NIP Chapter 575 Guiding Fate
Chapter 575 Guiding Fate
Thinking of this, Lin Hanzhou turned his gaze to another part of the system panel.
There, there is a mark radiating a rich, crimson light; that is his most mysterious talent—[Nine Reincarnations]!
It was because this red talent was activated that he was able to begin this new life.
With the activation of the red talent, he was also granted a brand new random gold talent.
Lin Hanzhou's gaze moved down to the very bottom of the panel, where there was a line of text radiating a mysterious and profound dark golden light.
This is the new golden talent he has gained in this life.
[Golden Talent]: Guidance of Destiny.
[Talent Type]: Active Talent.
[Talent Description]: In the darkness, there is a will of Heaven. The threads of fate weave through all things, and can also guide you through your confusion. The host can make a specific wish to fate (such as: finding a treasure, finding a person, solving a predicament, etc.). After the talent is activated, the host will receive "guidance from fate".
[Cooldown Time]: 1,000 years.
[Talent Limitations and Explanations]: Fate is unpredictable and cannot be fully fathomed. The guidance of this talent is not absolutely accurate; [Guidance of Fate] cannot be 100% effective. During use, there is a probability that the guidance will be interrupted, the guidance target will deviate, or it may even become completely ineffective.
The grander the wish, the deeper the causal relationships it touches, and the greater the probability that the guidance will fail.
Note: This talent is an exclusive derivative reward of the [Nine Reincarnations] talent and is bound to the host's soul in this life.
If the host dies in this life, this talent will be permanently lost and cannot be carried over to the next reincarnation.
Looking at the new talent marked as gold by the system, Lin Hanzhou sat on his horse and fell into a long silence.
The description of this talent is truly hard to put into words.
If we were to evaluate it, it would be a very difficult-to-define and contradictory talent.
You think it's amazing? It truly is incredible.
What in this world could be more domineering than making a wish directly to "fate"?
As long as you make a wish, you will receive clear guidance. This is simply a universal key to solving all spiritual problems.
Whether it's searching for the lost imperial weapon or seeking the elixir of immortality, both seem to have a chance of being realized.
Even if a great emperor were alive, he would have to pay a heavy price to barely deduce a fraction of this method that can interfere with the great principles of cause and effect.
Moreover, a thousand-year cooldown period is not long for him; in fact, it can be considered very short.
But if you call it useless, it does feel somewhat redundant, even a complete rip-off.
Its most fatal flaw is that wishes cannot be 100% successful!
Can the guidance of fate fail? Does failure mean nothing happened?
This means that you might have waited a thousand years, finally accumulated enough cooldown time, solemnly made a wish, only to have the system tell you "the thread of fate has broken, guidance has failed," then all your thousand years of waiting would have been for nothing.
Moreover, if the guidance goes astray and leads you to some extremely dangerous place or to some indescribable terrifying being, wouldn't you end up not only failing to make your wish but also sending yourself to your death?
"What a gambling talent, all based on luck."
Lin Hanzhou made a fair assessment in his mind.
Given his steady and methodical approach in his previous life, he actually disliked things that were full of uncertainty.
Fate, this ethereal and elusive law of destiny, is most likely to backfire on oneself.
However, he can be said to have truly started from scratch.
The enormous resources required by this body are simply impossible to gather in this barren northern desert region.
If we simply follow the established procedures to search for relics and seize resources, the process will be far too slow.
He didn't have that much time to play house with those ants at the Fourth Extreme Realm and Dragon Transformation Realm.
Therefore, in this predicament, Lin Hanzhou had no better options.
We have no choice but to try anything, even if it seems hopeless!
As early as last night, when he had just crushed Zhang Yanran's soul and walked out of Lanyue Tower, he had already activated this damn golden talent without hesitation.
In the instant his talent was activated, he made a very clear wish to that elusive destiny:
"I need resources. I need resources that will allow this sacred body to fully awaken and embark on the path of cultivation!"
The moment he made his wish, Lin Hanzhou felt as if an ancient and desolate bell tolled deep within his consciousness.
Immediately afterwards, in his retina, in the field of vision that only he could see, appeared a thin, ethereal line, as thin as a spider's thread, emitting a faint golden glow.
The golden thread extended from between his eyebrows, heading north, passing through the city walls of Ulan City, and stretching all the way to the deepest part of the endless, desolate desert, pointing in a completely unknown direction.
This is "the guidance of fate".
And then, it turned into what it is now.
Riding his Wind-Treading Azure-Scaled Horse, under the scorching sun and covered in yellow sand, Lin Hanzhou wandered aimlessly through the desolate desert, following the faint golden thread in his vision, like a headless fly.
He himself didn't know what lay at the end of that line.
Is it a cave dwelling that hides ancient elixirs? Is it an undiscovered spirit stone mine? Or is it the lair of a terrifyingly powerful demon beast?
He knew nothing.
"I just hope that this talent, which has been rated as gold by the system, will be a little bit more powerful."
Lin Hanzhou looked up at the horizon distorted by the heatwave in the distance, his eyes becoming deep and sharp.
"Please don't let it be the kind of guide who makes a wish but then fails halfway through, or a useless person who leads me into some dead end where they're completely stingy."
Lin Hanzhou squeezed the horse's belly with his legs again.
"drive!"
The two spirit horses quickened their pace, transforming into two black afterimages, and galloped resolutely towards the deepest part of the desert along the golden line of destiny that only Lin Hanzhou could see.