The Wonders of Divination, Hope of Immortality

As dusk approached, the sky gradually darkened, and most of the roadside vendors had already packed up their stalls, with only a few night markets preparing to welcome the evening's business.

Inside the Huai Pawnshop.

After Zhao Huai cleaned up the bloodstains on the floor, he moved the two corpses to the backyard.

Then, he skillfully took out the golden copper coins from his waist, tossed them into the air, pressed them in his hand, and examined the results.

[Misfortune and fortune are intertwined, let's observe for now]
[Divination 1: Dispose of the body and erase all traces, bid farewell to the world, bury it under a tree, and all will be well. The indication you receive is "Fortune."]
[Divination 2: Clearly understand and investigate the body, trace the beginning and end of the matter. The indication you receive is "Misfortune."]
[Divination 3: When killing, blood must be seen; when cutting grass, roots must be removed. Report to the authorities. The indication you receive is "Misfortune."]

This time, Zhao Huai was not satisfied even with the "Fortune" result.

Because the black-clothed man's superiors would definitely investigate, he had to find the safest way to handle it.

So he tossed the golden copper coins again and again, hoping to get more results.

Once, twice, three times... Zhao Huai didn't know how many times he tossed them, but most of the results were similar.

Either he was told to secretly dispose of the body, or he was told to seek help from other forces.

But in the process, a white light suddenly appeared.

However, Zhao Huai's expression didn't change much.

Because he was too familiar with this light.

This was a Human-Grade destiny, the lowest grade, and the one he had seen the most in the past three years.

So he didn't hold any hope.

[Immortal's Finger (Upper Human-Grade)]: A clumsy charlatan's trick, a preliminary grasp of divination, skilled in reciting the Book of Changes.

As expected, the Human-Grade destiny never failed to disappoint, as disappointing as ever.

If it could really know what would happen next, that would be fine, but unfortunately, this was just an old swindler's trick, no different from those scammers who opened Hunyuan Tai Chi schools.

But Zhao Huai began to think about the [Immortal's Finger] destiny.

Logically speaking, since this destiny could be unlocked, it must have its uses, even if it was a jokingly useless Human-Grade. Would it be useful after upgrading to Yellow-Grade?

Thinking like this, Zhao Huai couldn't help but try.

To increase the level of a destiny, one could only fuse it with other destinies. Using a low-level destiny to upgrade a high-level destiny was very slow, but using a high-level destiny to upgrade a low-level destiny was immediately effective.

Zhao Huai immediately found the idle [Dragon Seeking and Wilderness Exploration] Yellow-Grade destiny in his mind.

Keeping this destiny was really useless, might as well use it to try.

[Do you want to decompose the destiny?]

"Decompose it."

Zhao Huai directly decomposed the [Dragon Seeking and Wilderness Exploration] destiny, turning it into countless starlight in his mind.

Then, he let [Immortal's Finger] absorb all of these starlight.

The white light immediately dimmed, replaced by a yellow light blooming from the center.

[Root Tracing (Mid Yellow-Grade)]: Trace the root of things, you can trace some of the results of fortune and misfortune.

"Trace some of the results of fortune and misfortune? What does that mean?"

Zhao Huai muttered to himself, then his eyes firmed, "Never mind, I'll know once I try."

[Misfortune and fortune are intertwined, let's observe for now]
[Divination 1: Dispose of the body and erase all traces, bid farewell to the world, bury it under a tree, and all will be well. The indication you receive is "Fortune."]

Tracing guidance: The killer acted privately, bury it under a tree, and all will be well.

[Divination 2: Clearly understand and investigate the body, trace the beginning and end of the matter. The indication you receive is "Misfortune."]

Tracing guidance: Investigating will lead to trouble.

[Divination Sign Three: To kill, see blood; to eradicate, pull out the roots. Reporting to the authorities, the indication you receive is "Misfortune."]

Tracing Guidance: The officialdom is like a chessboard.

"It seems these two assassins acted on their own initiative before the operation; no wonder they were buried where no one could find them."

After reading the latest result, Zhao Huai was quite satisfied. This [Root Tracing] Destiny was simply an upgrade to the golden copper coin.

Previously, [Great Luck Overhead] increased the probability of a Destiny, allowing him to change fortune and misfortune once a day, while this [Root Tracing] made his judgment more supported.

The combination of the two was perfect.

This also made his goal of becoming an immortal even more firm.

This world was full of dangers. The interior of the Great Xia Dynasty was not peaceful. Traces of demons could be seen everywhere among the people. Taking advantage of the Great Xia Dynasty's recuperation, foreign tribes on the border annexed many surrounding small countries, constantly eyeing them covetously. A crisis could erupt at any time.

When the chaotic times arrived, human lives would be as worthless as grass. Only by becoming an immortal could one protect oneself.

As long as he upgraded his Destiny to Immortal-Grade and received the blessing of an invincible Destiny, he could be invincible in the world.

Zhao Huai buried the two corpses under a tree in front of him and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Back in the shop, he poured a cup of tea and took a small sip.

He took out a token.

This token was found on the black-clothed man's body.

A large character "Pass" was engraved on it in gold leaf.

It seemed to be a token for traveling between cities. As long as one held it, they could travel unhindered through cities of all sizes, and no one could stop them.

It was very similar to an imperial envoy's token.

For him, this thing was still quite useful.

However, it also showed that the power behind the black-clothed man was extremely large, even to the point of carrying such a thing with them.

Zhao Huai had some guesses about the black-clothed man's purpose.

Judging from their conversation, it seemed they wanted to use him to threaten someone.

Who was that person? In the next second, Yu Qinghan's face flashed through Zhao Huai's mind.

The only person he had interacted with recently was her.

Perhaps it was Yu Qinghan's enemy who learned of her whereabouts and wanted to assassinate her.

As a result, they found that they were not her match, so they turned to him and tried to take advantage of him.

In the end, he was killed by him.

Thinking about it this way, the logic was quite reasonable.

To be honest, Zhao Huai had another consideration in marrying Yu Qinghan.

He could use Yu Qinghan's information to know some information about the outside world and the court in advance.

Her family was a family of generals, so they must have a lot of information in this area.

He might even get some benefits.

But after they were married, would it be bad to engage in these little tricks? After thinking for a long time, Zhao Huai decided not to think about it anymore.

After all, as long as he was strong enough, he would not be afraid of anything.

Once he reached Foundation Establishment, he would have officially stepped into the door of cultivation.

At that time, there would be very few people who could exchange a few blows with him.

Lying on the grand master's chair, with nothing to do, Zhao Huai took out the Mysterious Ring on his body and began to ponder it.

He took out the thick stack of parchment and a bottle of pills and began to study them carefully.

Zhao Huai spread out the parchment and scanned it. The [Heavenly Heart Wisdom Eye] Destiny in his mind began to operate slowly. He saw the obscure ancient characters on the parchment turn into a row of symbols, rearranged and combined.

Finally, it was presented in front of Zhao Huai.