A New Generation

Given Yin Yunze's current strength, it's clear he wouldn't make such a basic mistake.

Looking at the copper coins lying on the ground, Yin Yunze, who had not obtained the result of her calculation, understood that she had failed.

Clearly, the status of Prince Jing's corpse was beyond the scope of Yin Yunze's Divination.

Recalling the copper coin back into his hand, Yin Yunze couldn't help but feel relieved, thankfully the failed calculation didn't count towards the three-times-a-day limit.

"Since we cannot inquire about Prince Jing's corpse, can this drought be ended quickly?"

He tossed the coin again, and this time, Yin Yunze still missed it.

However, after two consecutive failed calculations, Yin Yunze felt a sense of unease.

It wasn't because Yin Yunze had continuously Divination the corpse of Prince Jing, but because although it wasn't counted in the limit of attempts, such failed Divination had consequences that Yin Yunze was unaware of, leaving no room for Yin Yunze to exploit any loopholes.

If Yin Yunze tries to use the process of elimination by failing Divination, something bad might happen.

Turning the copper coin in his hand, Yin Yunze thought again: since failure always comes at a price, what about success?

Yin Yunze vaguely felt that she probably guessed the reason for Divination limit on the number of divinations.

Whether it's Casting Stones to Ask the Way three times a day or Burning Incense to Seek the Way once every ten days, these are probably all within the safe limits of frequency.

If this limit is exceeded, then the situation of "heavenly secrets cannot be revealed" might truly arise.

Occasional calculation failures are fine, but treating them as bugs to exploit is likely to unknowingly violate some taboo.

Who knows, his later years might be unlucky, and he might grow red hair all over his body!

Having realized this, Yin Yunze began to think about how he should ask the question better.

First of all, we cannot directly ask about Prince Jing's corpse.

Secondly, one should not ask about matters related to the drought, since the drought was brought about by the power of Prince Jing's corpse.

It is estimated that most matters directly related to the Tomb of Prince Jing are events that go beyond the scope of Casting Stones to Ask the Way.

However, after careful consideration, Yin Yunze had a new idea.

If asking directly doesn't work, then Divination another person indirectly.

"What would he do if I arranged for Peng Shulan to take sufficient weapons and supplies to Emerald Forest Mountain and stay there for half a year?"

Emerald Forest Mountain is the mountain on which the Tomb of Prince Jing is located. In essence, it is just a small, relatively unknown mountain, and Peng Shulan was just an ordinary person.

With ordinary people and small mountains as the subjects, the Divination should not be too difficult.

If the Drought Demon were to emerge within the next six months, Peng Shulan would be certain to die, or at least escape death. After all, how could the emergence of the Prince Jing's corpse, which even Yin Yunze couldn't calculate, be without danger?

If it's just an ordinary wild animal, Peng Shulan should be fine as long as he's careful.

Therefore, by calculating Peng Shulan's situation, Yin Yunze was able to indirectly deduce the situation of Tomb of Prince Jing.

This time, the coin was tossed into the air, and as it slid down, Yin Yunze caught it without any surprise.

Flat."

At the same time, Yin Yunze came to a conclusion in his mind.

Auspicious means good things will happen, inauspicious means bad things will happen, and neutral means nothing will happen.

In other words, even if Yin Yunze arranged for Peng Shulan to stay in Emerald Forest Mountain for half a year, Peng Shulan would be fine.

This also means that there is no need to worry about the Tomb of Prince Jing for the next six months.

Upon receiving this information, Yin Yunze breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, Yin Yunze began his third Divination.

"Is being trapped in this world a good thing or a bad thing? ---"

This time, Yin Yunze also failed to catch the copper coin.

Seeing the copper coins rolling on the ground, Yin Yunze wasn't surprised.

After all, it involves another world, which is probably beyond the comprehension of even the second-tier level of Burning Incense to Seek the Way.

Since he couldn't figure it out, Yin Yunze decided not to bother calculating it; after all, it would only take a day anyway.

Yin Yunze set a standard for himself: three failed calculations were equivalent to one failure. If it was not necessary, he would not continue to calculate the remaining number of times once the number of failures was reached.

Now that the Divination skill had been tested to a near-complete degree, Yin Yunze began to observe the remaining three skills.

Although the remaining three skills didn't impress Yin Yunze as much as the following calculation, they were all extremely useful.

The first thing to mention is Grant Wishes.

Grant Wishes suggests, "fulfilling a wish" means agreeing to grant a believer's wishes that are not excessive.

For example, wishing for children, good health, fulfilling love, and abundant wealth.

Of course, having this skill doesn't make Yin Yunze an omnipotent wish-granting machine. Rather, by consuming Power of Incense Offerings, Yin Yunze can increase the probability of these things succeeding.

For example, it can make it easier for couples to conceive, or make people less prone to illness, or help them recover from illness faster.

As for love and fortune, only those who are destined to be together will have the chance to achieve them.

If there was no possibility of success to begin with, then it is Grant Wishes to reverse the situation and force it to happen.

After all, Grant Wishes is a common skill among Incense God, not a divine authority like that of the God of Love or the God of Wealth.

