Chapter 85: 85 Great Expansion Divination Method

85 Great Expansion Divination Method

In ancient times there was a monster called Jia State, also known as Ma Hua and Jue Yuan.

This monster is not only recorded in metaphysical circles, but even some wild histories and collections of folk legends and strange tales also have related records. (1)

It looks roughly like a monkey, with a height of about seven chi.

In ancient times, the length of a chi varied in each period.

But they have been seized and sent to the Underworld for imprisonment since over three hundred years ago.

Therefore, according to those records, that chi should equal 32 centimeters today.

About seven chi, or about 2.24 meters.

Jia State can walk upright like a person and is skilled at running and chasing people.

Their habits are strange; they specialize in abducting women!

After abducting them, they make them their wives until they give birth to their children.

But once the abducted woman gives birth to a child, they instead send the person back home.

The woman must also raise that child; if she does not, the Jia State will take revenge and kill her!

So once this thing appears in the world, it will surely cause mass panic.

We must remedy it as soon as possible.

So Tushan Jiu's intervention is not only because of the generous reward, but also partly because she does not want the situation to develop uncontrollably.

But when she announced she would take the wanted notice, about seventy or eighty percent of the people in the office on the first floor gathered around, wanting to see how Tushan Jiu would divine.

They were all curious how this pawnshop diviner's fortunetelling could be so incredibly accurate.

But divination comes in many types; the traditional ones are the Six Yao Divination, Plum Blossom Numerology, Mysterious Gate Escape Armor, etc., which everyone knows.

Besides, there are Twelve Chess Divination, Bone Divination, Ear Divination, Star Divination, Dream Divination, etc., all sorts.

But it is well known that regardless of the method used, it still depends on personal ability.

They were just curious how someone as capable as Tushan Jiu would choose which method to use for divination.

Tushan Jiu paid no attention to how many onlookers there were.

She calmly formed a hand seal, and then a bunch of grass appeared out of nowhere in her hand.

As soon as it appeared, the surroundings were filled with the sound of people sucking in cold air.

Well, their reaction was the same as Lin Xiu'er's initial reaction.

They were all shocked by her jade bracelet engraved with a storage array.

But many people's attention was focused on the diviner's grass in her hand.

Qian Hu was one of them, and he exclaimed in surprise: "The most primitive Great Expansion Divination Method?"

Tushan Jiu tilted her head at him and said: "Team Leader Qian, you also understand this?"

Qian Hu shook his head: "I don't understand; I just thought of it when I saw the yarrow stalks in your hand. I've read some materials on this before, but my talent for divination in this area is poor, so I gave up."

The Great Expansion Divination Method, also known as yarrow stalk divination, is the most ancient and the most orthodox method of casting hexagrams.

But it is not commonly seen in modern times.

The reason is that the divination process is overly complex and tedious, requiring several calculation steps such as "divide two, hang one, pluck four, return odd" etc.

Moreover, one must repeat the hexagram casting many times to complete it.

In short, it is very troublesome and tests the diviner's ability.

But the more so, the more precise it becomes.

Tushan Jiu nodded and said: "Oh, then I shall begin?"

Qian Hu nodded, then held his breath and watched carefully.

All that could be seen was that she first took out one yarrow stalk and placed it aside.

Then she randomly divided the remaining forty-nine yarrow stalks into two groups.

And then...

There was no further "and then".

Because after that, Tushan Jiu's hands moved so fast they left afterimages; even though they were all metaphysical practitioners with keen senses, they could not discern the divination process at all.

Or rather, their eyes simply could not keep up with Tushan Jiu's technique.

A few minutes later, Tushan Jiu reached out and gathered all fifty yarrow stalks on the table.

Then she began to report the specific positions in order.

As soon as she finished speaking, Qian Hu did not waste time; he decisively gave an order, and the capture operation officially began.

"Notify Old Xu's side, send the location to them, let the Field Operations Department go directly there, and you will provide support afterward."

"We must use the fastest speed possible, and must not cause loss of life or property to the people!"

"Hurry up, get moving, make sure the talisman paper and ritual implements are ready, guarantee your own safety, huh? Listen to me finish speaking..."

Tushan Jiu silently put the yarrow stalks into her jade bracelet, then sat there playing on her phone while waiting for Qian Hu to finish being busy.

A moment later, after she finished a little game, she looked up and Qian Hu also came over; he apologetically smiled and said: "Sorry for keeping you waiting, Daoist Friend Tushan; the items are in my office, you can just go take them; I have extracted three hundred years of ghost power, twenty catties of hairy crab, twenty catties of skin-skin shrimp..."

Qian Hu finished reporting the numbers, and Tushan Jiu also listened attentively.

She nodded and said: "We agreed on your compensation, but you didn't take it."

Qian Hu gave a hum and said: "We're all daoist friends; this small favor is not needed."

Without letting Tushan Jiu say anything else, he glanced at the time on his phone, then tossed out: "I still have to go help; you can just take them; I'm leaving first."

This time, for unknown reasons, the Jia State escaped, and everyone in the office, even the clerical staff, went out to catch the "monkeys".

Tushan Jiu looked at the empty first-floor office hall and thought, "When I go back tonight, I'll light some incense and casually grab someone to gossip about."

While thinking, they went to look around the lobby on the first floor.

The finger twitched, then it went off in a direction.

Qian Hu left without telling her which was his office, so she still had to figure it out herself.

Living things cannot be placed in the jade bracelet, but the substance extracted by this ghostly power's food is essentially different from living things.

So placing these seafood inside won't cause them to 'die', because they themselves are not living things.

After finishing these, Tushan Jiu put the leftover 'handwork fee' in the corner, then closed the office door and left.

Just as she left the office, Tushan Jiu's phone rang.

An unfamiliar number.

Tushan Jiu reckoned the time; the Xiang family side had already reached Yun Shi, but she wasn't there—this was her contact information she had gotten from asking villagers.

She answered the call.

On the other end of the phone was a young voice: 'Hello, is this the number of the credit‑sword person Tushan Jiu?'

Tushan Jiu understood in her heart: 'I am Tushan Jiu.'

At the same time, in the farmhouse courtyard of the village at the foot of the Tushan Family mountain in Yun Shi, three men stood.

The young man in the middle, about twenty years old, was the junior sect master of the Xiang family currently on the phone with Tushan Jiu, Xiang Yichu.

Beside him stood two other men; upon hearing that the other party was the last heir of the Tushan Family, they instantly showed a look of relief.

From deep within also rose a voice:

Finally waited for you~

Good thing I didn't give up~

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Note 1: 《Search for Spirits·Vol. 12〉 Ma Hua of the Yi Kingdom.