The Long Journey to Immortality

Han Lu said calmly, "It's just divination; it may not be valid."

Her expression remained calm, but she couldn't suppress the overwhelming joy in Han Lu's heart.

Although Hao Zun's divination may not be accurate, it still has some reference value.

After advancing to the late stage of the Golden Core realm, it is a troublesome matter to make the Golden Core generate a "soul". Many talented cultivators have been frustrated in this stage that requires a bit of luck.

Now, with Hao Zun's divination, Han Lu has gained much more confidence in successfully overcoming this hurdle.

Chapter 1000: Testing Marriage Fate

"Fairy Han, what else do you want to test?" Hao Zun reached out and scrambled the chess pieces on the board.

Since Han Lu had requested multiple free divinations, it was clear that she intended to have her fortune told several times that day, a fact that Hao Zun could easily discern.

After fiddling with the teacup that had just contained tea leaves in her hands for a moment, Han Lu suddenly asked a question.

"Haozun, tell me about the results of your several fortune-telling sessions regarding marriage."

"This..." Although Hao Zun didn't think it was a private matter, he still found it a little difficult to talk about. However, since Han Lu had asked, he hesitated for a moment and then told Han Lu.

Hao Zun recalled, "I had my marriage fortune told five times in total."

"The first two times happened 30 or 40 years ago. The results of the divination were not satisfactory. Heaven told me that I needed to wait patiently, but it did not explain what kind of result I would get."

"The third time was three years ago, when my father started urging me to get married and encouraged me to find a daughter-in-law as soon as possible."

"That time, it was my father who helped me with the divination."

"As for the result..." Hao Zun's face broke into a broad smile, "They say my destined marriage will happen at this year's Hundred Birds Gathering."

Han Lu nodded slightly, signaling Hao Zun to continue.

"At the Hundred Birds Gathering, unless it's by chance, the only place to find a spouse is at this matchmaking event today, so I came."

Skilled in divination, Hao Zun was naturally a cultivator who deeply believed in the will of Heaven.

This is why, once he realized that Quexin was his type, he immediately went all out to advance their relationship.

"The fourth and fifth times will be during the Bird Festival."

"When I was divining the outcome of that chess tournament, I also casually divined my own marriage prospects."

"Although the will of Heaven is still unclear."

"But it told me that this time I would definitely succeed."

Hao Zun's smile deepened, clearly as he began to imagine a happy and fulfilling future relationship.

Han Lu teased, "So you think it's fate that made you win Quexin's heart, rather than me, the matchmaker, putting in a lot of effort?"

“Of course not,” Hao Zunyi said righteously. “Han Xianzi also contributed a lot, at least 60%, no, 70% of the effort.”

"If the contribution were small, why would I agree to work for free and help Fairy Han with divination five times?"

"Fairy Han, don't you think so?"

Hao Zun was using the same sweet talk he used on Que Xin on Han Lu.

Before Han Lu could speak again, Hao Zun changed the subject and started talking about free fortune telling.

"Since Fairy Han has asked me this question, could it be that you want to ask me for a marriage fortune slip?"

Han Lu hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"It was just out of curiosity, wanting to take a look, not because I was troubled by love."

"I'm still young, and I'm focused on my spiritual practice, so I don't really care about matters of the heart."

Han Lu's words were undoubtedly an attempt to cover up the truth.

After hearing this, Hao Zun chuckled and said, "I understand. There must be seven or eight handsome young men like me pursuing Fairy Han, making it difficult for her to choose. She doesn't know who to pick, right?"

Before Han Lu could give a negative answer, Hao Zun continued to talk to himself, "Don't worry, I will definitely help Fairy Han answer her questions and let Heaven choose a good spouse for her, so that Fairy Han can not only achieve success in her cultivation, but also have a happy marriage."

After saying that, Hao Zun took out another divination tube in front of Han Lu.

"It's just a magical artifact, but it's very accurate for asking about marriage with this divination stick," Hao Zun showed Han Lu the magical artifact he used when he was divining. "There are a total of eighty-one jade sticks inside. Although it can't ask about everything in the world, it can certainly help Fairy Han solve this little problem."

In order to "retaliate" against Hao Zun's previous wild guesses, Han Lu gave the unused fortune-telling tube a bad review.

"The quality isn't great, and it doesn't have much history; it's just an ordinary divination stick container."

“I have seen the counting rods used by the ancient cultivator Wang Han. They look ordinary, but they are historically renowned treasures.”

Back then, the counting rods that Wen Erya inherited from the ancient cultivation secret realm were a magical artifact of the spiritual level.

However, since Wen Erya was only at the Qi Refining stage at the time, she could only use it as a regular divination tool for fortune telling.

Even so, this historical artifact greatly enhanced Wen Erya's originally ordinary divination skills.

Comparing it to Hao Zun's fortune-telling stick is simply Han Lu bullying him.

