The Growth of a God

Chapter 867 - 1: The Innate Eight Trigrams

In the blink of an eye, the New Year is approaching, and both universities and primary and secondary schools have announced a month-long winter break.

As a "fifth-grade transfer student at Central Elementary School," He Feng has been living in this city for over a year.

During this year, He Feng gradually got used to his daily life.

Studying at school during the day, and after class, he would report and register at the 749th Bureau...

Once He Bo finished work, He Feng would follow his nominal foster father home, ending the day’s activities.

If He Bo wasn’t around or was on a business trip, He Feng would stay at the employee dormitory with Huo Dou.

It’s not that He Feng didn’t want to be with Luo God, but Luo God’s personality was too flighty.

He Bo simply didn’t feel at ease entrusting He Feng to a little girl who couldn’t even take care of herself.

After all, looking at the entire 749th Bureau, besides He Feng, probably only Wang Shu could genuinely manage Luo God.

"So, Uncle Huo is on a business trip today?"

Carrying his backpack and walking into the office of the 749th Bureau, He Feng asked with a face full of helplessness, like a little adult.

Across from He Feng, Luo God, who was browsing on her phone, nodded nonchalantly.

"That’s right, it’s just me in the office today!"

"Do you want to eat something? Should we order takeout?"

Luo God said this while showing her phone to He Feng.

Perhaps it’s because of their close ages, or maybe it’s because He Feng doesn’t act like a child at the 749th Bureau.

Luo God is quite concerned about this little brother, without the usual spoiled and lazy demeanor she has around Huo Dou and He Bo...

"Can we not order takeout?"

"I’m afraid eating it might give me diarrhea."

Sighing discreetly, He Feng offered his suggestion.

"I know a nearby mutton restaurant that’s delicious, close by, affordable, and most importantly, the taste is really good."

As expected, Luo God immediately perked up and jumped off the sofa.

"Mutton restaurant?"

"Go, go, go! Eating mutton in this cold weather is the most satisfying!"

As she said this, Luo God suddenly seemed to remember something, abruptly stopping her movements and staring at He Bo.

"No way! He Bo asked me to be on duty tonight, and who knows where Huo Dou has run off to; I’m afraid I can’t get away right now!"

Staring speechlessly at Luo God, He Feng instantly understood what she implied.

"Playing mind games with a kid, are you really an adult?"

With a playful smile, Luo God moved closer without a care, waving her hand.

"Oh, it’s just to be safe!"

"Why don’t you do a divination to see if anything major will happen tonight?"

"Or maybe check if we’ll get caught sneaking out now?"

Luo God looked at He Feng with eyes full of anticipation.

Since Huo Dou announced that He Feng’s "Divination Technique" was ready, Luo God would ask him to do divinations whenever she got the chance.

For Luo God, who could never learn divination, having a little brother who could predict the future was just the same.

"If you’d just focus a bit, it’s impossible not to learn these simple divination skills."

With a deep sigh, He Feng pushed away Luo God’s large face.

He Feng was being honest; although in various contemporary films and novels, divining the future and calculating destiny often hides big moves.

However, in the classical Chinese mythological system, as long as you don’t think about altering fate, abilities like calculating destiny are just basic skills.

Clearly, the Divination Technique derived from the Divine Pantheon is one such basic skill.

At least for He Feng now, general divination and calculations wouldn’t bring him much negative impact.

"Turn around, let me take a look."

Thinking this, He Feng took out a palm-sized Eight Trigrams Compass from his pocket.

"Oh? You’ve changed your divination artifact again? Not using copper coins this time?"

Wide-eyed with surprise, Luo God was clearly seeing such an exquisite Eight Trigrams Compass for the first time.

"Wait, did Huo Dou teach you a new divination skill?"

Calmly nodding, over the past year, He Feng had indeed learned more than just one Divination Technique from Huo Dou.

Besides divinations that could alter fate, He Feng had also learned Turtle Shell Divination, Divination by Trance, Divination by Talisman, Hexagram Divination, and even Divination and Face Reading, Qimen Dunjia.

"This is Plum Blossom Divination, a divination technique that predicts fortune and misfortune by calculating Innate Trigrams."

"Uncle Huo said that unless you plan to forcefully change fate, Plum Blossom Divination is the easiest way to glimpse destiny and avoid misfortune."

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Meanwhile, at a large ruin thousands of miles away.

"Innate Trigrams, eh?"

Huo Dou rarely manifested his dog-headed human form, watching the ruins being excavated with a solemn expression.

Beside Huo Dou, Wang Shu calmly crossed her legs while sipping tea.

"Yes, this is an Innate Eight Trigrams Grand Array."

"Using the mountains and rivers as the array, and the nation’s fate as the chess pieces..."

"The original arranger transformed a hundred-square-mile area into a massive Innate Eight Trigrams, attempting to divine future fortunes and misfortunes in this manner."

"Unfortunately, circumstances are fickle; whether they managed to change the future, I don’t know, but this ruin is an undeniable source of chaos."

Pausing slightly in her speech, Wang Shu slowly stood up and continued.

"I know you’re skilled in divination; see if there’s any way to break this Eight Trigrams Array."

Not immediately answering Wang Shu’s question, Huo Dou just furrowed his brows while staring at the Innate Trigrams.

From Huo Dou’s current angle, he could clearly see the Innate Trigrams Ruins being gradually unveiled.

Dozens of excavators working simultaneously couldn’t uncover the entire ruins quickly and caused extremely severe damage.

"Are things this bad now?"

After a brief silence, Huo Dou turned to ask Wang Shu.

Ignoring the archaeological value of this ruin, the supernatural power it involves alone would prevent the authorities from quickly ordering its destruction.

Preservation, research, restoration, and re-utilization is the state’s standard process for handling such supernatural ruins.

"Things are far worse than you imagined..."

"Ever since that Immortal Body was unearthed, we’ve faced pressures from all sides."

"Both domestic and foreign, and there’s no end in sight anytime soon."

"I dislike turmoil and war even more..."

"So before it attracts too much attention, nipping it at the source is the best course of action."

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