I flew on a sword at the magic academy

Chapter 44 Divination and Fortune Telling

It was an extremely ugly human face, a gaping maw that could swallow a person whole, and fangs that gleamed like steel knives and swords.

"Fuck!!!!"

Kalman screamed and instinctively backed away, but accidentally bumped into Locke, and the two of them fell to the ground.

"Don't be afraid, calm your mind and repeat after me."

Once again, Shi Daohan's voice echoed in Kalman's heart, followed by a passage of scripture resounding in his mind like rolling thunder, deafeningly loud.

"The profound origin of heaven and earth, the root of all energy..."

The ancient and sacred chanting sounds seemed to come from a distant past, piercing through time and space.

Kalman's mind was drawn into a wondrous state, resonating with the chanting.

"Kalman! What's wrong with you?!"

Locke exclaimed in surprise as he saw that Kalman was glowing like a small sun, so bright that it was blinding.

"ah--!"

The face that attacked so close emitted a shrill and ear-piercing scream, billowing black smoke.

"call!"

A fierce wind blew, uprooting many large trees in the vicinity. Dust billowed high into the sky as the human face fled in panic, not daring to linger for even a moment.

The sky and earth were clear and everything returned to normal. Kalman sat on the ground, still in a daze, unable to recover from the sudden turn of events.

What kind of monster attacked him just now? A demon?

And what was that dazzling golden light that emanated from his body just now?

"Kalman, are you alright?"

Locke closed his eyes, groping around as he called out softly.

"Why are you closing your eyes? Come and help me, my legs are giving way."

Kalman responded somewhat awkwardly, reluctant to admit that he was so frightened his legs went weak.

"I... my eyes hurt so much, I can't open them," Locke said in a panic and pain.

Shi Daohan walked over leisurely with his hands behind his back, a faint smile on his face.

"How about it? Are you satisfied with the reward?"

"A reward?" Kalman looked puzzled, wondering what Shi Daohan meant by "reward".

"The Golden Light Mantra is the scripture I just transmitted to you." Shi Daohan chuckled and reached out to pull Kalman and Locke up from the ground.

"The Golden Light Mantra can subdue all evil spirits. I have just inscribed the entire text on your mind. This is the reward I promised you earlier."

Upon hearing Shi Daohan's explanation, Kalman immediately understood. No wonder his body had inexplicably emitted a dazzling golden light, scaring away the human face.

It can subdue all evil spirits, meaning even demons are afraid of its golden light? Then can it also subdue black magic?

Thinking of this, Kalman's heart was filled with turmoil, and even his breathing became rapid.

If this gets out, the entire Western magical world will be in an uproar!

"Don't be too happy yet. Although the scripture has been given to you, you still need to comprehend it yourself to truly unleash its power. Moreover, your own strength is also crucial. With your current meager spiritual power, you can't even unleash one-thousandth of the power of the Golden Light Mantra." Shi Daohan poured cold water on you.

Unlike Western magic, which can be performed simply by knowing specific incantations, Eastern esoteric arts require one's own enlightenment to comprehend and understand the true meaning of the Tao and the truth of the Dharma.

Kalman nodded as if he understood, but he didn't know what enlightenment meant. He only knew that what Shi Daohan had passed on to him was very advanced and powerful.

"How about it? Are you satisfied with the reward?"

Shi Daohan asked with a smile.

"Satisfied! Extremely satisfied!"

Kalman nodded emphatically, his mouth practically agape from ear to ear.

George and Fiona walked over, their eyes filled with envy as they looked at Kalman.

"What exactly was that face we just saw?"

While delighted, Kalman didn't forget to ask about the face he had just seen.

"Just a demon." Shi Daohan sighed softly. "Speaking of which, he was a pitiful person. He was hanged on this mountain more than ten years ago and turned into a demon, wandering around this mountainside."

When the sacred mountain was being moved, Shi Daohan did not use his divine sense to fully explore it. It was only today that he discovered that there was such an evil spirit lingering on the mountainside. After a little deduction, he understood the whole story.

"what?"

