Matrix of Prescience, Ye Yan saw Fu Xuan walking towards them and took the opportunity to pull out an unopened bottle of milk tea from his pocket.
When she went to the Bailu Alchemy Commission, she had already told her about Fu Xuan.
Working tirelessly on various affairs of the Divination Commission, overtime work has become a daily routine, inevitably leading to mental and physical exhaustion.
At this time of year, Alchemy Commission's stock of sugar powder for pairing with eye-brightening herbal tea always runs out quickly, but fortunately, Ye Yan's milk tea shop has all kinds of flavoring powders.
Therefore, Bailu would lie and say that the medicinal tea prepared by Fu Xuan contained a secret ingredient that could revitalize and relieve fatigue, and the other party believed her without a doubt.
Much later, Fu Xuan realized that Bailu had simply been sweetened.
The right medicine for the illness—no wonder he's a genius nurtured by the Alchemy Commission! This is praise from Master Diviner Fu himself!
Hmm? You're asking why bubble tea shops use flavorings? Are you sure it's not some kind of high-tech or rudimentary process?
That was obviously for messing with Aha. A few years ago, this guy would come to him every day asking for a cup of milk tea, and he would even show up at the same time every day. And Aha was actually quite punctual.
It was only recently, Ye Yan the Astral Express, that Aha reduced the number of times he appeared in public.
Ye Yan hadn't seen Aha since he beat Aha up in front of Qlipoth.
Sigh... Without that familiar, silly smiling mask by my side, life feels a little less colorful...
No! There's definitely something wrong with my thinking like that!
If they haven't shown up for a long time, they must be secretly preparing something big.
"Ahem, some people from the [ Tavern ] might be visiting Luofu recently. If you see any suspicious individuals, arrest them and throw them into the Prison of Deep Seclusion."
Jing Yuan:?
"Are you... serious?" He didn't understand why Ye Yan suddenly said that.
"It's just a possibility, it might not come true." Ye Yan isn't some great prophet like those on March 7th who can make everything he says come true.
Fu Xuan had already walked up to Ye Yan and looked him up and down.
Are the people of Divination Commission malnourished?
Not counting shoes, to be honest... Ye Yan felt that she and Qingque were about the same height as Mengming.
"Haha~" Jing Yuan didn't give an answer, just gave an awkward laugh.
As expected of the Aeon, he speaks so freely; his very first sentence was so outrageous.
"Hey, are you... mocking my height?!"
"It wasn't meant as sarcasm; Mr. Ye Yan was simply Curiosity," Jing Yuan explained, adding that it wouldn't be good for the misunderstanding to continue.
Fu Xuan's lips twitched slightly. "Does being an Emanator can do whatever you want? Is there no law anymore? Do you think you're Aeon?"
"Ahem... This is our first meeting, I just wanted to leave a lasting impression on Taibu," Ye Yan said seriously. How do you think he met Qingque?
Qingque never expected that when she came to buy milk tea, the shop owner would stubbornly refuse to sell it to her, even though she clearly saw milk tea on the counter.
Of course, that's all hindsight... Returning to the present, Fu Xuan did indeed have an impression of Ye Yan, and turned to look at Jing Yuan:
Do I need to introduce myself again?
Jing Yuan did not answer.
"Hmm... If you want to know my origins and identity, why don't you use your divination skills, which you are so proud of, to investigate in person?" Ye Yan suggested. He had never intended to hide his identity from a high-ranking person like the Grand Diviner.
After all... it's fair to say that Qingque was partly responsible for being caught skipping work.
Xing and his group quickly activated the three array bases and rushed back to the center of the Matrix of Prescience to report back to Fu Xuan.
Upon returning, I saw Fu Xuan still in shock, standing motionless in place.
" Fu Qing? Fu Qing?" Jing Yuan's words brought Fu Xuan back to his senses.
" My Lord Diviner, the initiation process has been successfully completed!"
"Ahem... Sorry. You did a great job. I can sense that the talismans of the Matrix of Prescience have been reactivated."
"Next, I will interrogate Kafka. Those at the center of the formation may feel some... shock."
"So... you were actually daydreaming?" March 7th guessed, successfully giving Fu Xuan an excuse.
"I guess... I suppose so."
Although it's inappropriate to say that, she couldn't very well say that she had gotten this result from divining the fate of the Aeon.
