Zhao Xing had returned without warning, and many of his relatives were away from home. As Zhao Zheng notified them, he brought his elder brother up to date on the family.
"Father and Mother are both in excellent health. They ascended late in the Second Era of the Desolate Territory, and it's only the early Third Era of the Desolate Territory now. With the wealth you left behind, helping the family advance their cultivation and extend their lives has been easy."
"Everyone has changed a great deal over the past five Solar Years."
"Father is already a Dao Domain Realm warrior, but lately he's become obsessed with fortune-telling. He's even made quite a name for himself."
"Fortune-telling? How does a warrior like him tell fortunes?"
Zhao Zheng chuckled. "Father set up a stall in the Star Mirror's Spirit Void Realm to read faces and tell fortunes. He took the name Virtuous Karma Perfected Adept. As he gradually became known among Dao Domain Realm cultivators, people started calling him Virtuous Karma Celestial Master."
"People actually believe fortunes told through the Star Mirror? And he's even made a name for himself?" Zhao Xing was intrigued.
The Star Mirror was a divine artifact forged by the Great Emperor. Telling fortunes through it meant facing an inherent Dao barrier.
Divining minor matters was manageable, but telling the fortunes of people with higher cultivation was extremely difficult.
Besides, his father, Zhao Ruide, was no fate master.
"Of course his predictions aren't accurate."
"And people still support him?"
Zhao Zheng said helplessly, "When his predictions fail, Father goes straight to Yang Baihe in the real world and has Starfire investigate whatever trouble the client has encountered."
"If Starfire judges them to be decent people, Father uses the family's connections to settle their problems."
"He uses force