The Romantic Cultivator

𝑛𝑂𝒱𝗲𝔩𝞰𝓮xt.𝐜𝑶𝓶

The ‘Great Oracle of Delphi’ was now smiling at Ji Yuan, “You may ask me a question now.” 

But in her heart, she was cursing this Ji Yuan for calling her a charlatan. 

While she is known by the Great Oracle of Delphi by many but her real name is the Dark Goddess of Destiny. And Destiny is her true name.

And she was trapped in this place for the past 100 000 years. 

She actually did not know the identity of the True Devil God. 

This was a question that not even the Great Beyond Goddess was able to know. 

So how would she know?

She had spied on the Goddess Ai Tina and knows that this was indeed the answer that she was trying to sought from her and this was also the answer that she was not prepared to give.

That was why she had decided that in order to make her question a valid one, she had to first kill Ji Yuan. 

She had watched the battle imageries of their fight against the Golden Horn Wolly Nympha and she had quickly estimated the strength between Ji Yuan and the Goddess Ai Tina.

On paper, the Goddess Ai Tina was stronger since she was also an immortal cultivator and this Ji Yuan was weaker. 

However, she started to hold this Ji Yuan favorably when the Goddess Ai Tina had given her divine shield away. 

She saw that this Ji Yuan had the Goddess’ Tear with him and this was the deciding factor. In dire times of need, the Goddess’ Tear would be able to materialize a hope for this Ji Yuan to overcome the Goddess Ai Tina. 

Since the disparities between them were not large, she had naturally bet that this Ji Yuan would emerge victorious in the end. 

That was the reason why she had setup the third challenge in such a way to request for the Goddess Ai Tina to kill Ji Yuan, knowing very well that she had a possibility of 90% chance of failing against the Goddess’ Tear and without the Divine Shield of Ai Tina to aid her.

And of course, she would also secretly intervene when necessary. 

In this manner, she would appear to be generous with her question but yet she was also denying the question from the Goddess Ai Tina.

But this Ji Yuan has actually called her as a charlatan?! 

In what way is she a charlatan? 

She simply could not believe that he has insulted her most, most noblest attempt to portray herself as the Great Oracle. 

She speaks nothing but the whole truth! 

And her answers have no imperfection to it!

What an insult that this Ji Yuan has dared to put on the hat of this Dark Goddess of Destiny.

Well, I am going to screw your destiny after this and gives you my seven plaques of darkness. 

This would be fun to see the miserable fate of this Ji Yuan as he slowly fallen into the deep abyss of his ill-fated destiny. 

Maybe she would even appear in his dying moments just to tell him that this was the price for calling her a charlatan! 

Ji Yuan was now looking at the Great Oracle of Delphi and he was smiling bitterly, “Well, I don’t know what to ask of you.”

He was actually distracted by the Goddess Ai Tina and Xu Yifei who were weeping in each other’s embrace. 

The Great Oracle of Delphi smiled, “Well, you must because this is your just reward. Maybe you want to improve your cultivation methods? Or you want to know the mysteries of your cultivation? I can give you an answer. I know everything.”

Ji Yuan looked at the Great Oracle of Delphi with a weak chuckle, “You know. I still think that you are a great charlatan. Haha…”

The Great Oracle of Delphi was trembling as her smiles ceased slowly.

He had dared to call me a ‘Great Charlatan’?!! 

Xiang Li was telling Ji Yuan in his soul sea: Big Brother, your Xiang Li has a bad feeling all of a sudden. Why don’t you just ask your question and begone from this place? This beautiful big sister at the throne doesn’t look too friendly to you.

Ji Yuan laughed as he replied to Xiang Li: Your feeling isn’t as good as mine. I did tell you that the Goddess Ai Tina is going to kill me, right? But you did not believe me. See! I am proven right. As for this Great Oracle, I didn’t sense any killing intents from her so I should be safe for now.

Fairy Anyang weakly said: My lord. She is a high level immortal goddess and she may be able to conceal even her minute killing instincts with her high level immortal cultivation.

Ji Yuan laughed: Nonsense! I can even sense killing instinct from the Goddess Ai Tina and she is an immortal goddess. 

Xiang Li warned him: She is extremely high level immortal and she can kick your ass if she is serious. 

Ji Yuan frowned a reply: I didn’t offend her, am I right? 

Xiang Li and Anyang both shook their heads as they answered together: Nope! 

Ji Yuan laughed: Then I’ve nothing to worry about. Haha…

The Great Oracle of Delphi asked Ji Yuan again, “So what is your question?”

Ji Yuan laughed softly, “I doubt that you can really answer my question so I am going to ask you another question instead…”

The Great Oracle of Delphi smiled as she interrupted him, “Try me.”

Ji Yuan chuckled, “You say try you but this isn’t my real question. So I wonder who do I really love?”

The Great Oracle of Delphi chuckled softly, “This is too easy. You will love the one that is closest to your heart. This is my answer for you…”

Ji Yuan laughed, “Isn’t this a little too vague? You really sound like a charlatan. Also, you say try you but this isn’t the question that I am actually seeking to ask.”

The Great Oracle of Delphi replied coldly, “Sometimes my answer may be cryptic and it is up to you to figure it out.”

JI Yuan grinned, “I am actually half-expecting this answer from you. But like I say, this isn’t my real question.”

