Chapter 241: Chapter 99 River of Destiny
Not only was he shocked, but the people around him also came to their senses. After a moment of stunned silence, the room burst into laughter.
“Let a chicken and a horse take the test? What a joke!”
“Surely they don’t think this thing could also successfully seek its fate and become a Fate Master?”
“Whose bright idea was this? Today has really been an eye-opener; I think I can laugh for three years over this joke!”
“I’m even better, I could laugh for ten years…”
The entire room immediately exploded into chaos.
Hearing these taunts, the elder’s face turned sour as he looked around, “Who brought them here?”
“Reporting to the elder, they are my pets…” Zhang Xuan stepped forward.
“Pets? These ordinary animals also qualify to be called pets?” The elder laughed out of anger.
Other people keep pets, either Aerial Origin Beasts for convenient long-distance travel or fierce Primordial Beasts to aid them in battle, but you, a chicken, a horse…
What is it, are you hungry and looking to make a stew!
“So the elder means… they can’t take the test?”
Zhang Xuan frowned, “Isn’t Heaven Mandate Hall open to anyone as long as they pay?”
“Of course it’s possible, but… allowing them just wastes money…” the elder shook his head.
His name was Elder Zhu Xun, and he was responsible for assessments at the Heaven Mandate Hall of the Zhou Yi Dynasty. He was aware that some wealthy people had strange quirks, but spending money so foolishly wasn’t just a quirk, it signaled a real problem in the head.
Thirty million Origin Currency was a sizable sum for any family.
“As long as it’s possible, then please allow them to proceed…” Zhang Xuan nodded slightly with a smile, unwilling to argue.
Regarding Little Chick, he didn’t believe it couldn’t succeed; however, he was less confident about Dao Li.
After all, this creature was merely a horse picked randomly from the Source World, unlike Little Chick who had traversed the world and universe with him.
“Alright then…”
Seeing his insistence, Elder Zhu Xun hesitated for a moment, eventually nodding his head.
The other party was right, as long as the money was collected, it didn’t matter if the examiners were human or horse; it wouldn’t greatly affect them.
No longer dwelling on it, just as he was about to make arrangements for everyone to enter, Yan Sansan, who had been silent, suddenly frowned, “I disagree!”
“You?” Elder Zhu Xu asked, puzzled.
Even Zhang Xuan was confused.
What does my spending money have to do with you?
“I am a well-known genius of the Zhou Yi Dynasty, ranked first in potential on the Star River list. I don’t mind being assessed with others, but now, with a chicken and a horse… it’s truly an insult!”
Yan Sansan stood with his arms behind his back.
Being able to provoke Fei Ling and Su Yunzhe into action showed his inner pride; now, to be assessed for Fate Master alongside two creatures that weren’t even Primordial Beasts… was utterly humiliating.
“You’re overthinking it… Both of them are not only the teacher’s beast pets, but also the teacher’s friends. They came here to become Fate Masters, not to insult anyone! Besides…”
Kong Shiyao explained with a frown, “Aren’t I being assessed with you too?”
“That…”
Yan Sansan frowned, “I’m willing to take part in this assessment, but consider the favor you just did for me repaid…”
“Agreed!” Kong Shi nodded.
It wasn’t a great favor to begin with; since you say it’s repaid, so be it, as long as you’re happy.
Although still somewhat uncomfortable, Yan Sansan gestured dismissively, looking back at the elder, “I have no objections now…”
Elder Zhu Xun breathed a sigh of relief, his hand moving to grasp the stone chamber, and the doors gradually opened, “Go inside! I say again, if you can’t hold on, come out immediately, otherwise, it will cause fatal damage to your soul…”
Everyone nodded and entered single file, Dao Li and Little Chick glanced at Zhang Xuan.
“Search carefully, see if you can find something suitable. If not, don’t worry, I will help you find it later. This is just for the Fate Master assessment.”
Zhang Xuan instructed.
“Yes!” Kong Shiyao, Little Chick, and Dao Li nodded concurrently, moving briskly inside.
“As if those animals could understand!”
“Letting a chicken and a horse take the test, he really must be sick…”
“Wait and see how he embarrasses himself!”
“Not just embarrass, wait and see me spit in his face…”
Seeing him seriously giving instructions, laughter broke out around them once more, and Elder Zhu Xun couldn’t help but shake his head.
He had seen wasteful people, but this was the first time he had seen someone this extravagant…
These sixty million Origin Currency were doomed to be completely lost.
…
As Little Chick and Kong Shiyao entered the stone chamber, a “roar” sounded, and the door slowly closed.
What appeared before them was a vast room over thirty meters in diameter with eight stone pillars standing in front, each covered in ancient runes. Even before approaching them, they emanated a powerful aura.
“The pressure will be great in a bit. Your teacher hasn’t come in, are you sure you don’t need my help?”
Yan Sansan turned his head to look at Kong Shiyao, “Your favor still counts with me…”
“No need…”
Kong Shiyao once again rejected the offer of kindness from the other party.
To seek one’s destiny, one must rely on oneself, she didn’t want to depend on others.
