Xia De had come into contact with Sister Defulin's dark golden sickle before, so he was not surprised by Yin Luna's action. Unexpectedly, Luvia tried it, and her palm actually passed directly through the middle of the scale.
"As expected, this scale is essentially a combination of a part of Yin Luna's soul and the power of the ancient gods. Of course, I can't touch it."
When Shade was feeling doubtful, Luvia nodded:
"Yin Luna, let this scale float above my head, and don't resist my mental power to touch it."
Because of divinity, you can access things related to the ancient gods.
"That's what I thought."
Shade quickly outlined the ritual, thought for a moment, and then manifested the Staff of Yggdrasil and handed it to the purple-eyed girl. Yin Luna had heard that Shade had obtained another weapon that was no less powerful than the Night's Watch, so she just took a curious look. While Shade bent down and picked up the cat that slithered into the room, she let the scales symbolizing the balance of the chosen float above Luvia's head.
"Do you need to use the Philosopher's Stone to assist the ritual?"
Shade asked again, pulling out the silver pendant on his chest. The pendant was decorated with the Philosopher's Stone that he got from the Stone Mirror Demon - Goethe:
"Adding this to the ritual should enhance its effect."
"Shad, I don't want to predict the future and truth of the world. There's no need to be so exaggerated."
Luvia declined Xia De's suggestion, and Yin Luna also smiled and wanted to say a few words. Then no one expected that Xiaomia, who was held by Xia De, suddenly poked her head out, opened her mouth and bit the red stone.
"Millet... ... "
Fortunately, this cat, which never made Shade angry, did not swallow the precious alchemical material in his hand this time. Although the cat opened its mouth, it only licked the stone with its tongue, then "meowed" and looked at it with bright eyes. It didn't look like it wanted to eat it, nor did it look like it was not interested in it.
Xia De was frightened and quickly put away the Philosopher's Stone. He decided to refrain from taking out such things that could be easily eaten by Xiaomia in the future.
Then it was time to get down to business. Luvia held a black staff in her left hand and stood in the center of the ritual array on the ground. She was surrounded by the patterns of the sun, moon and stars. The dark golden scale above her head emitted a faint light, as if sprinkling light spots on her body. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, then slightly raised the long staff in her left hand and smashed it on the ground. The ritual array, which had not reacted at all, actually lit up with a faint light.
At this time, the curtains in the room were all drawn tight, and in the dark room, only the light of the ritual array on the ground and the dark golden scales could be seen. Luvia raised her right hand slightly, and the five coins placed at her feet rose into the air together.
One of the ghost iron coins and one home coin flew in front of Shad and were caught by him, and then Luvia flicked away the remaining three coins one by one.
As the coins spun into the air, they made a buzzing sound. After the first coin reached the highest point, it actually stopped at that height while spinning. All three coins did not fall down until they reached that position.
Mottled rust appeared on the metal surface and continued to spread as it fell until the entire coin was corroded.
The ashes dispersed in the air, and Luvia opened her eyes. The purple light in her eyes was charming and seductive.
"How about it?"
"There are results."
After tidying up the room, the three returned to the second floor. Luvia took a sip of tea and told them the result of the divination:
"Not bad. At least we have figured out the biggest question: who is the first candidate for the Chosen One in this space? Laplace Klein Howard did not lie, at least not completely. He is indeed related to the First Chosen One, and the number of First Chosen Ones is actually more than 10 individuals."
Yin Luna glanced at Xia De:
"Except for the fortune teller himself, how many members of the Edwards family are still alive?"
"That unknown tentacle man, the two witches from the fifth generation, the Forren brothers from the sixth generation, the brothers from the Mirror Association, and the Green siblings."
Shad replied:
"Including the fortune teller, there are exactly ten alive."
"Luvia said there were more than ten people, which means more than ten. So, this group includes dead people? Like the little girl Rusty Edwards that Shad mentioned?"
Yin Luna asked Luvia again, and Luvia nodded:
"Including Rust Edwards, that's 11 people. Since it includes one dead person, it means it may include more dead people. Remember the family tree that Shad mentioned?"
Xia De then reached out and took out a large transparent book with starry sky colors from the air, and handed it to Luvia and Yin Luna respectively:
"One person in the first generation, two people in the second generation, and so on. In total, there are 1+2+3+4+5+6=21 people with the blood of the Edwards family. The dead of the second and third generations were buried on the island. Later, the Edwards family fell into decline and Green Lake Town was abandoned, so the dead of the fourth and fifth generations were buried in different places."
