Chapter 304 303 Good Luck Bursts Out, a Series of Good Fortunes! (Two in One

Chapter 304: Good luck and great fortune! (Two chapters in one)

Above the sky, the Great Zhoutian Magic Mirror inherits the characteristics of the Xuanxu Mirror. It is hidden in the void like a transparent mirror. Because it is extremely far away from the East China Sea below, it is difficult to be discovered by the cultivators in the human world below.

As the mirror light flows, the scenes on the East China Sea in a large area are presented in Lei Jun's vision from the Tiantongdiche Falu.

The current exploration range is still limited to a sea area near the inland of the East China Sea.

But this world is extremely large, both on land and in the sea.

The area that the Great Zhoutian Magic Mirror can currently cover is already extremely vast.

At least, the vast sea area around the void portal of the heavenly principle leading to the human world is now within Lei Jun's field of vision.

When Lei Jun's mind moved, the mirror light of the Great Zhoutian Magic Mirror above the sky began to flow automatically.

The mirror light is almost invisible, and the slightest trace is also mixed in the sunlight, as if it is part of the sunlight.

The mirror light condensed, and Lei Jun's field of vision narrowed, but for this small area, the clarity of the exploration was greatly improved.

Although the two sides were far apart on the plane, with the help of the Great Zhoutian Magic Mirror, Lei Jun could see the details of many people and things in this sea area.

The fierce battle between the Tang Dynasty monks and the Tianli monks continued.

Lei Jun observed carefully.

The Neo-Confucian monks who entered the Tang Dynasty this time were old and young.

But generally speaking, they conformed to two rules.

First, as Lei Jun observed before, the Tianli monks of the middle and high realms were obviously more effective in actual combat methods.

The higher the realm, the stronger the luck.

The strength of the Tianli monks of the middle and low realms is often weaker than that of the Tang Dynasty monks of the same realm.

As for the second...

Lei Jun did not find a particularly young Neo-Confucian scholar of the high realm.

Those who have a high realm of cultivation are often not young in real age.

Because they were not dealing with each other face to face, Lei Jun was initially worried that he had made a mistake. After carefully observing multiple subjects for a long time, he was finally able to confirm it.

The Neo-Confucian scholars at the upper three levels are at least 400 years old, and many are even over 500 or 600 years old.

Most of the cultivators in the middle three levels are around 200 or 300 years old, and there are also those who are over 300 years old.

They are indeed very different from the cultivators of other sects... Lei Jun was thoughtful.

After preliminary observation, the limit of age and lifespan should be similar to that of cultivators of other sects.

The middle three levels have a lifespan of 400 years, and the upper three levels have a lifespan of 800 years.

However, these Neo-Confucian cultivators do not seem to be affected by aging, and there is no age division such as the golden stage of cultivation, the plateau period, or even the aging period and the old age period.

Even if they are old, they can slowly accumulate knowledge and become successful.

However, in contrast, the average cultivation progress of Neo-Confucian cultivators is relatively slow.

There are no young people who have achieved success and reached the seventh level before the age of 100.

Or it should be said that the young success of Neo-Confucian monks is at least after the age of 200 or 300.

For them, 400 or 500 years old can be called the prime of life.

Those who are 600 or 700 years old are experienced, highly respected, well-known in the world, and mature in governing the country.

The only thing Lei Jun is not sure about is what will happen to these Neo-Confucian monks when they are over 700 or even 750 years old and approaching the end of their lives?

Make use of their remaining energy?

If the upper ones don’t move, the lower ones won’t get promoted.

Because the overall pace and progress of breakthroughs and improvements have slowed down a lot, although these Neo-Confucian monks are not declining at an advanced age, the total number of Neo-Confucian monks in the upper three days has not become an extremely exaggerated number due to the accumulation of time.

But there is a problem.

Lei Jun circulates the Great Zhoutian Magic Mirror and inspects all sides of the sea.

The Tianli monks who broke into the human world of the Tang Dynasty this time are mainly Neo-Confucian scholars, but they are not the only Neo-Confucian monks.

Lei Jun took a quick glance and saw that there were martial arts monks from Tianli, monks from the Confucian archery lineage, and monks from the Confucian chanting lineage participating in the battle.

