Before he completely lost consciousness, he felt himself fall into a warm embrace, and a gentle voice said in his ear:
"Well done, young master."
When Liu Jinghong woke up again, she was lying in her own room, and there was no one else in the room.
The Pavilion Master's wife was busy with the follow-up matters of the Nine Pavilion Summit and did not stay by his side, but the pain from her meridians being torn had been mostly relieved, which meant that the Peak Master of Dan Peak had come to see her.
Liu Jinghong stared blankly at the roof beam, lost in thought. After a long while, he suddenly pulled the blanket over his face. His dark hair was scattered on the pillow, and through the gaps, one could vaguely see that his earlobes were slightly red.
"Oh? You're awake!"
Liu Jinghong crawled out from under the covers and awkwardly greeted Elder Danfeng.
The Peak Master of Danfeng was a small, squinty-eyed old man with a big beard. When he laughed, his eyes would disappear into the wrinkles: "You're quite something, kid. You awakened the Void Causal Eye without a sound! You've really stolen the limelight!"
Liu Jinghong just grinned foolishly.
The Peak Master of Danfeng slammed a bottle of pills on the table with a loud bang: "You still have the nerve to laugh! You really think I'm praising you?! Directly absorbing the spiritual energy from the Heavenly Spirit Jade! Are you out of your mind?!"
Liu Jinghong's smile froze.
"How are you feeling now?"
"Cough, it doesn't hurt anymore."
"Yes, the second round of the Nine Pavilion Summit is still half a month away. Don't use your spiritual power during this time, just rest and recuperate. Take one pill from this bottle every day. Understand?"
"I understand, I understand."
After finally seeing off the Peak Master of Danfeng, Liu Jinghong couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. He got up, stretched his limbs, quickly tidied himself up, grabbed his fan, and trotted off to Chu Hongluan's courtyard.
However, Chu Hongluan was not there.
He knocked on the door for a long time but no one answered, so he had no choice but to squat on the steps looking pitiful, like an abandoned dog.
Just then, a light rain began to fall, perfectly fitting the occasion.
That figure appeared even more desolate.
Suddenly, something heavy came down on my head—a straw hat was placed on top of me.
"Young Master, why didn't you take shelter from the rain?"
Liu Jinghong suddenly looked up and met the girl's teasing gaze.
The boy blushed and quickly stood up, adjusting his straw hat: "I...I was waiting for you."
Chu Hongluan was speechless. She turned around, pushed open the courtyard gate, and walked inside, saying, "Wait inside next time."
She took the knife off her back, then gestured for him to sit down, poured him a glass of water, and pushed it towards him.
When Liu Jinghong took off his straw hat and picked up his teacup, he discovered that Chu Hongluan had warmed the water with her spiritual power.
Are you feeling better?
"Um."
"Give me your hand."
Liu Jinghong obediently did as instructed. Chu Hongluan gently placed two fingers on his wrist and sent a small wisp of spiritual energy into his meridians to test them. There was no blockage, so it seemed that everything was indeed fine.
"Where did Junior Sister just go?" Liu Jinghong asked, trying to ignore the sensation on her wrist.
"I got a sudden urge to show off, so I went to spar with that old man Wangsheng for a couple of moves." Chu Hongluan withdrew her hand and poured herself a glass of water. "Speaking of which, I remember you were a fortune teller, weren't you? How come I've never seen your divination board?" She hadn't seen him use divination in the books either; at most, he would just use his fingers to predict good or bad fortune.
“Ah, I don’t have a divination board.” Liu Jinghong smiled slightly, his pride barely concealed in his eyes. “I practice the formless divination method.”
As is widely known, the main peak of Tianji Pavilion cultivates three paths: divination, array formation, and talisman. The methods of cultivating these three paths are all of the same lineage, and once one is mastered, all paths are mastered. The only difference is the medium in which they are carried.
And Liu Jinghong, as a diviner—
Don't be stereotyped!
The diviner is not called that stinky fortune teller. The diviner uses the divination board as a medium to summon the power of the universe: Qian is heaven, Kun is earth, Kan is water, Li is fire, Zhen is thunder, Gen is mountain, Xun is wind, and Dui is lake.
Liu Jinghong, however, was born with a Dao heart, making him different from millions of others. For mortals to cultivate immortality is to defy the heavens, requiring them to temper their bodies, cultivate their minds, and comprehend the Dao, enduring trials and tribulations, with the tribulation of lightning during advancement being a matter of life and death. But those born with a Dao heart are favored by the heavens from birth, able to draw upon the power of the origin of all things at will—and even without a divination plate as a medium.
Therefore, it is called the Formless Hexagram.
"Thanks to the blessing of the Heavenly Dao Heart, I have now comprehended the three trigrams of Li, Gen, and Xun."
Chu Hongluan's lips twitched slightly.
She thought the villain was a delicate, weak, and pitiful person before he turned evil, but how come this guy is actually a cheat code?
That was too hasty.
"However... my cultivation level is currently low, and the divination symbols I can use are rather small..."
"Oh? How tiny?"
Liu Jinghong glanced at Chu Hongluan with a hint of resentment, then pursed her lips: "The word 'separation'—purgatory."
Four light, airy words, yet like the voice of the heavens, carrying with them boundless heat like scorched stars and falling stones—
Chu Hongluan seemed to already see the karmic fire sweeping in, judging sins, and turning the human world into a fiery inferno—
However, the truth is that a small flame suddenly leaped up from the wick of the candle.
Wow! Great! The candle is lit!
Chu Hongluan struggled to suppress the twitching of her brows, took a deep breath, and exclaimed, "What? What?! What?! No wonder the book didn't mention him using the power of divination."
It's not even as good as the Fireball spell she casually learned!
Chu Hongluan moved her hand and softly shouted, "Great Fireball Technique!"
With a whoosh, a huge fireball, half the height of a person, appeared out of thin air on the table, nearly scorching Liu Jinghong's eyebrows!
"Awesome!"
With Chu Hongluan's command, the fireball plummeted, engulfing the candles and the entire table!
"Holy crap! My clothes are on fire!" Liu Jinghong jumped up!
Chu Hongluan's eyes twitched, and she quickly cast a water-gathering spell. In the next instant, Liu Jinghong was completely soaked.
An eerie silence fell over the air.
Chu Hongluan had hoped that Liu Jinghong could understand her guilt from her eyes, but then her gaze involuntarily shifted downwards—
The boy was soaked to the bone, his wet robes clinging to his body, revealing his chest muscles, abs, and even his V-line.
Hold it in, hold it in, swallowing now will make you look like a pervert.
Chu Hongluan used all her willpower to shift her gaze to the potted plant beside her, and coughed lightly: "How about I go out first, and you take a clean set of clothes from your mustard seed bag and change?"
Liu Jinghong was still dazed from being drenched, but when Chu Hongluan looked at her, she immediately realized what was happening. She was incredibly embarrassed, but she still managed not to look away. If her junior sister liked to see, then... then it wouldn't hurt to let her see a few more times...
Liu Jinghong gave a soft "hmm," her face burning red.
Chu Hongluan felt as if she had been granted a pardon, and darted out with a whoosh, even thoughtfully closing the door behind her.
But after a while, Chu Hongluan suddenly remembered that Liu Jinghong couldn't use a cleansing spell on his own, and he needed to dry himself off before changing clothes. So she turned to ask him if he needed help, and pushed open the door: "Do you need my help with a cleansing spell..."
hiss--
The door slammed shut again!
Chu Hongluan leaned against the door, her heart pounding like thunder.
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