Fang Er picked up the booklet again.
He looked at the drawing, at the person standing with him.
Long hair, a square face, wearing glasses, a tailcoat, holding a walking stick.
The picture only showed the upper body, not the lower half.
Other than that, there was no other information.
Unable to make any sense of it, he began to communicate with the system in his mind.
"System God, can you explain the content of this divination?"
System: "I'm not a fortune teller, how would I know what it means?"
"Then can you explain why this Tuibei Tu is different from what's recorded in history?"
System: "You can think of it as the butterfly effect."
Butterfly effect, my ass!
Fang Er didn't believe a single word!
If it were the butterfly effect, why were the first fifty-seven divinations unchanged?
Wait a minute?
The first fifty-seven divinations were unchanged?
Fang Er quickly opened the previous pages and examined them carefully.
After a long while, he closed the booklet, confirming that the preceding content indeed showed no changes!
What exactly did the fifty-eighth page mean?
There were two people depicted, but clearly, apart from himself, the other person was evidently a man based on his appearance.
If it were the system's avatar, that wouldn't make sense either.
Because the system's voice was female, if it had a gender, it could only be female.
So who was the other man?
Fang Er racked his brain but couldn't come up with an answer.
He had never seen this person, not in this life nor in his previous one.
However, since he could appear simultaneously in Li Chunfeng's divination, there must be a reason.
Old Sun suddenly spoke, "Young friend, you can set aside the matter of the divination for now."
"But judging by your physiognomy, there is a trace of dark energy faintly lingering in your destiny palace, suggesting impending misfortune."
Fang Er was taken aback.
Physiognomy?
The physiognomy of this body had already been altered by his soul; was the strand of dark energy referring to his own case of a magpie occupying a dove's nest?
Or was there another reason?
This made him even more bewildered.
"Thank you for the reminder, Daoist Sun. Can you discern the origin of this misfortune, and is there a solution?"
In his previous life, Fang Er would not have believed such mystical matters at all.
But since transmigration had actually happened, what was impossible?
Sun Simiao pondered for a long time and slowly shook his head.
"This strand of dark energy has long been apparent in your destiny palace."
"Not only I, but Daoist Yuan has also noticed it."
"However, as for the origin of the misfortune, neither Daoist Yuan nor I can say, because there are no signs of it in your physiognomy."
"Since it has long been apparent, why did True Person Sun not warn Fang?"
Fang Er became even more perplexed.
Old Sun looked at him with a conflicted expression: "It is precisely because your physiognomy is peculiar."
"This misfortune could be something that has already happened, or it could be in the future."
"Judging by that strand of dark energy, if it is a future misfortune, then the time is still far off, so I did not warn you."
"And if it is something that has already happened in the past, then there is no need to warn you."
"This is why I did not inform you when we were at Fang Family Village."
"Could it have already happened?"
"System, could it be that the previous soul of this body has not completely dissipated?"
Fang Er once again communicated with the system in his mind.
System: "Let me say it again, I am not a fortune teller! Go read!"
Fang Er: "......."
Forget it, if I can't figure it out, I won't think about it anymore. I'll just be fully prepared.
If it was from the past, it doesn't matter.
If it's in the future, at least I'll have some defense.
"In that case, Fang will pay more attention in the future. Thank you for the reminder, Daoist Sun."
Fang Er stood up and bowed to Sun Simiao.
"Alas, at this point, the best you can do is remain vigilant."
Old Sun sighed helplessly.
He felt powerless regarding Fang Er's physiognomy.
For others, their physiognomy might reveal past events, but there would not be the lingering dark energy, and some indication of what the physiognomy represented could be discerned.
But with Fang Er, it was impossible to tell!
Even the early death of his parents was not revealed in his physiognomy!
It seemed as if something was preventing others from prying into Fang Er's destiny.
The two of them, heavy with unspoken thoughts, walked out of the main hall.
In the courtyard, the lumber that had been scattered about in piles had been moved elsewhere by Fang Er's orders.
Tables and chairs were now set up.
Chai Yue and her girlfriends were gathered together, chatting animatedly about something.
Qin Huaiyu and the others were downing Maotai bottle by bottle, while Changsun Chong and Zhang Da Xiang stood by, their mouths watering, but daring not to take a sip.
This was because both of them were still taking antibiotics.
If it had been before, Fang Er might have gone over to tease the two of them, but now his heart was heavy, and he had no mood for joking with everyone.
Alone, he returned to the back courtyard, sat in his rocking chair, and thought about the other person in the drawing, and the misfortune that might have happened or was yet to come.
He asked the system, but it couldn't offer any explanation.
He thought about it himself but couldn't figure out why.
After a long while, he simply cast it out of his mind, deciding he could only guard against it later.
He opened the system panel.
Number of items: 20
Number of refreshes available: 3
Counting the days, it was already June, no wonder the weather was getting hotter day by day.
The items the system had provided this time made Fang Er pause.
It seemed to be a specialty shop from Tibet.
Yak meat, dzi beads, thangka, Tibetan knives, Tian Shan snow lotus.
Saffron, cordyceps, tsampa, butter tea, Rhodiola.
Flipping to the next page, indeed, everything was from the Tibetan region.
There was even a live yak!
These items were appearing for the first time, and Fang Er couldn't help but ask the system.
"System Granny, can you explain? Why haven't I seen these things so many times before?"
System: "Special produce from outside the Great Tang's territory, with a probability of appearance of 1%."
"So, those 99 goats were eligible as mission rewards?"
"The reason they appeared this time is because Cheng Yaojin has entered the Tibetan region?"
Fang Er felt extremely annoyed: "Why didn't you ever mention this setting before?"
System: "Did you ask? Idiot!"
Fang Er: "......."
So, all along, the clown was himself.
But it was fine, it wasn't too late to know now, and it also gave Fang Er a goal.
That was to accelerate the Tang Dynasty's expansion, allowing the system to unlock more products.
Huh?
It seemed that arms were not contraband in some countries?
"System, if the Tang Dynasty occupied the Americas, could it then produce arms?"
System: "Yes! Read!"
Holy crap! Why didn't you say so earlier!
Fang Er suddenly jumped up from his rocking chair and shouted loudly.
System: "Who the hell are you calling the hell for? The hell is an idiot, or to hell with that phrase, did you the hell ask?"
Fang Er froze on the spot.
Perhaps, possibly, maybe, he really hadn't thought to ask this question!
System: "Before this, you definitely hadn't asked!"