Testing Nezha

Hongku, Yao Yuanguang, and Zhang Xuezhou.

Although Zhang Xuezhou insists on being himself, he must say that all three of them are the same kind of people.

Each of the three possesses some support skills, but their combat prowess is not outstanding. Instead, they excel at understanding people's hearts and minds.

This also makes them adept at psychological warfare.

Zhang Xuezhou possesses the rhetoric to divert others' attention, Hongku corresponds to a desperate counterattack under the cover of forbearance, and Yao Yuanguang excels at planning, able to complete the corresponding arrangements even in a short period of time.

The other party's words are often nine times true and one time false; if you can't carefully discern the truth, you can easily be led by the nose.

To disrupt the opponent's plan, you must completely disregard their rules and gamble with them on life and death.

Zhang Xuezhou is currently breaking through this predicament.

If Yao Yuanguang could take life and death lightly, then there was nothing he could do.

You win!

Yao Yuanguang stared at Zhang Xuezhou for more than ten seconds before muttering his agreement in a low voice.

If he could take life and death lightly, he wouldn't be running around doing tasks for the Immortal Court in order to seek immortality and prolong his life.

Young people don't know how precious life is; they are full of courage at a young age and have no fear of life or death. But for someone like him who knows his lifespan, death is what he fears most.

This became Yao Yuanguang's fear. Every day that approached the end of his lifespan, he felt as if he were about to fall into an abyss. Yao Yuanguang would even wake up in his sleep with the fear of stepping into a hole and falling into the abyss.

He was willing to give up his money, connections, treasures, personality, character, and so on, but Yao Yuanguang was unwilling to give up his life.

"But I don't know how to guarantee that your cousin will kill me if he has the need," Yao Yuanguang said, shrugging.

"It seems we can't cooperate then," Zhang Xuezhou shook his head and said, "Don't expect me to come up with a solution for you. You have to solve this yourself. Only then will I become the medium through which you can leverage your abilities!"

"Then you... Yuanjun, I hope you will grant me a means to put the Eastern cultivators at ease!"

Yao Yuanguang's attempts to shift the blame were completely ineffective, and the matter was ultimately handed over to Jinxia Yuanjun.

"I was just feeling flustered and wanted my fortune told, but it seems like you're all risking your lives?" Jinxia Yuanjun asked in surprise, "Does releasing divination techniques really come at such a high price?"

"The power of the flow of time is capable of changing the world," Yao Yuanguang nodded and said, "Most of our ordinary fortune-telling relies on psychological calculations, but true fortune-telling does come at a huge price, which is why fortune-tellers often die young!"

"There's a reason your school of thought has declined; it sounds like you're in an even worse situation than us!"

Jinxia Yuanjun muttered something and then looked at Nezha.

"Senior brother?"

"What, who do you want to kill?" Nezha asked excitedly. "I'm a little confused by what they're saying, and I can't tell who wants to kill whom, but if anyone wants me to do it, just say the word, and I'll be happy to do it!"

"No need to kill anyone," Jinxia Yuanjun waved her hands repeatedly, "I remember my master once bestowed upon you a Fire Spirit Pearl. This treasure can ignite a great fire with a mere thought!"

"That bead is hanging on my Fire-Tipped Spear," Nezha said.

"Lend it to them for a bit," Jinxia Yuanjun said, pointing to Rong Tianding outside Taiyi Palace. "Release the restraints and let that... Cousin Dongfang refine a trace of it, then have Xiao Yao swallow it!"

"Swallowing beads is fun!"

Nezha had a beaming smile on his face.

He reached behind his back and pulled out a spear that was eighteen feet long.

As soon as he flicked his hands, flames shot out from the spearhead, reaching a height of ten feet.

Nezha reached out and grabbed the flame.

After chanting the incantation, the flame had transformed into a bead the size of a longan.

"I'm going to find my cousin!"

Nezha excitedly headed outside.

Yao Yuanguang's face turned deathly pale.

He had considered methods such as poisoning or Technique Method manipulation, but Yao Yuanguang never expected it to be this way.

Just imagining flames bursting a meter high inside his body made him strain to regulate his breathing, striving to execute his divination technique flawlessly in one go, lest he lose his life due to poor skill.

Before he could even adjust for a hundred breaths, Yao Yuanguang felt a sharp pain in his mouth as a round bead was shoved into his throat.

After being pushed in the throat, the bead had already fallen into the stomach.

This made him quickly open his eyes, and then Nezha clapped his hands and said, "Fun, fun!"

"Now that everything is in place, let's go!"

Yao Yuanguang tried his best to calm his mind, and then extended his hands to Zhang Xuezhou.

"How should I cooperate?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"You just need to cast the Person-Fixing Technique on Yuanjun, and leave the rest to me," Yao Yuanguang said. "You must remember that we only have one chance. No matter what you see or feel, you must not stop casting the spell, lest we be ravaged by time and our fate become unknown!"

"Wait, you only get one chance to use your physiognomy skills?" Jinxia Yuanjun asked.

"Yes!"

Yao Yuanguang nodded, then pointed to himself and Zhang Xuezhou.

"I am old and useless, and his physiognomy skills are not high. Only by combining them can we perform the spell normally. However, our physiognomy skills are high-risk. A slight mistake can lead to great danger, and the cost of performing the spell is too high for us to repeat," Yao Yuanguang said.

"Like this?"

Jinxia Yuanjun stroked her chin thoughtfully.

There are risks in everything you do, and he can't be kind enough to prevent people from doing it just because there are risks.

The same principle applies to Nezha's recovery after his death, Rong Tianding's bloodletting, and Zhang Xuezhou and Yao Yuanguang's use of physiognomy.

This is the philosophy taught by his master: as long as the reward is greater than the effort, Jinxia Yuanjun will definitely do it.

But he also had to consider whether it was better to perform a divination on himself or on Nezha.

After all, although Yao Yuanguang was young, his body was already old, and he could not live as long as they did.

Given the other party's desperate desire for longevity, the fact that Yao Yuanguang was forced to swallow the Fire Spirit Pearl before casting the spell shows that he was truly pushed to the limit, making it difficult to perform two divination rituals.

After some deliberation, Jinxia Yuanjun ultimately decided to use her physiognomy skills on Nezha.

"But the Third Prince's cultivation level is too high, which will significantly reduce our chances of success!"

Upon hearing that Jinxia Yuanjun had changed the object of her physiognomy practice, Yao Yuanguang couldn't help but wear a bitter expression.

The difficulty of the divination technique is entirely different between Jinxia Yuanjun, who is testing the cultivation level of the Sole Self Realm," and Nezha, who is testing the cultivation level of the True Self Realm."

"Just give it a try," said Jinxia Yuanjun. "If you can get the result right, I won't be stingy with the reward. If you fail, these two golden pills will still be a minimum reward!"

"I obey the command of the Primordial Sovereign!"

Jinxia Yuanjun had already offered the best terms, so Yao Yuanguang had no choice but to bite the bullet and accept.

If it succeeds, everyone will be happy; if it doesn't, at least there's a safety net.

A fortune teller is least afraid of being inaccurate in his predictions; what he fears most is being accurate.

The current requirements are not mandatory, and Yao Yuanguang is actually more calm than before.

Nezha, on the other hand, seemed somewhat bewildered, completely unaware of why he was the one to undergo physiognomy training.