"Yo yo yo~ Who are you talking to, Aether?"
Guinaifen teased Aether, looking like she was enjoying some gossip.
"Ahem! It's rude to eavesdrop on other people's calls." Aether put away his phone and lightly coughed, reminding her.
"Oh, Aether, we're all family, what can't be said?"
Guinaifen said with a mischievous smile, "Are you talking to your girlfriend?"
"So what? Go on, go busy yourselves." Aether simply stopped pretending and directly revealed it was his significant other.
"Oh my~ Boss has a girlfriend now? Why don't you introduce her to us?" Guinaifen was relentless, and even Sushang and Huo Huo ran over to join the fun.
"Hey! That's enough!"
...Divination Commission.
Grand Diviner Fu Xuan looked at the collected data, her brows tightly furrowed, remaining silent for a long time.
"Aether, not a native of Xianzhou, moved to Luofu three years ago and settled here..."
Looking at the data in front of her, the confusion on Fu Xuan's face increased rather than diminished. From the collected information, Aether seemed incredibly ordinary, having achieved nothing significant in his life, just like any common person.
The only thing that could be considered a highlight was when Aether was barely an adult, he encountered a war breaking out on a small planet, and then, under unknown circumstances, he actually saved the residents of that planet and stopped the war.
"Wait, he achieved nothing throughout his life, yet at such a moment, he could directly save the lives on an entire planet."
Fu Xuan keenly caught this suspicious point and began to dig deeper.
"How exactly did he save the lives on that entire planet? He's clearly not one of those geniuses from the Genius Society or the Intelligentsia Guild, incapable of creating world-changing artifacts. He could only be a Pathstrider."
As Fu Xuan continued her investigation, she found that the data abruptly stopped there. There was absolutely no information about how Aether saved that planet.
Fu Xuan frowned slightly, raised her hand to retrieve other relevant data for investigation, but after quickly browsing through them, she found that all related data contained no information about Aether's process of saving the planet's lives, not even a single rumor.
"It's too strange, how could there be no records at all? Even if the Company's reporters didn't record it, the indigenous people there should have spontaneously spread the word, unless..."
Fu Xuan thought of something, her expression becoming extremely solemn, and she unhesitatingly issued an order: "Command, this Grand Diviner is to activate the Omniscient Array."
As Fu Xuan issued the order, her subordinates, each performing their duties, quickly prepared, but all were somewhat puzzled: "Strange, what major event could make Grand Diviner activate the Omniscient Array directly?"
"I don't know, it's best not to speculate on Grand Diviner's affairs."
With the Omniscient Array activated, Fu Xuan began to perform calculations on Aether.
As the Omniscient Array began to operate, the eye on Fu Xuan's forehead also burst forth with light, assisting her in the deductions.
Just as the result was about to emerge, Fu Xuan's expression froze, the Omniscient Array stopped functioning, and her originally brilliant eye dimmed.
"It actually... it actually failed... What is that guy's background?"
Fu Xuan propped herself up with her hands on her knees, breathing heavily, her normally delicate cheeks covered in cold sweat, and the usual confidence in her eyes was gone.
Her always successful deductions were unable to ascertain Aether's true identity.
"To be able to directly block the Omniscient Array's calculations, he is definitely no ordinary person. It seems that to understand his true identity, I'll have to approach him directly." After clearing her thoughts, Fu Xuan tidied her appearance and began the next phase of her plan.
"To learn about his past and true identity, I must spend time with him, earn his trust, and ideally appear harmless to avoid his suspicion..."
Just as Fu Xuan was pondering how to approach Aether and who to send, a sound came from behind her.
"Oh no, oh no, I was too busy playing Emperor's Jade and now I'm late. I hope Grand Diviner doesn't find out." Qingque panted heavily, rushing desperately towards the Divination Commission, her face filled with fear of Grand Diviner.
"Grand Diviner Fu Xuan, I'm late... Oh dear!"
The moment she saw Fu Xuan, Qingque felt her heart sink, her suspended hope finally dying. She had initially hoped that Fu Xuan would be too busy to notice her, allowing her to fish in troubled waters and muddle through.
However, Fu Xuan had already finished her work and was looking in her direction. Qingque panicked, her limbs suddenly becoming clumsy, and she tripped over her own feet, taking a flat fall.
This fall was no light one, and coupled with the inertia from her sprint, Qingque slid a distance on the ground, stopping perfectly right in front of Fu Xuan.
"Uh..."
Qingque's head moved like a glitching machine, slowly and awkwardly looking up at Fu Xuan beside her.
"Qingque, how many times have you been late now?"
Fu Xuan's face hardened, her tone quite displeased.
Qingque inwardly cried out in dismay, not bothering to pat the dust off herself, she quickly scrambled up and said, "I'm sorry, Grand Diviner Fu Xuan, I really didn't mean to be late, if it weren't for... for..."
"Alright, don't I know what you're like?" Fu Xuan was too lazy to listen to Qingque's excuses and directly waved her hand to interrupt her.
"Qingque, Qingque, you've been repeatedly late and your work attitude is not proper. This Grand Diviner, seeing that your abilities are still acceptable, temporarily overlooked it. I never thought you would become even more presumptuous, daring to be late right in front of me." Fu Xuan sternly reprimanded Qingque, feigning seriousness.
Qingque lowered her head, not daring to meet Fu Xuan's gaze, while also grumbling inwardly, wondering what had upset Fu Xuan today, as she was suddenly bringing up something she usually turned a blind eye to.
She just wanted to live a simple, leisurely life, earning a high salary, slacking off, and playing cards. She never expected to be so unlucky as to run into Fu Xuan when she was in a bad mood.
"Qingque, you have repeatedly made mistakes, even the General coming here won't be able to help you." Fu Xuan's words directly extinguished the last shred of hope remaining in Qingque's heart.
"Ah~ No~ Grand Diviner Fu Xuan..."
Qingque cried, her face a mask of misery, and actually hugged Fu Xuan's leg, pleading.
"Qingque! Let go first! I haven't finished speaking yet!" Fu Xuan hadn't expected Qingque to physically grab her and quickly pushed her away, explaining.
"Eh? Can... can I avoid punishment?"
Upon hearing this, Qingque immediately let go and stood up.
"Ahem! Although you have repeatedly made mistakes without repentance, considering your hard work even without merit, this Grand Diviner can give you a chance to atone for your mistakes." Fu Xuan lightly coughed and slowly said.
"Really? Grand Diviner Fu Xuan, just give the order, and I will go through fire and water!" As soon as she heard she could atone for her mistakes, Qingque immediately became energetic, saying with conviction.
"I was waiting for you to say that." A hint of cunning flashed in Fu Xuan's eyes. She raised her hand and patted Qingque's shoulder, saying earnestly:
"Qingque, help this Grand Diviner get close to someone."