“Of course not! I don’t have the guts to fight the Master Sister of the Tianjian Sect!”

The man in black shrugged, then snapped his fingers. Instantly, a large group of demon beasts emerged from the forest behind him. Their cultivation levels varied—some were at the Foundation Establishment stage, others at the Golden Core stage, and there was even one at the Nascent Soul stage. Conservatively, there were at least three hundred of them.

However, these demon beasts all had vacant expressions, much like the Nascent Soul demon beast they had just defeated.

Bai Feng stared at another silent figure in black, unable to suppress his thoughts: ‘How did I run into another child of destiny?’

Could this be a child of destiny from the villain’s side?

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**Chapter 69: So You’re Not Pretending Anymore, Huh?**

【Ding! The system upgrade is complete. New features added: Child of Destiny information query and marking function.】

【Query Function: You can view the basic information of a Child of Destiny, allowing the host to formulate plans based on their identity. As the host’s luck value increases, the information will become more detailed.】

【Marking: You can mark one Child of Destiny. Even if they are far away, the host can determine their direction. This can also be used on non-Children of Destiny, but the marker’s location cannot be tracked. Currently, you can mark 0/1 person.】

Bai Feng suddenly froze—he had almost forgotten that the system was upgrading since it hadn’t affected his usage.

‘System, can I check favorability?’

【No. Let me repeat: this system is a villain system. Please do not harbor unrealistic fantasies.】

Bai Feng clicked his tongue in disappointment.

Well, if I can’t, I’ll just see what kind of identity this Child of Destiny has.

He tossed out a few array plates, setting up simple formations while using the query function on the Child of Destiny in the black cloak.

Soon, the information about this person appeared before him:

Zuo Qiu, female, mid-Golden Core, experienced a family tragedy in her childhood, with her parents tragically killed. By chance, she joined the Lian Shen Sect and is now an ordinary disciple, desperately seeking power.

‘Oh, it’s a girl?’

Bai Feng was slightly surprised. He stole a glance at Zuo Qiu; if it weren’t for the system’s reminder, he wouldn’t have noticed.

As for the other information, it fit his stereotypical image of a Child of Destiny perfectly.

Meanwhile, Zuo Qiu had also noticed Bai Feng, but not because of his identity. She felt inexplicably annoyed upon seeing him.

Especially the way he was secretly sizing her up—it was infuriating.

Does he look down on me?

“Stop staring. Let’s get to it.”

Zuo Qiu turned to her ‘teammate’ sitting on a tree stump sipping tea, her voice raspy, making it hard to tell she was a woman.

“Hey? Isn’t it better to let them fight the demon beasts?”

“How long do you think this bunch of demon beasts can hold them off?”

Zuo Qiu glanced at the battlefield. The Tianjian Sect was indeed living up to its reputation. Despite the overwhelming number of demon beasts, the disciples of the Tianjian Sect were pushing them back. If it weren’t for their numbers, the disciples would have likely broken through the encirclement already.

“Sigh, if I had known, I wouldn’t have taken on this tough job.”

Her teammate shook his head helplessly, then pulled out a fan from his robe, wisps of black mist wafting from it.

Zuo Qiu also drew a long sword covered in black patterns. “I’ll deal with that formation guy. You hold off the others.”

“Got it.”

Her teammate opened the fan, and a gust of dark wind swept toward the Tianjian Sect disciples, especially around Bai Feng.

“Watch out!”

Bai Yu Mo kicked a Nascent Soul demon beast in the head, but as she turned to return to Bai Feng, a fan blocked her path.

“Sorry, this way is closed.”

Facing the black-clad figure blocking her, Bai Yu Mo said nothing and simply drew her Tianjian.

A torrent of violent spiritual energy surged forth, rushing toward the man with the fan.

“Damn it!”

The man in black could no longer maintain his elegant demeanor. He hurriedly raised the fan to defend himself, cursing inwardly.

What the hell! Who starts with a big move like that?

That bastard, Right Lao, must know the Master Sister of the Tianjian Sect has a special connection with that formation master, which is why he dumped this tough job on me!

At the same time, Bai Feng, who had been keeping an eye on the Child of Destiny’s movements, instantly sensed the threat approaching him.

He tossed down several array plates, forming a quick array, but it seemed she wasn’t planning to waste time.

