Chapter 6190
Maria gazed intently at the hexagrams formed by the nine copper coins, her surprise growing with each passing moment.
She had never faced such a perplexing or indecisive situation before.
Among the nine copper coins, four were heads and four were tails, with a critical fifth coin facing heads. The implications of life or death did not pertain to the coins themselves. Rather, when viewed alongside the four life gates, five coins could create a hexagram representing life. Conversely, when considering the other four death gates, they could equally yield a hexagram of death.
It was akin to a scenario where two countries are at war, and a mixed-race child is born when the two nations are evenly matched. Only this child has the potential to tip the scales. If the child’s father belongs to one nation, he may be seen as an enemy of the mother’s nation, and vice versa.
Maria had been interpreting hexagrams for hundreds of years, yet this was the first time she encountered such an unusual arrangement.
She quietly picked up the coins and tossed them again. Despite the fact that their positions changed, she once more arrived at the same interpretation of the hexagram.
Noticing her furrowed brow, Charlie couldn’t help but inquire, “Miss Clark, what does the hexagram indicate this time?”
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