Chapter 1339: See You Later

Jiang Wang had long since pondered similar quandaries, and his answer had always resided within him.

He once posed a question to Ye Qingyu:

"For the sake of a righteous purpose, is it right to commit wrongful acts?"

Ye Qingyu's reply, then, had been:

"Knowing an act is wrong, how can one speak of it being righteous?"

Wrongful means, he believed, could never yield a righteous outcome.

This was a truth Jiang Wang had always held fast to.

Thus, at this moment, caught between the clash of Fate Divination and Blood Divination, he stood unequivocally on Yu Beidou's side.

He sat cross-legged, upright and proper, his gaze fixed upon Yu Beidou.

At this juncture, Yu Beidou's countenance was a complex tapestry of emotions. Pain, recollection, unwavering resolve... yet not a hint of regret. Just as he had told the Diviner, even if granted another chance, he would still slay his senior brother.

Perhaps there was no single standard for right and wrong from the very beginning. Sometimes, two paths converge, colliding with each other. And only one path can forge ahead. This held true even for unrelated loves and hates.

The path had been trodden this far, and there was no choice but to continue. Even if the end was a division between life and death, even if one of them was certain to fall.

Jiang Wang mused for a moment, then shifted the topic. "Then what of Star Divination? I truly don't understand it well. How does it differ from Fate Divination and Blood Divination?"

Yu Beidou, with a touch of knowing air, casually explained: "Still regarding fate as a long river and the beings of the world as the fish swimming within, the greatest difference of Star Divination lies in this: the predecessors of this path anchored stars, divided star domains, and further innovated the path of cultivation, allowing cultivators to establish their Outer Mansions before seizing Divine Abilities.

All things in the long river of fate have their reflections in the stars. The threads of fate and the light of stars intertwine and illuminate each other. As more cultivators establish Outer Mansions, this connection becomes more profound. Conversely, as Star Divination develops more deeply, people gain a greater understanding of the star dome, and the path to establishing Outer Mansions becomes more stable and easier to tread...

Therefore, Star Divination will develop in tandem with the cultivation world, possessing an infinitely vast future... thus earning widespread recognition and becoming the orthodox path.

Through the long sweep of history, the stars have illuminated myriad ancients, and time has shifted like flowing water to this day. The accuracy of Star Divination has even surpassed that of Fate Divination. And its difficulty in divination is far lower than Fate Divination.

Even comparing the cost of divination, diviners who cultivate Star Divination only need to look up at the star dome within the river of fate, exploring and calculating the connections between stars and fate, without needing to leap out of the river of fate at risk, much less relying on slaying other swimming fish to create ripples."

It wasn't difficult to sense from Yu Beidou's words that he had a deep understanding of Star Divination, and his explanation was remarkably clear.

And for Jiang Wang, understanding Star Divination meant he also understood why Fate Divination, despite its ancient glory, had become dust on the winds of history. He understood why even a figure like Yu Beidou harbored no fighting spirit to salvage it.

Because it was a stark reality: Star Divination had comprehensively surpassed Fate Divination. It was further intertwined with the human race's cultivation path, mutually assisting each other.

Even the Blood Divination technique pioneered by Yu Beidou's senior brother could, at most, be said to occupy a corner under the rules of Star Divination. There was absolutely no possibility of it replacing Star Divination.

From Fate Divination to Blood Divination was a branching path.

And from Fate Divination to Star Divination... was an innovation of the 'Dao'!

The flood of the era rolled forth, and no one could stand outside it.

One could only join, not resist.

Any existence that blocked the path of the flood would be annihilated by the nascent power. Even Yu Beidou's brilliant senior brother was no exception.

Just as he had embraced the Taixu Illusion Realm, Jiang Wang would undoubtedly choose to embrace Star Divination.

Ancient glory was merely glory. Anyone with aspirations for the future must resolutely move towards it.

"So that's how it is!" Jiang Wang said sincerely. "No wonder even a powerful being like yourself can only accept this reality. Star Divination truly is a new replacing the old, with too vast a prospect."

"Heh..." Yu Beidou, in a playful tone, asked: "Perhaps this young man doesn't want to try a little challenge?"

Jiang Wang simply shook his head. "Yes, I do not."

Yu Beidou looked at him with encouraging eyes. "You are the first Inner Mansion cultivator from ancient times to the present! An extraordinary person should do extraordinary things. Evolve Fate Divination, revolutionize Star Divination, how does that sound? Is it not a great undertaking?"

He had already agreed earlier not to listen to dangerous propositions.

Jiang Wang decisively stood up. "Green mountains remain, green waters flow on. True Person Yu, we shall meet again!"

"Hahaha ha ha..." Yu Beidou inexplicably burst into laughter, yet did not stop. He merely flicked his finger. "Take this with you!"

A single copper coin, a knife money, flipped in the air, tracing a clear arc, and fell before Jiang Wang, who caught it.

"This is?"

"A small gift." Yu Beidou remained seated on the ground, laughing and waving his hand. "Go now, go!"

Jiang Wang held the coin knife money, paused his steps, thought for a moment, and still asked: "Actually, I have a question I wanted to ask you... Compared to Xiang Fengqi, who claims to be invincible in the Cave Realm, who is stronger?"

"It's rare for someone to ask me such a boring question..."

Yu Beidou thought for a moment, then very seriously said: "In the Cave Realm, Xiang Fengqi's killing power should be first. To this day, I haven't seen anyone who can surpass him. Perhaps it will take another ten years for a successor to appear... And in the Cave Realm, my calculation power is first. Counting back a thousand years, ten thousand years, it's still so. In a narrow encounter, a fight of inches, I'm probably not his equal. But if both sides draw apart, using heaven and earth as a board, vying for life and death, he is certainly not my equal."

"Senior's strength is truly admirable."

Jiang Wang offered a small flattery, then said: "There's still one more question..."

He shook the knife money in his hand. "I just wanted to ask earlier, how did this coin knife money find its way to me?"

He asked this question because he wanted to find a solution. When he was in hiding, he did not want to be found by anyone, and this was unrelated to whether Yu Beidou was good or bad, or whether he had goodwill.

"Oh, that." Yu Beidou said casually. "It was through the thread of marriage fate."

"Ah?" Jiang Wang's expression showed great shock.

"Ah no, it found you through the thread of karma. We have the karma of redeeming a protective talisman..." Yu Beidou looked at him mischievously. "How, a slip of the tongue makes you this nervous, do you have someone special in your heart? Afraid I'll mess up your love affairs? Uh..."

He seemed to have taken an interest, stretching out five fingers, slightly staggered. "Let me calculate who it is."

"I take my leave!" Jiang Wang cupped his hands, the ends of his hair flying out in a straight line in the air, and turned to leave in hurried strides.

Involving karma was absolutely not a problem he could solve; he could only leave it for later. And Yu Beidou had also hinted that the karma between them was already cleared and would likely not find him again. Thus, he was too lazy to continue staying here and be ridiculed.

Still seated on the ground, Yu Beidou watched the young man's hurried departure, and suddenly burst into laughter. The sound lingered long and did not cease.