Murong Yu's eyes flashed with ferocity. "And the other half of the woman you are looking for is extremely opposite to your fate. As long as that woman spends a night with you, her lifespan will be directly reduced by half. It's using their lifespan to extend yours."
Hearing this, Lin Xiaotian frowned. He remembered what his master had told him before: even if he found his destined person, he must not engage in such matters lightly. He had to break through the shackles of his nature.
Murong Yu pointed to the birthmark on her face. "You probably don't know, but I'm at least twenty years older than you. Your family found me back then. He said I was his destined person. If it weren't for the people from Tianluodiwang telling me about the special fate of your Lin family, I would have almost fallen for his trick."
"When I learned the truth, I questioned him why he did this. He told me he had been searching for a way to break the fate, and he genuinely fell for me. We had already agreed that if he couldn't find a solution in the end, I would willingly give him half of my life."
"But do you know what he did in the end?"
Lin Xiaotian shook his head. He knew nothing about what happened back then. "No, but I believe you will tell me."
"Now, I am at the end of my rope, and your strength is immense. I can deal with those cannon fodder, but I can't deal with you."
As he spoke, Murong Yu couldn't help but mock him. "So you have some self-awareness."
"This incense burner comes from your family. However, this item has a very strange function. It can continuously channel the spiritual energy within your body into it. And when your family's blood drips into it, it will trigger a series of reactions."
"Do you want to make a vow before you die?"
"I'm very curious about what kind of help this incense burner will bring you. This is something that man searched for a long time without finding, but I saw it in the treasure vault of Tianluodiwang, so I took it along."
"When I learned that once one reaches the legendary realm of Land Immortal, this alchemy furnace will absorb all the power from the human body until all the true qi is completely depleted."
"And at this time, if you are without true qi, you can only be at the mercy of others."
"Your family has been completely wiped out, and all their knowledge inheritance has been severed. At this point, you can't even imagine what the greatest use of this incense burner is, especially when you reach your current realm. Even life itself would find it difficult to leave a wound on you, and you wouldn't think of dripping blood."
Lin Xiaotian's eyebrows shot up. "Oh, then before I die, I'll see what benefits this thing can bring!"
With that, he flipped his wrist, and the sharp small knife reappeared, placing it directly on his index finger.
A drop of blood fell onto the incense burner.
Immediately after, Lin Xiaotian felt a sense of enlightenment. A smile gradually appeared on his face, and his eyes showed a hint of mockery. "I have to thank you for telling me this true secret. This thing is indeed of great use to me."
"As for whether it's because of our family's special bloodline, I'm not sure, but I know this thing is definitely a divine artifact of legend."
"At first, Wu Gaoyang even asked me how such a small thing could be used for alchemy."
"I was a little puzzled myself. Some medicinal ingredients are very large and simply cannot fit into such a small alchemy furnace. But now I understand."
"Have you ever heard of something that can form its own space?"
As Lin Xiaotian's voice fell, he suddenly clenched his palm.
The palm-sized alchemy furnace directly turned into smoke and vanished instantly.
Murong Yu was slightly stunned, then her delicate eyebrows furrowed. She took a few cautious steps back, her eyes filled with solemnity. "This small alchemy furnace is indestructible. We tried many methods, but we couldn't figure out what material it was made of."
"Why did it disappear directly into your hand?"
Lin Xiaotian's face broke into a brilliant smile. He slowly opened his palm. On the heel of his palm, a black pattern appeared.
The pattern was no larger than a fingernail, but it was clearly visible that it was an alchemy furnace.
It was exactly the same as the alchemy furnace that had just disappeared, vividly etched on his tiger's mouth.
Lin Xiaotian smiled and said, "Now, can you guess?"
"I told you, this alchemy furnace forms its own space. It can not only store objects but also shrink itself down to a mere pattern, just clinging beneath my skin."
"And its most important function is that the feedback energy from the alchemy furnace is of great benefit to me."
"I'm too lazy to tell you the rest. Since you know about what happened back then, let's bring it to a conclusion. If I'm not mistaken, the annihilation of my Ye family back then is inextricably linked to your Tianluodiwang."
When Murong Yu heard this, disbelief flickered in her eyes. "How is that possible?"
"All your spiritual energy has been drained. Even with feedback, it wouldn't be this fast. I don't believe it!"
After she uttered her last sentence, she lunged at Lin Xiaotian with extreme speed.
She drew a soft sword from her hand and thrust it directly at Lin Xiaotian's heart.
Lin Xiaotian directly caught the tip of the sword. His eyes were filled with a mocking cold laugh. "I've always wondered who was behind this. My most suspected target was Tianluodiwang."
"After all, Tianluodiwang is an organization with a history of over a thousand years, and they have been constantly causing trouble for me, trying to gain more benefits from me."
"Especially after learning that you were greatly involved in the case of my family's灭门, I've been wondering if you joining Tianluodiwang would prompt them to attack me?"
"Actually, I had no deep-seated hatred with Tianluodiwang at first. According to normal logic, if they encountered a master like me, they should have retreated, or even extended an olive branch to me."
"But they didn't. I already had my suspicions."
"I've been waiting for this day. Even when I caught some clues before, I didn't directly pursue them. I trusted my suspicions, which is my confidence in my own intuition."