Am I a god-tier talent in all my professions?

Chapter 477 Entangled Fate
Lotdan scratched his head, a hint of helplessness on his face: "With the current inventory of our treasury, I doubt there's anything you'd be interested in."

"But if I can't give you anything for such a great achievement, I'm afraid I won't be able to convince people."

Lotdan looked troubled, lazily stood up, and slowly walked down the steps from his large chair, his gold ornaments jingling.

Lu Cang could tell that these gold ornaments were powerful magical artifacts.

But it probably won't be of much use to me.

"Speaking of which, you were just a little kid back then, and now you've grown up so much. Come to think of it... I haven't even asked you what's happened to you all these years."

"Lu Cangqing, would it be convenient for us to talk privately?"

Lotdan had already walked up to Lu Cang, extending an invitation with a gentle smile.

Lu Cang had no reason to refuse: "Of course."

"Then come with me." Lotdan personally led Lu Cang towards the back of the main hall.

The two walked side by side.

The courtiers behind him, their thoughts in turmoil, were whispering amongst themselves.

"That Lothar has actually stepped down from the throne?"

"This is the first time in all these years that I've seen Emperor Luo step down from his throne..."

"Yes, ever since I entered this palace, I have never seen him get off the throne. Even when he personally led an expedition, he had people carry his broken chair."

"Hmph, if it weren't for his protection, which always allowed us to escape danger... otherwise, given his temperament, we would have overthrown him long ago!"

Those who are now in the halls are not all loyal subjects of Lothar.

Among them were many who harbored resentment towards Lotdan.

Moreover, there are quite a few of them.

These ministers, who were paying homage to Lothdan in the court, were originally there to discuss their plans for dealing with the monsters.

These people have been working for three days and three nights without sleep in order to discuss their next course of action.

If a high-level job changer wasn't physically strong enough, they really wouldn't be able to handle it.

As for their loyalty...

Ah, apart from a few elders who had followed Lothdan since the beginning of Loren, the others were recruited and appointed from the conquered countries.

Over the past decade, the power dynamics within the palace have become a vast and complex network.

Open and covert struggles, undercurrents surging.

But in this situation, an extremely strange balance is maintained, with each side restraining the others, which makes it seem peaceful.

But in fact, some of these people had attempted to usurp the throne.

But in the end... nothing came of it.

The man continued to work in the officialdom without being purged, seemingly unaware of what was happening.

……

Lu Cang and Lotdan walked side by side, as if taking a stroll, to the garden of the rear hall.

With monsters invading and the abyss polluted, the flowers in the garden aren't growing well, and no one has the time or inclination to maintain it.

The royal gardens, which should have been splendid, now appeared somewhat dilapidated.

"Your return was sudden before, and I didn't give you a proper welcome. Moreover, it seems that you were in a hurry to do other things, so I didn't keep you."

"We haven't seen each other for ten years, and I haven't even had a proper chance to ask where you've been all these years?"

Lotdan's voice was gentle.

He didn't display the same languid attitude he had on the throne.

Lu Cang had no intention of revealing everything to Lotdan, and replied, "I accidentally stumbled into a ruin and wasted quite a few years there."

"By the time we get out, it will be around this time."

The words were indeed the truth, though many details were omitted. Lotdan understood Lu Cang's meaning and smiled slightly, saying, "It seems you've encountered another great opportunity."

"But there's been no news for so long, it seems they've indeed spent many years in the ruins."

"Everyone has their own secrets, so I won't pry too much."

The emperor fiddled with the withered flowers and broken willows before him.

The two remained silent for a while. Lu Cang did not take the initiative to start a conversation, and Lottedan did not seem to have any intention of speaking.

He simply admired the dilapidated beauty in solitude.

The sky remained dark, and the range of perception continued to expand as the Absolute Magic Sea grew. The powerful demons had been wiped out by Lu Cang, and the Moon Sea now appeared somewhat empty.

The scenery I perceived was still filled with a sense of oppression.

The black seawater was churning.

Countless islands were also in ruins.

The Land of Moon Viewing seemed to be the last pure land, the last pure land where living people still existed.

"Lu Cangqing, do you believe in fate?"

Suddenly, Lotdan asked this question out of the blue.

Fate? Of course I believe in that.

I have a prophetic profession, and after entering the path, I have gained a profound understanding of destiny.

"Well, I guess you can say I believe it."

Lu Cang wouldn't casually say things like he didn't believe in fate, because that thing simply exists.

Lotdan continued, holding a bunch of blooming white flowers in his hand: "Lu Cangqing, do you feel that there are some things in this world that are bound to happen?"

Lu Cang countered, "Are you referring to true destiny?"

Lotdan shook his head: "Not this one."

"I would say that's not entirely true. I'm referring to a fate where if you do one thing, another thing is bound to happen."

"For example, if I get first place in the White Tower assessment, I can join the White Tower."

“When I draw the corresponding pattern, it will summon the corresponding ritual.”

Lu Cang: "It's fate that's intertwined with our lives."

Lotdan: "Haha, it seems Lu Cangqing is indeed very learned and talented; his choice of words is truly precise."

"The decisions one person makes can change the fate of another. No one's fate is independent; they are all intertwined in the whole world."

"Your Majesty, is that what you mean?"

Lotdan: "Yeah, that's roughly what it means."

"Don't you think there's something inevitable in this kind of fate... an inevitability that can forcibly bind two completely unrelated things together?"

Lu Cang: "For example?"

Lotdan smiled mysteriously: "For example, as long as I am the emperor of Loren, Loren will live forever and continue no matter what happens."

Oh?
This assumption is something I've never heard of before.

Lu Cang: "Is this why Loren has been able to survive to this day despite so many demonic invasions?"

"If such a thing were true, it would truly be... unprecedented in my life. How did Your Majesty manage to do it?"

Even after so many years of study.

Lu Cang had never heard of such a thing before.

To tie the fate of one thing to another.

Lotdan smiled slightly, not answering directly, but instead asking, "Lu Cangqing, do you think I am a good emperor?"

(End of this chapter)