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And so it happened that Chu Xuan, who originally ca just to deliver a book, settled down at the Celestial Secret Peak to study astrology.
Xuanyuzi said it would take three days, but Chu Xuan finished in a day, even asking in return, "Is it really this simple?"
This left Xuanyuzi dumbfounded, as he had indeed been bluffing Chu Xuan before; after all, mastering celestial calculations is very much about innate talent. So people just can’t learn it no matter what, like a blockhead.
Even though Chu Xuan possessed the Innate Dao Body, which should logically enable him to excel in cultivation, Xuanyuzi initially didn’t have high hopes because cultivation and divination, despite so similarities, are essentially different.
According to Xuanyuzi’s estimations, if Chu Xuan could learn it in three months, it would be considered good enough. Yet, he mastered it in a day, leaving the elder utterly bewildered.
"Well, well... perhaps you really are soone with great potential," Xuanyuzi’s gaze beca fervent as he looked at Chu Xuan.
Chu Xuan swiftly changed the topic, saying, "Why don’t we start now? Once we’re done, I need to return."
He truly feared that Xuanyuzi would ask the Sect Leader to let go of this disciple.
Xuanyuzi agreed and had Chu Xuan sit quietly before the celestial divination disk, channeling magical power into specific spots to make the disk turn in circles.
Initially, Chu Xuan needed guidance, but as he increased the speed of infusing power, Xuanyuzi couldn’t keep up with his actions anymore, leaving the old man awestruck.
For Chu Xuan, when he began to delve into the art of celestial calculations, he had an almost prophetic sense. That’s why he learned the thod of deducing fate so quickly.
Now, similarly, once he entered the state, Chu Xuan intuitively knew where to channel magical power to further evolve the divination disk’s patterns.
Suddenly, a bizarre conjecture arose in him: could it be that the talent skill points of the Celestial Marrow were concentrated in this aspect?
Before long, the celestial divination disk spun faster and faster, until the divination symbols on it were nearly impossible to discern. Then, a misty ray of light shot out from the center of the disk, entering Chu Xuan’s forehead.
Chu Xuan trembled all over as his forehead’s spiritual sea projected a beam of blood-colored light!
Within the blood light, Xuanyuzi couldn’t see anything clearly but felt an overwhelming aura of ferocity, bloodlust, ruthlessness, and slaughter, making him feel suffocated, as if an endless sea of blood and mountain of corpses was rushing at him~!
Blood slowly seeped from Chu Xuan’s eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, as if affected by so backlash, though his eyes were wide open, seemingly seeing sothing incredible.
He saw:
A mysterious man wearing a godly spirit mask, the mask appearing as if dyed in blood, imparting a sense of divine grace as vast as the sea and divine might as deep as prison.
The man wore a blood-colored armor, his shoulders adorned with a pitch-black cape, as dark as night, giving an impression of both awe and power, resembling a blood-colored war god stepping out of an ancient battlefield.
He stood loftily on a mountain cliff, a black cape fluttering magnificently, behind him were hordes of cultivators kneeling in submission, ahead lay endless mountains of corpses and seas of blood...
Then the blood light vanished, and Chu Xuan abruptly shut his eyes, feeling his head ache imnsely.
"Hiss~, such terrifying murderous aura... Are you okay?" Xuanyuzi quickly showed concern for Chu Xuan.
"No, I’m fine."
Chu Xuan shook his head, reluctantly wiping off the blood on his face, "Just a headache, nothing else significant."
Xuanyuzi finally sighed in relief, "What kind of fate do you have? I really can’t tell, I just know it’s extrely dangerous."
Chu Xuan couldn’t decipher it either. The image he saw in the blood light... that mysterious man, could he be the forr Celestial Evil Demon Venerable?
His dominance was indeed overwhelming, but why does he seem so much like a villain?
Chu Xuan felt sowhat worried, even fearing that Xuanyuzi might doubt him because of this.
"ntor, I, I’m not a bad person..."
Xuanyuzi shook his head, "I’m not that naive. The danger of your fate doesn’t necessarily relate to your character."
Speaking here, he appeared sowhat concerned, "Still, with such heavy murderous aura in your fate, I worry the path ahead won’t be easy for you; you must tread carefully."
Chu Xuan nodded, "I will rember."
...
Logically, Chu Xuan could leave once he rested a bit.
However, after recovering a fair amount, he actively sought Xuanyuzi’s advice:
"ntor, earlier I ca across the term ’Celestial Marrow’ in a Dao classic, could you tell what it ans?"
Xuanyuzi replied without hesitation, "Typically, it’s the ’essence of heaven and earth,’ and in so astrology texts, it also implies ’essence of celestial secrets.’"
Chu Xuan pondered, realizing that this might be the biggest distinction between the Innate Dao Body and the Celestial Marrow.
The forr excelled more in cultivation and mastering divine techniques; the latter seed more adept at perceiving celestial secrets.
With this thought, Chu Xuan felt he shouldn’t waste his talents.
Even though diviners, no matter how skilled, often couldn’t see clearly their own future, the ability to discern short-term fortune and misfortune akin to "premonitions" is still valuable.
