Gentlemen, it's time to enter the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls.

Chapter 72 Junior Sister, what are you doing?
At this moment, Mo Suixin had long since thrown her usual reserve to the winds. She tightly hugged Chen Ye's arm with both hands and shook it with all her might.

The way they were acting made it seem like they were going to forcefully expose the cheating devices hidden on Chen Ye's body.

Chen Ye felt completely disoriented from being shaken, as if his bones were about to fall apart, and his joints were making a "crackling" sound.

This girl is incredibly strong; she must have already surpassed the level of Qi Refining Body.

Chen Ye couldn't help but sigh, realizing that he was truly at the bottom of the cultivation world, as any cultivator he encountered was more powerful than him.

Unable to bear the frantic shaking any longer, Chen Ye shouted, "Stop shaking! If you keep shaking me, I'll lose my life!"

However, Mo Suixin showed no intention of letting go, still clinging tightly to Chen Ye's arm, and shouted emotionally, "Impossible! You must have cheated! In such a short time, you couldn't possibly have solved this iron ball so quickly!"

This shout drew the attention of the few customers in the tavern, who all turned to look at the two of them. The waiter who had just served the drinks couldn't help but laugh out loud. Everyone assumed it was just a young couple bickering.

Just moments ago they were inseparable lovers, but now they've become bitter enemies, ready to fight at any moment.

Many people sighed inwardly, "Indeed, love only affects spiritual practice. How can one attain immortality with such a drastic fluctuation of mind?"

Chen Ye didn't care what others thought. He felt like his arm was about to be broken by Mo Suixin, so he hurriedly said, "It's really not me who cheated. And don't get so excited. Everyone is watching you."

Mo Suixin then remembered that she was still in disguise, and quickly lowered her voice to ask, "How exactly are you going to untie it?"

The girl lowered her voice, but the strength of her grip remained undiminished, squeezing Chen Yesheng until he was in pain.

Chen Ye could only explain, "This iron ball was already about 70-80% restored, only the positions of Bingchen, Dingshen, and Renhai were incorrect. Moreover, the Qian, Dui, and Li trigrams happened to point me to the direction of rotation..."

Chen Ye explained in detail.

In summary, the iron ball had been mostly assembled beforehand, and the arrangement of the Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches, and Eight Trigrams could be clearly deduced from the assembled parts.

The rest is as simple as turning a Rubik's Cube; just a few simple turns and it's completely solved.

After hearing Chen Ye's explanation, Mo Suixin was still filled with disbelief, but at least she understood the reason.

She had already untied the iron ball once before, and Mo Suixin had kept it with her ever since.

To relock it, she simply twisted it a few times without completely disassembling it, which indeed reduced the difficulty of cracking it considerably.

At first glance, it seems that Chen Ye has gotten a great deal.

Mo Suixin knew very well that ordinary people would not be able to discern the hidden patterns within this seemingly chaotic iron ball in such a short time.

As for Chen Ye, how long has it been since he obtained the iron ball and quickly found the pattern to crack it?
He had only taken a few sips of his drink when he had already disassembled the iron ball.

Mo Suixin couldn't help but ask, "You are definitely not an ordinary rogue cultivator. With your intelligence, it's impossible for you to be just a rogue cultivator. Which sect are you a disciple of?"

Looking at Mo Suixin's anxious expression, Chen Ye asked helplessly, "Do you really want to know?"

Mo Suixin's eyes were full of eagerness, and without thinking, she quickly said, "Of course! Since you want me to teach you the art of divination, the first thing is to be honest with each other."

Chen Ye tilted his head slightly, sighed deeply, and said, "Alas, since you are so insistent on knowing, I can only tell you the truth. To be honest, all my knowledge comes from CNKI."

CNKI?

Mo Suixin frowned. She had been cultivating for many years, but had never heard of this sect.

Seeing this, Chen Ye calmly explained, "That's just an obscure little sect, it's normal that you haven't heard of it."

Mo Suixin stared intently at Chen Ye, asking with a hint of suspicion, "You're not lying to me again, are you?"

