859 Divination (2/2)
A woman was sitting on a woolen blanket at the center of the tent. Her hair was tied in many small braids, and Fang Yang could see her blackened teeth when she smiled at him.
Doubtlessly, this was a witch!
She had mastered the mysterious power that only females could master and even possessed the ability to foretell the future.
Of course, Fang Yuan came here because he recognized that, unlike those swindlers, this witch indeed had some ability.
In fact… the Dao of Dream Master contains all kinds of techniques, including the technique of dream divination, but I'm not adept at this Dao… Furthermore, many parameters are different in a different world, so the divination technique may not be as effective as before. The magical techniques indigenous to this world are the most suitable for it after all…
Divination masters followed heaven's trend and sought unity between human and nature.
In this aspect, the rules in different worlds were very similar.
For instance, the indigenous witches always liked to say 'we must fear destiny!'
”I want to predict two things!” Fang Yuan sat cross-legged in front of the witch. ”If your divination is accurate, I won't be miserly with gold coins!” he said casually, and Rolisa threw a bag full of gold coins onto the table.
”I like generous customers!”
The string tying the bag loosened, and a few gold coins dropped out. The golden light reflected from them could provoke greed in most people.
But the witch only took a glimpse of it, as she was still more interested in Fang Yuan. ”What two things?”
”First, I obtained a piece of intelligence and want to know its validity!”
Fang Yuan glanced at Rolisa.
”Then Destiny Cards should be used for divination!” The witch made a sound with her lips and took out a stack of cards. ”Think about what you want to judge silently. Then take out any card from this stack and pass it to me!”
”The sun?”
Fang Yuan took one casually and flipped it, finding the pattern of the sun on the card.
”It suggests a definite 'yes'. There's no doubt about the truth of the intelligence you received!” The witch did not even frown. ”What else?”
”I want to know about the location of a ship!” said Fang Yuan in a deep voice.
”Hehe…” The witch smiled madly and gazed at Fang Yuan with glistening eyes. ”So… my young and handsome guest, which ship do you want to track? Is it a merchant ship from the East loaded with gold or a ship belonging to your enemy?”
”Neither!” Fang Yuan shook his head. ”I want to know about Specter Ship!”
”That ominous thing connected to the netherworld?!” The witch shivered all over. ”Three groups of people have asked me the same question before you, and I had them leave… because we must respect and fear destiny, and mustn't peek into the domain of the dead!”
”Is that so? What if I force you to do it?”
A red glow flashed in Fang Yuan's pupils. An emblem that was neither a saber nor a sword but appeared like both emerged on his palm.
”Ah!”
Seeing this, the witch immediately covered her face with both hands and screamed, as if she saw something extremely fearsome.
Thud! Thud!
While she was screaming, two strong men pounced out from behind the tent, but they were immediately taken down by Rolisa.
My own dream divination is only at a superficial level and can't be used because it's incompatible with this world… But this witch is an indigenous divination practitioner…
Thinking silently, Fang Yuan hung the emblem on the witch's neck.
These types of spiritually sensitive people could most easily receive the murmurs of all sorts of beings, but of course, they were most likely to go mad as well.
The witch looked baffled now, as if she was stunned by something extremely shocking.
”I want you to make a prediction for me again!” Fang Yuan said.
”All right!”
The witch remained silent for a moment before taking out a crystal ball and putting it on the woolen blanket, her face and motion expressionless.
”The mist of destiny, please disperse before me… The spherical crystal, please guide me… to the specters sailing at sea!”
The witch grabbed the crystal ball and recited a prayer in a murmur, speaking faster and faster.
A plume of fog emerged in the crystal ball, revealing the vague silhouette of a sailing ship.
The sailing ship was entirely black and mostly corroded, but many undead creatures gathered on it, exerting a terrifying spiritual pressure.
The pressure even penetrated the crystal ball and entered the tent.
Rolisa knelt immediately.
Only Fang Yuan could act as if nothing had happened in front of such pure power of death.
”Who dares covet the ship sailing between the netherworld and the mortal world?”
”Who disturbs corpses that were sound asleep?”
”And who draws the attention of the undead specters?”
…
Mysterious voices were heard from the crystal ball.
It seemed as if specters were really going to creep out from the crystal ball.
The power of Specter Ship was indeed unimaginable. It actually cursed everyone who tried to learn about it through divination!