[The second chapter. There are two more chapters today. There will be 105 chapters this month.]
"I can see the path of fate. Salin, it's all worth it." Shika's strength had recovered, but she was still very tired. She took a breath and said, "In about a year, the children will be able to read and write. By then, you will have to take them with you. You will have to start with magic words.
"No problem. Shika, I can see the path of fate too. Although it's very vague, the two of them will not be in any danger for at least 30 to 50 years. "
"Yes, I can see the words on the die. The brother is called Austin, and the sister is called Freddy." After saying these two names, Shika felt as if something had been sucked out of her body. She started sweating profusely. Salin held her hand and held the children in one hand. He didn't know what to say.
This kind of skill was more damaging to Shika. People who peered into fate would always suffer from some kind of curse. That was why astrologers rarely spoke about the essence of things. They used analogies to describe the path of fate they saw.
Shika, on the other hand, read the words on the die.
Salin called out in a low voice, and the Caucasian Warrior walked in. Salin handed the children to the Caucasian Warrior and said, "Shika and I will go to the top floor. You guys look after them."
Seeing that their parents were about to leave, the two children danced with joy, but they didn't cry.
Salin brought Shika to the top floor of the temple. On the rooftop, Salin's Elemental Magic Tower was parked there. After entering the Elemental Magic Tower, Salin let Shika stand in the seventeenth floor's magic array. This was a balanced magic array. Its only function was to keep space and energy in a state of near immobility.
During alchemy, mages would often choose this kind of magic array to avoid danger during the alchemy process.
Shika stood properly, and Salin took out the level-16 Condensing Star Needle. He had always used the power of the Condensing Star Needle to create Desolate Puppets. This time, he was going to use Astrology on Shika.
Bright starlight flew out of the Condensing Star Needle and entered Shika's body. Salin also started chanting, "The river of fate, please baptize my lover's soul. The stars of all planes, please protect my lover's body from any punishment of fate …"
What Salin was chanting was the Star Prayer Spell that every astrologer knew. This time, he cut off more than half of his life force and sent it into Shika's body along with the power of the stars. The power of life and the power of the stars intertwined and fused with Shika's life force. The damage caused by Shika leaking the true meaning of fate was actually repaired.
Salin was overjoyed. Now, he only had about two hundred years left to live. However, it was enough for him to advance to level eleven within a hundred years. If he was unable to advance in a hundred years, then there were so many enemies on the continent who could kill him at any time. If he didn't improve, others would.
Salin had left himself no way out. At this moment, his thoughts were clearer than ever. His understanding of fate had deepened.
All external objects were illusory. What living beings pursued was life itself. He had sacrificed his life in exchange for this moment of enlightenment.
This principle was written down in the Magician's notes many times. Even a level-one Magician would know this, but knowing it did not equate to understanding it. This time, Salin understood the true meaning of this sentence.
Only those who had sacrificed would understand. Otherwise, it would just be a sentence in a book.
With this bit of insight, Salin had a more thorough understanding of his teacher's words. Any messy domain power was useless. Only by exploring the domain of thunder and lightning would he be able to take another step forward and become a level-11 archmage.
As for advancing to level thirteen, he couldn't use the domain power that he stole. He could only rely on the domain that he had painstakingly cultivated to advance to the level of rule power. Level thirteen was the beginning of truly touching the rule power.
Salin's previous understanding of the rule power was like a small fish seeing the ocean.
If you want something, you must pay the same price. Salin had never agreed with this saying so much. If it wasn't for his two children, if it wasn't for his heart aching for Shika, he wouldn't have understood this principle so quickly.
"Salin, go deal with the matters in Alchemy City. I'm afraid I'm about to break through to level nine." At this time, Shika said something that made Salin excited.
Shika had always been troubled by her inability to advance. This time, Salin wasn't the only one who benefited. After giving up almost all of her life, Shika finally understood the principle of sacrifice.
After advancing to level ten, she would be a true Nature Priest, even if she didn't have three Fighting Souls.
Originally, if she wanted to advance, she would have to lose at least one of her three Fighting Souls. This would allow her to understand the principle of sacrifice and the source of the Priest's power. But now, she didn't need it. Shika used ancient witchcraft and instantly saw through her current fate.