In practice, the effect is probably just to increase the success rate of something that originally had a 70-80% chance of success to 90%, or to increase the success rate of something that originally had a 50-60% chance of success to 70-80%.

As for situations where the success rate is less than 50%, there's nothing Grant Wishes to help. I can only say that it can be of some help, but not much.

However, with a large number of believers, survivor bias can occur.

Moreover, with this skill, Yin Yunze no longer needs to think about finding solutions in the real world for every problem.

Having discussed Grant Wishes, we should now also talk about the skill of Forge Oaths.

The Forge Oaths skill can also be understood literally; its effect is that Yin Yunze can make an oath with believers.

For example, if a believer has something they want to achieve, they can swear an oath and ask Yin Yunze to help them accomplish it.

Then Yin Yunze could transform the believer's vow into a contract with mystical effects through the Forge Oaths.

Once Yin Yunze has accomplished what the believers wanted, the believers will have no choice but to obediently offer the promised sacrifices.

If believers choose to break their promises and profit from them, Yin Yunze can then forcibly demand their money.

The punishment for breaking the covenant with the gods is very severe.

When it came to the point of forcibly demanding things, Yin Yunze could demand more than just the offerings that had been originally promised.

Yin Yunze could abandon the original offerings and instead take away conceptual things such as luck and lifespan.

Of course, there are standards for this extraction.

For example, if someone only owes Yin Yunze one tael of silver, Yin Yunze cannot directly take away eighty years of that person's lifespan. Yin Yunze can only extract something more than one tael of silver—a conceptual item.

Of course, as long as the other party says it, even if it's just empty talk, Yin Yunze can accept the offerings according to the price they uttered after Forge Oaths.

It's true, if you brag, you have to pay taxes.

After all, this is a skill of the gods, so it naturally leans more towards the gods.

In addition to such transactional contracts, if someone makes a solemn oath to Yin Yunze can also use contract formation to turn that oath into a formal contract.

A derivative effect of this usage is that Yin Yunze is no longer afraid of others being unfaithful to her.

If someone makes a solemn oath that they will be struck by lightning if they betray Yin Yunze, then after Yin Yunze uses the Forge Oaths contract, if that person actually betrays Yin Yunze, they will be struck by lightning without Yin Yunze having to lift a finger.

However, the Power of Incense Offerings consumed by the Forge Oaths skill increases accordingly, depending on the content of the oath and the severity of the subsequent punishment.

For most ordinary wishes and oaths, Yin Yunze's use of Forge Oaths is a losing proposition.

But no matter what, when the time comes to actually use it, Yin Yunze should not lose out.

As for the final Avatar, it gave Yin Yunze the ability to create Avatar and appear before the believers.

Before this, Yin Yunze could only sense the believers within the area covered by the Land God Divinity and then appear before them.

Once outside this area, Yin Yunze was completely clueless about the believers.

But now, even outside the Clear Creek Basin, Yin Yunze can sense the prayers of believers from all over the world and appear before them in his Avatar.

Of course, the exact strength of this Avatar depends entirely on how much energy Yin Yunze devotes and how much Power of Incense Offerings he expends.

At most, Yin Yunze can create Avatar with 30% of his strength.

It may not seem like much, but with 30% of Yin Yunze's current strength, it's enough for rescuing people most of the time.

If someone can provoke an enemy that even Yin Yunze couldn't defeat with 30% of his strength, then Yin Yunze has to consider whether it's worth protecting this believer.

If the person is a devout believer, after using the Avatar to understand the situation, Yin Yunze can further use Spirit Descent.

Now that the golden statue in the temple has been built and Yin Yunze has a divine body, the Spirit Descent will naturally no longer only work on Zhao Wan as before.

Yin Yunze was able to use Spirit Descent on ten witches, including Sun Qin, with their consent.

If he uses the Spirit Descent technique, Yin Yunze can reduce his strength by up to seven levels.

Of course, Zhao Wan was still the most special one.

With Zhao Wan, Yin Yunze could break through the limits of Spirit Descent and reduce his strength by 90%.

However, as of now, Yin Yunze will definitely not possess Zhao Wan's Spirit Descent unless absolutely necessary.

Zhao Wan's historical mission has ended; it's time for her to return to the childhood a normal child should have.

It must be said that compared to the previous eight skills, these four skills are far more valuable, truly belonging to the level of immortals. At least, the charlatan attribute is much stronger than the previous eight skills!

However, after studying this skill, Yin Yunze felt a bit bored again.

At this time of year, Yin Yunze would usually be able to return to reality and play games.

After being trapped here, Yin Yunze regretted not thinking of getting some electronic products!

Lost in thought, Yin Yunze suddenly remembered that she had been busy all morning and hadn't finished organizing the characters for today.

Now, all the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi in the entire Clear Creek Basin is at Yin Yunze's disposal, and he can create three-digit numbers of characters a day.

He retrieved paper and pen from the warehouse, but this time, Yin Yunze did not imprint the skills he gained from the upgrade onto the characters.

Instead, he attempted to use the Authority over Frost and Snow to seal in ice-based abilities.

As he continued to test his ideas, Yin Yunze became quite engrossed in researching how to seal various ice-type skills.