"Gold?"

Wu Xiaode said in surprise.

The old fairy said earnestly, "Yes, I hope the payment is a big piece of gold."

Wu Xiaode pondered, "This reward is a bit—"

"Yes, it's a bit expensive," the old fairy interrupted him, solemnly saying, "But I will help your friend take over this world."

Wu Xiaode looked at it strangely.

The old fairy puffed out its chest, holding a short stick, waving in the air to create dazzling waves of magic, shouting loudly:

"You must trust my power, my reward may be high, but I can definitely make your sweetheart become the ruler of this Life World."

Wu Xiaode fell into thought.

—Does it truly have such power?

This fairy came from the Doomsday summoning.

From Doomsday... It's people from Gu Qingshan's side, should be reliable.

Since that's the case.

The thing I should consider is the reward.

A big chunk of gold.

How big does it need to be to count as big?

Wu Xiaode thought of his benevolent father, and then of his father's way of charging gold by percentage, his face involuntarily sank.

"With my collaboration with Gu Qingshan, would there really be an opponent we can't defeat, needing to get this world?"

Wu Xiaode couldn't help asking.

Unexpectedly, the old fairy seemed scared, quickly spat on the ground thrice and shouted:

"Ptooey ptooey ptooey! He was joking just now!"

Not satisfied with this, it quickly jumped onto Wu Xiaode's shoulder and said rapidly:

"Quick! Quickly say you were joking!"

"Why?" Wu Xiaode shrugged.

"This is Life World, the world with the strongest Power of Destiny!"

The old fairy nervously said, "Once you say such things like 'Would there really be an opponent we can't defeat?' or 'I never run into bad luck' in this world, destiny will soon really give you an 'undefeatable opponent' or directly let you run into bad luck."

"This is the basic characteristic of destiny!"

"Quickly say you were joking, then spit thrice!"

Wu Xiaode listened to the advice.

After all, the secret and knowledge the fairy knows always exceed others' understanding.

"Ptooey ptooey ptooey! I was joking!"

Wu Xiaode completed this ritual.

The old fairy watched closely, only relaxing after he completely finished.

"Is it really that effective?"

Wu Xiaode asked again.

"Of course," the old fairy glared at him, seriously saying, "Underestimating the power of destiny is akin to seeking death!"

Wu Xiaode mused and said:

"I've never gotten rich."

After saying this, he looked eagerly at the old fairy—

—Would this be changed by the Law of Destiny?

"Fool," the old fairy hopped angrily, "That's too obvious, only unintended things attract the Law of Destiny!"

"So it's not possible." Wu Xiaode said somewhat disappointedly.

"Of course, not possible!"

"Alright, let me think... You need gold..."

Wait a minute.

This is a cultivation side world.

In this kind of civilization, Spirit Stones are truly high-level currency.

The greatest use of metal is Artifact Refining.

And gold isn't a good material for refining artifacts.

Getting gold...

Doesn't seem difficult.

"Deal."

Wu Xiaode decided.

"Really? Deceiving a fairy will lead to big trouble." The old fairy tilted its head and looked at him.

"Are you afraid of being deceived?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"I've dealt with too many paupers, I am scared." The old fairy shrugged.

Far away in the Blood Sea, someone sneezed and then shyly turned their head back to continue fishing.

Wu Xiaode casually slapped his storage bag.

Sure enough.

The treasures snatched on the snowy fields were mostly Spirit Stones, talismans, weapons, armor, and elixirs.

Gold was only a little bit.

This bit of gold was prepared casually by the cultivators with the lowest cultivation due to occasionally needing to enter the secular world.

Wu Xiaode gathered up all the gold, casually shaped it into a gold nugget, and tossed it to the old fairy.

"Here, a deposit."

"—Boss is generous!"

The old fairy embraced the gold nugget, its eyebrows quirking up in delight, looking like a mouse that won the lottery.

"Can I start working now?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Of course."

The old fairy squatted down, pulled out a dirty travel bag, and kept rummaging through it with both hands.

The surface of that travel bag was already rotten, no one knew how many years it had endured, only a line of blurry small words could be seen on the outer layer of the bag, it said:

"...Event souvenir bag (given for free)"

The old fairy rummaged through the bag for such a long time that Wu Xiaode started getting a bit impatient.

Thinking of outside circumstances, he couldn't help but say:

"How about you take your time finding, I'll go out and say a few words to my friend."

"Wait a minute, I found it!"

The old fairy shouted, taking something out of the travel bag.

–– it was a box of chewing gum.

"Look! There's only one piece left!"

The old fairy proudly pulled out the last neatly wrapped piece of chewing gum from the box.