Salin saw that Shika was about to break through, so he didn't waste time with her. He returned to the temple and found Zola. Although Zola wasn't very reliable, he was the most suitable manager among the people around Salin.
Thinking back to when Zola was a teacher in Yun Liu's palace, it was also because of his special talent that he could control people of similar levels to him. Even if they were of the same level, Zola had ways to slowly tame them.
This kind of control ability wasn't completely innate. It required complicated life experiences to perfect this skill. The people around Salin were mostly simple. Only Zola had gone through a lot of hardships.
Salin found Zola and asked about the people from Alchemy City.
This had happened a week ago. A fleet from Alchemy City had come here to purchase metals. The quantity of the purchase was extremely large. Zola didn't make the decision immediately. He just said that Salin wasn't here, and neither was the Regent, so he couldn't agree.
Actually, Shika was here, but Shika had communicated with Salin. She knew that they would definitely fall out with Alchemy City. In the end, it would probably be a situation where both sides fought to the death. Alchemy City needed metals. How could Shika be willing to sell them?
It should be known that in all of Qinyin, aside from Salin's side, the rest of the metal mines were in the hands of the Qinyin royal family. The Glücos family's control over the metal mines was extremely strict. Even after the north lost control, the Qinyin mages even destroyed many mines. These mines were completely destroyed, so the people of the Tanggulas Empire wouldn't be able to dig again for three to five years.
There were metal mines in Phoenix, but there weren't many. In the original deal, Salin had agreed to sell all the metal mines in Phoenix to the Glücos family. After all, he had mines further north with huge production.
Zola refused the metal deal. The people from Alchemy City weren't surprised. They only said that they would wait for Salin's return. And this Alchemy City Sorcerer said that he was from the Devil's Horn, not the same organization as the Elemental Hand.
Zola believed what the Devil's Horn Sorcerer said, but he still refused to agree to the deal.
The Alchemy City Sorcerers were also patient. They bought a lot of wood and other goods. The large fleet of ships returned to Alchemy City, leaving a large merchant ship behind to wait for Salin.
Shika was in Metatlin City. Seeing that these people refused to leave, he wasn't worried that these Sorcerers would cause any trouble. The Sorcerers from the Devil's Horn Sorcerer were led by a newly advanced Level-10 Great Magician. The rest were all Level-8 Magic Shooters.
Sending out a Level-10 Great Magician meant that they took this matter seriously. Not bringing along a Level-9 Magic Shooter meant that they didn't want to fight. In fact, these were all gestures. In Metatlin, even if they were all Level-10 Sorcerers, they still needed enough numbers to gain an advantage.
Zola explained the situation to Salin. Salin thought about it carefully and said, "Give me the list of items they need."
Zola took out a thick list of accounts and handed it to Salin. Salin threw the list into the air and released his domain. With a sweep of the domain's power, he had already memorized all the details of the accounts on it.
"It seems that the Devil's Horn wants to build large magic warships!" Salin looked at the list and understood after a little analysis. However, the Devil's Horn Sorcerer controlled the sea. They were even more powerful than the Elemental Hand. They had magic warships that could fly at low altitudes. Why would they continue building warships?
"Master, why don't you talk to that Sorcerer?"
"Why?"
"That Sorcerer said that he won't pay with gold coins or magic cores. Maybe he'll pay with the materials you need?"
"Haha, no wonder he stayed to pester me. It turns out that he brought something that could tempt me." Salin laughed and said, "Then let's go take a look, but … wait a little longer. Wake them up after midnight."
In the past, Salin might have refused this deal. Because this deal was likely to have a detrimental effect on him in the future. But now Salin understood that fate was not like this. There were countless possibilities for every decision.
One couldn't stop eating just because they were worried about choking to death.
Moreover, if the Devil's Horn Sorcerer couldn't buy metals here, they could go elsewhere, such as the Tanggulas Empire. The Cloud Flow people might also sell to them. As long as they paid a good enough price, Agares could even sell the entire empire.
However, Salin was not in a hurry. He would deliberately delay it for a few hours. After midnight, when everyone was asleep, he would harass the Devil's Horn Sorcerer.
Neris was also called over. Together with Zola, the two of them sat together with Salin. After ordering people to prepare food and drinks, Salin simply set up a small-scale banquet in the temple, allowing those who had followed him for a long time to come and eat.
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