Chapter 815
She was still not quite conscious and her hands were a little weak.
The voice continued to come, but with a bit of worried reproach.
“Little Destiny, why did you sleep in this place, you’re already weak, what if you get sick?”
It was a few seconds later that she reluctantly opened her eyes.
On seeing the person in front of her clearly, she was stunned: “…… Grandpa Yugi?”
It was a kind-eyed old man, but his demeanor did not show old age and his spirit was bright.
The first of the twenty-two sages, the Sage Fool, thefool.
Again, the Sage Fool was the first of the group of sages to be born.
He is the first wise one of the Twenty-two Sages and the tutor of many of them.
During the day, she would go to the Fool for advice if she had any difficult questions.
“I see you’re having a nightmare.” The old lady was still worried, “It’s a good thing I came to you here, what did you dream about?”
“Disaster.” She pressed her head and sat up, “I saw many, many disasters.”
“It’s hard for you.” The old man sniffed and sighed, “You have to predict these all the time and you are not in the best of spirits, sometime, go to the moon or the shaking light to tune up your emotions.”
The sage appeared in response to the order.
When the Magi appeared, it also happened to be the epoch when all kinds of great disasters were frequent.
Calamities, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, droughts …… occurred so frequently that the twenty-two Sages had to run around.
And behind the scenes, it was all up to the Wheel of Fortune alone to support them.
The old man knew she was tired and worn out.
“I will.” She nodded, “Grandfather Fool, what did you want to see me about?”
“Huh? Oh oh, yes something.” The old man said, “There’s someone who’s been wanting to meet you, I’ll bring him here and if you don’t see her, I’ll blow him out again.”
She turned her head sideways.
It was then that she noticed another figure under the willow tree not far away.
The man was tall, broad-shouldered and narrow-waisted, with long legs.
As if sensing her gaze, he too turned around.
It was a handsome face, with a pair of
She had seen popes, she had seen emperors.
But whichever one it was, neither the aura nor the looks could compare with the man in front of her.
“By the way, you have not met.” The old man smiled, “Little Destiny, let me introduce you, this is the Sixteen Sages, devil, meet you all.”
He just stood there lazily, already making a sight of his own.
He then walked over, bent down and extended his hand, “Hello, little Destiny.”
“Hello.” She didn’t shake his hand, just nodded slightly and averted her eyes.
“Temperance has taken him on a few missions, he’s going to be the one to keep out of trouble from now on.” The old man was busy rounding up, “You’ll need to be called upon to specify a plan in the future as well.”
“Oh.”
She remained indifferent.
“Go, go, go, people don’t treat you well.” The old man immediately shooed her away, “In future, leave after asking for the prophecy, don’t bother her.”
“I dare not.” He still had that lazy look, his voice laced with laughter, “This is a treasure you hold in your hands, how dare I offend.”
Her first impression of him was bad.
The man was too good looking, but had a tired, insecure nature and needed to be kept away.
Then once, they met in front of the Sage’s House.
She almost bumped into the pillar in front of her because she was reading a book.
A hand gripped her shoulder and brought her back a step
A familiar voice with a laugh fell, “Little Destiny, watch where you’re going, or else you’ll swell up into a big destiny when you bump into this pillar.”
She glanced at him, hugged the book in her hand tightly, and walked around expressionlessly.
This man, why was he so annoying.
**
In later days, she spent more time with this very annoying man and got to know him quite well.
Knowing that he was the most powerful of all the Sages in battle, that Sage Power and Sage Inverted Man combined were no match for him.
It was just that his seal was completely different from the man himself.
He was not a demon who would bring disaster to the world, but instead saved people from death.
That is why he has another title –
Shining Morning Star, Son of Glory.
Still, she thought, those eight words suited her better.
He would come to talk to her often, even though she ended up kicking him out in anger every time she did.
Once again, he came to the hill where she had been cultivating in peace.
She was still reading her book until she received a not-so-gentle knock on the head.
She looked at him with an expressionless face, “What are you doing?”
