Cannon-Fodder Heiress Turns the Tables by Fortune-Telling

The Thunder Flower released from the Heavenly Thunder Order gradually eroded away the sticky, gray gas that was invisible to everyone else.

Under the concerned gazes of the crowd, the Thunder Flower did not touch them at all.

This made their previous worries seem like much ado about nothing.

Xie Xuzhi, who had been silent all along, felt a faint stirring in his heart upon seeing the Heavenly Thunder Order, as if Yun Ran's Magic Artifact was deeply connected to him somehow.

Considering his unusually fast recovery and the curse that couldn't be suppressed despite the Xie Family's immense financial and material resources...

Xie Xuzhi's probing gaze once again landed on Yun Ran.

After clearing the remaining gray gas from the pit, Yun Ran finally retracted her hand with satisfaction, and the Heavenly Thunder Order returned to its original size.

Gu Yuan's eyes darted around before he spoke: "Ranran, was it because of Xuan Kong from Heavenly Dao Village that we weren't successfully ambushed earlier?"

Yun Ran raised an eyebrow, not particularly impressed by Gu Yuan's quick thinking.

"The things I just struck with Heavenly Thunder are more potent than ordinary evil energy; not only can they beguile the heart, but they also go unnoticed by people.

If there hadn't been someone like Xuan Kong among those who fell with us, those seniors might have become either nourishment for that Black Bear monster or ended up like Xu Wen."

Gu Yuan secretly felt relieved; if those seniors had indeed developed a Heart Demon, it would be a huge problem if it wasn't apparent in peacetime, but they stabbed you in the back when necessary.

After his relief, Gu Yuan felt a tinge of anger; a place capable of breeding monsters like the Black Bear and things that can beguile the heart is definitely not a proper place.

Immediately he took out his own Magic Artifact, wanting to smash the remaining altar to pieces.

"Better to destroy this damned place!"

For these trivial matters, naturally Yun Ran wasn't needed, so Gu Yuan hurriedly told Yun Ran to go and rest; being trapped for so long, she must be exhausted.

"You go and rest for a while; I'll take care of the rest!"

With that, Gu Yuan named a few people to help him destroy everything unsightly nearby.

Dragon Spirit, now a phantom, naturally went unseen when it didn't want to be seen.

But since Xie Xuzhi had previous interactions with Dragon Spirit, it didn't bother to cover Xie Xuzhi's eyes.

Seeing Yun Ran sit down, Dragon Spirit flew over, coiling its tail, and sat beside her.

"This place is eerie; only people from the Xuan Sect like you dare rest here. Ordinary folks would have nightmares all night."

"You noticed too?"

Dragon Spirit immediately raised its head, jokingly, who was it? A being that transformed from a flood dragon into a dragon, how could its sight be poor?

"Of course, I've lived for thousands of years, how could I not see? What you just cleared with Heavenly Thunder was nourishment for Dream Demons, mortals should never touch it..."

As it spoke, Dragon Spirit's voice abruptly stopped.

It then belatedly raised its voice: "Damn, is this altar used to summon and nourish Dream Demons?"

Speaking of how potent Dream Demons are, they're not that formidable, after all, they don't have a physical form, and it's easy to finish them off.

But the trouble is, these things can enter dreams and even alter them.

A powerful Dream Demon can even control someone by changing their dreams.

If the controlled person is powerful, the danger escalates significantly.

Thinking of past encounters and the remarks of Little Shishu about the Daoist Protectors, Dragon Spirit suddenly felt enlightened.

Daoist Protectors would naturally not make something too powerful; Dream Demons, not being very strong, would naturally be their first choice.

However, life is unpredictable. Though Dream Demons lack combat power, they can beguile beings capable of dreaming...

The birth of the Twin Sealing, if not influenced by Dream Demons, Dragon Spirit wouldn't believe it at all.

Dragon Spirit shuddered, grateful that its true form wasn't here; otherwise, it wouldn't dare say if its true form could withstand the situation.

Previously, Dragon Spirit only thought it needed to guard against Yun Ran.

Now, it decided to hold its tail between its legs when it returned, lest it gets caught unaware and suffers a calamity.

As Yun Ran and Dragon Spirit conversed, Xie Xuzhi's gaze occasionally drifted over, making it impossible for Yun Ran to ignore it.

She finally turned her head: "Why do you keep staring?"

Caught in the act, Xie Xuzhi didn't feel too embarrassed, but he was a bit reluctant to admit his curiosity about how Yun Ran communicated with Dragon Spirit.

After some thought, he asked a question he had been curious about.

"May I see your Magic Artifact?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Ran's eyes narrowed slightly, signaling danger.

"What do you want?"

Xie Xuzhi naturally heard the caution in Yun Ran's tone and felt a bit helpless. He genuinely just wanted to look, with no other intentions.

"I just feel that your Magic Artifact seems very familiar, almost like..."

"Almost like it's yours?"

Yun Ran's tone turned ominous, finishing Xie Xuzhi's incomplete sentence.

Xie Xuzhi did indeed feel this way, but he wasn't foolish, especially with Yun Ran looking at him with a dangerous glint.

He immediately denied: "No, no, your artifact is yours, and no one can covet it."

There was sincerity in Xie Xuzhi's words, which forced Yun Ran to suppress the sudden spark of anger.

Already irritated by Xie Xuzhi's empathy with her Magic Artifact, seeing him waving it in front of her made Yun Ran even angrier.

It was like she'd been kind, helped someone, and then the cherished thing she nurtured started cozying up to the person she'd assisted.

Now, she couldn't say she regretted helping, nor could she discard the darling, which was infuriating to anyone!

"Don't bring this up in front of me again, or, Golden Master or not, I'll still beat you!"

Xie Xuzhi finally understood that his earlier feelings weren't mistaken; otherwise, Yun Ran wouldn't have been so angry.

But this didn't stop him from trying to appease Yun Ran: "Okay, I won't say another word."

Although Xie Xuzhi agreed readily, Yun Ran didn't feel comforted; she knew clearly that with Xie Xuzhi's intelligence, he would soon figure out the intricacies.

And indeed, Xie Xuzhi, in charge of the Special Administration Bureau's top-secret archives, knew far more than the ordinary person.

Considering Yun Ran's clear rejection and irritation, a bold hypothesis popped up in his mind.