Chapter 369: The Torrent of Fate

Hearing this question, Chloe’s cheeks flushed slightly.

Even though her eyes were covered by silk, that shy emotion was clearly visible:

"I... yes, Professor. I am considering how... how to establish a better relationship with someone."

"Haha, the troubles of the young are always so similar."

Yuteer chuckled and sat down in the chair, the light of his phantom becoming more stable:

"However, I am curious, as an outstanding diviner, why don't you use the ability you are best at to solve this problem?"

This suggestion made Chloe’s eyes light up.

She had been immersed in anxiety, instead ignoring the most direct solution.

"You are right, Professor."

She sat back at the divination table, her hands gently stroking the "Celestial Sphere" crystal:

"This is also a very good divination practice, isn't it?"

"Exactly."

Yuteer nodded in praise, the silver eyes flashing with the encouraging light unique to teachers:

"A true wise person should learn to use their talent to guide life’s choices."

Chloe took a deep breath and began to adjust her mental state.

She closed her eyes lightly, letting her consciousness sink into that special state between wakefulness and dreaming.

"With the stars as the guide, with fate as the mirror..."

Ancient incantations flowed gently from her lips, and subtle energy fluctuations began to permeate the air.

The nebula inside the "Celestial Sphere" crystal began to accelerate its rotation, exuding brighter light.

Under the illumination of this light, Chloe could "see" countless fate lines intertwining in the air.

She needed to find those clues related to Luo En, and then follow these clues to find the best action plan.

The first symbol emerged slowly—

A beautiful butterfly, its wings flashing with rainbow-like light, dancing around a ball of scorching flames.

The butterfly flew closer and closer, wanting to touch the tempting warmth, but was pushed away by the heat wave every time it approached.

Finally, the butterfly’s wings began to scorch, falling powerlessly to the ground.

Chloe frowned.

The face of the girl who took off the black silk was actually beautiful and moving, and the gray-blue long hair was even more unique.

That kind of pure yet mysterious temperament was enough to make any male’s heart move.

But the meaning of this symbol was very clear—the approach method using beauty and emotion as weapons was destined to fail.

The existence represented by that ball of flame was too focused on its own goals and would not be moved by this kind of superficial temptation at all.

"Sure enough... this method will have no effect..."

Chloe smiled bitterly in her heart, continuing to explore other possibilities.

The second picture showed indirect contact:

A group of lambs gathered under a high tower, looking up at the figure on the top of the tower.

They bleated, hoping to attract attention, but the existence on the tower did not even look down once.

The lambs gathered more and more, their voices getting louder and louder, but the person on the tower was just concentrating on observing the stars further away.

"Indirect contact won't work either..." Chloe sighed in her heart.

Among the many wizards seeking cooperation, she had neither a particularly prominent background nor unique resources, making it difficult to stand out.

The third symbol formed slowly—

A giant labyrinth, the walls made of mirrors, countless roads leading in different directions.

In the center of the labyrinth, a blurred figure was trapped in a cocoon woven from countless thin threads.

And on the edge of the labyrinth stood a guide holding a lantern, the light capable of shining through the confusion of the mirrors, showing the true path.

Chloe’s heartbeat began to accelerate.

This symbol was more complex than the previous ones, but the meaning was exceptionally clear.

That trapped figure represented someone caught in a complex situation, and the guide holding the lantern...

"Professional ability..." she whispered, her train of thought beginning to become clear:

"Not emotion, not beauty, but professional guidance ability..."

The symbol continued to evolve, and more details emerged.

She saw the mirrors in the labyrinth beginning to display different images.

The figure of a white-haired woman appeared repeatedly, sometimes clear, sometimes blurred, as if deliberately distorted by some force.

"Euphemia..." Chloe’s pupils contracted slightly under the black veil.

The final part of the symbol made her completely understand the guidance of the stars.

The light of the lantern shone on one of the mirrors, and the white-haired woman in the mirror suddenly became real, no longer a false reflection.

And the figure trapped in the cocoon also began to break free because of the revelation of the truth.