Although the methods of practice of these descendants of the Taoism are different from those of similar monks in the Tang Dynasty, there is no age difference like that of the Neo-Confucian monks.

In this way, in Tianli, these legal inheritances will undoubtedly have an advantage over Neo-Confucian monks in terms of young monks.

But at present, it seems that Tianli is still dominated by Neo-Confucian monks, and monks from other legal traditions can only assist from the side.

The main point is that everything is inferior, only reading is superior.

But such a contrast will invisibly damage the foundation of the Neo-Confucian Taoist tradition, and its talent accumulation may not have an advantage but may be at a disadvantage.

Then, the reason why Confucianism can still stand firm in Tianli is...

"If there is a father who is the leader of the son and a teacher who is the leader of the apprentice, then there must be..." Lei Jun had a blank expression on his face, and his tone was unusually cold: "...The monarch is the leader of the ministers."

Those great Neo-Confucian scholars are naturally ministers.

But with the blessing of the mountains and rivers and the national destiny, they and the Emperor Ming jointly formed a stable overall system from top to bottom.

Because the destiny covers the entire mountains and rivers, this huge system also covers other people.

While maintaining the operation of the entire system, the great Neo-Confucian scholars shared the burden with the monarch, and to a certain extent assisted and even borrowed the imperial power.

So they also suppressed and even controlled other Taoist monks in the entire Tianli.

It should be said that this is a relationship that is more superior to that of father and son, master and apprentice.

Heaven and earth, monarch, parents, and teachers.

With the power of heaven and earth, the etiquette of monarch, parents, and teachers is performed, so the power cannot be violated.

As for the position of the Emperor Ming, although Lei Jun has not had direct contact with him, he has observed more Neo-Confucianists now and has some guesses:

The ruler is the leader of the ministers.

The person who really established this set of rules may be an emperor or several generations of emperors.

Control and suppress the world, and no one dares to disobey.

But perhaps for one reason or another, the legal system between the ruler and the minister may change.

If the emperor is always strong, he will suppress the ministers.

If the emperor is inherently weak, the Holy Son of Heaven may rule by himself, which is the most ideal state for the great Confucian scholars.

As long as the country's fortune does not collapse, this stable system can continue to operate, and the other traditions of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, martial arts and even witchcraft will all be entangled and bow down to it.

Until the mountains and rivers are shaking, and the dynasty changes again.

For a certain minister, it may still be the authority that the ruler wants the minister to die and the minister must die.

But in this dynamic game, the emperor is not facing an individual, but a group of Neo-Confucian inheritors who together with him constitute the complete system of suppressing the world.

This may lead to some changes.

Well, the emperor still has to play games and balance with his subjects. Does it sound a bit aggrieved?

He is aggrieved.

The emperor is a father, the emperor is a father, and he is the father of the world.

Lei Jun did not comment on how others view this, but he did not have any good feelings for such people.

He is not like his senior sister Xu Yuanzhen who always wants to go against someone.

But if he wants to go against someone, he will not only go against the nobles but not the emperor.

Especially the so-called emperor who wants to be the father of everyone.

Or, the emperor of heaven is not strong now.

But the more Master Lei knows about the rituals represented by him and these Neo-Confucian scholars, the more he feels that he can't hold it...

Compared with the aristocratic families who monopolize resources by blood inheritance, it doesn't matter which side is more annoying.

Because they are all annoying.

As the Great Zhoutian Magic Mirror rotated, Lei Jun's face was as calm as a lake, his mind returned to a calm state, and he continued to observe silently.

In his field of vision, he caught sight of some familiar figures one after another.

Abbot Miaoxin of Tianlong Temple.

Fang Yue, who had separated not long ago.

Ye Yao, the daughter of heaven of the Qingzhou Ye family and one of the representatives of the younger generation.

Ye Zhuo, the elder of the Qingzhou Ye family.

Chu Taoyuan and Chu Peng, the elders of the Suzhou Chu family.

Lei Jun even saw an acquaintance he hadn't seen for some years.

Lin Yuwei, the leader of the Jiangzhou Lin family branch and the new leader of the Nanzhi Lin family.

Back then, he made the decision to lead the Nanzhi Lin family, which was in turmoil and had a broken vitality, and finally chose to bow to the Tang court and the empress like the Longwai Xiao family.

