Lin Xun did not know what prerequisite conditions were needed to become a so-called fated one. Perhaps it was purely luck, or perhaps there was some kind of hidden condition.

The Kunlun Mountain before him was governed by the yokai god Lu Wu, while senior brother White Elephant Demon was also of the yokai race. The first thing he thought of was that possessing yokai race bloodline might make one become a fated one.

He immediately switched to the little dragonkin’s Shell.

[You possess the Shell of Knowledge-Seeking Primordial Ancient Dragon!]

[The heavy pressure on your body like a mountain does not lessen, still pressing down on you until every step is difficult and movement is arduous.]

Lin Xun frowned.

“Looks like it isn’t because of yokai race bloodline…”

According to the information obtained from the Lesser Dharma King, several hundred years ago, one human woodcutter was also a fated one and could climb up to Kunlun’s mountain gate.

From this, it could be inferred that yokai race bloodline was not the prerequisite condition for becoming a fated one.

“Could it really just rely purely on luck?”

The White Elephant Demon and the human woodcutter were two figures who could not be connected even with eight poles. Lin Xun truly could not find any common point between them that would let them become so-called fated ones.

[The White Elephant Demon sees you stop walking and no longer go upward, looking like you cannot bear the heavy burden. At this moment, it also reacts.]

[It scratches its forehead and says, it has never felt its body becoming heavier. In that case, does it have fate with this Kunlun Mountain?]

[The White Elephant Demon is somewhat pleased with itself, feeling that it must possess wisdom-root to become a fated one.]

[It says to you very loyally, junior brother, it seems that you have no fate with Kunlun.]

[If you really cannot go up the mountain, why not wait here? Senior brother will first climb to the summit and explore for you.]

[After meeting that Lu Wu, it will put in a few good words for you. Perhaps it will let you go up the mountain too.]

Lin Xun fell into thought. He and the White Elephant Demon had the Yin-Yang Rotation Jade, and could teleport and shift between each other.

Letting Senior Brother White Elephant climb the mountain first, then having the two use the jade to teleport, was indeed a decent method.

But there was one thing improper about this. On Kunlun Mountain, magical power could not be driven, and using the Yin-Yang Rotation Jade required magical power to activate.

If the magical power restriction still was not lifted after the White Elephant Demon entered the mountain gate, then he could only stare blankly at the foot of the mountain.

Thinking up to this point, Lin Xun began to continue switching Shells.

If entering Kunlun’s mountain gate required luck, then perhaps among the many Shells in his Shell Slots, one would have fate with Kunlun.

[You possess the Shell of Polar Star Society Executor Who Gazes Upward!]

[The terrifying pressure on your body instantly crushes you to the ground, pinning you on all fours and leaving you unable to move!]

[A burden still bearable for the Evil Child and Primordial Ancient Dragon is truly a little too difficult for the physically frail Executor to bear.]

[You only feel your chest stifled and suffocated. It seems that the blood throughout your body can no longer flow, and you are about to be crushed alive here by mountain-like pressure!]

Lin Xun could only switch back to the Evil Child’s Shell, have the White Elephant Demon wait here for a while, and descend a certain distance before trying again.

The White Elephant Demon did not know what mischief junior brother was up to, but it still obeyed his command and stayed obediently in place to wait.

After Lin Xun retreated to a safe distance, he tried various Shells one after another, including mages and ninjas from other worlds as well as small monster Shells from this world.

[You possess the Shell of Corrupted Earth Giant!]

[The heavy pressure is still upon your spine and shoulders, not weakened in the slightest…]

[…]

[You possess the Shell of Ascended Purgatory Angel!]

[The heavy pressure still remains on your body, not weakened in the slightest…]

[…]

He switched Shells one after another, and in the end, not one among the many Shells fit the standard of a fated one.

“If it really will not work, I will first let Senior Brother White Elephant reach the summit…”

Lin Xun no longer had much hope in his heart. As he switched through Shell after Shell, the game text repeatedly showed that there was heavy pressure.

[You possess the Shell of Fire-Worshipping Palace Master of Iya Palace!]

[You suddenly feel the pressure all over your body lighten, and the heavy burden that was just pressing on your body abruptly disappears.]

[Your heart is delighted, and you immediately try climbing a few steps upward, yet not the slightest pressure appears.]

“This…” Lin Xun had just materialized the Ninja Master and Saio Chisoku-hime, who were both Fire-Worshipping Shells, but neither showed anything unusual.

Now that he had switched to the Palace Master of Iya Palace, he had suddenly become a fated one.

The corner of his mouth twitched as he said, “There really isn’t any rule to speak of. Becoming a fated one is purely based on luck, right?”

Lin Xun thought so, but also felt that something was not right.

The Palace Master of Iya Palace had several shikigami yokai. These yokai were orthodox members of the yokai race. Could it have something to do with this aspect?

He immediately summoned several shikigami.

The Snow Woman and Nurarihyon both felt the heavy pressure, but only the Nine-Tailed Fox had nothing happen at all, clearly also being a fated one.

“This really is strange!”

The difference between the Nine-Tailed Fox and the Snow Woman and Nurarihyon was that the Nine-Tailed Fox’s ancestors were also from Vermilion. Later, when the Nine-Tailed Fox race could no longer survive in Vermilion, they migrated overseas to Sakura Falls.

The White Elephant Demon and the Nine-Tailed Fox were both native yokai race members of Vermilion. If the prerequisite condition for being a fated one was this, then the two undoubtedly fit.

But in that case, there was no way to explain why the Palace Master of Iya Palace and the woodcutter from several hundred years ago were fated ones.

[The Nine-Tailed Fox looks around at the surrounding scenery and asks aloud, Dragonborn Lord, what is this place? Why can yokai arts and magical power not be used here?]

[You explain this place’s specific situation to the Nine-Tailed Fox. Clearly, the Nine-Tailed Fox has never heard of the rumors about Kunlun and Lu Wu. As for the related matters on the land of Vermilion, it knows them all from the inherited classics of the Nine-Tailed Fox race.]

[After brief consideration, you do not recall the Nine-Tailed Fox. Instead, you give it a few instructions and bring it with you to climb the mountain.]

[You, who do not feel pressure, walk as if flying, taking three steps as two and climbing upward in great strides…]

[…]

[After a long time, you finally reunite with the White Elephant Demon.]

[Although you do not bear the inexplicable pressure, without the enhancement of onmyoji magical power, climbing such a steep mountain purely relying on physical strength is still not easy for you.]

The Palace Master of Iya Palace, this summoner Shell, strictly speaking, also belonged to the delicate and physically weak mage type.

Physical work like mountain climbing was indeed not its specialty.

[When the White Elephant Demon sees that you used the divine art of transformation to change your appearance and can then become a fated one like it, it is greatly shocked.]

[Seeing you silently bring a strange, stunningly beautiful woman up with you, and that this woman also seems to be a fated one, it is even more shocked…]

[It secretly thinks, damn, it thought it was the only fated one. Now so many have appeared all at once… it seems Kunlun is also not that hard to enter.]

[The White Elephant Demon can tell at a glance that this woman is not human but a yokai. It asks, junior brother, this person is?]

[You casually reply, my wife, then continue climbing upward.]