"Fortune, fate."
Shen Changchuan frowned slightly, unable to help sinking into thought.
It had already been a day since his unexpected encounter with Luo Jiuzhang.
That day, after explaining matters to the city patrol guards and settling the disturbance,
Shen Changchuan invited Luo Jiuzhang to his Cave Abode for a small gathering.
Luo Jiuzhang did not refuse.
And through their later conversations, Shen Changchuan learned many things.
For instance, the strange phenomenon he had seen on himself using the Qi Observation Secret Technique.
For instance, basic knowledge regarding fortune and the like.
And, for instance,
the great war in the Southern Yue Land might have been a scheme tacitly arranged by two top-tier hegemonic powers.
It seemed to be related to advancement into the Mysterious Pill realm, and his Master, You Longzi, might be one of the main figures in this scheme.
For a time,
there was simply too much information.
So much that Shen Changchuan had trouble digesting it all.
But after giving it some thought,
he gradually sorted everything out.
First,
there was the reason he had aroused Luo Jiuzhang's curiosity—the strange phenomenon surrounding his own fortune.
"Everything is empty, nonexistent? Even the cultivators connected to me have had their fortunes altered, breaking free from destiny?"
Luo Jiuzhang's explanation echoed in Shen Changchuan's mind, and he could not help stroking his chin.
A quiet guess arose in his heart.
According to the Divine Calculation Sect's inherited Plum Blossom Divination Art, everything in this world had its predetermined number.
The successive forebears of the Divine Calculation Sect all believed in one thing—that the destinies of all living beings and all creation were determined by the Heavenly Dao!
The Divine Calculation Sect's cultivation philosophy was to use the art of observing the heavens to walk through the cracks between destinies,