Shao Xuan had seen Yi Qi and Yi Zong's movements from beginning to end. After sitting down, Shao Xuan thought about it carefully.
In fact, divination was similar to witchcraft incantations in many aspects. For example, knot divination. Every knot and even every detail of the knot was like an incantation in witchcraft incantations. However, not everyone could do that because witchcraft incantations, knot divination, and other divination methods required energy that was different from totem power to activate.
Totemic power was a type of fire seed energy, but the fire seed's power was not limited to totems. There were other types of power, such as the power of inheritance.
Witchcraft incantations were activated by a special power of inheritance. Similarly, divination relied on a special power as well.
The Yi family used a power unique to the Yi family. It was a type of power from the Yi family's fire seed. Shao Xuan, on the other hand, used a different type of power from his body. It had nothing to do with the Yanjiao's fire seed. This special power allowed Shao Xuan to ignore the rejection of other tribes' fire seeds. It allowed him to do things that normal people could not. For example, he could perform the Yi family's knot divination. He could also turn water moonstones into water moonstones like the Drumming tribe. All these things showed how special Shao Xuan's power was.
Now, Shao Xuan wanted to try again. He wanted to see if he could enter the Yi family's realm that normal people could not see. He was very interested in the Yi family's war. First, he was curious about how the Yi family would wage war. Second, he was curious about the appearance of that person in the desert. Until now, Shao Xuan had never seen one of the legendary founders of Rock Hill City. The man the Yi family regarded as' Ominous'.
No matter how old Yi Xiang was a thousand years ago, a thousand years had passed. Even the founder of Rock Hill City, Mu Han, had passed away. The people the Yi family had forced Yi Xiang to leave were also long gone. However, this person was still alive. He had tortured so many people in the Yi family to death. Now, he was finally going to attack the Yi family in the Royal City. Even if their ancestors were gone, they still had descendants. Revenge was a dish best served cold.
Yi Si had once told Shao Xuan that if this' Ominous' really did attack the Yi family, he would do so with the intention of 'exterminating the entire family'. There would be no mercy.
Shao Xuan wanted to see just how powerful the legendary 'Ominous' of the Yi family was. Unfortunately, the Yi family's war was not something that normal people could see.
Discarding all distracting thoughts, Shao Xuan held a straw rope in his hand and replayed Yi Zong and Yi Qi's actions in his mind. Time after time, the memory deepened in his mind. As he repeated everything over and over again, to the point where every detail, every finger movement, and every grain of sand became clear to him, a pair of hands appeared in Shao Xuan's mindscape.
When Shao Xuan received the legacy of knot divination from the bansui leaf, he had learned how to use a straw rope to make a divination conclusion from this pair of hands.
Right now, the pair of hands were holding a rope. As Shao Xuan repeated Yi Qi's actions in his mind, the pair of hands holding the straw rope in his mindscape moved as well.
The rope twined rapidly between the fingers of the pair of hands. Shao Xuan stared intently at the pair of hands. The knotting process was too complicated. Shao Xuan could not keep up with the speed of the pair of hands. Therefore, Shao Xuan stopped what he was doing and memorized every detail of the knotting process.
The knots were much more complicated than the ones Shao Xuan usually made for divination. However, because the pair of hands were so fast, it only took them a breath to complete the knot.
As the pair of hands finished making the knot, a spell symbol that looked like a burning flame appeared in Shao Xuan's mindscape. The flame on the spell symbol was white at the bottom and orange-red at the top, just like the color of the Yi family's fire seed. When the pair of hands disappeared in his mindscape, the burning spell symbol disappeared as well.
Shao Xuan carefully recalled the knotting motions of the pair of hands. His fingers, which were holding the straw rope, started moving as he recalled the knotting motions of the pair of hands. Although he did not know which member of the Yi family had created this legacy of knot divination, he had to admit that it was really impressive!
His hands were like a translation machine, presenting the technique formed by the jade, the golden sand, and the square plate in the form of knots!
As Shao Xuan recalled the movements of the pair of hands in his mind, he slowed down and broke them down bit by bit as he tried to make a knot. The straw rope in his hands also started to be knotted according to the movements of his fingers. However, compared to the knotting speed of the pair of hands in his mindscape, Shao Xuan's knotting speed was much slower.
Wrong!
A slight mistake caused the knot to fail. The straw rope wrapped around Shao Xuan's hands. It had been a long time since he had last seen this situation. It wasn't that the divination couldn't work, it was that there was a mistake. Thinking back to when he first practiced knotting knots, he often encountered similar situations.
He broke the tangled straw rope in his hands and took out a new straw rope to practice. He recalled every detail of the pair of hands and followed suit.
Still wrong!
If he was not careful, he would make another mistake. As long as he made a single mistake, the knot would not be able to be tied.
