Vol 2 Ch 100: Yan Sanshisan''s Shock<hr>


    "I... I didn''t see that wrong, did I?"


    After a long while, Yan Thirty-Three finally snapped out of it and let out a long breath.


    "Of course not, Uncle Little Chick just caught a golden fortune..." Kong Shiyao nodded.


    "You’re calling a chicken ''uncle''?" Yan Thirty-Three was full of confusion.


    "Of course!" Kong Shiyao nodded again.


    Although the chicken currently looked like an ordinary "kun" bird, she was well aware of its true identity.


    The Deathless Monarch of the Firmament, their teacher’s spirit pet, deserved nothing less than respect."Its luck is incredible! It managed to catch a golden fortune without being bacshed by Heaven''s Fate Energy... The destiny it canprehend in the future will definitely be extraordinary!"


    Feeling emotional, Yan Thirty-Three was about to make his own attempt when he noticed Little Chick chomping a few times, as if finding the golden koi fish it had caught unappetizing.


    "Ptui!"


    It spat it out on the spot.


    "???"


    Yan Thirty-Three''s vision went ck. "That was a golden fortune! Most people are lucky to get one chance in a lifetime to grab it, and it spat it out?! How stupid can it be..."


    The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He almost exploded on the spot. As a young and passionate man, nothing irritated him more than seeing such waste.


    Whoosh!


    Before he could finish venting, Little Chick once again dipped its head into the river and pulled out another golden koi fish.


    "..."


    The number of question marks over Yan Thirty-Three''s head multiplied.


    It just spat one out, and now it grabbed another? Since when were golden fortunes this easy to catch?


    "Could it be that the ones in Zouyi City are easier to grab?"


    After his initial shock, a new thought crossed his mind. Locking onto a golden koi, Yan Thirty-Three lunged forward.


    Ssh, ssh, ssh!


    The golden koi jumped up andshed its tail across his face seven or eight times before diving back into the river.


    "???"


    His face swollen, Yan Thirty-Three felt dizzy.


    Apparently, it wasn’t easy to catch after all! Could it be that the fish he picked was just tougher?


    High-level fortunes did have varying degrees of difficulty. Earning a billion and earning a trillion—clearly, thetter was much harder toe by.


    While still confused, he saw Little Chick once again find the golden koi unappetizing and spit it out. Then, as if nothing had happened, it dipped its head back into the water and mped onto the very koi that had just pped Yan Thirty-Three.


    "..."


    Yan Thirty-Three’s face turned entirely red.


    At this moment, he finally understood—it wasn’t that the fish were easy to catch; it was that the chicken was just too strong!


    Howughable that he had been looking down on it this whole time. Turns out, he wasn’t even on par with a chicken!


    "Thank goodness I still have a horse to keep mepany in this humiliation..."


    He heaved a sigh of relief.


    While being inferior to a chicken was humiliating, at least he wasn’t at the very bottom, he thought as he nced toward the majestic steed. Then, he froze on the spot.


    The steed, which he had also looked down upon, was leisurely swimming in the river. With its hooves wing at the water, it had pinned down arge golden koi, which iled in vain, unable to escape.


    "..."


    Yan Thirty-Three rubbed his eyes vigorously, confirming that he hadn’t seen it wrong. His mouth twitched, and he felt the urge to cry.


    This was just absurd. Not only was he inferior to a chicken, but now even a horse was better than him...


    "What’s with them? What’s going on?" He couldn’t help but ask Kong Shiyao.


    "I’m not sure; maybe they’re just lucky!" Kong Shiyao shrugged. "Anyway, since there’s a time limit, I won’t waste any more time. You carry on..."


    With that, Kong Shiyao leapt into the water. A momentter, her hand emerged, holding a golden koi.


    "I..."


    Yan Thirty-Three’s eyelids twitched as he watched the girl swim away. He fell into a deep self-doubt.


    So, in the end... the joke was on him?


    The ones he had been looking down on, thinking they weren’t capable, were all leagues above him.


    It was just too much to bear!


    This thought didn’tst long. He quickly snapped out of it.


    Among the ten people who entered, three were disciples of Zhang Xuan—Kong Shiyao, Shan Xiaotian, and Bai Ruanqing.


    These three, along with a chicken and a horse, could easily grab golden koi. Turning his gaze to the remaining four people...


    Blub, blub, blub~~


    Blub, blub, blub~~


    They seemed more like they were drowning. Struggling in ce, gulping down water. Forget catching koi, it wasn’t even certain they could stay afloat.


    "Could it be... there’s something special about Zhang Xuan? Otherwise, how are all his associates, even animals, so formidable?"


    A thought crossed his mind.


    "Whatever, I better focus on catching one myself..."


    Realizing there was a time limit for the Destiny Master assessment, he knew that if he hesitated any longer, the River of Destiny’s current would grow too fierce to withstand.


    iling desperately, Yan Thirty-Three lunged for a silver koi.


    Whoosh!


    The koi jumped up, smacking him across the face a few times before diving back into the water.


    "Cough, cough, cough!"


    Blushing with embarrassment, he downgraded his target to a gray koi.


    The gray koi struggled briefly before he caught it. Just as he heaved a sigh of relief, its thick tail twisted around and delivered another p to his face...


    Yan Thirty-Three felt utterly defeated.


