Chapter 528 Divination
At this moment, the old Taoist's hair stood on end!
Although he did not have much experience in the world of immortal cultivation.
But at this moment, he was smart and immediately realized the unprecedented danger.
"Oh no! I must have said something wrong before, and someone heard it, but where is the great cultivator around here?"
"At least he must be a real cultivator who has established his foundation!"
The old Taoist was secretly shocked.
But he was also smart. He realized that the other party just trapped him but did not take action, so he immediately became active.
Although he had his back to the other party, the old Taoist still forced a smile and said anxiously:
"Haha, which senior is joking with Xiao Xiu?"
"Xiao Xiu was just talking nonsense. If I offended the senior, Xiao Xiu will apologize to you..."
"Oh, really? Didn't you see something?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the old Taoist heard the voice of the man behind him.
The voice was deep and distant, as if it was close at hand, but it seemed far away.
But I couldn't tell what the emotion was in his voice.
Unable to find out what the other party was thinking, the old Taoist couldn't help but get more nervous, and kept saying:
"Really just nonsense, I'm just a cultivator, how can I see anything, senior, please show some mercy, I'll leave now, I'll leave now."
After the voice fell, after a short pause, the old Taoist suddenly felt the surroundings loosen, and the huge force that completely trapped him was instantly loosened.
The old Taoist who regained his freedom staggered down a little, looking at the heavy clouds below that were so high that the ground was almost invisible, his legs trembled, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he didn't have the slightest thought of running away.
If he fell down, even if he was a cultivator of the third level of Qi Refining, he would be smashed into a pulp and die.
He was just about to live a good life now, but he couldn't die halfway.
The old Taoist knew that his strength was too low, even if he was on the ground now, he would definitely be caught by this mysterious great cultivator if he ran hard.
On the contrary, if he cooperates well, he may have a chance to survive.
Thinking of this, the old Taoist turned around quickly, not daring to look at him any more, and hurriedly bowed to the man.
He kept saying: "No matter how wrong it is, it's all my fault, senior, please don't take it to heart..."
The voice stopped abruptly.
He stared blankly at the figure in front of him.
His eyes were not just staring at the figure, but looking at the sky above the figure's head.
His expression was stunned.
As if he had seen something incredible.
When the man saw the old Taoist looking at him, he also smiled and looked at the old Taoist, his eyes seemed to be full of deep meaning.
At this moment.
The old Taoist suddenly shuddered!
He didn't know where the flash of inspiration came from. He bowed to the other party with great respect and said:
"A country cultivator, I pay my respects to the Immortal!"
"I dare not hide anything from you in front of you. I rely on a secret technique passed down from my family to predict good and bad luck, so I came here to collect it. I never thought I would meet you."
"I am so lucky."
Seeing the Taoist so cooperative, Wang Ba couldn't help but be a little surprised.
He thought that if the Taoist didn't cooperate, he would simply use the power of the Yin God to seduce the other party.
I didn't expect that the Taoist was so sensible, and couldn't help but tease:
"You didn't say that just now."
The Taoist saw that Wang Ba didn't seem to be difficult to talk to, and immediately said seriously:
"I haven't seen the real face of the Immortal before, and now that I have seen the Immortal, how dare I hide it?"
Wang Ba smiled when he heard it, and his eyes swept over the Taoist's fingers that were tucked into his sleeves, but he had some guesses in his heart.
This old Taoist obviously has some skills, most likely he has figured out something.
He didn't waste any words and asked directly:
"Can you figure out my origin?"
The old Taoist hesitated for a moment, nodded first, and then shook his head.
He said honestly: "I dare not."
Wang Ba felt a little strange:
"Why not?"
The old Taoist said bluntly:
"The immortal has great cultivation. I just took a look and felt like the sun was in front of me. I couldn't even open my eyes. How can I figure out the immortal's origin?"
Wang Ba heard the reservation in the old Taoist's words.
