novelraw Chapter 745 The pain in her heart
Chapter 745 The pain in her heart
The next morning, Han Yan and her group entered the Capital with the surging crowd.Anyun City, built halfway up the mountain, loomed majestic and formidable like an ancient giant, overlooking the vast fertile lands.
In the early morning, clouds and mist swirled, making the entire Capital seem as though it sat atop the clouds, hence, this city with a long history was also called Yunjing City.
The streets were bustling with pedestrians, and merchants came and went incessantly; its prosperity was incomparable to any ordinary county and definitely far beyond that of a small town like Heishi City.
Han Yan had already learned from her mother where the Mu Family’s main house was located. She wanted to hasten to the Family Head’s residence, but the streets were too crowded, and the carriage could not go quickly. Han Yan simply got off the carriage and walked towards the Zong Family while observing the local customs and people of the Capital.
"Alas, the Zhang Family still hasn’t given up. They’ve already asked several masters for help, but it’s always the same result. They should accept their fate but have gone to Master Ji again," a passerby nearby shook his head and sighed.
"The Zhang Family has only one grandson passed down through three generations, yet several Star Divination Masters determined him to be a natural waste with no Cultivation Talent. If Master Ji says the same, I guess once Old Patriarch Zhang dies, the family will be driven out of the Capital. Considering his descendants, how can he accept such an outcome?" another passerby sadly said.
Han Yan paused for a moment and looked towards the sound. Not far ahead, there was a shop displaying a golden sign that read "Yunjing Divine Calculation." The shop was small, but in valuable land like the Capital, it was extremely valuable.
The shop was decorated in an antique style, displaying various types of Star Compasses, adding a sense of mystery and solemnity.
An old man with fluttering white beard who exuded an air of immortal charm stroked his long beard, eyes closed in concentration, one hand caressing his beard and the other making a symbolic gesture, seemingly calculating something. This was probably Master Ji, mentioned by the passerby.
In front of him, a young couple held a baby, their expressions both anxious and uneasy.
After a moment, Master Ji opened his eyes.
"Master Ji, how is it, does my child actually have Cultivation Talent?" the young mother asked urgently.
"Ah," Master Ji sighed heavily, his face full of sympathy.
"Master Ji," the young father looked at Ji, his voice trembling slightly.
"Give up, this child indeed has no Cultivation Talent. No matter how many Star Divination Masters you ask, the result will be the same," Master Ji said indifferently.
Hearing this, the young mother’s tears streamed down her face, and she collapsed to the ground, yet still tightly holding the child. Content orıginally comes from ????????????????????※????????????????※????????????
The young father hurriedly supported her, his face filled with sorrow.
"Indeed, this is the outcome; the Zhang Family line is finished."
"It’s a pity. Patriarch Zhang was a remarkable man of his generation. He built a fallen family into a wealthy household in the Capital, second only to the Eight Great Families. Who would have known his son and daughter-in-law would be so incompetent, birthing such a grandson? Now, the vast family fortune will fall into the hands of a collateral branch, and his direct descendants may not even have a place to stand."
Among the onlookers, someone spoke with a sigh, but no matter how it was heard, it clearly sounded like schadenfreude.
Mu Hanyan felt an inexplicable irritation in her heart. Although she couldn’t remember her childhood, such a scene must have also occurred to her parents.
Even though her parents took her to a faraway place, which was actually arranged by her grandfather, others who were unaware of the inside story must have openly mocked her parents.
Before, Mu Hanyan could not empathize with this, but after witnessing this scene in person, she felt a deeper understanding of the frustrations her parents had endured over the years.
"Impossible, both your lord father’s cultivation talent and mine are not too poor; how could our child have absolutely no talent? Master Ji, could you please divinate again?" the young woman pleaded tearfully.
"No need. I, Ji Gaoxian, calculate the heavens, the earth, and the universe. When did I ever need to calculate a second time?" Master Ji refused without hesitation.
"Master Ji, I beg you, please divinate once more," the young woman looked lovingly at her own child and knelt before Ji Gaoxian.
"I told you no need. If you don’t believe my words, go find someone else to calculate it. But I’m telling you even if you go through the entire Capital, the result will be the same," Ji Gaoxian said coldly and arrogantly, his head held high.
"Just help her calculate once more; there’s no loss. What if you accidentally calculated wrong? Wouldn’t that harm others?" Mu Hanyan couldn’t help but intervene.
Born a waste... If it weren’t experienced firsthand, one wouldn’t know what these four words could mean to a child. Initially, her family too had been "exiled" to Heishi City under her grandfather’s deliberate arrangement, and for this reason, she had suffered ridicule from a young age.
Seeing Ji Gaoxian’s cold gaze, Mu Hanyan felt some anger. Didn’t he realize that because of his words, the life of this few-month-old child would be ruined, and possibly this entire family of three as well?
"You say it so lightly. If you’re so capable, then you try it. You think the art of Star Divination is so simple that you can just ’give it a try?’" Ji Gaoxian glared at Mu Hanyan, his words full of contempt.
Mu Hanyan was sharply rebuffed. She really wanted to help this family of three; just yesterday, she had thought about learning the art of Star Divination, but before she could start, Qu Shanling had been detained in Fang Village due to the matter of the Sword Heart Soul Cleansing Pond and the Cold Sky Sword. She wanted to help, but her capabilities were insufficient.
"Just a youngster spouting nonsense. Do you think performing the Art of Star Divination is so simple, daring even to point fingers at Master Ji?"
"Who knows from what backwater village this person came. She’s never seen the world, to speak such words."
"Perhaps she thinks our Capital’s Divine Fortune Tellers are the same as those rural charlatans, summoning gods and claiming to predict 500 years into the future and 500 years past, hahaha," the onlookers, noticing Mu Hanyan and her group’s attire, which was unlike that of Capital natives, mocked.
This couldn’t blame them. The Star Divination Masters daring to make a living in the Capital mostly really did have skills, and were in no way comparable to those tricksters and charlatans, hence their extremely lofty status. From the royal family down to ordinary citizens, all showed them great respect. Seeing Mu Hanyan, a stranger from another place, dare to point fingers and question the judgment of a Capital’s Divine Fortune Teller was akin to insulting their intelligence, naturally provoking a sense of shared animosity.
Mu Hanyan didn’t expect that her good intentions would provoke unanimous verbal and written condemnation from the crowd, fearing she might be drowned by their spit, she prepared to flee. Just at this moment, a voice echoed in her mind again: "Qi You Beidou, Power Gathering South Li, Heavenly Star Spirit, Harmonizing Heart and Correcting Essence..."