Chapter 36 Paradoxer [VIP]
The divination was scheduled for ten o'clock at night, and Luke was busy writing in the house during the day.
It was not until the mechanical clock struck half past nine that he finally put down his pen and packed up to go out.
The guards had previously informed that the divination would be held at the Bloody Rooftop, the landmark building in the entire Red Banyan City.
The guild hall where Lujia stayed was very close to the Bloody Rooftop.
It was only a ten-minute walk for him and Quill to get here.
At a glance, the overall area of the rooftop is comparable to that of a large square. Standing in the central area is not a statue of the devil, but the ancestor of the demon clan.
The table top in the distance is slightly raised, slightly higher than other places, and is covered with dense patterns, but due to the height difference it is impossible to see all of them clearly.
When Luke arrived, he didn't see any important monsters except for the well-trained guards and the people who came to watch the ceremony.
"Did I get the time wrong?"
Grover arrived early and saw him coming over and said, "He probably wanted to save face and arrive on time."
As he was speaking, the surging demonic energy overhead brought about a strong wind that blew so hard that it hurt his face.
Luke frowned and looked over, and saw a figure appear in the sky. When it was still more than a thousand meters away from the ground, he actually jumped down.
The boots landed on the ground like a feather, the floor tiles did not crack, and the man still stood with dignity.
“……”Are you sick?
This face looked familiar, as if it was the fourth prince of the demon world. Luke had seen him at the opera house during the premiere of The True and False Young Master.
Since he had nothing to do, he took the initiative to approach and said, "Xiao Si, do you want to gamble?"
Little you...can't find anyone to scold.
The Fourth Prince narrowed his eyes and looked at Luke with some caution. It was obvious that he had not forgotten the experience of being disgusted by the movie.
He seldom goes out lately, as if the whole world is looking at him as a fake young master.
bet?
"What do you want to bet on?" He couldn't lose face in public.
Gambling life or wealth?
Luke: "Let's bet on whether the next one to come is a man or a woman."
Fourth Prince: "..."
Onlookers and soldiers: "..."
Luke took the lead: "I bet on the girl."
Soon, a thick demonic aura emerged in the air again, and black dried butterflies circled, which was very spectacular under the night sky.
Unfortunately, because of Luke’s previous words, everyone subconsciously paid more attention to the gender of the visitor, trying to see clearly through the evil spirit.
As soon as the second princess Eve, who had wheat-colored skin and dressed a bit like a pirate, appeared on the scene, she was met with countless pairs of eyes as big as copper bells.
Luke: "Girl, girl, girl, yes! I win."
Eve: “?”
The Fourth Prince finally reacted: "Who made the bet with you?"
Luke didn't care and continued, "Guess whether the next one will land with the left foot or the right foot first. I guess the left foot."
Now Eve finally understood what they had been doing and glared at them fiercely.
Neuropathy.
Fourth Prince: "..."
It’s none of my business.
This game seems to be magical. Although everyone is complaining, every time a figure appears, they will reflexively guess an answer in their minds.
It's totally out of control.
The next to come was the Third Prince Klein. He was very handsome, with a pink snake coiled around his wrist and waist. He appeared elegantly in a beast carriage.
Just as he was about to get off the ground, Klein suddenly felt something was wrong.
He had brought back the monster that was pulling the cart today after great effort and a bloody battle for two days in a valley, all for the purpose of making a stunning appearance.
But why are everyone looking at his feet and no one looking at the strange beast?
Luke: Left, left, left.
Eve and the Fourth Prince: Right, right, right.
Left/right, the soldiers and spectators also have their own answers in their hearts.
Klein lands on his right foot.
"Damn it!" Luke cursed softly.
Eve and the Fourth Prince both curled their lips at the same time.
Alec was the second to last crown prince to arrive. Luke felt that he had changed his arm again. Judging from his palm, the knuckles were longer and much more beautiful than Alec's other hand. It was obviously cut off from someone else's body and directly grafted.
A minute after Alec came on stage, the atmosphere suddenly changed.
