Old Mother Red Flower's explanation immediately put Hao Shuai at ease. He then said, "Oh? Your disciple's benefactor? Shouldn't that be someone from the Emei Sect?"
"Senior, are you skilled in divination too?" Old Mother Red Flower asked in surprise.
"I know a little," Hao Shuai replied modestly. After all, he couldn't exactly say he knew because he'd read the novel.
As he continued speaking with Old Mother Red Flower, Hao Shuai finally learned what had happened.
It turned out that the Daoist text Old Mother Red Flower had obtained years ago contained techniques for divination. After studying them for many years, she had achieved some modest success.
As her cultivation improved, she realized she would soon ascend. But she couldn't bear to leave her disciple, Shen Ruolan, behind, so she performed a divination for her. She learned that Shen Ruolan would eventually join the Emei Sect, and that put her at ease.
But two days ago, as Old Mother Red Flower was meditating in seclusion, she suddenly felt that something had changed in the workings of fate. She hurriedly performed a divination, but no matter how she tried, she couldn't figure out what was going on.
She then changed her approach and divined her disciple's future instead. The result told her that someone of immeasurable nobility would come to Guihua Mountain today.
If her disciple followed this noble person—whether as a servant or a maid, or by becoming his disciple—her future would be limitless, far surpassing what she could achieve by joining the Emei Sect.
That was why Shen Ruolan had been waiting for Hao Shuai today.
After hearing Old Mother Red Flower's explanation, Hao Shuai finally let out a quiet sigh of relief. *Good thing it was a false alarm. As long as she can't divine anything about