Chapter 677 See You Again
It is not surprising that the fate is revealed.
The hospital is bustling with people, and tens of thousands of people pass by him every day. There are always a few people who will stay for a few seconds longer when he holds the mirror fragments, and they are captured just in time, revealing the "fate" they carry.
In the past few days, he has also begun to understand some patterns: most people actually have no destiny, just like himself, ordinary, as if they are the silent background board of this world.
The proportion is about 80%, and the remaining 10% to 20% have good fate, but the vast majority of their fates are not very good, and they look unlucky.
For example, [bad luck], [a near-death experience], [sudden death], [illness]... and so on, are worse than having no fate at all.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that he has been staying in the hospital for the past few days. People who come here are not in good condition, so it is reasonable that their fate seems to be a little "bad".
Luo Ji originally just glanced down casually, ready to ignore the unlucky fate of a certain unlucky person reflected in the mirror as he had done many times in the past few days.
However, just as he was about to look away, his pupils suddenly shrank and his breathing was choked!
Because he clearly saw that the name of the fate that appeared on the mirror was - [Protection from the Curtain].
"The Blessing of the Curtain, and the Blessing of the Curtain again. No, there's one character missing, but it's the same character 'curtain'. Could it be..."
He suddenly raised his head and glanced quickly in the direction where the mirror fragments had just been accidentally pointed.
Walking towards us were several constables wearing neat uniforms of the police station. They all had serious expressions and walked hurriedly.
The person reflected in the mirror fragments was the one walking in front. His face looked unusually pale, with fatigue that was hard to conceal between his brows, as if he had an unhealed injury.
The moment Luo Ji looked over, the leading constable seemed to sense something and his sharp eyes suddenly swept in the direction of Luo Ji.
Luo Ji was startled, but reacted very quickly. He immediately looked away as if nothing had happened, turned around very naturally, pretending that he was also a patient about to leave the hospital. He slowed down his pace, blended into the sparse crowd, and walked towards the gate.
He deliberately controlled his pace, allowing the constables to overtake him from behind and walk out of the hospital gate first.
“I was planning to give up this broken mirror and devote myself to my Lord, but at this moment, another clue popped up?
This is simply….”
Luo Ji watched the backs of several constables disappear at the hospital entrance. He raised his hand and scratched his head with mixed feelings. For a moment, he felt a little amused and helpless, and followed them out of the hospital with a heavy heart.
The cool morning breeze blew on his face. He stood on the steps in front of the hospital. His feet suddenly stopped, and as if possessed by a ghost, he raised his hand holding only the mirror fragments again.
But this time he didn't shine the light on others, but on himself.
"Sure enough, I still don't have the destiny?"
After a few seconds, Luo Ji sighed inwardly, a familiar sense of loss rising up.
"Perhaps I am really just an ordinary person, and the only special thing about me is that I was lucky enough to be chosen by the Lord?"
Just when he was feeling disappointed and was about to put his arms down, something strange happened!
The surface of the mirror fragment, which had been unresponsive and only reflected his face, suddenly began to ripple vaguely.
Immediately afterwards, two twisted and strange words slowly emerged from the center of the ripples, occupying the entire mirror surface.
[saint]!!
"saint?"
Luo Ji's heart skipped a beat and he almost cried out in surprise. He stared at the two words and repeated them unconsciously several times.
An indescribable ecstasy instantly washed away all his disappointment!
It sounds like an extremely powerful destiny, much stronger than [Protection of the Curtain].
The only slightly discordant thing is...
The word "Saint" on the mirror was not the holy and glorious golden font he had imagined, but... an extreme blackness that seemed to absorb all light.
So pure, so thorough black.
It was so black that although there were only two words, they seemed to possess a physical weight and viscosity, staining the entire surface of the small mirror fragment in his hand into a heart-pounding, indelible ink color...
……..
Luo Ji walked on the street with the fate of a "saint". The crowded crowds were shoulder to shoulder, and the eaves of the dilapidated shanty towns drooped. Everything seemed to be the same as usual.
However, Luo Ji felt as if he was going to escape gravity and fly in the next second.
