"Sounded like mystical gibberish," Erica echoed.
Debra strode to a nearby patch of grass, picked up a stone, and began drawing symbols on the ground.
She explained, "Three solid lines represent Heaven, and three broken lines represent Earth."
Immediately, two opposing symbols appeared on the ground.
She continued to draw. "This solid line is the positive pole, and this broken line is the negative pole."
"Is this a trigram?" Randy asked.
"Thunder rises like a bowl. Mountain inverts are like a cup. The lake is broken above, and the wind is broken below," Debra said as she drew the remaining trigrams.
Marion quickly figured it out. "That's our true heiress of the Frazier family."
The Frazier family was known for their scholarly wisdom and military strategy. A century ago, they were legendary figures.
"Back to the trigrams," Debra said. "They are divided into two types: the Early Heaven and the Later Heaven. The former corresponded to heaven, earth, thunder, wind, water, fire, mountain, and lake. The latter detailed them into 64 hexagrams extended into the cycles of the seasons. However, the two types are fundamentally different."
"What's the difference?" Erica asked.
"The Early Heaven observes the rise and fall of all things from a macro perspective, like viewing Earth from the universe. The Later Heaven, on the other hand, is about viewing Earth from Earth," Debra explained. "The Later Heaven is often used for predicting destiny. The terrain here feels familiar, as if I've seen it somewhere before."
Liza and Randy exchanged looks. "We don't get it. Not at all."
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