Chu Zihang nodded silently.
"We won't add any formalities, just sit in on the trial," Walter added.
"Having said that, Fu Xuan didn't have much to say, so he asked them to follow him to the Taibusi."
"Can't we interrogate her right here?" Sanyueqi asked worriedly. "Star Core Hunters are so cunning. What if she escapes again?"
"With me here, she can't escape," Fu Xuan said confidently. "The only way to pry open the Star Core Hunter's mouth and make her reveal the truth is to work at the Taibu Division. Everyone, please."
"Tingyun drove the Star Raft to take a few people back, but stopped in a bustling downtown area."
Looking around, Fu Xuan suddenly became furious and said fiercely, "... Although I usually stay at home, I still recognize my subordinates. What route are you taking? Is this the location of the Taibusi?!"
"Ouch, Master, calm down," Tingyun quickly apologized and explained, "The Qiong Instrument is malfunctioning. Locating the entrance to the cave is not easy. I just want to do it quickly, but this is the only place I can park the Star Raft right now."
"Let's just walk a few more steps the rest of the way."
"Hmph." Fu Xuan hummed coolly, then closed his eyes, lowered his head and began to mutter something.
“The hexagram represents the ebb and flow of things, between Dui and Kan. The boat is stuck in the mud and cannot move forward…”
"What does she mean by this? It sounds like some kind of ancient language?"
"Well, this is the hexagram in the Book of Changes." Chu Zihang had signed up for related courses in school. Since this kind of ancient document that is three or four thousand years old is likely to have traces of dragon culture, he has studied some related books and works and has some understanding of some of the hexagram texts.
"Between Dui and Kan, the upper hexagram is Dui, which represents a marsh, and the lower hexagram is Kan, which represents water. Water seeps into the bottom of the marsh, and the marsh dries up. This is the image of the Kun hexagram," Chu Zihang explained.
"Kun Gua?" Caesar felt sleepy when he heard it.
"Well, you can simply understand it as...difficulties abound."
"Oh, alright." For the first time, Caesar felt how limited his knowledge was. He held his forehead in frustration and said, "Guess I'll have to sign up for a classical Chinese course when I get back."
"I've heard that Xianzhou has some magical skill called [divination], but how come this is just finger gestures? Is it like counting with me?" Sanyueqi asked curiously."
"You count with your fingers?" Xing muttered silently.
"Why? Just to help. It's a waste if all ten fingers aren't used!" Sanyueqi said confidently.
Fu Xuan on the other side also finished his divination and slowly raised his head. "I just cast a divination, and the hexagram shows the current situation. It seems that we can't take the star raft directly to the Taibusi today."
"This hexagram also indicates that something is wrong with the Taibusi. Fu Xuan immediately suggested taking Kafka away first and preparing to conduct inquiries."
"Once everything is settled, a guide will be sent to take them into the Taipusi. You can find him in the square."
“After Fu Xuan left, the few of them had nothing to do, so Walter suggested that they stroll around here for a while.”
"Before setting off, Xing suddenly became interested in the Taibushi and asked Tingyun about its situation."
“Alas… My benefactor never asked me what I do at the Tianbosi. It’s really infuriating to compare you to others. Sibisi, that’s boring…”
Tingyun lowered her eyebrows in mock complaint, but a split second later, she put on a charming smile. "Well, since you asked, my answer is: The Taibusi is in charge of the intelligence, planning, and divination of the Immortal Ship."
"Divination? Isn't that just luck?" Xing asked doubtfully.
"My benefactor, you may not know that the Xianzhou divination method is not some tricky trick like flipping coins or drawing wooden sticks. It is a technique called Jade Omens."
"From the navigation of immortal ships and government policies to the battles and battles of the army, everything related to people's livelihoods was calculated by the Taibu Si, seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster."
The continent of Teyvat, the Hall of Rebirth.
"Even civilian and military issues require divination. Isn't this too much of a joke? Guest official?"
Hu Tao felt that the actions of this immortal boat were a bit too bold. They handed over a major policy involving the livelihoods and lives of millions of people to Bu Suan... This was something that Liyue would not even dare to think about.
