Ms. Diviner: The Prodigal Daughter's Return

Chapter 747: 747 Han Yan, the God-man, speaks a word that reveals the Heavenly Secret.

”Did either of you sustain injuries before you conceived this child?” Mu Hanyan asked the young couple, ignoring the other.

”How did you know?” The young woman looked at Mu Hanyan in surprise.

”Your injuries at that time weren’t serious, and should have healed quickly, but after recovering, your strength failed to improve by even a bit, until after you had him, and then your abilities began to increase again,” Mu Hanyan stated, glancing at the baby.

”You... how did you know?” The young man said with a shocked expression.

The couple’s injuries were a closely guarded secret, known only to the father. They had sought medical treatment with extreme caution, fearful that their branch relatives might have ill intentions if they found out, but they had not anticipated Mu Hanyan exposing their secret with a single comment.

”This child’s birth was surely accompanied by some strange omens, right?” Mu Hanyan continued.

The couple exchanged a hesitant, inquiring glance with each other and paused before responding.

”If the other Star Divination Masters have all determined this child to be inherently deficient, it’s not without reason. If you aren’t willing to speak, I can’t help you,” Mu Hanyan said upon seeing their hesitation.

”Master, what you said is correct. There were indeed unusual occurrences at the time of the child’s birth. I remember that night was filled with countless stars, but at the moment of his birth, the sky suddenly darkened with clouds. The fierce dogs and spirited horses in the house all quieted down, not daring to make a sound, and the entire house fell silent. However, as soon as the child was born, the clouds dispersed and the starry sky was clear again, with everything returning to normal,” the young woman hesitated for a long while before finally speaking through clenched teeth.

There were legends that the birth of a wise ruler or a sage would be accompanied by auspicious signs from heaven and earth, just as the arrival of a solitary star of calamity or a peerless villain was also said to manifest strange omens. Although such tales could not be taken as truth, the bizarre scenery at their child’s birth was too unusual to resemble the auspicious signs described in legends, so they had always kept it a secret, not daring to reveal the abnormal phenomena to outsiders.

But having witnessed Mu Hanyan’s uncanny Star Divination Hand Formation, and hearing her reveal their secrets so accurately, she felt compelled to disclose everything and dare not show any disrespect, addressing her as ”Master” in truth.

”Indeed,” Mu Hanyan said with an enigmatic expression.

”Master, can you really help my child?” The young woman, having confessed the secret, looked at Mu Hanyan with a mix of nerves and anticipation.

If Mu Hanyan could not help, and the child’s secret birth details were exposed, the Zhang Family’s collateral relatives would surely make a big issue out of it, even pressuring the Family Head to abdicate.

The young man remained silent, but his expression was equally tense.

”If I have calculated correctly, you were injured in an ancient relic. You might not be aware, but within those ruins lingered the hostility left by an ancient expert at the time of death. Although you later healed your injuries, you failed to purge that malicious energy, which is why your cultivation could no longer advance a step until this child came along.

The hostility in your bodies was transferred to the child, and so your injuries became free of complications, allowing you to continue to enhance your cultivation. But now he must bear the burden for both of you,” Mu Hanyan said with a sigh.

”It turns out... it’s our fault that we involved the child.” The young woman recalled the incidents before and after the injury, as well as the various strange phenomena that occurred after the child was born, and didn’t harbor any doubts about what Mu Hanyan said. With a mournful expression, she then suddenly knelt before Mu Hanyan and said with tears streaming down her face, ”Master, please save my poor child. As long as he can be saved, even if it means death, I will have no complaints.”

”Master, I beg you to save my child. No matter the cost, even if I have to serve you as an ox or a horse, I, Zhang Chihua, will have no second words.” The young man also knelt down.

”There’s no need for such formality, I have a destiny with this child, so I’ll lend a hand,” Mu Hanyan said, unaccustomed to such grand gestures, and quickly helped the two of them up.

Of course, what she had just said wasn’t something she had divined herself; it was revealed to her by the Star Illusion Thousand Machine.

According to the Star Illusion Thousand Machine, the true cause behind the couple’s injuries and the involvement of their child wasn’t some ancient powerhouse’s residual hostility, but rather a power of heaven and earth not belonging to the Holy Court Continent.

In some ancient relics, due to the existence of seals, it’s likely that the complete power of heaven and earth from ancient times still remains. Part of it is the same as the current Holy Court Continent’s power of heaven and earth, while the rest is entirely different.

As the seals are opened, this different power of heaven and earth is quickly swallowed up and eliminated, but if one happens to be injured at that moment, it could remain within the body.

With the current cultivation methods of the Holy Court Continent, of course, it is impossible to refine this part of the power of heaven and earth, and cultivation therefore could hardly progress. Apart from those deeply-rooted families, several major institutions, and some extraordinary individuals who have entered sainthood, ordinary people are completely unaware of the origins of the Holy Court Continent, naturally not understanding what this power of heaven and earth is all about.

Then, when the two conceived a new life, which was also the crystallization of their essence, that residual power of heaven and earth was thereby transferred to the fetus’s body.

The reason why the Star Divination Masters had concluded that he had no cultivation talent was also due to this. With the current cultivation techniques, it was impossible to absorb and refine this different power of heaven and earth, and naturally, any cultivation was out of the question.

Of course, this was all inferred by the Star Illusion Thousand Machine, but Mu Hanyan couldn’t relay it exactly as it was. Talking about a shattered continent, an incomplete power of heaven and earth—such things would be incomprehensible to the onlookers, not to mention, Zhang Chihua and his wife would be utterly confused.

So Mu Hanyan changed her explanation. Talking about residual hostility and such, filled with the air of a god-man, was easier for ordinary people to understand and accept. It must be said that Lady Mu, after having spent some time with Qu the Godman, had garnered no other benefits, but her ability to mystify and bamboozle had truly surpassed her teacher.

Even Lady Mu herself admitted that she indeed had a talent for being a god-man.

”Thank you, master, thank you, master.” The young woman was overjoyed, once again kneeling down and kowtowing to Mu Hanyan.

”There’s no need for such formality, no need at all.” Seeing the joy mixed with tears on the woman’s face, Mu Hanyan felt deeply moved and quickly helped her up.

Without saying anything more, Mu Hanyan formed a Hand Formation with her left hand, while her right hand gently held the infant’s small hand.

Though she wasn’t a true Star Divination Master, as long as she could identify the real issue with the child, resolving it wouldn’t be difficult. The Heavenly Heart Technique could assimilate all powers for one’s own use, and purging that bit of power from the Foreign Continent that was hiding inside the child’s body was definitely not an issue.

The only thing to be careful about was the child’s fragility due to his young age and delicate meridians, so as not to harm them.

Luckily, Mu Hanyan already possessed the strength of a Sword Master Realm, and the Heavenly Heart Technique had been upgraded several times, far more profound and mysterious than other cultivation methods. Therefore, she didn’t have to worry too much.