Chapter 1768: The Circus Diviner

Xia De had known just a moment ago that the four apples serving as targets were not normal fruit. First, their hardness was astonishing; second, they were imbued with Whispering elements. This meant these apples were also items produced by the "Dark Moon Circus."

Seeing the "competition" end and the onlookers under the stage dispersing, Lei Jiede floated over to Xia De, spinning around and praising his outstanding performance. Difa walked onto the stage with two maids and whispered an explanation to Xia De:

"The Dark Moon Circus produces many unique derivative specialties. These event-type relics are always like this—dangerous, but also of great value. For example, this—the Golden Apple."

Xia De picked up the apple and found that it had indeed turned into a heavy, pure gold object. But when he sniffed it carefully, it still carried a faint, refreshing scent of apple.

"After being consumed in its entirety, it can heal almost any injury, including irreversible damage caused by relics. It is a top-tier healing item. Furthermore, if processed into a potion using specific techniques, it can briefly increase luck. However, this requires a Master-level Alchemist to produce."

Fortunately, although Priest Ao Gu Si was not yet a true Master-level Alchemist, both Madame Ka Shan De La and Miss Ao Dai Li and Mei Gen were.

So, Xia De temporarily put the Golden Apple away. After discussing it with Difa, he first treated the target boy's injuries, but did not rashly remove him from the numerous nails. Those nails were imbued with elements and were very close to his vital points; removing them rashly would hinder subsequent treatment.

However, Xia De promised the boy that he would return to save him before resolving the circus's trouble, and he helped remove the matchsticks from the boy's eyes and the thread from his mouth. The boy had just experienced a nightmarish ordeal, and upon receiving the promise, he was already satisfied.

He told Xia De and the maids what he knew:

"I just saw that after the Ringmaster returned from the village, he was dragged into a tent by a centaur—oh, yes, a strong male centaur! Oh, I also saw our new accountant, Mr. Mo Ke Er, rush out of his tent holding two guns, only to be snatched by a monster with parrot wings! Yes, those were the wings of the parrot Ke Li Qie raised by your teacher, it must be those wings! Mr. Mo Ke Er was snatched away by the winged monster and flew toward the south!"

Speaking to the end, the boy, who had a nail in the palm of each hand, said something shocking:

"Since the maids are here, there is no need for you to do it yourself. Of course, if the maids' strength is insufficient, please ask this Miss Lei Qianya to help out."

The three of them stood face-to-face, holding hands to form a standard triangle, then closed their eyes together and tilted their heads upward.

The white-haired maid said softly, preparing herself along with the two girls behind her. Xia De looked at the floating soul of the boy nearby; she looked excited, clearly understanding that there was a formidable enemy inside.

Xia De resisted the urge to comment on the opponent's appearance, seeing the three-headed diviner in the starry sky, riding a broomstick and circling the group. Each of the three heads spoke different words, all in languages from an ancient era that were extremely difficult to distinguish:

Xia De decided to leave the action to the three girls; since they had been assigned the mission by the Great Witch, they were naturally well-prepared.

"I have long known that recruiting children into the troupe and selling them off at the next location would surely be rewarded by the gods. Even if this allows some children who might have starved to death to survive, more girls and boys have lost their entire lives because of us. Their parents... sob, probably think they have learned a trade to earn a living, not knowing they might... go to other villages... sob, as slaves. This is our sin. I have helped guard the children who wanted to escape. I, I deserve this punishment."

"Very well."

"No, this is not the real starry sky. I cannot feel the moon!"

If he hadn't known about the circus's shady dealings, Xia De might have considered saving him first. But since he knew what the other party had done, Xia De decided to first deal with the diviner who was the core of the "Dark Moon Circus."

Difa provided information, and Xia De directly sensed that something was wrong with the tent:

Difa's four-ring destiny ring, along with the one-ring destiny rings of the other two, appeared behind them. The light of the destiny rings illuminated their beautiful faces. But what lit up was not any spirit rune on their rings, but the rings themselves, flickering with an ambiguous, hard-to-distinguish white glow.

The diviner's pointed tent was located in the northwest corner of the entire camp, between the open space where circus members dried their clothes and the carriage exclusively used by the Ringmaster. Because this "Blue Star Circus" wasn't very wealthy, although it was evident the owner of the pointed tent had maintained it carefully, the tent's age could not be hidden.

"These are all rewards from the gods. We deserve this kind of reward."

