I'm not a fortune teller.

Chapter 35 A Sheep Sneaks In
As soon as the prince finished speaking, everything around him turned gray and white. The sky, trees, flowers, and even the occasional birds passing by all turned gray and white. Only the prince and Mr. Nada looked no different from ordinary people, as if they had escaped from this strange world.

Murong Yunji's expression remained unchanged, but she could clearly feel that the air was gone.

"Mr. Tian, like Mr. Zhang, comes from a hidden family." The prince sat on the doorstep. The maid beside him turned gray and stood there in a daze. He panted and said indifferently: "For so many years, no one knows what his hidden magic is. The intelligence has always classified Mr. Tian as a first-class magician. In fact, Mr. Tian has the ability of a super first-class officer at the level of the six departments."

"So Mr. Tian is your trump card, Your Highness?" Zhang Rui's voice remained calm.

The prince frowned slightly, immersed in the technique without any panic. Tian Ye did not dare to act rashly. This county magistrate surnamed Zhang was indeed not a simple person.

"Sir, you come from a hermit family, so you should know the rules of this world. The number of Yin Gods in the world is agreed upon. The Great Jin Dynasty has only changed twice in the past thousand years, so it is extremely stable. Any family that has missed the opportunity will be targeted by them if they want to reach that step. No matter how good the inheritance is or how powerful the children of the family are, they cannot resist the trend."

"Recruiting me is your only chance. Mr. Tian's family was famous in the previous dynasty, but because they stood on the wrong side in the struggle for the world, they were forced to become a hidden family. He is the most outstanding child in the family. When he first entered the capital, Mr. Tian was 27 years old and was the youngest third-grade warlock in the world. Now he is 77 years old, but he still can't earn a seat for the family. With Lord Zhang's ability, I believe the family behind him is no less than Mr. Tian's. But if I don't help you, Mr. Zhang, even if he has great ability, he can't stand up to the stage!"

"Thank you for your guidance, Your Highness." The other party's recruitment immediately confirmed Zhang Rui's guess.

This world is indeed twisted. In fact, he had thought before that all sorcerers in the world rely on evil powers to realize supernatural magic. The court is also very wary of this. This can be seen from the fact that sorcerers must be accompanied by military officers to monitor them wherever they go. In fact, the court does not trust these sorcerers at all.

But from the daily chats with the fake Chen Xiao, that is, Mr. Tian, I learned that the sorcerer families in the world have grown to a large scale and can even fight against the imperial power. In this case, how do the two parties cooperate? How are the officials in the court allocated?

Now after hearing what the prince said, Zhang Rui had a complete understanding of the situation.

The world is full of evil spirits, and a large number of sorcerers are needed to control them. The sorcerer families who control the evil spirits possess power that makes kings fear them. It seems that most of the emperors in power nowadays are from military families. Zhang Rui does not find this strange. In any novel, there are few examples of wizards becoming emperors.

The military forces of the world support the emperor, and the sorcerer families also support the emperor, forming a balance between the two forces. It is not yet known what the relationship between these two forces is, but it seems that there is a tacit cooperative relationship between the sorcerer families. This can be guessed from the Yin God mentioned by the prince.

Zhang Rui didn't know what the Yin God was, but he could probably guess that the sorcerer's power came from evil spirits, and the Yin God was most likely a more powerful evil spirit. Evil spirits needed human lives to support them. To become a top family, one must have a powerful Yin God, and a powerful Yin God must need a large number of human lives. If the number is too large, it will inevitably be backlashed by the crowd, so the number cannot be too many, which means that the seats are limited!
The great families in the capital today are probably the same ones who successfully stood on the side of Taizu back then. These great families helped the court stabilize the world order and prevent evil spirits and hermit families from causing chaos, but the court also had to support the evil spirits behind them. Under this situation, it would be difficult to replace any family. The only chance is when the imperial power changes, there will be a glimmer of hope.

Master Tian came to Beijing at the age of 27, and has wasted fifty years without finding any opportunity. Now it seems that he is going to take a big gamble with this crown prince.

"But Your Highness should know that the reason why the noble families support the royal family is because you are not a family of sorcerers." Zhang Rui said faintly: "If you worship a Yin God, no noble family will support you."

"The world's structure should have changed long ago!" The prince stood up: "The nine ministers are all monopolized by aristocratic families. This is unreasonable!"

"Lord Taizu started his career in the painting market, but was eventually forced to give it up and kill all the new painters. In addition to the fact that the characteristics of the painting spirits were too dangerous and he was afraid that he could not control them, the oppression of the aristocratic families was also an important reason, right? Even a strong man like Taizu could not change the situation in the end. Your Highness wants to do it with such an evil spirit?" Zhang Rui said coldly: "Your Highness's overly naive ideas are really difficult for this humble official to agree with!"

"Everything depends on human efforts." The prince said coldly.

Zhang Rui sighed in the painting. There were such strong men who broke the rules of the world, but the prince in front of him was obviously not one of them. He didn't understand why Master Tian wanted to place the bet on such a person, but he could not accept it.

There must always be a bottom line in life. A monster that relies on plague to devour people's lives is held in the hands of the future crown prince, and is secretly used to fight against the aristocratic families. God knows where he will kill people to make up for it.

Since I was drawn into the vortex, every person I meet is such a jackal. Logically speaking, I should go with the flow in order to live a better life when surrounded by such a group of jackals.