Yan Sansan no longer spoke, but stood quietly in place waiting. It wasn’t long before countless Heavenly Mandate Vitalities showered down, causing everyone to look bewildered, as if they were immersed in a raging river.
The river was vast and spacious, with no source visible above, no end seen below, and the banks were not visible either, making it seem as if they had left the room at that instant and plunged into an endless river.
Around them, nothing else could be heard, only the relentless echoes of the tides churning.
This feeling was as if they had just been in the room, and in the blink of an eye had fallen into a river with no way out, no boundaries, with the most crucial aspect being the rushing water giving no chance for choice, but continuously washing them downstream.
“Is this the River of Destiny? No, it should be simulated by the Heaven Mandate Hall at a great cost… The real River of Destiny requires at least the power surpassing the Galaxy Realm to be drawn out…
” Kong Shiyao remembered her teacher’s words.
The River of Destiny exists indeed, only in a nameless space, and ordinary cultivators, even if wanting to touch it, do not qualify nor have the capability.
No longer swimming, she let her body sink downwards, finding that she could still breathe underwater, Kong Shiyao breathed a sigh of relief.
Indeed, this wasn’t the real river.
The real River of Destiny does not allow one’s body any control.
This was exactly the so-called “All is destined, none is by choice.”
Only those with true outstanding talents have the capability to swim within a limited range and thereby seize the chance to find a fate that fits them.
Taking a deep breath, Kong Shiyao looked around.
Within the river, koi would occasionally swim past, fleeting like shooting stars.
These koi were golden, silver, and gray, each color representing a different quantity.
“This must be what they call an opportunity… The gold ones must be the largest, with silver next and gray the weakest, if one can catch one, they can find their own destiny!”
Kong Shiyao’s eyes sparkled.
In the river of fate, many opportunities appear, some large, some small. Seizing a big opportunity could transform a nobody into a phoenix soaring to the heavens; grabbing even a small opportunity could ensure a period of worry-free existence and reaching one’s desires.
That is to say, these wandering opportunities, if one catches one, provide a chance to find one’s own destiny, thereby allowing them to soar and dive freely, competing in the freedom of the frosted heavens.
Taking another deep breath and just about to make a move, she heard the river roiling, and a figure floundered over.
Kong Shiyao looked up and saw it was no other than Yan Sansan, who she had spoken with earlier.
At this moment, although Sansan could swim, he floundered embarrassedly, far from the ease when he had confronted two great experts alone earlier.
“Follow me, I’ll lead you to seize the opportunity!”
Sweating profusely and slightly twitching, Yan Sansan’s gaze revealed a hint of determination.
“You are leading me?”
Kong Shiyao was startled.
She had just helped by saying a word, and the other party was somewhat overly enthusiastic…
“I can withstand some of the Heavenly Mandate Vitality, if you follow behind, it will be much easier, maybe you can catch a chance at the silver or even a gray opportunity!”
Yan Sansan said.
Kong Shiyao was speechless: “Why can’t I grab a golden opportunity?”
Yan Sansan shook his head: “Opportunities vary, representing different impacts, if you grab a golden opportunity, you will definitely be subjected to a crazy assault of Heavenly Mandate Vitality, an attack I can’t even resist, let alone you! If the talent isn’t sufficient, forcibly seizing a powerful opportunity not only won’t help but will result in divine retribution…”
“Is it that exaggerated?”
Kong Shiyao was stunned.
This was something her teacher had never mentioned; it seemed her teacher didn’t know about this either.
Seizing opportunities indeed related to talent.
But then again, that made sense.
During the chaos of the Late Qin, when heroes rose from all sides, why did only Liu Bang gain that supreme position, even driving Xiang Yu, the greatest warrior through ages, to his downfall?
Talent is crucial; Xiang Yu just wasn’t destined to be an emperor.
Some things are not meant to be forced.
“Indeed!”
Yan Sansan nodded: “That’s why opportunities are precious and not just anyone can grasp them, just like that horse and that chicken your teacher paid to bring… Those things aren’t even Primordial Beasts, even if an opportunity presents itself, how could they possibly grasp it? It’s merely a waste of money…”
“Cough, cough!”
Seeing him continue non-stop, Kong Shiyao, embarrassed, nudged his shoulder: “Uh… Sansan, why don’t you look behind?”
“Look at what? Where? I could say the same…”
Yan Sansan sneered, about to finish his statement when he suddenly froze.
The little yellow chick he had never rated, was at that moment wandering atop the River of Destiny, moving east, then west, then south, then north…
Suddenly, its sharp beak pecked down into the river, and the next moment, a golden koi appeared in its beak, promptly chewed up…
“…Uh?”
Yan Sansan was completely stunned.
He had been floundering for so long and hadn’t covered even half a meter, yet a chicken not even a Primordial Beast not only swam around but casually captured a golden opportunity…
Can someone tell me, what the hell just happened?
(Afraid you won’t know, I’ll say it again, there will only be one update on Saturday and Sunday as I have to take my kids to their learning classes!)