    Why did all the koi he caught want to p him, while Kong Shiyao, Shan Xiaotian, and the others were able to grab theirs with ease?


    It was so unfair!


    "Here..."


    Amidst his frustration, a soft voice spoke up. Turning his head, he saw Kong Shiyao handing him a golden koi.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    "For me?" Yan Thirty-Three couldn’t believe it.


    "Of course. You’re struggling to catch one, so I’m giving you one..." Kong Shiyao smiled.


    Having been reminded by him multiple times, she naturally wanted to return the favor.


    "What about you? Won’t you need it?" Yan Thirty-Three, knowing how important such an opportunity was, couldn’t help but ask.


    "Me? I’ll just catch another one!" With that, Kong Shiyao dove back into the water. Momentster, she surfaced holding an evenrger golden koi.


    Yan Thirty-Three: "..."


    Fine! No more words. The more he said, the more embarrassing it became...


    Inside the room, while everyone was busy grabbing golden koi, the crowd outside was equally anxious, chattering non-stop.


    "Do you think anyone will seed this time?"


    "Of course! Yan Thirty-Three is ranked first on the Star River Potential List. It''s obvious he''ll pass first."


    "Exactly. With his talent, not only will he seed, I bet he’ll make the stele shine with dazzling red light."


    "I think so too. As for the others, it’s hard to say. Especially that chicken and horse—they’re clearly just here forughs."


    The mocking voices grew louder as everyone turned to Zhang Xuan, treating him as the fool of the day.


    Even Elder Zhu Xun couldn’t help but sigh. "Being in the same assessment as Yan Thirty-Three—these people really aren’t lucky."


    "Elder Zhu, what do you mean?" A young man who knew the elder asked curiously.


    Elder Zhu exined, "The Heaven''s Fate Energy Tide contains opportunities. Once caught, these allow one to find their destiny and be a Destiny Master. This much ismon knowledge. But what most people don’t know is that those with higher talent possess a stronger attraction to these opportunities! In other words, the same fortune will naturally gravitate toward someone with higher talent. With Yan Thirty-Three’s outstanding aptitude, others in the same group will find it much harder to seed."


    "Think of this assessment as fishing. The higher your talent, the more enticing your bait is. All the fish will naturally swarm to you. If one area is crowded, other areas will be sparse. People who could’ve caught lesser fortunes might walk away empty-handed this time."


    "Ah, I see now..." Zhang Xuan nodded thoughtfully.


    It seemed thatter, when he and his disciples entered, he would need to be cautious. Otherwise, if he ended up attracting all the opportunities, his disciples might struggle to find any, making it impossible for them to be Destiny Masters.


    As he was contemting, the crowd grew noisier. Enough time had passed since the participants entered the stone gate; the results should being out any moment.


    Buzz!


    With a low hum, the stele suddenly emitted a brilliant red glow, and a name appeared on its surface.


    "Yan Thirty-Three! As expected..."


    The name that appeared wasn’t surprising—it was Yan Thirty-Three, the one who had just dominated two powerful opponents.


    The red glow signified that he had captured a significant fortune and found a destiny that suited him perfectly.


    As expected of a genius—he was indeed remarkable!


    "Excellent, excellent. This kid has limitless potential..." Elder Zhu Xun nodded in satisfaction.


    "And what about that horse you sent in? And the chicken?" someone in the crowd jeered.


    "Why bother asking? No one expected those useless creatures to seed. If no names show up, that’s perfectly normal. Elder Zhu, you can open the gate now. Even if we wait longer, those others won’t find any fortunes."


    "Mm!" Elder Zhu nodded.


    Fortunes were either yours to im, or they weren’t. Waiting longer wouldn’t change anything.


    Just as Elder Zhu was about to push the stone door open, the stele lit up again, and three more names appeared in session.


    Kong Shiyao, Shan Xiaotian, Bai Ruanqing!


    "This..."


    Elder Zhu was stunned.


    Weren’t others supposed to struggle when a super-genius like Yan Thirty-Three was around? How could not one, but three more people seed?


    He wasn’t the only one in shock; the rest of the crowd was dumbfounded as well.


    "It seems... these three are all Zhang Xuan’s disciples!"


    "That’s right!"


    "All three of his disciples became Destiny Masters? Their luck is unbelievable!"


    "Maybe they just got lucky, but surely those two animals don’t stand a chance..."


    Buzz!


    Before the ridicule could fully fade, the stele glowed red once more, and two more names emerged.


    Huang Sisi! Zhang Daoli!


    "What the..."


    "Huang Sisi... isn’t that the chicken?"


    "And Zhang Daoli, isn’t that the horse? They actually passed? And with red light, too? What’s going on here?"


    The crowd wentpletely wild.


    Those who had been mocking Zhang Xuan earlier now felt their faces burn, as if they’d been pped.


    The chicken and horse they’d dismissed had also found their destinies and be Destiny Masters...


    Meanwhile, all they could do was sit here running their mouths!


    "What’s... what’s going on?" Elder Zhu asked shakily, turning to Zhang Xuan. He had assumed the young man would be ecstatic, but instead, he saw a frown of displeasure.


    "Taking this long to find their destinies... What on earth are they doing?" Zhang Xuan muttered, clearly dissatisfied.


    Elder Zhu: "..."


    Author''s Note