Volume 1 Uncle Nine's World Chapter 49: Maoshan Six Trigrams
Wencai was still somewhat reluctant to leave, but fortunately this kid had not yet become arrogant enough to challenge Uncle Jiu’s authority, so he could only obediently follow Jiale and leave.
It was already afternoon when we returned to the charity cemetery.
"Jia Le, why did you buy so many things?"
Uncle Jiu was a little surprised when he saw that the two men’s bags were full. He wondered how much money this would cost.
"Master, I finally made it to town, so I'll buy some food. Wencai and I will cook in a while and make sure we have a delicious meal. I've already called Qiu Sheng, and he will be back in the evening."
Uncle Jiu shook his head when he heard this, but he also understood the speed at which corpse-carrying people could make money. He knew that these things were nothing to Jia Le. But when he thought of this, Uncle Jiu felt a little sad. He had saved money for more than ten years, but it might not be as much as Jia Le.
If Uncle Jiu knew that Jia Le still had twenty gold bars, he probably wouldn't bother to compare.
Uncle Jiu also liked the delicious food and didn’t say much.
Jiale and Wencai tinkered with the meal. It wasn’t a full banquet, but it still made Qiu Sheng and Wencai very full.
This feeling usually only occurs when Uncle Jiu’s birthday comes. Well, Uncle Jiu’s birthday is usually sponsored by the wealthy families in the town.
Perhaps because the meal made Uncle Jiu happy, he called Jia Le to his room that night.
A peach wood sword appeared in front of Jiale. He didn't know if it was Jiale's illusion, but he actually felt a flash of lightning on the peach wood sword.
"Uncle Master, could this be made from the five hundred year old lightning struck wood?"
Uncle Jiu nodded slowly, "That's right, you and your disciple are lucky to have obtained such a piece of lightning-struck wood from the Huang clan. This peach wood sword has already reached the highest level of magical weapon, and its power is incomparable to ordinary weapons. You must use it with caution."
As he spoke, Uncle Jiu had already handed the peach wood sword to Jiale .
Jiale took it without any hesitation. He promised to give it to Simu. If he had the chance in the future, he would just get another one for Uncle Jiu.
Feeling the power of the wooden sword struck by lightning for five hundred years, Jiale was somewhat excited. He had a feeling that even green zombies and evil spirits would not be able to survive the second sword.
"Thank you, Uncle Master!"
Uncle Jiu nodded, but handed another Taoist book to Jiale.
"Uncle Master, I have learned a variety of things, including refining weapons, formations, talismans, divination, Bagua Palm, etc. I will teach you refining weapons and formations later, but today I will teach you divination."
Fortune telling!
Jiale nodded immediately. Asking about good and bad luck when encountering things and fortune-telling are essential for spiritual practice.
He opened the Taoist book in his hand. The title of the book was also very simple, "Maoshan Six Trigrams!"
The six hexagrams of Maoshan, one asks about good and bad fortune, two asks about past and future lives, three asks about the gods in the underworld, four asks about the gods in heaven, five changes the destiny and seizes the secrets of heaven, and six disrupts yin and yang and goes against the will of heaven.
The simplest one is the first hexagram. Divination is a technique to steal the secrets of heaven. If you use it too much and steal too much, your luck will be damaged. Everything has a price, including fortune-telling. At the very least, it may cause loss of wealth, at the worst, it may shorten your life, and at the worst, you may even have to sacrifice your life.
"Jia Le, the art of divination is to see the big from the small and the obvious from the subtle, but you must not rely on it too much. If it is not necessary, it is better not to use it. Today, Master Uncle teaches you so that you can have more means to save your life in the future. Just ask about good and bad luck, but don't change your fate without permission!"
Uncle Jiu spoke seriously, and Jiale agreed earnestly. He was not a child anymore. Jiale valued his life more than anything else, so he would naturally not do anything to change his fate. You have to know that fortune-telling to change one's fate cannot be used on oneself. Asking about good and bad luck is the limit of what can be done to oneself.