His heart moved slightly, then his face darkened, and he said in a cold voice: "Just now he said he didn't dare, and now he said he couldn't. Can he or can't?"
The old Taoist noticed the change in the other party's attitude, and his heart trembled immediately, and his voice couldn't help but tremble:
"Shang, Shangxian, I didn't hide it intentionally, but I can only figure out things related to me. If the difference in the realm of cultivation is too great, although I can barely figure out some simple things, the price I pay is really too high, and I really can't afford it."
Wang Ba's mind was racing.
He noticed that the other party's heartbeat, breathing, etc. were normal at the moment.
He believed it a little in his heart.
After all, it is common sense that a young cultivator with only Qi Refining Realm cultivation can calculate Song Dongyang's reincarnation. If he can do it by himself, it is indeed a bit exaggerated.
It is normal to have a price.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be curious:
"What kind of price do you need to pay?"
The old Taoist hesitated, but seeing that Wang Ba's face darkened again, he still said with a stiff face:
"It takes some spiritual divination objects, such as yarrow, tortoise shell, etc. Of course, in addition to this, the family secret technique inherited by Xiao Xiu also requires a certain amount of life. The higher the realm of the divination object, the more life will be consumed."
"Turtle shell... life?"
Wang Ba's eyes lit up slightly when he heard this.
But he immediately looked at the Taoist priest with some doubt:
"At your age, you should not have much life left to use, right?"
The Taoist priest heard this and immediately showed helplessness on his face, and said carefully:
"Sir, do you know how old I am now?"
This question really stumped Wang Ba.
Wang Ba subconsciously looked at the other party, and his spiritual sense swept over, but found that the other party's bone age was already in his eighties or nineties.
But since the Taoist priest asked this, it was obviously not the case.
After thinking about it, Wang Ba boldly guessed:
"Are you able to hear well?"
When the Taoist priest heard this, his face froze slightly, and then he shook his head helplessly.
Wang Ba became interested and guessed again:
"Could it be that you are not confused?"
The Taoist priest shook his head again, and he didn't dare to keep it a secret, so he simply said:
"Reply to the Immortal, I am twenty-five this year..."
"Twenty-five years old?"
Wang Ba was stunned when he heard this number.
He looked at the Taoist priest with a little surprise, and suddenly raised his hand, and the Taoist priest immediately appeared in front of him.
Then he flicked his finger and hit the Taoist priest's forehead.
The Taoist priest's hair stood up immediately.
However, the next moment, Wang Ba withdrew his finger thoughtfully, with a little puzzlement in his eyes.
The remaining life span of the other party's body was less than ten years.
And the same was true for the bone age and other things.
This was completely different from what the other party said. Either the Taoist priest had deceived him, or the divination technique was indeed magical.
The Taoist priest felt that he had walked through the gates of hell, and his heart was even more panicked. Seeing that Wang Ba was still thinking, he quickly said:
"If the immortal does not believe it, Xiao Xiu will present the family secret technique to the immortal!"
As he spoke, he hurriedly took out a page of old gold paper from his sleeve, which seemed to have been folded countless times, and the edges and corners were rubbed smooth and transparent.
The golden paper was engraved with dense words and a palm pattern.
There were six palm positions written on it, namely: Da'an, Liulian, Suxi, Chikou, Xiaoji, and Kongwang.
Wang Ba's consciousness quickly scanned it.
"Xiao Liuren Tongmiao Finger Method?"
The old Taoist had a look of pain in his eyes, but he still explained carefully beside him:
"This was passed down by my ancestors. It was already incomplete. After being collected and supplemented by ancestors of successive generations, although it is still incomplete, it has many magical uses. It can infer good and bad luck and observe the qi to know the fortune."
"However, this technique is easy to learn but difficult to master. Over the years, only Xiao Xiu has achieved some success."
"This method is presented to the immortal to show my gratitude."
