69novels Chapter 37 Maybe it's because of you, Brother Yuan, that you're so mean!
Chapter 37 Maybe it's because of you, Brother Yuan, that you're so mean!
Hu Haiwang picked up the scattered copper coins one by one and put them back into his sleeve, his movements much slower than before.
It wasn't that I was tired; it was that my mind was still replaying every detail of the competition.
When he picked up the last one, he suddenly looked up into Zhuge Yan's eyes, his tone serious.
"Young Brother Zhuge, tell me honestly, is there anything else you're hiding?"
Zhuge Yan was brushing the dust off his robes when he heard this, and his movements paused slightly.
"I have been studying the Six Lines Coin Divination in the School of Divination since I was a child, and I have also dealt with many diviners over the years."
In these last few rounds, you completely outmaneuvered me in every single divination.
The Li trigram was broken by you placing it in the Kan palace beforehand using the water method, and the Zhen trigram was broken by you placing it in the Li palace using the fire method.
"Every divination seemed to predict the exact location before any action was taken, and the restraining techniques in each divination were as if they were prepared in advance, waiting for Hu to run into them."
He paused, scratched his head, and added another sentence.
"The magical arts of the Wuhou School are indeed powerful, but they can't be so powerful that they can even predict my thoughts in advance."
Moreover, even if you truly possess mind-reading abilities, the divination results from these six copper coins are so complex that even I myself don't know what the next spell will be until I actually see the divination text. How could you possibly...?"
Hu Haiwang became more and more excited as he spoke, and he almost spat out his saliva.
But his excitement wasn't anger; rather, it was the kind of urgent, almost frantic feeling one has when someone who has studied numerology since childhood encounters a phenomenon completely beyond their comprehension.
"This has nothing to do with the level of cultivation. No matter how high the cultivation level is, you still have to wait for me to draw the hexagram before you can deal with it. But you stood in the position of restraint in advance and waited!"
How is this possible? How did you do that? Is there some unique secret technique, or has the Wuhou School created some new and unusual magic in recent years?
Zhuge Yan waited for him to finish speaking in one breath, and his lips twitched as if he was carefully considering his words.
Then he spoke, his tone calm, as if he were talking about something very ordinary.
"Brother Hu, there's no secret technique involved."
Hu Haiwang was taken aback.
"Then why...?"
"It's very simple, it's calculated, just a hard calculation."
Zhuge Yan looked into Hu Haiwang's eyes and said frankly.
"Brother Hu, we are both warlocks. The root of all warlock magic ultimately comes from the brain's computational ability."
The reason why Wuhou Qimen is difficult to learn is that it requires the practitioner to process a huge amount of information such as directions and the interaction of the five elements in a very short period of time.
This level of computation is beyond the capabilities of an average person's brain, but I'm special; I'm naturally able to calculate a little faster than the average person.
Zhuge Yan did not reveal that he was a naturally gifted person. After all, when traveling, one should not have the intention to harm others, but one should be wary of others.
"A little faster?"
Hu Haiwang exclaimed in disbelief.
"You call that 'a little faster'? Every time I cast a divination, the coins haven't even hit the ground yet, and you're already waiting! Do you know what that means?"
He looked at Zhuge Yan with an incredulous gaze.
"You need to complete the divination the instant my coin lands, calculate the restraining direction in advance, and then mobilize your true energy to the corresponding spell. The amount of calculation involved is at least three to five times that of my Six Lines Coin Divination!"
Zhuge Yan did not deny it.
"How did you do that? Calculating so much in such a short time, is that even possible?"
Hu Haiwang muttered to himself.
"I consider myself one of the best at the Six Lines divination method in the Shuzi Sect, with few rivals among my peers for my speed in deduction. But compared to you today, I, Hu, can't even touch your heel!"
"Brother Hu, you flatter me."
Zhuge Yan shook his head.
"However, to put it simply, it's not complicated at all."
It's like playing chess. An average player can only see one move ahead, a master can see three moves ahead, and a national champion can see ten moves ahead.
He paused.
"I just looked a few moves ahead of the average player."
Hu Haiwang remained silent for a long while.
He was a sorcerer, someone who had been dealing with numerology since childhood, and who considered himself to be extremely intelligent.
He had heard countless explanations about magic in his life, but none of them had shocked him as much as what he had heard today.
Because this has absolutely nothing to do with the depth of one's cultivation or one's age.
Zhuge Yan was talking about the most basic quality of a sorcerer—calculation.
What truly shocked him was that this person had elevated "calculation" to a level that even a genius like himself, a master of the arts, could not match.
"Your brain..."
He suddenly laughed.
"It would be a shame if you didn't join my sect of arts."
Zhuge Yan also smiled.
"The Wuhou School is quite good too."
Hu Haiwang smiled and shook his head, putting the last copper coin into his sleeve, and bowed to Zhuge Yan again.
"I will never forget what I've learned today. Leave the plane ticket to me, Mr. Hu. In three days, go to the airport and find a maintenance worker surnamed Liu. Just give him my name."
He paused, then added.
"But it's not about the bet, it's about making friends. Come find me anytime you're in the territory of the Art Sect."
Zhuge Yan returned the greeting with clasped hands.
"must."
After saying goodbye to each other, the two went their separate ways.
But shortly after the two left, several figures slowly emerged from the woods.
"Is that kid?"
"The age and the method match up, so it must be him who killed Gu Yan."
The newcomers were none other than Yuan Jingui and his group, who had followed Zhuge Yan's trail all the way here.
"If you were certain it was him, why didn't you take advantage of the chaos and attack directly?"
One of them frowned.
"If I'm not mistaken, the person who just performed the Six Lines Coin Divination was Hu Haiwang, a direct disciple of Hu Tu, the head of the Shuzi School."
"Leaving aside whether we can reliably defeat these two, if they both die here, given the methods of the Wuhou Sect and the Shuzi Sect, wouldn't they be able to find out who did it?"
Yuan Jingui rolled his eyes in annoyance.
The man who had just spoken shuddered involuntarily at the thought of facing a joint pursuit from the Shuzi Sect and the Wuhou Sect.
If we're talking about the most troublesome type of people in the community, warlocks are definitely on the list.
The Wuhou School and the Shuzi School are the two "brands" of sorcerers in the world of supernatural beings.
Offending one is fine, after all, they are Quanxing, and they are not afraid of anything.
But what if you offend both of them at once...
"Then, Brother Yuan, what do you suggest we do?"
"Hehe, didn't that kid just say he was going to the airport to catch a plane in three days?"
"Hey Liu, do you have any connections to get your hands on some time bombs or something?"
Upon hearing this, all three of them suddenly brightened up.
"Brother Yuan, you mean to..."
"No matter how wicked this kid is, once he's in the heavens, no matter how great his abilities are, he'll still be doomed."
"Haha, you're really something else, Brother Yuan! Don't worry, leave the explosives to me!"