Again!
He kept recalling Yi Zong's and Yi Qi's movements. Then, he observed the pair of hands' knotting motions. Then, he slowed down the knotting speed and followed suit.
Wrong, again!
…
Wrong again, again!
…
Yes, this is it!
Shao Xuan raised his eyebrows slightly. When the last step was completed, he felt a "boom" in his brain. It was as if there was a cold current that came out of nowhere, stimulating the nerves in his brain to the point where they seemed to be buzzing. He opened his eyes and looked at the straw rope in his hands. A strange knot had appeared there. Shao Xuan could even vaguely feel the subtle changes in his surroundings when the knot appeared. It was as if the air had silently fluctuated.
Bang!
With a soft sound, the straw rope in Shao Xuan's hands broke into pieces. The knotted part of the rope turned into bits of grass. His head was throbbing with pain. He had used too much energy when he was tying the rope just now. It would take a while for him to recover.
Shao Xuan stared at the broken straw rope in his hands. He didn't know if it was because of the sudden break in the knot, but after the knot was formed, it suddenly fell apart. Fortunately, he had brought more straw rope with him before he came. Because he might need to use straw rope for divination, Shao Xuan usually used a different method when he was making straw ropes before a hunt. Every straw rope used for hunting could be divided into more than ten strands of thin rope. This method was more complicated and took more time, but the straw rope made with this method was stronger. It could also be used for divination.
Tracking didn't use a lot of straw rope, but now, Shao Xuan wanted to try to enter the other plane that the Yi family had mentioned. This would require a lot of straw rope.
After recalling the knotting method from earlier, Shao Xuan repeated the knotting action. Success the first time could only be attributed to luck and accident. Only by succeeding every time could one be considered to have mastered the knotting method. There was no room for luck when it came to matters like this. If he couldn't master it now, he might not be able to find the feeling of tying the rope again after some time. He might even miss out on a lot of important insights.
The knot that he successfully tied was deeply engraved in Shao Xuan's mind. When he succeeded the second time, Shao Xuan's hand movements were still not fast, but they were much smoother.
Then the third time, the fourth time …
After successfully tying five knots in a row, Shao Xuan temporarily stopped practicing the first knot and moved on to the next one. When all the movements of his hands were put together, he didn't just make one knot.
This kind of knot was very draining. Shao Xuan rested for a while before starting a new knot.
The second knot was even more complicated and difficult. When Shao Xuan succeeded in tying the knot, he couldn't wait to leave the sea of consciousness. His vision went dark for a moment. The long-awaited feeling of exhaustion reminded Shao Xuan of the first time he practiced knot divination. After resting for a while and drinking some water, he felt much better.
It really wasn't easy to watch a battle between the Yi family. If he hadn't tried, he wouldn't have known that the Yi family could withstand such a huge expenditure of energy! Previously, Yi Qi and Yi Zong had done it all in one step. The series of movements seemed to be a whole, without any stagnation or disintegration.
"That's really not easy. No wonder they're one of the six major aristocratic families in the Royal City." In the past, the Yi family, which was the early Yi tribe, was also a major tribe. Every major tribe had its reasons for being so powerful.
Taking a deep breath, Shao Xuan felt his fatigue recede. He continued trying to tie the third knot.
In the sea of consciousness, the hands made a total of eight knots. In other words, not only did Shao Xuan have to successfully tie all eight knots, but he also had to tie all eight knots consecutively. There couldn't be too long of a break in between, or the knots would directly break.
"This is a difficult task."
Was Shao Xuan anxious? Of course he was. If he could learn how to tie all eight knots smoothly, even if he could see the layer that ordinary people couldn't see, the battle might have already ended.
However, there was no point in being anxious. The more anxious he was, the more likely he would make mistakes. He had to remain calm.
Eight knots, each more complicated than the last. The easiest one was the first knot. The more he tried, the more difficult it became. The number of failures increased. Fortunately, Shao Xuan had some experience with the first few knots. These knots were different from the knots he usually tied during his divination. He couldn't use his past experience to look at these knots.
While the feeling was good, try again!
Third knot …
Fourth knot …
Fifth knot …
When the eighth knot was finally completed, it had been two days since Shao Xuan started trying to tie the rope.
Two days, eight knots, and this was after Shao Xuan sacrificed his sleep. He felt as if he had gone through a famine. His entire body was weak, and his back was covered in sweat. Large droplets of sweat dripped down from his forehead.
Heaving a long sigh, he casually ate some of the dry rations he had brought with him. He went out to hunt. After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Shao Xuan felt as if he had been reborn.
He glanced at Yi Zong and Yi Qi. Eight slaves were guarding the two of them. However, Yi Zong and Yi Qi were still the same as they were the day before yesterday. They were like stone statues, untouched.
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