"Master, what you said is different. I think they have some truth to it." Zhongli smiled slightly. "Master, how about playing a game with me? I guess what you're going to eat tomorrow morning. How about we each write the answer on our palms?"
"Okay, guest." When Hu Tao heard the word "game", he immediately became interested and asked the ceremonial officer's sister to get a pen and started writing in his hand.
After finishing writing, Hu Tao and Zhongli opened their palms at the same time and found that "Crystal Shrimp Dumplings" was written on the palms of their hands.
"Ah? Guest? How did you know that? Did you guess?" Hu Tao walked around behind Zhongli and threw herself on his back like a spoiled child, saying cheerfully, "Tell me now! Don't hide anything~"
"Haha, it's actually very simple. Xiangling will be on duty at Wanmin Hall tomorrow, and crystal shrimp dumplings are her recent specialty."
Zhongli looked up at the sunset in the distance. "Ever since the Lantern Festival this year, Bai Zhu has been telling the Hall Master to eat a light diet. Plus, now is the perfect time for shrimp, so I guessed what the Hall Master will have for breakfast tomorrow."
"However, what I want to say is that when you have enough intelligence, predicting the future is not difficult."
Zhongli paused and said, "Rather than being full of coincidences, the future is more likely to be a result of inevitability caused by countless factors. Therefore, I suspect that the Immortal Boat's Jade Omen is a technology that can grasp countless 'factors' in advance."
"I understand what you mean, Keqing, but divination about civilian and military issues requires too many factors, doesn't it? That kind of vast amount of calculations..." Although she could understand it, Walnut still found it hard to imagine that this was a realm that humans could reach.
"Hmm, so I guess the Immortal Boat isn't just a force of patrolling hunters. Other Star Gods have also provided them with assistance."
"For example...intelligence."
Chapter 100 Ao Guang: Could Bai Lu be a descendant of our Four Seas Dragon Clan?
"After chatting with Tingyun, Xing and Sanyueqi were planning to stroll around Changletian, but as soon as they reached the square, they noticed a large crowd of people gathered there."
"I squeezed over and saw a Cloud Rider lying on a stretcher. He was holding his head and writhing in pain. The next second, a golden light wrapped around him, and branches grew out of his body."
"This is the devil's Yin body's fault!"
"Just as the entire square was about to fall into chaos, a tiny girl with horns on her head and a dragon's tail suddenly came running towards us at breakneck speed, shouting, 'Everyone, get back!'"
"Then, Xiao Longnu's tail began to crackle with lightning, and then with a powerful sweep, the soldier who had been attacked by the demonic body fell into a baby's sleep on the spot."
"Then she pulled out a small gourd from her bosom and said, 'Quickly feed him this medicine and make him lie down quietly!'"
Undersea purgatory.
"This...is this our dragon clan?!" Ao Guang looked at the horns and tail on Bai Lu's forehead in disbelief.
There is no doubt that this is the characteristic of their dragon race.
"Could it be that there are also descendants of our dragon race within the immortal boat?" A dark blue female dragon crawled out of the magma, its sharp claws hooked on the rock wall, and it giggled: "It seems that the scene in this light curtain is our future."
"Why do you think so?" asked Ao Qin, the Dragon King of the South China Sea.
Ao Run narrowed his eyes and pointed at Chang Letian in the light curtain. "The clothing of the people on this immortal boat is so similar to that of the people in Chentang Pass. Perhaps the ancestors of the large ships on the immortal boat were the people of Chentang Pass."
"No, no..." Ao Guang slowly shook his head, "Where is Heaven?"
"'There is always someone better than you,' brother...how do you know that there is no stronger force outside of heaven?" Ao Run smiled meaningfully.
The meaning of her words was not difficult to understand. The so-called star gods such as "Abundance", "Destruction" and "Hunting" were the forces that surpassed the Heavenly Court.
"Brother, is there a possibility that when the immortal boat set out..." Ao Run hesitated to speak.
Ao Guang silently pointed his chin, motioning his sister to continue.