Jia Le would be crazy to change the fate of others and shorten his own lifespan. What he values is the ability to predict good and bad luck.
Seeing that Jiale knew the seriousness of the matter, Uncle Jiu no longer hesitated.
"The number of the Great Derivations is fifty, and its use is forty-nine. Divide it into two to represent two, hang one to represent three, and count it by four to represent the four seasons. Return the odd number to the '' to represent the leap year. There is a leap year in five years, so it is hung after two '' leap years''..."
There may be some flaws in the way Uncle Jiu teaches his apprentice, but Jiale is very smart. After listening to Uncle Jiu's explanation, Jiale sank into the unknown space. Sure enough, Uncle Jiu repeated the explanation beside him. With the help of his understanding of the unknown space, Jiale's progress in fortune-telling can be said to be rapid.
After the explanation , Uncle Jiu began to demonstrate it himself.
I saw him take out the copper coins and play with them.
"Divination usually uses tortoise shells, yarrow, coins, bamboo sticks or astrology. Uncle Master is good at coins and astrology. Today you are a beginner, so let's start with coins. Look carefully and feel it carefully!"
In the unknown space, as Uncle Jiu began to tell fortunes, changes occurred. In the space, Uncle Jiu followed Jia Le's instructions, and Jia Le seemed to be assisted by God. Even a complicated technique like divination was mastered by him overnight.
Over the next three days, Jiale became more and more proficient in the art of divination.
Moreover, Jiale discovered one thing: fortune-telling in an unknown space would not have any effect on himself.
Ordinary divination, even if it only asks about good or bad luck, will generally damage one's own luck. It is just a matter of how much. If it is not done frequently, it can be recovered after a period of recovery.
While learning fortune-telling, the monks also have a deeper understanding of their own destiny.
Jia Le could feel that fortune-telling in the unknown space had indeed no effect on his luck. For this reason, Jia Le experimented with it before entering the unknown space, and found that his luck was indeed damaged. Comparing the two, Jia Le couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Not only is there a great benefit to divination that it is free, but also Jiale discovered new uses for unknown spaces through divination.
Since there is one, there must be two. Jiale has already realized the extraordinary nature of the unknown space and will surely be able to develop more uses for it in the future, and even see its true face.
Now I don’t dare to think too far ahead. Since there is no price, Jiale has nothing to worry about.
You should know that the art of divination is difficult to learn and difficult to master. It is difficult to learn because it requires talent. Of course, it is also difficult to master because of talent, but a very important point is that because of the cost, no one can practice it with confidence. Everything requires practice to become proficient. Progress made on paper will always be superficial.
During the three days, Jiale used the divination technique endlessly in the unknown space, which was the real reason for his rapid progress.
However, it was also because of this that Jia Le gradually became dissatisfied with asking about good and bad luck, and actually wanted to start prying into fate. As a result, just as he started, he felt his luck was shaking, and Jia Le hurriedly stopped. At this time, he realized that perhaps the unknown space could really eliminate the cost of divination, but there were also limitations.
Or maybe it can only eliminate a small cost like fortune-telling , or maybe it is related to one's own strength or other things.
I dare not make any more reckless advances. For now, it is enough to just ask about good and bad luck. After my strength improves, I will try other things.
Three days passed in a flash.
Uncle Jiu called Jiale, Qiu Sheng and Wencai and went to the Ren family. Today was the day to break ground and relocate the burial site for the Ren family.
"Uncle Master, do you know how to tell fortunes?"
Upon hearing this, Uncle Jiu paused and shook his head slowly. After chatting with Jia Le last time, Uncle Jiu felt that his cultivation had begun to loosen up. Recently, he had been focusing on practicing. Now that he finally saw hope, of course he did not dare to ruin his luck. Even when he was demonstrating for Jia Le, he was only focusing on the form.
Jiale put the three copper coins in his hand and let Uncle Jiu look at them.
"fierce!"
