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Chapter 300: Three Volumes of the Yi Jing
Chapter 300: Three Volumes of the Yi Jing
"Yawn~ I received my welfare today, so no fortune-telling." Qin Muye sat in his dilapidated little shop, looking rather lackadaisical.
"Dad, I think you should still do a divination. Otherwise, if your welfare money falls out this afternoon, we'll have to go hungry," Ji Shan said with a deadpan expression.
"Oh, you're back from class. The food is in the pot." Qin Muye lazily changed his posture.
It had been eighteen years in this world, and Ji Shan had grown into a young man. Despite being poor and unlucky, he was still quite comfortable.
As for virtue points, he had only accumulated 3 points. This was such a small number that he suspected there might be a few zeros missing; otherwise, it would be so hard to accumulate.
To this end, he had brought his entire territory to this world, hidden above the Arctic Ocean, slowly blending in and using resources. Because he did not plunder resources on a large scale, but instead relied on the steady output of resources and buildings, development did occur, but it did not undergo a qualitative change.
Qin Muye, due to his lack of blessings and fortune, did not return to check on his territory. Initially, it affected his territory, but later on, it did not.
In reality, if Qin Muye did not manage it, all his power was held by the spirits, effectively making him a figurehead, which perfectly aligned with his own destiny.
Over the years, he had not taken a single thing from his territory, and everything was collected by Ji Shan. This left Ji Shan quite puzzled—where did his father get all these friends who could give him anything?
"Finish your meal and don't forget to study the Yi Jing." Qin Muye added.
On the second day after he arrived in this world, the spiritual energy revival began. Qin Muye watched as the dry riverbeds filled with the river of spiritual energy, gradually filling the emptiness of the world.
After the initial chaos, things quickly settled down, and the world's order remained the same. The extraordinary and ordinary people formed two separate circles.
It seemed as if someone was intentionally maintaining the extraordinary world hidden beneath the surface.
The result of this development was that ordinary people did not know the truth of the world, and the cruelty of the extraordinary world did not affect ordinary people, except for the unlucky ones.
But that was not the main point. Seventeen years ago, Qin Muye dug out his own eyes, changing his five flaws and three deficiencies from a fifty-fifty split to a five-three split. From that moment on, although he lost his normal vision, he saw the great terror hidden within the spiritual energy.
The Netherworld, a realm of the dead, overlapped with reality. Some direct descendants could enter the Netherworld through certain methods.
Qin Muye was different. He was in the Yang world but could see the Netherworld. If he did not have other means to see the Yang world, it might have been a bit troublesome.
For example, regrowing his eyes. To suppress his powerful regenerative abilities, Qin Muye used various methods, ensuring his eyeballs kept sprouting but did not grow back.
"Dad, what era do we live in now? Still reading the Yi Jing? You're not planning to make me inherit your little fortune-telling shop, are you?" Ji Shan said, but he still dutifully read the Yi Jing while eating.
Ji Shan was quite curious about his father. He seemed ordinary, but Ji Shan had a premonition that his father was not as simple as he appeared. Despite being blind and looking poor, he could get whatever he wanted, which was quite strange.
More importantly, the Yi Jing in his hands was just one volume. The true Yi Jing had tens of thousands of volumes, all stored in their basement, covering everything from astronomy and geography to numerology and magic, making it seem like something out of a novel.
If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't use the spells and techniques inside, he would have thought they were real.
"You wish. I'm so poor that I only have this much left. You have the nerve to ask for it?" Qin Muye replied.
Ji Shan rolled his eyes, feeling somewhat helpless.
"I wouldn't want it anyway. I got my college entrance exam results. I've been accepted into Xuanqing Academy." Ji Shan said.
"Xuanqing Academy, the top university in Yan Country. Good job, keep it up." Qin Muye knew that with Ji Shan's talent, he had always been a prodigy, able to understand and apply concepts easily.
So, Qin Muye never worried about his studies.