The Great Oracle of Delphi hummed coldly, “I am inclined to be generous today as I am in a good mood. So, what is your real question? This is your last chance.”

Ji Yuan raised his golden eyes to regard hers as he said, “I will like to know everything about you. Surely, this is not difficult for you right? No more cryptic answers, alright? If not, this question doesn’t count at all.”

The reason why he had asked her this was because he still believes that this so call ‘Great Oracle’ was a charlatan and he doubted that she could really answer him in a meaningful way. 

The Great Oracle of Delphi was startled by this question as she blinked her eyes…

It was because no one had ever asked her about herself.

She muttered with a lost voice, unlike the beautiful alluring voice that had resounded earlier. “I am not always called the Great Oracle of Delphi…”

“…I was imprisoned here for the past 100 000 years…”

Ji Yuan, Xu Yifei and the Goddess Ai Tina were startled when the Great Oracle of Delphi had suddenly said that she was actually imprisoned in this place for the past 100 000 years.

“… You may call me the Dark Goddess of Destiny… Destiny is my name…”

Ji Yuan, Xu Yifei and the Goddess Ai Tina were suddenly looking at one another silently: This is her real title and name?! 

The albino immortal goddess had suddenly raised her long black rod and she was smiling with great delight, “From this day onward, there is no more Great Oracle of Delphi and only the Dark Goddess of Destiny. It is because I’ve finally freed myself of this ancient prison…”

Ji Yuan interrupted as he asked curiously, “Who can imprison a mighty immortal goddess like yourself?”

“Naturally it is the Great Beyond Goddess,” the Dark Goddess of Destiny said unhappily. 

The answer startled Ji Yuan, Xu Yifei and the Goddess Ai Tina.

Ji Yuan smiled weakly when he had heard her, “What exactly did you do to land yourself in this state.”

The Dark Goddess of Destiny softly said with great melancholy as she caressed her long black rod, seemingly lost in her own world. “There are 6 Great Immortal Divine Realms; they are the Great Beyond Realm, the Demonic Desolate Realm, the Ninth Heavens Realm, the Greater Spirit Realm, the Dark Entropy Realm and the Great Abyssal Realm.”

“Since I am the Dark Goddess, can you guess which of the 6 Immortal Divine Realms do I belong to?”

“I am the Dark Goddess of the Dark Entropy Realm…”

The Dark Goddess of Destiny was melancholy…

When the Great Beyond Goddess had queried her on the whereabouts of the True Devil God, she had lied on the whereabouts of the True Devil God but her deceit was quickly discovered. 

That was the reason why the Great Beyond Goddess had imprisoned her as a punishment for her deception.

Naturally she was unwilling to answer Ji Yuan why she had landed herself in this state. 

She did not mean to deceive the Great Beyond Goddess. At that time, her rod of destinies had not yet been completed. Or else she would be able to answer the Great Beyond Goddess. 

But now her rod of destinies has finally been completed. 

Not only could she unravel the profound mysteries of the immortal arrays of her prison to escape from it but she could also perform a true divination to answer the Great Beyond Goddess now.

But this true divination would cost her rod of destinies 1000 years to be usable again. 

The Great Beyond Goddess had called her a charlatan just like this Ji Yuan. 

Hmph! 

From this day onward, this goddess is once again the Dark Goddess of Destiny again and there would be no mysteries that were be too difficult for her to know.

Maybe one day, she may even be greater than the Great Beyond Goddess herself. 

Naturally, she was not going to use her most precious rod of destinies to find the whereabouts of the True Devil God but to further her own immortal cultivation. 

True Divinity! 

No, Beyond True Divinity! 

The Dark Goddess of Destiny was now laughing to herself and she was looking coldly at Ji Yuan, “Do you think that this goddess is going to tell you everything about myself? Fat hope!”

When she had said that; there was a vortex that had suddenly appeared on the celestium floor, causing the startled Ji Yuan, Xu Yifei and the Goddess Ai Tina to be sucked into it.

Ji Yuan shouted, “What the heck is this thing that is sucking us into it?!”

The Goddess Ai Tina caught hold of Xu Yifei and said calmly to her, “Child, do not panic. Now that the question has been asked, we are being cast out of the legendary Secret Oracle Gate now.”

This was actually not new to her. 

The Dark Goddess of Destiny smiled coldly, “Begone from my secret realm. Farewell forever.”

Ji Yuan shouted alarmingly at her just before he vanished into the vortex with the Goddess Ai Tina and Xu Yifei, “You’re a great charlatan! You…didn’t even…answer my question…”

At this moment, there were also hundreds of similar vortexes elsewhere as the cultivators were kicked out of the Secret Oracle Gate. 

All of a sudden the Dark Goddess of Destiny was clutching her heart painfully and she had stumbled onto the ground weakly. 

She was gasping painfully, “This… there is more than one restriction that the Great Beyond Goddess has put in me?!”

Her fingers were quickly moving rapidly as she tried to divine the cause of her pain, before she gasped with great shock. “I must find this Ji Yuan again and… answer his question truthfully… I am not a charlatan goddess…” 

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Author Note:

1. I’d really appreciate it if the readers can contribute power stones to this story as a show of support even if you are reading from other websites. Your spirit stones are crucial for motivations and releases. Also, it means alot me/ story, Many love and thanks! ლ(⌒▽⌒ლ)

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