I Can See Through All Things' Information Chapter 1418 Chapter 857: Star-Crossed Lovers, the Daoist of Five Treasures' Request

Back then, Yun Shu had reached the late Foundation Establishment stage, and a top-grade elixir would offer tremendous aid for her breakthrough into the Golden Core Realm.

Being accepted as the Master's Direct Disciple represented a dream opportunity for innumerable disciples.

Yet Yun Shu only gave him a cold glance and raised the Peach Wood Sword Pendant before him: "Young Sect Leader, I've already sworn a vow to my senior brother that no one else but him will I marry in this lifetime. Thank you for your kind intentions."

Rejected publicly, Shao Sida's expression turned grim initially, but shortly after he

restored his affable manner and smiled, saying: "Junior Sister Yun Shu already has someone she loves; it was I who overstepped."

Five Treasure Taoist, concealed behind a tree at that moment, was touched by Yun Shu's resolve and thankful for Shao Sida's apparent "generosity".

He believed the incident would fade away, unaware that the sting of rejection had sown a seed of resentment deep in Shao Sida's heart.

From that point onward, Shao Sida continued to display overt concern for Yun Shu, while covertly probing into every detail of her life.

Later, Five Treasure Taoist discovered that Shao Sida, leveraging his role as Young Sect Leader, delved into the sect's confidential records and even bribed an informed elder to uncover Yun Shu's Spirit Charm Furnace Body secret.

"What he truly desired was never Yun Shu herself, but her unique physique."

Five Treasure Taoist clenched his teeth, his eyes brimming with barely contained fury. "He understood that the Spirit Charm Furnace Body would make ascending to the Primordial Spirit Realm effortless, like taking candy from a baby, and even allow swift progress within it, positioning him as a future mainstay of the sect."

Yun Shu remained oblivious to all this, devoting herself wholly to cultivating alongside Five Treasure Taoist as their promised core formation date drew near.

Thanks to Yun Shu's support, Five Treasure Taoist at last sensed the gateway to the Golden Core Realm.

Fate took a cruel turn on the day Yun Shu ventured down the mountain for a sect-assigned training mission.

The task held no real peril; it merely involved collecting the yearly tribute from the sect's affiliated workshop.

Following tradition, Yun Shu needed only to take along two Outer Disciples to accomplish it without issue.

Prior to leaving, Yun Shu thoughtfully packed Five Treasure Taoist's beloved spirit cake and smiled: "Senior Brother, upon my return, we'll seclude ourselves together to form our Golden Cores. Success is certain."

Five Treasure Taoist still recalled seeing her off at the mountain gate, watching as she mounted the Immortal Crane with the disciples and vanished into the distance, his heart swelling with visions of their shared future.

He expected to reunite with his beloved junior sister in merely half a month, never imagining it would mark their eternal parting.

Ten days following Yun Shu's departure, word arrived from the workshop: Yun Shu's group had suffered an assault by Demon Cultivators en route back. The two Outer Disciples fell instantly, and Yun Shu's survival hung in uncertainty.

This devastating report struck like lightning, crumbling Five Treasure Taoist's world.

Without a moment to ponder or gather supplies, he seized the Peach Wood Sword Pendant and bolted from the sect in a frenzy.

"Back then, I genuinely believed Demon Cultivators were responsible."

Five Treasure Taoist's voice trembled with emotion.

"Demon Cultivators have long infiltrated the human domains of the Heavenly Origin Great World, and whispers from the workshop region lent credence to it. I tormented myself for not going with her, for my weakness that left her unprotected."

He combed through every ridge and ravine near her disappearance, questioning every soul he encountered for traces of Yun Shu.

He clashed with Demon Cultivators, emerging battered and bloodied, yet never wavering.

He emptied his pouch of Spirit Stones, posting bounties for the slightest hint of Yun Shu; any lead sent him racing off without delay. Days blurred into weeks, but Yun Shu's trail dissolved like a pebble in the ocean. Instead of advancing to Golden Core, Five Treasure Taoist's cultivation regressed amid the relentless pursuit.

Sect members counseled him that Yun Shu had surely perished and implored him to accept it and carry on, but he refused to yield. Convinced she lived on, awaiting his rescue.

This desperate quest endured for five full years.

Over those five years, he roamed the vast expanse of the Heavenly Origin Great World.

From the sect's thriving Holy Land to forsaken wilds, his Daoist robes frayed and were replaced repeatedly, his once-youthful visage hardened into a weathered, unyielding mask.

Even his master, moved by pity, pressed him to abandon the search, but he dropped to his knees, kowtowing until his brow bled: "Master, Junior Sister Shu still awaits me; I cannot stop."

Only in the autumn of the fifth year did he stumble upon a gravely wounded Primordial Spirit Realm Demon Beast inside an ancient, forsaken Cave Mansion.

The creature sought to consume him, but he resisted fiercely,

ending in mutual destruction.

As death loomed, he unwittingly activated a hidden trap on the Cave Mansion's stone wall, unveiling a cultivation technique scroll and a compass-shaped Secret Treasure concealed inside.

That scroll bore the "Ziwei Fate Scripture," a divination method lost to time.

It enabled divining event origins and outcomes from faint hints, though mastering it demanded immense mental and spiritual toll, plus specific cultivation prerequisites.

The compass artifact, dubbed "Purple Star Plate," served as the essential Secret Treasure paired with the "Ziwei Fate Scripture".

Five Treasure Taoist used the lingering Spiritual Medicine in the Cave Mansion to restore his life.

Once healed, he set about cultivating the "Ziwei Fate Scripture".

His innate precision and flair for divination, honed by five years of ordeal into an ironclad Dao Heart, propelled his progress.

In a mere three years, he elevated the "Ziwei Fate Scripture" to entry level.

Fortuitously then, his own cultivation surged into the Golden Core Realm.

Yet joy eluded him; his sole drive was deploying the "Ziwei Fate Scripture" to locate Yun Shu and unmask her murderer.