Chen Ye quickly held up three fingers and solemnly declared to the heavens, "I swear to heaven that everything I have learned truly comes from CNKI, and there is not a single lie in it."

Seeing Chen Ye's utter sincerity, Mo Suixin was also somewhat unsure. She could only secretly remember the name and ask her master about it when she returned to the Incense Burning Sect. There was nothing in the cultivation world that her master couldn't predict. Chen Ye reassured Mo Suixin and quickly said, "Getting back to the point, you said before that you would teach me divination if I could solve this iron ball problem. Now it's time to fulfill your promise."

Although Mo Suixin was indignant, she had no choice but to keep her promise. She sat down next to Chen Ye again, took his hand and said, "Since you have already learned the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, I will not go into details. This is the most basic method of divination. Remember it well, and memorize as much as you can."

Chen Ye's right hand was grabbed by Mo Suixin, their fingers intertwined.

The girl's hands were a little cold, but soft and boneless. As they rubbed against each other, Chen Ye felt a spiritual energy flowing from her palms, wrapping around his fingers like a string.

"May the gods rejoice!"

With a clear shout, Chen Ye's ring finger was forcibly bent into a crane's beak shape, and a wisp of spiritual energy pierced straight into his palm.

"Hanging needle!"

With another clear shout, Chen Ye's index finger was pulled straight, while the other fingers stubbornly closed, as if spiritual energy was gathering at the fingertips.

"Lucky Star, Broken Character, Treasury of Prosperity, Eight Auspicious Symbols, Missing Character, Curved Leg..."

With each word Mo Suixin uttered, he manipulated Chen Ye's right hand to form the corresponding hand seal.

Mo Suixin recited at an extremely fast speed, and Chen Ye's fingers left afterimages as she manipulated them.

At first, Chen Ye was secretly worried that he might not be able to remember such complicated and rapid finger gestures all at once.

However, when he calmed down and carefully experienced it, an indescribable and mysterious feeling welled up from the bottom of his heart.

There's no need to deliberately memorize it; it's simply the way the universe interprets fate and fortune.

When you can grasp this mystery, all the key points will be reflected in your mind.

Chen Ye suddenly realized.

No wonder Master Fangyuan said that divination is difficult to learn. It's not that he can't remember these hand gestures, but that even if he makes the hand gestures very skillfully, without this mysterious feeling, it's all form and no spirit.

How much of these finger techniques one can learn depends entirely on one's own understanding. The more one understands, the more proficient one will become in divination; if one understands less, one will not be able to learn them, and even spending decades or centuries may not yield any progress.

Chen Ye felt that he was learning quite well. He could learn one thing after another that Mo Suixin taught him, and there was nothing he couldn't remember.

But as Chen Ye's understanding deepened, his right hand unconsciously broke free from Mo Suixin's control, changing its posture according to Chen Ye's will.

As if drawn by a force, spiritual energy surged wildly toward his right hand.

A tearing, throbbing pain shot through Chen Ye's dantian, and he felt his vision go black, as if he were being drained dry.

Fortunately, Mo Suixin was prepared and grabbed Chen Ye's right hand again, pressing his right hand down with her fingers tightly.

The flow of spiritual energy finally stopped, but in just a short while, Chen Ye's face turned deathly pale.

Mo Suixin said, "Don't be too careless. Divination is not something that someone at the Qi Sea Realm can handle. No matter how talented you are, if your spiritual energy is insufficient, even just divining tomorrow's weather will drain you dry."

"There are three taboos in divination: first, one should not divine one's own fortune; second, one should not divine the same matter more than three times; third..."

Chen Ye was listening intently, but before Mo Suixin could finish speaking, a startled cry came from outside the tavern: "Junior Sister, what are you doing here?"

Chen Ye and Mo Suixin turned their heads and saw Wei Changsheng standing there in shock at the entrance of the tavern.

His eyes widened, his gaze fixed on Chen Ye and Mo Suixin, then on their clasped hands, as if he had witnessed something unbelievable.

(End of this chapter)