Chapter 96: The Lingering Glory of the Ancestors (23)

Fortune Divination Technique was invented by Luosen himself, using a very mysterious force of fate.

This mysterious force is very profound; a mage must reach the Five Rings of magical cultivation to be able to sense control over the force of fate.

But fate is constantly changing, with a very large butterfly effect.

Therefore, the Fortune Divination Technique is only roughly correct at the instant the divination is completed.

An instant later, the divination result itself becomes a butterfly that influences subsequent fate, so the result from just a moment ago quickly deviates from the true course of fate.

In short, the spell result is for reference only.

"Stop~"

When the carriage arrived beside the tree, Luosen lowered the window and looked at the woman sitting under the tree: "Miss, do you need help?"

At first glance she was a young farm woman in her early twenties, about the same age as his wife Selena, right at the boundary between girl and woman.

Though she came from a farming family, her pleasant face already bore the traces of wind and frost, her messy hair was casually held back by a wooden pin, she wore a patched coarse cloth dress, and her feet were in cloth shoes covered in mud.

In short, she was a very ordinary farmwoman.

But Luosen knew this was a very clever magical disguise; even he could only sense the disguise's existence, not see through the truth.

Upon seeing Luosen, she glanced at the guards before and after the carriage, her face showing a hint of fear: "My lord, there's no trouble, I just twisted my ankle."

Luosen often appears in public, so it's normal for the islanders to recognize the lord.

He then asked: "Where do you live? I can give you a ride, or I can have a guard take you back."

There was a dedicated attendant seat behind the carriage; if not for the previous divination result, he would at most have called a guard to help, and wouldn't have said the first part.

She then said: "Then it would trouble the lord; I live nearby, less than two kilometers away, just let me off at the fork ahead."

She limped over, pulled down the small stool attached to the rear seat of the carriage, and sat down.

"Continue forward."

The carriage then started moving again.

To everyone, this seemed a very ordinary small matter, a minor manifestation of the lord's kindness.

But inside the carriage, as she drew ever closer, Luosen became completely certain she had come for him, though likely without ill intent.

He guessed: "She probably has something she wants to say to me."

"Creak~~creak~~"

The carriage drove smoothly along the gravel road.

After going about a hundred meters or so, Luosen's patience received a response.

A voice sounded in his mind: "Baron, do you still remember me?"

Luosen immediately recognized the voice's owner: "Oh~~ Snow Peak Goddess Mei Er Qi Li Na, your disguise is really good."

The voice gave a light laugh, then sighed: "I have no choice but to disguise myself, for I have recently provoked trouble and am being hunted."

"Huh?" Luosen exclaimed in surprise: "Who dares to hunt a Six Rings mage?"

"The Emerald Battle Angel of Mother Nature. But you needn't worry; this has nothing to do with you, for you bear the divine blood of the Nature God Clan."

These words made Luosen's heart stir slightly; he immediately recalled the 'World Noble Genealogy' he had once studied thoroughly.

In it, the genealogies of all lords of the Natural Alliance, when traced back, lead to some Nature God.

Or perhaps the Heavenly Father, or Mother Nature, or some other Nature God.

In other words, the Natural Alliance is called so because its lords are all descendants of the Nature Gods.

He smiled: "It seems the Emerald Battle Angels' whereabouts are very hidden, to the extent that I have never even sensed their existence."

"Battle Angels are not alive, but magical puppets, just like the Mountain Tyrant my ancestors forged, so they are hard to sense."

After a pause, the goddess outside the carriage added: "However, compared to 200 years ago, the number of Emerald Battle Angels has greatly decreased; on Weilan Island as a whole, there are estimated to be fewer than three."

"This shows that, whether it's me or the Nature God lineage, the glory of our ancestors is continually fading."

"But I've been unlucky; I encountered one not long after leaving the island, and to this day I still haven't been able to shake off the pursuit."

Luosen listened silently, feeling: "Fortunately my mortal body is a descendant of the Nature Gods; otherwise my fate would probably be worse than the goddess's."

After all, the goddess is a direct descendant of the Steel Dragon, while he is only a branch line; the ancestral high-ring knowledge he missed out on, he is one who failed to obtain it.

"Then, what do you want to say to me?"

"I want to remind you that the eastern sea area of White Sturgeon Island is not as simple as you imagine; those Sea Fishmen are merely a group of slaves, and behind them exists a powerful master."

Luosen blinked slightly: "Has the goddess been keeping an eye on my actions?"

The Fishman Suppression Plan had only just begun not long ago; he wondered to himself that he had kept it secret, and unless someone paid special attention to him, they wouldn't know.

"Of course I pay attention; I've been watching the big things you've been doing on the island lately."

"Of course, I'm mainly just bored and have no designs on you. Well, I do have a reason: I'm borrowing your protection to evade the Emerald Battle Angels' pursuit."

Luosen felt strange again: "How come the Emerald Battle Angels are also avoiding me?"

"It will try to avoid attracting the attention of all lords as much as possible, for they cannot harm lords who are descendants of the Nature Gods, while most lords have already forgotten the glory of their ancestors; once they mobilize their armies, they can easily destroy these battle angels."

Luosen listened to these words, savoring them, recalling his ten years of experience, and suddenly asked: "Have you been to Dawn City?"

"Ah? How do you know?!"

The goddess's voice was full of surprise; she obviously never expected Luosen to ask that.

