Chapter 155

Chapter 155: The Backlash of Heavenly Fate and Fortune!

Tianxing Civilization.

　　Qingshu rushed back to Tianxing Civilization with Ye Tianming at full speed. By then, Tianxing Civilization had already entered a first-level alert. Outside the civilization, tens of thousands of Tianxing flames floated in the air, and wave after wave of terrifying flame auras enveloped the entire stellar universe.

　　Within Tianxing Civilization, all the Fruits who had been in seclusion emerged one after another and gathered outside to face the enemy.

　　Qingshu brought Ye Tianming into a grand hall, where a large group of Fruits immediately crowded around, curiously sizing him up.

　　At this point, Ye Tianming was reduced to nothing but a wisp of a lone soul, gravely, gravely wounded.

　　Qingshu immediately said, “Bring the ‘Soul Nurturing Wood’.”

　　Soul Nurturing Wood!

　　A supreme spiritual treasure, specifically meant to nourish the soul.

　　Shortly after, a piece of Soul Nurturing Wood about ten feet long was brought over by one of the Fruits. Qingshu directly activated it, and an incomparably pure soul energy surged forth from within, flowing toward Ye Tianming. Before long, Ye Tianming was enveloped by that soul energy.

　　Under the nourishment of that pure soul energy, Ye Tianming’s soul began to undergo subtle changes — but very quickly, the expressions of Qingshu and the other Fruits shifted dramatically.

　　They discovered it was useless. That pure soul energy was simply unable to repair Ye Tianming’s soul. Not only that, the soul energy began to dissipate entirely, as though something was specifically countering it.

　　Witnessing this, one of the Fruits asked in confusion, “What’s going on? Could this Soul Nurturing Wood be a fake?”

　　”Damn it!”

　　Another hot-tempered Fruit kicked the Soul Nurturing Wood flying. “A fake! It’s definitely a fake!”

　　Soul Nurturing Wood: “???”

　　Qingshu suddenly shook her head. “It has nothing to do with the Soul Nurturing Wood.”

　　She turned to look at the lying Ye Tianming, her expression complex. “It’s that a certain fortune on his body has vanished. He can no longer receive the gifts of divine and spiritual treasures from heaven and earth. Not only can he not absorb divine and spiritual treasures, he likely can’t even absorb spiritual energy. He……”

　　Ye Tianming slowly sat up. He glanced at his current soul state — he had actually already sensed it. The moment he cast away his blood and bones, he had felt in some inexplicable way that something had left him.

　　He knew. It was the fortune that the woman in the plain skirt had given him.

　　”Wait!”

　　One of the Fruits suddenly stepped forward. After looking Ye Tianming over, her delicate brows furrowed. “It’s not just that his fortune has disappeared — there is also some kind of misfortune taking root within his soul.”

　　Ye Tianming looked toward the Fruit who had spoken. She was a young woman who appeared to be in her early twenties, with a very delicate and attractive appearance. She wore a light cyan long dress and held an ancient tome in both arms, and at that moment she was curiously studying him.

　　Noticing his gaze, the young woman seemed a little embarrassed and quickly looked away, lowering her head.

　　Ye Tianming asked, “Misfortune?”

　　The Fruit glanced at him and nodded. “Look carefully — your soul is gradually turning black.”

　　Ye Tianming looked down, and sure enough, his soul was slowly turning black.

　　His brow furrowed.

　　Qingshu suddenly turned to the Fruit holding the book. “Rongqing, what kind of misfortune is this? Can it be removed?”

　　The Fruit named Rongqing stared at Ye Tianming for a long moment, then shook her head. “This misfortune is unlike anything I’ve ever seen in any book. As for removing it…… we’ll have to see whether the Tree of Life can do it. If even it can’t, then……”

　　She stopped there and said no more.

　　Ye Tianming asked, “If the misfortune keeps growing, does that mean more and more bad things will happen?”

　　Rongqing nodded, her expression very grave. “An enormous number of bad things. And your misfortune is a little abnormal — the bad things that come won’t be ordinary bad things, but the kind that are truly terrible, because right now you can’t even absorb spiritual treasures from heaven and earth…….”

　　She shook her head slightly. “And your misfortune is still growing. How…… how could something like this happen?”

　　After saying that, she looked at Ye Tianming with a questioning gaze.

　　Ye Tianming remained silent, because he himself didn’t know.

　　At that moment, Rongqing suddenly said, “I think I have some idea.”

　　All the Fruits turned to look at Rongqing. She said earnestly, “Everyone is born with some degree of fortune — it’s just a matter of more or less. You, young master, should originally have had fortune blessing you as well. Unless you were cursed by some powerful force, or your fortune was forcibly erased by some power……”

　　She paused, then continued, “Once all your fortune disappears, you enter a negative state — that is, negative fortune, or in simpler terms, a state of misfortune…… But your misfortune is completely unlike any misfortune I know of…….”

