Chapter 2356 Defying Fate
Shu Yu sat down next to the abbot of Dongqing Temple and looked her up and down. She found no signs of injury or abuse and breathed a sigh of relief.
The room was quite large, and only Abbot Dongqing was confined inside. All his daily necessities were provided. Compared to the cramped room where Master Cheng was, Abbot Dongqing's treatment was significantly better.
"Master, why are you in the Southwest? Didn't you say you were going to the capital when we parted last time?"
The abbot of Dongqing Temple was also looking her over. Seeing that she was alright, he was slightly relieved. "A fellow Daoist was in danger, and I came to the southwest to help him. Unfortunately, I was too late. His temple was destroyed, and he is still missing. When I arrived in the southwest, I was also arrested."
Shu Yu frowned. "Didn't Master realize the danger here?"
"I'm calculating against others, not against myself. Besides, this is my destiny. Even if I knew it was dangerous, I couldn't avoid it."
Shu Yu, “…” Never mind, her awareness of reality is not as high as her master’s, so she will not express her opinion.
"Why are they keeping Master locked up? It can't just be to lure us here."
"They asked me to tell their fortunes."
Shu Yu understood. The late emperor had already verified his master's abilities. Didn't the Fifth Prince send Meng Yunzheng to find his master a few years ago to have his fortune told? These members of the royal family believed in this most during times like these.
"Has Master calculated it?"
The abbot of Dongqing Temple nodded, "Never mind."
Shu Yu immediately became interested. "Then how is their fortune?" She remembered that when her master calculated the fortune of the Fifth Prince, he said that he was a true dragon emperor. Surely, after a few years, the emperor would be replaced?
The abbot of Dongqing Temple spoke calmly, "At the end of its rope."
Shu Yu, "..."
People in the black market would probably have a heart attack if they heard those words.
Doesn't being at the end of their rope mean they're doomed to fail?
Shu Yu was puzzled, "Since they've already figured it out, why are they still keeping Master locked up?"
"You want your teacher to break this deadlock."
For a moment, Shu Yu was at a loss for words. The saying "Man can conquer nature" sometimes holds some truth, so it wasn't surprising that their master had broken the deadlock.
"Master didn't agree?"
"Of course, defying fate, especially in a situation that concerns the destiny of the nation, if I were to intervene, even if I were to escape the cycle of reincarnation after death, your ancestor would not let me off the hook."
Shu Yu suddenly understood why they weren't killing her: were they trying to use her to threaten her master and break the deadlock?
"Master, since you say that the Second Prince and his men are already at their last gasp, can we just give up and accept that they will lose anyway?"
The abbot of Dongqing Temple glanced at her indifferently.
Shu Yu touched her nose. "Okay, I was just kidding." Just because the other party can't succeed doesn't mean they can't take them all down with them.
Sigh, I still have to get up and work.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Shu Yu looked up and saw a middle-aged man walk in.
This person... seems to be the former manager of the Jiangyuan County black market, the one with the beaded bracelet on his wrist.
Her gaze unconsciously fell on the man's wrist, but it was unfortunately covered by his sleeve.
The steward asked with a smile, "Have the abbot and the county princess finished speaking?"
"Didn't you listen to everything outside?"
The steward chuckled, "So what's the county princess thinking now? Should we try to persuade the abbot of Dongqing Temple?"
Shu Yu raised an eyebrow and suddenly said, "This...manager, can we talk alone?"
(End of this chapter)
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