Zhu Yanyi asked again, "Was it really you who went to the Zhu family in Zhu City back then?"
"Yes. I never intended for the Zhu family to fall into ruin because I still needed their luck." He could not stop his mouth from spilling these truths.
"How do you convert that luck?" Zhu Yanyi continued.
"We have a Buddha statue. As long as we have luck, we can collect it through the statue and bring it back to our dimension. We then go into seclusion to absorb it slowly." He could no longer hold back; everything was revealed.
Medicine Old Man and the Godfather, standing nearby, looked at Zhu Yanyi. For the first time, they shared a common thought: Zhu Yanyi was no longer the little girl from years ago. She had her own capabilities.
Zhu Yanyi pondered for a moment. "Where is that Buddha?"
The masked man took it out. It was a black Buddha statue, thumb-sized. To be precise, it was carved from black jade. This statue differed from the usual Buddhas seen in temples. It had three eyes, with the third eye on its forehead. This appearance was not necessarily ugly; in Taoism, Erlang Shen Yang Jian also had three eyes, with the third on his forehead.
However, strangely, the eyeball of this third eye was red, and there was a talisman drawn within it.
Zhu Yanyi did not take it to examine closely. She only glanced at it and felt that the statue made her uncomfortable.
"This statue makes people feel uneasy," Zhu Yanyi said to Yan Aohan.
Yan Aohan smiled faintly. "An evil Buddha naturally clashes with orthodox Buddhist teachings. Of course, you feel uncomfortable." Yan Aohan clapped his hand lightly. The statue seemed to be stared at, and the eye on its forehead closed.
"Is this eye alive?" Zhu Yanyi realized.
Yan Aohan nodded. "This evil Buddha has some skill. It transformed one of its abilities into the third eye within this black statue. It absorbs my luck, converts it, and sends it into its own body."
"It sounds like something bad," Zhu Yanyi frowned slightly.
"It’s fine. This thing has little power to exert here," Yan Aohan said calmly. "Although this masked man wanted to absorb more luck, the spiritual energy here is insufficient. Even with luck, he does not have enough time to digest it."
Hearing Yan Aohan’s words, Zhu Yanyi understood. Because the digestion time was insufficient, they only absorbed the luck of the Zhu family in Zhu City. Otherwise, how could they have ignored other families? There were many families in the world, and those with long histories naturally had stronger family fortune.
Zhu Yanyi turned to the masked man. "Why did you pay attention to this dimension? Since there is no spiritual energy here, you should not have cared."
The masked man had given up. He could not hide anything because he automatically spoke out many things. "This dimension was discovered by chance. We found no spiritual energy here. However, since there are many families, we discovered considerable family luck. Also, because there is no spiritual energy, we did not worry about cultivators discovering us stealing the world’s luck."
"Stealing? You are quite honest. It seems you know exactly what you are doing," Zhu Yanyi said with a smile. "How many people like you are on this planet?"
"Only me. Since there is no spiritual energy here, anyone with slight ability cannot come. I am the lowest among our cultivators, so I came here," the masked man said. "Over forty years ago, I stole Zhu Xinfu’s luck. The people above valued me, so they told me to continue working hard."
A trace of killing intent flashed in Zhu Yanyi’s eyes, then vanished instantly, as if it had never existed. She said, "Was Zhu Xinfu’s遭遇 forty years ago also your scheme?"
"To create karma, we promised the Zhu family wealth. In return, they helped us obtain Zhu Xinfu’s luck. This is karma. Zhu Yongfu of the Zhu family in Zhu City agreed. Our plan was complete. In forty-nine years, Zhu Xinfu would surely die. Then his luck would become our Buddha’s possession. Unexpectedly, you discovered us and saved him. As he recovered, he forcibly sucked back our original luck. This was our backlash. Therefore, we needed more luck to resolve this backlash."
The masked man chattered on, revealing quite a bit.
Zhu Yanyi smiled faintly. "I never thought that saving my grandfather would cause your evil Buddha to suffer backlash. It seems karma is destined, and the Heavenly Dao is fair."
"The Heavenly Dao of this world is weak. We only need to modify it slightly. Also, the Heavenly Dao of this world rests for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea every forty-nine days. We enter and exit during this rest period. Otherwise, if the Heavenly Dao discovered us, we would not have a good outcome."
The masked man truly knew no secrets. He spoke freely, revealing everything he could and could not say.
Zhu Yanyi now understood why outsiders like them could come here without being discovered by the Heavenly Dao. They took advantage of the Heavenly Dao’s nap.
"The Heavenly Dao also naps?" Zhu Yanyi laughed.
Yan Aohan said, "This world needs more heavenly luck to maintain itself. The Heavenly Dao’s energy weakens every day. Therefore, after forty-nine days, it must rest for a cup of tea’s time to recover its heavenly luck. Otherwise, this world would collapse."
Zhu Yanyi understood completely. She then asked, "So, how many families’ luck have you stolen so far?"
"We have stolen the luck of the Mao family and the Chen family. We also took the Zhu family in Zhu City. However, due to the backlash from Zhu Xinfu’s matter, it counts as nothing," the masked man answered seriously. "We originally planned to continue stealing luck from other families, but we did not have time to execute it."
Zhu Yanyi looked at the masked man with a faint smile. "You are quite straightforward. I am comfortable listening." She then turned to Yan Aohan. "Do you have anything else to ask?"
Yan Aohan nodded and looked at the masked man. "Tell me your personal background, including the situation with your evil Buddha. Say everything you know."
The masked man did not want to speak, but he had to. As soon as Yan Aohan finished asking, he involuntarily revealed everything. He laid it all out cleanly, without any impurities. He even mentioned how old he was when he wet his pants as a child.