NOVEL NEXT Chapter 109 Borrowing Luck
"That's right, you are a man of great fortune. Now, I will lend you one or two measures of luck!"
With the Heavenly Mechanism Mirror confirming the decision, Liu Xuanji looked over faintly.
"I…"
The young man summoned his courage, gritting his teeth: "Reporting to the Sect Leader, with such an amount of luck, I fear that I won't be able to repay it!"
"Don't worry, as long as you borrow it, we will naturally find a way to recover both the principal and interest! Even if you can't repay it now, you will have many years in the future to slowly pay it back!"
Liu Xuanji said.
Her face was expressionless, and her tone was devoid of any emotion, as if discussing something trivial.
"Then… how do I repay it?" the young man asked.
"Very simple, after you exhaust the borrowed fortune, you will experience countless bad events that will erode your luck, that is, misfortune; as long as you can endure them, the debt will be repaid!"
This time, Liu Xuanji remained silent. An adolescent boy stepped forward and explained.
"Understood..." the young man nodded.
The borrowed luck would be completely used up in one matter, leaving only misfortune afterward.
However… if this good fortune could help him find out Zhang Xuan's whereabouts and report it smoothly to Crown Prince Yuanqing, just this one event would make him financially free, never having to work hard for the rest of his life.
After a few days of news spreading, the sole price for providing information about Zhang Xuan had become a reward of "Marquis status."
A marquis was ranked much higher than a Tier-2 Citizen, and in terms of Contribution Value, it would definitely be over three thousand!
With this, what else would he need?
"Borrow or not?" Seeing that he had understood, the adolescent boy asked.
"Borrow!" the young man gritted his teeth.
"Very well!"
The adolescent boy nodded and looked toward Liu Xuanji beside him: "Please grant him the luck, Sect Leader!"
"Hmm!"
Liu Xuanji nodded and gently flicked her jade-like finger in the air. Instantly, a River of Destiny appeared.
This river was entirely different from any he had seen before, like white clouds drifting in the sky, pure and light, giving a sense of ethereal indefiniteness.
Luck itself is something ethereal and elusive; the fact that she could comprehend it and gather it together suggested that Liu Xuanji was even more formidable than he had imagined.
True, someone who could comprehend First Level Destiny and become its controller could hardly be simple.
Zhang Xuan's heart was filled with a sense of vigilance as he continued to watch.
Summoning the River of Destiny, Liu Xuanji gently grasped a segment of it, splitting it off, and it flowed straight toward the young man before her.
In the blink of an eye, an unknown quantity flowed, much like a river pouring into the sea.
"This… is one or two measures?"
Zhang Xuan was startled.
If the current River of Luck were to be converted into an ordinary river, it would have filled several massive stone pools with sides one kilometer long and a depth of ten meters.
So much luck, and it's only one or two measures...
No wonder the Frost Demon Lord called it a fortune!
"Alright, the luck has been borrowed…"
Liu Xuanji retracted her hand, stopping the influx of luck. At this moment, the young man's entire body seemed to be glowing with a white light, looking from a distance like a holy angel.
"Is it done already?"
The young man was stunned for a moment, just about to sense if his body had changed when he felt a surge in his chest and involuntarily let out a burp.
Boom!
The next moment, his aura surged. Using the power of the burp, he broke through his current cultivation, breaking through the shackles that had been confining him.
Moreover, as he just raised his hand to scratch his head, a bird egg fell right into his palm, stunning everyone around.
"Is this an egg of a grade-7 Sky Cloud Vulture? Once hatched, it can become the beast pet of a grade-7 Aerial Origin Beast…"
"Is this the effect of one or two measures of luck? This is terrifying..."
An uproar ensued around them.
After obtaining the luck, in less than twenty breaths, not only had he successfully broken through the shackles of his cultivation, but he had also received a grade-7 beast pet...
No wonder everyone wanted to borrow luck. When fortune comes, it's indeed like a cheat, and everything you do feels heaven-defying.
"Alright, today's luck has been borrowed. If you wish to borrow more, continue to queue and wait…"
Ignoring the crowd's shock, the adolescent boy looked around.
"Yes!" everyone nodded, knowing the rules.
Each time borrowing luck followed this procedure, only once a day. If not selected, one could only wait, eventually ending up like the first or second contender, turning into a corpse.
Just as everyone was settling down to practice quietly and wait for tomorrow's borrowing, Liu Xuanji's voice rang out again.
"Since today, there appeared one with sure survival in ten lives, and one with certain death in ten lives, I, as the Sect Leader, will make an exception and grant luck to the one with certain death."
"For me?"
Just about to leave quietly, Zhang Xuan hadn't expected he would be noticed. He could only cup his fists and bow: "Sect Leader Liu intends to lend luck to me?"
"Are you afraid to take it?"
Liu Xuanji chuckled lightly.
"Of course not. If the Sect Leader is willing to lend, I would be more than grateful!" Zhang Xuan cupped his fists.
Unlike the young man earlier, he would definitely not refuse if he could borrow. After all, without borrowing, trying to save Empyrean Kong shi would be deadly.
With luck, there would be a slim chance of survival. As long as he lived, the debt could eventually be repaid.
"Indeed... however, 80 measures of luck is too much, I can only lend you thirty for now. If you can repay this before using it, I can lend you the remaining fifty measures!"
Liu Xuanji said.
"Repay before using? How could I manage that?" Zhang Xuan was bewildered.
Repay before using the luck… if he had that ability, he wouldn't need to be here borrowing.
"That's your problem!"
Liu Xuanji said: "Of course, you can also find others to borrow. If you can find more people willing to borrow, each measure borrowed by another will reduce your debt by five coins!"
Zhang Xuan fell silent.
This was a black market loan.
If you can't repay, just get relatives and friends to borrow. The more people borrow, the more debt relief you get…
She really knew how to calculate.
But… who could he get to borrow?
Sun Qiang? Yu Xiaoyu? Liu Mingyue?
The ones he knew and trusted were just these few, and they fundamentally lacked the ability to repay. It wouldn't make sense to have them borrow, and then he'd still have to find a way to repay.
What difference would it make if he borrowed instead?
"If you agree, I will give you thirty measures now! If you can bring sixty measures of borrowers before using it, I will lend you the remaining fifty measures..."
Liu Xuanji said.
"Alright, I'll borrow!"
After pondering for a moment and finding no better solution, Zhang Xuan's eyes flashed, and he gritted his teeth.
If the rescue failed this time, it would spell certain death; no amount of debt would matter then. If the rescue succeeded, he might experience some misfortune, but with his identity as the Master of One Realm, he might be able to pull through.
"Good, you have courage!"
Liu Xuanji nodded, her jade-like hand grasped, and the River of Destiny appeared once more. In an instant, countless pure white clouds surged into Zhang Xuan's body.