CH 89

Gao Shi was somewhat dumbfounded.

He hadn’t had a chance to take a good look at the Demon Sect’s Holy Maiden in front of him yesterday. He was immediately trapped in that eye bead space, and then he was in a state of panic and dared not look at Bai Xiaoyao until now. Only now did he see the beautiful accessory embedded with jade in front of him.

Looking at the jade inlaid on the accessory, he pondered for a moment.

It looks very similar to the jade that Lord Luo had him appraise yesterday… Wasn’t its name something like “Star-Moon jade”?

He didn’t make any hasty conclusions. Instead, he looked at Bai Xiaoyao, who seemed lost in thought.

Bai Xiaoyao, who had just taken off the Star-Moon jade ornament, was still puzzled by her Senior Brother’s situation. It was only when she heard Gao Shi’s question that she snapped out of it.

“…Hmm, yes, it’s this jade.”

After a slight hesitation, Bai Xiaoyao nodded.

(It seems that Senior Brother’s situation is fine now…)

Since she didn’t feel anything unusual anymore, she also couldn’t determine whether the feeling she had just experienced was her own illusion.

After all, there was a diviner in front of her who had the same level of cultivation as her and had practiced the art of divination, yet he didn’t react to the abnormalities she felt.

Even though the style of this Tower of Heavenly Mechanics Tower disciple was different from others in the Tower of Heavenly Mechanics Tower, he had still cultivated the art of divination. He should have some skill in fortune-telling, even more sensitive than her.

(Is it really just an illusion because I’m too concerned about Senior Brother?)

…Forget it, there won’t be any results if I continue thinking like this. I should personally approach that area later to investigate the situation.

Because it involved her Senior Brother, Bai Xiaoyao felt it necessary.

Meanwhile, Gao Shi on the other side had already started performing the art of divination.

Although this unique skill of the Tower of Heavenly Mechanics Tower had been heavily modified by him, there was still a mysterious and profound aura emanating from him when he performed it, giving him the bearing of a true diviner.

(Indeed, although this jade stone looks slightly different in appearance from the Star-Moon jade that Lord Luo presented yesterday, they are essentially the same. Both were created by the hands of the same person, the newborn jade. The rare Star-Moon jade in this world… I didn’t expect to encounter the second one so soon…)

“Only this piece?!”

A strong sense of confusion suddenly appeared in Gao Shi’s eyes.

“What’s wrong?”

Bai Xiaoyao didn’t understand why this diviner had such a strong reaction all of a sudden.

From his words, it seemed that he was surprised by the fact that there was only one piece of Star-Moon jade in the world?

Well… it was understandable for someone to be somewhat surprised when encountering the beautiful gem that was the only one in the world, created personally by her Senior Brother.

As for the diviner looking overly surprised, Bai Xiaoyao attributed it to him having encountered too many extraordinary stones in the past and this being the first time he encountered such a situation.

(Well, although Senior Brother might be hiding something, the fact that the Star-Moon jade is the only one in this world shouldn’t be a problem.)

Indeed, Gao Shi was encountering this situation for the first time.

“Star-Moon jade… It is formed by extracting the essence of moonlight from the ancient Heavenly Moon Palace and condensing it with the help of the celestial spirits at the Heavenly Observatory. It is extremely difficult to form and there is only one piece…”

Overwhelmed by the overwhelming sense of unreality, Gao Shi’s frail heart made him blurt out the divination he had just received.

But the sentence that he said right now is untrue.

This was different from the result he obtained when appraising the Star-Moon jade in the hands of the Demon Sect’s Holy Saint yesterday!

He knew his own capabilities, and with his level, he couldn’t accurately determine the exact value of a jade stone in the world.

However, when he felt a trace of the power of divination enter his dantian, he was completely dumbfounded.

This was a characteristic of the Tower of Heavenly Mechanics Golden Core, the secret technique of the Tower of Heavenly Mechanics Tower’s cultivation. After accurately obtaining a divination, one would receive feedback from the heavens. In the future, when ascending to the Golden Core stage, the power of divination gathered in the spiritual energy could condense into the Tower of Heavenly Mechanics Golden Core.

In other words, what he had just received was the absolutely true feedback from the level of divination?

Then what about the result he obtained yesterday? And what about the Star-Moon jade in the hands of the Demon Sect’s Holy Saint?

He fell into intense self-doubt.

Bai Xiaoyao didn’t know what the fake diviner was thinking and tilted her head in confusion. “Is that all?”

These were things she already knew, so why did she need him to appraise them?

“Um… It can harness the power of the stars and moon in the heavens and slightly increase the cultivation speed of the bearer. If one has mastered the celestial divination technique of the Tower of Heavenly Mechanics Tower, they can also use this object to make slight predictions about the evolution of celestial phenomena…”

With a blank mind, Gao Shi could only convey the information he had received, word for word.

All of this was the same as the result he obtained yesterday, but what was the situation with “only this piece”? Could it be the same as yesterday? Or had yesterday’s piece already been destroyed?

Upon receiving the response, Bai Xiaoyao furrowed her brows lightly but quickly relaxed them.

(Perhaps yesterday was indeed just an accident… I’ve been overly sensitive to events related to Senior Brother these past few days. Maybe it was because of that disguise I wore in front of Senior Brother that night…)

In any case, since she had been overthinking, there was no need to continue asking.

So she hurriedly bid farewell and headed towards Luo Wusheng’s room.

After she left, Gao Shi walked aimlessly with a lifeless expression, muttering something unintelligible.

…

In a room belonging to a certain Demon Sect’s Holy Saint.

Luo Wusheng, sitting cross-legged on the bed, let out a sigh of relief.

The fake diviner had just performed a round of false divinations, and it was all his doing.

If someone were to enter at this moment, they would find a somewhat eerie expression on this Demon Sect’s Holy Saint.

Luo Wusheng, who usually paid great attention to his appearance, now had slightly disheveled hair. Although both of his eyes were open, his left eye appeared as a pitch-black void with eerie blood-red patterns at the corners.

Behind him, there was a shadowy silhouette of an eyeball that was half the size of a person, giving off a sinister and terrifying aura.

But just as Luo Wusheng let out that sigh, after opening and closing his eyes, the shadowy silhouette of the eyeball instantly dissipated into nothingness.

The empty void in his left eye returned to normal after reopening, although the pupil seemed to be slightly darker than before, appearing even more profound as if it could see through people’s hearts.

The blood-red patterns at the corners of his eyes disappeared, and Luo Wusheng touched his chin.

(Even though it’s hardly noticeable, I wonder if I can pass off as having heterochromia now?)

Unfortunately, heterochromia should be reserved for girls… especially cute girls with a touch of chuunibyou.

“I just wanted to have a rare practice session today…”

Thinking about what happened during his practice today, the Holy Saint of the Demon Sect sighed softly.

It was evident that the eyeball currently in his left eye socket was not the original one.

What was now housed in his left eye was the spoils of his battle against the demonic being yesterday, the extremely fierce and ruthless mind-reading eyeball.

Of course, Luo Wusheng had no need for himself to undergo eye replacement surgery.

It might sound unbelievable, but it was the mind-reading eyeball that made the first move.