Chapter 178: Misfortune Card, Binding Tang San!
At the same time, inside the chat group.
Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and the other girls were eagerly waiting, ready to feast on Tang Yuehua's gossip.
But even after tagging her for quite a while and waiting for a long time, they saw that Tang Yuehua, whose nickname was "Elegant Noble Lady," continued to play dead, refusing to reply with even a single word.
This immediately made the gossip-hungry girls feel bored, and they pouted in dissatisfaction.
Since the person involved refused to come out and admit anything, there was no point chatting idly in the chat group. Gradually, they dispersed and stopped pressing further.
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Scene shift: the Extreme North.
Inside a magnificent Snow Woman Palace, entirely carved from ten-thousand-year profound ice and crystal clear throughout.
At this moment, the Ice Empress, dressed in a flowing emerald-green gown, stood gracefully within the residence of the ruler of the Extreme North, the Snow Empress.
The palace was filled with biting cold, but for these two rulers of the Extreme North, it was the most comfortable environment.
A thoughtful glint flickered in the Ice Empress's emerald eyes as she looked toward the peerless beauty seated upon the frozen throne.
"Sister Xue," the Ice Empress said with some frustration, "how exactly are we supposed to act to obtain higher rewards from the diary system?"
Pouting slightly, she played with a strand of hair hanging before her chest.
"If we just keep waiting like this every day, passively receiving those basic guaranteed rewards…"
"Although those rewards do steadily improve our cultivation, I still feel the speed is a bit too slow."
Her concern was not without reason. The four-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation hung over her head like the Sword of Damocles, ready to fall at any moment.
She urgently needed more and stronger rewards to increase her foundation.
After hearing her complaint, the Snow Empress on the throne gave a slight nod.
Her flawless, snow-white face maintained its usual cold calmness.
Her deep gaze seemed capable of piercing through endless blizzards. After a moment of thought, she slowly spoke, "Ice Empress, I understand how you feel."
"In fact, the pattern for obtaining those generous diary rewards is already quite clear."
"The best method is to find ways to appear before that human named Lin Yuan."
"As long as we have interactions with him in reality…"
"And leave a deep impression on him, causing him to mention us more often in the diary…"
"Then the probability of obtaining exclusive rewards will increase exponentially."
Hearing this, the Ice Empress's eyes lit up briefly, then dimmed again, her expression troubled.
"But sister… we are soul beasts, and fierce ones from the Extreme North at that."
"If we want to enter the human world, the only way is to abandon our original forms and transform into humans to approach him."
At this point, she frowned deeply, revealing the core problem.
"But if we rashly transform into humans and travel all the way to the Heaven Dou Empire, suddenly appearing before Lin Yuan…"
"That kind of deliberate coincidence would be far too obvious."
"There's a high chance we'd directly expose the fact that we also possess a diary copy!"
Her words plunged the Snow Empress into silence as well.
Indeed, two rulers of the Extreme North who had never set foot in the human world suddenly transformed to meet a completely unrelated human youth…
As long as he wasn't a fool, he would immediately guess their intentions were related to the diary.
The Ice Empress let out a heavy sigh. "The risk is just too great."
"If we accidentally expose that we possess a diary copy…"
"Who knows what kind of terrifying punishment this diary system might impose?"
"If it strips us of our qualification or even erases us entirely, the loss would far outweigh the gain."
The two rulers of the Extreme North fell into silence within the magnificent icy palace.
On one side was the immense temptation to defy fate and survive the heavenly tribulation.
On the other hand was the unknown risk of exposing their secret and suffering the system's backlash.
Even after living for hundreds of thousands of years, they found themselves caught in a dilemma before this mysterious diary system, unsure of what to do.
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Night deepened, and countless stars dotted the sky above Heaven Dou City.
As midnight arrived, the familiar mechanical notification of the diary system sounded in Lin Yuan's mind as scheduled.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing today's diary. Calculating today's rewards…]
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining today's reward: Misfortune Card!]
With a thought from Lin Yuan, a card emitting a faint black, eerie glow appeared out of thin air in his palm.
He focused his gaze, and the system panel immediately displayed its detailed description.
[Misfortune Card: Special consumable causality-type item.]
[Effect: The host may designate a specific target.]
[After use, the target will encounter all kinds of unavoidable bad luck within a certain period of time, facing extremely unfavorable events.]
[Minor cases include choking while drinking water or tripping on flat ground. Severe cases may involve deviation during cultivation or sudden calamities from the heavens.]
Looking at the strange black-glowing Misfortune Card in his hand, a cold smile curved on Lin Yuan's lips.
He didn't hesitate at all.
In his mind, he directly locked onto the target of the card—
Tang San!
Why Tang San?
Lin Yuan's logic was simple and crude.
Since your father, Tang Hao, dared to sneak into the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy in the middle of the night and attempt to act against Xiao Wu—
Although Zhao Yun had decisively intervened, severing one of Tang Hao's right arms, and even confiscated a precious eighty-thousand-year Clear Sky Sect inherited soul bone as interest for his recklessness, it was still far from enough!
If a son is not taught, it is the father's fault.
But if the father acts shamelessly, the son should naturally suffer as well!
Lin Yuan had yet to collect any interest from Tang San!
Tang San was Tang Hao's biological son. Father and son shared one heart.
Using this kind of "collective responsibility" to deal with Tang San felt perfectly reasonable to Lin Yuan.
"System, use the Misfortune Card on Tang San!" Lin Yuan sneered inwardly as he gave the command.
The moment his words fell, the black card in his hand transformed into an invisible wisp of dark energy.
This energy pierced through space, ignoring distance, and shot straight toward Nuoding City in Fasinuo Province!
Meanwhile, deep into the night.
Inside the Seven Dormitory of Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, everything was quiet.
Tang San lay on his bed, fast asleep, smacking his lips slightly, sleeping soundly.
He would never have imagined that because of his father's reckless actions, a disaster from nowhere had already locked onto him.
He had no idea that in the days to come, what kind of terrible, unavoidable misfortune awaited him.
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