The soldiers all bowed their heads in unison, and the silver spears were raised and lowered, making crisp collision sounds on the ground in a uniform rhythm.
The spectators also lowered their heads, and no one dared to guess the left and right feet at the risk of their lives anymore.
As the soldiers lined up to greet them, Lord Hongrong and Princess Mary walked side by side.
The Lord of Red Banyan City was talking to Princess Mary, with the Fifth Princess Alicia beside him. They seemed to be talking about something interesting, which made Princess Mary laugh out loud.
They walked right past Luke.
The warmth in Princess Mary's eyes disappeared, and she knocked the ground heavily with the cane in her hand, as if she knew what had happened on the field before.
"Like your mother, she is fond of some low-brow tricks."
Luke's expression was a little cold, but he still immediately pressed down his fingers that were about to move the feather pen.
The divination is about to begin. If I waste time, the other demons will not dare to hate Princess Mary, but will instead blame me.
Waiting.
As soon as the evil mother-in-law's book comes out, he will hire tens of thousands of mercenaries to read it in front of this old woman's door until she is pissed off to death.
"Ms. Mary!" Snowflake Dragon Grover smiled appropriately: "The last time we met was before I fell asleep."
These days, Princess Mary heard that the Dragon Clan was on Luke's side. Due to her status, she nodded symbolically.
Grover sighed softly, "Back then you and Grandpa Denton were equally famous. Not long ago I heard Grandpa Denton lament that he was already half buried in the ground."
The Lord of Hongrong City was slightly stunned.
Luke almost laughed out loud on the spot.
Denton has entered old age and still has several hundred years left to live. Half of his body was buried in the ground, so what was Princess Mary? Was she just a head left outside the ground, scolding people?
Princess Mary's face suddenly turned ugly as her health deteriorated.
Before she could say anything, Alicia whispered to Princess Mary, "The witch is here."
Before he finished speaking, a disembodied voice came from not far away:
"Reincarnation is the fuel that fuels the universe's endless cycle. Why should we worry about its end?"
The witch from the south was dressed in a black robe, had pale skin, and the bloodshot eyes looked like star patterns.
The chief witch's steps were unusually slow and heavy, and she was also leaning on a cane. In fact, she was incredibly fast, like a puff of smoke, appearing silently on the rooftop.
Witches are born with a pair of empty eyes, and almost no one dares to look them in the eye.
Princess Mary frowned, not agreeing with her words, but was too lazy to argue.
You sound so good, why don’t you just die?
At the same time, astrologers also appeared from the other side. Unlike witches, they always wore white cloaks with special star maps, giving an incongruous feeling of being puppets.
Luke felt that he was surrounded by the Black and White Impermanence.
Even if he no longer advocated feudal superstition, he had to admit that witches and astrologers were a very special group.
Everyone was standing together, but they seemed to be on different levels.
They are more like people from the past.
The rooftop was surrounded by spectators and the whole scene was unusually quiet.
Anyone who makes a loud noise and disturbs the astrologer or witch will be severely punished.
After making sure that all members were present, the Lord of Hongrong City went to the highest point in the center, and the aura that had been restrained before suddenly burst out.
After expressing his welcome to the witch and astrologer, the Lord of Hongrong City said in a deep voice:
"Destiny is as vast and boundless as the starry sky. What we captured tonight is just the tip of the iceberg."
He looked at all the crown princes again and said in a serious tone: "May fate bless you."
After finishing his words, the Lord of Red Banyan City raised his voice and issued an order: "Drive the clouds——"
Tens of thousands of magicians suddenly appeared on high towers in all directions. They merged into the night and cast spells in unison. Powerful beams of magic burst out in the sky, and the sea of clouds receded.
"Moon by Moon——"
The moon then sank into the horizon like the setting sun, and the stars appeared and shone brightly.
On the rooftop, white flames appeared in the witch's palm and rushed straight into the sky. The flames turned into a long triangular ruler, and the tracks of the stars instantly became clear.