“Wanted to see if you’d look otherwise.” He admitted his mistake sincerely, “I’m sorry, I was wrong.”
She ignored him.
“No more teasing you, little Destiny, I’m going out to keep out of trouble.” He sat down, “Just trouble yourself to give me a calculation of the size of this disaster and the best way to deal with it.”
She nodded and closed her eyes.
The astrolabe beside her spun in response.
After a few seconds, she opened her eyes.
“This flood in the Northern O region will last a month, with an estimated death toll of 230,413 and destruction of up to 340,000 square kilometres of the continent.” She eased, “You start controlling the water from the east, that’s the plan I gave you, expect three days to get it under control, but-”
She paused before whispering, “but still hundreds of people will die.”
They could only stop the catastrophe when it came, they could not prevent it in advance.
The flood of time was irreversible, even if they were sages whose abilities were to exceed those of ordinary people.
She finished and looked up, only to find him looking out at her.
The man’s peach blossom eyes looked at anyone as if they contained love, with a shimmering deep light and a gentle hue.
It was a trance, and one sank into the depths of the sea.
She suddenly heard something pounding in her chest, with a certain inexplicable sentimentality.
She was slightly startled.
She knew her physical handicap, that she had no heart and could not love.
What was going on here?
She looked back, found him still looking at her, and kicked him unceremoniously, “devil, did you hear that?”
“Yeah, I heard you, remembered it all.” He raised his hand in a gesture of surrender, genuinely sincere, “Thanks a lot, little Destiny.”
With that, he rubbed her head, “I’ll bring you good food when I get back.”
She opened his hand with one hand, “Don’t touch my head.”
“Hmm?”
“You’ll go bald, and you won’t grow taller.”
She looked up, her phoenix eyes narrowing slightly, “Don’t you call me Little Destiny.”
He stopped in his tracks this time, “What’s wrong? That’s what everyone else calls me.”
She was indifferent: “But when you call it that, it’s like flirting.”
Not immodest at all.
“That would be wrong of me.” He was helpless, “You’re not poisoned by any bad ideas because you read too much, are you?”
He pointed to the pile of books sitting next to the astrolabe.
On it were fairy tales from various regions, and folklore.
The fairy tales were still good enough to read.
But some of the folklore was too dog-eared.
“Let’s see.” He picked up one of the books, “Look at this, it-”
Before he could finish his sentence, he was kicked in the face again.
No one could believe that the demon, the number one fighting demon of the twenty-two sages, would be hit so easily.
She snatched back her book, “Shut up.”
“Fine, I won’t call you little Destiny.” He finally compromised, “Then you have to give me a title too, right? I can’t just meet you and be called little friend? How bad.”
The Wheel of Fortune was the latest to be born, and all the other sages were older than her.
Because each of them could not do without her help, they all affectionately called her ‘Little Destiny’.
The corner of her forehead jumped: “Not even that.”
She wasn’t small at all.
“Yes, I know it doesn’t work, so do you have a name?” He asked, “I mean, a real name.”
Only a good sage in a relationship would exchange real names.
She hesitated slightly and answered anyway, “No, but my surname is Ying.”
“A surname without a name?” He was intrigued, “Then I’ll take one for you?”
She looked at him and refused, “I don’t trust your naming skills.”
“Fine, it’s not impossible to have a surname and no name.” He seemed to ponder for a moment, “Then I’ll call you Miss Ying?”
This was a decent name, and she nodded.
He suddenly curled his lips into a smile, “Have you even told anyone your real surname? Xiu?”
She shook her head.
No one would ask her such a question either.
Although she and Xiu were sworn siblings, Xiu was more intimidated by her.
One look from her and Xiu stopped talking, making her feel a little bored.
“Ying.” He nodded slowly and smiled again, “Quite a good surname, and quite catchy.”
With that, he reached out and lightly knocked her head, “Since you haven’t told anyone else, you’re not allowed to in the future either.”
It was exclusive to him.
So later on, even though there was no memory of it, the word “Ying” was still imprinted in his mind, buried in his subconscious.