Upon hearing this, George and Locke were all greatly alarmed.

"You've only been at the academy for a short time, how do you know about things that happened more than ten years ago?" Fiona, with her meticulous mind, looked at Shi Daohan with suspicion.

Shi Daohan raised an eyebrow: "If I said there's nothing in the last hundred years that I don't know, would you believe me?"

"That's amazing?!" George's eyes lit up.

Fiona looked at her with wide curiosity and asked, "You know tarot cards?"

"Tarot cards? What are those?" Shi Daohan remembered hearing an old man mention them in a tavern; it seemed to be a Western divination method.

"I don't know what you mean by Tarot cards, but I do have some expertise in the field of divination."

In their Eastern China, the skills of medicine, physiognomy, and divination are fundamental skills that every cultivator must master. Shi Daohan's mastery of these skills even surpasses that of some elders of Mount Shu.

"Could you teach me Eastern divination methods?"

Fiona herself knows a little about tarot cards and is very curious about Shi Daohan's divination methods.

"The simplest form of divination is looking at palmistry and face reading, which can be used to predict marriage and wealth in the near future, but it's not very accurate. To see things more accurately and for a longer period, you have to start with bone structure."

"A more advanced method is to directly invoke the Heavenly Dao and peek into the secrets of Heaven. However, this method is also the riskiest. If you are not careful, you will fall into an abyss of no return. It mainly depends on the weight of the person or thing you want to peek into in this world."

The so-called weighting ratio refers to the influence of a person or event on the world.

Take Behemoth, for example. Its every word and action can cause a great uproar in the British Empire and it has a certain influence. Therefore, Shi Daohan cannot deduce any information about this organization.

For example, Shi Daohan didn't even have the slightest intention to deduce the Demon Emperor's mausoleum and the Demon Lord's reincarnation vessel, because the weight of these two matters was simply too great. With her meager cultivation, she couldn't possibly shake them. Forcibly trying to peek into the secrets of heaven would inevitably result in unimaginable backlash.

Those who presume to pry into the secrets of Heaven will be punished by Heaven.

Shi Daohan only taught them how to read palms. Besides being simple and easy to learn, it wasn't exactly about directly prying into the secrets of heaven.

Because the results obtained are very vague and contain many uncertainties, it is still quite interesting as a form of entertainment, and there is not much risk involved.

This was just a minor incident. The group quickly returned to the fields and resumed their digging competition, wielding hoes in their respective areas.

As darkness fell, the group finally finished loosening the soil in the area designated by Shi Daohan, and they were all exhausted and covered in sweat.

"Who is number one?" George sat on the ground, panting heavily as he spoke.

Shi Daohan smiled and pointed at Fiona: "She was the first to finish."

"Huh?" George's face immediately fell, and he collapsed backward into the field, tears welling up in his eyes.

Why?

Even though he was the first to master how to use a hoe to dig soil more easily, Fiona came in first place.

"I've already said, trying to play tricks won't work." Fiona gave her a haughty glance.

"Don't worry if you didn't get a prize this time, I have plenty of good stuff here. You'll definitely need to do things for me in the future."

Shi Daohan then painted a rosy picture for everyone, showing how much she had learned from Sect Leader Qingxu in winning people's hearts.

Afterwards, Shi Daohan used a teleportation array to teleport Fiona and the others down the mountain.

It wasn't until they reached the foot of the mountain that Fiona remembered that she had come to see Shi Daohan today to learn more about talismans, but she hadn't learned anything and had instead spent the whole afternoon digging for her.

Realizing she had been tricked, she immediately turned around and walked back.

"Fiona, what are you going back for?"

George and Locke both turned around, looking puzzled.

"She promised to teach me how to draw runes, I have to go back to her." Fiona said without turning her head, and was about to take out her magic broom and fly back.

George and Locke quickly stopped her.

"It's so late now, let's not bother Miss Daohan anymore, shall we?"

"Yes, maybe she just forgot for a moment. Since she promised to teach you, she definitely will."

