643: Chapter 643 Divination

Jiang Xingwan's eyes flickered slightly. A moment later, she returned to normal and shook her head, saying, "I didn't divine anything at all!"

"Didn't divine anything at all?" Liu Xuan was not very satisfied with this answer.

Seeing that Liu Xuan did not believe her, Jiang Xingwan explained, "When I first met you, I did indeed attempt to divine your identity, background, cultivation strength, and so on."

"But as soon as the divination began, a terrifying force of backlash descended. If I hadn't stopped in time, I would have been severely injured or even died!"

Recalling that scene, Jiang Xingwan still felt lingering fear. Before that terrifying force of backlash, she couldn't even summon the thought of resisting.

Liu Xuan frowned slightly. "So, you're saying that what you said before about divining that I could help you achieve the Dao was nonsense, and in reality, you didn't divine anything at all?"

Jiang Xingwan felt slightly embarrassed, but she still said righteously, "Being met with backlash is also a form of divination result. At the very least, I knew you, my husband, were definitely not as simple as you appeared on the surface. How can that be considered nonsense?"

Liu Xuan was stunned!

It sounded like sophistry, but upon closer inspection, it seemed what she said was not wrong.

Taking advantage of Liu Xuan's daze, Jiang Xingwan continued to argue, "If you, my husband, do not believe what I just said, I can teach you the entire art of Heavenly Secret Divination. Once you master it, you will naturally believe me."

Teach it? Liu Xuan's interest immediately shifted from the truthfulness of Jiang Xingwan's words to the art of Heavenly Secret Divination. "Can this method be taught? I have heard that the difficulty of learning it is extremely high, no less than that of advanced Formations."

The art of divination has the same effect as mysterious Formations, but it is essentially more mystical, and the difficulties of each have their own merits.

Jiang Xingwan waved her hand. "The art of divination belongs to special techniques, and the difficulty varies from person to person. For those without talent, no matter how hard they try, it is useless. But for those with talent, it is actually just a matter of course."

"I have heard that you, my husband, are known as True Lord Wanfa, and are proficient in pills, artifacts, talismans, and Formations. Surely you must also have Heaven-Defying talent in divination and prophecy, and will be able to master it easily."

Jiang Xingwan's star-like eyes stared at Liu Xuan, full of expectation and confidence.

She had confidence, but Liu Xuan himself had none at all.

He knew his own situation clearly. How could he be a Genius? He was just someone with a cheat.

Without relying on a cheat, studying on his own—let alone whether he had talent, even if he did, he didn't want to spend time learning it…

"Fine! You can tell me about the basic parts first, and I'll give it a try."

Lack of confidence aside, Liu Xuan was still very interested in the mysterious art of foreknowledge. Regardless of whether he could master it, it was always good to understand it.

Seeing that Liu Xuan agreed, Jiang Xingwan's expression brightened, and she immediately took out a Jade Slip she had prepared long ago and handed it to him.

"The art of Heavenly Secret Divination is a shallow application of the Dao of Karma and Destiny. Everything in the world has Karma, and Karma intertwines to form a complex network. What we need to do is to use a point to represent the whole, and through this network, predict the future trend of things…"

"You cannot touch upon the overly broad principles of the Dao for now. I will start by explaining the simplest Plum Blossom Yi Numerology to you…"

Liu Xuan listened, feeling completely lost. Jiang Xingwan rambled on for a long time, and he didn't even know what direction to ask questions in.

Karma and Destiny—these two things seemed to have logic, but in essence, they were all a mess of Chaos.

What Liu Xuan hated most were things without logic. The more he listened, the more he resisted.

"The Heavenly Dao itself possesses the attribute of Chaos. Therefore, Heavenly Secret Divination can never obtain an absolute result. The clearer the thing being divined, the greater the probability of error, or even the opposite."

"Conversely, if one only divines good or bad fortune, disaster or blessing, success or failure… these kinds of binary trends, the success rate will be much higher."

Liu Xuan agreed with this point. It was just like the double pendulum System in physics; just two swinging sticks were impossible to predict in their movement trajectory, let alone a world that was infinitely more complex.

Simply put, the clearer the purpose of the divination, the longer the time span, the higher the difficulty, and the lower the accuracy.

After listening to Jiang Xingwan explain the basics of Plum Blossom Yi Numerology, setting aside the parts involving the Laws of the Heavenly Dao, Liu Xuan felt it wasn't much different from a charlatan.

Because the art of divination has an iron rule: it does not guarantee accuracy. No matter how high the cultivation level or the Realm, no matter how simple the thing being divined, it is impossible to achieve one hundred percent accuracy.

Reasonable! Logically speaking, one hundred percent and zero percent both belong to extreme concepts and can hardly be truly realized.

The two Daos of Karma and Destiny are relatively special. In the early stages, there is almost no path to Cultivate them. Even Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation big shots can only use them superficially, to seek good fortune and avoid disaster, or to make more favorable choices in dilemmas.

But the Late Stage is different. Once one truly masters a portion of the Dao of Karma and Destiny, that is to manipulate everything—a god-like existence.

Liu Xuan had not thought about relying on his own learning to master such an awesome thing; he just treated it as playing a game.

He raised his hand to form a seal, intending to try whether he could use the Plum Blossom Yi Numerology Jiang Xingwan just taught him to divine his own fortune.

Just halfway through forming the seal, Jiang Xingwan suddenly reached out and interrupted him, explaining seriously, "The art of divination, besides the Dao of Karma and Destiny, also connects to the Laws of Heaven and Earth and the thing being divined itself."

"Therefore, one cannot easily divine things of too high a level, otherwise, one will suffer backlash just like I did before, and in severe cases, one might even lose their life."

Liu Xuan was startled. "It's that serious?"

"Then it should be no problem for me to divine myself, right?"

Jiang Xingwan smiled. "No problem, but you cannot divine yourself alone; it's meaningless. There must always be another related thing, and then you must be cautious, especially a beginner like you."

Liu Xuan nodded. Then he would first use his children to try his hand and divine their good or bad fortune and luck.

The result left Liu Xuan dumbfounded: it was great fortune, with only a few showing as normal.

Liu Xuan tried again with his wives and concubines. The result was about half great fortune, about half normal, and only a small portion showed as minor misfortune.

Looking at it this way, it was quite accurate! Liu Xuan was currently only able to divine good or bad fortune and was not proficient in casting the spell, but judging from the results, it should be quite accurate.

Moreover, Liu Xuan suddenly discovered a problem: he didn't feel any backlash from the Heavenly Dao at all!

There was none when divining his children, none when divining Yun Yao, Bai Jie, and the others, and even when Liu Xuan divined Peach Blossom, there was still none.

Liu Xuan looked at Jiang Xingwan opposite him and directly used her as the object of his divination.

"No!"

Jiang Xingwan was extremely sensitive to divination involving her. As soon as Liu Xuan started forming the seal, she knew what Liu Xuan was doing.

"With your current cultivation level, if you divine me, you will definitely be met with backlash!"

Jiang Xingwan's cultivation was not only at the Soul Transformation Middle Stage, but she also carried a specially refined Spirit Treasure to counter divination. Even those of the same rank could not easily perform divination on her.

Just as she was anxious about how to save Liu Xuan when he was met with backlash later, she only heard Liu Xuan murmur the hexagram.

"Jiang Xingwan, recent fortune, all six lines are auspicious…"