No sooner had Lianshan Xin finished speaking than Qi Shiyun and Zhuo Biyu each kicked him from either side.
"Pah, pah, pah."
"Don't say things like that."
Both women seemed deeply wary of it, leaving Tian Ji, who had the least experience of the Jianghu, somewhat bewildered. "What's wrong?"
Zhuo Biyu explained, "Before setting out, you must never make vows like 'Once this battle is over, I'll come back and marry you.' Headquarters compiled the figures. Ninety percent of the soldiers who said such things before marching off died in battle."
Tian Ji scratched his head and asked skeptically, "Wasn't that just coincidence?"
"It never hurts to show some reverence for unseen coincidences." Qi Shiyun's words carried a double meaning. "Keeping some things to yourself is better for everyone."
Tian Ji felt that the Jianghu was far too complicated.
Eunuch Wang, however, spoke with a chuckle. "Shiyun is right. Young Tian, as a diviner, you should be even more sensitive to such matters. Some things can be said, and some cannot. Some fortunes can be read, and some cannot. Your master handles this very well."
Tian Ji took the lesson to heart. "Thank you for your guidance, Eunuch Wang. I wasn't planning to divine anything."
Eunuch Wang shook his head. "I mean you should learn from your master. Don't divine major matters; cast more hexagrams for minor ones. Right now, you ought to cast one."
"Huh?"
Tian Ji had not expected Eunuch Wang to play against convention.
"What would you like to know?"
Eunuch Wang posed one of the questions he most wanted answered at present. "Is Thousand Faces actually a man or a woman?"
At his words, Lianshan Xin and the two women grew interested as well.
Tian Ji was sorely tempted too.
But he said helplessly, "Thousand Faces