Fellow Daoist! That scoundrel has written a new book again.

Ji Yuezhang was picking osmanthus flowers by the roadside and trimming them to put them in a vase when he heard this, and his movements paused slightly.

"Why did you suddenly decide to stay for another month?"

Zhu Wuyao sighed softly and truthfully recounted the results of the divination he had obtained over the past two days:

"Yesterday's divination indicated that the little flower girl and her mother would face a life-threatening situation within a month. I initially thought it was just a personal misfortune."

"But after you left, another merchant came and asked me to divine whether his cargo ship would return on time. I sensed from the divination that if the cargo ship arrived on time, it would be destroyed and everyone would die."

"Including that girl today, the reason why the lantern shop will not be passed on to her or her brother is because the lantern shop will be destroyed."

"Besides what I've told you, nine out of ten people who come to me for fortune telling don't have good outcomes."

Having said that, without needing to spell it out, Ji Yuezhang's expression had already turned serious.

Before setting up his fortune-telling stall, Zhu Wuyao affixed a "luck-changing charm".

If it were just one or two people, it would be fine, but so many people dying around the same time can only mean that Nanli City is about to face a disaster.

Moreover, it was a major disaster affecting the entire city.

That's why Zhu Wuyao said she needed to think about it.

Of course, she could have left Nanli City without telling anyone before the disaster struck, which is exactly what divination practitioners call "seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune".

Ji Yuezhang stood by the window, looking up at the street.

The place was bustling with noise, with vendors hawking their wares and customers coming and going at the street stalls.

Ji Yuezhang understood Zhu Wuyao's inner turmoil and struggle, and knew her final choice. He turned back, leaned against the table, and smiled:

"Miss Zhu, are we going to become saviors of the world?"

The downside of divination is that the prerequisite for avoiding disaster is knowing that calamity is coming.

But if they find out, they often can't escape alone with a clear conscience.

Perhaps they will rise to the challenge.

This "lucky charm" brought her no good fortune at all; it clearly presented her with a choice.

She looked at Ji Yuezhang, and Ji Yuezhang looked at her.

Suddenly, I realized that neither of them was particularly skilled; one was a talisman drawer, and the other was a fortune teller.

In the face of disaster, we are like ants trying to move mountains.

"Saving the world is probably out of the question. We'll save whoever we can, and if things get bad, we'll make our escape immediately."

Ji Yuezhang nodded and suggested, "Why don't we spread the news of the impending calamity and let the people in the city take refuge on their own?"

It seems to work.

Zhu Wuyao pondered for a while and then offered his suggestion:

"After we finish visiting the Huijin Pavilion, we'll find a short-term rental courtyard to stay in, and then we'll think of a way to spread the word that a great disaster is coming."

"That's all we can do. But have you figured out exactly what kind of disaster it is?"

Zhu Wuyao lay back down on the bed, like a salted fish unable to turn over.

“Miss Ji, you think too highly of me. I’m only at the second level of Qi Refining, and I was able to understand this matter just in time, all thanks to the luck-changing talisman you taught me.”

"Alright, alright, get up quickly, we still need to buy osmanthus cake and go to Huijin Pavilion."

As he spoke, he walked to the bedside and tried to drag the salted fish off the bed.

With such a heavy burden weighing on their hearts, the lives of the entire city might depend on their efforts these past few days. The responsibility was simply too heavy, and neither of them wanted to say anything discouraging.

Cheer up, the two went out and shared a piece of osmanthus cake.

While eating, Zhu Wuyao suddenly thought:

"Nanli City is so large, and it belongs to the Juque Sect. Could it be that I am the only diviner who could have foreseen this?"

Even if I have mastered the extraordinary art of seeing the heavens and the Ji family's luck-changing talisman to learn about this matter, is there no great being who could have calculated with his fingers and foreseen the impending disaster in Nanli City?

Upon hearing Zhu Wuyao's question, Ji Yuezhang became somewhat dejected.

Born into a family of cultivators, she naturally knew the views of those major sects on calamities in the mortal realm.

"If it's just monsters causing trouble, cultivators are willing to kill them, whether they're after refining materials or to protect their sect's reputation."

"But if it is a natural disaster such as a flood or an earthquake, it is generally left to happen. The way of nature is orderly and cannot be reversed."

Hearing this, Zhu Wuyao felt somewhat uncomfortable, as the path of cultivation was inherently defying the heavens.

If we should all follow the will of Heaven, then what's the point of cultivating the Tao? Wouldn't it be more in line with the natural order to experience birth, aging, sickness, and death by following the natural principles?

It's quite interesting that people go against the natural order when it benefits them, and claim to follow the natural order when it doesn't.

Just as she finished muttering those thoughts to herself, she heard Ji Yuezhang add, somewhat hesitantly:

"Actually... there is another saying: if a cultivator reverses a natural disaster, he must bear the calamity himself."

Zhu Wuyao nodded thoughtfully and succinctly summarized it—

The disaster won't disappear; it will only transfer from you to him.

As they were talking, they arrived at Huijin Pavilion.

The two exchanged a knowing glance, then hid behind the wall, changed into black cloaks, and covered their faces, leaving only their eyes showing.

Ji Yuezhang took out several talisman papers from his storage bag. Among them were two invisibility talismans, one teleportation talisman, and the rest were explosive talismans that had just been made in the last few days.

An invisibility talisman can block the divine sense of a Golden Core cultivator for three quarters of an hour, while a teleportation talisman can allow one to escape to a random location three kilometers away.

Both of these talismans were taken from his grandfather when Ji Yuezhang left home.

She can't draw them yet, so each one she uses is one less she can draw.

Now, both of them are visiting a place like Huijin Pavilion for the first time, and they are afraid of being robbed, so they need to make several preparations.

When you're out and about, the only word to live by is "survival"!

Zhu Wuyao had taught the relevant knowledge seriously, and Ji Yuezhang seemed to have grasped the essence, but he could never put it into practice well.

They immediately jump out whenever there is a case of bullying men or women.

Fortunately, after Zhu Wuyao's patient guidance, he learned to observe whether there were any powerful figures around and whether it was convenient to escape before jumping out.

The preparations for today were very good.

The two looked at each other's attire and nodded in satisfaction.

The two women, heads bowed, crept to the entrance of the Huijin Pavilion. Just as they were about to speak, the doorman suddenly shouted—

"Someone's robbing us!"

Zhu Wuyao panicked and drew his sword with a "whoosh," grabbing Ji Yuezhang and looking around, ready to escape at any moment.

Ji Yuezhang reacted quickly enough, pulling out more than ten explosive talismans in an instant.

In less than ten breaths, eight or nine Qi Refining stage cultivators darted out of Huijin Pavilion—

They surrounded Zhu Wuyao and the other person.

A powerful divine sense pressure emanated from the Huijin Pavilion; it was actually... a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator?

"Who dares to act so presumptuously at Huijin Pavilion?"

Hearing this powerful voice, Zhu Wuyao was somewhat bewildered. Could it be that the strongest person in the Huijin Pavilion had just reached the Foundation Establishment stage...?

She glanced at Ji Yuezhang, who was also at the Foundation Establishment stage, and a malicious thought instantly arose in her heart.

He hesitated for a moment, then with a "whoosh," he sheathed his sword, pressed down on Ji Yuezhang's hand holding the explosive talisman, and shouted back:

"It's a misunderstanding. We are customers who came to buy things."