The search for the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches was the most mysterious part of a Foundation Establishment True Person's breakthrough. On one hand, it involved luck and destiny; on the other, it tested a cultivator's Dao attainment.
Many True Persons, even when fortune came their way, lacked sufficient Dao attainment and had too shallow a grasp of karma. They could only follow fortune's guidance and act on instinct. In the end, they instead ruined everything—when Heaven offered and they would not take, they suffered the blame instead. Their fortune was spent, yet they failed to obtain the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches they sought.
However, those with profound Dao attainment were different.
True Persons with deep Dao attainment could follow the thread of fortune to deduce karma, calculating with perfect clarity how to obtain the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches without straying down the wrong path.
Lu Yang's Dao attainment was undoubtedly insufficient.
After all, his current Dao attainment had been supplemented with pills. Though it met the standard, it was not exceptional enough, and his methods of divining heavenly secrets were likewise lacking.
"Fortunately, I still have the Heaven Investigating Instrument."
Lu Yang opened the Dharma Eye between his brows. The Heaven Investigating Instrument cast down the light of Bing Fire, illuminating the Six Harmonies and revealing the karma that had previously seemed hazy to him.
This Heavenly Secret Treasure had helped Lu Yang immensely. Though it was not a treasure for battle, he had escaped danger time and again almost entirely through its power of deduction. Otherwise, just Arhat Fulong alone would have made him suffer several crushing losses, to say nothing of the Peak Master of Heaven Mending.
Before long, a look of realization appeared on Lu Yang's face.
"So that's how it is. This time,