High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 1045: Chapter 107: Divination Diagram

On the blackboard, Professor Yi had drawn with a red chalk a pattern that closely resembled a candle. The center was a standard rectangle with a thin line extending from both top and bottom, the lengths appearing quite arbitrary.

Then, the professor held his slender bamboo pointer and tapped the blackboard.

”This pattern is the fundamental element of a Line Drawing, the Line Drawing itself.”

”The very top point,” the professor’s pointer tapping the top of the candle drawing’s shadow line, tapped again: ”represents the best thing that happened during the day; the very bottom point represents the worst thing that happened during the day.”

As the pointer indicated, two cloud-like explanation patterns appeared beside the upper and lower shadow lines, labeling their respective meanings. Then, the pointer moved to the bottom edge of the rectangle:

”This line below represents the time you wake up, and simultaneously acts as a ’wakeful line’ regarding your overall state after opening your eyes.”

”Correspondingly, the line above is the ’sleep line,’ when you lie in bed and close your eyes to sleep.”

”Wakeful line, sleep line, the best thing, and the worst thing—these four dimensions make up a complete, independent Line Drawing.”

”Now, the Line Drawing on the board is red, meaning that right after you opened your eyes in the morning, you probably encountered some unpleasant events, but from that point, your luck greatly improved until the best thing of the day happened, then gradually settled down, allowing you to fall asleep peacefully.”

”Very few people have smoothly sailing moments from the moment they open their eyes in the morning, experiencing only good things throughout the day and falling asleep at night without any interferences... but rarity does not mean non-existence... In such cases, the extremes of ’the best thing’ and ’the worst thing’ are covered by the ’wakeful line’ and ’sleep line,’ which Diviners call the ’Punching Head and Broken Foot Positive Line’ Line Drawing.”

”A positive line, being a red Line Drawing, indicates good luck throughout the day.”

”With positive lines there are naturally negative lines.”

”Unlike positive lines, we use green to represent the negative ones.”

As he spoke, Professor Yi heavily tapped the blackboard, and the previously red Line Drawing’s ’sleep line’ plummeted down like an elevator, continuing past the ’wakeful line’ and sliding a bit more before gradually stopping.

Meanwhile, the previously red Line Drawing slowly turned from red to orange, to yellow, and ultimately settled into green.

Professor Yi’s voice timingly rose: ”If you wake up, open your eyes, but soon after, encounter a small good event, followed by a day filled with unpleasant events until the fortune slightly improves in the evening, then the Line Drawing for that day looks like this.”

”Similar to the ’Punching Head and Broken Foot Positive Line,’ in Line Drawings there is also a ’Punching Head and Broken Foot Negative Line’... This large negative line means that from the moment you open your eyes to the evening when you close them, not a single good thing happens, and possibly you might even suffer from insomnia at night.”

Upon hearing the professor’s explanation, a wave of empathetic sighs spread through the hall, as if everyone had experienced such poor days. Zheng Qing didn’t join the collective sigh; he held one hand across his chest and the other pinching his chin, lost in thought staring at the massive green Line Drawing on the blackboard, feeling a sense of déjà vu with the drawing above.

Professor Yi once again fiercely tapped his pointer, calming the recently stirred classroom.

”Similar!” he slightly raised his voice, and the Line Drawing on the blackboard instantly disappeared, then a series of bold, emphasized white chalk words appeared on the blackboard:

”Similar! Depending on the different trends in daily fortunes, Line Drawings have different meanings!”

”For example, spending almost the entire day sleeping, with very close ’wakeful line’ and ’sleep line’; when ’the best thing’ is barely better than sleeping, a red cross-shaped Line Drawing appears, which we call ’Small Positive Star’.”

”Like this, there are also ’Small Negative Star,’ ’Hanging Positive Line,’ ’Lower Shadow Positive Line,’ ’Large Positive Line,’ ’Punching Head and Broken Foot Positive Line,’ ’Barefoot Positive Line,’ and so on, numerous and varied... What are you waiting for? Why aren’t you copying down these concepts?!!”

At Professor Yi’s somewhat annoyed voice, students who had been eagerly staring at the blackboard almost simultaneously bowed their heads urgently, and soon after, the classroom filled again with the rustling sound, reminiscent of ravenous silkworms nibbling on mulberry leaves.

Clearly enjoying this background noise, Professor Yi’s tone softened significantly:

”In reality, our lives are composed of moments and experiences; when we data-fy this process, it becomes a Line Drawing.”

”We always have various expectations for life, which are influenced by our surroundings.”

”Sometimes our expectations are high, but the outcomes are low; sometimes the expectations are too low, but the outcomes turn out better... All these scenarios are reflected in the Line Drawings.”

”By connecting every day’s Line Drawings, a wavy line is formed, which I call the ’Life Trend Line’; our lives can actually be simplified into this line.”

”Understanding this fine line, and how to use this line to map out intervals and draw trends, will be our focus in the coming lessons.”

”Now, for those who have copied the concepts from the blackboard, please open your ’Weekly Notebooks,’ then come up to the podium to receive a piece of ’Web Grid Paper’... The remainder of today’s class time, as well as your homework for this class, is to create Line Drawings of your experiences from the start of the school year to the present week.”

”The Spell Formula needed for data-fying the Line Drawing is in the textbook appendix charts. Using this formula should pose no difficulty for you, so I won’t go into more detail... If anyone still doesn’t understand, you can consult me after class.”

”Here, I’ll provide a heads-up that the final Divination exam will definitely include a major question related to ’Trend Divination Method.’ If you lay a strong foundation from the beginning of your studies—like some students accurately mapping every Line Drawing to the day, not just the week—it will be very helpful for your subsequent learning, especially for accurately divining future trends.”

Professor Yi’s lecture came to a pause at this point.

After a moment of silence in the classroom, there followed the squeaking noises of desks and chairs being moved as the students, quiet and somber, queued up to the podium to receive the large sheets of paper covered with tiny grids.