Because the remaining four surnames and five families have been focusing on recuperation and repairing relations with the Tang court in recent years, Lin Yuwei and the southern branch of the Lin family have been given a chance to breathe and have not been immediately surrounded and suppressed by the two major families of Chu and Ye in the south and north.

However, the southern branch of the Lin family suffered too much loss, and lost both people and land, so it has not been able to recover in the past ten years.

But since it has been blessed and cared for by the Tang court, the southern branch of the Lin family can recuperate while also obeying the orders of the court.

So Lin Yuwei also came to the East China Sea battle this time, and he was quite brave.

Chu Xiuyuan and Ye Yan met Lin Yuwei, and there was no abnormality on their faces, and they talked happily.

Their current attention is more on the rational cultivators of Tianli.

On the surface, the Tang cultivators are temporarily at a disadvantage in the face of the Tianli cultivators.

The main reason is that Chu Xiuyuan temporarily withdrew from the front line, and Ye Yan supported it alone.

However, the old patriarch of the Suzhou Chu clan is not in serious trouble, and it is not that the strength is insufficient.

He just retreated on the surface, but actually prepared secretly.

But at the moment, only Ye Yan tried his best to support.

The head of the Qingzhou Ye clan was watching all directions and listening to all directions.

Chu Xiuyuan and others' preparations gradually took shape, which made Ye Yan completely relieved and more conducive to competing with the great scholar of justice in front of him.

But the head of the Ye clan was not completely free of worries.

According to the agreement, his fellow clan member Ye Yan should have returned to the vicinity of the void portal, but now he has not been seen.

There was a strong enemy fighting in front of him, and the spiritual energy of the surrounding environment was disordered, so Ye Yan couldn't contact Ye Yan for a while.

Although it was normal that some accidents might happen due to the complex environment, which made people unable to travel in time and unable to arrive within the agreed time.

But Ye Yan had a high level of cultivation and keen perception. He only felt that in the dark, he had a layer of worry about his fellow clan member Ye Yan.

This ominous sign made Ye Yan frown.

But at the moment, he could not care about too much, and could only concentrate on fighting the Tianli monk in front of him, hoping that Ye Yan would be lucky.

Lei Jun shook the Great Zhoutian Magic Mirror, first looking at Ye Yan, and then at Chu Xiuyuan.

Seeing that the other party was busy arranging the sacrifice secretly, Lei Jun knew that his previous guess was correct. The Tang Dynasty was indeed preparing to lure the enemy into a trap.

The only suspense now was whether the Tianli side would take the bait.

Such arrangements did not only depend on the family, but also on the opponent.

On the Tianli side, there were more monks coming out of the void portal and stepping into the Tang Dynasty.

On this side, Lei Jun had dealt with fewer people, and most of them had never met in person.

Only the Tang Dynasty monks who had fought with them before drew some maps. Now Lei Jun compared them one by one and matched some Tianli monks with the maps.

The court of Tianli can be roughly divided into three factions.

Wu Party, Gan Party, and Chu Party.

According to the information currently available from the Tang Dynasty, the position of the chief minister of the cabinet in the Tianli court is vacant.

Therefore, the three factions are eyeing it covetously.

While making their own plans, they were also holding back others.

Wang Feng, one of the core figures of the Wu Party, had a deep understanding of this, but unfortunately he could no longer speak out in person.

At present, those who have stepped into the human world to preside over relevant matters are mainly from the Wu Party.

However, the Gan Party and the Chu Party also have capable people here.

Whether they are taking credit or planning something else, only they themselves know.

Anyway, the people in the Wu Party are extremely wary of them, and their vigilance is no less than that against the Tang monks.

A middle-aged official who looks to be in his early forties, with a clear and handsome face, is awe-inspiring without anger, and is indeed a good official.

He was wearing the uniform of the third-rank official of the Ming Dynasty, and he looked into the distance and said in a deep voice: "Brother Qingxiao is here too..."

Behind him was an armored general whose rank was not lower than that of the middle-aged official, but he knelt on one knee at this moment and answered respectfully: "Sir Huang just arrived this morning."

The middle-aged official nodded slightly, and said no more, "Be careful, but don't delay our own steps. We must take this sea area before sunset today!"

The armored general hesitated slightly: "Sir, we still need to beware of the other party's fraud..."

