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Chapter 1187: Chapter 858: Power of Prophecy (2)

However, the wine she personally poured for him was indeed very intoxicating...

As Lu Xiao was about to leave the rooftop, he suddenly heard a very soft voice behind him, as if it would dissipate with the wind in the next moment.

”I had a transaction with the Main System. The price I paid was thirty years of my life, and now... there should be less than ten years left...”

Lu Xiao’s steps halted silently. He turned around, looking at Shu Kui in astonishment.

In a daze, he seemed to understand something.

Shu Kui propped himself up to sit at the edge of the roof, looking down at him, and chuckled softly, ”What kind of expression is that? Are you pitying me? Ten years is not a short time. Maybe I can still witness her child’s birth with my own eyes. I promised to help her take care of her child.”

”You guys had better put in more effort, don’t make me wait too long. I really like children.”

Lu Xiao’s mouth twitched slightly. The topic switched too quickly, and for a moment, he didn’t know how to respond.

Looking at the Black Scorpion Youth’s relaxed demeanor, he pursed his lips and said in a deep voice, ”Does she know about this?”

Shu Kui shook his head, ”Don’t tell Xiao Xi. I don’t want her to feel guilty.”

He made the deal with the Main System to return to the Divine Hall. If she knew, she would definitely think he did it for her... Silly girl, it was for revenge as well.

Originally, Shu Kui wanted to keep this matter buried in his heart forever, never letting anyone know. But perhaps, having said so much tonight, he couldn’t help but say more.

Shu Kui also knew that Lu Xiao would be a perfect confidant and keeper of secrets.

Lu Xiao nodded, ”Alright, I promise you.”

The night grew thick, obscuring the starlight and moonlight. The world became even more silent, as if falling into slumber.

At this moment, within the royal court of the Yiyuan Empire, there was a towering pavilion seeming to pierce the heavens. This was the Observatory Pavilion, where generations of High Priests resided, also known as the Stargazing Tower, and none except the emperors of past ages were permitted inside.

High Priest Yu Tong arrived at the top floor of the Observatory Platform, her bearing graceful and solitary, her snowy hair almost touching the ground.

Her face was veiled, revealing only a pair of silver-gray eyes. The moonlight seemed incapable of casting any light, as if she were an emotionless deity, able to glimpse the secrets of the world, viewing everything with indifference.

Standing at the edge of the high tower, she was calculating something with her fingers. Her breath seemed somewhat weak, and even her graceful face under the veil appeared paler.

The night wind brushed past her pure white Divine Robe, making her snowy hair flutter in the wind, like white butterflies about to take flight.

A leisurely, low, pleasant voice came from behind,

”You called me back in such a hurry, is there something important?”

Yu Tong turned to look at the newcomer, bowing slightly, ”I have been waiting for Your Majesty for quite some time.”

The man was tall and slender, with brilliant red hair casually falling over his back. His face was strikingly handsome and beautiful, with narrow fox eyes filled with charm, a high bridge nose, and thin crimson lips always carrying a faint smile.

He wore a simple plain shirt, the cuffs rolled up to mid-forearm, revealing well-defined wrist bones. This was not the usual attire in the Yiyuan Empire, suggesting he returned hurriedly from afar.

Shen Li’s expression was filled with a hint of doubt.

The Priest Clan always led secluded lives, rarely venturing outside, usually staying within the Star-picking Tower.

Even he hadn’t visited here for several years.

Yet, receiving an urgent message yesterday, he rushed back. Could it be that something significant had happened in the Empire?

Yu Tong shook her head, her usually emotionless silver eyes revealing a trace of sorrow and worry, ”I observed the stars last night, divined fate, and foretold a calamity that will occur in the future...”

She gazed deeply at the extraordinarily beautiful red-haired youth before her, speaking with difficulty, ”It is the death tribulation of Your Majesty!”

”What...” Shen Li’s fox eyes suddenly trembled, the relaxed smile on his face completely vanished, his voice carrying an extreme chill as if a cold wind swept over ice, furrowing his brow in anger, ”Wasn’t the rumor back then already broken? I’m living well now, where is the death tribulation coming from?”

”The death tribulation mentioned by father in the past has already been successfully overcome by Your Majesty. But fate keeps changing, and I have foretold that Your Majesty will face an even more perilous death tribulation in the future!”

Yu Tong paused slightly here, with some puzzlement, ”However, this calamity’s situation is very special. Your Majesty’s tribulation is linked to another fatal knot—”

”The real death tribulation belongs to someone else, someone intimately close to Your Majesty!”

Thunder suddenly struck!

The Fox Emperor, usually indifferent in showing emotions, was momentarily speechless, staggering a bit, his handsome face full of incredulity, a gloomy expression like black clouds, terrifying to the extreme.

”Explain yourself clearly, look again carefully, and tell me everything in detail. What exactly is going on?!”

The High Priest bore immense pressure and continued divination under the imminently erupting wrath of the Fox Emperor.

However, not long after, she suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, the veil turning blood-red, her body swaying, almost falling from the high tower.

Shen Li hurriedly rushed over to support her, sealing her acupoints to stabilize her heart pulse, transmitting power to her, finally allowing Yu Tong to recover half of her life.

She opened her eyes, shook her head, and regretfully said, ”Sorry, Your Majesty... The power of fireflies cannot compare with the brilliance of sun and moon. My strength is still insufficient, only able to divine such meager fate... I can’t perform divination again for at least a year...”

Is the backlash really this severe?

Yu Tong, as the daughter of the previous High Priest, though young, her talent is no less than her father’s, yet because of this divination, the backlash is so severe she can’t use the Divination Skill for a whole year.

Shen Li quickly calmed down, speaking in a deep, hoarse voice, ”You’ve worked hard, go rest.”

”Thank you, Your Majesty.” However, High Priest Yu Tong did not leave immediately, continuing deeply, ”Your death tribulation is incidental, the true beginning of the death tribulation is someone else. I could only deduce that he is someone close to Your Majesty.”

”His death will cause severe trauma to Your Majesty, causing damage to the heart fire, leading to an untimely death, leaving no descendants... The lineage of the Fire God Fox’s Ji family will lose its legacy, and the Yiyuan Empire will fall into internal chaos because of it, ultimately leading to its demise... The stable pattern of the continent will break, plunging various regions into disorder... Eventually, this land will face an existential crisis.”

”The fall of that star is the key to destruction! Its consequence will not only lead to Your Majesty’s fall, but will also impact the entire world... I, cough... have never seen such a scenario! The power of that star is so immense it can steer the fate of the whole world, it’s truly... truly unbelievable...”

As the High Priest spoke these words, it seemed to consume much of her energy again, leaving her face even paler, almost devoid of color.

Shen Li’s expression also grew more gloomy, his eyes showing a hint of red, his body seemingly suppressing a tremble with all his might.

After sending Yu Tong to her resting place, Shen Li found Yu Xi and entrusted him with some matters, and then he left.

Yu Xi did not know what his sister and the Emperor talked about, but when that usually composed and unflustered Emperor left, he noticed he was somewhat stumbling, lost in panic.