The Divine Foresight.
This was a place Jing Yuan rarely used.
Except for extremely important matters that required the decision of the Six Charioteers, Jing Yuan seldom used the Divine Foresight to convene them to solve pressing issues.
This assembly included:
The General of the Cloud Knights: Jing Yuan.
The Seat of the Xianzhou Luofu: Yanqing.
The Helm Master of the Sky-Faring Commission: Yukong.
The Master Diviner of the Divination Commission: Fu Xuan.
The Delve of the Realm-Keeping Commission: Huifu.
The Grand Artisan of the Artisanship Commission: Master Gongshu.
(The other Grand Artisan, Zhulun, was currently away on business.)
The Alchemy Commission was currently without a head, so Fu Xuan was temporarily leading.
And Preceptor Yuluo, who had just returned and knew nothing of the situation.
Yuluo was still in a daze. What was going on? How did she suddenly get promoted upon her return? And where was Dan Shu?
After General Jing Yuan explained the specifics of the 'Dan Shu Crisis,' they finally realized what a terrifying thing Dan Shu had done. She had almost single-handedly crippled the Luofu.
An achievement that countless followers of Abundance had dreamed of was nearly accomplished by Dan Shu.
There wasn't much fighting involved, and most of it was done by outsiders, but the situation was so precarious that the slightest misstep could have doomed the Luofu.
After learning the inside story, everyone broke out in a cold sweat. While they were unaware, they had almost gone to meet their ancestors.
Yukong could hardly fathom the full extent of the crisis.
A Preceptor of the Alchemy Commission first schemed to get rid of her own superior, the Master of the Alchemy Commission.
Then she reorganized the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, colluded with the external Antimatter Legion to trick them into bringing a Stellaron, and then used the Stellaron to revive the Ambrosial Arbor.
In the end, she even merged herself with the Arbor, successfully holding the entire Vidyadhara Scalegorge Waterscape hostage, and nearly took the Fyxestroll Garden and the power hub down with the Luofu.
What kind of goddamn supervillain was this?!
The other representatives of the Six Charioteers felt that Dan Shu was like the protagonist of a novel.
Not only did she lose her eyes due to a congenital defect, but her best friend also died accidentally under the arrow of the Hunt, leading her to work hard and harbor a deep hatred for the Xianzhou, vowing revenge.
And then, while still blind, she pulled off such a stunning operation.
Yukong asked in disbelief, "How did Dan Shu do it?"
Jing Yuan shook his head. "I don't know either... sigh..."
Jing Yuan, the renowned 'Stress-Resistant King' and Divine Foresight General of the Luofu, was having a day where he was physically and mentally exhausted. For the first time, he felt the fear of losing the military power he held.
Master Gongshu also found it hard to believe. He immediately looked at Fu Xuan and asked, "Master Diviner, why didn't the Divination Commission have any information?"
Fu Xuan instinctively averted her gaze and explained in a low voice, "Because... because... the Matrix of Prescience was damaged by an external accident. It was only recently repaired."
Master Gongshu found this rather amusing. He asked suspiciously, "You mean to say, the Matrix of Prescience couldn't predict when it would be damaged?"
The Master Diviner was speechless. This was just like when Noldrei had asked her if she could divine when her divinations would be inaccurate.
Fu Xuan didn't want this to happen either. If she had known so much would happen, she would have gone and arrested Dan Shu long ago.
"You all know... I'm not very familiar with how the Matrix of Prescience works either."
Fu Xuan truthfully explained that she was essentially using a black box.
The members of the Six Charioteers collectively drew in a sharp breath.
So, Master Diviner Fu, you've really been using metaphysics for your divinations?
Huifu from the Realm-Keeping Commission temporarily smoothed things over to alleviate Fu Xuan's embarrassment. He asked, "Then, General, how should we handle this crisis? And with what happened at the Alchemy Commission..."
He instinctively looked at Preceptor Yuluo, who had just returned and had little to do with the changes in the Alchemy Commission.
Yuluo had never encountered such a situation. She panicked and defended herself, "I really have nothing to do with the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus! I'm innocent! I didn't want to betray the Xianzhou, and I've shed blood for the Xianzhou!"
Huifu gave an awkward smile. "No, we don't suspect you. You see, even Dan Shu, before she died, said she was doing it for the good of the Xianzhou. It's just that the Xianzhou she wanted and the Xianzhou we want are not the same."
Yuluo was stunned. She really couldn't say whether Dan Shu had betrayed the Xianzhou or not.
From a subjective point of view, Dan Shu was only dissatisfied with the conflict of faith on the Xianzhou, not with the Xianzhou itself.
In the end, Dan Shu still considered herself a Xianzhou native and believed her actions were for the good of the Xianzhou.
Huifu was right. Jing Yuan had already explained Dan Shu's choices and the content of their conversation during his account.
"That's true... It's really hard to say that this has nothing to do with us." Master Gongshu couldn't bring himself to blame anyone. After all, Dan Shu had risked her own life for this, and their long-standing neglect of those with congenital defects was plain to see.
It was only natural that she ended up thinking the Xianzhou was bad, that the faith of the Hunt was bad.
"Regarding the matter of long life, and the thoughts on long life, I believe the Xianzhou's past reflections on this have not been deep enough. It's not enough to simply think about the result of long life, the troubles it brings, and its power—all these aspects that only revolve around long life itself."
Jing Yuan said with a calm expression, "I believe that at the very least, we should also reflect on why our ancestors sought long life in the first place, based on this incident with Dan Shu. We should consider whether we can accept the result of losing long life, and truly understand the suffering of those trapped by the Mara-Struck on the Xianzhou."
"What was the true purpose of our Xianzhou setting sail into the sea of stars? Was it really just to become a short-life species that simply lives a little longer?"
"If that's the case, then I believe what Dan Shu said was not wrong..."
Whether others reflected or not, Jing Yuan himself certainly did.
He was truly a little scared. The Luofu had almost capsized.
The Luofu was originally just docked for repairs. Otherwise, it wouldn't have become such a famous star port in the universe during this time.
Who would have thought that even a Xianzhou ship hidden behind the Jade Gate could face such a crisis?
Master Gongshu had no objection to the Xianzhou people's self-reflection. He was more puzzled about something else.
He thought of it and asked directly.
"Reflecting on our own actions is understandable, and we can't ignore the visible increase in the short-life species population on the Xianzhou. But I have a question I don't quite understand... General, is it really a good idea to have the Master Diviner also serve as the Master of the Alchemy Commission?"
Master Gongshu's confusion was shared by everyone present.
And this was exactly what Jing Yuan was about to address.