"Xiuchang, this is your first time trying Divination Arts. Start with the basics and practice doing some daily trivial matters." Chen Changsheng suggested.
Li Xiuchang nodded, not counting on his longevity.
"Then let's figure out when it will rain next time."
For fortune-telling, first determine the content to be calculated, and then choose the method of fortune-telling accordingly.
"Let's choose Divination Method this time."
Small things are revealed, big things are revealed.
For daily things like calculating the weather, Divination Method is very suitable.
The so-called Divination Method is actually divided into several types. One of the commonly used ones is to predict the future based on its arrangement or changes by throwing Yarrow Stalks.
Yarrow Stalks can also be replaced by other things such as bamboo sticks.
Li Xiuchang was doing fortune-telling for the first time, so he didn't rely on it. He honestly took out the Yarrow Stalks that he had prepared in advance and took out fifty pieces.
One of them is not used and is set aside.
Great Evolution Numbers Fifty, it has nine out of forty uses.
He threw up a handful of Yarrow Stalks and watched them fall one after another.
When all these Yarrow Stalks fall down, you can interpret the hexagrams according to their arrangement and get the answer you want.
But...
What shocked the jaws of the brothers present was that these forty-nine Yarrow Stalkss fell down one by one, arranged neatly, and laid out like a carpet...
Is there any hexagram to speak of?
"What's going on? Is this because Heaven doesn't accept it?" Zhang Wanzhi said happily. "Xiuchang, is your fate with Heavenly Dao fake?"
Li Xiuchang is also a little confused. His fate with Tiandao was all obtained by Three Great Dao Ancestors for him.
Could it be that Tiandao has turned its back on people now?
"Cunning Heavens, after eating so many tributes from me, you turned around and refused to acknowledge your debt?"
How could Li Xiuchang suffer this loss? He immediately prepared to move out Three Great Dao Ancestors and make the decision for himself.
Gui Wuyan glanced at the neatly arranged Yarrow Stalks on the ground, and words appeared above his head:
"To say that fate is fake, it doesn't seem like it. People who are not recognized by heaven and earth cast Yarrow Stalks. At best, it is a mess, and no hexagrams can be interpreted. It will not be as neatly arranged as it is now.
"Obviously Xiuchang is under special care, and none of you would have been able to arrange them so neatly naturally."
The other senior brothers thought about it carefully and realized that this was the truth, and asked, "Xiuchang, do you have any secret behind the fate of your three sticks of incense burning out in an instant?"
Li Xiuchang didn't hide anything, and told Three Great Dao Ancestors about his plea.
"Can this still happen?"
The senior brothers all felt that their eyes had been opened. They had never heard of such a thing.
The key was successful!
Zhang Wanzhi joked, "If that's the case, then it makes sense. Originally, Heavenly Dao didn't approve of you. It couldn't hold back Three Great Dao Ancestors's efforts, so it accommodated you. Now that Three Great Dao Ancestors is gone, no one will support you. Heavenly Dao is giving you little shoes."
Li Xiuchang felt that this was almost the case, and said, "I plan to tell the fortune in front of Three Great Dao Ancestors."
No matter how bad the weather is, God will not give him face.
How can we continue to practice and study Divination Arts smoothly in the future?
Senior Brother Gui waved his hand, signaling Li Xiuchang to calm down, and text appeared above his head: "Try another fortune-telling method, you can try Dream Divination Method." "
"Dream Divination Method?"
Li Xiuchang was stunned, Dream Divination Method is a fortune-telling method that few low-level divination masters dare to use, and few high-level divination masters can use.
However, it is also a fortune-telling method that most tests the "fate" with the way of heaven.
Different from Divination Method or Coin Divination Method, etc., which use Yarrow Stalks and copper coins as tools and media to obtain Heavenly Secrets, Dream Divination Method is obtained by the divinator himself directly communicating with the way of heaven and obtaining enlightenment.
In other words, even the intermediate steps are omitted and the answer is directly asked to Tiandao.
Therefore, this fortune-telling method is the simplest, but has the highest threshold for invisibility.
It's very possible that Tiandao doesn't even bother to pay attention to you.
But those Divination Arts geniuses who are deeply connected with the way of heaven will occasionally use this fortune-telling method, and the effect will be very good.
Based on the fate between Li Xiuchang and Tiandao, it stands to reason that using Dream Divination Method to calculate some small things will definitely be accurate.
But his fate was all begged for. If he was rejected by Heaven according to Dream Divination Method, it means that Heaven really does not recognize his begged fate.
"Then give it a try."
Li Xiuchang took out the Divination Arts inheritance Jade Slip and became familiar with the process of Dream Divination Method again.
Dream Divination Method, it is not really about letting the hexagram master fall asleep and dream, but to ask the sky through the ritual, then close his eyes, collect his thoughts, and sink his consciousness into the body, waiting for the revelation of heaven.
