"Fine. Do whatever you're good at. I'll cover you." I said with a smile, though I felt somewhat helpless inside. Hopefully, all I'll have to do is cover them. If Xijun really takes action, the Soul Urn might break. Once the urn shatters, the soul will be destroyed, just like the Soul Urn in Grandma's chest.
I felt as though I were walking a tightrope, terrified that something might go wrong.
"Haha, all right. Brother Xia, you really mustn't make a move this time. You have to let me show off a little. If you really take action, I'll get mad at you!" Lin Feiyu laughed loudly and patted my shoulder.
"Then cover us. If things really get out of hand, you don't need to make a move either. Just protect Zhao Qian and Zhao Yi and get them out safely. The Arcane Sect's affairs should be settled by the Arcane Sect. You only count as half an Arcane Sect member. The two of us old men won't drag you into this." Uncle Hai took a palm-sized tortoiseshell from his backpack and began shaking it with a clattering sound.
There seemed to be copper coins inside.
I nodded and glanced gratefully at the two of them. They had apparently seen the Soul Urn shatter just now. They were giving me a way out.
"Brother Hai, this is a divination hexagram, right? What does it say?" Lin Feiyu pinched his chin and stared at the tortoise divination, unable to understand it at all.
There were three compartments in the center of the tortoise shell, representing Heaven, Earth, and Man. Beside them were twenty-four compartments, representing the twenty-four mountains. Some shells also had ten compartments, representing the Ten Heavenly Stems. The bottom of the shell had another twelve compartments, representing the Twelve