Although Fang Jinyu had been busy intensively studying alchemy skill during this period, he had long since mastered the Breath-Concealing Technique. After all, it was an essential skill for cultivators.

However, at this moment, Fang Jinyu had no intention of hiding or concealing anything.

Playing the pig to eat the tiger also depended on the occasion.

In this place, displaying his cultivation could reduce a lot of unnecessary trouble. Of course, the main reason was that the woman beside him was just too good-looking. Although she had transformed from a blooming maiden into the appearance of a young wife, this only added even more of an alluring flavor to her. One glance and it felt as if a cat were scratching at your heart.

Don't assume that cultivators are all single-mindedly devoted to the Dao; Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators are mostly no different from ordinary people. Moreover, because they possess transcendent powers, their desires in every aspect are ten times stronger than those of ordinary mortals!

Magnificent towers, beautiful women, brocade clothes, and fine cuisine—Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators may not only want these, but want them in even greater abundance!

Fang Jinyu said to the Qi Refining cultivator running the stall, "I'll take all of it. Reckon the price!"

"Yes, Senior. Thirty spirit stones in total."

The stall owner didn't dare say more. After totaling the price, he wrapped up the items and handed them to Du Man'er at the side.

Because in the stall owner's view, a woman whose cultivation was even lower than his own, and so beautiful at that, was nine times out of ten the maid of this Foundation Establishment senior before him.

After all, such things were common among cultivators—exchanging beauty for protection and cultivation resources.

Fang Jinyu produced thirty spirit stones and turned to leave.

After walking a distance away, Du Man'er couldn't help but ask softly, "Uncle-Master, is there something good here that hasn't been discovered?"

Because she had carefully examined everything on that stall and hadn't found anything special.

"Mm, I won't spell it out. You can try to find it yourself later. If you find it, I'll split half with you." Fang Jinyu delivered these words with utterly natural composure, truly without the slightest embarrassment.

"Thank you, Uncle-Master!"

Du Man'er was overjoyed. Even though she didn't think she could find it, it was still a good chance to broaden her horizons.

As the saying goes, a fall into a pit teaches a gain in wit.

After encountering that underground market scam, Du Man'er had become more cautious and also more vigilant. And the greatest aid to vigilance was knowledge and experience!

With broad knowledge and extensive experience, one naturally wouldn't be easily deceived.

Like that day, she hadn't realized that underground market was amiss, but Uncle-Master had seen through it at once, which was why he had followed behind her...

This was naturally the reason Fang Jinyu had fabricated for his actions that day.

Upon closer thought, the holes in it were obvious, but it was all propped up by Fang Jinyu's reputation as an honest man!

An honest man might be honest, but no one ever said an honest man was necessarily foolish—only that a gentleman can be swayed by propriety.

And coincidentally, Fang Jinyu, who could fully comprehend his cultivation formula and break through to Foundation Establishment by relying on accumulated mana, was seen in the eyes of many as a sharp-witted honest man.

The two sought out a secluded place and opened the bundle. Fang Jinyu first tried searching through it.

He checked one item—no.

Another item—still no.

They were all exactly what they appeared to be, true to the surface.

Then it was Du Man'er's turn. She picked up a somewhat soiled bamboo scroll, unrolled it, and wiped it a few times. Somehow, through actions that weren't quite clear, she directly triggered the hidden restriction on this bamboo scroll, whereupon its true appearance was revealed.

It was a Jade Slip brimming with an ancient aura!

Fang Jinyu, watching from the side: "Ha..."

‘Just as expected!’

Because that guiding arrow had vanished on its own the moment they approached that stall, so Fang Jinyu hadn't known which item on the stall was the "opportunity."

Although this newly emerged female lead didn't know either, she could certainly find it!

This was a trope so old it couldn't get any older.

At that moment, Du Man'er had already handed the Jade Slip over.

She didn't dare keep it for herself.

Fang Jinyu took it and glanced at it. The astonishment in his eyes was hard to conceal, because it turned out to be a Fate Calculation Art!

The Fate Calculation Art wasn't the kind of skill used for reading faces and telling fortunes; it was a unique method that relied on one's own fate energy as a basis to predict good and bad fortune, as well as to obscure the Fate Calculation Arts of others!

In short, it was the exclusive domain of lurkers.

Once mastered, if one's fate energy sensed danger, it would immediately reflect upon the self, thereby allowing the self to evade it. Conversely, if one encountered a benefit, there would likewise be an immediate spiritual sense, a true case of "this treasure is fated with me."

As for obscuring the Fate Calculation Arts of others... that was utterly sinister.

Once cast, one could stand right in front of the opponent and they still wouldn't perceive you. It could even make them not know how they died.

Of course, the prerequisite was that one's own fate energy was sufficiently strong.

"The Fate Calculation Art is formless and elusive. I've already memorized it. Once you memorize it, destroy it! Whether you can learn this or not, learn it if you can; if you can't, don't force it."

As Fang Jinyu said this, he returned the Jade Slip to Du Man'er with an indifferent air.

Although this expression was feigned, his words were true.

Because after memorizing the Fate Calculation Art, Fang Jinyu had already been trying to comprehend it, but had failed to grasp it at all. And bizarrely, he distinctly felt he had understood it completely.

One could only say, it truly lived up to being the most mysterious secret art of the cultivation world.

"Thank you, Uncle-Master..."

Du Man'er was stunned at this moment. She had already realized how extraordinary the contents of this Jade Slip were, but what she hadn't expected was that Uncle-Master Fang would really give it to her.

Exactly as they had agreed earlier, splitting half with her!

Moreover, there was not the slightest trace of male-female desire in Uncle-Master Fang's eyes when he looked at her.

In that instant, while Du Man'er felt incomparably confirmed in the statement "Uncle-Master Fang is an honest man," she couldn't help but be moved by Fang Jinyu's "uprightness."

But how could she know that Fang Jinyu was completely set on fattening her up?

After all, when Du Man'er was only at the first layer of Qi Refining, she had encountered an opportunity like the Life-Reducing Mortal-Shedding Pill that could be sought but never obtained.

And once she reached the second layer of Qi Refining, an incredibly rare secret art like the Fate Calculation Art had even appeared! This was normally a skill possessed by Nascent Soul stage ancestors!

Then what about when she reached the third layer, the fourth layer of Qi Refining... and Foundation Establishment?

By then, wouldn't the benefits she could bring be unimaginably immense!

Furthermore, with such a Fate Calculation Art exclusive to lurkers, Du Man'er's chances of survival would also greatly increase. Fang Jinyu didn't want to see the "Child of Fate" that he had inadvertently created mysteriously disappear. He was still counting on the two "Children of Fate" to have a fight someday!

After all, when two tigers clash, he, who could also use cheats, would reap some benefits.

Fang Jinyu's calculations were thunderingly brilliant.

After all, there was no more profitable investment than betting on a Child of Fate.

Then, Du Man'er went to visit her parents, while Fang Jinyu found a place to continue trying to comprehend the Fate Calculation Art. It didn't matter if he couldn't learn it; as long as he could get a "Fate Calculation +1" from extraction soon, that would do!