Yao Guang

One day, after the morning meeting at the?Yuque's?Divination Commission, the solemn silence was broken by snippets of idle gossip. "First she skips morning practice, and now she runs off to the Yuque Cup tournament!" "When I confronted her, she said only a true master of augury could be called a 'Master of Cards,' and I should play her if I didn't believe it." "And you actually played against her? Did you win?" "..." Several robes fluttered in the wind, as if holding a bellyful of grievances. "Remember last time? She gathered a few young diviners at midnight to sketch matrices, claiming she wanted to test foreign divination techniques and study their strengths. Nearly scared the elder on night patrol out of his wits." "How could I forget? She publicly challenged her teacher in class with her own invented methods of divination, infuriating him so much he complained to the Master Diviner. If the Master Diviner hadn't been so merciful, she would've been in deep trouble, genius or not..." "But still... for all her flaws, she did contribute to the formation of the 'Deca-Light Reflection Barrier.' Tell me, who else in the whole division can get the divination right with a single glance?" "Hmph, do you know what her peers call her now? 'Boss Yao,' saying man's divination is no match for heaven's will, and heaven's will is no match for her. This is nothing like Yuque's simple and austere academic style!" A simultaneous sigh washed away half their resentment, softening their tones at last. "Speaking of which, where did that girl run off to now?" A sudden song drifted in from above. A young girl straddled the rooftop wind vane, gazing up at the heavens. She flashed a bright smile: "Heads up, seniors! Master did a divination reading for me today, something about 'thunder shakes a hundred miles, yet the ritual vessels remain.' You might want to keep your distance, or you'll get struck by lightning too!"