Chapter 685: Chapter 529: Divine Throne Collection Formula, An Important Lesson for the Astrologer

The Mermaid was surprised: "Which remote town?"

Suddenly, Sariel felt a bit strange. With her playful nature, why would she ask such detailed questions?

But still, Sariel replied earnestly, "For example, Blue Grey Village in Gem City..."

The Mermaid finally understood: "Oh, even though there’s no ready-made recipe formula, since it involves the beliefs of miners around the world, I’ll try my best!"

Mary praised: "Lord of the Divine Throne, you are wise!"

Sariel felt even more gratified and decided, just for her sincere attitude, to give a Divine Artifact as a peace offering.

As they spoke, the tea shop owner led in a few old men: "Come quickly, the Lord of the Divine Throne wants to see you!"

The old men bowed deeply: "Greetings, Lord of the Divine Throne!"

The Mermaid was amused: "Great, great, the recipe formula..."

The old men were excited: "With our little skills, we’re embarrassed to call it a formula, it’s our honor that the Lord of the Divine Throne takes an interest!"

The formula was quickly agreed upon, and Sariel was extremely gratified.

Afterward, it was more strolling around with the Mermaid. Yet the Mermaid seemed to become solely focused on having fun, never mentioning the formula matter again. It seems her limit was developing only four formulas.

Sariel, feeling comforted, chatted in a group chat: "Gabriel, how are things on your end?"

Gabriel laughed: "Not bad, I especially had the professor arrange a few patients for her, and she managed to cure them all. Her methods are even a bit different from the academy’s, she’s quite a talent!"

Sela was amused: "Must focus on nurturing her tomorrow!"

Gabriel chuckled: "Tomorrow? We’ll keep lessons going tonight!"

Sela asked again: "What about Tata Curry?"

Gabriel said: "He contacted Crow Master on the outskirts of the city, then roamed around the city, not sure what he’s up to."

Sela laughed: "I suppose Tata took this task from the Holy Mother of the Black Iron Church, wanting to know the relationship between the Holy Mother and this Crow Master."

Gabriel said: "Of course they’re colleagues at the Animal Protection Association. The Holy Mother triggered the stray dog mission for the Tata War God, all related to animals."

Sela was amused: "So this means Crow Master has a lover in Black Iron City, there’s more assurance to win him over."

Gabriel retorted: "What lover, there’s no connection at all!"

Sela laughed: "As long as I spread the rumor in my tavern, isn’t that it!"

Michael laughed: "I’ll share some good news with everyone: my Astrology skill has leveled up to Advanced during the busy times!"

Everyone cheered: "Boss, that calls for celebration with red envelopes!"

Michael laughed: "No problem! I’m heading to the observatory to have Hubble guide me in predicting the weather."

...

Michael arrived at the observatory, where Master Hubble was still gazing into the void through the telescope.

"Master, I’ve reached Advanced Astrology, and I’ve come to seek advice."

Hubble was astonished: "As expected of a Sage, reaching this level in such a short time, well done! Go ahead and ask."

Michael asked: "Master, if it were you, how many days in advance could you predict the weather?"

Michael’s motivation for learning was the torrential rain that dismantled the village attack action in Southern Canyon Village. Although the initial reaction at the time was that it was Chun’s Astrology prediction, Chun had been locked up for over ten days by then, so it was impossible for him to predict ten days in advance.

Hubble thought it over: "3 days, hundred percent accuracy! Beyond 3 days, it’s only estimation, and after 7 days, totally unpredictable."

Three days seem very reasonable!

Michael remembered that before the torrential rain, the Royal Team had indeed started preparing for the construction of a dam two days in advance under the guise of treasure hunting. But what a coincidence, the torrential rain hit right when the monsters attacked the village; that probably wasn’t just prediction, but summoning the rain!

Back then, Michael thought the most likely candidate was Bilenna. She was a Siren; she should have the power to summon wind and rain. However, the Mermaid, being the Guardian God, didn’t have that ability. Bilenna, not being the main Siren, probably couldn’t reach that level?

Thinking about how everyone in the village wore the war paint like Chun’s, and Bilenna would dance, so combined analysis: it was a Primitive Witchcraft rain-seeking ritual, possibly containing an Astrology Event skill predicting the monster village attack, hence the two days prep.

In any event, that was all analysis. Michael wanted to clear it up: "So can weather prediction directly turn prophecy into reality, achieving the effect of summoning rain directly?"

Hubble’s expression turned serious: "Good question! The answer is yes! But not at your current advanced level; you need to keep striving."

Michael was astounded! Although in market behaviors, "self-fulfilling prophecy" could occur, altering objective laws... is this what being divine means?

Hubble continued: "Furthermore, in two days, there may be another storm appearing in the void. Notify your exploration team to prepare for avoidance."

Michael was shocked: "But they’ve already left the asteroid field, how can they avoid it?"

Hubble was puzzled: "Perhaps there’s no storm in their area?"

Michael had an epiphany: "Master, you just mentioned transforming predictions into reality, so can it be reversed, preventing the predicted event from occurring?"

Hubble once again became serious: "That’s not reversing! Do you know the purpose of prophecy and divination? It’s to foretell disasters so that disasters don’t happen."

Michael was truly taken aback: "Then, Master, can you prevent this storm from happening?"

Hubble took a deep breath: "It would take 10,000 Privilege Points!"

Michael was stunned: "What?"

Hubble sighed: "This would be akin to a miracle, it would take some effort."

Michael was in disbelief: "Can I learn it?"

Hubble earnestly assured: "Absolutely, and I guarantee, it’s the most important lesson in your study of astrology."

Michael was very eager to witness it: "Please, Master, accept!"

Hubble solemnly accepted: "Then, go about your business, wait for news in two days."

This?

"Alright, I’ll come back then."

Leaving the observatory, the more Michael thought about it, the more something felt off. He posted the recording of the session in the group chat: "What do you all think? Can an astrologer really be this divine?"

Sariel was puzzled: "Boss, though astrology isn’t an original design skill, no matter how it’s developed, it shouldn’t reach such a level, right?"

Sela was dumbfounded for a moment: "Boss, if a street charlatan said this to me, I’d suspect he’s a fraud. Is there a possibility that there isn’t a void storm and he just said there was... so in two days, he’d naturally be correct."

Ah!! Such a low-level scam! The Empire’s chief astrologer—

Michael was incredulous, quickly rushed back to the observatory, and saw the old fellow swaying his hips, humming a tune, looking very smug!

"Master!"

Hubble laughed: "You came just in time! I successfully avoided the storm for two days later."

Michael couldn’t believe that a trusted master could be at such a low level: "Was there really no storm?"

Hubble was serious again: "Looks like you’ve learned the most important lesson. But there’s a premise, which is that you can indeed predict there is no storm within these two days!"

The group chat burst into laughter: "Even the boss has been duped!"

Michael was boiling with rage: "I feel like knocking him out!"

Sela laughed: "Boss, I have a way to get back at him. I heard about the Astrology Old Lady on Dark Alley Street. She offers free, accurate predictions to advertise! Send this Master to compete with the old lady."

Michael was surprised: "Chun’s mentor? Is she really that accurate?"

Sela laughed: "I don’t know, I suspect she’s a fraud! I see this Empire’s Master as a skilled fraud, let the two fraudsters face off?"

Michael grudgingly agreed: "Alright!"