Divination could be roughly divided into three types.
The first type was calculation, which used existing conditions to calculate. For example, knowing the wind speed, distance, wind resistance, and calculating how long it would take for a hurricane to reach the next boundary. Another example was to calculate the amount of rain according to the weather and terrain.
There was not much difference between calculation and calculation. They were all deductions based on existing conditions. As long as those Ground Fairies knew your name, they could use special methods to calculate your past lives and calculate your general actions in the next few hundred years. They could even calculate what materials you would need to cultivate and where you would go to cultivate based on the characteristics of your cultivation technique. Take Ji Feichen for example. He needed the Ruoshui to cultivate the Demonic Dragon Scripture, so he only needed to go to the Ruoshui and wait.
Calculation required an extremely high IQ. Ji Feichen's Jade Heaven Changing Scripture was a special method of calculation. But even with the Calculation Scripture, he did not dare to say that he could calculate everything in the world. Because a mistake in one of the conditions would lead to an error in the entire result. And this also gave birth to Daoist techniques to deceive Heaven's secrets. They could modify or hide the existing conditions so that you could not calculate the truth. Ji Feichen's Ink Dragon Scale was like this. No Ground Fairies could calculate anything related to "Rogue Cultivator Qing Hong".
At this time, two other methods were needed — divination and observation.
Divination, as the name suggested. Divination was to obtain the result from the Heavenly Dao.
This was a method that used divination, abandoning all deductions and obtaining the final result from the Heavenly Dao.
Deducing the heavenly secrets was mainly a process. Divination focused on the result. Many times, the result was obscure and difficult to understand, just like what Ji Feichen calculated with the Nine Cloud Crystal Plate. Regarding the origin of dragon magic treasures, one needed to ponder and think about it by themselves. Most of the time, it was difficult to distinguish good from bad. If one misunderstood, it would lead to a tragic fate.
At this time, two methods were needed at the same time. Using the result to reverse calculate, using clues to deduce, and repeatedly checking the result. Ji Feichen used the Arithmetical Canon to deduce the process and the Mystic Crystal Plate to calculate the result. With these two methods, his success rate in deducing the mysteries of heaven increased by several folds. As for Li Jingxun, he was purely using the first method to deduce the secrets of heaven. He used the Grand Supreme's secret technique, the Xuande Grand Supreme Seven Divining Fingers to deduce the secrets of heaven. As for Qin Wu, he was in the third situation — observation.
He used the All-Seeing Eye to personally observe the Heavenly Dao. Nothing within a radius of a hundred li could escape the Heaven Eye's gaze. This method was truly observing with one's own eyes. It could see thousands of li away, see the past and the future, investigate the foundation of cultivators, and check the origins of demons. However, the Sky-Piercing Eye had a very high requirement for talent. Ordinary people couldn't do such a thing. Therefore, every generation of Supreme Firmament Palace's direct disciple had to have a special bone frame.
Just as the celestial eye appeared, Zheng Qiong immediately sensed it and walked out of the palace. When he saw the golden celestial eye in the night sky, he thought, The Supreme Celestial Palace's celestial eye truly lives up to its name. However, you can't interfere in the affairs of our Yin Ming School! He flicked his sleeves and a black wind blew in the station. Demonic clouds roared and buried everything in darkness.
This station had been built with great effort to guard against the celestial eye.
The celestial eye paused and ignored the Yin Ming School station. Instead, it looked further away. Today, there were quite a few people secretly observing Qin Wu. There were even a few who comprehended the Secret of First Origin.
Far away, rays of spiritual light converged and hid their traces, not allowing the celestial eye to detect them.
"That guy from Taiyuan Temple is definitely here!" After a long time, Qin Wu stopped. "I'm not sure about the people from Taishang Palace, but there is someone in the Demon Sect who isn't inferior to me. It should be the successor of Blood Sea."
Qin Wu rarely felt a little worried. When facing ordinary cultivators, even if they were Demon Cultivators, he didn't have any reservations. However, when it involved the successor of a sacred ground, he had to be vigilant to prevent Supreme Firmament Palace from falling.
