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The [Wanderer's White Robe] could even cover [Leo], but the old woman still called out to him.

"You are obscured by this white robe, making your identity shrouded in fog and uncertainty, but in astrology, there are 22 stars that are fixed." The old woman raised her dry finger and pointed at the crystal ball, suggesting that the crystal ball in the night sky was dark, but there was a bright spot shining in it.

"You carry one of them in your body, and that star shines brightly in the mist, guiding me to find you."

Blaze raised his hand and patted the chicken. This was the first time he had heard of this.

"It's probably the 'Deer Hunter' that Bernhardt gave you. All that knowledge about astrology was summarized by the astrology school itself." Ji naturally said she didn't understand. Her understanding of the astrology school was limited to the fact that "being observed by the astrology school means having a high status."

"That star has another name, Sirius, a binary star that is both evil and good." The old woman slowly revealed the true name of the star that Blaze had obtained, while looking at Blaze meaningfully.

"In the school of thought I inherited, this star symbolizes ambition, pride, wealth, and fame. It's an auspicious star. But while it's an auspicious star, it also carries ominous connotations."

"Old man..." Blaze's voice lowered, and then he said seriously, "Can you explain it more simply? I don't understand. If you don't tell me why you called me, I'm leaving."

Older people, those with ancient heritage, really love to tell riddles.

"...Actually, it's like this. Not long ago, foreigners defeated the giants and returned the great lion to the sky. This made me see the possibility of the resurgence of the astrological school." The old woman immediately sat up straight and spoke frankly.

"Although the lion has returned to the sky, astrology is the observation of the entire sky. If these 22 fixed stars do not return to the sky, astrology will forever remain a lost art. At this time, while wandering on the road, I happened to see the noble soul and the fixed stars recorded in the tattered ancient book, so I spoke to you."

"So, you want me to help your astrology school find 22 stars." Blaze simply grasped the key point of the matter. So, wasn't it just a commission? But strangely, the blessing didn't display a prompt to receive the task.

"This is not a simple matter. Auspicious stars will wait for those who are willing to bear them, while unlucky stars will turn into evil monsters and wreak havoc." The old woman shook her head and explained why she spoke vaguely.

"Most importantly, our school has fallen on hard times and is very poor. We have nothing to offer as payment for the commission."

Taking strangers as an example, if they proactively come to your door to help, you can use gratitude as a reward. But if it is a serious commission, then you have to be more serious about calculating the reward.

Chapter 189 Prophecy, Aries' Position! ?

It turned out that after talking for so long, the old woman was waiting for Blazer to be willing to help so that she could waive the reward.

This kind of thing is actually a bit unkind, and the old woman obviously knows it, but the rise and poverty of the astrology school forced her to resort to this bad idea.

"Hmm..." Blazer pondered for a moment, then asked under the old woman's nervous gaze, "Those 22 stars won't be able to return to the sky anytime soon. Will this cause a disaster like the Nemean Giants?"

"No, after all, the meaning of fixed stars and their symbols is only summarized by our school through generations of inheritance and accumulation. Although stars have characteristics and powers, they are not great souls like constellations." This time the old woman did not hesitate and answered directly, but she also added a sentence at the end.

"But these 22 fixed stars are related to the life and death of our astrological school. In fact, our school has been going broke recently..." The old woman didn't say it clearly, but fiddled with her hands awkwardly.

Blaze was a little surprised. Even if the stars had disappeared, astrology was a kind of knowledge accumulated over time. With this knowledge, it should be easy to gain wealth.

The old woman's answer to this question is admirable.

"This isn't knowledge for the purpose of satisfying one's own desires. Astrology has always been about sharing the beauty of the stars with the world, and bringing hope and comfort to those who are lost and suffering."

"So the decline of our school actually has nothing to do with the falling of stars. It's mainly due to a lack of keen sense of economic development trends. The failure of our entrepreneurial ventures almost led to the end of our long-standing tradition."

"Yes, is that so?" Blazer didn't know how to face the truth about the decline of this ancient school, so he could only ask, "Then suppose the 22 fixed stars return to the night sky, how do you plan to revitalize your school without using astrology?"

"He joined the [Hermes's Traveling Hat] and obtained research funding under the guise of academic research."

"In a place like this, I actually hope you can be more vague, tell us in riddles instead of being so concrete." Blaze slapped his face, but had to admit that this was the right choice.

When funds are plentiful, [Hermes's Traveling Hat] often casts a wide net, investing in various fields. For academic research like astrology, which has been passed down from the extinct Age of Gods, [Hermes's Traveling Hat] would certainly be willing to invest.

But Blazer couldn't do anything about it, because Herbie wouldn't help. Herbie could tell at a glance that the astrology school wouldn't be willing to use astrology to make money, so Herbie wouldn't give him a cent.

But just in case, Blazer will still talk about this matter with Herbie later. Maybe Herbie can find something profitable from it.

Seeing that Blaze remained silent for a long time, the old woman cautiously probed, "In fact, you can also use outstanding astrologers as your attendants as compensation. In our astrology school, there have always been outstanding blessed ones."