Hearing the old Taoist's words, Wang Ba looked at the old Taoist with a little meaning, pondered for a while, and finally put the golden paper away.
Nodding slightly:
"You are very good. Since you have offered this to me, I can't take it for nothing. I can give you two choices."
The old man quickly pricked up his ears.
"First, I will leave you cultivation resources. Apart from other things, if you have good aptitude, it shouldn't be a big problem to cultivate to the Golden Core."
"Gold, Golden Core?!"
"Golden Core Master?!"
The old Taoist was shocked.
Shocked, confused... ecstatic!
The violent emotional fluctuations made him a little dizzy for a while.
Fortunately, he is a Qi Refining cultivator after all, with an extraordinary physique, so he didn't die of joy.
But at this moment, he suddenly realized:
"Opportunity... So my opportunity is here!"
Seeing the old Taoist's face full of shock, Wang Ba could understand the other party's mood at the moment.
If he was still in the Eastern Saint Sect, if someone said that he would provide him with many resources to reach the Golden Core, he would definitely be ecstatic and unable to control himself.
After a while, Wang Ba continued:
"The second choice is to follow me back to my sect. If you are willing and you are not someone with ulterior motives, I can also lead you into the sect. You can weigh the two options, but I will only give you half an incense stick of time to consider."
"I will go back to the sect with you!"
Almost as soon as Wang Ba finished speaking, the old Taoist spoke up.
He was not stupid. The former could reach the level of Jindan Zhenren, which sounded very good, but the person in front of him was the only great man he had ever seen in his life. Jindan was very high for him, but for the other party, it was probably nothing.
As the saying goes, one fate, two luck, and three feng shui... When you meet the person in front of you, are you still afraid of your bad fate and bad luck?
Wang Ba nodded slightly after hearing this, and then asked: "Are you still worried about this place?"
The old Taoist shook his head:
"The whole world is my home, and I only have one heart for the Tao."
Wang Ba smiled, and then asked: "Then what is your name?"
The old Taoist blushed: "My surname is Xu, and my name is Dacheng."
Dacheng?
"This name is not small."
Wang Ba couldn't help but say.
The name is named after the realm, which shows the earnest expectations of the person who named it for Xu Dacheng.
"Then I hope you can achieve it soon."
After saying that, he flicked his sleeves, and the figures of the two disappeared in the air.
...
Wanxiang Sect.
Zhuzi Secret Realm.
In front of Wang Ba were many classics from the Wanxiang Sutra Library.
With his current status in the sect, he only needs to say a word and these books will be allowed to be read by him.
At this moment, many books in front of him are moving without wind, and the pages are flying.
On the surface of these books, Ziwei Dou Shu, Taiyi Jiugong, Liu Yao Gua Fa are written respectively...
These are all the methods commonly used by the Tianji Department in the sect.
However, most of these methods have ordinary effects.
In comparison, they are not as good as the Xiao Liu Ren Tong Miao Finger Method provided by Xu Dacheng.
"It's not that this Xiao Liu Ren Tong Miao Finger Technique is better than the Tian Ji Department, but the many methods of the Tian Ji Department are based on the four seasons of the sky and the stars in the Xiaocang Realm to predict the future. However, since many years ago, when the heaven and earth were downgraded and changed, these divination methods have lost their effectiveness. After that, there was no one to revive the way of divination, and naturally no one could improve these methods."
"On the contrary, the Xu family has inherited some extremely damaging side divination methods, but they have been passed down."
He used to be the chief director of the Diwu Hall, and he was basically familiar with the twenty-five departments of the Diwu Hall.
Among the twenty-five departments of the Diwu Hall, the Tian Ji Department is undoubtedly a very special one.
Although it is called Tian Ji, it can only be responsible for the coordination of mining, elixir refining, and other matters.
And most of them are deduced with the help of Haizhu.
There is no longer the ability to clear the fog and see the future with a pinch of the finger.
This is not just the current situation of the Wanxiang Sect, but also the same in the entire Xiaocang Realm.