The middle-aged official said in a normal tone: "Before crossing the river, attack the middle stream, and vice versa. As long as we are fast enough, the other party will not be able to set an ambush in time, but will be trampled by us directly, causing them to be in chaos."

The armored general swallowed his words back: "...Yes, sir."

The middle-aged official in front of him, named Gu Hai, is the newly rising backbone of the Wu Party and the direct disciple of the leader of the Wu Party, Song Ge Lao.

Although Neo-Confucianists value seniority, they will also train their successors early.

Although Gu Hai's real age is actually considered old compared to other Taoists...

A few days ago, the Wu Party leader Wang Feng died unexpectedly, which caught everyone off guard.

To take over Wang Feng's position and prevent it from being taken advantage of by the Chu Party and the Gan Party, Gu Hai is the most suitable candidate.

But his seniority and popularity are still a little shallow.

If he can gain something in this expedition, it will be enough to make up for his shortcomings.

As for Mr. Huang mentioned just now, he is a new noble of the Gan Party. His surname is Huang, his name is Tian, ​​and his courtesy name is Qingxiao.

He is about the same age as Gu Hai, and he was admitted to the imperial examination at a similar time. He rose quickly and has always been in fierce competition.

This time, Huang Tian also came to the Tang Dynasty, and both sides were eyeing the military exploits here.

"By the way, where is the demon who killed Wang Bu Tang now?" Gu Hai thought of something and his expression became serious.

The armored general was named Qin Wu. Hearing this, he replied, "We haven't found his whereabouts in the past two days. He may be near a sacrifice somewhere outside."

Gu Hai: "For now, we should first defeat the main force of the bandit army. Put him aside for the time being, but look carefully. We must find his whereabouts tomorrow at the latest. After defeating the main force of the bandit army, we will wipe out the remaining members. We must not let the demon escape."

Qin Wu: "Yes, sir."

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Under the rotation of Lei Jun's Great Zhoutian Magic Mirror, one after another cultivators from the Tang Dynasty or the Heavenly Principle appeared in his vision.

There are also some drawbacks. At present, there are only images but no sound... Lei Jun thought.

The Heavenly Vision and Earthly Listening Talisman failed to spread, and there is currently no way to collect sound.

However, seeing that Gu Hai and other Heavenly Principle cultivators are confident, the plan of Ye Yan and Chu Xiuyuan on the Tang Dynasty side is likely to succeed.

However, the general named Qin Wu beside Gu Hai seemed to be hesitant.

But looking at the situation when he was with Gu Hai, and comparing their postures and expressions, Lei Jun seemed to be thinking.

Command the military with civil affairs?

Lei Jun looked for a moment, then retracted his gaze, and the Great Zhoutian Magic Mirror turned to scan other directions.

After the first round, he failed to find Chu Yu, the leader of the Tang court imperial family in this battle.

Lei Jun believed that he had not neglected.

The current situation was more like Chu Yu hiding.

He carefully searched for a moment, and even moved his body to cooperate with the movement of the Great Zhoutian Magic Mirror on the sky to make further observations, but still could not find Chu Yu.

At such an important moment, the other party should not withdraw.

In this case... Lei Jun looked up at the vast ocean in front of him:

"Under the sea?"

As Lei Jun expected, Chu Yu was indeed at the bottom of the East China Sea.

Because she was meeting someone secretly.

A tall middle-aged man wearing light armor over an official uniform appeared.

Chu Yu smiled and greeted him: "General Qi, I have heard of your name for a long time."

The man's name is Qi Haowei, not from the Tang Dynasty, but a cultivator of Tianli.

However, he was neither a Confucianist nor a martial artist.

He was a Confucian archer like Chu Yu.

Unfortunately, as a Confucian practitioner, the archer, like other sects, was superior to Confucianism.

It was even more difficult to escape from the law of nature.

And contrary to many people's expectations, this trip to the law of nature actually connected to another world outside the Ming Dynasty.

This place was unfamiliar to Qi Haowei.

But it was hope.

But he was not representing only himself, so he was always cautious.

After a period of secret talks, the two sides dispersed.

Chu Yu floated up, passed through the waves, and returned to the surface of the sea.

Another woman came forward: "Chu Shuling."

