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.

"A hollow center surrounded by activity, and a full center

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

from the I

Sandy exchanged bewildered

they wondered

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

meaning behind these hexagrams and chuckled, "Well, that makes sense, coming from the Russell

one of the four great families, rich in poetry and strategic minds, and

to learn everything-music, chess, painting, literature. I wouldn't say I mastered the classics, but I got the basics, especially the tricky I Ching.

used to compare me to you back then. You really were a

a ton of books, even more from my grandfather's era," Sophie replied.

back, "Falling behind? You got your master's degree

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