Waiting with a hoe for rain is not as good as deciding to build a dam.
The five-hundred-year lightning tribulation is imminent, not to mention the dual calamities of Yin Fire and Bifeng waiting ahead. If you manage to avoid them, it's fine; if not, you will surely face the fate of flesh and bones dissipating and ending up with nothing but scattered bones.
In Xu Qing's eyes, instead of waiting for the calamity to arrive, it's better to strategize in advance. As long as you have enough pieces on the board, even if you're a lousy player, there will eventually come a time when the stars align and light up the path ahead.
Xuan Yu has never traveled far, and its understanding of incense offerings is limited to managing rodent issues or resolving trivial matters.
Toppling the Child-Giving Temple and managing the tiger menace are already bigger concerns to it than a hundred-pound fish.