Chu Yu was originally an assistant to the empress, serving as a servant, with a low position but great power. The empress set up the left and right halls, and Chu Yu was in charge of one of them. In recent years, he was appointed as Shuling, further dividing the power of Chu Lin, the current Zhongshuling and Chu Yu's brother.

When she saw the woman, she smiled and said, "Princess."

The visitor was Zhang Ziyin, the daughter of Changshan King Zhang Junhai. This time, she came out with Chu Yu and studied beside him.

The two walked and talked, and Zhang Ziyin was curious: "Will this Qi Haowei really rebel?"

Chu Yu: "It's too early to say, but with this move to remove the firewood from the bottom of the pot, the arrangements of the two elders Chu and Ye will be more appropriate."

After hesitating for a while, Zhang Ziyin asked softly: "Will it be a false surrender?"

Chu Yu: "The main planner of Tianli at present is the so-called Wu Party, and Qi Haowei was originally from the Gan Party. The two sides are in different furnaces."

Even if Qi Haowei is loyal to Tianli and comes to pretend to surrender, he will never help the Wu Party carry the sedan chair.

And if he is planning for the Gan Party, it will not affect the arrangements of Chu Xiuyuan and Ye Yan.

Zhang Ziyin suddenly realized: "So that's how it is."

She sighed: "The internal struggles in the pseudo-Ming Dynasty in Tianli are quite fierce."

But she thought of the current situation in her own Tang Dynasty.

"The internal party struggles in the pseudo-Ming Dynasty are fierce. It is very important to grasp this information."

Chu Yu also sighed, but sighed in another way: "The Taoist Xuan Xiaozi of Longhu Mountain not only killed an eight-layer scholar of Tianli, but also saw the truth that the internal struggles in the pseudo-Ming court were extremely fierce. Adding more fuel to the fire between Wu and Gan in the pseudo-Ming Dynasty is very important for the current Tang Dynasty."

Zhang Ziyin nodded repeatedly: "Elder Lei of Longhu Mountain is really hidden. To be honest, although I heard of his name in the early years, I never thought that he was so powerful."

Chu Yu smiled slightly: "I did think that this Taoist Xuan Xiaozi was extraordinary at the beginning, but to be honest, his talent and talent still exceeded my expectations."

The two rushed to the next While the important positions were still busy, Chu Yu asked: "Master Xuan Xiaozi was previously in charge of the western sacrifice with Duan Feng. How is it going now?"

Zhang Ziyin: "The western sacrifice keeps the spiritual light alive. Previously, the people of Tianli pseudo-Ming also used the sacrifice to obstruct it, but it was cracked before sunrise.

However, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is disordered now, and it is inconvenient to communicate. I wonder if Elder Lei and Fang Jijiu are still there."

Chu Yu: "The decisive battle is coming, and I can't get away. Can you trouble the princess to go to the west? If Master Xuan Xiaozi is free, please ask him to come to the void portal?"

Zhang Ziyin: "Chu Shuling is too polite. I will go to the west now."

She looked at the spiritual light formed by the sacrifice as a sign and rushed to the sea near the land on the west side.

Lei Jun paid close attention to the black ink cage that pretended to be trapped in it.

Leave many spiritual talismans hidden in the sea.

Once someone approaches, Lei Jun will sense it in advance and then observe to prevent his secret from being exposed.

Zhang Ziyin approached, and was naturally noticed by him at the first time.

There, she met the monk Fa Ming who was responsible for protecting the law. Zhang Ziyin couldn't help but be surprised to hear him tell the story.

With the heaven-seeing and earth-listening talisman left there, Lei Jun could hear the conversation between monk Fa Ming and Zhang Ziyin.

"Princess, be careful. If you touch the black air by mistake, you may be involved." Monk Fa Ming reminded.

Zhang Ziyin nodded.

She was originally a Confucian archer like Chu Yu.

Zhang Ziyin did not approach, but drew her bow and fired three arrows in a row.

The arrows all hit the target, but were blocked by the black air.

Next, the arrows that stayed on the black air were indeed involved in it, and there was no movement.

Zhang Ziyin had no choice but to ask monk Fa Ming to continue to protect the white spiritual light while also taking care of Lei Jun who was sealed in it.

She herself rushed back to see Chu Yu.

"I really can't get away right now." After thinking about it, Chu Yu personally condensed the aura of righteousness and the light of divine power, and finally turned it into three long arrows and handed them to Zhang Ziyin.

