Arrangements

"General... could you give me a chance to explain?" The Taoist slowly got to his feet and gave a sheepish grin.

Bai Weiyang's expression was perfectly calm, without a trace of anger. After sizing up the Taoist, he asked softly, "Are you of the Daoist sect? Who taught you?"

"This poor Daoist is Chi Songzi, of Patriarch Xuanyang's lineage. My master passed away many years ago, and I have no other senior or junior fellow disciples." Chi Songzi straightened his somewhat rumpled Daoist robe and bowed slightly.

"Explain."

Bai Weiyang merely said those two words.

Chi Songzi froze, then cleared his throat twice and grew solemn. "General, this poor Daoist has some knowledge of the sixty-four Yin-Yang hexagrams. Just now, I cast a hexagram to divine the outcome of the Demon-Subduing Army's expedition against the demons..."

"If you say anything that might shake the army's morale or spread wild rumors, I will execute you."

Before Chi Songzi could finish, Bai Weiyang's voice rang out in his mind.

Looking into Bai Weiyang's utterly dispassionate eyes, Chi Songzi managed a strained smile. His throat felt dry, and for a moment he couldn't utter a single word.

"What did the hexagram show?" Ren Kaiyang asked with folded arms and a cold laugh.

Everyone around them listened intently. Chi Songzi was famous for his knowledge of the occult. Though many scoffed at him to his face, deep down they were all at least a little skeptical.

"The hexagram showed... this... this expedition will bring great fortune to the Demon-Subduing Army. Under the army's dragon-like charge and tiger-like gaze, the Demon Race will surely be routed for a thousand li..."

At Chi Songzi's words, whispers rose all around them.

After glancing around from the corner of his eye, Chi Songzi felt a little more at