Yin Luna took a deep breath:
"Let's not talk about those buried on the island. So, is this root family tree some kind of large-scale ritual? The Edwards, who took root on the central island of Green Lake, have absorbed nutrients from the island for hundreds of years to reproduce, and at the same time have deeply imprinted their family on the island. Finally, they united as one on the island and achieved the upgrade of mortals? This picture really represents some kind of ritual or even a human body alchemy map. Then, will the bones and souls of the two generations outside the island have to go back sooner or later... or have they already gone back?"
Luvia and Shade looked at each other:
"If this picture represents the ritual of the space chosen as Laplace Klein Howard believed, then I suspect that the bodies of the dead of the fourth and fifth generations are no longer in the tomb. This is not something that happened recently. It is even possible that the Edwards who left the island have never left the sight of their ancestors."
Yin Luna had a look of shock on her face. The diagram, which looked like a root system taking root in the ground, was becoming more and more terrifying to her.
"Six generations, nearly three hundred years, just to unite as one, to achieve the status of the Chosen One... Although we have been through so much, this still surprises me. Laplace Klein Howard, what did you see back then?"
"According to the Association's current investigation, the Door in the Bottle was most likely in contact with him before he defected from the Association. He heard the so-called 'truth' and was convinced of it."
Luvia had a melancholy look on her face:
"But was it he who foresaw the future and gave birth to the mysterious Edwards family, or was it the destined future that fooled him and made him the starting point of the family? Destiny and time, these are things that need to be respected."
The girl who had destroyed the integrity of time several times said that she made a request to Shade:
"It doesn't matter if you spend tonight. You can go to Green Lake tomorrow and confirm whether the remains of the fourth and fifth generations of the deceased are still there."
"No problem, but I can't contact the brothers from the Mirror Association. The remains of the Forlan brothers from the Rosicrucian Order and the witches' elders are all out of town. It will take time to confirm. Tomorrow I can only go check on the elders of the Green siblings."
Luvia nodded:
"It doesn't matter. As long as the remains of one family are gone, the others may be gone too. Although the situation of the chosen one this time is a little troublesome, it also has its advantages. As long as we can ensure that one of them does not return to the family, we can ensure that the ceremony of the chosen one cannot be held."
This is true, but no matter who they want to protect, they will probably have to face Laplace Klein Howard in the end. And there is no point in hiding now. They will definitely return. This is not only the prophecy of the Thirteen Rings Fortune Teller, but also the fate of the chosen one.
"I want to share my opinion."
Yin Luna suddenly said:
"Just like we don't want Yin Fan Darkness and Joe Yin Barton to become the chosen ones, this time, we also want to prevent Laplace Klein Howard from becoming the chosen one."
"Of course."
Xia De nodded:
"I don't think he wants to peacefully accommodate his offspring, but rather wants to devour his own bloodline. This kind of person is too dangerous. But it is not easy to defeat him and send him to death. We will discuss it when you arrive in the Green Lake area."
Yin Luna nodded, and the three of them talked about the Edwards family for a few more words. Yin Luna then asked Luvia:
"Besides the first place, Luvia, did you predict anything else?"
After all, three coins were consumed this time.
The girl with purple eyes nodded:
"This is my first attempt to directly divine the situation of the chosen one. I can do this because the situation of the chosen one is special. There are two more pieces of information: First, the candidates for the next position are also united as one, and one of the components of the position includes a member of the Edwards family."
“It’s understandable that this also symbolizes that the subsequent order of the selected person is actually inextricably linked to the first candidate.”
Shade said, and then thought of Leicia and Dorothy. He was almost certain that they would also be involved in this matter, but so far there was no information pointing to them, and the two of them had not even thought of going to the Green Lake area in the near future.
"The second candidate for the latter position is related to the old gods - the twin gods."
After Luvia finished speaking, she and Yin Luna looked at Xia De, and indeed, they saw Xia De sighing on his face.
The old god, the twin gods, is also known as the guardian of the twins. At the end of the wine party of the blood-sucking god in the distant fifth era, the blood-sucking duke who loved blood brew guided Helen and Grace to seek the twin gods for shelter.
Now the old god has long gone, and his followers have long disappeared. What can be confirmed is that the power of the old god, the twin gods, has a lot to do with the original rift of the ancient gods, and their holy emblem is the butterfly. As for Grace and Helen now, it is not an exaggeration to call them "the scrollers of the twin gods".
In the past life without Shade, Grace and Helen were most likely killed at the end of the battle of Sikar and taken away by the blood-sucking god, so the space chosen ones in the sixth era of the past life were most likely not related to them. However, the appearance of Shade has indeed changed the order of the appearance of the chosen ones - in the past life, the long-haired Luvia and Siris mentioned in the chat at the Temple of Night that the earth's chosen one was the second one.
In other words, in the "present world" where the strangers appeared, the poem was most likely pointing directly to the Red Butterfly sisters who were still alive and in good condition. And involving them in the fate of the chosen ones was what Shade had been trying to avoid.