If Heaven responds to the divination master's inquiry, it will provide enlightenment in a way similar to a dream.
Under the guidance of Senior Brother Gui, Li Xiuchang successfully completed the ceremony of Dream Divination Method, and asked the sky the same simple question: When will it rain next?
Then he closed his eyes and sat cross-legged, like an old monk in meditation, concentrating Divine Sense, not looking at anything or thinking about anything, and his consciousness was blank.
Suddenly, a picture emerged in Li Xiuchang's mind.
His heart moved slightly, knowing that this was Dream Divination Method's success, and God had given him a revelation.
"It seems that the fate that the three Daoist ancestors have sought for me is still counted."
Li Xiuchang was happy, but he also did not forget to pay attention to the revelation given by heaven.
Although it was just a meaningless revelation such as predicting the weather, it was his first successful fortune-telling after all, and the novelty made him pay special attention to this revelation.
"How do you feel, this place seems familiar?"
Li Xiuchang only looked at the picture in his mind for less than a second and felt something was wrong. The place in the picture looked very familiar!
Until the appearance of Wordless Stele made waves in his heart - isn't this the Wordless Stele established by Twelve Sub-Sages!
A piece of Wordless Stele appeared on the screen. It was one of the twelve pieces of Wordless Stele that Twelve Sub-Sages had set up in order to suppress the Confucian Sage demon corpse.
"No, I asked you about the weather, what did you show me?"
He couldn't see any connection between Wordless Stele and the next rainy day.
He had a premonition that something must be wrong with his fortune-telling this time, but he was also curious about what the picture in his mind meant. What information will be provided?
So I continued reading.
In the picture in his mind, a young man walked up to Wordless Stele, with vicissitudes of life in his eyes that were inconsistent with his age.
He stretched out his hand and touched the stone tablet lightly, and murmured, "My teacher can't help you, and I will make it up to you..."
Then he clenched his palm into a fist and pulled it out suddenly. Time suddenly appeared on the stone tablet, and countless mysterious Dao patterns appeared Confucian Path.
With Li Xiuchang's Cultivation Level and his superficial understanding of Confucian Path, he was originally unable to get a glimpse of the entire pattern, but at this time, in the revelation of the way of heaven, these patterns became clearly visible.
"This is...Confucian Sage!"
Li Xiuchang was horrified in his heart. He was just calculating the weather, how could it be calculated on Confucian Sage?
What the hell is Tiandao doing!
What a revelation this gives!
At the same time, Li Xiuchang noticed that his life span was passing away at a terrifying speed.
He counted on Confucian Sage. Even Senior Brother Gui may not be able to do this. Can his lifespan not be lost?
In Divination Arts, there is a very important concept, which is "level" or "Status/Rank".
Divining high-level events or high-Status/Rank people or things will be difficult and require huge costs.
However, levels and Status/Rank should be viewed from two perspectives, one is an objective perspective and the other is a subjective perspective.
From an objective perspective, Confucian Sage, Buddha Ancestor, and Daozu, these people are absolutely high-level Status/Rank figures, and everything involving them is also a high-level event.
Not to mention people like Buddha Ancestor Dao Ancestor, Status/Rank's Grand Elder of the Immortal Dust Sect, as well as the neighbor brothers, they are all objectively high Status/Rank figures.
But from a subjective point of view, it varies from person to person.
From the perspective of Li Xiuchang, it is true that these big guys are all high Status/Rank figures, because his own Cultivation Level is far inferior to them, and his Divination Arts level has not yet started.
But from the perspective of Senior Brother Gui, it's different.
The level of Senior Brother Gui Cultivation Level and Divination Arts is there. It is expected that people who are similar to him Cultivation Level, or even people whose Cultivation Level is lower than him, will not have too much difficulty.
To him, these people are only objectively high Status/Rank, not subjectively high Status/Rank. He can predict them by relying on their superb Divination Arts.
Only big figures who are higher than him Cultivation Level and Status/Rank, such as Buddha Ancestor and Daozu, will make him completely unable to predict.
The objective Status/Rank gap is made up by Divination Arts;
The subjective Status/Rank gap can only be made up by Cultivation Level.
The greater the difference between Status/Rank, the more difficult the calculation. It stands to reason that the probability of Li Xiuchang calculating relevant information about Confucian Sage is zero.
Let alone trying to figure out Confucian Sage's secrets, even trying to figure out what Confucian Sage had for breakfast, that's impossible!
But it happened that Tiandao was having trouble and sent him a confidential video of Confucian Sage!
He couldn't help but forcibly deduct his lifespan!
"I'm just asking about the weather. Send me the secret of Confucian Sage directly. Has it been read in vain?"
