Ye Tiancheng was quite cautious, but he was still willing to hear what Long Miaomiao had to say.
"What do you mean?"
Long Miaomiao thought for a moment before speaking to Ye Tiancheng, "Do you ever feel that when you do things that benefit the world, like collecting fragments of the Fuxi Qin or restoring the pure land, you feel like your wishes are more easily granted?"
"This 'wishes granted' doesn't necessarily mean something very direct."
"Instead, things you hope will happen always come to pass by chance, in a roundabout way. Just as you think of something you want, the next second, you find an opportunity and successfully achieve your idea. Everything is unbelievably smooth."
Ye Tiancheng carefully recalled the events that had happened to him.
It was only when Long Miaomiao explained it that he suddenly realized that things were indeed like that.
He couldn't help but ask Long Miaomiao, "It really seems to be the case. What is the reason for this?"
Long Miaomiao explained to Ye Tiancheng, "This is not a bad thing at all. It's precisely because you are doing good deeds. It's the reward from heaven and earth, which will try to give you some help to make your actions smoother, allowing your wishes to be granted and averting disasters."
"So sometimes, when you encounter such coincidences, you don't need to be overly nervous, because it might not be a conspiracy behind it. It might be a gift from heaven and earth."
"However, of course, your caution is a good thing. This doesn't mean someone won't try to scheme against you behind the scenes, so it's right for you to be vigilant. As long as you understand the situation behind it and confirm it's safe, you don't need to overthink things that are difficult to explain, because there's no need."
This was the first time Ye Tiancheng had heard such a statement. He never expected such a thing to exist in the world.
However, since Long Miaomiao said it, it was likely not an exaggeration.
Long Miaomiao had lived longer and knew more than him, which was quite normal.
Moreover, Ye Tiancheng had never had a bad premonition. It was just his instinctive caution that made him a bit more careful when facing such matters.
Ye Tiancheng said, "I really didn't know about such a thing. Now that you've told me, I will know in the future."
Long Miaomiao then said, "However, opportunities are opportunities. How to persuade the other party to trade with you and how to judge if they meet the conditions are all things you have to figure out yourself."
Ye Tiancheng sighed, "This is already enough."
Without such opportunities being handed to them, even Ye Tiancheng would not have had enough confidence to persuade someone to trade their soul with him. He probably wouldn't even have the chance, let alone what came after.
Long Miaomiao reminded him again.
"Even so, this might be an opportunity given to you, but you cannot be too utilitarian when facing such matters. These people might indeed need help and are willing to trade with you, but they may not have suitable residual soul fragments. You cannot refuse to help others just because there is no benefit."
"Being too utilitarian is not a good thing. If this continues, your good luck might disappear because of it."
Ye Tiancheng quickly said, "I understand that. In the past, we helped others not for any reward or compensation. Now that we can help the little fox repair her soul, there's no reason for us to have wicked intentions. We will absolutely not do that."
After discussing this, Ye Tiancheng felt as if a great weight had been lifted from his heart.
This great weight had almost reached Ye Tiancheng's throat and was about to fall out, but now it slowly descended, making Ye Tiancheng feel more and more relaxed.
It was a pity that for beings like heaven and earth, one could not give a specific reward like one would to a person. Ye Tiancheng thought that perhaps he could only speed up the process and collect all the Fuxi Qin fragments as soon as possible to repay the opportunities bestowed upon him by heaven and earth.
They continued to act according to the previous arrangements.
Long Miaomiao was mainly active outside, searching for the whereabouts of the fragments. However, this method of searching, even on a snowy mountain peak, was truly like finding a needle in a haystack. Long Miaomiao did not have much hope in this regard.
But she still persisted in doing so.
On one hand, it was what they had agreed upon, just in case. On the other hand, Long Miaomiao believed that the matters Ye Tiancheng and the others were about to investigate might have clues outside, and she might also make some discoveries.
If they only stayed indoors, the information they collected would be limited.
Ye Tiancheng and the little fox stayed in the house, responsible for investigating the owner's situation. They also had some ideas.
First, they definitely could not directly expose the owner's identity as a living dead person. Who knew what consequences this would trigger? They couldn't even determine the owner's good or evil nature yet.
Moreover, not revealing their own thoughts beforehand would make it easier to understand the owner's situation.
Perhaps because he had returned from hunting, the owner no longer went out much.
Ye Tiancheng had originally asked Long Miaomiao, since the owner had become a living dead person, a corpse that could move freely and possess its own will, it was still a corpse, so it should not need to eat anymore. Why did the owner hunt prey?
And it was such strange prey...
However, Long Miaomiao indicated that anything was possible in nature.
Perhaps the owner just happened to hunt such strange prey and did not intentionally search for it. The conditions on the snowy mountain were harsh, and there was no room for people to be picky.