Before Lujia traveled through time, he had heard about measuring the starry sky on the news, but he never thought he would be able to see it with his own eyes.
All around were looking up at the stars, and Quill whispered, "Look there."
Lujia looked at the direction pointed by the feather pen calmly and found several hidden demon guards.
These people were obviously sent to find out the situation. It seems that everyone takes this divination very seriously.
The starry sky began to become as bright as daytime, the inner field rose further, and the special huge star disk pattern was completely revealed.
The bard sang a hymn to the starry sky.
When the song ended, the Lord of Hongrong City officially announced: "Observation begins!"
The Crown Prince was seated in a specific position.
At this moment, every crown prince, even one as low-key as Alicia, had an eager look in his eyes, and they all seemed to be very confident in their own destiny.
The leading astrologer spoke first: "As the city lord said, there are infinite wonderful possibilities in life, and you don't have to limit yourself to one corner."
The chief witch was much more straightforward and asked coldly, "Who will start first?"
The Fourth Prince suddenly looked at Luke and said, "You are probably not familiar with the rules yet, so you can come last."
The other crown princes also nodded with understanding.
Lujia understood immediately that there always needs to be someone at the bottom of the exam. No matter how good or bad the divination was, they would not lose face as soon as he appeared on the stage.
"Okay." Anyway, he only cared about how many reporters came today.
The order of the other divinations will be determined by drawing lots, and the results of the drawing show that it starts with the Fifth Princess Alicia.
As she stood in the center of the astrolabe, the crown princes secretly prayed for a Waterloo.
Alicia was still calm: "Thank you for your help."
The Chief Witch stared at her.
In just a few seconds, the witch's originally small pupils disappeared, and her entire face looked weird and scary.
Alicia subconsciously took a small step back.
Outside the field, Princess Mary, who had bet on him, remained expressionless, but her grip on the snake-head cane tightened slightly.
She has lived longer and knows more.
Compared with other aspects of hunting and canvassing for votes, most royal families actually pay more attention to divination.
Even though everyone says that fate is unpredictable, the fate of all successful people in history has never been bad.
"...In the long river of time, your light is incomparably bright." The chief witch finally spoke, her mouth opening and closing with a mechanical feel.
The other witch apprentices did not make predictions directly to Alicia, but verified them through special tools.
The astrologer paid more attention to the starry sky and the horoscope in his hand. It seemed that after a series of complex calculations, he concluded: "Fate favors you. Although the trajectory is a little vague, it still has its edge."
He and the chief witch had similar views and both agreed that Alicia had a Kunling fate.
Fates are usually divided into seven levels, among which the best three are Yaoxing, Kunling and Chulu from high to low.
Second-class fate.
Alicia breathed a sigh of relief. It was a very good result.
Princess Mary was a little disappointed, after all, all the demon kings in history had the fate of a shining star.
Then it was the Fourth Prince's turn.
The witch didn't spend much time on him and immediately concluded that it was the beginning of his fate.
"Why don't you take another look." The Fourth Prince's face turned pale.
Among ordinary demons, this fate is quite good, but it does not have any advantage in this divination competition.
The chief witch shook her head: "My eyes cannot be wrong."
Alicia got off to such a good start that there was an illusion that having a second-rate fate was easy.
Reality slapped everyone in the face.
Next, the Second Prince, the Third Prince, and the Sixth Prince all had their fates revealed one after another, and the Sixth Prince even barely qualified as a third-class fate.
The Fourth Prince regained his composure, and the divination continued from nine to ten o'clock.
When it was the Seventh Princess' turn, controversy arose for the first time. The witch believed that her fate was shrouded in the shadow of premature aging and that her fate was at most fourth level, but the astrologer denied this view.
As neither side was willing to give in, the Lord of Hongrong City spoke up to smooth things over.
"There are still two princes whose fates have not been divined. Why not take a look at them first?"
The witch and the astrologer were in a silent standoff. They turned their heads at the same time, their eyes falling on Alec and Luke.