　　Ye Tianming gave a slight nod and said nothing. He knew it must be related to his abandonment of his body and blood — everything that had once belonged to him was now gone.

　　But it didn’t matter!

　　To him, it truly didn’t matter at all.

　　He could finally have nothing to do with those people ever again.

　　”Can it be reversed?”

　　At that moment, Qingshu, who had been standing to the side, suddenly spoke.

　　Rongqing thought for a moment, then said, “We’ll have to wait for Patriarch Weijing to return so I can discuss it with her.”

　　Qingshu nodded. She was about to speak when a Fruit suddenly walked in and said in a low voice, “Chief Executive Officer, the powerful figures from Xianbao Pavilion, the Academy, and the Great Zhou have surrounded Tianxing Civilization and are demanding we hand over Ye Tianming immediately.”

　　Qingshu’s delicate brows knitted together. She turned to look at Rongqing. “You look after him. The rest of you Fruits, come with me.”

　　With that, she gripped her sword and turned to walk outside.

　　Rongqing immediately grew anxious and hurried to grab Qingshu’s arm. “No, no — he’s a person…… I’ve never spent time with a person before. I, I’ll go with you all!”

　　Qingshu looked at her. “Can you fight?”

　　Rongqing’s expression froze.

　　She was the worst fighter among all the Fruits.

　　Qingshu said, “He’s a good person. Don’t be afraid.”

　　With that, she led the group of Fruits and disappeared into the distance.

　　Only Rongqing and Ye Tianming remained in the hall. Rongqing looked at Ye Tianming and immediately grew a little nervous. “You…… are a person?”

　　Ye Tianming: “???”

　　Rongqing held the Soul Nurturing Wood out to Ye Tianming. “Although this Soul Nurturing Wood can’t help your soul recover, it can make you feel more comfortable. You can hold onto it.”

　　Ye Tianming said, “Thank you.”

　　He took the Soul Nurturing Wood, and when he gripped it, sure enough — just as the young woman before him had said — he immediately felt much better.

　　Ye Tianming looked up toward the outside of the hall. “I’m going to drag you all into trouble.”

　　Rongqing glanced at him. “Since things have already happened, there’s no point in dwelling on it. Don’t you think?”

　　Ye Tianming looked at the young woman before him. Rongqing, noticing his gaze, quickly looked away, a little nervous.

　　Ye Tianming asked, “You’re not a person?”

　　He had only ever heard of Tianxing Civilization — he knew nothing about it at all.

　　Rongqing quickly nodded. “I’m not a person. I’m a…… Fruit.”

　　Ye Tianming asked with some curiosity, “A Fruit?”

　　Rongqing said, “Mm.”

　　Ye Tianming said, “The kind you eat?”

　　Rongqing said seriously, “Some Fruits can be eaten, and some cannot. Life Fruits cannot be eaten, because they have life.”

　　Ye Tianming: “…….”

　　Rongqing suddenly stood up and walked over to Ye Tianming. After studying him carefully, she said in a low voice, “The misfortune on your body is growing more and more, and it’s a kind I’ve never seen before — not even in any book…… What exactly did you do?”

　　Ye Tianming shook his head slightly and said nothing.

　　Rongqing said earnestly, “If you don’t tell me, I can’t truly understand the nature of the situation. You need to tell me the truth — only then will I have any chance of helping you.”

　　After a brief silence, Ye Tianming gave her a simple account of what had happened.

　　After listening, Rongqing paced back and forth in the hall, brow furrowed in thought. Suddenly, she spun around to look at Ye Tianming. “I know why.”

　　Ye Tianming looked at her. Rongqing said with a grave expression, “Fortune backlash.”

　　Ye Tianming was somewhat puzzled.

　　Rongqing nodded. “Yes. This should be the legendary fortune backlash. The fortune you carried before was far too heaven-defying, and when you willingly abandoned it, the fortune struck back against you…… And the person who gave you that fortune must possess truly terrifying power.”

　　Ye Tianming asked, “Is there a way to resolve it?”

　　Rongqing said, “There are two. First, find the person who gave you the fortune……”

　　Ye Tianming said directly, “The second one.”

　　Rongqing glanced at him, then said, “Reconsolidate your fortune.”

　　Ye Tianming said in a low voice, “Is it not possible to go without fortune?”

　　Rongqing shook her head. “No, no. Without fortune to bless you, your life going forward will be plagued by calamity, and many, many bad things will happen.”

　　Ye Tianming slowly closed his eyes. “It doesn’t matter. Things can’t get worse than they already are. Right now, I have nothing left.”