Chapter 498: Divine Oracle Match‑Up

After Xi Ren Sheng learned his own identity, he began deliberately searching for information about other possible Divine Oracles.

For example, Hua Jian Lei's Consciousness Law—unfortunately, Hua Jian Lei doesn't seem as gifted as he does; at best he could rank as a third‑rate male, and he is definitely not a Divine Oracle.

Lao Bao need not be mentioned further; his Aberrant Arts at most touch on the Life Law, but Xi Ren Sheng truly doesn't want to admit that Lao Bao's Aberrant Arts can actually be classified under the Life Law.

Whose nanny is all muscle? Can't she even nurse teammates?

But it's fine; at least Lao Bao can nurse himself, and you can toss him outside and use him like a tank that can heal itself.

He also asked Hua Jian Lei to investigate, but at most they only uncovered some information about previous attempts by the Dome to create Divine Oracles, which ultimately failed.

And the outside world's view of Divine Oracles is that most are practically dead; hardly any have grown up while alive.

After all, the Pope and the Saint's reputations are renowned; even the two "incomplete" Divine Oracles are this powerful, so how powerful should a complete Divine Oracle be?

This has intensified other factions' hunts for Divine Oracles.

So, since they are all Divine Oracles, why is there no special resonance between them that would let them recognize each other's identities upon meeting?

It's like breeding gu; Divine Oracles kill each other, plunder each other's abilities, and the last one ascends to godhood—shouldn't that be the usual novel trope?

But the fact is, Divine Oracles are just a bunch of unlucky folks banding together to survive.

Fortunately, after Xi Ren Sheng's investigation, he still managed to find some information about Divine Oracles.

How should I put it—could this be a "dark under the lamp"? Or is someone deliberately hiding it?

Who could have imagined that the Celestial Dome Foreign Ministry Minister's prized protégé, the captain of Heavenly Dome City's scorching‑hot idol group, would be a Divine Oracle being hunted by the Dome?

Xi Ren Sheng saw a figure outside the hospital's wall walk into the hospital; the person was wrapped up tightly—mask, scarf, sunglasses, hat, none missing—but the purple high ponytail still let Xi Ren Sheng guess her identity.

She is the Divine Oracle of Life, right?

Xi Ren Sheng curiously watched Xie Jingyan over there; after all, she's a native Divine Oracle, and he was still very curious about what special traits she might have.

But Xie Jingyan's mood was far from pleasant; after all, she had been threatened with death by Xi Ren Sheng.

When she hurried through the hospital gates, her mask was pulled up to her nose bridge, sunglasses pressed on the bridge, the hat brim sat low, and the purple high ponytail protruded from the opening behind the hat, looking in the sunlight like a silk ribbon fluttering in the wind.

She ignored everything and rushed straight toward the garden.

On the way, she had already messaged Qi Yang's attending physician asking, and the reply was that Qi Yang's condition had suddenly improved this morning, but when they tried to inform Qi Yang's guardian, they received no response.

Xie Jingyan knew there could be no response; at that time Qi Ran had already been detained by the Dome's people, and everything on him was taken away.

Qi Yang's body showed a miraculous improvement, even allowing him to get out of bed, so the nurse pushed him into the garden—originally a rare chance to get some sun—but Xi Ren Sheng seized the opportunity.

However, who knows who was behind this so‑called "miraculous improvement".

Her gaze instantly fixed on the tree, landing on the boy in the wheelchair; beside the boy, on a flowerbed, sat a person, legs crossed, holding a stack of playing cards, flicking them one by one into the air.

The cards flipped in the air and finally landed obediently on his other hand.

Xi Ren Sheng tossed the last playing card; it spun a few times in the air before landing in his palm. He pocketed the card and looked toward Xie Jingyan.

"Isn't it hot being wrapped up so tightly?"

Xie Jingyan removed her mask and sunglasses; there weren't many people in the corner where Xi Ren Sheng and Qi Yang were, and no one would pay special attention there.

"What did you do to him?"

Xi Ren Sheng's mouth twitched, showing a hint of mischievous triumph.

"Nothing much, I gave him an apple to eat."

"Sister." Qi Yang still held the bright red apple in his hand; without a doctor's permission, he wouldn't dare eat the fruit on his own.

Qi Yang looked at Xie Jingyan before him, recognized her, and said, "You're my sister's friend, right?"

Xie Jingyan didn't answer his question; instead, she squatted down to meet his eye level.

Qi Yang's complexion was much better than in the photos, his lips had some color, no longer as pale as paper.

Sure enough, the "brother" that Qi Ran had brought into the lounge from outside was just a decoy.

"How do you feel today?"

Qi Yang smiled, slipped his hand out from under the blanket, spread his five fingers, and waved them in front of Xie Jingyan.

"When I got up this morning, my body didn't hurt!"

His voice carried an uncontainable excitement, "The nurse aunt said I could go out and soak up the sun, but because I'd been lying in bed too long, she prepared a wheelchair for me."

He looked at Xie Jingyan, his eyes sparkling, as if eager to tell Qi Ran the good news, "Sister, do you know what my sister has been busy with lately? She hasn't visited me in a long time; I miss her so much."

Qi Yang is a well‑behaved child; he knows Qi Ran is busy working for his sake and never voluntarily tells his sister about his longing for her.

"Your sister has something to attend to; she asked me to check on you. Once she's done, she'll be here."

She brushed a strand of hair hanging in front of her behind her ear, took a communicator from her pocket, flipped out a photo, and handed it to the boy.

The photo was of Qi Ran, showing her on stage in performance attire, microphone in hand, a radiant smile, eyes curved into two crescents.

"Look, this is how your sister looks when she works; she said you should rest well, and she'll come to see you once she's done."

Qi Yang clutched Xie Jingyan's communicator, looking reluctant to let go.

"Sister, could you find some videos of my sister singing? I want to watch them."

Because Xie Jingyan's idol group leans toward a cool, rock style, their songs are mostly pretty intense, and without his own communicator, Qi Yang rarely gets a chance to hear them.

"Of course."

Xie Jingyan temporarily handed her communicator to Qi Ran, then gave Xi Ren Sheng a cold stare.

"Then, I need to go talk to that brother first; you can watch by yourself for a while, okay?"

She received the boy's happy cheers.

Xie Jingyan and Xi Ren Sheng moved to a side; before she could pose a question, Xi Ren Sheng spoke first.

"I'm a bit curious."

"Clearly you have that ability and you quite like that kid, so why don't you use your Aberrant Arts to heal him directly?"

"He could do that, and for a Divine Oracle of Life, it would be even more effortless, right?"