Chapter 512: Chapter 222: Challenging the Commander
The crowd’s gaze was fixed on the pillar of light shooting into the sky, waiting for the oracle words to emerge from it.
The pillar grew brighter and brighter, like a purple True Dragon ascending to the heavens. Before long, the pillar condensed midair into four lines of prophecy.
Everyone watched the prophecy closely, and Li Qingyi too observed with a contemplative mind, as if burdened by heavy thoughts.
"Deep mountains and lush forests, flowers exude fragrance; Purple aura comes from the east, presenting auspicious omens; Beautiful rivers and mountains to wander together; The living world welcomes the morning sun."
The crowd silently recited these four lines, seemingly savoring over their meanings repeatedly.
Li Xiu also recited them silently in his heart. According to their literal meaning, these words seemed quite auspicious.
Where the mountain flowers bloom brilliantly and the purple aura comes from the east, one bathes in the morning sun together, strolling amidst a magnificent scroll of the lands. It suggested that Li Qingyi’s future romance should indeed be happy and fulfilling.
However, prophecies are sometimes not to be interpreted according to normal logic, so how it should be interpreted depends on each person.
Unfortunately, the Divining Celestial Secret is only for measuring, not interpreting. Even if there’s a need for interpretation, it wouldn’t be done in front of everyone. Therefore, the Master wouldn’t interpret the oracle here. Once out of the Longevity Hall, he simply announced the end of the Divining Celestial Secret.
The crowd was still savoring those four lines, trying to glean some clues from them.
Li Qingyi is the president’s only daughter. Although the Li Family has many members, they are merely the Li Family, not the president’s direct bloodline; just some kin relations.
Li Qingyi is the real bloodline of the president, the legitimate inheritor of the bloodline. Even if the president lives forever, Li Qingyi will undoubtedly hold an extraordinary status.
If someone could become Li Qingyi’s husband, it would be extremely advantageous for anyone.
"’Living world welcomes the morning sun,’ do you think this prophecy refers to someone from the Wan Family?" Sha Chu whispered to Li Xiu.
"Who knows? These mystical things are beyond me." Li Xiu shook his head.
"Is it that you don’t understand, or don’t want to understand?" Sha Chu asked with a half-smile, half-tease.
"What do you mean?" Li Xiu frowned and asked.
"Well, Li Qingyi is young and beautiful, even I, as a woman, find her pleasing to the eye. Such a beauty, combined with such a grand dowry like Longevity Heaven, any man would be tempted, right?" Sha Chu said.
"Now that you mention it, it really is the case. If one were to marry her, not only would they win the beauty, but they also could save a thousand years of struggle, more impossible than winning the lottery. Can you help me see if I can relate to those four lines of prophecy? As long as there’s a connection, it doesn’t matter how forced it is; we can interpret it slowly." Li Xiu laughed.
Sha Chu rolled her eyes at him: "You dream! Can prophecies be interpreted just like that? Besides, no matter how you force it, I don’t see any connection with you in those four lines. You have no natural fragrance, nor does purple aura come from you. The beautiful rivers and mountains have nothing to do with you either, and the morning sun is even less related."
Li Xiu sighed regretfully: "Looks like this soft meal is hard to get."
"Pfft, you want to live off a woman? I think you’re more suited to hard meals." Sha Chu laughed.
"What’s a hard meal?" Li Xiu asked, puzzled.
"Is your bone hard?" Sha Chu retorted.
"Of course, it’s very hard." Li Xiu nodded.
"What likes to lick hard bones the most?" Sha Chu asked again.
Li Xiu immediately understood, glaring at her as he said: "Are you calling me a bootlicker?"
"I didn’t say that, you said it yourself." Sha Chu smiled lightly: "Besides, being a bootlicker isn’t so bad; maybe you’ll eventually chew through the hard bone that is Li Qingyi?"
"Forget it, my teeth aren’t good." Li Xiu sighed.
As the two chatted, they suddenly saw someone walk onto the stage, surprisingly it was Wan Chaoxin.
"What’s this guy doing on stage? Surely he doesn’t plan to gnaw on the bone?" Li Xiu said, somewhat perplexed.
Sha Chu’s expression changed: "This is not good; after Divining Celestial Secret, there’s actually another event called the Commander Challenge. Anyone from Longevity Heaven who feels capable of taking on the role of Commander can challenge the current Commander. The winner serves as the Commander. Surely Wan Chaoxin isn’t planning to challenge you and take the Commander position?"
"So this is the main event of Divining Celestial Secret." Li Xiu looked at the stage at Wan Chaoxin, seeing that Wan Chaoxin’s gaze was directed at him.
In fact, everyone’s gaze was on Li Xiu, as they all thought if Wan Chaoxin were to challenge the Commander position, he would likely target Li Xiu.
After all, Li Xiu had just been installed as the Commander and had yet to establish himself firmly within Longevity Heaven, plus his strength seemed to be lacking, needing a magic spirit to carry him up Spiral Mountain. Naturally, this strength was far inferior to Wan Chaoxin’s.
"It wouldn’t be bad if Wan Chaoxin could get rid of that guy; compared to Li Xiu, he’s not as annoying." Bai Ying whispered.
But Bai Ying was quickly disappointed as Wan Chaoxin stood on stage and said calmly: "I want to challenge the position of the Commander of the Seeking Path Group. I request Commander Han to accept the challenge."
This statement from Wan Chaoxin surprised not only Bai Ying but also many others from the four great families. Wan Chaoxin was challenging Han Mingshou.
Even though Han Mingshou had just taken office as Commander and wasn’t the strongest among the six Commanders, he certainly wasn’t the weakest.