[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-heir-to-the-kingdom-of-1-4-billion-citizens":3,"chapter-heir-to-the-kingdom-of-1-4-billion-citizens-heir-to-the-kingdom-of-1-4-billion-citizens-chapter-170":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Heir to the Kingdom of 1.4 Billion Citizens",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2271045,4434,"Chapter 170: Fortune-Teller: Let Me See This Sage","heir-to-the-kingdom-of-1-4-billion-citizens-chapter-170",170,"\u003Cp>Monster Circus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the massive tent, lights blazed brightly; unlike ordinary circuses with just one large stage, this tent housed many stages of various sizes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And all the performers were deformed individuals: a two-headed giant exchanging dark jokes, a girl with a flock of white mice walking a tightrope, a boy with snake-like scales diving through fire rings, and a clown using an extra arm growing from his back to juggle and spin with three hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These deformed people, once avoided by everyone, were now surrounded by cheering children, their young faces glowing with bright smiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How wonderful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yude watched this harmonious scene and couldn’t help exclaiming aloud, a hint of envy appearing on his withered face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, he realized that deformed people like himself could also be welcomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed, it’s impressive—Mr. the Ringmaster gave these people a place to belong,” Xia Mingyu remarked in admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, even on Blue Star, there was no good solution for caring for deformed people; for this magician ringmaster to achieve this in a world without human rights, resembling a medieval fantasy realm, was undoubtedly worthy of his respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elder Sage, may I wander on my own?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, Xia Mingyu parted ways with Yude and wandered alone through the noisy circus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me see your future.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, Xia Mingyu stopped before a wooden hut bearing this sign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The phrase itself didn’t catch his attention—what puzzled him was that the children entering this hut all went in laughing but came out crying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Driven by curiosity, he stepped inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside stood a wooden table, and before it sat a young man dressed as a fortune-teller, chin propped on his hand, idly playing with a crystal ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had short emerald hair and greenish eyes; unlike ordinary people, he possessed three eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His third eye, like a forcibly embedded emerald gem, stood motionless at the center of his brow, radiating an emotionless aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing Xia Mingyu—black-haired, black-eyed, and tall—he flickered a glance of surprise, then quickly recovered, forcing a false smile onto his fairly handsome face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pleasure to meet you, the famed Elder Sage. I am Cilier, the Three-Eyed Fortune-Teller. Would you like to see your future?” Cilier raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sure, but could you tell me why all those children came out crying?” Xia Mingyu asked, frowning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They? Always dreaming of becoming lords, nobles, knights, or mages—I simply told them their future was to be a carpenter or a farmer, and they couldn’t accept it, bursting into tears.” Cilier shook his head with a light chuckle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found their childishness amusing; in a world where identity protections determined one’s fate, he didn’t need to see the future—everyone’s role was already sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elder Sage, if I show you a grim future, don’t cry, okay?” the fortune-teller teased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Mingyu rolled his eyes, too lazy to speak, and silently placed his hand on the crystal ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cilier prepared himself to observe the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being transformed into a lower devil by the Ringmaster, he had luckily gained the ability to glimpse fragments of living beings’ futures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this ability drained immense energy and couldn’t be used lightly; thus, the futures he’d shown the children were merely deduced from the protective marks on their heads and their clothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me see—what brilliant future does this Elder Sage, rumored to be a living saint, possess?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flicker of excitement crossed Cilier’s face; as magic surged into him, the emerald eye on his brow gradually glowed with a faint glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet as time passed, he sensed something wrong—no matter how much magic he poured in, the future of this Elder Sage remained a murky, gray fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No good—if this continued, he couldn’t satisfy his curiosity!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he knew his own Ringmaster was deeply interested in this Elder Sage; this was also helping the Ringmaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clenching his teeth, Cilier gritted his resolve and channeled all his magic into his third eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mist inside the crystal ball slowly cleared, revealing a vision:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a grand hall, a black-haired, black-eyed monarch sat upon a throne high above, while countless fervent subjects cheered below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monarch rose and said: “I have a dream...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, the crystal ball shattered. Cilier felt an unprecedented agony surge through his mind—he collapsed, clutching his third eye, writhing and screaming on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you alright?” Xia Mingyu froze, almost suspecting the man was faking it for compensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he reached into his pocket to pull out a healing potion, the Ringmaster of the circus appeared beside him as if teleporting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magician regarded Xia Mingyu with grave expression, then lightly tapped Cilier’s forehead with his magic wand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the fortune-teller sank into deep, infant-like sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My apologies, Elder Sage. One of my troupe members had an accident—forgive the disturbance.” The magician bowed slightly in apology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s fine. I lost nothing. As long as he’s unharmed.” Xia Mingyu shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll handle the rest. Please continue enjoying my circus. May you have a pleasant evening.” With that, the magician knelt, placed his hand on the fortune-teller’s forehead, and a flash of purple-gold light passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That heterochromatic eye Ringmaster... seems incredibly strong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving the wooden hut, Xia Mingyu wandered aimlessly, pondering the magician’s sudden teleportation beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unconsciously, he arrived at the largest stage in the tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A beautiful woman with long, deep-blue hair, like the River Ye, danced gracefully on stage to music.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her six arms unfolded like blooming lotus petals; twelve ribbons twined around her fingertips wove a flowing rainbow net in the air—crimson like leaping flames, indigo like rolling ocean waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the peak of the music, the blue-haired woman suddenly rose onto her toes and spun violently—the ribbons tore through the air with a string-like hum, her six arms blurred into motion, and her entire body became a dazzling kaleidoscope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ooooh, big sister is so beautiful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The children before the stage waved their hands and cheered; for these innocent children, beauty was the highest praise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So beautiful!” Xia Mingyu couldn’t help but exclaim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never seen such a beautiful dance before—this woman had transformed her innate deformity into radiant aesthetic art on stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the dance ended, the blue-haired woman bowed deeply to the children below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she straightened, she naturally noticed Xia Mingyu towering above the crowd of small children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the instant their eyes met, the woman smiled at him—a gentle, watery smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1074,"2026-06-19T22:18:43.340Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","c914cd7c613848430e899dd7d10c8a9dbc1f55913d61960a85d062eda38b8660","heir-to-the-kingdom-of-1-4-billion-citizens-chapter-171","heir-to-the-kingdom-of-1-4-billion-citizens-chapter-169",186,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fheir-to-the-kingdom-of-1-4-billion-citizens-cover.jpg"]