When she saw Alec, the chief witch showed some interest.
Alec smiled and stepped forward, performing a noble gesture.
"You, not bad."
Before the prophecy, the witch could already see some things.
During the waiting process, the whole place was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
A little blood flowed from the witch's ear canal, and the astrologer's eyes were slightly cracked, and his face turned a sickly pale.
The onlookers couldn't help but get excited.
Among all the crown princes, the eldest prince is the most optimistic about the demons living in the central city.
Alec couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
The demon guards were observing secretly, and the Lord of Hongrong City did not stop them, so it was most likely that they were people sent by his father.
Things had not been going well for Alec since he came to the Holy City, and now he was finally able to wash away the shame he had suffered for so many days. His heart was filled with emotion.
The fortune teller is bleeding and crying, that's a good thing!
Sure enough, this time the witch and astrologer's judgments were surprisingly consistent.
"In countless crises, the path of destiny will always leave you a gate of survival."
"We have the opportunity to turn misfortune into fortune and continue to shine brightly."
A standard shining star fate.
Alicia's expression changed slightly instantly, and the other crown princes' expressions were not very good either.
After fortune-telling for Alec, both the witch and the astrologer were in poor condition due to consuming too much energy.
The chief witch directly asked the other followers to predict for Luke.
The Lord of Red Banyan City shook his head: "I'm afraid this is not appropriate."
I'm not speaking for Luke. In past observations, there was no apprentice taking the lead in fortune-telling for the crown prince.
The chief witch said calmly: "When the results come out, I will use the tools to check them again."
The Lord of Hongrong City hesitated for a moment, but ultimately said nothing more.
Alec sneered in his heart. If it were any other crown prince, the Lord of Red Banyan City might have argued for it, but unfortunately, no matter how prominent Iliad was, he still had no foundation in the demon clan.
What's more, Princess Mary was present, who was jealous and disgusted with the saint and her son.
The entourage couldn't help but look at the astrologer who was also in a bad state: "Teacher..."
“No need.”
The astrologer insisted on doing it himself.
When he saw the child during the day, he had a strange feeling.
So when Luke came on the court feeling a little sleepy, the astrologer used his ability without hesitation. Translucent silk threads appeared on his body, one part of which was connected to the star disk, and the other part was like a broken balloon string, floating in the air, pointing directly in the direction of the starry sky.
I don’t know if it was because he was not in good condition, but it took him a little longer this time.
After a moment, the astrologer showed his first noticeable emotion.
"Huh?"
The witch apprentice who was fortune-telling also looked a little strange.
Seeing them like this, the chief witch couldn't help but feel curious.
Out of respect, she did not ask, but just stood behind the other apprentices and glanced at the results of the divination tool.
It was this one glance that immediately made the chief witch change her mind. She wiped the blood from her ear and asked the apprentice to step back.
"Child, come closer to me." The chief witch said in a hoarse voice.
Luke approached hesitantly.
He kept wondering in his mind, could it be that two negatives really equal a positive?
The Snowflake Dragon and the Quill Pen that was preparing to cheat secretly also looked at it in surprise.
Next, the chief witch solemnly and personally performed divination for Luke.
When being stared at by those disappearing pupils, Luka felt a deeper sense of being watched. He frowned slightly, not used to this feeling. It seemed as if there were countless spotlights above his head, forcing every detail of him to be exposed.
“It’s… incredible.”
After a long while, the chief witch murmured.
These actions can't help but make other viewers more curious.
Several crown princes were shocked.
Is there a better destiny than Yaoxing?
Lujia’s eyes also lit up. Is this the fate of a time traveler? They will all have a place to shine!
"Impossible." The Third Prince said bluntly, "Not a single prophet shed blood."
When predicting some special things, there will be backlash.
To surpass Alec's fate, he would have to at least have some nosebleeds and eye bleeding.
Luke: "Yeah, why aren't you bleeding?"
The chief witch didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Princess Mary's complexion changed a little after she got better, but she soon felt relieved. In the past, the saint had asked an astrologer to observe Iliad, and the result was not ideal.
