Doomed by Fate, My Sect Urges My Comeback - Chapter 199

His father had always avoided the sects like the plague, even threatening his own life to make sure Ning Shaoyang never joined one.

Under his father’s influence, Ning Shaoyang had no fondness for sects either.

Seeing Mo Yu take out his family’s ancestral zither scores only deepened his hatred for the sects. He thought it was unfair! Clearly, these were his family’s possessions. What right did the sects have to inherit their legacy?

It made sense that his father despised the sects for this reason. But now, the information he learned from Mo Yu completely overturned his understanding and changed his thoughts.

Maybe even the sects themselves were just puppets.

The zither music became more frantic, chaotic, and urgent. Suddenly, he pressed his hands on the zither.

“Someone, come.”

Two figures appeared from the shadows.

Ning Shaoyang coldly commanded, “Investigate the Opportunity Tower. I want to know all its secrets.”

“Yes!”

After the dark guards left, Ning Shaoyang stored his zither in his spatial device and went up to the roof to meditate.

Early the next morning, Mo Yu carried the fishing rod she had obtained the previous day and found another spot to fish and read. A maid set up a small table beside her, filled with dried fruits and candies. Mo Yu fished and read, enjoying the gentle breeze.

From a distance, Ning Shaoyang saw this scene and felt his previously tense mind relax. Mo Yu’s lazy and carefree demeanor was something he, who diligently cultivated every day, had never experienced.

Ning Shaoyang walked over, and a maid promptly brought him a stool. Ning Shaoyang sat down, closing his eyes to enjoy the breeze. Mo Yu seemed to have a faint fragrance about her, a subtle yet calming scent that made him feel even more at ease.

When he arrived, Mo Yu only glanced at him before returning to her book. Another fish bit the hook, and without moving her hand, the fishing rod automatically reeled the fish into the basket.

Ning Shaoyang chuckled, “Miss Mo is quite leisurely.”

“Mm.” Mo Yu still didn’t look at him, casually responding, “Wait a moment, I need to finish these pages.”

Ning Shaoyang shook his head in resignation. He was the Zither Saint. Nowadays, many esteemed figures found it difficult to see him. Even people from second-tier sects had tried to recruit him, all of whom he had turned away. The maids present also stole glances at him. But Mo Yu treated him as if he were invisible the entire time. It was an unusual feeling.

“Last night, a woman named Bai Roujing approached me, trying to recruit me. She wanted to form a force to oppose the sects, believing that the sects monopolize all the resources in the Opportunity Tower and wanted to lead a rebellion.”

He shouldn’t have mentioned this. He let Bai Roujing go because he wanted to see what she could accomplish. If there was conflict between the sects and the families, it wouldn’t harm him.

Hearing this, Mo Yu finally looked up. “Did you agree?” She looked at him with a half-smile, a teasing glint in her eyes.

Ning Shaoyang felt comfortable talking to her, unlike with Bai Roujing, who would yell and be noisy. “No,” Ning Shaoyang shook his head, picking up the fishing rod. “If, as you said, the Opportunity Tower is a powerful magical weapon with its own spirit, even overthrowing the sects wouldn’t change anything.”

Mo Yu nodded in satisfaction and popped a preserved fruit into her mouth. “Right, but don’t your family forces know the secrets of the Opportunity Tower? Can’t you investigate?”

Ning Shaoyang laughed and shook his head. “It’s not that we can’t investigate; it’s that we’ve never tried. Our focus has always been on the sects. Everyone in the cultivation world knows how powerful the first-tier sects are. We thought the Opportunity Tower was a treasure guarded by the sects, with someone heavily guarding it, preventing us from entering.”

“If not for your reminder, I would still believe that and hold a grudge…”

Mo Yu understood and closed her book, looking at the white clouds in the blue sky. “Tell me, why do your families think that way? If joining a sect grants you access to various cultivation resources and your ancestral legacies in the Opportunity Tower, why do you resist the sects so much?”

Ning Shaoyang tossed a lively fish into the basket. “We value our bloodlines and legacies the most. To us, the inheritances left by our ancestors should belong to us, not be randomly thrown into the Opportunity Tower for sect members to squander. Originally, if our ancestors could leave all their legacies and accumulations to their descendants, we wouldn’t resist joining the sects. We might even join willingly, but…”

“Everyone believes that anyone who enters the Opportunity Tower will eventually die there, and this is due to the sects’ manipulation. So, our families are very wary of entering the Opportunity Tower. Sometimes, we send less talented members to retrieve resources for the truly gifted ones, but this practice has many drawbacks.”

Mo Yu’s voice was soft, her laughter seemed to drift from the heavens. “But who would have thought that the real culprit is the Opportunity Tower itself, not the sects? You’ve blamed the wrong people.”

“Indeed…”

Ning Shaoyang looked at her more closely. Mo Yu asked again, “All these years, did you really not notice anything strange?”

Ning Shaoyang leaned back in his chair and sighed, “Maybe someone did, but those who did were probably already part of the sects.”

Mo Yu nodded, “Makes sense.”

After discussing the zither scores, Mo Yu took out a new book to read. Jin Feng had been busy with the Song family matters but occasionally visited Mo Yu during her free time. Seeing Mo Yu enjoying her stay, Jin Feng was delighted and patted her chest, saying, “Stay as long as you like.

Don’t be polite with me. We’re good sisters.”

Mo Yu smiled, “Thank you.” She could hide in this village for decades.

“Is everything settled with the Song family?” She poured Jin Feng a cup of wine.

Jin Feng shook her head, “Not yet. A Golden Core Phase member of the Song family escaped. He was the most talented one, and we haven’t found him after many days. He might have gone to seek help from the Zhen Wu Sect.”