Fu Xuan swore he never wanted to go through this again, and hoped that a similar situation wouldn't occur during the interrogation of Kafka.
As soon as she activated the Dharma Eye on her forehead, her consciousness was pulled into a vast starry sky, or at least not into Nihility.
Just as Fu Xuan was puzzled, a piece of amber that was constantly eroding and regenerating itself appeared in front of her. Fu Xuan subconsciously reached out to grasp it, and the surrounding space was immediately rippled. The amber transformed into a rusty clock.
Inside the clock, gears and vines coexist under the starlight, while each twinkling star gradually solidifies into dust in the hourglass.
As the view gradually recedes, all the wonders seen earlier merge into an hourglass, with fragments of the Milky Way suspended within the glass chamber, billions of light-years compressed into the form of fine sand.
The upper dome is filled with solidified nebulae, and dust streaks in color as it passes through the bottleneck, while the lower part is a bottomless darkness.
The Möbius strip, nestled at the junction of the two cones, radiates an indescribable brilliance.
Fu Xuan reached out, wanting to touch that illogical light...
Suddenly, a huge object lifted the hourglass. Upon closer inspection, Fu Xuan realized that it was actually someone's hand.
The five fingers are like an intertwined loop of space and time, stardust is born and dies repeatedly in the transparent bones, the black hole in the palm is slowly devouring the surroundings, each joint of the hand is like a miniature universe, and liquid starlight surges in the blood vessels.
The hand was holding an hourglass, the sand falling at a speed exactly equal to the absolute value of all the time arrows canceling each other out. The moment the fingertip brushed against the Möbius strip, countless whispered voices instantly flooded his mind, and a strong sense of emptiness filled Fu Xuan's heart.
As her consciousness faded, she vaguely saw a... crimson mask?
Recalling that feeling, Fu Xuan sighed with relief that he hadn't used the Matrix of Prescience to divine for Ye Yan, otherwise the interrogation of Kafka would have been delayed by several days.
But these people in front of him... seem unaware of Ye Yan's identity; it seems He is intentionally concealing it.
I wonder what kind of expression they'll have when they find out the truth?
Fu Xuan, who had just begun to feel a glimmer of anticipation, quickly dismissed the thought. "Are you all ready?"
"Sir, we are ready at any moment!"
"Suddenly you've become serious?!"
A few minutes later, two Cloud Knights escorted Kafka over.
"Is this really necessary? I told you I would cooperate." Kafka put one hand on her hip, her coat already removed from her shoulder, and looked a little uncomfortable.
Xing was surprised that the Cloud Knights was so comprehensive, even able to help with makeup removal.
"You are a wanted criminal skilled in using [ Spirit Whisper ] to sow discord; I have absolutely no interest in your words."
"You may say whatever you wish, but I will only believe in the divination of Matrix of Prescience. Divination Commission has his own ways of digging out the truth from you, far more than words can express."
Kafka clicked her tongue. A simple remark was met with so many retorts. This Divination Commission has a really bad temper.
"Then please let the diviner witness my destiny."
Looking around, almost all the faces were familiar.
"Didn't the navigator come down with you?" she asked Xing with interest.
"Seeing the entire crew of the Astral Express mobilize is no easy feat. What will happen to our Conductor if they all get off?"
"That's true... I'm still a little unaccustomed to being surrounded by so many important people."
Before she could finish speaking, Kafka's hands were handcuffed by the Cloud Knights.
"Sigh~"
The thought that the Script was full of gibberish, and that Xing would have to come and question her after the oracle's interrogation, made Kafka search her mind for the parts of the Script that were still intact.
"Weren't two Stellaron Hunters already captured? Why haven't we seen that guy called [Blade]?" March 7th realized the problem.
"Sometimes, too many people aren't a good thing." Kafka gave Dan Heng a meaningful look. Even though he now looked like Blake, Kafka felt that Blade would still recognize him.
"Shouldn't you be more concerned about... where is Silver Wolf than Blade?"
"Don't be Riddlers now!"
Kafka knew that given the time Silver Wolf and Ye Yan had spent together, if she were to appear here and join the interrogation, not to mention whether Fu Xuan would run into trouble... the Matrix of Prescience might also run into problems.
Therefore, it's best to minimize contact with the Aeon, even if it's just playing games together online.
However, most people wouldn't associate themselves with beings like Aeon...