Hao Zun pursed his lips and simply said, "Alright, although it sounds a bit unbelievable, I don't think Fairy Han would lie to me."

"Compared to such treasures, my fortune-telling container is indeed nothing."

"However, Fairy Han, sincerity is key. If you look down on my fortune-telling tube now, don't blame it for randomly pairing you up with someone else later."

Hao Zun's words did not have much of an impact.

Han Lu was only curious and wanted to draw a fortune stick to guide her, not because she had encountered the complicated situation that Hao Zun described.

"Alright, then I'd like to see how this fortune-telling box can arrange things clearly for me."

Han Lu grabbed the divination stick container, muttering to herself the specific content of the divination she was asking for.

With a slight shake of the hand, the white jade sticks inside collided violently, producing a series of pleasant, crisp sounds.

Soon, a white jade stick jumped out of the stick container and landed on the chessboard.

As the white jade slip flew out, Han Lu's hand stopped.

Setting down the divination tube and picking up the white jade divination stick, Han Lu infused a wisp of spiritual energy into it to examine the information and text recorded on the jade stick.

"What's written on the slip? Let me interpret it for you." Hao Zun reached out his hand.

After reading the contents, Han Lu didn't say much. She simply tossed the jade slip back into the container and shook it quickly twice.

"Hey! How could you do this?" Hao Zun was unhappy that he had lost an opportunity to "peep into Han Lu's privacy."

Han Lu said, "I grew up in the Central Plains, so I can still understand some of these obscure and difficult-to-understand words."

"It's no trouble for Fellow Daoist Hao to help."

Hao Zun was somewhat helpless, so he could only say, "Alright, since Fairy Han is satisfied, then I can consider my mission accomplished."

After taking back the divination sticks, Hao Zun asked again, "Does Fairy Han have any further requests? I also know several other divination methods, which I can demonstrate to you today."

Han Lu said, "I have no desires or demands for now. Let's talk about repaying the favor when we meet again in the future."

Hao Zun nodded slightly.

After the divination was completed, Han Lu did not leave immediately, but instead fought two more games of chess with Hao Zun, playing between black and white pieces.

Needless to say, Hao Zun was a cut above the rest, and in addition to divination, he also taught Han Lu a lesson in chess skills.

However, Han Lu also gained a lot, feeling that her chess skills had improved considerably during the Hundred Birds Gathering.

Next time I meet with my fellow disciples at the Zhengyi Sect, I will definitely be more at ease.

As soon as Han Lu left, Hao Zun smiled wickedly and took out the divination tube that Han Lu had used earlier from his storage bag.

Chapter 1001 The Oracle

Hao Zun held the divination stick container in his hand, grinned mischievously, and murmured, "Han Lu, Han Lu, this is my secret weapon."

"You think you can fool me by just stuffing the drawn ticket back in?"

"Dream on."

"I want to see what kind of fortune you drew and what divine revelation you received."

After saying that, Hao Zun made a hand seal and activated the magic weapon, the divination tube, in his hand.

Eighty-one white jade sticks flew out of the stick container. After hovering in the air for a moment, the white jade stick that had once been in Han Lu's hand stood out from the many white jade sticks and flew into Hao Zun's open palm.

"Hehe." Hao Zun chuckled to himself as he examined the inscription on the white jade slip.

The divination slip was short, but its content was obscure and difficult to understand.

"Or three, or five, or seven, or a hundred or a thousand."

Even Hao Zun, who had used this magic weapon more than a hundred times, needed some time to decipher it before he could understand its meaning.

However, he only knew that Han Lu had drawn a "marriage fortune slip," but he did not know exactly what kind of question she asked.

Knowing the answer, Hao Zun could only try to deduce what Han Lu had gotten from the fortune slip that made her feel satisfied but also unwilling to let him know the result.

Hao Zun muttered the fortune slip several times. Although he could understand the meaning of the fortune slip, he still did not know how to interpret it according to Han Lu's approach to the fortune slip.

"Han Xianzi is clearly a cultivator who is not in a hurry to find relatives. She is currently all alone and living a carefree life."

"This fortune slip definitely doesn't mean that Fairy Han will find her other half in the next few years."

Hao Zun suddenly had a terrible thought.

"Could it be the number of spouses? That's an exaggeration, it's unlikely."

Hao Zun shuddered at the thought of Han Lu and the opposite sex "fighting" together.

"Then... what does that mean?"

Hao Zun sat motionless in front of the chessboard and the divination sticks, his concentration and focus even more intense than when he was playing against Han Lu earlier.

However, lacking the question stem, Haozun could only speculate wildly, unable to find a solution that could convince himself.

In the blink of an eye, the sky turned from dark to bright.

Considering the upcoming chess tournament, he could only sigh, put the magic weapon back into his storage bag, casually summon some water to wash his face, and then, with his usual casual demeanor, face his opponent in the top 32 of the chess tournament.

On the 10th, the Bird Festival was drawing to a close.

Apart from the chess tournament, there are basically no other major events.