Chapter 2789: Familiar Indeed
Zheng Qing's answer made Jiang Yu's expression stiffen slightly.
She blinked.
"Um, that's not what I meant..."
The witch's lovely brows drew together, then quickly relaxed again. She smiled. "But it's close enough. What I meant was, in the Wizarding World, the least trustworthy thing is a diviner's prophecy. We've all studied divination, so we should know that it can reveal some things while concealing far more. Often, seeing things vaguely is actually more accurate than seeing them clearly."
Zheng Qing was no fool.
Once he calmed down, he easily understood what Jiang Yu was trying to say.
"You think I shouldn't dwell on that centaur prophecy?" He scratched his head, feeling a strong sense of déjà vu in this conversation. "I thought believing in divination was a very orthodox choice for wizards."
He remembered now. He had discussed similar matters with Xiao Xiao before.
"An orthodox choice isn't necessarily the right one."
As they spoke, the two passed a snack stall. Jiang Yu casually picked up a steamer basket of cooked oysters and held it out to him. "—Like oysters. They spent hundreds of millions of years evolving sturdy armored shells, only for humans to turn those shells into bowls to hold them... Hello, how much is one basket?"
Her latter question was directed at the little Clam Girl running the oyster stall.
The Clam Girl's shell swayed slightly, as though the witch's words had frightened her. Her voice came out faintly. "One, one copper coin. One copper coin is enough..."
"So cheap!"
Zheng Qing exclaimed as he stuffed the firm, slippery oyster meat into his mouth. It was perfectly salted, with a slight sweet aftertaste. He could not help nodding again. "—Really delicious! No wonder your family's meat is so good."
That frightened the