651 A Fight Against Fate (2/2)

...He'd really lost his bearings! How had he forgotten about such an important matter?!

Shaking his head at his own stupidity, he immediately made his way back to the wooden altar, taking out a transparent jade stone that resembled the Pigeon Blood Ruby.

This stone had come from a far away area in the Central Continent. Not only did it look good, its name was also really beautiful. It was called the Lover's Rock.

It was said that whenever someone married in that part of the world, they would give the stone as a dowry, believing that it would make the marriage last for a long time.

Naturally this legend was just superstition. In Kong Rui's hands though, the hands of a divinator, the stone had true worth. Carrying the hopes and thoughts of many, the stone, for him, was full of power!

He carved the eight words of Kong Yao's birth on the stone and then carved a line on the other side, adding more numbers.

If Hu Zhongyuan, Fa Lingkong and the others had been here, they would have been shocked.

Kong Rui had written Zong Shou's birth numbers on the other side.

He placed the Lover's Rock in the altar before giving out a self mocking laugh.

He thought back to the last time he'd seen Zong Shou. Although his beloved daughter had married him, he had not made her happy. Some even said that Zong Shou gave her the cold shoulder...

When he'd first began studying this Divination Path, he'd hoped to stand out from the others and become famous. After he'd had a family, he studied to use his skills to protect his wife and daughter.

In all his years, though, Kong Rui had never expected that he would use this Path to win adoration for his daughter.

Thinking back to when he'd last seen Zong Shou, Kong Rui frowned. Slicing his wrist open, he wasted no time.

Yao'er had been so lonely when he'd buried himself in books and scrolls. He'd never had enough time for her, even when she was a little girl. It wasn't fair to let her suffer the same loneliness for the rest of her life.

Kong Rui the Monster King prided himself on his kindness and morals. He knew the people thought of him as a wise ruler, cold on the outside, but warm on the inside.

His daughter's fate was the only thing he could be unhappy about. And so, he had to change it.He didn't even care that this Fate Technique came close to being a Devil Path Technique.

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As the Alkaid Army Breaking light started to bloom, someone else walked out of a Nine Layer Pagoda in the Imperial Capital to look at the sky.

”Alkaid? The Army Breaking star is shining, a general star is about to be born…”

This was a different region, and so this person had a different view of the night sky.

Kong Rui, who was on Gantian Mountain saw the eye-catching star cover the night sky.

In Zhongxuan's eyes, however, gazing from the Imperial Capital, the Army Breaking Star merely gave out a bit more light than other stars around it.

He couldn't grasp the exact location where the star's sign referred to.He only knew, somehow, that the person who would be affected was someone he knew…

And he did know someone who had a connection with this star. It was the female general from the Kong Family.

It was surprising that her fate resonated with Alkaid. Her life was filled with sadness and carried the mark of death. He'd thought that His Majesty putting her to good use could have changed her fate. Who would have thought that in the end it would drag down Great Shang's luck?

She'd never shown much outstanding talent on the battlefield.Marrying her off to Gantian Mountain had really been the only suitable decision.

Looking closely at the burning star, Zhongxuan felt as though a sharp sword was cutting through him, trying to break him into pieces. This - this was the intent of the sign and the star.

… What strong vengeful energy! What thick killing intent!

Zhongxuan, shocked, shook his head in doubt.

Recently Great Shang had been peaceful. There shouldn't be any reason for an unnamed general to rise up.

If he recognised this person, it could only refer to the few generals within Great Shang.

However, looking at the star, the rise of this general would be bad for Great Shang's luck. An enemy, then?

Was it someone from one of those aristocratic families within the country?

Zhongxuan squinted slightly at the star. As the Imperial Tutor, his luck was connected to Great Shang. He could sense what this boded for Great Shang's fate.

If all he saw was true, though, this was against the Grand Path, a bad sign if he'd ever seen one...

He had too many questions and not enough answers, and so Zhongxuan decided not to bother about the matter of the star for now.

Stopping his cultivation, he left the pagoda and boarded a Cloud Crossing Carriage that had been prepared a while ago. Soon enough, the princely carriage had entered the deep palace without any obstructions.

When Zhongxuan stepped into the familiar hall, he saw the Great Shang Emperor Yuancheng Emperor Yinyu raising his head, looking over at him with a dark gaze. Seeing Zhongxuan walk in, the Emperor spoke.

”Weihai submitted a letter and said that a general outside refuses to follow orders from the Ruler! He has a seventy percent chance at Lianyun Island and won't retreat so easily.”

After he said that, the Emperor began to laugh coldly.

”How bold! Using the deaths of ten million people to create a blood sacrifice for the Great Death Restriction Formation! Tell me, Imperial Tutor--does this have any chance of succeeding?”