Chapter 578: Chapter 233: Art of Fate Resolution_5

Is this reasonable?

"She used to be such a gentle senior sister, so why does she act like the girl next door when she’s with me?" Fan Wubing found it strange. He couldn’t help but think that a person’s character truly can change over time.

The once shy and reserved Fu Manman had now become a mature and dependable "big sister" in front of Fan Wubing. She would pat his head, provide a comfortable lap pillow, soothe him, and pacify him.

And the once gentle and elegant Gu Lan had turned incredibly shy.

Sometimes, just looking at her would make her ears turn red.

However, the shy Senior Sister Gu Lan had a unique charm of her own.

Her skin was naturally wheat-colored, and with a touch of red from her shyness, it became truly tender and luminous.

He felt like pinching her cheeks.

But doing that would surely make her heart pound uncontrollably with fright, wouldn’t it?

"Senior Sister Gu Lan, I recently learned a palm reading technique. Would you like me to read your palm?" Fan Wubing was eager to try. He wanted to test the effect of the "Life Fate Technique of Dead Fire" he had just learned.

Gu Lan’s blue eyes gleamed as she softly said,

"Really? I heard that men use the excuse of reading palms to touch young ladies’ hands."

She was shy, but she was straightforward.

This left Fan Wubing at a loss. Admittedly, he did want to touch Senior Sister Gu Lan’s small hand, but that wasn’t his true intention!

Gu Lan, however, hid her hand, a little embarrassed, and said,

"I have worked in the fields for years, so my hands are quite rough. But my master used to praise my feet for being pretty... Maybe..." Her voice was soft, her cheeks flushed.

Fan Wubing couldn’t help but look at Gu Lan’s neat little feet, in their red-and-blue cloth shoes, looking like two little foxes drawing his eyes in.

His heart pounded wildly.

Feet, oh feet!

Fan Wubing steeled his resolve. Touching feet was fine, but wouldn’t this just acknowledge her claim about her rough hands?

He laughed, "Senior Sister’s hands aren’t rough at all. Don’t underestimate yourself, you’re an Immortal cultivator after all."

"Do you really think so?"

"Really."

Gu Lan then mustered up the courage to extend her right hand toward Fan Wubing. She wasn’t sure what she was afraid of, and even closed her eyes.

Suddenly feeling a warm, broad hand clasp her own, she instinctively wanted to pull away but restrained herself. Still, she couldn’t help but let out a small noise.

Fan Wubing broke into a sweat. It was just a hand touch!

They’d been more intimate before, but somehow this felt different!

He had originally thought they had already become a settled pair, but now it seemed... the road ahead was long and arduous.

He then focused his mind to activate the "Life Fate Technique of Dead Fire," using this fate deciphering technique to sense Gu Lan’s fate.

Innate Spiritual Body,

Immaculate heart,

Pure body and mind,

Evolutionary Dao,

Immense fortune,

Infinite creation,

...

Looking at her fate, Fan Wubing was envious. Gu Lan’s fate was essentially that of a chosen one, without even a hint of calamity. Barring any surprises, she would become a powerful figure in the future.

Realizing that the junior brother was only holding her hand lightly rather than stroking it, Gu Lan opened her eyes and saw Fan Wubing seriously examining her hand, lost in thought.

He really was reading her palm!

Gu Lan let out a sigh of relief and immediately felt a bit disappointed. That which she had secretly hoped for did not happen.

Fan Wubing snapped out of his thoughts.

Gu Lan asked, "So... how was it?"

Fan Wubing smiled, "Excellent! Senior Sister Gu Lan will definitely become a formidable power in her own right."

To Gu Lan, however, this brought no joy, "What’s so great about that?" She had never aspired to be some powerful figure; the idyllic rural life was what she dreamed of.

"Of course it’s great. In the future, I can slack off and live off you, Senior Sister," Fan Wubing mused happily.

Gu Lan’s eyes lit up with joy, then widened in surprise, "Even if I’m supporting you, you can’t stop making an effort."

"Senior Sister is right."

Gu Lan was thrilled, thinking only of a life retreating to the countryside.

Fan Wubing asked, "What about Man’Er? Didn’t she return with you?"

"Junior Sister Manman seems to have run into an old acquaintance and asked me to return first."

"I see."

The two sat and chatted for a while, discussing the days spent at the Eternal Immortal Sect.

They both deliberately avoided mentioning the night at the back mountain of Nourishing Spirit Peak when stars and moon danced wildly.

Later on, Gu Lan went about her daily gardening tasks in the Grotto Heaven fields.

Fan Wubing, meanwhile, began researching the Supreme Dharma Orbiting Device.

"It can help me find what I need... What do I need?"

Naturally, he needed to figure out what the Sky-Thunder transformed Thunder Giant had meant by "destiny."

He used the "Life Fate Technique of Dead Fire" to activate the Supreme Dharma Orbiting Device.

The orbiting device, resembling a combination of a windmill and an ink line, began to rotate slowly. After some time, it stopped, and from the keyhole-like end, tiny ink lines began to extend out.

Fan Wubing felt an indescribable, elusive force wrapping around his spirit, pulling his consciousness to the other side of the sky.

He saw a massive red sun hanging in the sky.

"Chuirizhou Continent!"

His brow furrowed,

"So, it means there’s something related to that Thunder Giant over in Chuirizhou Continent?"