Her long sword erupted with powerful spiritual energy, easily shattering the simple formation.

‘Just as I thought, it’s the same type of weapon as the spear in Ye Tang’s hands.’

Bai Feng didn’t expect the simple formations to hold off a Child of Destiny; he just needed them to buy him a moment.

Suddenly, a shadow flew toward Zuo Qiu. Seeing this, she quickly retracted her long sword and turned to strike at the incoming shadow.

The shadow spat out two mouthfuls of blood and crashed into a sturdy tree, unconscious.

That shadow was none other than her teammate.

But Zuo Qiu didn’t have time to be surprised; the violent sword energy was already sweeping toward her.

She quickly raised her long sword to defend, unleashing a torrent of spiritual energy, but the once invincible burst of power lost its effect and was easily torn to shreds by the sword energy.

If she hadn’t sensed the danger in advance and continuously dodged, she might have been torn apart herself.

Even so, her clothes were torn in several places, exposing her fair skin and gruesome wounds.

“Truly worthy of the Master Sister of the Tianjian Sect. I admit defeat.”

Zuo Qiu quickly pulled a new cloak from her storage bag to cover her torn clothes.

With such a vast disparity in strength, she had already given up hope for the inheritance of the Qian Zhen Sect.

She cast a deep glance at Bai Feng, leaving no harsh words behind, and turned to leave.

As for her unconscious teammate, they were merely a temporary team formed in the secret realm due to shared inheritance. The lives of these treacherous individuals meant nothing to her.

But Bai Yu Mo wouldn’t let her leave so easily. She raised her Tianjian and swung it forcefully at Zuo Qiu.

Two seemingly ordinary sword energies appeared beside her in an instant. Zuo Qiu felt a strong sense of crisis and didn’t hesitate to throw her long sword.

The sword struck the incoming sword energies, but in the next moment, it was sent flying, now with two deep gashes, while the sword energies continued to pursue her relentlessly.

Determined, she controlled her long sword to fly toward the sword energies, and just before they collided, she whispered, “Explode!”

A violent explosion erupted behind her, and she used the shockwave to accelerate, quickly vanishing into the air.

The two sword energies were consumed in the explosion.

“She actually got away.”

Bai Yu Mo clenched her fists, so close to capturing this person who intended to harm Bai Feng!

As her feelings of unwillingness and anger surged, a hand gently rested on her shoulder.

“Yu Mo, thanks! I knew you’d make it in time.” Bai Feng gave her a thumbs up.

“Brother…”

Bai Yu Mo’s anger dissipated instantly. If it weren’t for the battlefield and the presence of others, she would have really wanted to throw herself into Bai Feng’s arms and act spoiled.

She looked up at Bai Feng, unable to suppress her smile. “After all, it’s our agreement!”

After exchanging a few compliments, Bai Feng didn’t continue the conversation. He tossed out several more array plates to form simple formations to assist the other disciples in battle, while he glanced at Bai Yu Mo, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, trying to recover her spiritual energy, and nodded slightly.

Complimenting her seemed to have a good effect; at least her mood was much more stable. He should do it more often in the future.

【Ding! Detected that the host… well, let’s just say it’s quite despicable, using Bai Yu Mo to injure Zuo Qiu. Reward: 200 luck points, all attributes +20.】

Bai Feng: “…”

So you’re not pretending anymore, huh?

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**Chapter 70: He Can’t Wake Someone Who Thinks They’re Deep in a Dream**

“Damn it, it really never ends!”

Lin Yan crushed the flying swords with a fiery hand, but no matter how many he shattered, the array continued to generate swords endlessly.

“Others can’t hold on much longer. Isn’t there a way to break the formation?”

Sweat trickled down Luo Chen’s face. As the highest-ranked disciple, he not only had to deal with the swords coming at him but also had to help the other disciples defend themselves, putting him under immense pressure.

Lin Yan shook his head with a bitter smile. “I’m not Bai Ge. I can handle alchemy, but formations? I really don’t understand them.”

At that moment, a regular disciple made a mistake, and a long sword flew straight toward his face.

Seeing this, Luo Chen quickly shattered the flying sword, but the disciple’s blunder seemed to trigger a chain reaction, leading to more mistakes among the disciples.