【Fate Jade】.

Lu Ban thought it was a bit clever that what he needed was actually a prop used in the competition between Xuanjun and Xuanjun.

That being said, it is imperative to collect all the fragments.

That’s easy. After this round is over, Lu Ban can just ask others for the fragments and that’ll be it.

If they don't give it to him, Lu Ban will find a way to get it or reason with them.

Very safe.

However, Lu Ban did not expect that the fragment he noticed during the day would be found by Blind Zhang so quickly.

Isn't he a blind man?

Could it be that Blind Man is just a nickname, a teasing expression, and Blind Man Zhang is actually not blind?

Just like many people would say on the Internet, "Lu Ban, my mental patient", but in fact Lu Ban is not a mental patient, it is just an exaggerated rhetorical method.

Lu Ban had watched a movie before. In the beginning, the protagonist wore sunglasses and used a cane, making him look like a blind person. But in fact, at the end of the movie, the protagonist took off his sunglasses, and the audience discovered that he was not blind, which created a reversal.

The same may be true for Blind Zhang.

"I am indeed blind. No need to guess. I have seen too many things in the past, so my eyes were damaged early on. But it doesn't matter."

Blind Zhang seemed to see Lu Ban’s confusion and began to explain.

"In this world, some people have intact eyes but cannot see anything, while some people are blind but can see more clearly than anyone else."

He was twirling the fragment in his hand.

"I have participated in four Xuanjun competitions, and it is time for me to get one."

"Senior, you really want to become Xuanjun, because Xuanjun can live forever and come back to life after death?"

Lu Ban took a glance and found a fragment in the painting behind Blind Zhang. He did not rush to get it, but prepared to have a chat with this old senior who had participated in four Holy Grail Wars, no, four Xuanjun Wars.

"Who can live forever? All mortals will die eventually. I don't have such a wish. It's just that since the first Xuanjun War, I have had a little wish. Over time, the wish has become a long-cherished wish. Haha, yes, I just want to stand in that position and see if there is any difference."

Blind Zhang said as if mocking himself.

"If you really want to talk about it, why should we fight for Xuanjun's position? Because Xuanjun is right here."

Therefore, what drove him to participate was curiosity, or an obsession.

Lu Ban quite agreed with this.

Some people say that the incompleteness of childhood requires a lifetime to make up for, and the dreams of youth will often linger in our hearts until we grow old.

Blind Zhang wanted to become Xuan Jun, perhaps it was just a long-cherished wish, just as he said.

Lu Ban felt quite guilty when he thought that he would destroy his wish with his own hands, and might even make Blind Zhang unable to realize this wish for the rest of his life.

But there's nothing I can do.

Lu Ban reached out and touched the painting. Then, when Blind Zhang slightly raised his head to listen to the movement here, he took out the piece of jade pendant.

This jade pendant is carved from jadeite, and only a few traces of handicraft can be vaguely discerned from the fragments. It is not considered to be of high quality, and seems like it was made by an ordinary craftsman.

Since there was only a small piece, Lu Ban was not clear about the shape of the entire jade pendant.

"Little brother, you are quite amazing."

Blind Zhang, perhaps through hearing the sound or something, also discovered that Lu Ban had obtained the jade pendant fragment, and he praised him.

"Senior, listen to my advice. There is nothing good about Xuanjun's position. You should go back and retire peacefully and take care of your grandchildren."

Before Lu Ban left the hall to look for other fragments, he said to Blind Zhang.

"Oh."

Blind Zhang chuckled, as if he was sighing.

"It's not easy to go home. Without the country, there is no home."

Lu Ban paused and looked at Blind Zhang again. He was sitting there, leaning on a cane. He looked lonely, but his back was straight, straighter than that of many young people.

After leaving the hall, Lu Ban went to the kitchen again.

During the day, he also found traces of a fragment here.

No one came here first, probably because everyone thought that Lu Ban had been tinkering with two meals here during the day, and if there was anything, he would have seen it all long ago, so no one thought of this place.

Lu Ban thought the same thing when he took out the fragment from the coal ash.

This jade is just an ordinary stone during the day and only turns into jade at night. If Lu Ban didn't have [True Vision], he would have probably seen it wrong.

No wonder we have to wait until night to look for it.

After receiving the two fragments, plus the one in Blind Zhang's hand, Lu Ban felt that this time he should be able to win.

He walked out of the house and saw Dai Yuanyang standing at the kitchen door.

"What a coincidence."

Lu Ban greeted him and saw that Dai Yuanyang also had fragments in his hand, at least three.

Quite a few.

Perhaps those foreigners really have some way to strengthen Dai Yuanyang's supernatural powers. Of course, this also means that his pollution will deepen.

"snort."

Dai Yuanyang noticed the fragments in Lu Ban's hand, turned around and left without saying a word.

"I thought he was going to snatch it from me."

Lu Ban looked at the two pieces of debris in his hand. The scenario he had imagined that the other party would come and steal them by force did not happen, and he felt a little regretful.

If the other party took action first, he could take back the three pieces from Dai Yuanyang.

I always feel a little shy when I take action first.

Lu Ban came to the sleeping guest room again.

He was walking in the corridor when suddenly he heard a scream from the front.

"ah!"

Lu Ban hurried forward and saw Du Ming sitting on the ground, looking ahead in panic.

In the room, on the bed, there was something that looked like a tangled ball of wool, wriggling.

It was like a monster from some foreign land, and just one look at it would torment one's sanity.

"How did this thing appear here?"

Lu Ban walked past Du Ming and came to the side of the monster. He then took out a silver pen and wrote the word "Death" on the squirming monster.

Then, under Du Ming's incredulous gaze, Lu Ban pressed down the monster with his hands.

Soon, the ferocious-looking monster became as quiet as a docile kitten, and within a few seconds, it stopped all movement.

Du Ming looked at Lu Ban who was still touching the monster directly with his hands and didn't seem to feel disgusted or uncomfortable at all. He regained some of his sanity.

"I just felt like there was something here, and when I walked in I found this monster... What on earth is this? I've never heard of it."

Du Ming climbed up.

Lu Ban signaled Du Ming to be quiet, then tore the monster apart and took out a piece of jade from its body filled with foul-smelling flowing fluid.

As it was torn apart, the monster quickly began to melt and turned into a pool of ink mixed with some skeletons. Lu Ban could tell with a little effort that it was a rabbit.

"If this thing comes into contact with a living thing, it might cause some mutations..."

Lu Ban looked at the three pieces in his hand and fell into thought.