"Is it a female?" the chicken suddenly asked.

"There are women. If you don't mind, I can..." The old woman nodded, mistakenly thinking that the chicken was going to agree on Blaze's behalf, and raised her hand to touch her chin.

"No! This is cheating. It will only be interesting if we compete fairly from the same starting line!" The chicken suddenly yelled, its body bouncing as if it was dancing on Blaze's head.

"Don't pay attention to her. She's not right in the head sometimes." Blaze waved his hand, signaling the frozen old woman not to pay attention to what the chicken said.

"I don't need any servants in return. I originally planned to travel across the continent, defeat the monsters that threaten the world, and awaken the sleeping stars and return them to the sky."

Blaze lifted his hood, revealing his identity.

"Besides, this is my job."

"Great, great lion and the night watchman of the forest!?" The old woman was shocked. She didn't expect that the great soul praised by the astrological school and the representative of the legendary golden sea of ​​trees, the messenger who returned the stars, would appear in front of her at the same time. They were the same person.

For a moment, she didn't know whether she should take off the mask on her face.

Finally, the old woman could only sigh and said helplessly: "In this case, you are the second person to refuse the astrologer's servant."

"second?"

"The last one was a stranger named Dali Feizhuan. I approached him because he was carrying a star fragment. He accepted my request, but refused, saying, 'In other worlds, I only like Melusi.'"

Someone he knows appears! Blaze is amazed at the connection between him and Dali Feizhuan.

"Since you also refused the servant as a reward, then I can only provide you with a divination about the future as a reward, just like the time when Dali Feizhuan was flying." The old woman straightened her body and placed her hands on the crystal ball.

"Wow!" Blazer became interested. After all, it was a technology from an ancient school, so he was still very interested in it. At the same time, he just asked casually.

"What did Dali Feizhuan predict at that time?"

"If you don't offer the snake back, disaster will befall you."

"Cough cough!" Blaze coughed because a lot of things happened in the meantime and he forgot to tell Dali Feizhuan that the Yamata-no-Orochi in the Ame-Kurosakumo sword was still alive.

"Is the Eight-Headed Evil God about to be resurrected?!"

"No, he was supposed to sign a contract with a woman blessed by the gods after he defeated the eight evil gods and offered the snake bones. Now that woman has decided to take the initiative to look for him because he has not shown up." The old woman answered casually while constantly changing the position of her hands to adjust her observation angle of the mist in the crystal ball.

"But don't worry, the disaster won't affect other people. It will only cause him trouble."

"That's good." Blazer breathed a sigh of relief. The so-called impending disaster was just something to do. Then he wouldn't have to worry about the "grassroots period" of flying bricks again.

"Well, I saw it. Because there is a fixed star right in front of us, this prediction is extremely accurate. It turns out that astrology is not a lie!" The old woman's eyes lit up. While shouting the amazing lines, she raised the crystal ball with both hands and smashed it to the ground.

The prophecy sealed in the crystal ball was released and manifested in the form of crystal ball fragments.

"[Snake's Mouth][Ocean of Sorrow][Aries' Tears]"

"Is this the way to get to the place where Aries fell!?"

Chapter 190: Hercules and the Cat

There was no doubt that those were her own words, but the old woman was extremely surprised.

Blaze frowned as he looked at the crystal ball fragments on the ground. He only saw a pile of scattered fragments. Of course, the most important thing was what the old woman said before making the prediction.

"So you don't even believe in astrology yourself?"

"Of course. The most important part of astrology is the observation of the stars. But since the destruction of the Age of Gods until now, things like 'stars' have only appeared in the songs of the elves and in paintings handed down from generation to generation." The old woman seemed to be justified.

"The divination we use now in our astrological school is actually the statistics and analysis of large amounts of information, as well as the study of psychology. But true stargazing divination is an even more mysterious existence. The stars watch and record all developments in the world, and we use this to predict the future."

The old woman held her chin and looked Blaze up and down.

"You must have been talking about Aries recently, and everything you've experienced recently and will encounter in the future is inextricably linked to Aries."

"Because some old guys are shouting that only Aries can defeat the Lion." Blaze raised his hand and patted the chicken's body, as if he was joking, but his head was thinking at high speed.

Although Blazer did not understand astrology, he knew that the focus of astrology was the causal analysis and prediction of the development of things from a third-party perspective.

Since the old woman said that what happened in the past and what he is experiencing now are all closely related to Aries, then you might as well boldly think about what has happened recently in connection.

The ocean where Aries resides requires a catastrophe to occur, and after that, Enya commissioned the search for the Underworld. If the two are related, the Underworld might be the only way to reach Aries without a catastrophe.

Perhaps when he made finding Aries his primary goal and was determined to avoid a catastrophe like a world-shattering catastrophe, he had already unknowingly gathered the intelligence to accomplish his goal.

Now the question is, if all this has a causal relationship in astrology, then why did he come to the city of Mekingiod, and what position does the snake occupy in it?

And just so happened, the old woman asked this question.

"What brings you to this city?"

"I happened to be here, and on a whim I came in to look for information on the [Black Boots of Death]."