"By the time the immortal boats set out, the Heavenly Court had already been destroyed by the messengers sent by the star gods. Because of this, those people were able to embark on the immortal boats and leave their homeland and journey into the universe. Our Four Seas Dragon Clan no longer needed to suppress the sea monsters, so we set out with them."
"This way, we can explain why there are descendants of our dragon clan on the immortal boat."
"That makes sense, but the destruction of Heaven..." Ao Guang glanced sharply at the sky. This conclusion was still too unbelievable. With his cultivation and methods, it was difficult for him to imagine the destruction of Heaven.
"Could there be some mistake?" Ao Qin said from the side, "Although that girl is a dragon, she didn't show much of the power of our Four Seas Dragon Clan. She only knocked the demon's Yin body unconscious with one tail..."
"Well, that's right. Let's observe it for a while longer." Ao Guang sighed.
Deep down, he desperately hoped that what Ao Run said was true. Rather than endlessly suppressing monsters in the underwater purgatory, it would be better to board the immortal ship with humans and journey into the universe. Even if the future was uncertain and life and death were unpredictable...it was better than suffering endless torment here.
"Just as the girl handed the gourd over, four more soldiers in front of her transformed into demonic beings and slowly stood up."
"Uh... I mean, make them lie down... well."
"Such a cute little girl asked for help from me. Naturally, Xing and the others would not just sit idly by. Together with March Qi, they picked up the demonic bodies with weapons and knocked them all unconscious."
Looking at the fallen demonic beings, Bai Lu finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you, uncles and sisters, for helping to calm the patients. Your [Heavy Impact Anesthesia] technique is quite impressive."
"'Critical anesthesia... do we have it?'" It was the first time Sanyueqi had heard such a niche medical term.
"The demonic Yin-body soldiers have been left with even more injuries after this ordeal. Bai Lu sighed, expressing her frustration that she was too busy to handle the situation."
"Little friend, seeing a doctor is not just playing house..." Xing said in a coaxing tone.
"March Seven also began to look around, searching the crowd: 'Where did this child come from? Where is her father?'"
Bai Lu: "I don't have a father."
"Ah?" Sanyueqi's face showed sympathy and pity. "What about your mother?"
Bai Lu: "I don't have a mother either."
"…" Sanyueqi was completely numb. She scratched her head helplessly, as if she had said something wrong again."
"I understand. You see my small stature and think I must be a kid who ran away without telling my parents."
Bai Lu put her hands on her hips, raised her chin proudly, and hummed, "This is the Immortal Boat! Little sister from outside, don't judge us by appearances! We, the Chiming Clan, are self-sufficient in reincarnation and don't need any parents!"
"I've been studying medicine since I was born, and I'm a licensed healer in the Dan Ding Division!"
"Chi, Chi...Ming clan? What is that? Another alias...alias for the dragon clan?" Shen Gongbao looked at Ao Bing who was practicing martial arts not far away.
"Master, the Four Seas Dragon Clan has never heard of this title." Ao Bing put down the weapon in his hand and responded respectfully.
"Although she also possesses dragon horns and a tail, this may be the only connection between this little sister and our Four Seas Dragon Clan." Ao Bing pondered for a moment and said, "She just said that the Vajra Clan is self-sufficient through reincarnation, which is completely different from our dragon clan's reproduction method."
Although he has been practicing with his master since he was young, he still has parents.
Moreover, looking at the soft and cute appearance of this little sister, it seems that she has little to do with the power of the Four Seas Dragon Clan.
However, ever since his master saw Tianmu appear, Ao Bing noticed that something was wrong with his master's mood.
The vast universe seemed even more vast than Heaven. At first, Master refused to believe it, insisting that the Master would intervene to vanquish the demons. However, by the end of Xing and the others' adventure with Beloberg, he hadn't seen the Master appear, let alone even the shadow of Heaven.
There are no dazzling spells, nor are there immortals to admire, only the vast ocean-like power of the star gods, dominating one planet after another.
