I will teach you how to cultivate immortality

Chapter 26: Divination Secrets Chapter 9
【Is this what your sister left behind?】

Sitting cross-legged on a mat in the main hall, Li Boyang tilted his head and looked at Xi Luo on the clay statue.

The eldest girl squatted quietly beside Li Boyang, holding a roll of gorgeous silk that was incompatible with the productivity of this era.

On the silk, there were densely packed words engraved.

"Yes, this is what my sister left behind, and it is also the only way to break the deadlock at the moment."

Licking her paws gently, Xiluo said lazily.

[Is this a martial arts secret manual? Or some kind of magical power or spell?]

Li Boyang asked curiously, scratching his head.

"Martial arts secrets? Magical skills?"

Now it was Xiluo's turn to lower her head in surprise and look at Li Boyang below.

"Although I don't know what martial arts secret manual you are talking about..."

"But supernatural powers are often innate, while magic is a secret that cannot be passed down. How could it be recorded in writing?"

Hearing this, Li Boyang opened his mouth in silence, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Because Xiluo's explanation completely overturned his understanding of magical powers.

Fortunately, Xiluo didn't pay attention to Li Boyang's nonsense, but continued to explain.

"My sister is a witch from Huaijiang over a thousand years ago. She was born with the ability to know everything in the universe and to understand destiny."

"That volume of 'Nine Chapters of Divination Secrets' is the book she usually uses to record all kinds of phenomena, weather, clouds and rain, mountain terrain, earth veins, numerology, physiognomy, auspicious signs, and ominous signs."

"Let's not worry about the source of the black mist that emanated from the Black Cloud Marsh..."

"Since the black fog was able to spread beyond the Black Cloud Lake, it must have been aided by the power of the weather, the terrain, the earth's veins, and even the clouds and rain."

"If you can understand the 'Nine Chapters of Divination', you will naturally be able to dispel the black fog."

When saying these words, Xiluo's tone was full of confidence.

Xiluo has unconditional trust in her sister, the Huaijiang witch from a thousand years ago.

"And the problem with the curse on you..."

"That gnat was sealed by my sister herself, so naturally, all sorts of information about it is recorded on it."

"If you want to solve the hidden danger of evil spirits, this booklet is your only clue."

After hearing this, Li Boyang gave up in disappointment and abandoned the idea of ​​picking up a martial arts secret book for free.

But as a result, a new question inevitably arose in Li Boyang's mind.

【I can’t read! 】

I can’t understand a single word of what’s written here.

Li Boyang is telling the truth.

Although he is gifted, it does not mean that he can master a completely unfamiliar language without any instruction.

But when Li Boyang looked at Xi Luo again.

But he was surprised to find that the other party seemed to avoid his gaze intentionally or unintentionally.

[Wait, you can't read either? ]

A vague sense of enlightenment arose in his heart, and Li Boyang opened his mouth in surprise.

"Is it any wonder I can't read?!"

After a brief silence, Xiluo, who was annoyed and angry at being stared at by Li Boyang, shouted loudly.

"I am a mountain elf!"

"Why do I need to know your human writing?"

"Anyway, I've given you the things. Whether you understand them or not is none of my business!"

Before she finished speaking, Xiluo turned around and disappeared from Li Boyang's sight, as if she had never appeared. [So... she really is illiterate?]

After a long time, Li Boyang sighed speechlessly.

"that……"

At this moment, the eldest girl who had been sitting obediently beside raised her hand.

"Well... actually... I can read..."

Looking at the girl who looked eager to try, Li Boyang realized what he had just overlooked.

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The eldest girl could indeed read and write, because her father was a scholar in the village.

Before her father abandoned his wife and daughter, he taught the eldest girl to read and write.

Unfortunately, her father never came back after leaving the village, leaving only the orphan and the widow to live in the village.

Although the eldest girl can recognize not many words.

But through guessing, Li Boyang still managed to roughly understand some of the contents of "Nine Chapters of Divination".

However, I don’t know whether it is due to the evolution of characters over the past thousand years or because the eldest girl’s spelling error rate is too high.

Li Boyang could only barely understand the outline of "Nine Chapters of Divination".

He still has a long way to go before he can truly understand this booklet.

As the name suggests, "Nine Chapters of Divination" is actually a way of understanding the world summarized by the Huaijiang witch thousands of years ago based on her own divine powers.

Let’s put aside those mysterious theories about ghosts and gods that were created to justify one’s own theories.

The Nine Chapters on Divination Secrets generally divides all things in the world into nine types: phenomena, weather, clouds and rain, mountain terrain, earth veins, numerology, physiognomy, auspicious signs, and evil spirits.

Among them, "The Myriad Things Chapter" can be regarded as the general outline of "The Nine Chapters of Divination".

As far as Li Boyang’s personal understanding is concerned, the concept of “Vanxiang” sounds very abstract.

But in essence, it is actually somewhat similar to the "Tao" mentioned by Lao Tzu at the beginning of "Tao Te Ching".

Of course, the Huaijiang witch did not have the same understanding of the essence of things as the Taoist Ancestor.

Therefore, the "everything" she explained was relatively simple and crude, and did not require a high threshold for understanding.

At the very least, Li Boyang, who had studied dialectical materialism, easily analyzed and understood the concept of "all things".

However, in this world where supernatural powers really exist.

Since the Huaijiang Witch dared to put "The Book of All Things" before the other eight chapters, there must be a reason for it.

After briefly introducing my understanding of the world.

On the last page of "The Myriad Things", the Huaijiang Witch left behind twelve ghostly patterns.

According to the Huaijiang witch's words, and Xi Luo's occasional supplements, Li Boyang learned the essence of these twelve ghost-drawn patterns.

They are actually not some unknown texts, but a kind of motto that contains mysterious power.

Just like the Taoist talismans and Buddhist seals in previous lives.

Written in a specific way on specific materials, these proverbs can replicate the power of a psychic, achieving the effect of exorcising gods and demons.

Only after being familiar with these maxims could Li Boyang study the contents of the subsequent eight chapters of "Nine Chapters of Divination" in more depth.

Otherwise, even if Li Boyang really understood the contents of "Weather Time", "Clouds and Rain", "Mountain Conditions", "Earth Veins", "Fortune Telling", "Face Reading", "Auspicious Signs" and "Evil Spirits".

There is just one more human being in this world who knows his destiny, but no one can truly change his fate.

From this, Li Boyang finally understood the true identity of the Huaijiang Witch - she was a natural prophet and divination expert.

The "卜" in "Nine Chapters on the Secret of Divination" is exactly the "卜" that people understand as divination.

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(End of this chapter)