Chapter 1388: Peeping Is Innocent

Instead of answering Zhang Xuan, the young man went up to the light-armored beetle and examined it carefully for a moment. He was somewhat disbelieving. His divining ability had already reached the eight-star level, allowing him to accurately predict many things without the slightest error. He had divined this beetle's fate several times before, and each time it was predicted to die a natural death. How could it have suddenly exploded?

The so-called "living to a hundred" was just a figure of speech; it certainly couldn't be that, as the other person said, it just happened to turn exactly one hundred today! Even if that were the case, it wouldn't have exploded into dust the moment the words were spoken.

He stood there, perplexed for a while, unable to understand what had truly happened. Deciding not to dwell on it further, he continued leading the two forward.

Soon, they arrived at a room. Before he could even knock, a voice from inside said, "Come in!" Immediately, the door slowly opened.

Zhang Xuan looked inside. He saw an old man seated in the center of the main hall, while a young man stood to one side. It was none other than Zhang Chun, the person they were looking for!

At this moment, his injuries had completely healed, and his aura was purer than before. It seemed that although he had been severely beaten last time, his strength had significantly improved, turning misfortune into a blessing.

"You?" Seeing Zhang Xuan enter, Zhang Chun's face immediately turned ashen. As a dignified genius of the Zhang Clan, he had been savagely beaten by this unknown fellow, with the help of his spirit beasts, almost dying in the canyon. The intense humiliation was overwhelming him.

However, remembering something, he quickly turned, full of doubt: "Elder Feng, the esteemed guest you mentioned... could it be him?" Earlier, Elder Feng had asked his student to greet an honored guest. Zhang Chun had assumed it would be some powerful expert with peak cultivation or strength. He never dreamed it would be this guy!

A nobody who was only at the Leaving Aperture realm peak, he had only managed to act so arrogantly because he was lucky enough to tame the Infernal Azure Dragon Beast. Even if he had some leverage, it shouldn't warrant such an attitude from someone whom even the Clan Head respected.

"Indeed!" Elder Feng stood up and looked at Zhang Xuan. After carefully observing him, his eyes lit up: "He truly has the Yanxu Physique!"

"Yanxu Physique?" Zhang Xuan looked puzzled. Although he couldn't discern his own specific condition, he had read many books and knew about numerous special physiques, none of which applied to him. In other words, he was just an ordinary person, as ordinary as could be!

Unlike Zhao Ya and Wei Ruyan, who could awaken their unique qualities and advance rapidly. What was the Yanxu Physique? He had never heard of it before. If he truly possessed a special physique, his progress wouldn't be so slow that even his students and girlfriend surpassed him.

"The Great Divination calculation involves forty-nine; one extra is 'void,' and your physique embodies that 'void'," Elder Feng explained with a smile, stroking his beard. "In simpler terms, it means your fate and trajectory cannot be determined using heavenly divination methods!"

Zhang Xuan hadn't fully grasped what was happening, but the young man at his side seemed startled, his face filled with disbelief.

"Teacher, does such a physique truly exist?"

"I used to think it was just a legend, until I was entrusted with a task that made me realize it not only exists but there are also a few individuals with it..." Elder Feng shook his head, seemingly not wanting to dwell on the topic, and said, "If you don't believe me, you can try to divine it yourself."

"This..." The young man paused, then flipped his wrist, took out three copper coins, pondered for a moment, and gently tossed them. The coins landed and spun continuously. However, before they could fully reveal the divination trigram, they all made a crisp "crack! crack!" sound, developing cracks. Then, just like the light-armored beetle before, they exploded with a "bang!"

His face went pale, as if he had been struck. The young man stumbled back several steps, a mouthful of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. His eyes were filled with horror and disbelief.

This person was clearly right in front of him. Yet, when using heavenly divination, he found that the person seemed to be nothingness. He simply couldn't divine his karma or origins.

"Well?" Elder Feng, seemingly having known this outcome already, looked over.

"I can't divine it..." Taking several deep breaths to alleviate his internal injuries, the young man said through gritted teeth.

"Indeed, you cannot divine it! Because he is that 'void.' Not only his fate, but even his past actions and future direction are immeasurable!" Elder Feng stated.

"This..." His face filled with shock, the young man suddenly understood why his teacher had personally met this individual.

The Yanxu Physique is the most suitable special physique for becoming a Celestial Diviner. Even throughout history, there have only been a few dozen such individuals. He never dreamed that the person right before him would be one.

"Can't divine origins?" Hearing their conversation, Zhang Xuan frowned, but it didn't take him long to understand. If he guessed correctly, the reason he couldn't be divined was probably due to the Way of Heaven. The Way of Heaven itself is the Dao, capable of obscuring heavenly secrets, making detection impossible. That should be a very simple matter for it. In other words, it wasn't some so-called Yanxu Physique at all.

"Indeed, being unable to divine one's origins means being a loophole in the heavenly secrets," Elder Feng's eyes gleamed. "If such a person becomes a Celestial Diviner, their divination of the future and calculations of the world will not incur backlash, and their achievements will be limitless!"