Recalling the time when Cun Hu Klipper glanced at him, Ao Bing felt for the first time like a drop in the ocean. In front of the Star God, not only him, but even the Twelve Golden Immortals that his master had always cherished seemed insignificant...
The gods ascend to heaven, but there is another heaven beyond heaven, not only heaven, but also star gods.
Chapter 101 Fulilian: Immortality is the cruelest punishment for some people
"The children in Beloberg were still playing in the mud underground, but the children here are already skilled in treating patients." Although I understand, Sanyueqi was still surprised.
Bai Lu pretended not to hear her words: "The Immortal Boat has been in turmoil lately. If you..."
"If you have nothing to do, then stop running around, right?" Sanyueqi immediately predicted what she was going to say, spreading his hands and saying helplessly, "What a pity, the general of Luofu has given us an errand, so we have to run around a lot."
"Well, if you guys have any injuries or bruises... I can see you for free! Since you saved me, I'll give you a 20% discount on the medicine!" Bai Lu smiled.
"Then, she devoted herself to the injuries of those demonic Yin-body soldiers."
"Watching her diligently treating the patient, Walter was quite curious: "So, this is the Chiming tribe? I've only seen records of them in the literature, and I heard that they are descendants of the Dragon Vein Clan. This does seem to be appropriate."
"Xing and the others didn't want to disturb Bai Lu anymore, so they decided to continue strolling around and wait for the connection with the person Fu Xuan had arranged."
"Excuse me, young lady. Please stay." A bearded man approached. "Thank goodness you intervened earlier to save the people of Changletian and the Dragon Lady."
"Lady Dragon Girl?" Sanyueqi turned around in surprise, looking at the girl behind him who was concentrating on the treatment. "That child, from what she's called, seems to have quite a background."
Teyvat continent, Coral Palace.
"I infer... this little girl should be a figure like the leader of the Chiming tribe, and she is very important in the current situation of the Immortal Boat." Coral Palace Xinhai said after a little thought.
"Ah... Lord Coral Palace, how did you guess that?" Goro looked at the girl curiously.
"Wulang, look, there are only three races appearing on the Immortal Boat right now: the Fox People, the Chiming Clan, and ordinary Immortal Boat humans. But do you see any problems?"
"Foxmen have tails and ears, but the rest... I can't tell."
"That's the problem. Ordinary humans on the Xianzhou Immortal Boat look no different from the Chiming people. This at least shows that Bai Lu's obvious dragon characteristics are extremely rare in the entire Chiming tribe." Coral Palace Xinhai speculated.
"I'm not sure she's the leader of the Chiming Clan, but it's possible... she must have inherited the clan's secret techniques, which is why she's in her current form."
"Master Coral Palace means... this Miss Bailu may have more than just medical skills? Maybe she has some hidden power that is unknown to the public?" After hearing what Xinhai said, Wulang suddenly became expectant.
"Hmm... I can't guess that." Xin Hai raised his head and smiled softly, "But if this is a story written by those light novel writers in Yaedo, then Miss Bailu will definitely be given some special powers."
"After all, they are dragons. Even in Teyvat, there is no creature related to 'dragon' that is not powerful, right?" Xinhai thought of the deep-sea dragon lizards in the Abyss Palace that were both resistant and capable of fighting. If it weren't for the traveler... she didn't know how to deal with it.
"The man is from the Dihengsi, his name is Dahao. He came to see Xing because he heard they were guests of the general and that they were quite skilled. He wanted to invite them to the Dihengsi for a chat."
"Although I guessed that things wouldn't be easy after this, but since I have nothing to do right now, I decided to follow Dahao."
"In the Diheng Division, Dahao expressed his gratitude once again. In order not to waste your time, he directly stated the current predicament of the Immortal Boat."
"As you can see, since the asteroid catastrophe, the demonic Yin body's madness has spread." Dahao said solemnly, "The demonic Yin body is a fate that the people of the Immortal Boat have always avoided. Under the watchful eyes of the Ten Kings, it shouldn't appear so frequently."
"But now, more and more people, especially those like Yunqi who have to bear pressure and risk, are beginning to fall into the demonic body."
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