You know, basic fortune telling like asking about the weather will not deduct your life span at all.
It's like he just wanted free photos of a female Bodhisattva, but the other party directly sent her a private customized video of a popular actress, and also forcibly deducted the balance from his account.
What is the difference between forced buying and selling and fraud?
"Cunning Heavens, are you trying to trick me to death?"
Li Xiuchang cursed in his heart, if he hadn't lived a long life and was tricked, he would have died on the spot.
Of course, it is not ruled out that Tiandao deceived him because of his longevity.
To know the same secret information, the lifespan that Li Xiuchang needs to pay is hugely different from that of Senior Brother Gui!
The Status/Rank difference between Li Xiuchang and Confucian Sage may be the difference between level ten and level one hundred, while Senior Brother Gui may be only the difference between level seventy and one hundred.
Therefore, a secret about Confucian Sage, if Senior Brother Gui only needs to pay for a hundred years of life, Li Xiuchang may have to pay for ten thousand or even one hundred thousand years of life!
However, Li Xiuchang sensed it. Fortunately, he had a long life and his life was not in danger, and he immediately calmed down.
As long as you can't die, no matter how much life you lose, you won't be afraid. You can just eat Longevity Pill later to make up for it.
Now that the money has been paid, of course he also wants to enjoy this paid video.
Li Xiuchang Memory is focused on the pictures in the mind.
The young man who should be Confucian Sage stared at the emerging origin of Confucian Path for a long time and shook his head slightly:
"This road still doesn't work, that's all. There is no need to repeat this Confucian Path. If we spend another lifetime walking it again, it will still be a dead end."
"Who's watching?"
At this moment, the young man Confucian Sage suddenly raised his eyebrows, an extremely sharp cold light burst out from his eyes, and he looked up to the sky.
Those double pupils were meeting Li Xiuchang's eyes!
boom!
Li Xiuchang felt something exploded in his head, and his heart trembled with fear, as if he had died once his eyes met.
But the next moment, he suddenly felt that the pressure all over his body was relieved. The coldness in the young saint's eyes faded away, and his face was full of thinking. He didn't know whether he was talking to himself or to Li Xiuchang:
"I see... I'll give up on this Confucian Path origin and stay here to wait for the destined one. I'll open a new one and have an unparalleled impact!"
At this point, the picture in my mind suddenly shattered.
Li Xiuchang also woke up with a start.
When he opened his eyes, he found that his neighbor brothers and sisters had surrounded him and were watching him nervously.
"Xiuchang, what's going on with you?"
"We suddenly felt that your vitality was draining away a lot, and it was getting faster and faster. We were afraid that you would die here!"
"Luckily you're awake, otherwise we wouldn't have much Longevity Pill on us, and we might not be able to save you..."
Li Xiuchang gritted his teeth. "I fell into Heaven's trick!"
He felt his remaining vitality, and just watched that "short video", which took away at least more than 100,000 years of his life!
Too old!
No matter how long he lives, he can't afford to play like this. Will he dare to tell fortunes at will in the future?
If he doesn't dare to calculate or practice, how can he improve his Divination Arts?
Li Xiuchang, under the worried and angry eyes of his senior brothers and sisters, recounted what he had just experienced.
Of course, I just talked about my experience and did not mention the content of the pictures I saw. I just said that they were some extremely high-level secrets.
Heavenly Secrets must not be leaked!
Li Xiuchang was deeply aware of the horror of this rule on the first day he became a divination master's apprentice.
Just watching that "short video" cost him more than 100,000 years of life. If he dared to leak Heavenly Secrets, he might die somehow!
Although I don't know what revelation Li Xiuchang got, I still heard the senior brothers and sisters marveling at it, which scared Senior Brother Gui into a cold sweat.
In black fonts above his head he wrote, "If Heaven wants to play with me like this, I would have died countless times!!!"
Zhang Wanzhi nodded seriously, convinced. "Indeed, God has shown mercy to you, otherwise you would not be alive today."
Li Xiuchang is also a little scared. "Although this revelation is secret and the level is high enough, it has not reached the top yet. If you give me some more secrets from Three Great Dao Ancestors or Shadow World later, I'm afraid that my life span of hundreds of thousands of years will not be enough!"
After calculating this fortune, Li Xiuchang suffered from severe life-span anxiety. They always felt that they had more than 100,000 years of life and could die suddenly at any time when the fortune-telling happened.
Next, he focused on reviewing the video of the boy Confucian Sage he had just watched, and quickly summarized some key information.
"Although the scene around Wordless Stele in the picture seems familiar, it is very different from what I saw before, so it is not something that happened now or recently. It either happened in the past or in the future!"
"Whether it is the past or the future, it can be seen that Confucian Sage will be reincarnated as he said, but he will not resume the origin of Confucian Path, but choose to give up Confucian Path!"