But I don't want to
"I have heard many times that Your Highness has proposed to Your Majesty to reduce corvée labor and even proposed to improve the people's livelihood through work-for-relief. People all say that Your Highness has the appearance of a benevolent monarch. I believe that this image over the years is definitely not just a simple disguise. Why has Your Highness changed so much now?"

"I've had enough!" The prince slowly stood up: "This feeling of powerlessness..."

“So that’s how it is.” Zhang Rui nodded. He almost died and was brought back to life with the help of the sorcerer’s power. As a king, he would not be able to tolerate his life and death being controlled by a group of sorcerers.

It's understandable that you want to control this power yourself and take your life into your own hands, but if you do this, then there's no point in talking about it.
"Girl, do it!"

"That's really long-winded"

Murong Yunji's face finally showed a lively expression. The child's smile was very cute, but both the prince and Master Tian stepped back subconsciously. That smile was like a beast seeing its prey, a bloodthirsty desire!
"Kill her!" the prince said in panic.

Master Tian is a top-notch sorcerer, and the family magic behind him is not inferior to that of the Jiuqing family. Although there is no Yin God worshipped, the power prepared in advance can kill any warrior below the Grandmaster. This is what he has guaranteed, and that is why he dared to stand up and try to recruit him.

But now he had a feeling that Master Tian might have made a wrong estimate——
"Yin Yang Curtain!" Lu Sheng and others who rushed over stayed outside the East Courtyard. At this time, the entire East Courtyard was plunged into a gray and white color. No matter whether it was Lu Sheng's group of sorcerers or Long Cheng and Qin Fang, the two half-step masters, who rushed over, they did not dare to set foot in easily.

"What kind of technique is this?" Long Cheng frowned.

"How come the famous magic ritual of the previous dynasty Ouyang family appears here?" Lu Sheng frowned.

If the noble families do not rely on the dynasty, many of their techniques will be interrupted. Powerful techniques require powerful Yin gods, and without the support of the court, the noble families who dare to worship Yin gods will be exterminated. Of course, there are also some families with deep heritage who can barely maintain, reduce their worship, hide from the world, and hide temporarily.
But the Great Jin Dynasty has been prosperous for a thousand years. Those hidden families of the previous dynasty should have been downgraded long ago. Although the Ouyang family was once famous, it should not have been able to withstand a thousand years of decline. I didn't expect that there are still descendants of the Ouyang family who can use such a technique.

"Ouyang Family" Qin Fang nodded slightly, and said calmly: "My stupid junior brother died at the hands of the Ouyang Family."

"Can it be cracked?" Long Cheng frowned.

"Difficult." Lu Sheng shook his head. "The Ouyang family prospered for more than 2,700 years by relying on the previous dynasty. The family occupied the position of the head of the Nine Ministers for most of the time. The resources obtained are unimaginable. The Yin-Yang Curtain is very likely incomplete today. Without the protection of the Yin God, its power is greatly reduced. But even so, I don't recommend forcing it without more than three super first-grade warlocks."

"Super first-grade sorcerer." Long Cheng looked grim. That was the Jiuqing level. Where could he get three of them now?

Just as he finished speaking, suddenly, the gray-white world that even the morning light could not penetrate was split into two. Everyone stepped back in surprise, except Long Cheng and Qin Fang who stood still.

Such pure sword intent!!
Outsiders could not see it, but the two of them could feel that the legendary thousand-year-old family technique was cut off by a single sword.

It was also the first time they saw that a warrior's sword could actually break a spell, and this kind of spell at that?

It was like a new world opened up to them, because in a duel between a warrior and a sorcerer, the only way to win is before the sorcerer starts his spell. If the warrior could break the sorcerer's spell directly, how could the sorcerer family have the chance to be so rampant?

"Mr. Tian?"

The gray and white world was split into two, and Tian Ye's body was also split into two, including the half of Master Luo Sanye's body behind him.

It was only then that everyone saw clearly that the sorcerer who cast the spell was actually Master Tian, whom they had always thought was dead!
On the other side, Zhang Rui, dressed in official uniform, stared quietly at the pale-faced prince sitting on the doorstep.

Zhang Rui was not surprised at this result. Many people mistakenly believed that Murong Yunji was a warrior like them, but in fact she was not. Although Murong was a sword immortal, she actually belonged to the lineage of Qigong practitioners. In the world view of his abandoned manuscript, the method of practice of Qigong practitioners was to restrain evil spirits.

The sword immortal can break all kinds of magic, and can defeat both evil spirits and sorcerers who rely on evil spirits to cast spells. Murong Yunji was the most outstanding sword immortal of that era, while this Master Tian was just a sorcerer from a poor family who couldn't even squeeze into the circle in the capital. Even though the sword immortal's strength has not recovered yet, Zhang Rui never thought that Murong would lose.

"Your Highness, what is this?" Lu Sheng swallowed and asked cautiously.

"Ahem." The prince slowly raised his head and looked at Master Tian, who was already dead after being split in two. He said quietly, "I never knew that Master Tian had such great ambitions!!"

Tian Ye, who was lying on the ground, had his pupils gradually dilated and the corners of his mouth weakly curled up into a bitter smile.

This world is truly terrible.
He glanced at Zhang Rui who was standing upright, feeling confused.

Why is this young man unwilling to join forces with the prince?
It won't be
Suddenly, his smile froze. He actually saw pity in the boy's eyes?

That's it
Tian Ye suddenly wanted to laugh. It turned out that a sheep had sneaked into this world of jackals!

(End of this chapter)