“Vermilion Bird transforms into Black Tortoise. Let’s see how you handle this!” Caelan shouted loudly, eliciting cheers from some villagers who supported Fraser.
Cheating so shamelessly, the three brothers of the White family were truly shameless.
This situation was no longer a competition between Bentley and Leo but had turned into a contest between Fraser and Leo.
Seeing Leo’s calm expression, Fraser also felt a bit nervous. After witnessing Leo’s casual divination, Fraser’s intuition reminded him that this young man was indeed extraordinary.
Fraser had seen this divination method mentioned in the ancient books passed down in his own family. His ancestors were skilled in this divination technique.
The ancient books also mentioned that this divination method was recorded in the geomancy manual that had been passed down through generations in the White family. Unfortunately, that manual was lost during the war era, so the geomancy techniques passed down to Fraser’s generation were incomplete.
For decades, Fraser had been searching for the whereabouts of the White family’s geomancy manual, but he had gained nothing to this day.
Now, seeing Leo’s divination method, Fraser couldn’t help but suspect whether this young man had obtained the White family’s geomancy manual.
If he possessed the complete White family’s geomancy manual, his future achievements would be limitless.
To verify his conjecture, Fraser had to force this young man to use his most powerful techniques.
With these thoughts in mind, Fraser even felt a sense of anticipation, hoping that Leo truly possessed the White family’s geomancy manual.
“Coins!” Leo reached out his hand.
Under Fraser’s instructions, some villagers brought more coins.
Leo took two coins and placed them on two specific positions of the divination pattern on the ground, just like moving chess pieces.
As the coins touched the ground, the divination pattern on the ground was cleverly deciphered and transformed into a more complex pattern.
This left Bentley dumbfounded. From his knowledge of geomancy, the current divination pattern was like a calculus problem to an elementary school student-completely bewildering. So, he could only turn his gaze to Fraser, seeking help.
As the second round of the competition progressed, Fraser’s mind was filled with both nervousness and anticipation.
He was nervous about Leo’s geomancy skills. If Leo really won, and they had to demolish the ancestral shrine, his financial prospects would be in danger.
But he also anticipated that if Leo truly possessed the White family’s geomancy ancient book, as long as he could obtain it from Leo, even if he lost today, it wouldn’t be a total loss.
Fraser couldn’t care about much anymore. To reverse the disadvantage in this round, he could only act on Bentley’s behalf.
“Third step to west position, second step to north position, move left to south,” Fraser commanded again.
The duel between Bentley and Leo had transformed into a duel between Fraser and Leo, which piqued the villagers’ interest. The scene fell silent once again, waiting for the final outcome.
Without hesitation, Bentley took the coins and quickly placed them as Fraser had instructed.
Looking at Leo, his expression remained calm, as if he was playing a rather unexciting game. With a slight contemplation, Leo picked up three copper coins and placed them in different positions. With apparent ease, Leo deciphered the divination pattern and created a new one.
Next, Fraser commanded Bentley to interpret and create a new divination pattern. The second round of the competition reached a temporary stalemate. Fraser and Leo engaged in a back-and-forth exchange of divination and interpretation, like two skilled martial artists, each countering the other’s moves, unable to knock each other out.
Bentley felt somewhat awkward in the situation. He had started as the main character but now became a mere puppet, following Fraser’s every command without being able to steal the limelight. It was frustrating.
Fraser and Leo resembled two chess masters locked in a duel, their moves difficult to decipher. Half an hour later, Leo dropped the copper coins in his hand, and the situation reached another standstill.
By now, the ground was covered with approximately a square meter of copper coins. At first glance, it seemed chaotic, but upon closer inspection, it revealed an intricate complexity. Seeing Fraser’s furrowed brow, Caelan and Bentley grew nervous.
This expression hadn’t appeared on Fraser’s face for many years. It signified that he was facing a very troubling issue.
“You win!” Fraser reluctantly dropped the three remaining copper coins from his hand onto the ground and uttered the words like a bombshell.
The villagers, well aware of Fraser’s geomancy skills, were shocked to see this young man defeat him. Leo’s stature immediately grew in the villagers’ eyes. The image of him as a geomancy swindler transformed into that of a geomancy master.
While the villagers were discussing and gossiping, Fraser walked over to Caelan and whispered a few words to him. Caelan nodded in understanding, then squeezed out of the crowd and left the scene.
After Caelan departed, Fraser approached Leo with a cold smile. “I underestimated you. That was my mistake. In the third round, it’s between you and me!”
The current situation between them was a tie, and the final outcome would be determined in the third round. The third round entailed divination, a form of fortune-telling using geomancy, which was the most magical and intriguing skill of a geomancer.
Who among the countless people in the world wouldn’t want to know their own fate? The accuracy of divination was a matter of life and death for geomancers in ancient times.
Historical records mentioned that, geomancers were executed for inaccurate divinations. Even in modern times, the accuracy of divination was crucial for geomancers. A wrong divination could cost them their livelihoods, tarnish their reputation as frauds, or even lead to imprisonment.
The villagers were most interested in the final round of the competition, especially the peripheral villagers. Upon hearing about Leo’s miraculous skills and the content of the third round, they eagerly crowded in, causing a commotion.
Seeing the chaos unfold, Fraser quickly instructed Bentley to maintain order. However, Bentley couldn’t control the situation, and it was slipping out of control. Fraser shouted, “What’s all this noise? Everyone quiet down and follow me to the open space at the Elderly Oasis Center!”
Fraser’s words invoked a certain geomantic technique, making his voice extremely loud, even piercing to the eardrums. In White Orchid Village, Fraser’s authority surpassed that of the village chief. When he shouted, the agitated crowd immediately fell silent and automatically made way.
Fraser waved his hand and said, “Follow me!”
The Elderly Oasis Center wasn’t far from the ancestral shrine, with a straight-line distance of about seven to eight hundred meters.
The activity center had a large courtyard, although it wasn’t as vast as the square in front of the ancestral shrine, so the villagers who arrived later had to stand outside the courtyard.