Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 457 - 48: Ghosts Steal Vegetables at Midnight, Soul-Binding Grass Man Rises! (6K)_2

Chapter 457: Chapter 48: Ghosts Steal Vegetables at Midnight, Soul-Binding Grass Man Rises! (6K)_2

"Dealing with the Southern Barbarian Battlefield, even just a partial war is hard to withstand," Zhao Xing looked at his palm where he had just been cut, oozing strands of blood.

"The yao pattern changes, from Lake Mountain Xian to Mountain Earth Bo, signifying that the petty men wield power, while the noble men lose their influence, with crises lurking everywhere."

"Only by stopping with the momentum can one achieve great fortune."

A glint of contemplation flashed in Zhao Xing’s eyes. "Could it be that after taking over the Sacrificial Soul Pass, we should stop cooperating? Who would sabotage our collaboration? The Zhao Yuan Army? The Yuanhua Army? The Huan You Army? Or Prince Liang’s Faction?"

There were too many possibilities, and Zhao Xing was unsure of the outcome.

"Zhao Xing, what did you call me here for?" Chen Shijie arrived riding the clouds and landed on the warship.

He looked at the scorched turtle shell fragments on the ground and frowned, "Are you really divining fortunes?"

Long Xiao had mentioned Zhao Xing would do divination for him, Chen Shijie thought it was a joke, but it turned out to be true.

"Just read some miscellaneous books, playing around with divination," said Zhao Xing.

"You even used a Seventh Grade Spirit Turtle, this is not just playing around," Chen Shijie said, "Don’t learn this recklessly, the path of divination is easy to get obsessed with."

"Are you worried I’ll get obsessed?" Zhao Xing laughed, "You forgot what I’ve told you."

Chen Shijie’s brow relaxed - indeed, anyone who could declare ’My fate is in my own hands, not dictated by heaven’ while in the Flame Mountain doesn’t seem like someone who would believe in such things.

Since he wasn’t worried, Chen Shijie grew curious, "What were you calculating?"

"I was calculating about our cooperation," replied Zhao Xing.

"Oh? And the result?" prompted Chen Shijie.

"Of course, it turned out to be a success," said Zhao Xing.

Chen Shijie’s brows raised, "Did you actually learn something useful? I’ve just come from the Council Hall, Nangong Ye, the Qi Yuan Army, and Yi Yue have all left. They accepted our coalition proposal."

While Chen Shijie was speaking, Zhao Xing activated the Dayan Qi Observation Skill.

"The center of the Qi fortune is ashen, with only a dark red layer on the outside, full of cracks. The Qi fortune is chaotic, with red, grey, and white often intermingling, with grey and white occasionally dominating."

"Old Chen’s Qi fortune hovers between Dayan’s one and two, which is somewhat forced for his Sixth Grade status, much worse compared to Long Xiao." Zhao Xing thought silently.

Old Chen was a man with a thin fate and short Qi; if he hadn’t been an official in Great Zhou, he probably would’ve died earlier, not meant to live this long.

"Give me some blood, and I’ll calculate for you," Zhao Xing said.

A drop of blood sprang from the tip of Chen Shijie’s finger.

Zhao Xing then got a fresh Seventh Grade Turtle Plate.

This time Zhao Xing wanted to ask not only about auspicious or ominous outcomes but also about Old Chen’s fortune within the year.

Because in less than two months, it would be the Jingxin Calendar Eighteenth Year.

There would be a calamity in the Ten Suns Cave Heaven when the time came, and he needed to see whether Old Chen would die in this calamity; he couldn’t directly divinate about Ten Suns Cave Heaven.

"Rise!"

The turtle shell floated, and the blood smeared over it, a flame encompassing the turtle shell.

"Crack~"

Faint cracks appeared on the turtle shell, gradually spreading across the entire turtle plate.

As the firing process proceeded, Zhao Xing extended five fingers, contemplating heaven and earth.

Five Finger Destiny Method! Activate!

Zhao Xing felt some resistance.

Because this time, his calculations took longer.

Chen Shijie was under the protection of Great Zhou’s Qi fortune, which prohibited others from divining his fate.

Zhao Xing’s Turtle Coin Divination Skill and Five Finger Destiny Method could circumvent these prohibitions, but divining far into the future, he would still feel this resistance.

"Bang!"

The Seventh Grade Turtle Plate exploded outright.

"Hmm?"

Chen Shijie immediately grabbed Zhao Xing to retreat.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

Sharp turtle shells immediately left many cuts on their bodies.

"Are you alright?" Chen Shijie furrowed his brow looking at Zhao Xing.

"I’m fine," Zhao Xing unnoticeably tucked his right hand into his sleeve, "It overheated, so it didn’t work out."

"It’s not a serious technique, you should practice it less," said Chen Shijie. There was no secret technique concerning the profession of fate in the court, and he was afraid Zhao Xing might have practiced some crooked method.

"Okay, I’ll practice it less in the future," Zhao Xing nodded.

"I must be off, there are military affairs to attend to."

"Okay."

Zhao Xing watched Chen Shijie leave, his expression turning gloomy.

He then took his hand out of his sleeve; by now, all five of his fingers were broken.

"Old Chen’s calamity might indeed be in the Ten Suns Cave Heaven," Zhao Xing pondered, resetting his finger bones. "The Jian Trigram, Water Mountain Jian, does not bode well for heading north, and Ten Suns Cave Heaven is just to the north of this direction. With the treasures of Ten Suns Cave Heaven being mountains and water, Old Chen’s entry will be full of challenges and dangers, his fate unpredictable."

Of course, this was only a possibility, but combining his past life experience, he felt this likelihood was significant.

"Still, we need to get this old buddy to quickly accumulate a million battle merits, then during the stage rewards next year, he can be promoted to Sixth Grade and receive a Marquis title, boosting his Qi fortune a bit more, and perhaps he can weather it through."

The path of fate is most arcane, but there are still some basic rules; in such matters, Zhao Xing could not take the hit for Chen Shijie.

For instance, if he directly said to Chen Shijie, "Don’t enter Ten Suns Cave Heaven next March."

If Chen Shijie indeed had a destined calamity, he might not die, but then the disaster would befall Zhao Xing.

Even Qi fortune of Dayan three might not withstand the kind of calamity in Ten Suns Cave Heaven, a catastrophe that could even kill those of Fifth Grade.

To resolve it, he still needed to strengthen Chen Shijie’s personal Qi fortune.

In the following days, Zhao Xing stayed on the warship decapitating turtles, practicing the four newly learned secret techniques.

Among them, Five Finger Destiny advanced at a moderate rate, while the Turtle Coin part of the Turtle Divination Method had already reached an intermediate completion.

More than two thousand turtles were completely slaughtered.

It was impossible to progress further without the Money Divination Skill; these two techniques needed to be combined to transform into high-level methods.