While eating the dessert she had just ordered via takeout, Elysia watched the two leaders argue at the door.
She exclaimed in admiration, "Wow, they're really going at it!"
"Stop watching and help me find some tool parts we can use. I'm about to lose my mind. How can this stupid phone have so little information? Do I really have to go out and investigate in person?"
Senti was about to die from anger. As a Herrscher, couldn't she be doing something better back home? Did she really have to come along on this business trip to suffer?
Was it just because she was the Herrscher of Sentience?
Didn't the Herrscher of Corruption have similar abilities?
Couldn't they have brought the Herrscher of Corruption instead?
"Eat, eat, eat! All you know how to do is eat! You eat so much every day, you're going to get fat, and you'll deserve it!"
That was the one thing Elysia couldn't stand to hear. Her current body had been recreated later, and just like a normal human, she could indeed get fat from eating and not exercising.
"Every time you see a change in your weight, you just get Noldrei to give you liposuction to get your figure back. Have some shame, Elysia!"
Little Mei had had enough. Elysia's favorite thing to do was to enjoy the drama whenever the opportunity arose.
You'd think she was some gossip-monger from who-knows-where.
"Don't worry about my figure. As long as he can help, there's nothing to worry about." Elysia didn't care that she'd been scolded. She beckoned for Senti to hurry over and enjoy the show with her.
You have to remember, after Aponia divined Noldrei's fate once, she was so terrified she didn't even dare to meet him.
But this being, who possessed a similar ability, was different. She was openly arguing with Noldrei about who was the 'villain' in her divination result.
"Little Mei, who do you think is right?" Elysia was very curious about who the villain in their argument was.
They had already changed their clothes and were ready to set off together, but here they were at the door, arguing about who was the 'villain.'
Seeing that she wasn't going to get any work done, Senti decided to join the crowd of melon-eaters.
She pondered for a moment and said, "I think Noldrei is definitely the 'villain.' Think about it. Since Fu Xuan dared to reveal the result of her divination, she can't be the villain herself, can she?"
Elysia shook her head and retorted, "But our leader isn't a villain either. He's always been open and aboveboard in his actions. He hasn't done anything sneaky on their turf, and he's handled everything out in the open. Doesn't 'villain' usually refer to someone who uses themselves to disrupt others?"
"From what we saw on Earth, Noldrei has never done anything like that. Only someone with heavy selfish desires would have such thoughts."
Senti subconsciously pressed, "What do you consider to be selfish desires?"
That question was a bit difficult, but it couldn't stump Elysia.
She said, "According to our leader's way of classifying things, attempting to resolve the painful relationships between people and helping to meet people's needs—that course of action is for the public good. On the contrary, acting for the sake of proving something or possessing something is a clear sign of selfish desire."
From Elysia's perspective, Noldrei was precisely someone who had never thought about proving or possessing anything. He had devoted his entire being to the matter of changing the relationships between people.
Unfortunately, Senti had Mobius's memories. Her understanding of interpersonal relationships wasn't just weak; it was basically non-existent.
"Then what should we do? Should we stop them? By the way, what exactly did that woman divine?"
Senti-Mobius didn't quite understand this group of people who dabbled in 'metaphysics.'
Noldrei didn't know what Fu Xuan had divined either. He hadn't even figured out who she had divined about.
Initially, Fu Xuan had divined the influence of Noldrei's group on the Xianzhou. The subject of the divination was the Xianzhou as a collective, and the result she got was "Great Fortune."
But when she divined about their joint action, the result became this chaotic situation.
Yin rises and Yang falls, the Oriole and the Magpie share the forest.
This meant that in the process of their action, a villain would cause trouble, stirring up a storm for no reason.
Fu Xuan was certain of one thing: if what Noldrei was doing was beneficial to the Xianzhou, then she would definitely not be the one to cause trouble.
But if the subject of the divination was their joint action, then one of them had to be the oriole. Fu Xuan then divined for each of them individually, and the results for both were "Auspicious." This meant that both of their objectives would basically be achieved.
It is like a little magpie, seeking shelter for the night in a great forest, unaware of an oriole within. Upon seeing the magpie, the oriole harbors ill will. For one who draws this hexagram, it indicates that a villain plots in the dark, a sign of failure in one's endeavors.
In Fu Xuan's eyes, this was the bizarre divination that had appeared.
Everyone got what they wanted, and the final result was good for the Xianzhou, but in the middle of it all, one of the two of them had to be a villain causing trouble.
Master Diviner Fu's head was about to explode.
If she wasn't the villain, then Noldrei, who was with her, had to be the villain.
But both of their objectives were achieved, and the final results were auspicious.
That meant the villain's actions would likely lead to nothing, but the person leading the endeavor would turn the misfortune into good fortune, thwarting the villain's mischief and even completing the task.
Was there any doubt who that was?
'It must be me who turns misfortune into good fortune!'
Master Diviner Fu's expression turned serious. She became even more convinced that Noldrei was the villain who might cause trouble.
Noldrei was also baffled. He hadn't even started doing anything yet.
How had he become a villain because of two lines of divination?
Since you believe in fate but don't resign yourself to it, why haven't you considered that Noldrei might not be the villain?
At this thought, anger rose from Noldrei's heart, and a malicious idea sprouted.
He sneered, "Master Diviner Fu, don't you think you're going a bit too far? I believe I've been willing to accept any punishment, I've even tried to find ways to compensate for your losses, and I haven't made any untoward moves even when our schedule was changed and delayed."
"If you don't want our help with maintenance, fine. We won't touch your confidential equipment. But to suddenly, for no reason, decide that I'm some kind of villain—isn't that behavior itself very villainous?"
'I don't think your Xianzhou is all that great anyway. I have no intention of harming anyone. I was just thinking of sightseeing and looking around...'
Fu Xuan, naturally, couldn't very well say that her divinations had never been wrong.
She also felt that targeting Noldrei over this was a bit much, but she couldn't help it. She knew the results of her divinations were really accurate.
"Fu Xuan, then let me ask you a question! Can you divine when your divination will be wrong?!"
"If you can divine that, then I will acknowledge your ability and willingly accept your designation of me as a villain. How about it?"
Noldrei's words pinned the Master Diviner, cutting off all her retreats.
A pain, as if her head were being drilled, suddenly shot through her. In that instant, it almost shattered the third eye on her forehead!