When the divination ended, Chloe took a long breath.

Her back was already soaked with sweat; this depth of symbol interpretation consumed a large amount of her mental power.

"It seems you found the answer."

Yuteer said gently, the light around the phantom becoming softer: "What guidance did the stars give you?"

"Made me understand..." Chloe’s voice became firm:

"My value lies not in being an admirer, but in becoming a professional partner. Especially... especially on some complex interpersonal issues."

She stood up and walked to the window of the room.

Through the special glass made of Abyss worm nerves, she could see the dots of light in the deep areas of the observation station.

Some of those lights were ordinary magic crystal lamps, while others exuded eerie colors.

Those were signs of various experiments in progress.

"I once participated in the identification work of someone’s identity..."

Chloe stroked the "Celestial Sphere" crystal on her chest, her train of thought becoming clearer and clearer:

"That person’s current situation is very complex and might need more divination verification to determine the best response plan."

"A very good train of thought." Yuteer nodded in praise:

"Remember, truly valuable relationships are always built on the foundation of mutual need and mutual respect."

The Void-Skeleton projection began to become blurred, clearly the long-term descent had consumed quite a bit of energy:

"Rest well, tomorrow will be an important day."

When the room returned to tranquility, Chloe stood alone by the window.

The silver-gray long hair shimmered under the light of the magic crystal lamp, and the face covered by the black veil appeared exceptionally mysterious.

She thought of what Astraea had once said:

"The mission of an astrologer is not to predict personal fate, but to provide guidance for those key decisions.

When the wheel of history is about to turn, we are the lighthouses pointing the way."

Now she finally understood the meaning of this sentence.

Luo En was indeed the key figure at the intersection of fate.

And her role was not to become his burden or decoration, but to provide professional guidance at critical moments.

"Tomorrow..." Chloe whispered in her heart, carrying unprecedented determination:

"Tomorrow I will go talk to him. Not as a cowardly admirer, but as a professional diviner."

She began to conceive the conversation for tomorrow in her heart.

First, demonstrate her deep understanding of the Euphemia problem, then explain the technical value of divination verification, and finally propose a specific cooperation plan...

Every step needed to be carefully designed; this was not an emotional game, but a professional display of ability.

In such an exchange, she had the confidence to prove her true value.

"This is where my value lies..."

Her gaze became firm:

"Not beauty, not background, but the complementarity of professional abilities."

………………

In the study of his personal residence late at night, Luo En sat alone at the desk made of ancient oak.

Meditation candles exuding faint blue light were lit in the four corners of the room.

These special candles could stabilize mental fluctuations and provide necessary protection for studying forbidden knowledge.

The air was filled with the fragrance of dragon blood grass, a precious spice that could reduce pollution erosion to a certain extent.

A leather notebook with blank surfaces was spread out on the desktop.

When he injected mental power into it, dense runes and theoretical diagrams appeared on the pages.

Those words seemed to wriggle slowly on the paper, as if possessing vitality.

"The essence of causal reversal lies in the redefinition of temporal sequence..."

Luo En recorded his understanding on another piece of paper with a quill pen.

"Traditional spellcraft follows the linear causal chain of 'caster → spell effect → target,' while spell reversal is to twist and fold this chain..."

He stopped writing and stared at the diagram he had just drawn.

It was a complex three-dimensional rune structure.

It looked like a combination of the Mobius strip and the Klein bottle from his previous life.

Any gaze attempting to track its surface would fall into an infinite loop at a certain node.

"The key lies in mastering the precise 'reversal timing'..."

Continuing to read, Luo En found that the complexity of this skill far exceeded imagination.

The caster needs to precisely implant reversal nodes into the other party’s causal structure at the moment the spell takes effect.

This requires extremely deep attainments in runology, spacetime theory, and soul studies.

【Spell Reversal (Rudimentary) Experience +1】

【Current Progress: Spell Reversal (Rudimentary 8/100)】

The prompt on the transparent panel confirmed the progress of learning, but also made him realize the long learning cycle of this skill.

Just mastering the basic theory required a large amount of time and energy investment.