me and continuously adding good luck and blessings upon you, over time, your qi fortune naturally couldn’t remain poor."

"Oh, so it was all thanks to you that my qi fortune improved. Wife, you truly are my lucky star. I need nothing more than to cling to you for the rest of my life." Jiang Nuo’s eyes sparkled.

Indeed, it was only after becoming associated with her that his luck improved. He had always thought of her not only as the woman he loved most but also as his lucky star, and it turned out she truly was.

"Qi fortune can be nurtured postnatally, as long as one continues to do good and kind deeds with a sincere heart, the Heavenly Dao will show favor."

What Mu Qiuniang didn’t mention was that Jiang Nuo, with his simple mind and determined goals, was already the type favored by the Heavenly Dao.

It was just unclear why, when she encountered him, he gave the impression of being—misfortune incarnated. Anyone getting too close to him would surely be affected.