Luosen hehe laughed: "Because of a chance opportunity, I once discovered a very special nun in the Saint Weilan Cathedral of Dawn City." "I felt back then that she was extraordinarily strong, so I have always respected the Nature Temple. Now I think that nun must be the Emerald Battle Angel you mentioned."

Even though the Nature Temple on White Sturgeon Island has only three priests, Luosen still shows respect, deliberately spending a little money to repair their dilapidated temple.

"So I guess you must have provoked that fearsome nun."

The goddess sighed: "Well, you guessed right."

After a pause, she said: "I went to Dawn City to investigate your past. Because I want to see how you obtained such high magical cultivation."

Luosen laughed: "This is the favor of Mother Nature."

"Come on, Qi Ge Rui La Na has been asleep all along; she can sleep even more than I can. The favor doesn't even have time to reach the direct descendants on the White Continent, let alone spare any for you, this little island lord of a branch line."

Luosen was startled upon hearing: "I thought the Princess was sent to me by Mother Nature."

This is actually one of the deepest and most hidden considerations in his adventurous acceptance of the Princess.

The Goddess laughed and said: "At first I thought so too, which is why I went to Dawn City to investigate."

"But the investigation results showed that this was just an accident, because Qi Ge Rui La Na is in a dormant period, and at least ten years remain before her next awakening."

Luosen found it a bit strange: "Why does she keep sleeping? Is it because she's too old?"

According to the Divine Natural Calendar, Mother Nature has lived at least 1500 years, far exceeding the natural lifespan of mortals.

Even if this mortal is a high-circle mage.

"Actually she's not that old, equivalent to being in her thirties. Because she sleeps a lot, with a cycle of fifty years, each time she awakens for less than a year."

"The reason she sleeps is because she has lived too long, there's nothing new in the world, and it also lets her live longer, so that when her descendants face a crisis, she can wake up to help."

After a pause, the Goddess continued: "But this time she's really going to miss a lot of exciting events, haha~"

Laughing, she returned to the fish people topic: "The fish people to the east are servants of the Deep Sea Demoness, and the Deep Sea Demoness is the ruler of the North Golden Ocean."

This was knowledge unknown to Luosen.

"The Deep Sea Demoness is a legendary race said to sing to bewitch sailors, capable of high-speed underwater swimming and soaring through the skies?"

"Pretty close. Although not nearly as strong as described in myths, it's still quite troublesome, especially in the open ocean, where it's practically a nightmare for ocean-going vessels."

"The female demon that the fish people east of White Sturgeon Island are loyal to is likely a powerful being with Seven Ring strength. Besides, she's also lived a long time, so she's currently still sleeping."

"But her descendants are active; if you make a move against the fish people, they will surely awaken this Demoness King."

Luosen hearing this, killing intent arose in his heart.

The Goddess sensed it and spoke bluntly: "In the ocean, you are definitely no match for her. The fleet you built probably can't pose a threat to targets hidden in the deep sea."

"Moreover, while the fish people are foolish, the demonesses are very wise; they can easily organize the fish people into a fearsome navy."

"So, unless you make sufficient preparations, it's better not to act rashly."

Luosen's killing intent quickly faded, because in the short term he really couldn't produce a combat submarine capable of sneaking into the deep ocean to hunt the demoness.

This difficulty is far greater than that of a small speedboat.

Moreover, a Seven Ring old monster is indeed not easy to provoke.

"Since the Goddess has notified me and said all this, she must have something to teach me, right?"

"Hehe~~"

The Goddess laughed and said: "Today's conversation was pleasant; I've arrived at my destination, let's chat again if we get the chance."

After saying that, she jumped off the back seat of the carriage and walked away with a limp.

Luosen looked at her through the carriage window and saw her also turning her head toward him.

Upon noticing his gaze, she bared her teeth in a smile, revealing neat, white teeth like two rows of pearls.

After she walked away, Ailiya said: "Lord, I think that peasant woman is strange."

Luosen gave a light smile: "Indeed, a bit strange."

The carriage continued forward, as he pondered the Goddess's reminder along the way and then began searching the Laifu database for information.

After searching repeatedly, he suddenly found a record: a work titled Deep Sea Encounter written by the famous maritime adventurer Kusike from Kao.

It contains a record of an encounter with the Deep Sea Demoness.

On water it's human, underwater it's fish, in the sky it's bird. Isn't this just Transformation Technique?

The voice actress Mei Youyang, appearance like a flower, especially her skin as white and tender as a maiden's. This isn't strange, she soaks in water every day, how could her skin not be tender? Once the skin is tender, her looks naturally improve.

Even in the swimming pool of the previous life, the proportion of beauties is also relatively high.

They love pleasure immensely, have extraordinary stamina, can seek pleasure all day, which human males can hardly bear. Erm~~~~ This isn't an otherworldly dolphin~

Luosen felt that perhaps they didn't need martial combat, but could engage in literary combat.

But what creature in the world could satisfy a dolphin that seeks pleasure all day?

Relevant information is still too scarce; he really couldn't think of anything.

In the midst of his thoughts, the carriage returned to Crescent Castle.

Just after getting out of the carriage and returning to the inner chamber of the lord's manor, he saw Selena walking over, holding a letter in her hand, with a hint of embarrassment on her face.

"Dearest, Anna has sent a letter."

(End of chapter)