Only the successor of a sacred ground could deal with the successor of a sacred ground. This was something that had been publicly acknowledged for thousands of years. Only the successor of a sacred ground could break through the three major barriers of the Secret of First Origin, the Five Qi Dynasties, and the Nine Profound Daos.
The successor of a sacred ground ascending to the Celestial Immortal stage was definitely the most perfect form.
The celestial eye dissipated. Ji Feichen, Li Jingxun, and the others heaved a sigh of relief and stopped their cultivation.
"The calculations just now made me discover something interesting." Ji Feichen was afraid of Qin Wu's methods, but he also found something interesting. He walked out of his residence and headed towards the bone forest at the side of the station.
At the bone forest, apart from Ji Feichen, there were two or three disciples of Yin Ming School.
Ji Feichen walked forward. "It's so late. What are the two of you doing here?"
"Senior apprentice-brother Zheng Qiong told us to refine a few Painted Skinned Women." As he spoke, one of them took out a human-skinned book and pointed at it. Human skins flew out from the book and wrapped around the bone trees.
The Bone Tree shook violently. White bones and skeletons filled the human skin, forming beautiful and elegant beauties. These beauties only had their instincts left. They only knew how to serve others.
Ji Feichen raised his eyebrows. "This is Senior Apprentice-Brother Zheng Qiong's Painted Skin Book?"
"Yes. By the way, why are you here, Senior Apprentice-Brother Ji? "
"I'm just taking a stroll." Ji Feichen casually walked through the bone forest and arrived in front of the two bone trees.
With a wave of his hand, two karmic threads connected with the distant He Wenkai.
"It really is his parents. So he's from Golden Turtle City? " Once a disciple of a demonic sect entered the sect, they would seal their memories and sever their past. They would return to the demonic sect and abandon all familial ties in the mortal world. This was the case for Ji Feichen, who was the original owner of this body, and it was the same for He Wenkai.
However, the demonic sect would not be kind enough to raise them from infancy. Usually, they would go to the mortal world to look for someone from the age of seven to twelve.
"He Wenkai entered the sect at the age of eight. How could he not know his parents' names from his childhood?" Ji Feichen chuckled and flicked his finger. The karmic threads automatically left two golden names on the bone trees.
"Names contain the power of words. Senior Apprentice-Brother He, I wish you good luck." Ji Feichen waved his hand again, and the names automatically disappeared. Following that, the karmic threads pulled and disturbed He Wenkai.
He Wenkai was meditating and cultivating his Qi. Suddenly, he had a sudden impulse. It was as if something that was closely related to him was happening.
Feeling vexed, he could no longer continue cultivating. Thus, he went out for a walk.
As for Ji Feichen, he returned to his room and took out the Nine Clouds Mystic Crystal Plate and chanted an incantation. There were eight dragons on the Nine Dragons Plate. The divine dragons spat out white mist, and the hazy mist formed a human figure in the center. He Wenkai's appearance could be vaguely seen.
Ji Feichen formed a hand seal and chanted an incantation. Black threads wrapped around the human figure, controlling its movements.
There seemed to be an invisible force that lured He Wenkai to the place where his parents' skeletons were.
When He Wenkai saw the two bone trees, he was at a loss. "These two trees are calling out to me?"
But no matter how he thought about it, he could not understand why.
Suddenly, two figures appeared under the bone trees. The two vengeful spirits stood in front of He Wenkai and seemed to want to say something. But in the end, they did not say a word and dispersed like bubbles.
"This is …" He Wenkai was not the only one who was dumbfounded. Ji Feichen also felt that something was wrong. "I'm just leading them to my parents. They have been dead for so many years. How can there be any spirits? "
Ji Feichen was puzzled. But the appearance of the "spirits" was very effective.
He Wenkai seemed to have understood something. He cut his wrist and used his own blood essence to check the identity of the skeletons.
His face immediately darkened.
If it were his fellow disciples, he would not mind using other people's skeletons as trees. But when it came to his family, although his memories were sealed, his feelings were still there. How could He Wenkai allow his parents' skeletons to be planted here?
From afar, the two disciples came forward with the painted book.
"I can't let them use my mother's skeletons to play with." He Wenkai kept the two bone trees. Luckily, there were many bone trees. Even if two bone trees were taken away, it did not seem like there was a decrease.