When he was in the Hall of Justice, the Grand Elder asked him what code name he wanted to use.
The codename he chose was the same pronunciation of the word “shadow”.
Later on, when he met her again, he finally called her “little friend”.
The meeting that he had waited for across time and space and across the universe.
Chapter 816
“Told you, time for you to go too.” She put the astrolabe down and picked up a book again, “Don’t interrupt my reading.”
“You’ve been reading this book for decades, haven’t you? The book covers are rotten.” He swept it away and rubbed a handful of her hair again, “Love reading so much, I’ll bring you back some this time out?”
Because the Wheel of Fortune was going to be in worse health, even the Fool wouldn’t allow her to leave the City of Worlds.
The only entertainment she had on a regular basis was reading some books.
She glanced at him and didn’t say anything.
For the sake of him bringing her books to read, she would ignore him touching her head.
But just then, he suddenly leaned down and took her hand.
A pair of peach blossom eyes curved up, full of laughter.
The shadow of her alone was reflected in the bottom of his eyes.
“Miss Ying, do you, like me a little?”
“……”
This time, it still ended with him being kicked off the mountain.
He went to look for her for seven days after that, but was put off for various reasons and didn’t get to see her.
What a temper this little girl has, he thought.
The coaxing thing hadn’t occurred to him, just following his own heart.
But coaxing her, even if it was difficult, he was happy to do so.
The connection between them was not clear to the other sages, including Xiu.
The sages had always been together, mostly travelling around the world.
He would only come to her in private and did not want to be disturbed by others.
But not the Sage Fool.
This was a wise old man from whom nothing could escape.
He would occasionally smile as he watched them bicker, making a pot of tea on the side.
“I’m old in this body, I’m not as capable of tossing and turning as you youngsters.” The old man sighed, “It’s good to be young, it’s so good, grandpa is leaving, we’ll see you tomorrow.”
This time the disaster was so great that it was the two oldest sages, the Sage Fool and the Sage Temperance, who came together to block it.
This time, however, the Sage Fool and the Sage Temperance did not return.
They fell in the great catastrophe, martyred in their own right.
When he came to her, he saw her sitting in front of the astrolabe, not saying a word.
“Grandfather Fool is gone, and so is Sister Temperance.” It was a long, long time before she spoke out, “They are completely fallen and gone.”
There was still little expression on her face, cold and bland.
Her voice did not rise or fall either.
But he could feel her grief, so heavy and depressing that he could barely breathe.
“Miss Ying, the day we become sages, life is no longer our own.” He sat next to her, raised his hand, and hugged her, “One day in the future, I will die, and so will Xiu.”
“And this world, it will get better and better after we leave.”
Hearing these words, she suddenly looked up, a thin layer of anger surfacing in her phoenix eyes, “You, will not die.”
“Angry?” He smiled and pinched her face, “It’s rare to see you a little emotional, it’s quite cute.”
She didn’t say anything this time, just silence.
He laughed lowly, “If things settle down in the future, please smile more often, Miss Ying.”
Then there were no more catastrophes of the magnitude of annihilation, and the disasters gradually diminished.
He thought that it was time to put some plans into action.
Because she was weak, they could not fight side by side like the Sage Moon and the Sage Sun.
That was his regret.
But when everything was peaceful and he didn’t need to go out anymore, he would be able to spend more time with him.
And before he could do anything else, she came to him for the first time in person.
The open door was a statement.
“I saw the year 2023 AD.”
He was stunned: “2023 A.D.?”
It was a chronological notation that he had never even heard of.
“It’s a chronological notation of the future, four thousand years from now, 2023 AD, a void.” Her voice was soft, “I can’t see anything but a ruin.”
His expression changed slightly, “What’s going on?”
There was nothing in this world that the Wheel of Fortune could not calculate.
“It proves that all of us are dead before the year 2023 comes.” She was silent for a moment, “It is the end of the world, the end of the world that cannot be changed.”
He trailed off, “And the Magi, they can’t stop it?”
“It can’t be stopped, every sage will die, including you, including me.” She shook her head slightly, but her eyes lit up, “But I still found a solution.”