The way of divination is just an inconspicuous branch among the many lost methods in the Xiaocang Realm.
After all, the way of divination requires too high a talent from the practitioner. Once it is lost, it will be extremely difficult to make up for it.
Moreover, most people do not have enough time to practice, so naturally no one is willing to spend energy to study this increasingly declining divination method.
Wang Ba did not dare to say that he could surpass his predecessors.
But the book of Xiao Liuren Tongmiao Zhifa in his hand gave him some ideas.
"Xiao Liuren Tongmiao Zhifa, although it also has information such as month, day and time, this information does not violate the time of the Xiaocang Realm, so this method can ignore the changes of heaven and earth and infer good and bad luck."
Although the price is huge, for Wang Ba, whether it is life span or the so-called spiritual objects, these prices are not prices.
The only problem is that this "Xiao Liu Ren Tong Miao Zhi Fa" is only a fragmentary method. Although it is much more accurate than those inheritances in the sect, the hexagrams are mostly vague and difficult to be specific.
It attaches great importance to the "flash of inspiration" of the practitioners themselves.
Such calculations are like those so-called divine fortune tellers in the mortal world, who speak in a confused manner and make it difficult for people to really borrow the benefits of divination.
So Wang Ba wants to try to supplement and improve "Xiao Liu Ren Tong Miao Zhi Fa" by understanding the many ideas of the Ministry of Heavenly Secrets on divination.
Of course, the first step is to get started first.
Thinking of this, Wang Ba subconsciously tried to get started with his life span.
However, Wang Ba suddenly had an idea and took out the gold paper that recorded the divination method again and tried it himself.
With his current spiritual consciousness, he can easily remember this technique with a glance.
It is almost a thought to understand the meaning.
It's just that he understood it, and he used it properly.
But Wang Ba could never grasp the so-called flash of inspiration.
It was like seeing flowers in the fog, and he could never figure it out.
"This way of divination really requires so-called qualifications?"
Wang Ba was a little surprised.
Thinking of this, he no longer embarrassed himself and directly started with his life span.
The next moment, he felt that countless memories of Xiao Liuren Tongmiao Finger Method emerged in his mind, as if he had repeated it countless times.
However, when he tried to use Xiao Liuren Tongmiao Finger Method to speculate on the good and bad luck related to himself.
He found that he had no clue at all again, just like before.
He could only vaguely see a chaos in front of him.
This time, Wang Ba finally frowned.
The Xiao Liu Ren Tong Miao Finger Technique is not difficult, but the difficulty lies in the mysterious flash of inspiration.
"Is it because I practice too much, which makes the spiritual platform dusty and unable to capture the state of the flash of inspiration?"
Wang Ba thought secretly in his heart.
This is the only stumbling block he has encountered in his long practice, except for the way of yin and yang.
But now, compared with the past, he has many more means to deal with it.
"The flash of inspiration is the difficulty of "Xiao Liu Ren Tong Miao Zhi Fa"... But there is another way for divination in the sect."
"It is to use the huge number of stars to forcibly deduce the changes in the future."
"Although it is very energy-consuming and requires a high level of understanding of the soul and the world, if you can master it, it will be infinitely useful."
"This is "Diao Shu, Jiu Gong."
"These techniques are now ineffective in Xiaocang Realm, but if you absorb this idea and integrate it into "Xiao Liu Ren Tong Miao Zhi Fa", can you solve the so-called flash of inspiration?"
Thinking about it, the more you think about it, the more feasible it feels.
At this moment, he also introduced the relevant methods of these sects one by one.
Although it is almost useless, it also allows Wang Ba to have a better understanding of the way of divination.
"It should be possible."
Feeling the many divination methods and mysterious numerology in his mind...
Wang Ba then took out the Zhou Tian Xingchen map.
Gazing at the stars.
The next moment, his consciousness was completely absorbed into the star map. (End of this chapter)