As for other things.
The owner prepared dried meat and dried vegetables, which might have been for other climbers who came here. It was also possible that he still had human thoughts in his heart and did not want to completely turn into a monster, thus retaining human habits and wanting to consider himself a normal person.
As for why he needed prey, Long Miaomiao had another explanation.
Fresh blood and flesh were beneficial for maintaining the vitality of a living dead person, especially if they were of the same kind. If they wanted to survive longer, they would compromise and choose to extend their lives by consuming fresh blood and flesh of animals. To some extent, this could be considered a good deed.
Ye Tiancheng then realized that there was such a saying.
However, Long Miaomiao also said that most living dead people probably couldn't last that long, and it was even harder to choose to extend their lives by consuming the blood and flesh of their own kind, because it was truly difficult to overcome the psychological barrier. Over time, they would easily fall into madness.
Those who could persist in this matter for a long time must have a deep obsession in their hearts, a reason why they had to stay, to be able to persevere.
As Ye Tiancheng pondered these matters, he thought of the owner's request to borrow communication equipment earlier.
He suddenly wondered if there was a possibility that the family the owner mentioned was the reason he persisted in walking the earth.
Hoping that one day he could still contact them and let them know that he was still "alive."
Even if he hid in the deep mountains like this, disappearing from the human world without a trace, it would be much better than letting them know about his death. And if he could send back a message, it would be a glimmer of hope for his family.
However, this was not the only consideration.
Ye Tiancheng thought that he still had to try to connect these events with the whereabouts of the Fuxi Qin fragments.
He wondered how the owner became a living dead person.
Was there a possibility that the owner's coincidence was related to the Fuxi Qin fragments?
However, this would inevitably make people worry. If there was a connection, would taking the Fuxi Qin fragments harm this owner?
If this owner was truly good, before taking the Fuxi Qin fragments, they would probably have to find a way to fulfill the owner's wish first before they could take the fragments. Otherwise, wouldn't they be doing something bad?
Long Miaomiao went out to search for the fragments on the day after the owner returned.
When Ye Tiancheng and the others were active, the owner mostly stayed in the house and was not seen coming out. It wasn't until noon that the owner came out, looked at Ye Tiancheng and the others, then went into the kitchen. After a while, he came out again and saw only Ye Tiancheng and the little fox. He couldn't help but start talking to them.
"I remember before, there was a little girl with you. Where did she go?"
Ye Tiancheng did not expect the owner to suddenly ask about Long Miaomiao's whereabouts.
However, Ye Tiancheng and the others certainly could not tell the truth, so Ye Tiancheng replied to the owner, "She has always liked this environment and is restless, so she went out to play."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the owner's expression changed.
His expression and tone seemed to contain a tone of blame, accusing Ye Tiancheng and the little fox, "How can you two big men let a little girl wander around in such a dangerous environment? This is too irresponsible!"
Ye Tiancheng tried to explain, "This is not the first time she has done this, nor is it her first time on a snowy mountain. She likes it this way..."
Seeing the owner's expression getting worse and his words seemingly expressing good intentions, Ye Tiancheng stopped talking and changed his tune, "Alright, alright, we were indeed not careful enough before. We will go find her now."
Ye Tiancheng stood up, and the little fox followed him.
The owner's reaction was completely beyond their expectations. Moreover, with such an event happening, it seemed that they would have to make some changes to their future plans, otherwise, they might cause some trouble.
Not only Ye Tiancheng and the little fox went out to search for Long Miaomiao, but the owner also joined them.
The owner seemed very worried and intended to personally find Long Miaomiao.
He strongly believed that the environment here was not optimistic, and if anyone walked outside, it would be a great danger, let alone Long Miaomiao.
Although Long Miaomiao was a dragon, in the owner's eyes, Long Miaomiao was just an ordinary young girl, not yet fully grown, who had probably only recently reached adulthood. If he was genuinely kind, it was normal for him to have such concerns.
Under such circumstances, Ye Tiancheng and the others would not refute the owner's intentions.
On this snowy mountain, Ye Tiancheng and the others had no way to find Long Miaomiao immediately. They could only wander around, trying to find out where Long Miaomiao was, and also to investigate the whereabouts of the Fuxi Qin fragments.
Unlike the owner's misunderstanding, Ye Tiancheng and the others knew very well that Long Miaomiao would not encounter any danger here.
Even though this was a majestic snowy mountain, for Long Miaomiao, she could walk on it as if on flat ground. If she were to have an accident and encounter any danger in such a place, it would be utterly ridiculous.
At this time, Long Miaomiao was not yet aware of what had happened at the cabin.
With Ye Tiancheng accompanying the little fox at the cabin, and Long Miaomiao having left a spiritual sense to check the situation, if there was no danger, the spiritual sense would not be triggered.