"Why not divine it?"
Everyone in the hall looked at Cheng Xinzhan, but Cheng Xinzhan looked toward Fa Wujiu and asked with a smile.
Smack!
Fa Wujiu slapped his thigh, a smile blossoming across his face.
"Divination, yes! An excellent idea! If divining one's own fate weren't so difficult and didn't shorten one's life, this old Daoist would have used astrology to look into his fortune long ago."
Cheng Xinzhan smiled, then said,
"Divining for oneself is indeed inadvisable. I wonder whether Mountain Lord Fa trusts me. If you do, I could perform a divination for you."
Cheng Xinzhan felt little pressure about performing Divination and Verification for Mountain Lord Fa. Although the mountain lord stood just a step from the threshold, he had not yet formed his infant. They could still be considered to be in the same realm, and the subject of the divination was hardly taboo. There was no harm in trying.
Fa Wujiu rubbed his hands together and answered,
"I trust you. Of course I do."
But after speaking, Fa Wujiu caught himself. He glanced at Ji Hehe's expression and added,
"I'm just not sure whether it would be appropriate."
Ji Hehe nodded then and said,
"After all these years, Wujiu still hasn't changed his habits. Very well, let's divine it. Xinzhan, if you're doing the divination, you'll be using Bird Divination?"
Cheng Xinzhan nodded. It was the only divination technique he knew.
"Good."
Ji Hehe said,
"Then let's do this. We'll both perform a divination. You use Bird Divination, and I'll use divination sticks. Together, we'll see whether it is appropriate for Wujiu to break through and leave the mountain."
Cheng Xinzhan nodded his agreement.
Then, without moving from his seat, he merely turned his head to look outside the hall.
The mountain breeze on