This was a very mysterious experience, difficult to describe accurately in words, but he just clearly felt that he was different.
Not physically, but something fundamental has changed.
It was like he was just an ant in the past. Even after he was blessed with strength by the Lord, he still felt that he was just an ant, just an ant that was stronger than his peers.
But today, after a destiny pattern "grew" on his head, he suddenly felt that he, the ant, had become different from others.
It's not that I became stronger, but it's as if... something invisible and intangible, but real, really "grew" on my head.
One end was deeply rooted in the origin of his soul, while the other end meandered upwards, penetrating the barriers of reality, sinking into the unknown nothingness, and finally... gently but irresistibly, it wrapped around the fingertips of the "Master".
Although I had this feeling before, it was very weak...at best, I felt that my life and death might hang on the Lord's will.
The “binding” to the Lord may seem deep, but it is actually not that deep.
The reason is simple, just like if you raise a nest of ants out of leisure, you can crush any one of them to death at any time.
But would you do it?
No, because you are not that bored. You may even forget the existence of this nest of ants and don’t care about the life or death of any particular ant.
But now, it's completely different!
Luo Ji felt very clearly that he, the "ant", had been marked by the Lord in a special way, and the "binding" between him and the Lord had been greatly strengthened.
He could feel that there seemed to be a vast and indifferent will in the dark, always looming over him, watching his every move, and even... listening to the voice and wishes deep in his heart.
This feeling was both terrifying and made him uncontrollably excited.
The horror is that he must maintain absolute reverence for the Lord at all times, and his words, actions, behavior, and even inner thoughts cannot be the slightest bit excessive or disrespectful.
Otherwise, the "line" wrapped around the master's fingertips might instantly turn into a noose that would reap his life.
The excitement lies in this deep bond, doesn't it also mean - "My life and death completely belong to the Lord, so the Lord... shouldn't easily let others kill me... right?"
This thought gave Luo Ji a twisted sense of security.
Along the way, Luo Ji's mind never stopped, all kinds of thoughts came to his mind one after another, until he reached the door of his home, he let out a long breath, calmed down his mood, and pushed the door open.
Inside the door, there was still a small but fairly tidy room, and the familiar, slightly dull air hit me in the face.
Zhang Liyue was sitting on a chair, looking unhappy.
She turned around when she heard the door open.
The moment their eyes met, she was slightly stunned. She always felt that there seemed to be something different about the other person, but she couldn't tell what exactly had changed.
Ever since practicing the [Turtle Breathing Technique], Zhang Liyu's perception of breath has become increasingly sharp.
This is not only reflected in the ability to better conceal one's own aura, but also in the ability to perceive changes in the aura of people around.
Especially during this period of time, she hid in Luo Ji's house, doing nothing, and devoted almost all her energy to cultivation. The [Turtle Breathing Technique] even broke through to a new stage.
Now, she can roughly judge the strength of the opponent just by sensing his breath.
During this period, the people she interacted with the most were Cuicui and Luo Ji.
Cuicui's breath has always been very stable and weak.
But Luo Ji's aura was very strange!
They can't be said to be weak, they are definitely much stronger than Cuicui, but they are not that powerful either. After all, the three of them together are not enough to fill Feng Yuhuai's teeth.
But...
Luo Ji's aura is growing every day, and it is a very steady rise.
Sometimes it increased more in a day, sometimes less, but this morning, Luo Ji's breath intensity suddenly increased tenfold without any warning.
This is simply outrageous!
She was still asleep when she was suddenly awakened from her dream, thinking that a stranger had come to her house.
As a result, she carefully sensed it and found that the breath belonged to Luo Ji, but the intensity of the breath had increased more than ten times compared to before she went to bed last night.
It's simply outrageous.
We all sleep in the same room, so why should we just sleep while you get stronger?
Zhang Liyu racked her brains but couldn't figure it out. She could only guess that Luo Ji was hiding a secret. Maybe he possessed a strange ability that could be cultivated while sleeping?
I just don't know if this ability has anything to do with the broken mirror.
To be fair, Zhang Liyue did not feel any jealousy in her heart. She just wanted Luo Ji to become as strong as possible.