"Does your circus have a diviner? Where is she? Have you seen her today?"

"Yes, in that pointed tent over there. I haven't seen her today. She doesn't like to be disturbed; she is a bad-tempered old woman."

She wore a purple-red robe, and each of her three heads, possessing enchanting beauty, wore a white pointed hat adorned with sun, moon, and star ornaments. Of course, this attire, which only appeared in fairy tales, was very effective for scaring country folk, but in reality, diviners from the city's Divination Association would never dress like this.

Xia De lifted the tent curtain and was the first to walk in. Even with mental preparation, he was immediately stunned by the scene before him.

"Spatial power. The space inside here is likely far larger than what we observed from the outside."

Xia De was about to act when Difa whispered beside him: "Let's go."

The noisy clamor was distracting. The laughing diviner shook her fingers, and the starry river, which originally possessed a magnificent beauty, was heading toward chaos under her command.

"Detective, we cannot waste too much time here. The diviner."

"Going to work wearing such old-fashioned and strange clothes would make colleagues laugh."

"Be careful."

"Riding a broomstick..."

"I will make you wish you were dead!" "Can we come?"

As for the Ringmaster who was taken away by the female centaur, Xia De had originally wanted to let Lei Jiede, who was the most convenient for moving, check the situation. But later, fearing that something inappropriate might be happening in that carriage, he went to check it himself, only to find that the centaur was merely tying the chubby, top-hat-wearing Ringmaster to the cage door and whipping him repeatedly with a blood-stained whip.

This was what Xia De had once asked Lu Lu Weiya about, and the purple-eyed girl had said.

"What did you originally think would happen in the carriage?"

Amidst his sobbing, the boy finally answered the question:

These rays of light gradually converged toward the center of each person's destiny ring until they formed an abstract question mark representing the holy emblem of the Ancient God, the "Great Witch of Chaos." Although the symbol in the center of Difa's destiny ring was still translucent, it was relatively clear; after all, she was a Great Witch's apprentice, while the symbols of the other two girls were extremely blurry.

The three girls and the soul behind him also followed him in. The entrance was a curtain that seemed to merge with the deep space, but once inside, it could no longer be found. They were also surprised by the scene before them, but then they and Xia De saw the three-headed woman riding on a broomstick.

Although it was his first time seeing it, Xia De understood that they were utilizing the power shared with them by the Great Witch of Balance.

After leaving the magician's stage with the girls and Lei Jiede, the group discovered that the stall in the camp that usually sold normal souvenirs was now guarded by a guy with an octopus head, dripping with foul-smelling white slime, who was selling vicious charms with cursed properties.

If anyone dared to compare Lu Lu Weiya with the diviner in the circus, even the purple-eyed girl, who usually had a decent temper, would definitely teach that rude fellow a lesson.

She clasped her hands together and let them hang in front of her:

Therefore, that unfortunate Mr. Mo Ke Er was highly likely the Grey Glove agent sent by Sa Mu Er An Ru to the north bank of the lake, whom Ma Ge Li Te had asked Xia De to find.

Above his head, in front of his face, on his left and right, and even under his feet, was an endless starry river in the white deep space. The stars flickered at a marvelous frequency, the sea of stars seemed to flow in all directions, and the vibrating four elements and the marvelous spirit constituting this space made Xia De truly sense the power of the starry sky for an instant.

Difa, walking beside Xia De, asked softly. Seeing Xia De stammering and not speaking, a bright smile appeared on her face. "You can all live!"

Xia De opened his mouth, and Difa, who was listening to the conversation beside him, said softly:

"You will all die!"

In any case, that was not Xia De's first impression of the circus fortune teller. As for whether the fortune teller had any real skills before becoming associated with the relic "Dark Moon Circus," he would just have to go and see for himself.

He provided important information to Xia De while sobbing. Regardless of the Ringmaster's situation, the new accountant shouldn't have mastered the skill of "using dual guns"; an accountant shouldn't have such skills.

"There isn't much information about the members of the relic 【Dark Moon Circus】; this is polluting knowledge. However, the data Miss gave us indicates that we must defeat the diviner first, and then face her divination, in order to banish her."

The diviner in the circus was different from a regular diviner like Lu Lu Weiya, who was registered with the Divination Association and was actively preparing for the "Registered Diviner Exam." The former relied on true talent, outstanding gifts, and hard work to achieve success, while the latter was just a bunch of frauds. ===== CHAPTER 1769 =====