But after he dug them up, a vast white fog automatically appeared, and two more bone trees grew on their own.
Ji Feichen was secretly spying. When he saw this scene, he was enlightened. "I was wondering why this fellow was so gullible. So you came out from Mount Jiuhe?"
Knowing who was secretly helping him, Ji Feichen smiled. He calmly circulated his energy and regulated his breathing, waiting for the next day to arrive.
…
Early the next morning, Ji Feichen was woken up by a commotion.
He walked out and saw that someone was attacking the encampment.
"Has the Mystic Sect attacked?" He casually found a fellow disciple and asked.
"No, it's the officials." The fellow disciple smiled and said, "Golden Turtle City asked the imperial court for help. The imperial court asked the cultivators they provided to come forward and deal with us."
"The imperial court?" Ji Feichen revealed a look of disapproval. His evaluation of the Great Hong Imperial Dynasty was: Their ambitions are higher than the heavens, but their lives are thinner than paper.
Indeed, the Great Hong Imperial Dynasty was the nominal ruler of Xuanzheng Chau. But against the Four Great Sage, which one could they defeat? Even if the Human Monarch gathered the power of the people and was comparable to the Ground Fairies, they could be on equal footing with the Ground Fairies. But the Mystic Sect's 36 Upper Sects could easily pull out half a hundred Ground Fairies. Strictly speaking, the Taiqing Sect or the Yin Ming School could destroy the Great Hong Imperial Dynasty.
But the Great Hong Imperial Dynasty ruled a territory of tens of thousands of miles. If they wanted to expand further in the Four Wildernesses, they could only attack the Demon Sect. After all, the Four Wildernesses were all Demon Sect forces. But attacking the Demon Sect was clearly not something the Mystic Sect was willing to do. They were willing to go down the mountain to kill the Immortals once every 1,500 years. But usually, who was willing to go to the Four Wildernesses to cause trouble against the Demon Sect?
The bottom line of the Mystic Sect towards the Demon Sect was: As long as the Demon Sect did not enter the Central Plains, the Mystic Sect would not interfere in the Four Wildernesses.
Regarding this, the Great Hong Imperial Dynasty had many complaints. They despised these outsiders for not accepting the orders of the emperor and for not being disciplined. Thus, the Great Hong Imperial Dynasty nurtured its own cultivators and conserved their strength, waiting for the day when they truly ruled over Xuanzheng Chau.
"Cultivators from the imperial court? It's one thing for those alchemists to use unorthodox techniques to trick the nobles. But they actually dare to come here? "Ji Feichen walked over to take a look.
He saw a group of alchemists dressed in apricot-yellow clothes ordering the soldiers to set up huge cannons.
"Fire!" The leader waved the flag, and the cannons bombarded the encampment.
"I've long heard that the cultivators of the imperial court researched special Dharma artifacts through alchemy. So this is it?" Luo Qingyi also walked out. She had a languid demeanor, as if she had just been nourished.
Ji Feichen casually said, "It doesn't seem to be gunpowder."
"Gunpowder was derived from alchemy. But because it is too lethal to mortals, it has been banned. "Luo Qingyi stood leisurely at the side, holding a flower juice to dye her nails.
"Gunpowder?" Another cultivator walked over. "Those things do not harm us cultivators at all. I don't understand why the Mystic Sect has banned them."
Luo Qingyi glanced at him. "Not now doesn't mean there won't be in the future. A few Ground Fairies have divined the secrets of the heavens and discovered that after three thousand years, gunpowder technology will improve to the point of collapsing mountains and rivers and killing tens of thousands of people. "
One shot could collapse mountains and rivers, one shot could kill tens of thousands of people, and it would cause permanent damage to the environment.
"Our Yuan Gate is naturally in favor of this idea. But those old fellows from the Mystic Sect think that this is harmful to the heavens and are unwilling to let mortals master this technology. They only use gunpowder as a festive tool like fireworks. "Luo Qingyi felt that it was a pity. Back then, the people from the Origin Sect were behind the research and even dissemination of gunpowder. They hoped that mortals could use this lethal weapon to fight. It would be best if blood flowed like a river and the heavens were angry. Then, they could use these corpses to practice. Moreover, as the environment was destroyed and evil aura emerged, they could replace the Mystic Sect.