The green crystal dragon that had just arrived not far away couldn't wait any longer and urged, "If you have something to say, please speak quickly. Why are you talking nonsense?"
The chief witch and the astrologer no longer had the initial hostility and now looked at each other.
Finally, the astrologer spoke hesitantly: "I saw darkness, taboos, and evil spirits..."
It sounds like none of them are good.
Luke frowned: "What do you mean?"
"It can be simply understood that your life is very broken, your family ties are weak, you are displaced, and even if you start a family in the future, your wife and children will be separated."
When he finished speaking, dark clouds obscured the starry sky, casting a deeper shadow.
Luke's eyelids twitched. It turned out that the saying "two negatives equal a positive" was really deceptive.
This was just the beginning. During the observation, some lines on the astrologer's cloak were burned. He emphasized again: "I have never seen such a broken fate in my life."
Even the worst seventh-level fate is still out of reach for the observed person.
For a moment, the whole place was silent.
I don't know how much time passed before I heard some sneering sounds coming from the corner.
Several crown princes who were originally worried also shook their heads, which scared them.
Alec even pretended to sigh: "The public predictions of wizards and astrologers should not be wrong."
He would contact those newspapers tomorrow, no, tonight. Don’t we all like to use the Iliad as the headline? What could be more worthy of reporting than this?
However, this gloating did not last long, and Alec gradually discovered that something was wrong.
The dragons who were on good terms with Iliad actually smiled. The Lord of Red Banyan City did not speak immediately, but stared at Luke thoughtfully. Even the demon guards who came from mid-air to investigate the situation did not rush back to report after seeing the results, but stood there in surprise.
What really made his heart sink to the bottom was Princess Mary's gnashing teeth expression.
what happens?
It's not that they have a bad fate, why are their emotional ups and downs more intense than when their own fate appears?
In the center of the field, Luke, who was about to give a speech about how my destiny is in my own hands, seemed to have figured something out.
He tilted his head and raised his hand to ask a question:
"Well, can the latter sentence be understood as a curse on wife and children?"
"Since there is a blood relationship chain of "Killing Sons", it should be possible to pass it up one level. Am I also a curse to my parents?"
Luke continued to round up: "...To defeat my father, does that mean I can defeat these 'brothers and sisters'?"
Alec's head snapped up.
Second Prince: “!!”
The Third Prince: "!!!"
…
Four, five, six, seven, and eight people's faces changed at the same time.
The astrologer was silent.
This silence is enough to explain many problems.
Lujia suddenly became interested, glanced at Princess Mary and Alec, and said in a loud voice: "Can you really be so unlucky as to not recognize your relatives?"
The astrologer remained silent.
The chief witch recalled the fate she had passed on Alec, and her face looked a little strange when she thought about turning misfortune into fortune.
The prerequisite for turning misfortune into good fortune is to encounter misfortune, and whether it can be turned into good fortune is also a matter of probability.
It seems like I know where this evil came from.
Now Alec's expression changed completely.
He could feel that the admiring glances that were originally directed at him had become much more complicated.
By this time, the divination had come to an end, and the demons from the central city who had come to watch the ceremony could no longer resist communicating with each other, and heated discussions broke out all around.
One of the demons recalled, "I have read in human books about the so-called Jiesha. People with this fate are likely to have people around them encounter accidents, disasters, or financial losses."
The whole place was inexplicably quiet again.
Damn, so vicious, are the people around me the ones who suffer?
I don't know how much time had passed, but an old demon, hunched over, started doing the equal substitution.
"The Demon King and Saintess already represent the top 5% of the continent. Doesn't that mean that Iliadek can defeat the remaining 95% of the people on the continent?!"
Many spectators had their mouths open.
On the stage, Luke had a complete epiphany.
He immediately seized the opportunity, facing all the onlookers, and said loudly:
"What's the use of having a good life?"
"Friends—
A blacksmith must be strong himself! ”
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