Cannon-Fodder Heiress Turns the Tables by Fortune-Telling

Yun Ran’s eyes were busy as she looked around, her hands forming seals, testing for any hidden means nearby.
After checking everything thoroughly and finding no issues, Yun Ran finally summoned back the peach wood sword and the Heavenly Thunder Order.
Qingfeng Temple also had its own Seclusion Room, entirely constructed by the Little Papermen, with the logistics team not even getting close.
Every bit of construction within the core areas was undertaken by the Little Papermen.
At this moment, Yun Ran was striding toward the Seclusion Room.
She quickly arrived at the place, which, from a distance, looked like a very ordinary two-story building.
Yun Ran checked it carefully, and once satisfied that it met her requirements, she sat on the ground and began setting up an Array.
Seeing the beads of sweat forming on Yun Ran’s forehead, the Little Papermen felt somewhat distressed.
But they couldn’t offer any help, and just watched quietly from a distance.
Fortunately, the area was devoid of people; otherwise, the bursts of colorful lights from Yun Ran’s Array setup would have surely frightened others.
Nobody knew how long it took, but the Array was finally completed.
After some thought, Yun Ran took out a petal of the Black Ice Lotus she’d previously refined and embedded it directly into the Array.
In an instant, layers of thin ice appeared around the two-story building, making it seem like an ice sculpture from afar.
But soon, the layers of thin ice disappeared, and the building reverted to its original appearance.
Yun Ran was instantly satisfied. With the Black Ice Lotus, she could enjoy warmth in winter and coolness in summer within the Seclusion Room, and it would not be affected by fire techniques.
In the future, even if someone had designs on Qingfeng Temple, methods like fire attacks or lightning strikes would be completely useless.
"This place is set up, time to move to the next one."
After a day of work, Yun Ran had only set up Arrays in three critical locations.
Looking at the nearby Nature Reserve and the abundant trees in the area, her greatest fear was the spread of a wildfire.
After some contemplation, Yun Ran took out a few more petals of Black Ice Lotus and assembled them into an exceptionally beautiful lotus.
Then, with a strike of her palm, she embedded the black ice lotus into the ground, ensuring that within a radius of hundreds of miles, wildfires wouldn’t ignite, nor would they affect Qingfeng Temple.
The Little Papermen recognized the black ice lotus in Yun Ran’s hands as the product refined from the black stones they had dug out from that huge pit.
Thrilled that the items they retrieved were useful, they said, "Master, we could dig up some more~"
Yun Ran thought about the half-used bag of stones still with her.
She shook her head promptly, "No need, they’re not used up yet."
Back then, when the Little Papermen wanted to keep digging stone hearts, she had stopped them.
She wasn’t the kind of person who wished to hoard all resources for herself.
Those stones had been nourished by yin energy for millennia and might develop spiritual wisdom, potentially causing trouble for her.
After embedding the black ice lotus into the ground, several elderly cultivators hiding in a cave within the distant Nature Reserve suddenly opened their eyes.
"Who dares to block the fire spirit power beneath these mountains?"
They had gone through great hardships to find such a suitable place for recovery.
"My hand!"
One of them cried out in pain as wisps of cold air began emanating from his hand, visibly chilling the air.
In no time, it looked like it had been taken out of an ice cellar, covered in layers of white frost.
"Let me assist you!"
Another struck a palm towards him, and the hand, which seemed about to freeze, gradually returned to its normal flesh color.
"What is going on? Could someone else know there is fire spirit power here?"
"If I find out who is meddling here, I’ll wipe out their entire family!"
"We cannot stay here any longer; we must leave quickly. The obstacles we left behind are running out, and the Special Administration Bureau and those mysterious attackers who hurt us will soon trace us here."
"Well, let’s leave when it gets dark!"
Yun Ran was entirely unaware that by simply preventing wildfires, she had forcefully suppressed the fire spirit power beneath the Nature Reserve.
The stones, nourished by yin energy for so long, were indeed extraordinarily powerful.
Noticing that it was getting late, Yun Ran stretched her neck and back, preparing to descend the mountain.
To set up Arrays and Prohibitions at Qingfeng Temple would take at least another ten days.
Since Qingfeng Temple was temporarily uninhabitable and traveling back and forth to Ran Mansion daily would be inconvenient and time-consuming, she decided to find a nearby hotel for the time being.
The closest hotel was only a few dozen kilometers away.
Array setup was indeed mentally exhausting, so Yun Ran snacked a bit and quickly fell asleep.
Unbeknownst to her, as night fell completely, those old men draped in black cloaks left the Nature Reserve.
The Little Papermen stationed at Qingfeng Temple detected a hint of evil cultivator aura.
They flew out of Qingfeng Temple, looked around but found nothing amiss.
They immediately concluded that it must have been a false feeling, or perhaps a result of the stones they had dug from Snow Mountain.
Three days later, Yun Ran had completed most of the Arrays in Qingfeng Temple, with only the Prohibitions left, which were even more taxing.
Yun Ran returned to the hotel early again, planning to eat and rest well to rejuvenate.
In the hotel dining room, a group of people looking like tourists were gossiping nearby.
"Hey, did you know? There was a major traffic accident on the way here, super tragic~"
"I heard too, but what I heard was really eerie. They say an old man suddenly collapsed on the road, causing the car in front to swerve.
Guess what? The old man was perfectly fine, but the car that swerved suddenly caught fire.
There was an explosion, which caused the following cars to get involved, with over ten to twenty cars burning up.
Neither the dash cam nor the surroundings caught any trace of the old man.
Only a child grazing sheep not far away saw it, so many people suspect the child saw something supernatural..."
The sky was already dark, and these people were discussing these mysterious topics.
A sudden wind blew in unexpectedly, scaring the chattering crowd into squeals.
At that moment, Yun Ran looked up and caught sight of a somewhat familiar silhouette.