Is It Important Whether It's a Younger Brother or Sister?

From the pitch-black, Deep Water Well, weak groans gradually drifted out.

There was a sweet, bloody smell in some of the enclosed spaces.

Emma couldn't help but nudge Xu Nan: "What kind of question did you ask? It's weird!"

"That's incredibly rude! I've told you, the Black Witch is very powerful. This kind of question doesn't need divination at all!"

Xu Nan coughed, unsure how to explain.

He didn't actually intend to trick the Black Witch; he just asked on a whim.

It now appears that the result was not ideal.

After a long silence, the Black Witch asked in a hoarse voice:

Does it matter to you whether it's a younger brother or sister?

After thinking about it carefully, Xu Nan suddenly had a sense of enlightenment.

Yes, does it really matter to me whether it's a younger brother or sister?

The answer is obviously no. Although this matter concerns whether Xin'er has gender identity disorder, for Xu Nan himself, all he needs to know is that Xin'er is a family member he needs to take care of!

So he couldn't help but nod in agreement, saying, "It does seem unimportant."

Violent coughing came from the Deep Water Well again, probably from someone who was quite angry.

Xu Nan's heart skipped a beat. "Although it's not important, it at least proves your divination skills!"

The Black Witch remained silent and said, "... There is a powerful force blocking your younger brother or sister... I cannot perform divination. I just rashly used magic and has already incurred the backlash of that force. If I force divination again, my life will be in danger."

"So powerful?" Xu Nan gradually began to have some guesses.

No wonder that old fox Wizard King refused to tell me the secrets of the Celestials. This Black Witch is clearly no ordinary person, yet she still suffered such a severe backlash during the divination process. It's clear that Xin'er is indeed extraordinary.

If he really is a Protoss, it can explain a lot of things.

"Is there anything else you wish to ask? I truly cannot answer this question; you may ask another one."

The Black Witch looked somewhat unwilling.

She seemed to want to prove her divination skills.

Xu Nan didn't think much of it, "Can you tell me where Ron Sorcerer's ancestral grave is? It's the burial site of our ancestor Ron!"

Silence reigned in the Deep Water Well.

Xu Nan continued, "When will the Arcane Empire return? Didn't you see the news? Yu Tuo Sang was born a few days ago!"

The Deep Water Well was deathly silent.

Xu Nan sighed, "It really didn't work."

The Black Witch roared in fury, "Why don't you ask me about the fatal weaknesses of the Three Great Punishing Gods? No one in this world can answer that question!"

Xu Nan shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily true. The Wizard King actually gave me some hints about the three questions I just asked you."

"The Wizard King ...you are Luo Mang's disciple... the Wizard King is not impossible."

The Black Witch seemed to know quite a bit. Upon hearing the title "Wizard King," she didn't react with the same mix of skepticism and shock as Emma. Instead, she asked:

"Now that the Wizard King has already given you the answer, why are you still making things difficult for a prisoner like me?"

At this moment, Xu Nan also understood from Emma's eyes that this Black Witch was probably like those corporate spies, who had made a mistake and were imprisoned in Deep Water Well.

This suggests that the island may have been part of Stephenson, or perhaps used to imprison criminals.

Xu Nan pondered, "Although the Wizard King gave me the answer, that old man tricked me. I am not proficient in Ancient Elven, and my Gluttonous Nature has encountered obstacles in learning about Ancient Elven."

The Black Witch said decisively, "The Gluttonous Nature is one of the most powerful bloodline abilities of the Ron Sorcerer Bloodline, and it rarely encounters any obstacles."

Xu Nan then described to the Black Witch the difficulties she encountered in the process of devouring the Ancient Elven.

The Black Witch asked, puzzled, "Why would you buy a cheap, pirated Ancient Elven learning manual produced by your Lost Paradise?"

"As a Ron Sorcerer, you should know very well the characteristics of things made by your own people, right?"

Xu Nan was speechless for a moment. He couldn't possibly be someone who was just looking for a bargain, that would be too cheap. After all, he was now a man worth tens of millions of Constant Gold Coin.

He countered, "Aren't Ancient Elven textbooks these kinds of Magic Book?"

The Black Witch sneered, "So you were just ignorant. Fine, for Emma's sake, I'll give you a free message."

"The best teaching material for the Ancient Elven is the 'Book of Reconciliation,' a textbook written by a half-elf and suitable for human learning. Originally recorded on Book of Reconciliation Elven Tablets, it was later copied onto Amethyst Slate, with thousands of copies printed. The Ancient Elven textbook you purchased was actually part of the Book of Reconciliation.' Your belief that the problems you encounter in learning about the Ancient Elven are due to the inherent limitations of your Gluttonous Nature is a grave mistake!"

"The Gluttonous Nature possesses a powerful ability to devour and assimilate, but you must know that this assimilation ability depends on the medium of the Magic Book; for example, the most basic sewing, herbalism, and engineering skills can be assimilated by ordinary books; more advanced skills require Magic Book to be successfully digested; and at the level of the Ancient Elven, ordinary Magic Book simply cannot Ancient Elven, do you understand?"