He frowned, “What solution?”
“I counted to an alternate universe.” She spoke, “That universe is stable because it has already survived an apocalypse, and the people there, too, are stronger than us.”
“Mr. D, listen carefully, you are the strongest among us, and I will help you to open the channel connecting to that universe.”
“That universe is completely different from ours here, they can cultivate flesh and soul, and whatever spiritual power and so on.”
“The strongest among them can even roam around the universe at will, without the use of any medium.”
He hadn’t heard of any of these either.
His eyes locked on hers, “What are you trying to say?”
“So after I send you there, you can cultivate in that universe.” She looked at him too, “Then when the day comes, you can come back with greater strength, and at that time, you can save everyone.”
The universe is vast and immense.
There is more than one Earth, more than one solar system, more than one civilisation in the universe.
There are other civilisations with guardians like them.
And, of course, there is more than one universe.
He knew all that.
But opening a channel between two universes?
This was something that even the two seers, Sage Fool and Sage Temperance, did not dare to think about.
“Opening a cosmic pa*sage?” He did not immediately respond, then asked, “How do you open it, and why don’t you go yourself?”
In a rare moment of bewilderment, she hugged her legs and buried her head, “I am weak and can only guide your actions from behind the scenes.”
“If I go, even if I can grow in strength, I won’t grow as much as you, it won’t help much, but you can, you can save everyone.”
“Miss Ying, please listen, you are not weak.” He gripped her shoulders, “Your powers, of all the Magi, are the most powerful, and without you, there would be more than these deaths and injuries.”
“But I can’t fight with a straight face to disaster like you can.” She grabbed his hand fiercely, one word at a time, “Mr. D, with Grandfather Fool gone, of all the sages, you are the only one I trust, never tell anyone else about this.”
His eyes suddenly froze.
Her words signified that, among the Sages, there was a traitor.
“Who?”
“Because the end has come and all is no longer visible, so we are going to change this future.”
He was still unsure: “What do you have to do to open the cosmic channel?”
“It doesn’t have to be anything, just a specific day.” She tilted her chin and raised an eyebrow, “Mr. D, you’re not afraid, are you?”
“Good.” He eventually obliged, “You wait for me to come back, make sure you wait for me to come back.”
“Mmm.” She looked up at the sky and smiled for the first time, magnificent in the extreme, “I’ll get you out on the first of December.”
“I expect you’ll be back by the end of 2022 at the latest, all in good time.”
“The first of December.” Hearing Fu Yunshen say this, Qin Lingyu and Yu Xue Sheng exchanged a glance, “The day the Holy War broke out is also when the Cosmic Pa*sage opens?”
“Mm.” Fu Yun Shen lit a cigarette and did not smoke it, faintly, “But she still lied to me.”
He should have known, how difficult it was to open the pa*sage between the two universes.
But she was the Wheel of Destiny, the Wheel of Destiny that divinely calculated the world.
He thought she wouldn’t do it.
But she had forever put her own safety out of the way.
Xiu’s throat rolled and his voice was hard: “Her fall, because of this?”
“The Cosmic Pa*sage opened anyway, and I didn’t get to stop her in time.” Fu Yunshen tilted his head slightly: “Midway through, when her defences were at their weakest, she was attacked by a few more knights, I couldn’t even save her, I could only watch her ……”
He didn’t say any more, his fingers slowly closing.
The crowd was silent.
Opening the pa*sage between the two universes, it was something no one dared to think about.
But the Wheel of Destiny thought about it and did it.
But at the cost of-
her life.
What happened next, Qin Lingyu was able to deduce without having to ask.
Fu Yunshen didn’t know what method he had used to send Ying Zigui to another universe, leaving her to grow in strength.
The price for this, I’m afraid, was also his life.
Otherwise, how could the most powerful demon in battle fall without an extinction-level disaster?
After a long, long silence, Fu Yun laughed deeply, “Do you know what the last words she left for me were?”
“She said, “But I only want you to live.”
But, I only want you to live.
And then, with determination, he died.