Fiona stopped and thought they made some sense. Besides, she hadn't come away empty-handed today. She had not only enjoyed hot pot but also won a sculpture of a Azure Qilin. She could accept learning talismans another day.

On the summit of Santa Maria, Kalman was left behind by Shi Daohan to plant medicinal herbs and irrigate the medicinal fields together.

"Why didn't we let them help?" Kalman complained, somewhat annoyed.

"They're not my disciples," Shi Daohan replied casually, planting the spiritual herbs from his storage ring in the herb field.

These words took on a different meaning when they reached Kalman's ears.

"Does Master mean that my relationship with her needs to become closer?"

Thinking of this, Kalman felt a strange sense of superiority and stopped complaining, earnestly helping Shi Daohan plant the medicinal herbs.

He was busy until 3 a.m. before Shi Daohan teleported him to the foot of the mountain.

The next day, as soon as George arrived at the school building of the Kwai Sang Academy, he began to boast loudly.

"Do you know what we learned from Miss Daohan yesterday? Fortune telling! It's about predicting what will happen to a person in the near future. Isn't that cool?!"

Fiona walked away silently, keeping her distance from the loudspeaker.

George also lowered his head, feeling very uncomfortable being stared at by so many eyes.

"Can predict the future? That's amazing?"

"Then you can tell me when I'll be able to find a girlfriend!"

"Also, tell me what will happen to me in the next few days."

"Get out of the way! I was here first, so my bill should be calculated first!"

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Upon hearing that the future could be predicted, the entire teaching building immediately became noisy.

A group of people surrounded George, vying to have him tell their fortunes.

"Let me make this clear first, my fortune telling isn't free. It's five magic stones per session, pay first, then have your fortune told. If you want your fortune told, line up one by one!" With his experience selling talismans, George was still able to remain calm and composed even in the face of such a large scene.

He reached out and put the five light blue magic stones into a large bag he had prepared beforehand, then grabbed the student's hand and examined them intently.

"Judging from your palm, you might face a calamity in the next three days," George said with a furrowed brow and a grave expression.

The student whose hand he was holding panicked and hurriedly asked, "What should I do?"

"You can buy a talisman to ward off evil spirits and protect your home. Also, don't go to class for the next few days. Just stay in your dorm and everything will be fine."

George spoke earnestly about how to avoid disaster, and at first glance, it seemed quite plausible.

"This is terrible! I'm going to ask for leave right now. I'll stay in my dorm for the next few days and not go anywhere!"

The student then bought a talisman from Fiona to ward off evil spirits and hurriedly went to ask for leave.

"George, aren't you just making wild guesses? The way that person's hands were clasped together didn't seem like anything bad was going to happen," Locke whispered to George.

Fiona glanced at them with disdain and muttered two words: "Profiteering merchant!"

The talismans they are now selling are all drawn by Fiona and Kalman based on the book, and many of them are failures.

In other words, the talismans used to ward off evil spirits and protect the home are not noticeable in a short period of time; otherwise, Shi Daohan would be labeled a cunning businessman and despised by everyone.

"You can't use Miss Daohan's name to swindle people out of their money." Locke tugged at George's robe, feeling that what he was doing was wrong.

Fiona didn't say anything, but simply threw her talisman in front of George and walked out of the teaching building without looking back.

"Tch!" George didn't care and continued to read the palms of the next student.

Using the gimmick of predicting the future, he earned more than 500 magic stones in just half a day, and also made more than 1,000 from the talismans he sold.

Meanwhile, on a luxurious boat on the shore of Jingyue Lake, Kalman and Shi Daohan learned about George's activities at the Kuisang Mansion from the students who came to eat hot pot.

"Isn't this just using your name to deceive people? Are you sure you're not going to do anything about it?"

Kalman frowned, feeling resentful.

"I really can't let him ruin my reputation." Shi Daohan nodded, her brows furrowed as she stared at a blank sheet of paper in front of her, which recorded the more than two hundred credits she had been deducted since enrolling.

According to her, the passing score for Horagaka Academy is 1,500 points, and this deduction of 200 points was really hard for her to accept.

(End of this chapter)