Xu Nan pondered, "So, I've found the reason for my indigestion. It's not that I have a bad stomach, but that the food I ate wasn't good enough?"

The Black Witch affirmed, "If you directly consume the Book of Reconciliation, you will directly learn the Ancient Elven. There won't be many obstacles."

"The Gluttonous Nature is an extremely powerful skill. In my memory, the Ron Sorcerer who possessed this skill in history were all extremely wicked and evil."

Xu Nan looked embarrassed.

Emma patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "Even the most wicked and evil people are better off living an ordinary life, right?"

"How about you sign your name for me first?"

Xu Nan asked in surprise, "Do all of Ansu Li's disciples have such warped values? You actually want the autograph of someone who is suspected of being a great villain in the future?"

Emma nodded. "Leave your handwriting first. When you commit many evil deeds in the future and someone puts a bounty on your head, I can naturally find your whereabouts through your handwriting!"

Xu Nan was deeply impressed by this girl's long-term approach to financial management, and then quietly distanced himself from her.

"So, where can I buy the Book of Reconciliation that you mentioned?" Xu Nan continued to ask.

The Black Witch grew impatient. "If I remember correctly, there are quite a few Book of Reconciliation in the library of the Halse Palace..."

At this moment, Emma interjected. "But ever since the Prophet Babeila disappeared, the Halse Palace, which she ruled, has been sealed off. It was only opened once in recent years when the Red-Robed Scholars from the Citadel came to visit."

There was a moment of silence in the Deep Water Well before a stiff reply came:

"I don't know."

"I can only perform divination a very limited number of times. If you still wish to know about Luo Mang and Ansu Li's future, please give me Luo Mang's hair."

Xu Nan hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

Emma looked annoyed. "Is there anything else? Hurry up and give Luo Mang's hair to the witch!"

Xu Nan carefully held the white hair in her hand:

"Could you give me back the pieces of underwear you just had?"

The air gradually became stagnant.

After a long while, an uncontrollable roar finally came from the Deep Water Well: "Did you think that failing the divination wouldn't consume materials?"

"Calm down! Calm down!"

Xu Nan had initially asked out of wishful thinking, but upon seeing that the Black Witch was about to go berserk, he quickly threw food into the well water.

Green-Skinned Lobster, Peking duck, Italian sausage... all sorts of delicious food are available.

After all, according to Emma's law, the Black Witch has been imprisoned for a long time, and her desire for food surpasses everything else. As long as you can give her something delicious, she will do your fortune telling for free.

Sure enough, after a while, the Black Witch's voice sounded much better.

Urged by Emma, Xu Nan gently handed the white hair inside.

The Black Witch's voice was somewhat excited. "Alright, I'll begin the divination now."

"Of course, Luo Mang and Ansu Li are both top-tier figures. My divination skills will inevitably be somewhat biased. Even with their tokens, the future I can see may not actually come to pass."

"This divination takes some time and involves a process. While predicting their future, I can tell you about their past."

"I have seen a lot, and I can tell you with certainty that they were indeed in love. And Ansu Li's mentor Jules Emerson, was the biggest obstacle to their love."

Xu Nan and Emma exchanged a glance. Although the former had some guesses, she was still somewhat dumbfounded to hear from the Black Witch that it was really such a melodramatic plot.

According to the Black Witch's description, the two learned that the relationship between Master Jules and Luo Mang was not harmonious, Luo Mang was still bothered by the mistake of adding points— Xu Nan did not doubt this, otherwise he would not have been so earnest when teaching him.

But what truly caused the two to break up was that, before leaving, Master Jules placed Stephenson's fate on Ansu Li's shoulders:

On the night of the full moon, he summoned Ansu Li back to Stephenson and appointed her as the new chief of the [Summit of Mountains]; the Summit of Mountains was the emblem of a powerful mage organization that corresponded to the Setting Sun's Glow of the Arcane Empire.

Jules' departure forced Ansu Li to shoulder the arduous fate of protecting Stephenson. In receiving the inheritance from the chief of the Summit of Mountains, she saw many things and saw her own future.

She saw herself hanging upside down on the cross, perishing in a sea of fire, while Luo Mang stood by and watched.

He held a flaming whip, his face cold.

At the time, Ansu Li did not believe in this fate, but soon, an event occurred that made her feel utterly hopeless.

Yes, that incident affected the entire landscape of Stephenson's life.

That event was the birth of the Scroll of Destiny.

"It's like you were here," Emma couldn't help but mutter.

The description of the Black Witch is so realistic that one can't help but marvel at the power of her divination skills.

However, the next second, the Black Witch's eerie voice rang out:

"Because I was there at the time..."

At that moment, the two were horrified to discover that the Black Witch's voice had reached the well's mouth, seemingly separated from them by an invisible membrane, watching them intently.

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