Celestial Diviners who divine the future are essentially revealing the secrets of the Heavenly Dao, and thus are inevitably punished by it. For this reason, powerful Celestial Diviners often do not meet a good end. When divining minor matters, they might be able to avoid repercussions based on their own strength and insight. But for major events... they often suffer harm, ultimately being blasted to dust during their tribulation, leaving no trace of their remains.

Therefore, while Celestial Diviners appear glorious and mysterious, they are essentially peeking into the Heavenly Dao, making their profession more dangerous than others. The Yanxu Physique is like a loophole body; even the Heavenly Dao cannot calculate its existence, allowing it to peek without punishment... "Peeking without sin" makes it the most suitable physique for a Celestial Diviner.

"I didn't notice it before," Elder Feng continued, "but when Zhang Chun asked me to divine your teacher and background, I realized you were special..."

Zhang Chun's face flushed crimson, so frustrated he felt like he would explode.

He had been beaten and wanted revenge. That's why he had gone to great lengths and expense to find Elder Feng, hoping he would help divine this guy's origins. He never imagined... that the divination would happen, but not only did Elder Feng not tell him the result, this guy also became an honored guest! What kind of situation was this?!

"As someone with the Yanxu Physique, you are most suited to become a Celestial Diviner..." After explaining, Elder Feng looked at Zhang Xuan again, his eyes filled with excitement: "Would you be willing to be my direct disciple? To take me as your teacher?"

"Elder Feng has countless students, but he has never taken a direct disciple..." Zhang Chun's eyelid twitched.

Although Celestial Diviners are not known for their combat strength, as one of the nine top-tier professions, their status is extremely venerable. Even clan heads treat them with utmost respect, and Elder Feng was one of the most powerful among them... If Zhang Xuan truly became his direct disciple, his status would be no less than Zhang Chun's, making revenge much more difficult.

"A direct disciple?" The young man at his side was also filled with envy.

Although he was the teacher's student, he only received instruction and was not a direct disciple. If he didn't break through this status barrier, he would likely reach his peak as an eight-star Celestial Diviner in this life, unable to progress further. However, envying such a physique was useless; it couldn't be learned.

He hadn't expected the other party to want to take him as a disciple immediately upon meeting. Zhang Xuan frowned, not rushing to refuse or express his stance. Instead, he looked over with a hint of doubt: "The Yanxu Physique is rare?"

"Extremely rare. In the entire continent, as far as I know, including you, there are only four such individuals!" Elder Feng explained.

"Four people? Who are the four?" Unexpectedly, there were three others besides himself. Zhang Xuan couldn't help but feel curious. Zhang Chun also stopped his wild thoughts and looked over attentively.

"This is Luo Xuanqing of the Luo Clan, isn't he?" Without answering Zhang Xuan, Elder Feng suddenly looked at the young man nearby.

"Xuanqing greets Elder Feng!" Luo Xuanqing cupped his fists.

"Hmm, no need to be polite. Last time, when the little princess left with her cultivation sealed, your Clan Head asked me to help divine her whereabouts once... I couldn't ascertain her exact location. If my guess is correct... she also has the Yanxu Physique!" Elder Feng stated.

"My sister too?" Luo Xuanqing was stunned.

He had always wondered why, after his sister left, the clan had sought out many Celestial Diviners, yet none could find her... Because of this, he had developed a prejudice against Celestial Diviners, thinking it was all a trick. He never imagined his sister possessed such a special physique.

Elder Feng nodded.

"What about the other two?" Zhang Chun asked.

"Another one is the first person with the Yanxu Physique I ever encountered, your Zhang Clan's young genius..." Elder Feng stated. "No matter how I divined, I couldn't find any trace of him, as if he had never existed!"

"Him?" Zhang Chun nodded, immediately letting out a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the young genius had this physique; otherwise, Luo Xuanqing would surely have constantly bragged in front of him.

"The last one is a woman, similar in age to Master Zhang, mysterious and powerful. I met her a few months ago..." Shaking his head, Elder Feng gave a bitter laugh. "Unfortunately, she disappeared before I even had a chance to speak with her!"

"Oh!" Zhang Xuan responded, his eyebrows furrowed.

He had always heard how formidable the young genius was, but only now, after this explanation, did he truly understand how impressive he was. Just like himself, even Celestial Diviners couldn't divine his whereabouts... No wonder he could keep up his pretense by never appearing; even Luo Xuanqing, his brother-in-law, didn't know where he was!

"Wait... you said I have the Yanxu Physique and my origins and actions can't be divined!" Suddenly remembering something, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but look over. "Then... how did you know that Brother Luo and I had just arrived at the door, and sent someone to greet us?"

If he himself couldn't be divined, how did the other party know he would come at this specific time? And how did he know they were outside the hall to open the door directly?

"This..." Unexpectedly, he would ask this question. Elder Feng paused, then looked over with a strange expression. "You... don't use your spiritual sense? The distance between here and the main entrance is so short; spiritual sense can easily extend there!"

"..." Zhang Xuan was speechless.