Furthermore, Chu Xuan has already reached the peak of Foundation Establishnt. In terms of cultivation, he can only progress further once he achieves Core Formation.
Therefore, he proactively approached Xuanziji to express his desire to study under his master uncle for a year.
Xuanziji readily agreed, as none of his other disciples could match Chu Xuan’s talent in divination.
"The Four Pillars, Eight Characters, Great Six Ren, Plum Blossom Nurology, Purple Star Astrology, Hexagram Divination, Qin Dunjia... I know a bit of everything. What would you like to learn?"
Chu Xuan was overwheld, "There’s no need to learn anything too complex. I just want to study how to finger-calculation, preferably having abilities like ’intuition.’"
Xuanziji waved his hand, "That’s simple. A year is more than enough; I guarantee you’ll master it."
"However, ’intuition’ is a Divine Technique that cultivators only possess starting from the seventh realm. Even if you imrse yourself in this path, you’ll need to be at least in the sixth realm, so I can’t guarantee that."
Chu Xuan nodded, actually quite confident about this, because the Divine Techniques of the Four Monkeys of Havoc sowhat relate to this.
For example, the Intelligent Stone Monkey’s ability to "recognize tily opportunities and understand geographic advantages"; the Six-eared Macaque’s "being able to perceive logic and understand before and after"; the Long-ard Ape’s "discern fortune and misfortune"; the Red-Butt Horse Monkey’s "avoid death and extend life."
In the future, as he delves deeper into these four Divine Techniques, even if Chu Xuan doesn’t master celestial divination, he could possess similar abilities.
...
The learning process throughout the year was generally quite smooth.
Except for Jiang Yiyi occasionally coming to ddle, and his little junior sister sotis wallowing in sadness, acting like soone who’s lost in love.
The little junior brother was relatively more disciplined, focusing entirely on cultivating to beco a qualified Child of Destiny.
During the practice period, Chu Xuan also once asked Xuanziji, "What does it an that ’the world is about to fall into chaos’?"
When seeing Gu Haitang off, the words she said then left quite an impression on him.
Chu Xuan actually asked his master, but Fuyunzi only said that when he is about to descend the mountain, he’ll discuss these matters with him briefly.
Xuanziji sighed when he heard, "The world we are in has run into so slight issues..."
Actually, there were signs of this long ago, traceable back even a thousand years, but previously they were only strange phenona that didn’t cause significant harm, and everyone was too lazy to care and just went about things passively.
It wasn’t until nearly a century ago that the situation started to worsen, with gaps appearing worldwide. Although mostly happening in areas scarcely populated, it’s reached a point where major sects can’t ignore it.
From Xuanziji’s words, learning the severity of this matter left Chu Xuan quite apprehensive.
Though the problem may not be significant in the short term, even over several hundred years, if it continues like this, this world might face a slow demise.
Chu Xuan was perplexed, "With such major issues erging in the human realm, why aren’t the Immortal Gods and Buddhas in the heavenly realm doing anything?"
Xuanziji shook his head, "Unclear, actually even since long ago, regional mountain gods, water gods, city god temples, earth gods, have sent yellow papers to heaven, reporting changes within their domain."
"Logically speaking, those immortals should have known about this earlier, but the heavenly realm remained indifferent, at best responding with re acknowledgnt."
"So cultivators argue there’s no need to worry unnecessarily; the human realm is an indispensable part of the Three Realms. Should an enormous crisis actually erge, surely the higher-ups will deal with it. Each individual should tend their own affairs instead of worrying about others’ issues."
"However, we can’t just sit idly by. Not to ntion those selfish Evil Sect, approximately sixty years ago, all sects started attempting to manage the disasters."
"Even the disciples are given missions when they descend the mountain, repairing certain nodes to prevent future aggravation."
"Your master probably didn’t tell you in advance to avoid you overthinking and plans to explain when assigning tasks."
"I’d say, you don’t need to worry; the world won’t fall into chaos that easily."
"There’s indeed so truth in the saying that when the sky falls, taller individuals will support it, not sothing a Foundation Establishnt disciple like yourself needs to fret over."
Chu Xuan was speechless, but it made sense. He should focus more on cultivation to beco stronger.
Wait a minute, that’s not right! Chu Xuan suddenly recalled sothing.
Jiang Yiyi...
"Master uncle, didn’t Master Ancestor say she bears a major mission and hence descended? They even ntioned she’s here to save the Three Realms and six paths, and all beings. Could this be true?"
Xuanziji slightly shook his head, "We’ve discussed this matter long ago, and concluded: unlikely."
"If Master Ancestor were truly assigned a mission by the heavenly realm, how could most of her cultivation and even part of her mories be sealed?"
"We’re more inclined to believe she’s evading the heavenly realm’s restriction on immortals descending, hence the current situation."
"Moreover, we haven’t inford her of these matters."
"Why?" Chu Xuan puzzled.
"Because she currently lacks the ability. She doesn’t even know the human realm has issues. With her temperant, we genuinely worry she’d recklessly descend the mountain risking herself trying to solve the disasters."
Chu Xuan contemplated and agreed. When Jiang Yiyi spoke those words earlier, she appeared ready to sacrifice herself like a Saint, for now, it’s better not to let her know.
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