Extensions of Mysticism
Hearing that Jiang Hao was about to begin hands-on instruction, the students eagerly raised their hands.
Jiang Hao picked two male students. As his gaze searched through the crowd for a third, it passed over Miranda. She immediately jumped up and called, "Thank you, Professor." Then she ran over on her own and stood beside Jiang Hao.
Jiang Hao froze for a moment. This girl wasn't playing by the rules. "All right, then you."
"Now, each of you prepare three questions along with their answers and write them on paper. I'll make deductions through fortune-telling, but don't make the questions too specific, like asking what your family pet is called," Jiang Hao said.
The students burst into laughter.
Jiang Hao continued, "I'm not a god. Even gods couldn't possibly know everything in this world. Fortune-telling is mainly for making broad predictions. Also, no single method of fortune-telling can solve every problem, so I'll choose which of your questions to answer. The reason is simple: fortune-telling cannot predict everything."
"All right, you may prepare your questions now."
The three immediately got to work, pulling out their notebooks and pondering for a while before writing down their questions and answers. Jiang Hao stood beside them and waited.
Once the questions were ready, Jiang Hao had them hand them over to the students below. The students were extremely curious. After receiving the questions and answers, they immediately gathered together to examine them, naturally forming three circles.
Jiang Hao pointed at one student and asked, "What's your name?"
"Professor, my name is Jason," said the slightly balding fellow. Balding at such a young age—his future looked promising.
"Good, Jason. What I'm about to demonstrate is a Chinese fortune-telling method called face reading. Face reading means judging and predicting someone's past and