They are all partners of the "Avengers" and have a common goal of revenge. Luo Ji's strength means that there is more hope of revenge on Feng Yuhuai in the future.
However, every night when she went to the bathroom, she would take out the mirror fragments she had secretly picked up and study them over and over again.
You know what, she actually figured out some of the tricks of this mirror.
As for what she dreamed about, that was her secret. Just like Luo Ji hid his secret, she would not tell it to others.
After making friends with Feng Yuhuai, Zhang Liyu will never trust anyone wholeheartedly again.
She didn't even tell Cuicui this secret.
"It's better to rely on yourself than on others. Only when you are truly strong can you survive better and have the opportunity to take revenge."
This is the lesson that the bloody reality taught her.
Therefore, the moment Luo Ji pushed the door open, Zhang Liyue's fingertips moved slightly, and the broken mirror fragments between her fingers silently sank into the flesh of her palm.
This was the first use of the mirror she discovered. The mirror fragments could merge with flesh and blood. This discovery was not difficult. She had seen Luo Ji take out the mirror from such a small pocket several times and had vaguely guessed it.
Then, her eyes suddenly narrowed, and she looked as if she had seen a ghost.
"After going out, his aura has become several times stronger?!!"
Even if Zhang Liyu didn't feel jealous, she couldn't stand this kind of stimulation every day.
I am still struggling to find ways to become stronger, but my roommate is like riding a rocket, getting stronger day by day, and even his performance doubles after he comes back from going out. Who can stand this?
Zhang Liyue has never had the evil thought of "killing people and stealing treasures" in her mind. This is because she is kind by nature and has a high moral bottom line.
On the one hand, we are all partners in the Avengers and have a common goal;
On the other hand, it was also because Luo Ji's aura was stronger than hers from the beginning, and the gap was widening at a speed visible to the naked eye, so she couldn't even think of it.
Of course, the most important thing is that she asked herself, if she killed Luo Ji by any means necessary for revenge and to become stronger, then what is the difference between her and a monster like Feng Yuhuai?
Secretly picking up a few pieces of mirror fragments is already Zhang Liyu's moral bottom line.
She is not a saint, she just knows what to do and what not to do, and she won't have any bad thoughts towards her friends.
Stealing Luo Ji's mirror fragments in the beginning is another matter.
At that time, Luo Ji was not yet a friend and his behavior was suspicious. She was afraid of being cheated by Feng Yuhuai and had to be careful.
Now, although she still has reservations about her trust in Luo Ji, she also regards Luo Ji as half a friend.
After all, everyone is of similar age and has a common "enemy", so they are connected by the same fate. They eat and live together every day, so it is easy to develop some friendship and bonds.
Not much, but there are sprouts.
It was actually the same with Luo Ji. If his initial approach was full of ulterior motives, then after spending time together day and night, he did develop some feelings for her.
Apart from anything else, he was a little impressed by the fact that Zhang Liyu was willing to avenge her friend and was very persistent.
Although this behavior seemed stupid in Luo Ji's eyes, it was precisely because of its stupidity that he admired it.
There are very few people like Zhang Liyu in this world. In any case, Luo Ji has never met such a friend in his life.
And who doesn’t want to have such a friend around him?
Luo Ji pushed the door open and walked in. He frowned at Zhang Liyue, who looked unhappy.
"What happened? Why are you alone? Where's Cuicui?"
Zhang Liyue calmed down and sighed:
"Cui Cui couldn't help but call home, and then..."
There is no need to say more about what was said afterwards. Luo Ji understood it immediately. He was not too surprised by Cuicui's departure.
In his eyes, Cuicui and Zhang Liyu both wanted to avenge their friends, which was natural and rare.
But revenge is not enough just by having the intention; it is a difficult and long process.
It is not enough to just be impulsive or passionate; what is needed more is persistence.
Cuicui has all the former qualities, but she does not have the tenacity that Zhang Liyou has in her bones, so she certainly cannot hold on.
Giving up revenge, choosing to go home to be with family and stay away from danger is what most normal people would do. Zhang Liyu, who is so stubborn about revenge for her friend, is an abnormal rare protected animal.
(End of this chapter)
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