Zhang Ziyin then set out for the second time.

She returned to the "seal" place of Lei Jun, and after greeting Monk Fa Ming again, she immediately bent her bow and put on the arrow, and the tip of the arrow flashed with spiritual light, aiming directly ahead.

After all, it was not Chu Yu who did it himself, and Zhang Ziyin's cultivation was lower than hers.

Zhang Ziyin was not sure if she could just rely on these three arrows to break the seal.

What she had to do was to attack the seal with these three arrows to provide an opportunity for Lei Jun himself inside the seal.

With the two sides working together, it would be much easier for Lei Jun to get out.

So the sharp arrow flew out, turned into a stream of light, and in an instant it reached the black gas that condensed into a cage.

The black gas was agitated, and although it was strong, it began to roll after being hit by Zhang Ziyin's first arrow.

And Zhang Ziyin soon had the second and third arrows.

Lei Jun took a look from a distance with the Great Zhoutian Magic Mirror.

He didn't plan to go back.

Just like the senior sister Xu Yuanzhen once left a Yin Fire Tiger in that green mountain, although Lei Jun came out of the seal quietly this time, he also left something in it before leaving.

A Xuanxiao Five Thunders Magic Scroll.

At this moment, the dark cage was silent and empty.

But at this time, a large number of black thunders suddenly appeared and formed a Yin Thunder Dragon with terrifying momentum and silence.

The Yin Thunder Dragon did not react violently, but only supported its own strength and cooperated with the external black air in turn, using the black air to block the outside world's sight.

Zhang Ziyin, Monk Fa Ming and others in the outside world all thought that Lei Jun had noticed that there were people outside who intended to help him break out.

In this way, Taoist Master Xuanxiaozi would naturally use all his strength to rush out.

At that time, everyone would work together inside and outside, and there would be a possibility for Lei Jun to break out.

But Zhang Ziyin, Monk Fa Ming and others had no idea that Lei Jun had actually left already.

Not only that, the talisman he left behind was specifically for defending friendly forces.

The Yin Leilong showed no sign of rushing out of the black ink cage. Instead, under Lei Jun's control, it held the cage together and pulled the cage together.

Such delicate and gentle operations were naturally impossible for Yang Leilong, but Yin Leilong did it as if the black ink cage itself became stronger after being attacked, and fixed the three arrows, and then swallowed the three arrows together.

Zhang Ziyin saw this helplessly: "Such a strong seal, no wonder even Elder Lei can't get out for the time being.

If it were someone else, he might be suppressed to death by this thick ink. It was only because Elder Lei had great magical powers that he could hold on all the time, making it look like a seal."

Monk Fa Ming put his palms together and chanted the Buddha's name: "My Buddha is merciful, the princess is right."

"My cultivation is not enough, I can't move around anymore, so as not to cause trouble for Elder Lei." Zhang Ziyin had to go back to see Chu Yu again.

But at this time, a fierce battle broke out again between the Tang Dynasty monks and the Tianli monks.

The Tianli monks, who had the upper hand, launched a new round of fierce attacks.

Lei Jun was scanning the details of the local battlefields under the circulation of the Great Zhoutian Magic Mirror.

The light ball in his mind suddenly lit up, and words appeared:

[The fragrance of purple ganoderma stained the moonlight, and the sea and sky turned upside down and smoke rose from the jade. ]

Then, three fortunes flew out again.

Lei Jun was slightly surprised after reading it.

The pattern of the fortune was exactly the same as the last time when he sought good fortune and avoided disaster:

[The best fortune, arrive at Xiaozhou Island in the southwest at midnight, and have a chance to get a second-grade opportunity, no risk and no future troubles, great luck! ]

[The best fortune, arrive at Yuxing Island in the northwest at midnight, and have a chance to get a fifth-grade opportunity, no risk at present, but the subsequent cause and effect entanglement should be handled with caution, flat. ]

[The best fortune, go to other places, no extra gains or losses, flat. 】

My luck has exploded?

Lei Jun couldn't help thinking.

Last time I was seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster, and this time I was seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster, I actually got two good fortunes in a row?

Lei Jun remembered that a similar situation had only happened once before?

Moreover, this time the good fortune pointed to a second-grade opportunity.