But the Mystic Sect discovered this early, and the Taishang Palace personally issued an order. "Gunpowder can be used for civilian use, but it must not be used in war. Otherwise, the Taishang Palace will change dynasties and depose the human king."
In the end, gunpowder was banned by the Taishang Palace, which caused the Great Hong Imperial Dynasty and the three palaces to fall out.
Because of this, Ji Feichen had a deep fear of the Ground Fairies's divination. If he did not have the Ink Dragon Scale, he would not have dared to resist any of the Ground Fairies.
The Ground Fairies could divine the divination of a thousand years in the future. Others might not be clear about the evolution of gunpowder, but how could Ji Feichen not know?
But because of the Mystic Sect's interference, Xuanzheng Chau walked a different path.
"This time, they seem to have taken out Dharma artifacts?"
"Yes." Luo Qingyi looked at the necromancers in a daze. She could feel that these cannons were refined using the techniques of cultivators. Then, they were controlled by soldiers with inner strength.
"This method of controlling the Dharma artifact cannons will cause the user to expend too much inner strength and even endanger his life. This style seems to be from the Endless Blood Sea? "
The Endless Blood Sea could not wait for the world to be filled with rivers of blood. The more people that died, the easier it would be for them to cultivate. They controlled the rise and fall of the dynasty and constantly gave mortals all kinds of weapons of mass destruction. Unfortunately, the Mystic Sect was not stupid. With the suppression of the three Great Sage, the Endless Blood Sea did not dare to do anything openly.
"If I'm not wrong, the people of the Blood Sea have joined forces with the imperial court to secretly promote a new type of weapon?" Luo Qingyi was completely helpless against the Demon Sect's leader's actions. Couldn't they fight the Mystic Sect with real swords and spears? Why did they have to involve a group of mortals?
But she had to admit that it was precisely because of the Endless Blood Sea's interference that the Great Hong Imperial Dynasty and the three palaces were divided, allowing the Blood Sea to successfully enter the three palaces.
The three of them watched for a while. Suddenly, a pillar of light hit Luo Qingyi's feet.
"You're asking for death!" Luo Qingyi was careless and did not paint her nails properly. She was immediately enraged and wanted to kill them.
Zheng Qiong rushed over in time and stopped Luo Qingyi. "Pretend that you can't beat them and leave first. Let the imperial court be smug for a while."
"This …" Ji Feichen suddenly reacted. "Help them advertise?"
"Yes. The Dharma artifacts in their hands were given by the Blood Sea. They wanted them to increase their research in this area. We'll help push them. "
Zheng Qiong temporarily told the people of the Yin Ming School to restrain themselves and let the officials use the Dharma artifacts.
When the officials called for 800 soldiers to set up a killing array and prepare to attack the encampment … Under Zheng Qiong's command, the disciples of the Yin Ming School brazenly took action and brought all the soldiers into the encampment.
"Why do we have to take action this time? I think their array is no weaker than the Dharma artifacts just now. "
"The Dharma artifact cannons just now were made by the Endless Blood Sea according to the Samadhi True Fire. Each cannon is expensive. As for the array at the back, it was researched by the imperial court itself. "
Therefore, they pretended that they couldn't beat the first wave. However, they could win the second wave.
"Anyway, those mortals can't understand it. Since the Blood Sea asked us to help put on a show, why not?" The Yin Ming School had come out with great fanfare this time. The Blood Sea had given them a lot of spiritual items and resources. Among them were the materials for the Xuanming Seven Orifices Pill.
"Oh yes, remember to confiscate all the Dharma artifact cannons later. Let the imperial court buy them from the Blood Sea. As for these cannons … Send them to the barbarians of the Southern Wilderness. Let them attack the Central Plains later and force the imperial court to research the Dharma artifacts. We'll rely on the Blood Sea further. "
The Demon Sect had been suppressed for many years. This time, they came up with a new trick. They wanted to start with the imperial court and completely bring the world under the rule of the Demon Sect.
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