Chapter 1342

"Yeah, what's all this talk about divisions and separations? Sounds like a bunch of mystical mumbo jumbo to me."

Jenna was just as lost as everyone else when Sophie started her cryptic

explanation.

Seeing their puzzled faces, Sophie picked up a stone from a nearby bush and started sketching eight symbols on the ground.

As she drew, she explained, "Three solid lines, three broken lines."

On the ground appeared two opposing symbols: one with three unbroken lines and the other with three broken lines.

"These solid lines represent the active force, and the broken lines represent the passive force," Sophie elaborated.

activity, and a full center

one with a passive line in the middle bordered by active lines, and another with an active line in the middle bordered by

this from the I Ching

and Sandy

hexagrams?" they wondered

a missing top, Wind broken at the bottom," Sophie continued, drawing the final four

and chuckled, "Well, that makes sense, coming from the

the four great families, rich in poetry and strategic

and said, "When I was a kid, I had to learn everything-music, chess, painting, literature. I wouldn't say I mastered the classics, but I got

used to compare me to you back then. You

just that the Russell family has a ton of books, even more from my grandfather's era," Sophie replied. "But once I moved in with my Uncle Perry, my studies started

"Falling behind? You got your

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