"Xuanqing Academy is in Jingdu. I'm not comfortable leaving you, a blind old man, at home. Why don't you come with me?"
Ji Shan hesitated for a moment but finally spoke, worried that Qin Muye might be reluctant to leave his homeland.
Although Qin Muye was poor and down on his luck, he had raised Ji Shan and never neglected him.
Moreover, now that Qin Muye was getting older, Ji Shan was concerned about leaving him alone. If something were to happen, he would regret it for the rest of his life. Recently, there had been reports of a serial killer lurking nearby.
"Watch your words. You can call me blind, but I'm not old," Qin Muye shot up from his seat, though in both his past and present lives, he had indeed lived long enough. However, with no limit on his lifespan, he couldn't be considered old.
"Fine, fine, you're not old. Just don't move around too much with your blind eyes. You might fall and hurt yourself," Ji Shan said, exasperated.
"Going to Jingdu is fine. I'm so poor I only have a few clothes left, but before we go, you need to finish learning the I Ching," Qin Muye said.
The I Ching was a profession Qin Muye had specifically designed for Ji Shan, refining it over several decades. Most of his effort in recent years had been devoted to this profession.
Since Qin Muye was a Lord and Ji Shan was a Hero, they couldn't create a profession certificate, so the only option was for Ji Shan to learn it through self-study.
As for the parts of The Lord's Era that Ji Shan knew, Qin Muye had shielded him from them, which was relatively simple for him to do.
Ji Shan was still at level 0, but his four attributes were not zero, as they could be improved through training.
"I only have one book left. I can finish it today," Ji Shan said.
"There's still one more. The I Ching is divided into three volumes: Heaven, Earth, and Man. You've only learned the Heaven and Earth volumes. You haven't studied the Man volume yet."
"To learn the Man volume, you need to fully understand and integrate the Heaven and Earth volumes," Qin Muye said slowly. Ji Shan's brow furrowed. "Man volume? I've never heard you mention it."
"Oh, I forgot," Qin Muye said with a straight face.
Of course, he couldn't let Ji Shan learn while he was still refining it. He had only completed it at the end of the year and spent the first half of the year filling in the gaps.
Ji Shan was exasperated. His father was as unreliable as ever.
"Alright, whatever makes you happy," Ji Shan shrugged. Integrating the volumes wasn't too difficult. He had a good understanding of the I Ching, but since it was fake, he didn't plan to delve too deeply into it. He had already been accepted into Xuanqing Academy and intended to choose a good major and find a decent job, so his father could finally enjoy a better life after a lifetime of hardship.
"Sure, I'm very happy," Qin Muye said slowly.
Xuanqing Academy wasn't as simple as it seemed. Behind the scenes, it was connected to Yan Country's extraordinary department. Students who entered would undergo a preliminary test. If they had the corresponding potential, they would be recruited for training.
Potential could be divided into two types: awakened and unawakened.
Unawakened individuals were no different from ordinary people and could be awakened using large amounts of spiritual energy.
Awakening manifested as superpowers, indicating the potential to cultivate.
These cultivation techniques mostly came from the previous tidal era or even earlier times, serving as references and improvements.
Besides official organizations, various sects and schools also had their own traditions. While they couldn't match the official organizations in terms of power, they had some old ancestors or prodigies from the previous era who had survived the ebb and were gradually recovering.
Ji Shan definitely didn't have the corresponding potential, as he wasn't from this world.
However, to avoid any unexpected issues, Qin Muye needed to quickly have Ji Shan take up the profession he had created.
Qin Muye estimated that this profession would be at least an Epic-level profession. Initially, it might require some preparation, but once Ji Shan fully digested the tens of thousands of volumes of the Heaven and Earth books, it would be a period of rapid development for him.
Qin Muye had even incorporated various systems. Once successful, it would open a path to greatness. Combined with his attributes, given enough time, Ji Shan might even catch up to Qin Muye, though that was just a possibility.
(End of Chapter)
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