Wu Xiaode looked at the chewing gum, and small bronze words emerged from the Void:

"Fairy's little thievery treasure."

"One-time use item."

"Chew this gum for one minute, then take it out of your mouth and insert it into some keyhole, transforming it into a key that can directly open the door."

"–– Where there is a door, there is a lock; where there is a lock, there is a key; where there is a key, the door can be opened."

Wu Xiaode was a bit confused.

The old fairy, however, thrust the key into his hand seriously and said:

"Doomsday's power is concentrated in that little girl; she is going to fight this world to contend for the ownership of the Life World––"

"You must follow her and protect her safety."

"The chewing gum is your pass."

Wu Xiaode tore open the packaging and put the gum into his mouth, asking doubtfully:

"Her swordsmanship has already reached an 'unprecedented' level, and the monster was also defeated by me. Is there still any danger?"

"Of course!" The old fairy's expression suddenly turned cold, and he said with displeasure, "This world was originally set up as a Holy Realm stepping stone for Evil Demons, and now that humans have occupied it, the World Will shall immediately stir up trouble."

Wu Xiaode chewed the gum with a frown.

"– This chewing gum has a sour pickle flavor at first, after chewing it five times, it turns into mustard flavor, and after eight more chews, it becomes meat floss flavor."

"Nan Li, was this world prepared for Evil Demons?"

He asked.

Nan Li is the Holy Water Spirit of the first card of the "Pilgrimage," "The Dried-up Holy Well."

Over the years, she has been hiding from the Evil Demons.

Wu Xiaode just couldn't figure out––

Why the Card Spirit of the first card stands on his side, yet the world where the second card is situated has turned around, specifically prepared for Evil Demons.

Nan Li's voice immediately sounded:

"That's a long story, it will take a while to explain, you only need to know that the first card of the past was also originally prepared for Evil Demons."

"Did you get rid of the former Card Spirit?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Not me, it was Liu Ping," Nan Li replied.

"Him?" Wu Xiaode said in surprise.

"After he got rid of the Card Spirit, he knew that it would surely cause a huge sensation."

Nan Li continued, "To cover up this matter, he deliberately made a huge fuss to draw everyone's attention, and eventually departed the battlefield, taking all the focus with him, allowing me to survive."

"Time knew about this, so Time, in cooperation with him, temporarily pretended to die to keep this secret."

"–– Until you arrived on the battlefield and acquired this card."

"I could then guide you to this place."

Nan Li finished in one breath.

Wu Xiaode fell into silence.

"Hahaha!"

The old fairy suddenly burst into laughter after hearing it, and said in a mocking tone:

"Evil Demons are endless and immensely powerful, sooner or later they will ascend to the Holy Realm––"

"But the Pilgrimage has never started!"

"So they can't rise!"

"The Pilgrimage was tailor-made for Evil Demons––"

"But humans seized its first card and are now about to face the struggle for the second card."

"That's really interesting!"

"Maybe we really have hope to win!"

Wu Xiaode was still savoring Nan Li's words.

The events that happened before seemed simple, but the dangers involved, if taken out and explained in detail, could probably take three days and three nights to finish.

The predecessors made so many efforts and went through countless battles to secure this ray of hope.

Perhaps the only ray of hope in history.

–– Then let it become the sun that shines on the Ten Directions World!

"Is Song Qingsi fighting with the World Will?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Certainly, she has already been transmitted into the center of the world, either she seizes control of the world, or she dies there," the old fairy replied.

"–– I'm almost done chewing; let's go find her now," Wu Xiaode said.

"Very well, then let's begin!" The old fairy jumped off him and tapped the ground with the travel bag, revealing the true appearance of the ground.

The ground was filled with various winding Life Runes, densely packed, stretching into the distance.

"These runes are full of gaps everywhere, you just need to insert the chewing gum into them."

The old fairy crouched on the ground and said.

Wu Xiaode hesitated a bit, crouched down as well, and touched those runes.

"Am I standing at the door?"

He asked.

"Do we think that these Life Runes piled together look a lot like a door, right?"

The old fairy tapped on the runes on the ground and said.

He took two steps back, folded his arms, and clicked his tongue: "The more I look, the more it looks like a door, so the chewing gum is sure to open it."

–– So this wasn't a door originally, right.

Wu Xiaode was speechless.

But when it comes to fairy business, who can say for sure?

He took the chewing gum out of his mouth and pressed it into the gaps between the runes.

Waited for a moment.

Crack, crack, crack––

The runes indeed formed into a door and slowly opened.

Wu Xiaode jumped right in.

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