"...There's no such thing as coincidence or whim in astrology. Everything is guided by the stars." The old woman showed a meaningful expression that gave Blazer the most headaches.

This means that the old woman already knows something, but just doesn't want to say it and wants to keep it in suspense.

"How much money do I have to pay you to honestly solve this riddle?" Blaze took out the gold coins that he didn't need very much, intending to use the money that the other party needed most to buy a quick fix.

"No, old woman, I don't sell my skills. The skills of the astrology school are only for guiding confused people." The old woman was unexpectedly firm. She didn't even look at the gold coins in Blazer's hand, and looked noble as if she regarded money as dirt.

"If you wish to obtain the boots that can transform into the [Black Boots of Death], participate in today's strongman competition in Mekingjord City and win. That's all I can say. You may leave now."

So Blaze took out the three copper coins he had every day, and the old woman's eyes widened.

Facts have proven that as long as there is enough dirt, no matter how noble you are, it will be useless.

But Blazer was a kind man and could not bear to see other people's noble sentiments being tarnished, so he put the copper coin away to show his respect for the school of astrology.

"Thank you, old woman, for pointing out the way forward for me. Let's meet again on the day the stars return to the sky." Blaze laughed as if he had succeeded in a mischievous act, covered his head with the white robe again, stood up and walked towards the exit of the alley.

The old woman was probably very angry. After panting twice, she shouted at Blaze's back with a malicious look on her face.

"In that case, let me give you a piece of advice for free!"

"If the [Sirius] you obtained symbolizes goodness, then there's no doubt that the other one is evil, transforming into a monster somewhere, ready to strike. You better keep up the good work!"

"Ah!?" Blaze was stunned, but when he turned around, the alley had disappeared, leaving only a wall.

"Ah, then the prophecy must have failed, and this special event was given in vain." The two previous players just came back, and the experienced one of them saw Blaze patting the wall and shook his head as if it was nothing strange.

"No one has yet been able to trigger the old woman's special quest, so some people are aggressively testing it. As a result, they neither get the special quest nor the chance to predict the location of the prop."

"Oh, that poor fellow."

……

Except for shield jumping over the wall, Blaze tried all the methods, but they could only prove that the alley he had walked into before did not exist. When the chicken flew up, he could only see one house.

Blaze could only hang his head, giving up on finding the old woman. He consoled himself, "This is actually a good thing. At least I know the Deer Hunter's companion might come find me on his own."

"So are you going to check out the strongman competition held in Mekingiod City next?" asked the chicken.

"Do you think I'm the kind of person who doesn't believe in prophecies and insists on going against them?" Blaze sighed helplessly, straightened his chest and cheered himself up.

"We're just wandering around anyway, so why not go to that strongman competition that old lady mentioned?"

"Speaking of which, is that old woman really an old woman?" Chicken seemed to have been puzzled by this question for a long time, and finally asked this question after the old woman disappeared. "Isn't she wearing the [Human Skin Mask] that Hebi recommended in the first place?"

"I know, but I think she might be hiding something that she's too embarrassed to reveal to others, so she's pretending not to notice."

In an alley, an old woman who was about to reveal her face sneezed in a young voice.

Besides the cats, Mekingjord City was most famous for its strongman competitions. Blaze asked two passersby and found out about the intensely popular strongman competition. The first-place prize was the Knight's Combat Boots, essential for obtaining the Black Boots of Death.

Blaze couldn't help but complain.

"At that time, she could have just said that the prize for the strongman competition was combat boots. Why did she insist on saying that the winner would know."

"Because it sounds really mysterious." Chicken answered seriously.

Blaze successfully registered for the strongman competition and walked into the competition site.

What caught his eye were all kinds of strong contestants, but what stunned Blaze was the heavy object.

It turned out to be a group of cats.

Some strongmen even showed painful expressions and were unable to pull up a cat.

Chapter 191 Wolf and Cat, Cat and Snake

If you want to get the job of a strongman, you'd better learn how to please cats.

Herbie's words rang in Blaze's ears. At that time, Blaze regarded it as a joke, but now it was verified and the problem of "how to lift the heavy objects required to become a strongman without the strength of a strongman" was solved.

Blaze saw that the contestant who tried his best to lift a ginger cat but couldn't, so he took out some dried fish and said that he just had to bribe the heavy object and let it lift itself up.

The winner of this strongman competition is determined by who lifts the heavier cat or who lifts more cats.

Blaze looked at these cats with great curiosity, hoping to understand what kind of creatures these cats were, but Cifu showed nothing, as if these cats did not actually exist.

"These cats are most likely the incarnation of something. That thing is not in front of you, but the incarnation is in front of you. It creates this special state where you can see and touch it, but it does not exist when you want to observe its true appearance." The chicken looked nervous and lay on Blaze's back as if it had encountered a natural enemy.

"I don't know what transformed into these cats, but it's undoubtedly an immense being. Only a being so enormous that it's almost invisible could create these cats that both exist and don't exist."

"It can't be bigger than the Titan." Blaze's mouth twitched. In his eyes, these cute cats instantly turned into terrifying wild beasts.